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Chris

@cgillespie62.bsky.social
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Iong time Plant ecologist, goat farmer, cheesemaker, fig grower, bookworm.

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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#at40 I'm not in love with this song, but I won't cry. the things I do....
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#at40 required subject matter for every big time 60s british band
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#at40 ok, so Melanie was no Nostradamus
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#at40 Their only season in the sun?
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Depressing.This guy admits to having no idea or understanding of what he was looking at or doing, but it didn't fit his preconceived notion of what it should look like, so he was happy to destroy it, whatever the consequences, which he chooses to ignore.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#at40 from Diana's confessional singer songwriter lp, in which she admits, that Jeff, her boyfriend for 3 days in the 4th grade, is her only actual love
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#at40 in an effort to shed her reputation for being a purveyor of weird songs, Helen Reddy talks to that voice in her head
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The ESA is fairly toothless as is; this would make it almost completely inconsequential.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
pizza night
kale, fintina, mozz pizzaItalian sausage and radicchio pizzatomato shallot and herb pizza
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
insanity. dooming us and future generations to a poorer and less livable future
doo.ing
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#at40 another way of saying, "go ahead, play me for a sucker"
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#at40 I was thinking it was Kinshasha in Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, but that was Mombassa.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#at40 from Volunteers to Miracles in 6 years. the early 70s were rough on people
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#at40 joni mitchell with a song about Cher's billionaire, art and yacht collecting bf.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#at40 a charlie rich song that coulda been, but probably wasn't, featured in a cowboy movie.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In other words, hundreds of federal agents are being diverted away from their normal jobs and instead told to find needles in a haystack — all to find evidence for Trump's predetermined conclusions. It's a great time to be a criminal in Trump's America.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#at40 with Rise and a song by The Rockets, adolescent boys are well represented.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#at40 some people use their wealth for good. schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Welcome to the home of 21st Century Music, with premiere programs and public events in classical music, jazz, music industry, world music and more.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#at40 Diana Ross, Springsteen fan. The No Nukes concert was a month away
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#at40 while 79 may be thought of as peak disco, for better or worse, it was also the year of the birth of grunge.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: ICE data released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that more than half of all ICE arrests are now people with no criminal record; no prior convictions or pending charges. In the first week of August, 55% of all ICE arrests were of people with no criminal record.
Chart showing monthly ICE arrests by criminal record, January 2025 through July 2026. The chart shows total ICE arrests rising steadily from January 2025, then peaking and falling from January 2026 to February 2026, stabilizing, then rising again in June and July to record levels. Meanwhile, the composition of ICE arrests becomes more and more weighted towards people with no criminal record, and in July 2026, the majority are people with no criminal record.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/08/2026
Exclusive: Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after President Trump’s name was added to the Kennedy Center, even as the center’s leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center revenue plunged after Trump’s name went on the building
Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
this am in our chicken coop
an oppossum relaxing in our chicken coop. The chickens are not relaxing
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 while I can't recall offhand his actual opinion of Bread, I'd assume he didn't think much. Dave Marsh died last week. If nothing else he had opinions and was interesting. www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
npr.org
Remembering rock critic and Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh
Marsh, who died Aug. 14, was one of rock's most influential voices. He edited The Rolling Stone Record Guide and wrote profiles of Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 "An overfed, long-haired leaping gnome" That's a pretty fair description of Eric Burdon at the time.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 "This time the girl is gonna stay For more than just a day" I may see the root of the problem here ..
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 along with the Band, CCR did the whole anti hip thing to perfection - the clothes, shout outs to Buck Owens....
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 a rebuttal to Faust
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 a song that perfectly exploits David Crosby's ability to sound extremely pissed while singing.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 when the pressure of godhood is too much, you do this: youtu.be/D4Fq8x2wad8?...
youtu.be
Big Yellow Taxi
YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 the j5 do schoolhouse rock
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 jr walker with the direct approach
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#at40 "Who can tell when summer turns to autumn" I dont know if Bob Seger was listening to Elvis in 1970, but it makes a good story
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#at40 "Jesus" and "Jesus!"
guy 1guy 2
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The President has decided that in order to make ground beef cheaper, he will cut tariffs on ground beef. And I'm wondering if he could generalize from this one product to other products, and perhaps concede that tariffs raise prices on American consumers.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
me: you should move your retirement money from your old job account into the one at the new job. daughter: I have a retirement account? me: yes, here's the link to recover your username/pw and see your account. one hour later.... daughter: I'm rich!
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 mcvie with the softer approach to ex lovers
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 like at a concert, after Barracuda, we're gonna slow it down, way down as Elvis said, and give you James Taylor...
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 and now we know the rest of the story behind Jeff Lynne's and Meri Wison's unexpected breakup
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 Old Leo is probably assuming metric units, hence the confusion
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 "Come with me, baby, to Love Land' I think this would be a pick up line with a low success rate.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 Leadbelly figures out a way to make the top 40
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 I think this would be considered a peak moment in his life.
Natalie Coke, Donna Sumner, Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan and some guy
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 because of this, when someone says "way down" we now know the exact unit of measurement.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 of all 16 songs, this is the most creepy
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#at40 the most dangerous words a girl can hear from a guy: "dont worry baby"
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In the seashells case, the FBI tried for a year to prove Comey was exposed to slang use of “86” to mean “kill” in Mafia cases. They found zero. Indicted anyway. Now a true expert says govt theory is “preposterous.” By me in @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
lawfaremedia.org
The FBI proved Comey’s innocence. The DOJ indicted anyway.
In the seashells case, the FBI searched for proof that gangsters used “86” to mean “kill” and that Comey knew it. Now an expert says their theory is “preposterous.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Groovin' on a Sunday afternoon Really couldn't get away too soon
Peach and Ruby. It's hot.
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Chris @cgillespie62.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
chevre and figs
7 fresh chevre rounds draining in a wok with figs on top of them
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