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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 4h

#transparencyoncovid

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VintageSilvertones.com @vintagesilvertones.bsky.social · 2d

SILVERTONE-KAY 1460L2 - 2pu electric guitar black ohsc Chicago 1960. For sale.

(Final Kay repost) Gothic black & white lines, neck pu is warm/round, bridge is clean/tight for Jazz to Rock, rare in orig condition.

www.vintagesilvertones.com/product/silv...

#VintageGuitar #Guitar #Silvertone #Kay

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VintageSilvertones.com @vintagesilvertones.bsky.social · 20h

LA BAYE 2×4 SIX - 2pu, electric guitar red tremolo Holman-Woodell Kansas, 1967. For sale.

Our 2nd LaBaye 2x4 guitar. Perfecting Les Paul's concept for Freedom Of Choice! Guaranteed to impress at your next show.

www.vintagesilvertones.com/product/la-b...

#VintageGuitar #Guitar #Silvertone #LaBaye

This is a La Baye 2×4 Six guitar designed by a guitar teacher, Dave Helland, from Green Bay Wisconsin and manufactured in 1967 by the Holman-Woodell factory, most famous for the Wurlitzer guitar that they made briefly in 1966. This is a solid body, rectangular, literaly 2×4 shaped, guitar featuring a red finish, two single coil pickups with “La Baye” engraved on them, a white plastic guardplate on which the pickups and bridge are mounted, a metal bridge with individually adjustable plastic saddles, a plastic white plate on the treble side on which the pickup selector and jack are mounted, a white plastic plate on the bass side on which the volume and tone control are mounted, a tremolo tailpiece, and three metal strap pins, one at the top of the body, one at the bottom and one on the tailpiece. These guitars are very rare as there were only about forty-five of them made, including the “Four” and the “Twelve” models which are the bass and 12 string versions. After presenting the instruments at the 1967 Chicago NAMM show, Helland and Holman-Woodell ceased production, finding a lack of interest at the time, outside of Tommy James and the Shondells who played them very briefly. There was a resurgence of interest in the instrument after Devo was seen using the guitars in the late 1970s. These guitars are definitely cool looking and unique. This guitar is still in great shape and has stood the test of time. Description from VintageSilvertones.com

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 13h

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southernfairy1.bsky.social @southernfairy1.bsky.social · 6d

Undine' by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1909.

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 10h

Lenny Bruce

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 10h

Morning Neil. have a good one! ✌️☮️🕊️

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Lol just found it on their site. Was hiding away in the folk guitar section, I was looking in travel!

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure if they still make that model JJ. Remember the video is an advert by the company. Those small guitars can sound really boxy in person. ✌️☮️🕊️

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

accursed vessel-
I taste death in night,
in the clearing,
I see an apparition,
a silently dark
enchantment,
I will not #fret;

I think of my home
and my woman
who smells
of #jasmine,
her hourglass #silhouette-

tis not my night
to die

#weirdmicro #foxprose #vssdaily #inkMine #penstricken #poetry

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 2d

1. Before 2020, I never, ever remember getting sick being portrayed as a good thing.

"Most people will get one or two respiratory infections every year. In some ways, it's a *good thing* when you are a child or healthy adult".

*my emphasis.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Common cold, flu, Covid: Why is Britain so sick right now?

Why coughs and colds seem to be taking hold currently - and what you can do to protect yourself.

www.bbc.com

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning kind sir, I hope you had an enjoyable week ✌️☮️🕊️

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful, highly talented woman. What a loss! RIP 🙏✌️☮️🕊️

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Gatemouth Brown - Early In The Morning

Early In The Morning

YouTube video by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Topic

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Daniel @daniel3162.bsky.social · 3d

Robert Nighthawk - Bricks in My Pillow

youtu.be/KxAywy81cHg?si=n_dXVnK6PJMkxcmR

Bricks in My Pillow

YouTube video by Robert Nighthawk - Topic

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Eric Dolphy - Inner Flight II

YouTube video by MonkeyIslandBlues

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

Thine kiss
be #sweet as honey
and soft as silk,
touch as
tantalizing
as an
after-dark tale;
and I will
savor thee

#whistpr #poetry

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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 2d

I'm concerned. I felt we were lucky to dodge the final mutation last flu season. I'm not feeling as optimistic going into this one. With the CDC a shell of its former self and RFKJr running everything, it'll be a horror show if/when it happens.

#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 2d

But who’s going to track the looming H5N1/bird flu outbreak? Oh, you say that’s the point—that they don’t in fact want to track it. 😳
(Note the potential bird flu pandemic or epidemic has been brewing & not adequately traced for 2-3 years already now.)

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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elcerritodave.bsky.social @elcerritodave.bsky.social · 4d

#FondueFriday
#JazzSky
#Jazz

"Stormy Weather", Billie Holiday

youtu.be/EIgVCU19pjg?...

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Both outstanding performances 👍✌️☮️🕊️

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Benny Goodman Sextet - Flying Home

Benny Goodman Sextet - Flying Home (1939)

YouTube video by uchukyoku1

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️Prof @chrischirp.bsky.social Pagel reports on "significant Covid wave" in her substack
(🔗 on nxt)

"The last time we had more recorded Covid hospitalisations was two years ago, and this wave isn’t over yet."

1/ #KeepCovidBoosters

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 2d

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 2d

The further decimation of public health. It began with Trump disbanding the pandemic preparedness team in 2018 & then basically unleashing COVID on us in 2020, & was followed by Biden falsely claiming in 2022 that the pandemic was over. It’s all part of a tragic continuum, or a multi-step process.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 3d

This is why one of my mantras is 'politics itself can be a biological risk'. Wildfowl migration has already begun in North America, which will mean a significant increase in H5N1 infections in poultry, dairy cattle and humans. Yet politics is dismantling the defence.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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