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Jason from Buffalo
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All things Buffalo, breweries, garbage food and power pop.
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Santa's Beard. youtu.be/xKBk4aP4-nE
They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard (Official Audio)
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December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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With the #Bills narrowly defeating the Browns on Sunday, I wanted to highlight the positives. Mostly, the good work that Bills players are doing at home. Please make a difference and give! Go Bills
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Week Sixteen — Bills v Browns
It’s Beginning to look a lot like Playoffs
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December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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I just wrote about how Trump's speech last night was a farce. Worse, the fact that all the major networks gave him time to delivery is a tragedy for a free press and democracy.

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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Sunday's game was a roller coaster #BillsMafia. Special thanks to resident MassHole @barstoolsports founder for his premature celebration. His tears are delicious.
My thoughts on the comeback:
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Medium
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#GoBills
Week Fifteen — Bills v Patriots again
I’m not sure how much more my heart can take
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December 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I had the privilege of meeting Rob Reiner at a 2008 Kerry for President rally in Harrisburg PA. He was both vocal and critical of his country but loved it deeply. I’m so sad to hear of his and his wife’s passing. He was an incredible inspiration for the hope that we can all be better.
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
buffaloj77.bsky.social
Bills fans rode a roller coaster yesterday but what a ride it was! #BillsMafia saw Josh Allen put the offense on his back yet again - keeping their playoff hopes alive
My thoughts on the critical victory:
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Medium:
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#GoBills
Week Fourteen — Bills v Bengals
Winning in a Winter Wonderland
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December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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More of this !!
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The minimum wage will increase in 19 states next month…but not in PA. @pahousedems.com continue to fight to #RaiseTheWage:
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Dozens of cities, states hiking minimum wages in 2026 amid federal inaction (but not in Pa.) • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities, a new report found.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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As I navigate being a caregiver to my aging parents, this article not only hits close to home, it's calling from inside the house

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
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November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Just a fun factoid, Bethlehem Steel, including the steelyards in Buffalo/Lackawanna, were the source for the steel used by the US during WWII.
Buffalo industry beat the Nazis and fought off fascism - we can do so again with a Just Transition into renewable energy.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Last night was gross #BillsMafia
It made me want to either throw up in my mouth, or throw something. Share with me in anger Bills fans, we deserve better:
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#GoBills #FireMcDermott #FireBeane #TerryPegula
Week Twelve — Bills v Texans
Houston, we have a BIG problem
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November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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This tiny disc of zinc with just a smidge of copper has played an outsized role in our national (and international) discourse. n.pr/4r6TDvB
Farewell, fair penny. You are finished, but never forgotten
This tiny disc of zinc with just a smidge of copper has played an outsized role in our national (and international) discourse. The U.S. Mint ended production of the one-cent coin last week.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The Bills keep their playoff hopes alive after a thrilling, if not nerve-wracking win v. Tampa. I wrote about it here:
On Medium:
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On Substack:
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#BillsMafia #GoBills #JoshAllen #JA17 #BuffaloBills
Week Eleven — Bills v Tampa
With Six TDs, JA17 puts entire franchise on his back
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November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Sanders: The wealthiest people on earth are pouring hundreds of billions into research and development for AI and robotics. You think they’re doing that because they’re thinking, “Oh man, this is going to be something that will improve life for working people, for low-income people.”?
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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The book @mattsinger.bsky.social did on Siskel & Ebert was wonderful, and this 50th anniversary article is a great companion.
mattsinger.bsky.social Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · Nov 17
50 years ago this week, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made the first pilot for their TV show. In honor of this huge anniversary, I created my definitive “Best of Siskel & Ebert” article - 50 of their best reviews from across their entire career. 👍🏻👍🏻
The 50 Best Siskel & Ebert Reviews
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November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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KSMU's They Might Be Giants annual music marathon has begun! Streaming at KMSU.org. Rarities, requests, interviews and a live performance probably around 5:20 central. Tune in now!
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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I wrote an explained to the Epstein files a little while back. Just because this shit isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it isn’t important. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks the scandal and perceived cover-up.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Yesterday was brutal #BillsMafia Today is a good day to be angry. I share your frustration and I'm ready to move on from just about everyone except the players
Read my post on Medium:
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Or on Substack
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As always #GoBills
Week Ten — Bills v Dolphins again
A tale of two teams heading in opposite directions
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November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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For as great as the Raiders punter has been tonight, the Broncos punter has been inversely horrible. Yikes.
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Twice in one week? How can you stand it!

My quick summary on the inactivity of the #Bills front office at the #NFLtradedeadline
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And Substack
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#GoBills #BillsMafia
Special Report — Bills Trade Deadline
Not with a bang but a whimper
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November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Due to #ElectionDay news, this week's #BillsMafia musings were delayed slightly. Without further ado, my #Substack and #Medium reviews of Week 9 are here:

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#LetsGoBuffalo #BuffaloBills
Week Nine — Bills v. Chiefs
Bills Mafia vs Chiefs Kingdom — A rivalry of brotherhood
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November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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BREAKING: An Alabama man has been arrested and charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in several Southern states, the FBI says.
Alabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern states
Federals prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that “I want you to die.”Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker of Needham, Alabama, was charged with making an Interstate Communications Threat.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM