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Mike Tice

@essentialsaltes.bsky.social
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Los Angeles-based skeptical weirdo bibliophile estate sale pirate. Mostly simulcasting itcamefromtheestatesale

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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 18h
It buzzes! It blinks! It clicks!
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Western Union Telegraph Set
Photo by Caring Transitions.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Giving a lot of look.
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Bold patterned couch
Of course they had the matching loveseat. Photo by Blue Moon.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Per wiki: The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after Zakynthos, the son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus.
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Zakynthos
Photo by HR UR.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I mean... reorganizing the deck chairs on the Titanic accomplished *something*. This? The only reason he hasn't made an animal a senator is because he doesn't have pets.
forbes.com
Trump Signs Order Renaming AI To ‘Super Intelligence’—Here’s What It Changes
Dismissing growing concerns about AI safety, Trump has argued that “Artificial Intelligence” was a "very ineloquent" name for the technology and makes it sound "fake."
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure Early-initiated long-standing childhood RfP (early RfP) was highly positively correlated with performance on cognitive tests and moderately larger total brain cortical areas and volumes @veratrine.bsky.social
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Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure: associations with better cognitive performance, mental well-being and brain structure in young adolescence | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure: associations with better cognitive performance, mental well-being and brain structure in young adolescence - Volume 54 Issue 2
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fittingly, AI tells me that "Standard online lyric databases do not host transcriptions for this explicit vintage track."
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Billy Devroe and the Devilaires – Censored (1958)
Photo by Venzor.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like Hurricane Nolo took out the Hōlei Sea Arch in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. My photo from 2019.
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Sea arches
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It looks in good shape, so probably not one that was thrown out the window
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David Letterman cue card
Top Ten Things I Have Always Wanted to Say to DaveBarbara Walters: Do you know you wear the same cologne as Muammar Gaddafi? Photo by Treasure Hunt.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Trump Administration is like DEI for sexual predators.
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Accused rapist Russell Brand stars in MAHA summit, cracks joke about unwanted touching to Dr. Oz
Comedian Russell Brand, ex-husband of singer Katy Perry, moderated a panel at the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit and made a head-turning joke ahead of his rape trial next month.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fish make terrible rulers. Either as measuring devices or as oligarchs.
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Pets or Meat
Photo by The Estate Sale House.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'd like to think that pink paddle waggled back and forth making the Jacob's Ladder tumble.
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Klik-Klak Blox Store Display[?]
Jacob’s Ladder toy. Photo by Looking Up.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's a living.
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Ladybug Dominatrix
Photo by Pomelo.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Full quart serves six!
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PAR-T-PAK Quart Beverages
Photo by Tristan.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mosaic refers to the Muses, while Mosaic refers to Moses. Keep it straight.
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I call it… a… sponge-aic
Photo by Treasure Hunt.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You can't take it with you, but he was prepared. Maybe like the pharaohs, he'll have access to it in the afterlife.
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Prepper Food
This place had the most prepper food I’ve ever seen. Bins and bins of sealed prepper and ‘patriot’ foods and stacks and stacks of regular grocery items. There were at least ten 12…
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Per wiki: Harlan Ellison described vivid memories of having to outwit his family in order to see Mr. Bug Goes to Town for free on his birthday. He credits his exploit as having fostered his rebellious nature rather than remaining a sweet obedient child.
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Douce et Criquet loved each other with tender affection
aka Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941). Photo by Club 33.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RIP
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Signed Bob Mackie book
RIP. Photo by Cockatoo.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Forgot to post yesterday
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Pal the Puppy
Battery Operated. Photo by Gathered.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kitten battles
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Birdbath with fancy cats
Visit the post for more.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The shakers pop up when you turn the knob. Also you could put a picture in the frame to put yourself on TV!
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Salt and Pepper Television
Photo by Grand.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Books - The Human Division, Gideon the Ninth, and a bad book essentialsaltes.dreamwidth.org/984647.html
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A few slip from caricature into racist caricature.
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Booze caricatures of the world
Photo by Heritage.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every room needs a seated mannequin in lingerie holding a little posy in her lap.
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Your date is here
Photo by Estate Sale Guys.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Great article by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social on the recent flap when a Hispanic run club announced a 'takeover' of 'Africa Town' not far from our house. Botched but well-meaning, it blew up. (Let me tell you, the comments on the neighborhood FB page were... harsh. I stayed out of it.)
latimes.com
Commentary: A failed run club 'takeover' of Leimert Park shows what's at stake for Black L.A.
An online flame war soon erupted over one of the most explosive allegations in L.A.: Latinos are trying to drive out Black people.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More cats to love! Leopardus tilcayo — or the tilcayo tiger cat — is slender and spotted, with rounded ears. It is smaller than a typical house cat and lives in the Bolivian Yungas, the cloud forest where the Andes mountains meet the Amazon basin.
nbcnews.com
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hope they have the Angkorwatusi
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Angkorwat Karaoke
Photo by Grasons.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now to find 12 and a half pounds of 1960s survival cheese to go with them.
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At least 1,113 Survival Crackers from 1963
Photo by Grand.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, “Just wait.”'
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Buy This, Pigs!
Alas, this was from Judy Tenuta’s estate sale. The accordion playing comedian passed away in 2022. Photo by Diamond.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Happy Birthday to Me!
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Weird is a side effect of Awesome
Photo by Venzor.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Monster High
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Cleo DeNile with sarcophagus beauty case
Photo by A Vintage Walk.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Angelini Osteria
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hideous creamer jug
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Moo-Cow Creamer
This thing is terrible. It sits in some weird uncanny valley of please don’t be touching my food. Photo by Grasons.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Additional Humvee art on the sidepanel and inner lid, shown in photo #2.
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Hummer Grand Piano
It has to be appreciated (if you can call it that) in the round, so please click through to see another image of the side and lid art. Photo by Diamond.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Be sure to read all the steps. It could come in handy again.
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Instruction to Patrons on Premises in Case of Nuclear Bomb Attack:
STAY CLEAR OF ALL WINDOWS. KEEP HANDS FREE OF GLASSES, BOTTLES, CIGARETTES, ETC. STAND AWAY FROM BAR, TABLES, ORCHESTRA, EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE. LOOSEN NECKTIE, UNBUTTON COAT AND ANY OTHER RESTRIC…
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Brilliant but irresponsible electrodynamics scientist Dr. Tony Nelson..." the Wikipedia plot summary begins...
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Le Monstre aux abois (4D Man) – From the Estate of Lee Merriwether
Don’t worry, she’s still with us! Just downsizing. The film is from 1959. Photo by Tall Rob.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Three different types of Talking View-Masters were produced, the first being introduced in 1970 by the GAF company, and this used a small transparent phonograph disc attached to the back of the View-Master reel. Poor audio quality, no volume control, and the transparent record degraded image quality
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Talking View-Master
Photo by Mike.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Black bean soup à la America’s Test Kitchen
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A different kind of labor movement. "Don't Iron While the Strike is Hot"
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A different kind of strike
The Women’s Strike for Equality took place in the United States on August 26, 1970. The three primary goals were free abortion on demand, equal opportunity in the workforce, and free childcar…
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump shares image of Space Force uniforms explicitly modeled after Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Do you want to know more? Y/N
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It knows when you've been sleeping; it knows when you're awake.
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All-Seeing Eye
Photo by True Legacy.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Brilliant Ideas I had while drinking beer
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For your beer-fueled ideas
Photo by Venzor.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tastes good, like a president should.
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Ike Cigarettes
Photo by Venzor.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
There's a Brazilian boxer named Hamilton Ventura da Conceicao.
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Hamilton Ventura watch
You had me at triangle face, and then that zigzag. Launched in 1957, the Ventura line was the first battery-powered wristwatch, and the line was relaunched a few years ago. Photo by Munyon & So…
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Major defies gravity
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I repeat, frog family on holiday
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Frog Family on holiday
Photo by Another Room.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
fin - 1972 Angler's Guide
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fin
With that font, I expect the credits to roll in a foreign language. Photo by Via Bonita.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They're celebrities... in the form of ducks! I call them... Celebriducks!
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Celebriducks Bill Clinton
Photo by Victoria’s Vintage.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Apparently the DIY method starts with an empty propane tank.
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Steel tongue drum
Photo by Via Bonita.
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Mike Tice @essentialsaltes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Saturday goals
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