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Many thanks to J. L. Steele and @nine-on-9.bsky.social for the review! Greatly appreciated.

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Reading about Will Rogers' benefit tour through the drought-stricken Southwest in 1931. Unfortunately, he'd meet lots of people he wouldn't like holding office today. (@startelegram.bsky.social photo)

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Some days you don’t know which way to turn.

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Baseball bloggers, podcasters & radio interviewers! Please DM me soon if you're interested in my Ron Luciano bio, coming in July from @univnebpress.bsky.social.

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Worth noting those rare times I agree with the @nypost.com.

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Thanks to @univnebpress.bsky.social for the Book Birthday greetings! Look for the next book in July — Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano.

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Fishing vessels Miss Hopkins, Eight Ladies and Calico Jack, tied up at St. Augustine FL, February 2023.

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Big Daddy was always big. Here he is as a marine, before joing the NFL. He never played college football.

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Brilliant front page

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Baltimore Colt Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb figures briefly in “Big Loosh,” my biography of umpire-author Ron Luciano. There are fine magazine profiles of him but no full-length bio. How is this possible? (Baltimore Sunday Sun Magazine photo, December 1959)

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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense. This is a growing national security risk.

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"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter." - Sam Spade #TheMalteseFalcon

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I love #sports #cartoons from the early 20th century. Here’s a little sketch of a basket catch, artist unknown. (Mattoon IL Morning Star, May 28, 1907) — #baseball

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Literal Nazi salute, if you have any doubt.

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"It's a mighty short time now until the men will begin reporting to their different towns over the circuit …” #baseball #spring

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"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

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Amazing photo from US National Archives: Al Schacht, Crown Prince of #Baseball, in a B-24 while entertaining troops in the South Pacific during #WWII — #avgeeks

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Page proofs! Look for Big Loosh in July from @univnebpress.bsky.social. #baseball #biography

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Trimotor Tuesday! The Texas Company bought this Ford-Stout model in 1928. Pilot Frank Hawks then flew "Texaco No. 1" on a nationwide goodwill tour, generating enormous publicity everywhere he went. (Cover, Texaco Star, 9/1928) #avgeeks

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If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

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Fabulous old #illustration. Full-page ad, black-and-wide, no body text. Artist's initials illegible, lower right. (California Journal of Development, September 1928) #avgeeks

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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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Best #ghostsign I’ve ever seen. Uncovered by demolition, upper High Street, Morgantown WV, 2014.

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For Valentine's Day, a rather heartbreaking photo of Grover Cleveland and Aimee Alexander. The couple had their ups and downs (married and divorced twice), but always loved each other. They wed shortly before the Cubs pitcher left Camp Funston KS for France during WWI.

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Flier Frank Hawks and the Curtiss-Wright BT-32 Condor he demonstrated in China in 1934. Adapted from an airliner design, the aircraft could be configured as a bomber, ambulance or transport. #avgeeks

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#trimotor #tuesday — ad illustration of Texas Company’s “Texaco No. 1,” which made nationwide tour in 1928. (Artist unknown) #avgeeks

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“Getting Ready to Open Up,” by cartoonist Robert Ripley, from the Washington Star, February 20, 1914.

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US Army Chinook off foggy Butler Beach FL yesterday. #avgeeks

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EAA Ford trimotor, Ross County (OH) Airport, August 2024 — #avgeeks

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Mutt and Jeff at the plate. Detail from shoe ad showing comic characters playing baseball, Washington Times, June 18, 1912. (Original artist, Bud Fisher)

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Love the dazzle scheme.

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The news is bad but the sky is glorious.

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Fine image of USN Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver observation plane. Squadron not identified. (US National Archives) #avgeeks

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Decommissioned FWD fire truck outside BBQ restaurant, US 1 south of St. Augustine FL. Wish I had room for one in my garage!

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Inexpensive little toy airplane ca. 1930, probably meant to be one of the Texaco fleet. An antiques shop find a year ago. #avgeeks

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B-24 Liberator illustration, Western Flying magazine, September 1942. (Artist unknown) #avgeeks

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Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book. "Charles 'Gabby' Street stepped out of a cold spring downpour into a downtown Nashville hotel." — The Gas and Flame Men

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Book birthday! Published a year ago today, by Potomac Books. Also watch for Big Loosh, my biography of umpire/author Ron Luciano, coming in July from @univnebpress.bsky.social.

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