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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oklahoma News: “What do you say to people struggling with gas/food/diesel — when can they see relief?” Trump: “We have the greatest economy in the history of our country…” 🤔

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How many dozen companies is Shaq doing commercials for?

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax

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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’

Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.

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KennyMack1971 @kennymack1971.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

But Kamala Harris campaigning with Liz Cheney to prevent Trump 2.0 from ever happening was an unpardonable sin according to the very people backpedaling to excuse this shit.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jan. 20, 2029 EO: Former President Donald J. Trump will be from now called Loser McAsshole. People who fail to refer to him as such will be summarily executed on the spot. See: 23-939 McAsshole v. United States (07/01/2024)

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Is Meta using David Bowie's "Five Years," a song about the end of humanity, to promote AI and their products now? My God.

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*TEN-YEAR TREASURY YIELD RISES TO HIGHEST SINCE 2007

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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

US ECONOMY IS LOSING EXTERNAL INVESTMENT AT RECORD LEVELS. Germany is in the lead, reducing investments in the US by $76 billion. And it moved it to China and Europe. Foreign capital is not staying in the US. Slowly but surely major companies and sovereign investors are leaving the US - and its

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Here is the School of Rock in Rio....

A building on the corner with Portuguese architecture and a School of Rock corporate branding sign

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Big Exclusive here from our new reporter: Charlottesville marcher is on his way to the Florida state legislature. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...

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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Antonio Fargas (still alive and kicking!!) in a scene from Cleopatra Jones as seen on Portuguese television.

Picture of actor on television with caption "Tem uma casa com as melhores call girls to pais."

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This was the headline from the Chicago Tribune (a very Trump-friendly paper) five days into the 2nd term.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For people thinking, what's the big deal about the 4% cut in global oil production coming next week, that's the scale of the 1973 OPEC crisis and 1979 Iran war oil crisis. Each followed by a major recession. Prices and supply are global. And global oil stocks are already gone. It's a calamity. 1/

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Asian tech stocks slump as growing concerns over AI safety weigh on investor sentiment and put pressure on technology shares.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Name a player with 13 seasons in the majors, who led the league in home runs, was a member of 2 World Series champs, an All Star, and only has a single digit lifetime WAR.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We're gonna need more space on the gas-pump display.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There's another Conine playing for the Marlins?

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Congressman Wesley Bell @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy belated 102nd birthday to the first Black pitcher in Cardinals history, Bill Greason! From being one of the first Black Marines and fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima, to the last surviving Negro Leagues player, to a pastor for 50 years, Bill is a LEGEND and an inspiration. Happy birthday!

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Got a great lesson in feeling OK about America today. Went to a National Park. They couldn't sell me a yearly pass. They were not able to give me a sticker in my National Park Passport book. They weren't able to point to the correct stamp for my passport book. They avoided eye contact as we left.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The pleasant, temperate summers in Chicago are a thing that no longer exists. So shut up and enjoy your Soylent Green.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here's a TV commercial I did in Seattle in 1989 at KLSY radio, with future syndicated radio legend Delilah Rene. youtu.be/YoS4_pFWSGE

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KLSY Radio Seattle Radio Bingo Commercial Feb. 1989: Bruce Murdoch, Delilah Rene, and more

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Commodity vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains in single digits on Monday, data shows

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Is former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao cashing her dead husband's paychecks in a fraud against the United States Government? Oh well.... whatever.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

After 11 years of mulling, here is my verdict on how Trump won twice, simplified into a unified theory. Trump assembled all the single-issue voters and got them to sign up for a true-believer suicide pact to achieve their lifelong, obsessive aims.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's just what it sounds like.... my newest video is called "70 Statues in Chicago." youtu.be/yEq91Dv-k-g

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70 Statues in Chicago

YouTube video by uncromulent

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's just what it sounds like.... my newest video is called "70 Statues in Chicago." youtu.be/yEq91Dv-k-g

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70 Statues in Chicago

YouTube video by uncromulent

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How come Illinois had no prolonged power outages, and right across the state line in Hammond, they were without power for 13 days? Bears are going to like that when they move there.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"...and if elected, I pledge to demolish Trump's ugly ballroom, dump the rubble on top of Mar-a-Lago, and rebuild the East Wing."

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I don't care anymore. Sane people have lost America.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Every single fucking bit of the illegal ballroom that will be demolished starting Jan. 20, 2029 must be collected, put on a C-5M Super Galaxy cargo plane, and dumped onto Mar-a-Lago. You wreck our house, we wreck your house.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Seriously, the Empire Carpet guy is legendary. His name is Lynn Hauldren, and he was a WWII hero. They still use his voice on Empire Carpet commercials, even though he passed away in 2011.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Local Chicago commercials and promos (including the Empire Carpet guy!) from 1991. youtu.be/M0a54IBLMEA

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Local Chicago and National Commercials, January 19, 1991

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The lede of this story says Trump might be willing to walk away from Iran without a nuclear deal if it reopens Hormuz, which to me sounds like trading an Iranian nuclear weapon for recognizing Iranian sovereignty over the strait.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/08/2026

The president would ruin one of D.C.’s architectural gems because he thinks it doesn’t match the White House, Dorothy Robyn argues.

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Do Not Paint Granite!

The latest Trump renovation project would violate a basic rule of building maintenance.

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

*US MORTGAGE RATES RISE TO 6.66%, HIGHEST LEVEL IN A YEAR

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My newest video-- about Alta Vista Terrace. It's an historic street of English-style row houses just a couple blocks from Wrigley Field. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRqg...

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Alta Vista Terrace, Historic Chicago Neighborhood in the Shadow of Wrigley Field

YouTube video by uncromulent

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The U.S. has broken its own measles record for the second year in a row. And it's only July. Check ABC News' map to identify your risk-level based on your zip code: abcnews.com/Health/new-m...

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New map shows how to spot the measles risk level in your ZIP code

For the first time, a map allows people to type in their ZIP code and determine the risk of measles in their area based on vaccination coverage.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Whatever could be said about that claim when he made it in 1962, it soon became undeniable that government vaccine research, distribution, and mandates are objectively among the greatest achievements of civilization. Claiming otherwise is embarrassing, it's like saying you don't wash your hands.

Chart of the polio vaccine obliterating polio

chart of the measles vaccine smashing measles into bits

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I was complaining about this week's smoke in Chicago that was measured at almost 2x the top of the scale in PM2.5, and my partner asked me what I wanted to do about it. I said, "Have Al Gore get 700 more votes in Florida in 2000."

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Update: well that’s wild y’all. Filter on top is a clean, unused one fresh out of its packaging. Filter on bottom was the same when I installed it yesterday evening; this is what it looks like after roughly 24 hours of HVAC in Chicago’s blanket of wildfire smoke.

Photo of two HVAC filters. The top one is clean white, while the bottom is a dark, dingy gray.

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Ramblertown @e-five.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Yes, yes, yes to this! Ultra-wealthy people drive up prices more than mid-level folks, and lower income people face the brunt more than everyone. I make roughly $55k, and I can no longer afford to buy low-fat ground beef. A pitchfork or a torch now costs less than a pound of ground beef.

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