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Langston Blues

@dradambanks.bsky.social

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Committed teacher, midnight believer, solo soul. Still a Slow Jam in a Hip Hop world. Here for all things Deep Space Nine, Donny Hathaway, Patrice Rushen and Futurama. And for general smart stuff, foolishness and irreverence. Cleveland + Bay Area

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 3h

And hootie hoooooooo!

Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 3h

Evening good late shift peoples

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Marché’s IPhone @marchesiphone.bsky.social · 3h

Waffle House

The Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 12h

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

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 3h

Great minds, I just said the same thing

Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 3h

Eff it, home run derby at this point. Each team gets to pick one batter and one person to pitch to him.

Xanxiuz 🪷 @xanxiuz.bsky.social · 4h

If this game is not over by the end of the 14th, the two managers should have to bare knuckle fight each other. #ALDS

Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 4h

But it never happens…

a young boy is sitting on a couch with his hand on his forehead .

ALT: a young boy is sitting on a couch with his hand on his forehead .

media.tenor.com

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Jenifer Lewis’ Afro @msjlaw.bsky.social · 5h

I got one of em!! The clip of us booing Cathy as A’ja gets the finals MVP. 😂#WNBAfinals

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 7h

He out here looking like a deposed King Vitaman

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 9h

And they do it that way bc they know few people would opt in if given the choice

✨Pretty, Witty, Girly, Worldly✨ @asdoseofreality.blacksky.app · 9h

I tired of having to opt out of Ai

Alex Mack 10 🇯🇲 @chillarybanks.com · 9h

Hey, go turn this off on LinkedIn.

I'm never on there and just peeped this.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a material reality that right now the AI tech bubble is holding up the empire. It increasingly powers all commerce, and is central to the most invasive surveillance apparatus the world has ever seen. Predictive analytics trained on our data have allowed billionaires to track us like wildlife.

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 8h

!!!

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 8h

Limited action the next 2 games because he sneezed and threw his back out

thIIIrd person @thiiirdperson.com · 9h

Questionable to play for six weeks because of how he stepped down off a chair

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

It’s great that LeBron is starting to get those middle aged injuries in his 40’s we all get in our early 30’s because we’re out of shape. We’re going to see an injury report where he sat on the toilet wrong.

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 12h

That Jet was a GREAT investment

Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 13h

A Qatari air force facility in Idaho..............an authoritarian regime will be permitted to build an air force facility on US soil.

#Pinks

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⚜️ 𓆤 Dime the Fit Nurse ⚜️ 𓆤 @trainlikedime.bsky.social · 16h

The word doctor comes from the Latin docēre, meaning “to teach.” It was first used for scholars who earned the highest degrees at universities. Medical doctors came later, once medicine became an academic discipline. Doctorate came first.

It’s okay to recognize & respect both.

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 16h

Just what I was about to say

Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 17h

There's definitely a hierarchy tho.

Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 17h

They all can get it.

Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 18h

You have a piece of catfish…. What hot sauce you putting on there

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msh'skeeta 🪇 @melodymocha.bsky.social · 18h

Monk Montgomery 🎂

Indianapolis native, jazz bassist, and brother of Wes Montgomery.

#Jazzsky #jazz

youtu.be/1_-x4s0Eohk?...

Little O's

YouTube video by Monk Montgomery - Topic

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 18h

Relatable

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19h

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah I think that's the case for a lot of the midwest; def what they're saying about my city.

Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 21h

Happy Fall Friday good peoples.

Hoping I can get home to see some peak foliage in the next couple of weeks, but here are a couple of shots from last year.

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 1d

that's me 90% of the time and I just have to scroll 😅

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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 1d

You're thinking of Strangé.

A duvet is the dude who escaped from prison in Shawhank Redemption

Lumpia Nyong'o @creolebabybritt.bsky.social · 1d

You're thinking of croquet.

A duvet is the character that Grace Jones plays in Boomerang

✨Your Seaside Oracle✨ @chanti227.bsky.social · 1d

You’re thinking of Poussey.

A duvet is the sport that involves hitting wooden, plastic, or composite balls with a mallet through hoops

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 50th Anniversary to this jam by The O'Jays

#TSOP #GambleAndHuff

🗣I love music....sweet, sweet music 🎶 🎶🎶❤️

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