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@fen71.bsky.social

Just another human tryin' to figure it out. Dad to humans & a pack of paps, husband, veteran, gamer, proud Midwesterner, atheist and autodictact.

created November 22, 2024

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Profile picture DukeVulture — Zombie Goblin Wizard (@dukevulture.bsky.social) reposted

Beware the Dark Meatbucket

A KFC sign, the customized section reads
2/9/2025, 10:11:13 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jax (the original) (@jacqueline321.bsky.social) reposted

Things to ponder.

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2/9/2025, 12:25:32 PM | 35 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reposted

The most revealing picture I've ever seen of Speaker Johnson's true evil nature.

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2/9/2025, 7:33:02 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Alice Croydon (@misslizzy.bsky.social) reposted

Is that how big his strap on is?!?!?!

2/9/2025, 7:35:17 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

The most revealing picture I've ever seen of Speaker Johnson's true evil nature.

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2/9/2025, 7:33:02 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Lynch (@goatburgler.bsky.social) reposted

Fuck Putin.

1/9/2025, 9:07:44 PM | 4 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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1/9/2025, 4:13:07 PM | 24586 5335 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture HerTurningPage (@herturningpage.bsky.social) reposted

Sharing this evening’s forest hymn. A moment of peace should you need one. 🕊

1/9/2025, 3:45:20 AM | 169 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture More Abstract Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted

[CUE MUSIC: “IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL” PLAYING SOFTLY] [FADE IN BACKGROUND SOUND: A solemn voice reads names] Nate Silver. Matthew Yglesias. Megan McArdle. Mark Cuban. [FADE IN: SALLY STRUTHERS sits on a stool in a pool of light on a minimalist set. She looks SAD.] /1

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1/9/2025, 8:04:50 PM | 3108 486 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Here’s Johnny 💙🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🎶🎸🇨🇦BLM🌈🇺🇦 (@heresjohnny.bsky.social) reposted

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #ColloquialSongs September 2): All That Glitters is not gold. Linda Ronstadt - “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” W/ The Eagles 🎶 You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind 🎶 youtu.be/flLoj5qxURw?...

1/9/2025, 8:58:57 PM | 187 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture HerRoyalThighness (@ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social) reposted

I love how common it is in Europe to take public transportation or walk or bike. Every time Americans go to Europe they’re like “omg I lost weight, it must be the food!” NO it’s because you’re walking more!!!

1/9/2025, 9:09:22 PM | 108 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jax (the original) (@jacqueline321.bsky.social) reposted

1/9/2025, 10:39:36 PM | 19 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Meyers (@aaronmeyers.bsky.social) reposted

What a weird take for Tom Brevoort to have. The ozone burning plagiarism machine can be fun but you have a duty to the human creative experience. To recognize that the medium you claim to love exists because of artists. You don't have to embrace slop just because its there.

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1/9/2025, 9:08:24 PM | 163 27 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reposted

The reality is we have a national political party that openly espouses the "glory" of the traitorous Confederate South.

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30/8/2025, 11:53:59 AM | 4 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds interesting enough to me. I'm in. Good lookin' out.👊

30/8/2025, 3:20:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture abuamirah1020.bsky.social (@abuamirah1020.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

It kould be, if the Dems get their shit together and kraft messages that resonate with the voters. If I were a Dem strategist, I'd tell my klients to fokus on law & order, immigration and kitchen table issues.

30/8/2025, 1:23:15 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

The reality is we have a national political party that openly espouses the "glory" of the traitorous Confederate South.

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30/8/2025, 11:53:59 AM | 4 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

It's free. I can't afford pay walls either.

30/8/2025, 2:37:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Just caught this on Peacemaker Seaon 2 Episode 2. A real banger here, give it a try! #PunkRocker #JamesGunn #Peacemaker youtu.be/TSWwuEdlhZQ?...

30/8/2025, 12:42:04 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

RIIIIGHT?!?

29/8/2025, 10:26:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Kind of makes perverse sense that trump keeps accusing folks of one of the crimes he was found guilty of, mortgage fraud. Which begs the question; did he know what mortgage fraud was before he was accused of it?

29/8/2025, 10:25:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dollyanna (@my2centsay.bsky.social) reposted

REMEMBER FOLKS: At every town hall it’s the republicans on defense. Often Republican voters are in the crowd as well. Some are just as mad as us. Some are there as NEVER TRUMPERS, some have just woke up. Welcome their input. Befriend them. We need to study their brains later.🤪🙃

29/8/2025, 9:58:09 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture earthbound420.bsky.social (@earthbound420.bsky.social) reposted

Unlike drumf! 💥

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29/8/2025, 8:16:32 PM | 193 89 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

The appeals court just struck down most of the tariffs. Joni Ernst is retiring. And town halls are STILL messy as hell for the GOP.

29/8/2025, 9:58:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Clearly Newsom HAS been governing his state.

29/8/2025, 9:56:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

It's turning g out to be a pretty bad Friday for the GOP and I am very much here for it.

29/8/2025, 9:55:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Axios (@axios.com) reposted

BREAKING: Federal appellate court upholds ruling striking down Trump's tariffs

29/8/2025, 9:46:49 PM | 161 46 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Woo-hoo!!! Little Donnie's gonna cry bigly now!

29/8/2025, 9:51:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm in.

29/8/2025, 9:50:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Conor ❤️ #FlorenceAndTheMachine ❤️ #EverybodyScream #musicmatters (@conormcl2025.bsky.social) reposted

#RobinWilliams #filmsky #moviesky 💔🔄

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29/8/2025, 7:47:09 PM | 1260 175 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mike Sterling, Comics Guy (@mikester.bsky.social) reposted

Little kid: "Wow, this store has a hundred billion million comics!" Me: "Guess how many of those are MAN OF STEEL #2 (1986)?"

29/8/2025, 9:20:25 PM | 74 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Not to mention the complete lack of self awareness.

29/8/2025, 9:49:07 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Turns out the GOP really DID want to kill gramma. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

29/8/2025, 9:48:12 PM | 7 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Ikr?

29/8/2025, 9:44:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Perfect.👏😄

29/8/2025, 8:07:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Seems to me folks might finally be putting the blame where they should've been for decades: Congress.

29/8/2025, 8:07:44 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Tell me why I can't legally buy a joint for medicine. Tell me why I need a license for just about any lesiure activity, or to drive even. Things are regulated intensely all over this nation yet any fool with a credit card can buy the same weapon than I carried IN A WAR. It's obscene.

29/8/2025, 8:04:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Comics Covers (@comicscovers.bsky.social) reposted

Batman 406 (6616)
29/8/2025, 7:26:19 PM | 214 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Omg it just dawned on me that RFK Jr. believes the game Parasite Eve is real.

29/8/2025, 7:35:31 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Xs 1000.

29/8/2025, 7:28:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture •Anti-capitalist meme pebbler• (@seizethememez.bsky.social) reposted

I’m a leftist who works towards class solidarity. All I see with other leftists is a gatekeeping and shaming others who don’t adhere to their purity tests. Solidarity=working together, not showing off how “right” you are. You want to unify others? Stop bullying people who don’t agree with you.

29/8/2025, 4:28:31 PM | 152 18 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Shame they were cheated for doing a good deed.

29/8/2025, 7:27:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

You guys do know she got elected because of a hog castration campaign ad right? Hence, hog balls.

29/8/2025, 7:26:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

I honestly think he might die before the next election. Anyway one can always hope right? 😄

29/8/2025, 7:25:26 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Bell bottoms hit their height in popularity in 1970. Late boomers were just kids and GenX was being born.

29/8/2025, 7:24:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Weirdly this Project 2025 administration wants folks to have more babies. They're terrified white folks aren't reproducing fast enough to replace the population. Also, they want us to die of disease. 'Cause you're quite logical here, I agree. There's zero consistency w/these idiots.

29/8/2025, 7:21:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Ikr?!? I was shocked when I learned it, but they spread disease and then it made sense.

29/8/2025, 7:18:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Huh. Never knew there was a civilian honors tradition. I learned today! Yay! Thanks! 😁❤️

29/8/2025, 7:16:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm down with that.😁

29/8/2025, 7:15:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

For what it's worth, I feel Iowa is competitive.

29/8/2025, 6:59:43 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Good riddance hog balls. www.cbsnews.com/news/joni-er...

29/8/2025, 6:58:53 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Mr "warrior ethos" sure seems to have a love for those who LOSE wars doesn't he? www.thedailybeast.com/defense-secr...

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29/8/2025, 2:20:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Art can be a cruel mistress can't she?

29/8/2025, 2:18:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Same heresister, same here.👊

29/8/2025, 2:17:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture earthbound420.bsky.social (@earthbound420.bsky.social) reposted

Collection time💥🫣😍

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29/8/2025, 5:28:55 AM | 137 45 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

It doesn't work like that. That duty is assigned to whichever unit on a given base/post has funeral duty, which rotates amongst the units. You have no idea who's funeral it is until you get there, in Class As.

29/8/2025, 2:15:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Then she tried to shame them all by saying something like "These aren't the Mainers I know." Yeah, that's kind of exactly why she has to go.

29/8/2025, 2:13:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

And numerically the deadliest animal on the planet.

29/8/2025, 2:12:18 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

"To even remotely understand what Kennedy is talking about requires one’s brain to be thoroughly bathed in corrosive acid." -From @annamerlan.bsky.social's "The Brain Rot Cabinet"

28/8/2025, 4:55:47 PM | 1983 411 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

One of the things that gets me about these times is I truly didnt expect so many of our fellow citizens to be outright rubes.

29/8/2025, 2:11:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kerron | 🎮🏆 (@kerron.bsky.social) reposted

❗ It's beautiful 😭

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28/8/2025, 5:23:37 PM | 141 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah it is.

29/8/2025, 2:09:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

This is how it’s done.

28/8/2025, 6:24:10 PM | 3626 674 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

As is the Civil Rights museum in Memphis, which likely will be gone soon as well.

29/8/2025, 2:08:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jax (the original) (@jacqueline321.bsky.social) reposted

This 👇🏽 it’s remarkable.

28/8/2025, 8:50:34 PM | 8 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

It would have to be Trogdor or I would be sad. 😄 youtu.be/90X5NJleYJQ?...

29/8/2025, 2:06:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jax (the original) (@jacqueline321.bsky.social) reposted

Random thoughts…

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29/8/2025, 8:33:31 AM | 37 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

One of the soonest, most lasting and damaging flaws of unnecessary wealth is the belief one can do no wrong.

29/8/2025, 2:05:36 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Galen Stone (@galenstone.bsky.social) reposted

This is a fascist coup.

29/8/2025, 1:52:11 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

😎👊

29/8/2025, 2:03:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

This song never loses its relevancy. #Ends #Everlast #Music youtu.be/MjiMqeD-lrs?...

29/8/2025, 2:03:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 1:43:54 PM | 79 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Meyers (@aaronmeyers.bsky.social) reposted

$1 Pick up

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29/8/2025, 1:55:55 PM | 19 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

And that my friends, is literally the first time in my life I've come out on the side of big pharma. Or any large corporation for that matter. Makes me feel icky inside, even though it's true. But facts are facts.

29/8/2025, 1:58:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CalamityJane 😷🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@calamityjane19.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Oh, definitely happening in this melon of mine. And the PTSD is dripping off the charts. It's been draining, all this redirecting of the defeatist ruminations😞

29/8/2025, 1:51:25 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep, its the PTSD for me too. From childhood abuse and then war. It's like all of it suddenly decided to come back and torture me.

29/8/2025, 1:55:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Receipts: www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

29/8/2025, 1:54:28 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

This is even more concerning given RFK Jr's plan to end liability protections for vaccine producers. Without that system drug manufacturers will NOT MAKE VACCINES. (Further reading below)

29/8/2025, 1:54:28 PM | 7 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice.

29/8/2025, 1:48:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Farley (@jimfarley.bsky.social) reposted

Skilled tradespeople are the backbone of this country. We have a lot to lose if we don't invest in their success. Here’s my op-ed in TIME on why Ford is working to make the Essential Economy a national priority. time.com/7313207/ford...

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29/8/2025, 1:33:30 PM | 26 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

I sometimes wonder what the past masters would have done with the digital medium.

29/8/2025, 1:47:39 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) reposted

Misfortunes of his own purposeful making!

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29/8/2025, 1:46:11 PM | 32 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Wildly popular amongst the only people he considers "real Americans" he means.

29/8/2025, 1:43:07 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Shitting on the The Constitution is their JAM man.

29/8/2025, 1:40:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jax (the original) (@jacqueline321.bsky.social) reposted

Start w you oh privileged one. 🙄

29/8/2025, 12:00:49 AM | 22 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

I miss the time when my fellow citizens loved one another.

29/8/2025, 1:37:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture HerRoyalThighness (@ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social) reposted

People enjoying their hobbies isn’t preventing revolution; lack of solidarity is (strike funds, etc.) and the fact most people live hand to mouth. Practicing joy is a revolutionary act under fascism. Do the things you love and help your neighbours.

29/8/2025, 1:36:09 PM | 208 41 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

I didnt have to try.

29/8/2025, 1:36:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/8/2025, 1:36:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Trey Ferguson (@pastortrey05.com) reposted

Good morning, beloved. Empathy is the antidote to a hardened heart. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

29/8/2025, 12:25:41 PM | 64 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Believe it or not I watch Peacemaker because I can relate to his past. That show has me in tears for him constantly.

29/8/2025, 1:33:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Welcome to adulthood I guess. And I'm not being sarcastic; it can really suck sometimes.

29/8/2025, 1:31:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Conor ❤️ #FlorenceAndTheMachine ❤️ #EverybodyScream #musicmatters (@conormcl2025.bsky.social) reposted

🤣😂🔄

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Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social)

Reminds me of the old House of Mystery covers.

29/8/2025, 1:27:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. Could turn out to be a very strong union.

29/8/2025, 1:26:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Lynch (@goatburgler.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted

Sen. Bill Cassidy traded the lives of America's children to keep his Senate seat.

28/8/2025, 10:12:20 PM | 992 297 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fen (@fen71.bsky.social) reply parent

That's Jimi's slowest recorded song.

29/8/2025, 1:25:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Here’s Johnny 💙🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🎶🎸🇨🇦BLM🌈🇺🇦 (@heresjohnny.bsky.social) reposted

#MusicChallenge #ElectricGuitarForAll August 29): Evan Nicole Bell "Catfish Blues" (Jimi Hendrix cover) youtu.be/G9Ho4_xQJWc?...

28/8/2025, 8:07:25 PM | 35 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted

Chicago keeping art alive:

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