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All those nice grasses. I can see why bunnies, birds and others are attracted to your yard (besides the food and water).

10.03.2026 21:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 20:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kennedy thinks it sounds more foreign (Russian) that way.

10.03.2026 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think he's trying to make it sound like the platform is run by commies.

10.03.2026 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're still buying gigantic warehouses to fill with Latinos though Mike.

10.03.2026 20:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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She'd better send back the wedding gift I gave her. Even though I had them engraved.

10.03.2026 20:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well that's better. It means I wasted a few months' less time than I thought.

10.03.2026 19:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SEVEN YEARS. No way!

10.03.2026 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not only are the lies becoming more screamingly obvious, even the hand-picked right-wing members of the press corps are starting to ask pointed questions.

And she's noticing her whole-body antiperspirant is starting to fail.

10.03.2026 19:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Her near-constant smirking over civilians getting killed erases any pity I might have had.

10.03.2026 19:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It feels like the lies are really hitting the fan today.

10.03.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The ugliest acronym I've ever heard. It sounds like a caveman grunt.

09.03.2026 21:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"They hate our freedoms?"

09.03.2026 20:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Which for no reason at all reminds me of when SNL tried to "parody" punk with Gilda Radner as a drunk, staggering Patti Smith lookalike. It was so cringe... and SQUARE.

09.03.2026 20:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Universal Corner
Universal Corner YouTube video by X - Topic

"White Girl" is the X single everybody knows from Wild Gift, but I like "Universal Corner" better. Those soulful John Doe vocals ๐ŸŽต โค๏ธ
#punk #1980s

youtu.be/lR5TWmIpnMA?...

09.03.2026 18:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember Patti Smith's hit single with Bruce Springsteen in the '70s?
Jimmy Iovine production with that big boss reverb and male choir in the break. The moody piano intro is neat, too.
(At our record store we'd sing along as it played over the PA, changing the words to "meatballs tonight) ๐Ÿ

09.03.2026 18:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will trade a poem for one taco. ๐ŸŒฎ ๐Ÿชถ

09.03.2026 17:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Because the Night
Because the Night YouTube video by Patti Smith - Topic

I'd forgotten all about this song. Let's play it right now!
youtu.be/wDlKTQ3Ig7A?...

09.03.2026 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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In case you're wondering, "vaudeo" referenced on the cover was coined to describe old vaudevillians who were still around and appearing on then-new "variety" TV shows.
The format continued for decades - I think the Ed Sullivan Show was the most vaudeville-like of them all.
(Look Magazine April 1951)

09.03.2026 03:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social I thought you might like this old article about Joseph Mankiewicz by Frank Nugent.
Collier's March 24, 1951, page 23:
archive.org/details/coll...

09.03.2026 03:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Collier's Magazine March 24, 1951 | Academy Awards Cover
Read it here:
archive.org/details/coll...

#movies #oscars #1950s #theOscars

09.03.2026 03:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"One's a meal"

09.03.2026 01:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/lare...

09.03.2026 01:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some error.
Al Jazeera pointed out military and govt officials' kids attended the school and it was struck twice to hit the parents rushing to the scene.

08.03.2026 21:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Redneck on Rainey Street, season 8, episode 21

08.03.2026 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The new Tex today, 2012 before the fire, and how he looked in the 1950s. The original is even more hideous.

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