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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Multiple pitcher no-hitters are bullshit and are one of the worst things about this era of baseball.

Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hotel TV has motion smoothing as an unchangable default and there’s an ep of THE OFFICE on that looks like a colorized version of DARK SHADOWS and why did this become a default way people watch TV?

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Perhaps people would like AI more if the manifestations were called “helpers” as opposed to “Agents.”

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here's a thing I learned about @askspectum.bsky.social . If you need to disconnect even ONE SINGLE DAY after your billing cycle starts, they will charge for a FULL MONTH OF SERVICE Even if you're moving out of town and CAN'T USE THOSE SERVICES. Spectrum sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Previously, on Certain Songs . . . #3348: Wilco – “One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3348: Wilco - "One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)"

Album: THE WHOLE LOVE | Year: 2014

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Previously, on Certain Songs . . . #3347: Wilco – “Born Alone” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3347: Wilco - "Born Alone"

Album: THE WHOLE LOVE | Year: 2011

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just had a useful and helpful interaction with an (I assume) AI chatbot for a major internet provider. I'm actually pretty surprised.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Previously, on Certain Songs: #3343: Wilco – “Impossible Germany” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3343: Wilco - "Impossible Germany"

Album: SKY BLUE SKY | Year: 2007

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Previously on Certain Songs... #3342: Wilco – “I’m The Man Who Loves You (Chicago 05-2005)” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3342: Wilco - "I'm The Man Who Loves You (Chicago 05-2005)"

Album: KICKING TELEVISION | Year: 2005

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It was reported in the NEW YORK TIMES that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Close Encounters of The Fun Kind in a walk for two reasons: 1. It had Asteroids 2. It was right next to Tower Records

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Impossible task, but for the purposes of this prompt it's "Pilgrimage" medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #1691: R.E.M. - "Pilgrimage"

Album: MURMUR | Year: 1983

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Those fuckers are going to cost you wayyyyyyy more that $5000

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Previously, on Certain Songs: Certain Songs #3341: Wilco – “Handshake Drugs (Chicago 05-2005)” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3341: Wilco - "Handshake Drugs (Chicago 05-2005)"

Album: KICKING TELEVISION: LIVE IN CHICAGO | Year: 2005

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Even though @stevenhyden.bsky.social 's Strokes book came out this week -- which I'm going to read the fuck out of -- giving IS THIS IT that much more cultural cachet in this moment, I'm still rooting for an upset by SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Previously on Certain Songs . . . Certain Songs #3340: Wilco – “The Late Greats” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3340: Wilco - "The Late Greats"

Album: A GHOST IS BORN | Year: 2004

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For all that is righteous and holy, vote for SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

SNOOPY COME HOME, the overtly maudlin follow-up to the still-excellent A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN. I was 9.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Maybe the AI went to Mars like Dr. Manhattan.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3337: Wilco – “At Least That’s What You Said” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3337: Wilco - "At Least That's What You Said"

ALBUM: A GHOST IS BORN | Year: 2004

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bernie's social security bill needs to be signed into law 👇

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A couple tries wealth redistribution, but with a baby.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indiana

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentucky

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouri

iarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Live your life in such a way that everyone is both sad that you died and glad that you lived.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3336: Wilco – “Not For The Season (YHF Demo)” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3336: Wilco - "Not For The Season (YHF Demo)"

Album: YHF DEMOS | Year: 2001

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🚨NEW YALE STUDY: “A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace…” Ok, now what’s y’all’s excuse? 🤔 #MedicareForAllNOW ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3335: Wilco – “Venus Stopped The Train (YHF Demo)” medialoper.com/certain-song...

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Certain Songs #3335: Wilco - "Venus Stopped The Train (YHF Demo)"

Album: YHF DEMOS | Year: 2001

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Looks like podcast publishers realized that people could use the transcripts and automatic chaper generation in Apple Podcasts to skip commercials.

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Jim Connelly @barefootjim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The ANGEL puppet episode was way better.

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