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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 1d

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you. I suspect I am one of many millions who needed that.

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CelticStoic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticstoic.bsky.social · 1d

"Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, you all had great moments, but you never tasted the supreme triumph; you were never a farm boy riding in from the fields on a bulging rack of new-mown hay."

- Grant Wood (1891 - 1942)

Grant Wood. Fall Plowing. 1931.

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CelticStoic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticstoic.bsky.social · 13h

"The men who profit and make their living by the depravity and the awful misery of other human beings stand far below any ordinary criminals, and no measures taken against them can be too severe."

- Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography (1913), on his experience as NYC Police Commissioner c. 1896.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 14h

Yes... and, yes, there is something more to the character and his performance in light of the world we presently live in.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 14h

Released in February 1970, "Instant Karma" by John Lennon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SS...

Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (Ultimate Mix)

YouTube video by John Lennon - Topic

www.youtube.com

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 15h

Released in autumn of 1974 "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" by John Lennon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjWe...

WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon (official music video HD)

YouTube video by johnlennon

www.youtube.com

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 15h

Released on "Rubber Soul" in late 1965, "In My Life" from The Beatles (but especially from John Lennon)...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dao4...

In My Life (2023 Mix)

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

www.youtube.com

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 17h

New York City, 1958. Photo by Dennis Stock.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 18h

Today those astonishing statistics would be unthinkable if not impossible.

Today a well-heeled bat boy could hope to earn $85,000.00.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 18h

"Sugar" by Lee Wiley - #BOTD - released in 1951.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5G...

Lee Wiley - Sugar (Columbia Version)

YouTube video by Robert Isaiah

www.youtube.com

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Nora Germain 🎻 @noragermain.bsky.social · 18h

Happy moment sharing a tune with fellow members of Jon’s band 🎻 Taz Niederauer and Max Townsley 😌

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 21h

Alastair Sim, born 9 October 1900.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 1d

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Top: A tweet by Talkin Baseball says, “Yankees Have Been Eliminated By The Blue Jays”

Bottom: The Yankees pose for a picture with The Mango Menace.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 23h

I did not make this up: Trump bragged that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize because he ended a war in "The Republic of Condo." I was not aware that this country existed, but to honor it I am posting this flag. #LongLiveCondo

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 21h

"I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest and all that kind of thing."

Paul McCartney on John Lennon, #BOTD.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 22h

Lee Wiley - born 9 October - from 1951, "Manhattan."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz1_...

Lee Wiley: Manhattan

YouTube video by Stephanie Birdsong

www.youtube.com

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 22h

Singer Lee Wiley, born 9 October 1908.

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SK @sk-76.bsky.social · 1d

New York (1942)

Photo: Helen Levitt

A young woman sits on the lap of an older woman, possibly her mother, and has her arm around her. They are outside of a building with lots of scrap and rubbish around them. The older woman is leaning on the rim of an open barrel.

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 23h

I cannot understand a person who could look at these photos and not think "I must do whatever is in my power to preserve Nature."

BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 1d

The Commander (Moduza procris).🦋 Chakapong Park, Rayong, Thailand 🇹🇭

A medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Photos by Håkan Igelström @hakanigelstrom [IG]

#butterfly #nature #insects

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 22h

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” 😇

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 22h

A 1960 Ferrari 250 GT short-wheelbase Berlinetta Competizione with body work by Carrozzeria Scaglietti.

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