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Rags to Richard
@thesingerguy.bsky.social
I sing, I write, I'm a dad, a grandpa, and I drive a box truck.
Pinned
and so it begins
and that is where it ends
pushing for the oligarchs
push away your friends
no need to double clutch your pearls
you'll just have to double clutch them again
walking on a razor thin line
slicing you to shreds.
Just Us

all the things I ever dreamed
of place and time
the things I thought we shared
yours and mine
just dust on a shelf it seems
all left behind

There is no we in America anymore
just a lot of i
if there ever was an America
it just gave up and died
September 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I haven't been as excited for a movie as I am for The Long Walk, ever in my life. I've read the book 22 times. It looks so good, I'm a bit scared

I was there when they stormed the Korean nuclear facility.
August 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My favorite podcast. 19 years and running

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Edi and Jimmy talk eating late in Italy
YouTube video by Never Not Funny
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August 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@jimmypardo.com

Happy Birthday Jimmy!!! I told my Phillies to let you have one for your birthday and they came through!

😁
July 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
all I can do is weep
and after that I sleep
so much heavy lifting
from a hole dug much too deep

I try and fail to hide
the emptiness inside
I just keep on drifting
into the storm of an eye

I have left morality
to those who have no morals
I have been left arguing
with those who have no quarrels.
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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The rules are simple:
July 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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This organza dress from Iris Van Herpen’s couture show yesterday is amazing

Video via Vanessa Friedman at the NYT (Twitter handle VVFriedman)
July 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Those that say
don't tread on me
are often the ones doing the treading
Those that say
land of the free
are the ones aiding and abetting

Not the flag prompt she used, her poem was the prompt

@authortracystjohn.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@howtosurvive.bsky.social

HTS, I have a treat for you, or maybe not. I'm listening to this week's episode and Lady Baby came up. While you probably won't like the music, may I present to you Ladybaby.

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LADYBABY "ニッポン饅頭 / Nippon manju "Music Clip
YouTube video by LADYBABY
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June 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I am distraught
of all the things, the many things
This is not what I was taught
Can we stop playing capture the flag
When everybody's caught?
You can do what you want, but do you do what you ought?
June 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One of my first musical heroes. Goodbye Brian, I wish I had seen YOU live once.

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The Beach Boys - In My Room (Visualizer)
YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO
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June 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Damn, this hits.

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Wet Leg - CPR (Official Video)
YouTube video by WetLegVEVO
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May 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@mynameisgaron.bsky.social

Since @jimmypardo.com was giving you guff for using "chat" in a specific way, I thought you might enjoy this...

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Nerdy Professor Shocks High School by Speaking Gen Alpha Slang
YouTube video by Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约
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May 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@howtosurvive.bsky.social

I figured one of the three of you must have seen this... but just in case you haven't..

youtu.be/AKDM0GFn2M8?...
Twin sisters Bridgette and Paula Powers recount mayhem on Steve Irwin Way, Sunshine Coast | 7NEWS
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
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April 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I have a feeling that we missed the signal when Lynyrd Skynyrd told us that Watergate did not bother them.
April 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Tired does not begin to describe
The lengths at which the diatribe
Has taken on a whole new elaborate meaning
Hidden behind this false
facade
What you become and who you are
Waking up and still thinking that you're dreaming

Bonus points for getting the Pink Floyd reference. 😃
April 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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This, right here..
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism.

From Around the Horn:
March 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?

Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.

Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵

Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A short thread:
I am of the opinion that WWII started in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. Then Mussolini went after Ethiopia in 1935. Then came Hitler. I think it's awful Europe centric to say it started with Hitler.

I am a fan of the quote that history doesn't repeat, it echoes.
February 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So in the following thread, I'm going to put the lyrics to a song I wrote way back in the 90s.
I've been a metal singer/ poet for my entire adult life, and these feel to me very apt for the times. They're very harsh/ violent for those who don't like that sort of thing.
February 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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To all my Bluesky friends, please join me in this effort to fight back and protect our democracy! 💙
#Resist
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
and so it begins
and that is where it ends
pushing for the oligarchs
push away your friends
no need to double clutch your pearls
you'll just have to double clutch them again
walking on a razor thin line
slicing you to shreds.
February 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM