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matthew @pahuski.com · 8h

spinning tonight: it’s a classic for a reason

Record jacket for Miles Davis’ album, Kind of Blue, standing on top of a turntable, the record itself visible below the clear turntable dust cover

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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matthew @pahuski.com · 12h

The Good Score is everywhere for Pitt fans with eyes to see

Screenshot of Transit app widget on lock screen. Directions say “Go in 9 minutes” with an estimated bus arrival in 13 minutes

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matthew @pahuski.com · 12h

so that’s what that was. wasn’t looking at the screen and heard “catholic” a lot

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matthew @pahuski.com · 13h

the forecast was for the recipe-specified amount of garlic, and we are getting what everyone actually puts in

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matthew @pahuski.com · 13h

the Quakers were really onto something with peaches and cream oatmeal. and the whole pacifism thing too

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matthew @pahuski.com · 16h

the lady from that SEC commercial with a sort of painful looking facial expression, caption "it just means more"

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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matthew @pahuski.com · 18h

Frequently sharing a night with HIMYM and Big Bang Theory can’t hurt. Feels like recent CBS is full of those sitcoms. Mike and Molly also got six. Mom got EIGHT!

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

snacking on garlic bread primarily to avoid giving in and turning on my heat

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Ben Cherington sits in his office listening to a Duke Ellington record, sipping Cutty Sark and smoking a cigarette. As he gazes at the otherworldly beautiful ears of his secretary and is reminded of a lost love from 20 years ago, it all becomes clear to him: they've bid on the wrong Murakami

MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 1d

Munetaka Murakami To Be Posted This Offseason

Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami is going to be posted by the Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. It has long been expected that this would be the case, as it was reported three years ago that the plan was for Murakami to make the MLB move after 2025, but this…

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

I like how it looks like a bunch of happy cartoon animals have chased the goons up a tree

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

CURRY MATCH

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to scare people. But it won't work. No one looks scared to me anymore. And it's power in numbers. All the TV hits in the world won't change the fact that when Americans see the sheer number of people out there, absolutely no one will believe anything these guys say.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Visually a step back from the old map (Metro-North area in particular seems way too empty), but the LIRR really benefits from the extra detail you can add by moving away from geography.

New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

This image shows the new commuter rail map issued by the MTA this year. After decades of more geographically accurate maps, the streamlined look has returned. Which map do you prefer?

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

biggest tech purchases of the year have been a record player and a portable AM/FM radio. now getting ads for print subscriptions to magazines. everything is pointing to Analog 2026