Kevin Speicher
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We're about to start a Season 2 rewatch.
I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.
'The Wire' Star James Ransone Dead at 46 After Apparent Suicide
James Ransone -- an actor best known for his role in the hit show "The Wire" -- has died ... and the medical examiner is pointing to suicide as the cause.
www.tmz.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We're about to start a Season 2 rewatch.
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I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.
'The Wire' Star James Ransone Dead at 46 After Apparent Suicide
James Ransone -- an actor best known for his role in the hit show "The Wire" -- has died ... and the medical examiner is pointing to suicide as the cause.
www.tmz.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I was just at the gym watching a The Wire s2 episode, and came back to this awful news. Ransone was incredible in that season — so believable as the screw-up determined to live down to everyone's low opinion of him. And great in almost everything else I saw him do. RIP.
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Todd Snider Live in Nashville 2010: www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/11/17/t...
Todd Snider Live in Nashville 2010 - chimesfreedom
Todd Snider passed away unexpectedly in November 2025 after some recent odd news. We remember his music and a live show from 2010.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Todd Snider Live in Nashville 2010: www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/11/17/t...
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we must solve America’s loneliness epidemic
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist https://theonion.com/study-finds-80-of-americans-lack-social-connections-to-pull-off-heist/
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
we must solve America’s loneliness epidemic
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So, what's the deal with "observers" in quantum mechanics? Can one grok an interpretation of QM *without* observers? Well, @amandagefter.bsky.social has given this a lot of thought... nautil.us/reality-exis... via @nautil.us #physics #philosophy
Reality Exists Without Observers? Boooo!
Why I don’t root for the Many Worlds team
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December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
So, what's the deal with "observers" in quantum mechanics? Can one grok an interpretation of QM *without* observers? Well, @amandagefter.bsky.social has given this a lot of thought... nautil.us/reality-exis... via @nautil.us #physics #philosophy
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This is good fun. I laughed so hard I cried. (Or maybe I just cried.)
Freddie Freeman traumatizes sick children. #SMH www.instagram.com/p/DR4lwk1Dr6u/
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is good fun. I laughed so hard I cried. (Or maybe I just cried.)
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Christmas in Washington: A Song About Heroes: www.chimesfreedom.com/2017/12/24/c...
Christmas in Washington: A Song About Heroes - chimesfreedom
Merry Christmas to our readers who celebrate the holiday. Today’s Christmas song is “Christmas in Washington” by Steve Earle. The song first appeared on his El Corazón (1997) album, which is one of ...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Christmas in Washington: A Song About Heroes: www.chimesfreedom.com/2017/12/24/c...
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Well, I’ll never win a Hugo or a Nebula, but I did finally make the front of Locus, which is no small thing.
Issue 779 Table of Contents, December 2025 locusmag.com/2025/12...
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Well, I’ll never win a Hugo or a Nebula, but I did finally make the front of Locus, which is no small thing.
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The only Black Friday we recognize here
Steely Dan | Black Friday Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions
YouTube video by Top Load Tele
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November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The only Black Friday we recognize here
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I still find it very hard to track how 2 guys from the band that sang "Happy Together" ended up as frontmen in the Schoolboy Humor version of the Mothers of Invention on "Fillmore East - June 1971"".
While we're doing the Flo and Eddie love watch this from about 1.20 in. It's one of the best things ever on YouTube.
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Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of The Turtles talk about their managers
YouTube video by Grepssoftly
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September 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I still find it very hard to track how 2 guys from the band that sang "Happy Together" ended up as frontmen in the Schoolboy Humor version of the Mothers of Invention on "Fillmore East - June 1971"".
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Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain.
August 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain.
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When asked in 2023 where she would most like to dive, marine biologist Sylvia Earle answered:
"Anywhere, fifty years ago"
"Anywhere, fifty years ago"
August 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
When asked in 2023 where she would most like to dive, marine biologist Sylvia Earle answered:
"Anywhere, fifty years ago"
"Anywhere, fifty years ago"
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Some priests is better than nun, I suppose.
August 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Some priests is better than nun, I suppose.
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Although these days the Constitution is a bit of a grey area.
A depressing number of news outlets are reporting this without mentioning the minor detail that it would be unconstitutional.
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Although these days the Constitution is a bit of a grey area.
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"In reality, our wildlife here is pretty boring: squirrels, some deer, a few bears. All pretty normal stuff.”
Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up
SYDNEY—Saying the ruse began as a harmless prank about the continent’s mammals having pouches, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted Tuesday that all those animals like wallabies, numbat...
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August 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"In reality, our wildlife here is pretty boring: squirrels, some deer, a few bears. All pretty normal stuff.”
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One of Werner Herzog’s most brilliant achievements and one of German cinema’s totemic masterpieces, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD will be released on UHD and Blu-ray by the BFI on 25 August tinyurl.com/ybtx9hw7
August 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
One of Werner Herzog’s most brilliant achievements and one of German cinema’s totemic masterpieces, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD will be released on UHD and Blu-ray by the BFI on 25 August tinyurl.com/ybtx9hw7
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NOT NOW, EARTH'S CORE
Strong new evidence suggests that liquid metal from the center of the Earth is making its way up to the planet’s surface, potentially ferried through two monster-size blobs sitting at the core-mantle boundary. @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/earths-core-...
Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface | Quanta Magazine
Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NOT NOW, EARTH'S CORE
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David Gordon on a long tradition of entanglement. crimereads.com/the-dirty-wo...
The Dirty Work: The On-Going Romance Between Sex Work and Crime Fiction
From “A Scandal in Bohemia” to The Big Sleep, from the LA of James Ellroy to the Harlem of Chester Himes and far beyond, there has always been a close relationship, a complicity, perhaps even a rom…
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July 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
David Gordon on a long tradition of entanglement. crimereads.com/the-dirty-wo...
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And now - a word from Big Canadian Sugar. sugar.ca/internationa...
Value of Sugar to the Canadian Economy - The Canadian Sugar Institute
The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) is the national, non-profit association representing Canadian sugar manufacturers on nutrition, seeks fair international trade affairs, and provides a science-based ...
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July 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And now - a word from Big Canadian Sugar. sugar.ca/internationa...
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Over a century later WW1 is still making victims.
July 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Over a century later WW1 is still making victims.
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This is exactly what the internet is for.
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is exactly what the internet is for.
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Second Prize: 4 Tickets!
July 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Second Prize: 4 Tickets!
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Trailer: KEROUAC’S ROAD: THE BEAT OF A NATION explores Jack Kerouac’s legacy through stories of modern “on-the-roaders” and those who knew or were inspired by him. It reveals a rarely seen side of Kerouac and offers a fresh take on On the Road and its lasting impact on America.
KEROUAC’S ROAD: THE BEAT OF A NATION – OFFICIAL TRAILER | Universal Documentaries
YouTube video by Universal Documentaries
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July 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trailer: KEROUAC’S ROAD: THE BEAT OF A NATION explores Jack Kerouac’s legacy through stories of modern “on-the-roaders” and those who knew or were inspired by him. It reveals a rarely seen side of Kerouac and offers a fresh take on On the Road and its lasting impact on America.
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My new @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia article is about King George I www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/k...
King George I
George I, elector of Hanover from 1698 to 1727 and king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (born 28 May 1660 in Hanover, Germany; died 11 June 1727 ...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My new @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia article is about King George I www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/k...
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Not a bad idea tbh www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/b...
Chuck E. Cheese is opening arcades for adults | CNN Business
Chuck E. Cheese isn’t just for the kids anymore.
www.cnn.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Not a bad idea tbh www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/b...