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jsands.bsky.social @jsands.bsky.social · 20m

Ok ALX - do you want a piano or know someone who does? Please take mine before I have to take a sledgehammer to it and send it to the dump!

Photo of an upright grand piano that desperately seeks a new home!

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 36m

We’re at the just whipping shit up on the fly portion of the night, think I’m going to call this one the George Washington Didn’t Sleep Here: bonded apple brandy, ginger liqueur, cardamaro, espresso, pumpkin spice syrup.

This kicks even more ass than I hoped it would when I was riffing with stuff. Look at that fancy ass apple slice garnish too - I run a classy shebeen!

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1h

(Lest you think I was using some weak ass store bought syrup)

Homemade pumpkin spice syrup is strained into a measuring cup.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1h

Next, fall espresso martinis: scotch, coffee liqueur, espresso, pumpkin spice syrup.

That’s right, dusted with nutmeg bitches

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1h

Kicking things off tonight with espresso martinis.

Two coupes have espresso martini in them, with coffee beans floated on the foam. Riffed a little on my normal formulation and used two different kinds of coffee liqueur.

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 1d

"start your own small business!"

"don't steal 47 vehicles from a Syracuse airport rental agency and rent them across Central New York!"

which is it????

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1d

(I’m dying a tiny death inside that this album came out in 2001 what the actual hell.)

Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Sparkling wine in the glass, Take Offs and Landings by Rilo Kiley on the stereo, we’re having a Friday night over here.

A normal sized hand holds a normal sized champagne coupe (PAUL). The coupe is sort of dark teal? Deep seafoam? I don’t fucking know, I’m not Pantone. The sparkling wine is very good though.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Stick on googly eyes, duh.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1d

I saw Ed Sheeran’s Pelvis open for Gently Used Pornographers at the public amphitheater behind the kimchi taco pop-up.

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 1d

[Ed Sheeran’s pelvis gyrating half a centimeter on the one and the three] Like this? Am I doing it?

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d

Really well done this

defector.com/higher-eds-r...

Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector

If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 2d

“Hey! Hey! Show some respect! You kiss your sourdough mother with that mouth??”

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 2d

“That’s a real nice kombucha fermenter you got there, would be a shame if something happened to it.”

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 2d

All of this is the most foreseeable, avoidable, unnecessary disaster in sports in my lifetime. It’s ruining fandom, it’s harming players, it’s robbing bettors of everything they have, and it’s being not only allowed but *pushed* upon audiences by the leagues and their media partners.

Chicago News @chicago.thesocial.news · 2d

Heat guard Terry Rozier and Blazers coach Chauncey Billups arrested in gambling probe

The Heat guard and Trail Blazers head coach were arrested by the FBI Thursday morning, two officials told NBC News.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Jack Kogod @unsilent.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot possibly pay $180 for an app to watch the Wizards, can I? No. No, i musn’t.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

well i think naming a ballroom after your best friend is something to be celebrated tbh

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d

Ohhh, the east wing is where the woman stuff happened, everything makes a lot more sense now

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Jesse O’Connell @oconnell.bsky.social · 3d

“McElwain lists his location as New Alexandria on LinkedIn”

Wake up babe, a new Fake Alexandria just dropped.

ALXnow @alxnow.bsky.social · 3d

Firm using Alexandria address wins $220M federal contract for Trump immigration ads

Firm using Alexandria address wins $220M federal contract for Trump immigration ads | ALXnow

A company with an Alexandria address has secured $142.8 million of a $220 million Department of Homeland Security contract to produce advertisements promoting President Donald Trump's immigration policies...

www.alxnow.com

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Insipid Twaddle @insipidtwaddle.bsky.social · 4d

ESPN lost its soul when it replaced grainy footage of strongman competitions and bowling with an endless series of shouty-person televised talk radio shows. Having Chris Coons For Delaware sponsor a nationally-televised cornhole league would not only win back men, it would right a historical wrong.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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City of Alexandria, VA @alexandriavagov.bsky.social · 5d

It's National Friends of Libraries Week, so say hello to our friends at @alexlibraryva.bsky.social! They're new here, give them a follow!

a woman in a blue dress is standing in a library looking at books .

ALT: a woman in a blue dress is standing in a library looking at books .

media.tenor.com

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6d

An easy flow chart for you.

Do you have a deal with Donald Trump?
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Yes No
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No you don’t Correct

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 6d

First Trump administration story in a while that genuinely shocked me:

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 6d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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