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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 20h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 16h

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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Jordan Haynie Ware @godwelcomesall.bsky.social · 15h

“You say you love the poor. Name them.” Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 15h

The entire Yellowjacket offense is built on his lanky frame - I get he’s not aesthetic as a lot of QBs but man…fun to watch

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 15h

forgive me I’m no football blogger but

why isn’t Haynes King in Heisman convo?

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 17h

Just played music with Andrew James there on Mead!

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 17h

it is the moderate position to prosecute ICE at this point; it is reactionary to merely abolish it; the reconstruction keeps getting bigger

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 22h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 18h

Well that was quite fun actually - a quick coupla Guinness & food at Steinbeck’s then play a show outside in perfect weather - Oakhurst sure wish we could afford a home near you

Four fellas lined up on a porch playing keys electric guitar acoustic guitar bass and drums - view is from behind the drums

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 18h

Amazing

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 2d

I try not to be needlessly confrontational or cruel, but if someone tells me they're outsourcing the work of grading student writing to AI, I tell them they should either stop or quit their job because they shouldn't be doing it. It's malpractice and not good for their own long term happiness either

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 23h

Mine is still probably under the seat in a Minneapolis cab - it was a good one tbh 😩

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 23h

bring back my u2 ipod

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 23h

I still remember a buddy playing “Slower” for me off a cassette in his car just after a show we played at Outer Cafe - still in high school I think

When the feedback comes in after the quiet interlude towards the coda…I was immediately hooked. “&Serenading” is still one of my favorite songs ever

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

‘90s emo greats Mineral performed for the last time at Best Friends Forever festival in Las Vegas last night

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

‘90s emo greats Mineral performed for the last time at Best Friends Forever festival in Las Vegas last night

www.stereogum.com/2326136/90s-...

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

Southern slave owners were not "part of the reason why slavery ended" in the United States. The 20th Maine holding Little Round Top at Gettysburg was.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

It’s become clear it’s one of those “you only say yes once to” gigs

Star Wars Lando GIF

Alt: Star Wars Lando GIF deals getting worse all the time

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

In my mind “hey we’re gonna play porchfest” sounds like a casual laid back jam with friends and neighborhood folks but

There’s a friggin spreadsheet with a metric ton of sound system needs that those of us with studios end up having reset for weeks after sussing which cables and stands u lost

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C H I L I @chili.bsky.social · 1d

If you post Sora AI videos I am legally allowed to open hand slap you as hard as I physically can

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Phirnis @phirnis.bsky.social · 1d

After his celebrated new mix of Phil Collins' No Jacket Required, Steven Wilson is now entering his harsh noise period - remixing classic albums by The Rita, Vomir, and Hijokaidan into cinematic Dolby Atmos.

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

it's friday, the world is a lot, maybe you want a meditation on how working constantly is a continually futile negotiation with death (& mourning) - filmed extremely DIY on the Spree one saturday morning in Berlin

well i have you sorted: youtu.be/9EICDw18UWE?...

Mapquest (I Tell Myself)

YouTube video by Young Weather

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 1d

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100 of the best rap albums I could think of part 1

YouTube video by other mike eagle

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta respect the Goo’s years where they were at their most ‘Mats: m.youtube.com/watch?v=NlIo...

Goo Goo Dolls Naked Live MTV 120 Minutes 1995

YouTube video by Johnny GooGoo

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

My son, after I picked him up: “you’re like a dad elevator”

Me, A1.1-level Student der Deutschen:

“You mean an…ELE-VATER?!”

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

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The Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, what fast food chain would be most chaotic if it had a liquor license?

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · 1d

it's friday, the world is a lot, maybe you want a meditation on how working constantly is a continually futile negotiation with death (& mourning) - filmed extremely DIY on the Spree one saturday morning in Berlin

well i have you sorted: youtu.be/9EICDw18UWE?...

Mapquest (I Tell Myself)

YouTube video by Young Weather

youtu.be

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