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Alan in NC

@ajfromcary.bsky.social

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Red State Democrat · Army Vet · Ukraine Supporter · Avid Reader of fiction and nonfiction · Fan of various teams from various places · Concerned about global warming, MAGA, the future of mankind. 🚫Online Marketing 🚫DMs asking for money 🚫Crypto🚫Porn

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Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Trump #Israel #NewYorkTimes #NYTimes #HumanRights trump wants to be make certain that netanyhu can mince human remains into smallest grains imaginable. When Tucker Carlson points out the evil, it has to be despicable. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...

Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs (Gift Article)

The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.

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Didntcmecumin69 @didntcmecumin69.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don't have a crystal ship but I have music. Thanks for coming by and stay safe, the worst part of the El Nino season is still coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkP...

The Doors - The Crystal Ship / Dick Clark Interview / Light My Fire

YouTube video by Anonymus D

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 23 - A song with a body of water in the title from the decade you left high school. 70’s The music from this song is so soothing that you can barely believe it's about a criminal desperately seeking a ride to a clandestine meet. youtu.be/c6OAtvjSf1Y?...

Meeting Across the River

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic

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Peace🌴 Love 💕 Music 🪉 @peacelovemusic25.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

. It happened. #RitchieBlackmore and #DeepPurple on one stage. It took 33 years to make this work. These guys are 80+. Never mind the quality, true rock fans understand this moment in history. No matter what We get out of this I know, I know We'll never forget... #MusicSky #SmokeOnTheWater

Ritchie Blackmore returns to deep purple 8/12/2026

YouTube video by bighock58

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tommy John, whose elbow surgery changed baseball, pens ‘goodbye’ letter amid health struggle www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...

Tommy John, whose elbow surgery changed baseball, pens ‘goodbye’ letter amid health struggle (Gift Article)

In his letter, John thanked the Yankees and the Steinbrenner family for "giving me this opportunity to say goodbye to everyone.”

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic (7/25) #MusicChallenge Song about Addiction Phil Lynott could not withstand the heroin he sang about. He died of septicemia induced pneumonia and heart failure in 1986 at only 36 years old. youtu.be/Z-gx8ByjxwY?...

Thin Lizzy - The Sun Goes Down

YouTube video by Joe C.

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I can think of no people more often forgotten about than the Rohingya. I ran across this news quite by accident, while researching something totally unrelated. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...

‘They Are Invisible People’: Hundreds of Rohingya Vanish at Sea

Members of the persecuted minority group from Myanmar set off in search of a better life weeks ago, but news of their boats sinking only emerged recently. More than 500 are feared dead.

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Kat Hartness @kathartness.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Amid Deadly Temperatures, GOP Advances Bill to Ban Federal Heat Protections for Workers www.commondreams.org/news/republi...

commondreams.org

Amid Deadly Temperatures, GOP Advances Bill to Ban Federal Heat Protections for Workers | Common Dreams

"Congress should not respond to an escalating occupational hazard by permanently removing the Department of Labor’s authority to address it."

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #Short&Quick #MusicSky A song under 2:50 Even though the Ramones didn't exist during the initial run of the Addams Family, they were apparently big fans. Blitzkrieg Bop (2:28) youtu.be/UUBjOGOWnlI?...

Adams family dancing ~ Blitzkrieg bop The Ramones/@inns2143

YouTube video by In~Ns

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 20/05/2026

There's no need to tell the interviewer about your lifelong pattern of corruption

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You Go Jasmine Crockett 👏🏻......

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"As they rushed into his apartment...he felt the jaws of a large dog biting into his ankle, knocking him to the floor. He screamed as the dog tore the flesh from his thighs, hip and wrist. Down the hall, agents took a mother and her 16-yr-old son at gunpoint..." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #Davidsmonthofmusic May 09th - An Instrumental Unlike anything else in the extensive Deep Purple catalog, this one can only be described as beautiful. youtu.be/4S4aN98s4LQ?...

Deep purple - Son Of Alerik

YouTube video by uniko777

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 8- A Duet Between Two Pop Artists Although I can tolerate it, Yacht Rock, if that is where the following would fall, is not my favorite genre. However, I always had a soft spot for this one.

SUZI QUATRO & CHRIS NORMAN ☆ stumblin' in【music video】

YouTube video by samuel matthews

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.com

The Perverse Tyranny of a Perfect Transcript

“Putting a perfect GPA in reach of so many students perversely deters them from taking classes that could threaten it,” Joshua Greene writes. “We should liberate our students from the tyranny of the i...

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Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

#BlueskyMusicChallenge #musicchallenge #MayMusicChallenge Day 7 - A song about the radio youtu.be/we0oo9t1gAQ?...

The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) (2021 Remaster)

YouTube video by The Doors - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

#MusicChallenge #EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicSky 7 - Your favourite artist from the 2000s youtu.be/YODCM26JXOY?...

Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (LIVE)

YouTube video by Nightwish

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

#MusicSky #ClassicalSky #JazzSky #ThirdStream #MilesDavis #GilEvans Who needs meditation when you have Sketches of Spain? youtu.be/T-FeHIYromw?...

Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio

YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Day 5 - From the year you were born Okay, here we are. This was the most popular song in America on the day I was born, having been featured on the Wonderful World of Disney. This is not Lil Wayne, BTS, Kehlani, or even Teddy Swims.

The Ballad of Davy Crockett

YouTube video by Bill Hayes - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 6: Favourite artist from the 1990S I don't know if this makes them my favorite artists from the 90s, but this is definitely one of my favorite songs of the decade. RIP Chris Cornell. youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg?...

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

YouTube video by SoundgardenVEVO

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 5 - Favourite artist from the 80s. youtu.be/4dG3jc6fzPY?...

Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #Music Day 4: Your favorite artist from the 1970s youtu.be/KnIgXtE4K5U?...

Deep Purple - Lazy (Live, 1972)

YouTube video by Deep Purple Official

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 4 - Actor Primus - Lee Van Cleef youtu.be/d1WaOKlldIE?...

Primus - Lee Van Cleef (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by atorecords

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#MusicSky #PunkSky Blitzkrieg Bop is over half-a-century old. youtu.be/ElX7x_qNUYQ?...

The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop ("Hey Ho! Let's Go!") [HD]

YouTube video by Don R. Wetter

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L'agrume @lagrume.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#Gif&Records 4- Dead Man

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a black and white photo of a man wearing a top hat with the words " do you know my poetry " on his face

ALT: a black and white photo of a man wearing a top hat with the words " do you know my poetry " on his face

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge May 3️⃣ - Song that is from a musical or variety show. The popular Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was cancelled in April 1969 because its devotion to left-wing causes was too controversial. They hosted musical guests, and were themselves talented musicians.

They Call The Wind Maria | The Smothers Brothers | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

YouTube video by The Smothers Brothers

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

‪ #MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic DAY 3 - Less than three minutes long. youtu.be/bQWTneirnPc?...

Don't Worry Baby

YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 3. Your favourite artist from the 1960s Sadly, few bands have been as tragically decimated by drugs as Canned Heat. Both founders, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, died from overdoses. They were one of bluesiest of blues-rock bands. youtu.be/6smtAY8dXSI?...

Canned Heat - On the Road Again live at Woodstock 1969

YouTube video by WolfLittleRock

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Autumn's past

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#Random80sSongOfTheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky UB40 - Red Red Wine youtu.be/zXt56MB-3vc?...

UB40 - Red Red Wine (Official Video HD Remastered)

YouTube video by UB40VEVO

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#DavidsMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 1 a one word title Metallica - One youtu.be/WM8bTdBs-cw?...

Metallica: One (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Metallica

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#MusicChallenge #BlueskyMusicChallenge #MayMusicChallenge A song about work youtu.be/lwHRD_1qr5s?...

Bus Rider - The Guess Who | The Midnight Special

YouTube video by The Midnight Special

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#MusicChallenge #52WeeksOfFavourites (16/26) #MusicSky From 17 - 23 April: 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. Gary Moore has been in a few bands, but he is most closely associated with Thin Lizzy.

Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues (Live)

YouTube video by Haplo

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Purple Heart recipient, Senator Tammy Duckworth says, "I'm here to call bullshit on the President of the United States." youtu.be/YCDqujP-CqI?...

Sen. Duckworth: "I'm here to call bullshit on the President of the United States."

YouTube video by C-SPAN

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#EcksteinsMonthofMusic #musicsky #musicchallenge 17/ Song Haven't Listened to in Years youtu.be/Ukrpq5p3yNM?...

YouTube video by Humble Pie - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 17- A Song That Feels Bouncy A bouncy dis track youtu.be/HbV-FXef6WU?...

The Cyrkle - "Red Rubber Ball" - Original Stereo LP - HQ

YouTube video by The Vinyl Restoration Project

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 16: A song with voice leading focus #RoyOrbison youtu.be/sih6Vi4i_Zg?...

NEW * Crying - Roy Orbison {Stereo} 1961

YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine

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Nev @alphukit.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#MusicChallenge #AprilMusicChallenge #MusicSky 14 - A song for fine weather #JimmyBuffett youtu.be/BSAy3NEiNKQ?...

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (Live)

YouTube video by Jimmy Buffett - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Just a glance around the internet shows the thinking goes something like: This is damned exciting! If we overwhelm any statements of the certain environmental consequences with upside, well then everyone will be thrilled. Nobody needs clean drinking water. www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

popularmechanics.com

Geologists May Have Found One of the World’s Greatest Treasures. Some Say It’s Too Dangerous to Dig Up.

A massive trove of copper, gold, and silver sits lies beneath the Andes—but extracting it could come with a dark price.

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 24: a song by a band/artist that contains an X Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen youtu.be/6BODDyZRF6A?...

Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland - Come On Eileen (1982 Version)

YouTube video by DexysMidnightRunVEVO

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky March21 A song by band/artist that starts with U youtu.be/grSWdLdp7po?...

URIAH HEEP JULY MORNING 1972

YouTube video by LZ1967 PNT

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

“No proscription" on journalists asking questions. Such a concept must just rankle people like Hegseth, not to mention Bondi, Leavitt, and the POTUS himsel. Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...

Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional

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Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Mr. Bonespurs, himself, called our NATO allies cowards for not helping secure the Strait of Hormuz. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump calls NATO "cowards" over lack of support in Iran war

President Donald Trump assailed NATO allies on Friday over their lack of support for the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, calling the longtime U.S. ‌allies "cowards."

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 20 - A song from a band/artist that starts with T. T. Rex - Jeepster youtu.be/G3PznrYmWzc?...

T. Rex - Jeepster [Lyrics] [HD]

YouTube video by Stoned Tripper

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

#MusicSky #ClassicRock #TheDoors #JimMorrison #JimmyFallon #ReadingRainbow I was going through old text messages, and ran across this from a year ago. I had to share it before deleting. youtu.be/--RYPHqbD50?...

Jimmy Fallon as Jim Morrison singing the Reading Rainbow Theme

YouTube video by Gua

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🧙🏻‍♂️ Mark Sebring @msebring.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

An Irish folk song by a great Irish band. #MusicSky #MusicChallenge

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar 1973 Video Sound HQ

YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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The ‘Big Black Scar’

Trump is blowing up national-park land in Arizona to wall off one of the border’s last wild places.

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge #MusicSky March 1️⃣7️⃣ - ☘️Saint Patrick's Day: Song that has the word 'green' in the title or lyrics. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) was written and sung by Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac youtu.be/p21cV7vgZvg?...

The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) (2018 Remaster)

YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac - Topic

Alan in NC @ajfromcary.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

‪ #MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 15 A Song That Defines An Artist George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone youtu.be/IyhJ69mD7xI?...

George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone

YouTube video by GeorgeThorogoodVEVO