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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 6h

I read an article about Thanksgiving dinner in the early 1800's that noted

then the meal was all about pies, savory roast vegetable pies, meat tourtieres, chowder like fish pies, & fruit pies after

I would love to serve a primarily pie Thanksgiving, but I fear my family would rebel at the notion

Carlos Estrada @ctothelos77.bsky.social · 1d

What's gonna be on your thanksgiving plate?

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 8h

this is America now,

do not look away

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 20h

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say

Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 11h

I heard someone say the other day that the reason white reactionaries get upset when they hear other languages is that they've only barely got a grasp on English, and I think about that a lot.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 21h

"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders,

the first is never get involve in a land war in Asia,...."

(side note, my college debate coach looked just like Vizzini if he wore a suit & black rim glasses. He was also the most miserable arrogant socially inept person I've ever known)

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

Tweet from Ella Devi: canvassing for @ZohranKMamdani in the east village today and the actor who plays dr. strugis in young sheldon is in my canvassing group!!

Photo of Ella with another canvasser and Wallace Shawn

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 2d

I recall years ago when I would go visit the in-laws in February and join the Naples Velo 7 a.m. group ride.

If it was below 55F local guys would be in thermal jacket, tights, and heavy booties while I had on a wind vest & thin arm warmers

carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 2d

my comment is out of pure jealousy

the high temp here today is 46F and I'm waiting to ride until the wind calms down below 15 mph.

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 2d

so it's what,

55-60F with a light breeze?

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 2d

and not that this is the important part,

but Donnie ShortFingers couldn't be bothered to put on a tuxedo to his own black tie theme party?

Also what's with his guests wearing fedoras & flat caps while eating?

They're the most tacky tasteless bunch of rich people I've ever seen

carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 2d

I know that Irony died a thousands deaths & was buried by the GOP years ago,

But Donnie Short Fingers, throwing a Gatsby themed party at his FL resort on the eve of cutting food aid to 42 million Americans and on day 31 of a government shutdown he orchestrated,

is something else

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 2d

I miss having a good quality stick umbrella.

I had a straight handle one in my twenties that was a gift from my grandfather. Never had as nice an umbrella since.

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 3d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 3d

my great grandfather made the tuxedo my father was married in, by hand.

I have a black top coat that he made in 1960. It's perhaps the last garment he made still in existence. And it's still a nice coat.

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 3d

this is the end of a long worthwhile thread on the sad state of "bespoke" suits in America.

True story, my great grandfather was a bespoke tailor in Chicago. In the 1950's his was offered a considerable sum to cut suits in Hong Kong for 5 years. He declined rather than close his shop & relocate

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

Genuine, quality custom tailoring has become almost a lost art. There are only a handful of cutters left in the US — fewer coatmakers. A lot of custom tailoring nowadays is subpar work sold through gimmicks.

And that's the story of Peterson's suits.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 3d

all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 3d

(evergreen skeet)

a cartoon of bugs bunny holding a fish in his paw

ALT: a cartoon of bugs bunny holding a fish in his paw

media.tenor.com

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 4d

is it really too much to hope

that she finds herself on a one way flight to the Netherlands?

it probably is, but still....

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 4d

(the answer was there all along)

change one letter, ruin a candy

S&Ms

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 4d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Swedish fist

J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 4d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Mars Jars

carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 4d

change on letter, ruin a candy

Butler Finger

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 4d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Swedish fist

J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 4d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

Mars Jars

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 5d

if you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

COATES: “Trump’s saying, ‘Y’all, I’m just gonna kill people.’ And the Greatest Deliberative Body has nothing to say about it. Y’all are punk, y’all are cowards.”

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 5d

YouTube Comment Section Astounded To Learn Chicks Can Rock Too

SAN BRUNO, CA—Expressing surprise and delight at the notion that gals could also shred, dozens of YouTube users who stumbled upon the Mousers’ cover of Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” revealed Wednesday th...

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 5d

praying for Jamaica, it's the most we can do right now,

but plan to give aid and supplies in the weeks to come.

They're going to need..... everything.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.

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carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.social · 6d

"what's wrong dear?

You can't seem to sit still in your post-industrial Cthulhu chair?"

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