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J-M-E

@j-m-e.bsky.social

Making maps, playing games. He/Him

created July 20, 2023

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Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

Lots of people not talking about Trump's birthday card for Epstein today...

11/9/2025, 3:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Actually, AI-generated podcast hosts have been around for a while. There's no way that "Wiger" character on @getplayedpod.bsky.social is real.

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10/9/2025, 12:16:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm sure they are "working" in the sense that they are getting in DT's head. But I don't see how they are converting any voters from republican to democrat.

3/9/2025, 2:59:30 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

The best what? Not food. But I agree, they are a delicious substance to eat.

3/9/2025, 2:52:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carol Grant (@carolaverygrant.bsky.social) reposted

Another Quattro Bajeena banger

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3/9/2025, 1:32:01 AM | 27 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

We're still sick from them shoving smartphones down our throats. Short-form social media basically broke our democracy.

2/9/2025, 9:08:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Depraved indifference.

29/8/2025, 9:56:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

29/8/2025, 9:45:09 PM | 32379 10373 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

She was right about a lot of stuff. She was just wrong on a few key things like pandering to centrists, muzzling Walz, and ignoring Israel's genocide campaign.

26/8/2025, 5:49:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

She's either extremely stupid to take him at his word, or worse knew he was lying the whole time.

3/8/2025, 12:37:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And why am I discovering it at 47?

9/7/2025, 1:47:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Wallace (@mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social) reposted

Yo' momma's so stupid Lisa Murkowski's her tutor.

3/7/2025, 8:02:12 PM | 781 68 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolute fucking ghoulish death cult. All for tax cuts to the mega rich.

1/7/2025, 9:49:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Halfway to finishing the rebuild at the pace we're improving.

28/6/2025, 1:56:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Wallace (@mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social) reposted

Shout out to the Constitution.

28/6/2025, 4:18:25 AM | 913 88 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

He illegally started a war and nothing will happen because everyone in Congress is a spineless coward.

22/6/2025, 1:57:35 AM | 22092 4298 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Name a more iconic duo.

21/6/2025, 3:39:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

HE WAS CONVICTED.

20/6/2025, 7:46:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

To be clear, I would never support these a-holes. But someone involved in the product design team realizes that people still want this feature.

Social commentary on the fact that even evil people recognize phones should have headphone jacks.
20/6/2025, 5:13:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Depends on what you use it for. I wasn't impressed with google's fitness tools, so I'm holding onto my non-OLED Garmin as long as possible.

2/6/2025, 8:02:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

Oh hell no to this black mirror package delivery dystopia.

The Terminator screwed the pooch.
29/5/2025, 12:41:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/5/2025, 12:14:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

My favorite tech podcast! I don't understand why y'all have to do your own fundraising while Swisher/Galloway are getting so much money...

23/5/2025, 12:23:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a perfectly normal thing for a human person to have on their human desk. Like an Apple Newton, or Color LaserWriter 2200.

22/5/2025, 11:44:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, when Lwaxana is off the screen, everyone should be saying "where's Lwaxana?".

22/5/2025, 2:20:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane theonion.com/report-...

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane
20/5/2025, 9:00:04 PM | 9554 1400 | View on Bluesky | view

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I remember when this article came out like 20 years ago. Classic.

9/5/2025, 3:32:05 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

Bork bork bork!

8/5/2025, 3:38:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

I hate when couples book the window and aisle hoping nobody would pick the middle seat.

6/5/2025, 2:40:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) reposted

It's Friday - engage hips, disengage dignity.

2/5/2025, 10:15:28 AM | 5159 796 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

With just an extra 5 hours per day in your backyard farm, you can save up to 59 cents on food.

1/5/2025, 3:59:19 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Sirota (@davidsirota.com) reposted

Under the current system, Americans are already spending $5 trillion a year on health care - read: $50 trillion over the next 10 years. So this is actually a bargain.

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1/5/2025, 2:30:42 AM | 1039 264 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't know what Jeffries should be doing, but helping to distract from human rights abuses is just shameful.

1/5/2025, 2:39:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

The fact that we are pursuing (and getting rejected by!) college coaches tells me we won't be attracting a top coach or free agent. Even in the best case scenario, when does the "rebuild" end? Two years? Four?

1/5/2025, 1:27:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture John Fugelsang (@johnfugelsang.bsky.social) reposted

Class Warfare is when top 1% uses the media to instruct you that a slight tax increase on the top 1% is Class Warfare.

30/4/2025, 3:12:19 PM | 5280 1282 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

If constituents really like their incumbent, then they should easily win the primary. Which is what AOC has done repeatedly.

29/4/2025, 6:06:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had no idea the Riviera has seats or even house lights. They really classed up the joint for @pftompkins.bsky.social!

27/4/2025, 4:50:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This implies China has more wealth and/or labor is cheaper in the US.

22/4/2025, 11:19:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

"Discussion groups on ethics"? What fucking ethics? Working for them is already proof that these employees have no ethics or morals.

17/4/2025, 5:17:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

It's going to be hilarious if Ovechkin breaks the record, with a hattie, during a game nobody can watch because of the dumb #NHL Network blackout.

4/4/2025, 11:57:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Worse as in objectively bad image quality? Or just less megapixels?

4/4/2025, 2:54:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

The only metric that mattered to voters was price gouging, which he didn't do enough to fight.

4/4/2025, 1:35:50 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Sirota (@davidsirota.com) reposted

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31/3/2025, 2:45:24 AM | 214 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Needs more safes.

30/3/2025, 2:55:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing so beautiful as a removed mountain top.

27/3/2025, 3:15:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Chicago GOP? What is that, like University of Chicago economics students stacked up in a trenchcoat?

27/3/2025, 2:28:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

Heck yeah, let's go! Challenge every incumbent.

24/3/2025, 8:38:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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YES! 🍕 ✊

22/3/2025, 11:07:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

Literary Study Finds All Modern Narratives Derived From Classic ‘Alien Vs. Predator’ Conflict theonion.com/literar...

Literary Study Finds All Modern Narratives Derived From Classic ‘Alien Vs. Predator’ Conflict
21/3/2025, 2:00:26 PM | 4428 510 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

Amazing jersey! The helmet is disgusting.

Illinois throwback uniforms.
18/3/2025, 6:24:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Seems like something you would do right before cutting social security payments.

18/3/2025, 2:13:26 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

I have at least a dozen favorites. But Rabbit of Seville is pretty great.

16/3/2025, 9:50:37 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Drop Site (@dropsitenews.com) reposted

Charlotte Head, accused of destroying £2 million worth of Israeli quadcopter drones, weaponry, and machinery, turns 29 today. 🔽

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15/3/2025, 7:49:49 PM | 379 55 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) reposted

The Democratic Party’s problems are not about being moderate or left. That’s a consultant and pundit red herring The problems are in party organization, the culture of “it’s their turn” nominations, candidate recruitment, gerontocracy, inability to shape media topics, and coming off hella lame

14/3/2025, 3:00:36 PM | 8841 1644 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

999

15/3/2025, 12:17:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
14/3/2025, 5:55:39 PM | 39443 9858 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

But does it tho?

14/3/2025, 3:04:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In 2028? I hope the Senate hasn't been dissolved by then.

14/3/2025, 2:51:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

It's fucked up. Even more fucked up that Democrats couldn't motivate enough people to vote against it.

12/3/2025, 3:50:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social)

New product idea: little speakers that go in your ears like airpods, but instead of constantly charging them, they get power directly from the phone. And there is a wire that keeps you from losing one of them.

11/3/2025, 9:01:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/3/2025, 3:01:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sorry all the consultant money went to that Third Way retreat that resulted in talking points about "not vilifying the rich".

6/3/2025, 2:58:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time for more brain drain!

6/3/2025, 2:00:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Did y'all get to cook s'mores at the boot-licker retreat?

3/3/2025, 1:55:28 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Read the book Starting Somewhere (@jphillll.bsky.social) reposted

A kid died from measles last week. A totally, completely preventable death. That child was a victim of conspiracists, and it’s easy to call those folks dumbasses and keep it moving. But the truth is that there’s a massive, deliberate push to dumb down America. www.jphilll.com/p/the-deadly...

2/3/2025, 2:41:03 PM | 1335 364 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/3/2025, 3:17:56 PM | 34 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Same.

26/2/2025, 3:50:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I just can't figure out why the working class doesn't relate to liberals.

23/2/2025, 6:52:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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22/2/2025, 11:52:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would vote for Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho over Trump in a heartbeat.

22/2/2025, 7:04:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Compared to other pols, he sounds downright reasonable and brave. But I'm not in danger of idolizing a venture capital manager who was born into a family of billionaires.

21/2/2025, 4:18:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Democracy Now! (@democracynow.org) reposted

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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18/2/2025, 4:25:03 PM | 36907 6439 | View on Bluesky | view

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19/2/2025, 12:17:31 AM | 1616 203 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, Harris fumbled that question and the republicans got a huge clip to play in their transphobic ads. But if she had responded with an ad that said "I support equal rights for Americans, regardless of their gender or sexuality" people would have respected her more.

18/2/2025, 2:04:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

You nailed the first section on economics. But your answer on culture (to refuse to answer questionnaires on trans issues) is very disturbing. How would that play out in reality? Interviewer: "Should transgender people have equal rights to healthcare?" Candidate: "I refuse to answer the question."

18/2/2025, 2:03:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Natalie Dee (@nataliedee.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

You will never lick a boot so well and so often that they let you take a turn wearing it.

10/12/2024, 5:05:32 PM | 2192 816 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, it was Joe Biden refusing to let Dems hold a primary election and then anointing Harris the new nominee that convinced people to stay home in 2024.

17/2/2025, 9:58:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
12/2/2025, 5:00:32 PM | 29182 8144 | View on Bluesky | view

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If I see an ad I'm cancelling. @disneyplushelp.bsky.social

13/2/2025, 3:07:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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...and she's behind me right now, isn't she?

A cat behind another cat.
7/2/2025, 12:58:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Wallace (@mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social) reposted

Buncha weak ass little boys, afraid of folks puttin' pronouns in their email signatures. Grow the hell up.

31/1/2025, 7:29:04 PM | 1715 259 | View on Bluesky | view

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Xennials are the only generation dumb enough to buy all their music on tapes, then again on CDs, then download for free on napster, then purchase on iTunes and finally rent it on Spotify. I wonder how they'll get us next...

1/2/2025, 11:22:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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People actually pay for Amazon Music?

30/1/2025, 9:38:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Finally!

20/1/2025, 4:55:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Eleanor Morton (@eleanormorton.bsky.social) reposted

Literally every company now youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...

17/1/2025, 1:07:02 PM | 6456 2402 | View on Bluesky | view

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I just today realized that they gave Washington a mullet on the new quarter.

Two quarters.
17/1/2025, 7:21:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Congrats @washingtonpost.com on achieving your goal of Democracy Dies in Darkness. Best of luck on this new goal.

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16/1/2025, 6:47:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The funniest possible outcome of congress banning tiktok would be another Chinese app becoming the most popular social media platform.

15/1/2025, 11:12:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh no, they want to take these low-income rural countries out of Illinois. That would be such a tragic loss.

News headline about dumb plan.
15/1/2025, 3:36:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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15/1/2025, 1:07:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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R.I.P. Trudy's, the last remaining of my favorite old (Y2K era) Austin restaurants.

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I think this is another ploy to trim payroll without having to pay severance, similar to the return to office mandates.

10/1/2025, 1:33:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture DuendeonFuego (@duendeonfuego.bsky.social) reposted

Look none of this is difficult. The billionaires want us to hate each other. They're buying every newspaper and social media company to flood the space with bots and hate speech to keep us fractured and divided. And we could do that - and tear each other apart - or we could try to fix things.

9/1/2025, 10:52:30 PM | 2718 948 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture J-M-E (@j-m-e.bsky.social) reply parent

You lost me at "billionaires should be".

8/1/2025, 2:38:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why do I keep seeing the same TV ad that is specifically targeted at AI companies building a new power plant?

A smug white man lounging by the pool.
30/12/2024, 3:22:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Natalie Bishop (@karoliina.bsky.social) reposted

Ham melting walk is a time-honored Finnish post-Christmas tradition

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The kidnapper's van in every gritty Ben/Casey Affleck movie.

24/12/2024, 2:03:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan -The Onion
23/12/2024, 8:07:17 PM | 24020 4158 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm skeeting to share that I just found out my favorite restaurant was originally called Skeet's. #Skeets

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