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Staff writer, Hawkeye Beacon (iowa.rivals.com). Iowa native, Minnesota State grad, now living in Baja Illinois. Does not stick to sports: old cars, food, architecture &c. If you follow >2k I don't follow back 'cuz you ain't reading anything.
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Man, Elon is EVERYWHERE

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If you're wondering whether IKEA knives are actually sharp, they are.

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The weirdest part of life on the Internet is that you get to watch full-blown cargo cults develop around people who would have a hard time holding down a job at a pretzel shop in the mall

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Who named it H5N1, when Corvid virus was right there.

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I wrote about a TV show I never liked but have grown to respect, not because it was great, but because of what it was.

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If they remade The Love Boat today, who would be the guest stars?

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If they remade The Love Boat today, who would be the guest stars?

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

I still think it’s no coincidence that this crap only surfaced after a whole generation of WW2 veterans got too old to kick their asses.

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

You have my attention

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote about the lessons I learned from playing so much Atari as a kid. Take a break from the parade of dreadfuls and read, please. bemusementpark.substack.com/p/have-you-p...

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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

submitted 22 days ago • 215 comments

My Friday attempt at getting cancelled: Red velvet cake isn't good.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

No customer service line has ever experienced a normal number of calls. It's a lie right up there with a best of them.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Early morning silhouette shot of a great blue heron perched in a cypress tree over Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee. The pastel colors of sunrise made me spend a few minutes at this spot. #birds #naturephotography #landscape #ReelfootLake #originalphotography #greatblueheron #westTennessee

submitted 25 days ago • 7 comments

For a limited time, slot machine jackpot winners who follow our friend @GreenevilleZoo.bsky.social will also receive a FREE jackal!* *Shipping, handling and rabies treatments not included

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

I've said it before but I don't think any of you understand the extent to which Bobby would destroy his own son over this.

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

"Alexa, when was the last time I cared about Iowa men's basketball? ... what do you MEAN Kurt Cobain was still alive??!?"

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The three most destructive pieces of American media in the last 30 years: 3. The Apprentice 2. The West Wing 1. The Rush Limbaugh Show

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Okay, I'll say it: Buc-ee's is mid

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

how are there a million "why I left the left" thinkpieces, but not even one good feature on how/why so many GWOT-era libertarians have drifted liberal/left-of-center?

submitted 30 days ago • 31 comments

Now up, my review of Chilly Scenes of Winter. It's a good movie so long as you understand that sometimes the unhappy ending is actually the happy one.

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Do I need to say 99-0 is cheap political cover for the ones they'll vote against? Do I need to say that?

submitted 34 days ago • 11 comments

Just in the nick of time! See my prediction on Hawkeye Beacon.

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A gray day

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He sounds sick. Not like critically ill but like he's got a respiratory infection or something.

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