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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 12h

If you’re able to sleep like that, maybe your body needs it. So be kind to yourself and get those zzz’s 😴

Also, I’m jealous 😊

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 12h

That’s fantabulous! 🪕

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 12h

💚🎶✨🙌

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 12h

😆

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 13h

For the penultimate day of this fun mini-challenge, I’m going with a well-known jazz tune. The piano, double bass, and sax are brilliant. But I always sit in the groove with drummer Joe Morello.

#MusicChallenge
#NotAMonautomnSong

Day 6

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five youtu.be/-DHuW1h1wHw?...

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 13h

Today’s eye candy 🤩

#photography #art

Casey Beanpod @thebeanpod.bsky.social · 15h

Having the most tranquil of days.

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 14h

Dang! That’s a crazy mess. Glad I’ve been in Europe this week for work. Fam mentioned that they were late for work / school, but only said there was “a problem with DT sen” w/o the details.

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 14h

As long as the price comes down so NHK doesn’t have to endlessly report about it

#LifeInJapan 🇯🇵

The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 15h

Japan's 2025 staple rice harvest is forecast to reach a nine-year high of 7.48 million tons, up 10% from the previous year, the agriculture ministry has said.

Japan's 2025 rice harvest seen rising to 7.48 million tons

The harvest amount is expected to exceed 7 million tons for the first time since 2022, the agriculture ministry added.

ebx.sh

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 17h

On the 575th pitch!

What. A. Game.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 17h

JORGE POLANCO WALKS IT OFF

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 19h

🥰

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 19h

Unsolicited wick pic

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JoAnn @jojoinsf.bsky.social · 21h

Unsolicited lick pic

A gray cat is on his back lazily grooming himself. 👅

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

“America’s ruling class has managed to neutralize all the discipline that it ever faced. Their weirdest, worst ideas are the ones that we’re all stuck with.”

“Enshittification”: Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It

Writer Cory Doctorow returns to Democracy Now! to discuss his new book Enshittification, which explores the term he coined in 2022 to describe how online platforms like Facebook degrade over time as c...

www.democracynow.org

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 1d

Japanese politics was rocked on Friday as the Kōmeitō announced it would leave its coalition with the LDP after twenty-six years. To understand why this happened and what it means, I wrote a guide for the perplexed.

open.substack.com/pub/observin...

Kōmeitō quits the coalition

A guide for the perplexed

open.substack.com

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 1d

The Hawk is dead.

Temple Owls Are Everywhere 🙌

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 1d

I miss REAL Journalists.

Les Nessman, WKRP’s news reporter. Seen here reporting on live turkeys splattering to death on the ground after being dropped out of a helicopter

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 1d

That judge has not earned any due respect.

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patrick m. @sfpodge.bsky.social · 1d

What a banger!

Everybody gotta dance 💃🕺

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

John Candy was one of the most beloved comedic actors of his time, with starring roles in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. His life and work are celebrated in a new Amazon Prime documentary by Colin Hanks, John Candy: I Like Me. n.pr/3KNzxWq