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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

this was such a good deep cut, shout out to these prolific graff writers

You know Oprah vs. Moist is the real Nashville Super Bowl. —Andy Gasparini

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

seeing this in Chicago really surprised me

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877
Gustave Caillebotte

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ladies and gentlemen The Weeknd (visiting Atlus studios for some reason)

The weekend standing next to a life sized mascot of Mona, a cat-like being from Persona 5

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

On the other hand I am worried Nashville is not far enough from this guy

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Star is a big fan of the dogs in Monster Hunter Rise

A black dog stares up at a TV screen displaying a dog facing the viewer

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

it is very funny the full-throated pivot to free market boosterism is getting buried in this particular market since youtube's algorithm tends to favor right-wing content

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Charizard/Gamestop news is reminding me about one of the first essays I ever got published: reminiscing about the youthful Pokemon card hustle and an embarrassing school yard trade-back situation. www.defunctmag.com/Essays/Place...

Text from "Pokemon Shuffle" by Alejandro Ramirez.
"But we all knew who the king was: the holographic Charizard. An orange dragon, breathing fire, wings extended, with 120 HP and capable of 100 points of damage, the highest stats of any card at the time. That card glittered in the classroom lights, though it usually stayed tucked in the binder, an orange treasure that outshone the other rare cards surrounding it.
None of us actually played the card game. When you take things like rules into account, Charizard sucked despite its huge numbers (for example, it's weak against water Pokémon). We didn't care. It was badass, a fiery beast and not a cuddly Pikachu.
The only cards that could rival Charizard were Japanese holographics. Everyone in St. Mary's Grammar School knew the flea market on Route 28 sold packs of Japanese cards. Sometimes the art was different, and that combined with the foreign text made them worth more. But then the new Pokémon came out in Japan, one hundred new monsters demanding our time and money. There was no official U.S. release for them, but you could buy Japanese packs of the new Pokémon at the flea market. They ..."

Text from "Pokemon Shuffle" by Alejandro Ramirez
"were more expensive, but parents are surprisingly helpful enablers of addiction, willing to take you up the busy route and stand aside as you hand your money over to a gray-haired man or woman who, like your parents, called them "Pokey-mans."
I only remember buying one pack of the new Pokémon, but that was all I needed to find the best card any kid in Lawrence had ever seen. It was holographic, with a picture of a huge, blue, Godzilla-like alligator. When the new Pokémon came stateside, it was named "Feraligatr." At St. Mary's, it was "better than Charizard."
I brought it to school and Alex Montero wanted to trade for it. It wasn't happening. Then he said the C-word.
"I'll trade you my Charizard for it.""

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Here's Cheryl rapping some of Angie Stone's bars

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook, the last living member of groundbreaking female rap trio The Sequence, speaking at the National Museum of African American Music today. Items from the group are being added to the museum's collection, in addition to a tribute to recently deceased Gwendolyn "Blondy" Chisolm.

Two women speaking on stage. Erica Baker, in black, interviews Cheryl Cook, in Red. In the background is an image of The Sequence's single "Funk You Up."

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This doesn't look anything like the anime

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Whenever goofy scenarios escalate I hear Hermes

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Makes me think of this AP story apnews.com/article/catholic-church-shift-orthodoxy-tradition-7638fa2013a593f8cb07483ffc8ed487 share.google/mdXWPjszxAuw...

“They say they’re trying to restore what us old guys ruined,” said the Rev. John Forliti, 87, a retired Twin Cities priest who fought for civil rights and reforms in Catholic school sex education.

Doug Koesel, an outspoken 72-year-old priest at Blessed Trinity Parish in Cleveland, was blunter: “They’re just waiting for us to die.”

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I think more guys could use a friend who hypes them up the way Fat Joe did for Big Pun on "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)."

I support Pun in anything he does, anything he loves
A brother from another mother sent from the above
A thug ***** just like me, one of the best, might be
Even better, leavin' ****** kneelin' on they right knee

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodríguez Flórez has been released on bond.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The more I learn about Markwayne Mullin the more he sounds like an Okie version of Mac from 'Always Sunny.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Later in the same interview, Mullin recalled that he directed Jason Crow, a congressman from Colorado who is a former Army Ranger, in how to best evacuate sheltering lawmakers from the balcony.

Then, Mullin recalled, he visited a triage center, where wounded police officers were getting treated for their injuries. “I haven’t seen a thing like that since stuff you see overseas,” Mullin told C-SPAN.

Since Mullin did not serve in any branch of the US armed forces, but inherited a plumbing company and took part in a handful of mixed martial arts fights, it is unclear what firsthand experience of disorder “overseas” he was flashing back to on January 6.

However, Mullin does seem to have visited Israel, in a guided tour for 40 lawmakers and their spouses in August 2015. There was no active warfare in Israel at that time, but another lawmaker’s wife, Kathleen Trott later told Politico that Mullin had behaved badly on the bus trip to see an Iron Dome installation and a kibbutz.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Karl Meyer, the @nashvillescene.com's 2024 Nashvillian of the Year, is outside the federal building on Church Street protesting against the U.S. and Israel's strikes on Iran.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Every so often I think back to how Louis Armstrong spent time in my hometown of Lawrence, Mass. The big river must be the Merrimack. From the book 'In His Own Words.'

I stayed with Fletcher's Band from the last part of 1924 to almost [the end of] 1925. We played at the Roseland Ballroom for over Six Months, then we went on tour. We were the First Colored Big Band to Hit the Road. We went All through the New England States. We spent our First Summer up in Lawrence Mass-That was our Headquarters, while we played dances to all the Surrounding Towns. Was quite a Thrilling Experi-ence to have most of my days off and we would go 'Swimming' etc. Buster Bailey was exceptionally good at Swimming. He would Swim all the way cross that big 'River in Lawrence Mass. Of course I am not so bad myself at 'Swimming.-In fact it's one of my' famous 'Hobbies, outside of "Typing." I loves that also.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Only a third of the way through this book and it's great so far. In addition to providing some history of MLK's northern experiences it also pushes back on the characterization that his views on economic equality were only a late-in-life development.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This is a good hypothetical. As far as 1960s athletics is concerned, we only have photographic evidence that one Muhammad Ali defeats four Beatles.

Muhammad Ali poses as though punching all four of The Beatles into each other for a photo opportunity.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Octopath Traveler 0 appreciation post

Still from the game Octopath Traveler 0: A 16-bit character outside of a mansion says to his compatriots, "Why does the blood of the poor line the pockets of the rich?"

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Quite the paragraph from @betsyphillips.bsky.social's latest column on Cameron Sexton plotting immigration bills with the White House. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

"On top of that, who in the hell would willingly spend time with Stephen Miller at the White House and then brag about it? You know how many times I’ve willingly hung out at the house of an old rapist who's pals with pedophiles, plotting with the dude who was allegedly in a throuple with a guy currently embroiled in a PR controversy because his AI is generating child sexual abuse materials? Never! Not once."

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Stopped in the Boston Common while driving in Massachusetts

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Massive drive thru line at this Dunks in Methuen. Vibes are good inside though, shout out to the family in matching Christmas pajamas.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I thought having the Masked Country Guy play Vega was too on-the-nose but the promo images make clear that subtlety was allowed nowhere near this film

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I've been enjoying Final France-tasy! Bad joke aside, Expedition 33 really is a lot of fun. Love the combat and the art style.

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Our dog has a favorite Baldur's Gate 3 companion

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Doesn't feel like a good decision-making mindset

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I'm at Lipscomb Academy where parents and students are protesting the reassignment of the principal of the upper school, claiming that certain parents, including country singer John Rich, unfairly pressured the school into the decision. Yes, there's a Charlie Kirk angle.