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davidvest.bsky.social
World's oldest living promising young pianist. Songwriter, poet, knuckleball-pitching bandleader. https://ffm.to/davidvest
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Told you once and I told you twice ... youtu.be/0mbAsY8VXbA?...

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Marshall Allen has released his debut solo album at the age of 100, and it's the best new music I've heard so far this year in any genre. marshallallen.bandcamp.com/album/new-dawn

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Gulf of Central America (fixed it for ya'll).

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Very cool to see friends and label mates win Juno nominations for Blues Album of the Year. www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1...

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The Chiefs can still be named Super Bowl champions if Mike Pence has the courage.

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Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’ Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.

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Apparently we're not required to have an opinion on everything -- or to publish every opinion we have. Who knew?

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youtu.be/tAg12U6mMLQ?... @davidgogoblues.bsky.social

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Good luck tonight, @davidgogoblues.bsky.social!

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Grief counsellors will be standing by ... youtu.be/xy9fqqd8z_s?...

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Just out: a story on the album I recorded in Romania in 1980. www.revistabiz.ro/cum-a-facut-...

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The real map.

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#SarahMcBride was elected by the people Of Delaware to represent them in Congress. Put a porta potty on the lawn for anybody who doesn't want to share facilities with her.

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Political Wire is now on Bluesky at @politicalwire.com Please repost to let your friends know! Thanks for reading!

submitted 107 days ago • 2 comments

What would #SunRa do?

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My idea of gaming is doing a crossword puzzle.

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“Whenever hallucination settled upon him, he was prepared to believe whatever was necessary under the circumstances.”

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Political Wire is now posting on Bluesky as @politicalwire.bsky.social Please help me build a following by reposting this for your friends. Thanks!

submitted 108 days ago • 13 comments

I left the US on election day in 2004.

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Anybody speak Formic?

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If Trump should kick Vance off the ticket and replace him with George Santos, would anyone even notice?

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34-0. My new favourite score.

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My column from Monday. It’s great that Montgomery is raising statues of Rosa Parks. But thanks to the Alabama Legislature, a teacher who tells students about the violent government Parks faced could lose his job if those facts cause a white student discomfort.

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A bad recording is one where you can't hear anybody listening.

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Who decided that all movies must now begin with a Cavalcade of Logos, before all the same companies are named again in the credits?

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On August 21, 1936, the Atlanta Constitution ran this story about Governor Eugene Talmadge listing Hitler as his favorite author.

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They say the center of our Milky Way galaxy is filled with formic acid.

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Take me to where the lines blur and the genres blend. Where old musicians hang out with poets, painters, and ballet dancers.

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I sometimes wish that we had proportional representation in America because the whackadoo third parties would provide tremendous comedic content. Imagine every cluster of Twitter loons having at least a seat or two in the House.

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