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@davesimon.bsky.social

Isles, Illini, Yanks… and some music rambling. @nyillini311 on the old bird app

created June 22, 2023

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Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

@themikeheld.bsky.social has a way of doing polls. He does it for choosing hats daily

3/9/2025, 1:55:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 (@itsthebrandi.bsky.social) reposted

When you showed your kids the D2: The Mighty Ducks and they start putting political pressure on you

2/9/2025, 9:51:21 PM | 55 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I thought they wanted states rights. That’s not states rights.

2/9/2025, 10:02:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pritzker 2028 please.

2/9/2025, 8:51:00 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it’s people having things in their car for insurance, so don’t speed and they feel it’s safer doing that vs being in the right lane of a 2 lane highway dealing with mergers. It’s 2 lanes, just move to the left lane when someone’s merging, otherwise stay right to let people pass.

2/9/2025, 8:50:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Odd that it’s not 973.9PresidentNumber (Says the data analytics guy)

2/9/2025, 8:49:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This may wind up being the end of a lot of us loving the trash pandas hats if it’s associated with space command

2/9/2025, 7:49:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Also this (filmed at the Soundview Projects) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVno...

2/9/2025, 7:48:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Cities , but the Phish cover , not Talking Heads. (Yes this may be controversial)

2/9/2025, 7:47:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This was totally done to troll me because I hate that song lol. She knows me so well. But also 68 days til Hawaii 🌴

2/9/2025, 7:34:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Bill Self nods.

2/9/2025, 7:28:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

But also, keep your calendar up to date when you’re out of office, and respect people’s out of office in outlook.

2/9/2025, 7:12:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Do you get “floating holidays” at work? We get 2 per year (maybe it’s 1) but it’s for the holiday of your choosing (Good Friday, Eid, Lunar New Year, Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur) The missed point also is, companies don’t do a good job of “avoid meetings on these open days, a bunch of coworkers out”

2/9/2025, 7:11:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that only a one time thing since it lists the 9/11 event?

2/9/2025, 4:39:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Lots of people lacking any self awareness in complaining about anything is the story of the last 5 years

2/9/2025, 4:28:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

But but we’ve been told we shouldn’t think it matters because once they get in anything can happen.

2/9/2025, 2:10:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Tim Beckman needed this for Steaks and Cakes / Weenies and Beans speech

2/9/2025, 2:09:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m sorry, his full name is Natrone Means Business

2/9/2025, 12:22:30 AM | 130 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I got a text that may be from a dispensary but I honestly can’t tell, so I just did stop to unsubscribe because it looked too spammy. Shrug. Maybe fully Identify yourself and don’t make your link look weird

1/9/2025, 3:15:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe put a picture of the guy not the tennis player in the skeet

1/9/2025, 3:09:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone on here and it might be @edsbs.bsky.social has listed a bunch of options for getting off of sub stack

1/9/2025, 3:00:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

If you’ve got the 4k feed, no commercials there

1/9/2025, 12:38:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Miami kicking game is an adventure

1/9/2025, 12:30:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Only during Toyotathon

31/8/2025, 7:14:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh I know it was more a you dont want to follow a feed that’s really just an annoying Yankee blog / video platform that’s wanna be stool. I’m a Yankees fan and would never want to inflict that on anyone

31/8/2025, 3:30:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Jomboy does LSU stuff? Something tells me most LSU fans wouldn’t want to follow jomboy

31/8/2025, 3:27:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds comcastic

31/8/2025, 3:21:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m still wearing a tshirt shorts and flip flops on LI. IDGAF. We’ll get to hoodies soon, but 65 feels too warm for that (and I love hoodies)

30/8/2025, 2:17:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dana Carvey as Tom Brokaw

30/8/2025, 1:27:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 1:04:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

@beckymayyy.bsky.social they’re going to come to NY…. The place where everyone steps in the street at any point and doesn’t follow traffic laws (says someone who doesn’t as a pedestrian)

30/8/2025, 1:37:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I think I just made it worse for you voting red. I love the yellow state and MSP part but can’t do yellow

29/8/2025, 11:52:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Even right at kickoff, first few weeks could be new security

29/8/2025, 11:50:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Metallica at the Apollo with work.

29/8/2025, 7:00:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@isleschick.bsky.social would prefer Subdivisions.

29/8/2025, 2:59:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Do yall have plans at some point to split out the products from the box. I really love the Illinois tshirt but I don’t wear crew necks….

29/8/2025, 2:29:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s also bar pizza. I just don’t like pizza (I know I know) bc I don’t like tomato sauce

29/8/2025, 2:12:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I also didn’t know how often you’ve been to Chicago. Just a little more heightened awareness on the el than you’d have in the subway (and I’m obv not THAT guy), but I wouldn’t sleep on the el, and would be ok doing it on the subway

29/8/2025, 2:10:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes! That was it. Then I’ll go with my Ed’s rec too.

29/8/2025, 2:09:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

But also Portillo’s for your normal Chicago dog/italian beef. Then your deep dish options are different on what you want between Lou Malnati’s/Gino’s. But my friends are always Lou’s people. And there’s one by the river.

29/8/2025, 2:08:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I eat like a 5 year old… so I get that… I also feel like you’d then probably like the boat architecture tour just going thru the river. If you were a Conan fan, and remember triumph at the hot dog place with the funny signs Weiner’s Circle. There was a pancakes place in river north escaping me.

29/8/2025, 2:06:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The beginning of this.. I thought this was possum or back on the train… not goose.

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29/8/2025, 2:03:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is it 730 ET yet? This will also be my favorite Corso memory

29/8/2025, 2:01:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Also do you need any Chicago recommendations for anything (like a blues bar for at night after a day game, other stuff, bc I feel like there’s a few good breakfast places)

29/8/2025, 1:50:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I bet he actually would’ve spent time talking. Was it like Ed Debevic’s or something

29/8/2025, 1:49:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

They had that as their clubhouse or BP hat a few years ago. That and TC should be the only things on their hats.

29/8/2025, 12:29:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s before Labor Day, shorts are still allowed at work

28/8/2025, 10:59:42 PM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Was it Jimmy Duggan. He peed for a couple min in his first day as Rockford Peaches manager

28/8/2025, 10:58:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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His name is mud.

28/8/2025, 9:12:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I can’t think of any other sport with something like this. Maybe some stuff with car racing having different lengths.

28/8/2025, 8:39:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s stupid how grand slams are best of 5 vs other tourneys are best of 3 Would be like baseball playoffs having 14 innings vs 9

28/8/2025, 8:17:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I love the numbers looking like water tho

28/8/2025, 6:35:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

My sister gets alerts for things in Jersey all the time when living on the UWS “occurring 5 mi away….” The only thing that has impact like that is weather lol

28/8/2025, 5:54:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

But you’re also someone who doesn’t normally write game recaps right? So even if it’s a recap of the day or something, you can DVR/do things via highlights if needed

28/8/2025, 2:51:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

And it’s for a game vs a Mac team. Not even FCS. Also, love BTN still not spacing properly with the Wisky game at 8

28/8/2025, 1:32:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 1:12:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Did the train transform to a redbird 7 entering Flushing Main Street or an m3 entering Penn Station

28/8/2025, 12:17:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Andy Pettitte with a clutch game 2 win….. They should’ve put something like master of game 2 on his monument park plaque

27/8/2025, 11:06:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

That looks like a random shirt someone or some ai took would post on Facebook

27/8/2025, 4:10:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

We still have a bunch at my dad’s place in Florida as our extra pillows . I’ve got the same exact feelings as you on this

27/8/2025, 4:55:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

The couple times I’ve seen them live I’ve walked out going “meh” and it’s good set lists I’ll listen to after and enjoy on nugs

27/8/2025, 2:07:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wish I knew why I really like listening to Goose, esp while doing work, Lego, and hanging out, but yet the few times I see them live, I haven’t loved them as much.

27/8/2025, 1:54:54 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep I’d have been perfectly fine with that but he just was doing that hitting low 200… there’s no value on that

27/8/2025, 12:41:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

What a bust of a Yankees prospect

27/8/2025, 12:25:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Is there somewhere you’ve found that has this in smaller quantities for trying a flavor or two out. Because I do not have a stretched flavor palette and would like lime and maybe chocolates thinking of the Gatorade and hot chocolate flavors I like. Bc $45 to try feels like a ton to try it out

26/8/2025, 3:20:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah ok, yes every now and then I look at their jobs for the hell of it being I’m in NYC, and because we’re looking for something along the lines of revenue management technology for SXM, and stumbled on that name never having heard of it

26/8/2025, 2:54:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seeing all the Katrina stories reminds me what a mind eff of a week is coming for me. 8/28’s always a hard day for me (mom passed on that day in 2013) 8/31’s her first transplant day in 2005 so that’s the good one.

26/8/2025, 1:31:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Their career site calls it that too

26/8/2025, 1:20:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s a very fair answer. I just didn’t know if that would do the trick (and if it’s got much less sugar).

26/8/2025, 12:29:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

They need to bring back the all teal. Not just teal brim.

26/8/2025, 12:26:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

What about just their k-cups? Same thing? (Asks someone who mainly just drinks their iced coffee with milk no sugar)

26/8/2025, 12:25:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Now that I’m reading it full agree. I just didn’t remember that at all. That’s why I asked.

26/8/2025, 3:20:15 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah see I put rape into google with Clemens, and all that came up was the McNamee article. But @keithlaw.bsky.social got the link. Totally don’t remember this part of this but yeah that’s real real bad.

26/8/2025, 3:18:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Clemens was? I know the Rose stuff which is vile, and Clemens has a laundry list of problems, but I don’t recall that? I know there was the stuff with McNamee and McNamee having the rape allegations, but don’t recall Clemens directly with that.

26/8/2025, 3:14:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Also realizing that song is that old… is just.. something I keep forgetting

26/8/2025, 1:20:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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80s in the 8 Paul Revere!

26/8/2025, 1:19:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Do you know why they’ve stopped posting links to the pages that explain the changes to the schedule. Those quick bulletpoints were great.

25/8/2025, 4:16:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can get down with this.

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25/8/2025, 2:30:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Put it out yesterday for that reason.

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25/8/2025, 2:15:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I the Yankee fan who went to too many Mets games sees Born to Run and always expects Al Leiter will be pitching

25/8/2025, 2:13:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I was thinking about putting that as my name is David Simon and I am not the creator of the wire (but my sister did coincidentally interview him for the last episode when she worked at CNN and he got a kick out of it)

25/8/2025, 2:12:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

So she chose to take that name at work too…. Interesting…

25/8/2025, 2:08:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The come on boo the chair ump. Full on wrestling move. I don’t know the full logistics because photographers are always very different in where they go and when (and how), but if this guy wasn’t already on the court, shouldn’t security have been blocking an entranceway?

25/8/2025, 12:12:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is true, also allowed us to watch playoff hockey in his backyard

24/8/2025, 10:11:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you doing LGA? Because I was always under the assumption anything ATL-LGA was always in T. E is a vast wasteland of awful.

24/8/2025, 8:48:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s also a problem in pro sports too. You need to save your job so you sign players to deals that may be bad in 4-5 years. If it flops, it’s not your problem, but you tried. If it works for a year or two, you saved your job and punted the problem down the line.

24/8/2025, 5:53:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean wasn’t this what infrastructure week should’ve been actually used for

24/8/2025, 2:28:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That looks more like Donald than the cute craziness that is Puddles.

24/8/2025, 12:21:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have never read that sign Nyack, So Nyack until now, and I’ve seen it probably for like ~30 years

24/8/2025, 12:20:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Honestly wouldn’t even be a bad giants alternate

23/8/2025, 10:05:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Guess what time it is?!?!? SHOWTIME! (h/t @isleschick.bsky.social with link www.amny.com/news/espn-re...)

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22/8/2025, 11:06:08 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“I will be in front of the Clinton name today, I must say I am right”. “I am going to be near ______ I need to start running fundraising for my 2028 idea”

22/8/2025, 3:43:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Arod is seeing this and going how come I couldn’t have a centaur hat

22/8/2025, 2:23:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And I don’t get how so many places won’t allow the mobile app to work in the airport for earlier ordering. It would save time for so many people (but I guess could overwhelm employees?)

22/8/2025, 12:57:21 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dave (@davesimon.bsky.social) reply parent

Forget even that, JFK T4 has multiple shake shacks, and they all take foreverrrrrr (the one at FLL is forever too). Nobody has time to wait 10-15 min for food at an airport

22/8/2025, 12:52:59 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/pik...

21/8/2025, 11:39:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have I ever sent you the comic book drawing algorithms homework

21/8/2025, 11:38:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He prob also plays 1B for the company softball team

21/8/2025, 10:53:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think it’s either Toews, maybe Sid? But Sid’s got that slight dirty streak.

21/8/2025, 4:48:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reconstruction taking up a new meaning here

21/8/2025, 3:12:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view