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John Yuda 🥄

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5 USC § 3331 Husband, dad, dog walker, cyclist, outdoors enthusiast, occasional reluctant driver, Alexandrian, federal employee, vinyl record collector, jazz fan. “Refreshingly eclectic, like a thrift-store playlist that actually slaps.”

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 20d

Do not obey in advance.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1h

#JazzSky #NowSpinning: Wynton Marsalis, “Black Codes (From the Underground)” (rec. 11-14 Jan 1985)

W. Marsalis (t); Branford Marsalis (ts, ss); Kenny Kirkland (p); Charnett Moffett, Ron Carter (b); Jeff “Tain” Watts (d)

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Black Codes (From the Underground) by Wynton Marsalis

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 2h

#JazzSky #NowSpinning: Horace Parlan, “No Blues” (rec. 10 Dec 1975)

Parlan (p); Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b); Tony Inzalaco (d)

Parlan fascinates me. He was a polio survivor, and his right hand was partially paralyzed. So he developed a truly unique style.

No Blues by Horace Parlan

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 6h

bring this back, Ubisoft. You're Canadian anyway!

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 11h

Yup

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 12h

Forcing Bob Iger to grow a backbone was a good start.

To quote John Oliver, we need a lot of people in power to get comfortable saying “fuck you, make me”

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 12h

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 12h

Oh man I’m weirdly envious.

I’ve pulled off vegan pozole once. Proud of that one.

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 12h

This is the correct approach.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 12h

Sullivan is the semi-vulnerable one. But probably only if Mary Peltola decides she’d rather run for senate than governor

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 13h

Thy actually are. They seem to have settled on (possibly unconsciously) “we can be stupid and democrats will save us”

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 14h

If Congress doesn’t wake up soon (lolololol) we’re heading for a depression

Will Li @williamlidc.bsky.social · 14h

The combination of being on the downslope of an economic cycle, being in a tech bubble dominated by one tech whose marketing has far outstripped its substantive capacity, and having a gov’t full of people who are hitting the accelerator to drive downhill is not something we’ve seen in our lifetimes

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 14h

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 23h

Of course.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 23h

Duluth is probably more of a Liverpool.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 23h

One of those, or maybe Duluth/Superior

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 23h

Should we tell them (meaning the WH) that Puerto Rico is part of the U.S.?

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Fair point!

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

I’d argue Signal group chat but Discord would be better than nothing.

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Genuinely not sure whether this is a wrestling post or a Portland protests post.

(j/k I know it’s a wrestling post)

Mattie @mattuntitled.bsky.social · 1d

ICE fears Hangman
#AEWDynamite

A sign in the crowd saying "ICE FEARS HANGMAN" during an episode of AEW Dynamite

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Absolutely not

John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

I was just thinking “maybe I should start my own damn newsletter”

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Ok as I get my initial thoughts down this seems more like a series. Do you two fancy a time-limited guest column? @oconnell.bsky.social @beckyhammer.bsky.social

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Yeah, it’s so good. We pony up for the family subscription so the kids can have maximum functionality with them if they get stuck out somewhere

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John Yuda 🥄 @yuda.org · 1d

Working on a letter to the editor for @beckyhammer.bsky.social and @oconnell.bsky.social. It’s even a serious one!

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