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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 1h

inclement weather at it again

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 14, 2026

GUARDIANS-RAYS ALCS GAME 3 MOVED TO 1:00 P.M. ET
START DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Thursday’s Game Three of the American League Championship Series in Cleveland, featuring the host Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays on TBS and other TNT Sports platforms, has been moved from a 6:00 p.m. (ET) start to 1:00 p.m. (ET), Major League Baseball announced today. The change, which is based on forecasted rain on Thursday night in Cleveland, is being made proactively in order to remain on schedule in the ALCS.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 15h

more details ⤵️ leftonbase.beehiiv.com/p/athletes-u...

The AUSLPA has asked the league for voluntary recognition of the union. The press release states the union has retained labor relations consulting firm Sports Solidarity LLC and law firm Altshuler Berzon LLP for legal representation. Sports Solidarity LLC was founded by former professional ballplayer Harry Marino, who was also the Executive Director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, a group that eventually helped lead the unionization effort of Minor League Baseball players under the MLB Players Association.

“More than 80% of the league signed in less than 48 hours, so we went to the league without further delay, but we truly think we'll get everyone in the next 24 hours,” a source with knowledge of the situation told Left On Base.

The AUSL recently completed its second season overall, and its first with teams playing in home cities after an inaugural season at neutral sites. Former Marlins General Manager Kim Ng, who is also the first Asian-American and first woman to work as a MLB general manager, is commissioner of the league. The league includes a strategic investment from MLB.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 13/10/2026

Mina Kim is challenging her removal from the #WPBL board. from the opening brief filed in support of motion to expedite proceedings and motion for entry of a status quo order:

Plaintiffs Dymex Ventures LLC (“Dymex”) and Mina Kim (“Ms. Kim,” and together with Dymex, “Plaintiffs”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby submit this opening brief in support of their Motion to Expedite Proceedings and Motion for a Status Quo Order.

BACKGROUND This action arises from the unlawful and improper purported removal of Mina Kim from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Women’s Pro Baseball League Inc. (“WPBL” or the “Company”) on September 30, 2026. Compl. ¶¶ 1, 117–19. WPBL was formed in 2024 by Keith Stein, who appointed himself CEO, President, and sole Director of the Company. Id. ¶¶ 19, 29. Acting on behalf of WPBL, and seemingly in an effort to avoid papering his own self-dealing, Mr. Stein purported to execute a series of corporate actions while choosing to observe few, if any, governance formalities. Id. ¶¶ 9, 29, 88.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 08/10/2026

MLB has proposed schedule and format changes in the latest round of bargaining. leftonbase.beehiiv.com/p/mlb-propos...

MLB proposed changes to the regular season and postseason schedules in its most recent bargaining session with the MLBPA on Thursday.

The league proposed “returning” to 154 games per season, cut down from the current 162, beginning 2029.

“Starting in 2029, shortening the season to a 154-game schedule would create a standard weekly off day benefiting player health, and it would allow the addition of up to 8 more Postseason games by moving to a best-of-seven Division Series format,” the league posted on social media.

The proposed alterations to the postseason format would take effect in 2027. These changes would include higher seeded clubs to be able to choose their opponents in the Wild Card and Division Series.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 08/10/2026

the MLBPA has issued a statement regarding MLB's latest proposal, which includes reducing games to 154/season and letting higher seeded clubs choose playoff opponents:

"The league made multiple scheduling proposals today. We are reviewing these materials, including the proposed changes to the playoff format. Players will weigh in on these proposals and we will respond at the bargaining table. Unfortunately, the league once again made clear that all of its proposals are contingent on players’ agreement to a salary cap, a system that guts player rights and compensation, as well as its other anti-player proposals."

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 05/10/2026

y'all who left their Pokéball out here

the Sphere turned into a Pokéball and tourists on a street corner are taking photos of it

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 05/10/2026

here it is: Ray Kerr on the mound with Bring Me To Life playing

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 03/10/2026

San Diego Padres have a roster substitution approved with Walker Buehler going on postseason paternity list. Randy Vásquez will take his roster spot until his return.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 3, 2026

SAN DIEGO NLDS ROSTER SUBSTITUTION APPROVED

Pitcher Walker Buehler Placed on Postseason Paternity List;
Randy Vásquez Active Until His Return

Major League Baseball announced today the placement of San Diego Padres pitcher Walker Buehler on the Postseason Paternity List. During Buehler’s absence, pitcher Randy Vásquez will be an active member of San Diego’s National League Division Series roster. Buehler will be allowed to be away from the Club for a minimum of one day and a maximum of three days. Upon his return, Buehler will take Vásquez’s place on the Padres’ active roster.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 03/10/2026

NEWS: Delaware Judge Danielle Gibbs has reserved judgment regarding Keith Stein's motion to dismiss Kim v. #WPBL and has given Mina Kim until Oct. 9 to submit anything further.

Court Authorizer Comments: The Court reserves judgment pending any further submission from Plaintiff. If Plaintiff has legal authority supporting the position that when a case is fully submitted for decision, the Court has the discretion or obligation to decide a request to inspect records pursuant to Section 220(d), despite the plaintiff-director’s purported postsubmission removal, or has the authority to stay the proceedings pending resolution of a summary action under Section 225 of the DGCL, Plaintiff may present that authority to the Court no later than October 9, 2025. Defendant did not support its motion or exhibit with sworn testimony. Nevertheless, the written consent appears valid on its face, and it is consistent with JX25, another written consent. JX25, executed earlier this year, also identifies Ankeiste Limited as the majority shareholder of the WPBL and Mr. Stein as an authorized signatory. JX25 was recently submitted to the Court without objection from Plaintiff. Thus, the Court is initially inclined to accept the written consent attached to Defendant’s motion as evidence that Plaintiff has been removed from the board. In doing so, the Court states no opinion regarding the propriety of the action or the ultimate outcome of any challenge. That is beyond the scope of the current proceeding. /s/ Judge Danielle Gibbs

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 02/10/2026

I love Olivia Rodrigo for many reasons but a new one is that she correctly listed Paradise NV as the likely location for the Unraveled Tour Experience because THE STRIP IS MOSTLY IN PARADISE

locations:

Paradise NV

TBA

December 19-2

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 01/10/2026

dear mother of god www.mlb.com/milb/stockto...

Mac Attack Dog - hot dog, mac n cheese, hot cheeto dust, jalapeno ranch
Pickle Dog - hot dog, pickle spear, spicy pickle ranch, fried onion straws
Polish Style Dog - smoked keilbasa sausage, sauerkraut, caramelized onions, mustard
Pineapple Express Dog - hot dog, house pineapple salsa, teriyaki drizzle
PB&J Dog - hot dog, peanut butter drizzle, grape jelly drizzle, bacon bits
Fajita Cheese Dog - hot dog, fajita veggies, cream cheese
Fans can also dig into Hot Dog Chili Nachos, a Hot Dog Chili Bowl, Mini Corn Dog Flights, M&M Caramel Apples and even a Hot Dog Milkshake (yes, you're reading this right) with additional specialty items available throughout the event.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 30/09/2026

I can't say I was surprised by this. #WPBL frontofficesports.com/article/keit...

The CEO of the Women’s Pro Baseball League offered a board member $600,000 to drop her legal fight against him and the league for financial transparency.

She refused, and now, the CEO is firing her from her WPBL board position, effectively squashing her legal campaign.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 28/09/2026

Hanna I thought we were FRIENDS smh

"Mr. Brightside"
A purple cameo of a woman on a black background
Standard artwork of the 2004 re-release
Single by the Killers
from the album Hot Fuss
B-side
"Smile Like You Mean It"
"On Top"
"Who Let You Go?"
"Change Your Mind"
Released September 29, 2003[1]

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 28/09/2026

the Mariners have announced staffing changes

MARINERS ANNOUNCE STAFF CHANGES

SEATTLE – Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto and General Manager Justin Hollander announced today that Bench Coach Manny Acta, Infield Coach Perry Hill, Hitting Coach Kevin Seitzer, and First Base Coach Eric Young Jr. will not return to the Mariners coaching staff in 2027.

“I will always have the utmost respect and appreciation for these men, each of whom made meaningful contributions to our team,” Dipoto said. “After much reflection, we have determined that significant changes are required as we look toward 2027 and beyond.”

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 28/09/2026

nah man I think you very well did say who you think was right you geezer (derogatory) (I wasted time reading this so you don't have to click on it)

Baseballgeezer
Old school baseball analyst. Grew up with the game, and now the game is all a corporate exercise with out of control unions and salaries.

The Baseball Geezer isn’t going to tell you whether the owners are right, and I’m not going to tell you whether the players are right. That is for them to figure out. But I will tell you that they are playing with an extraordinarily valuable piece of property: baseball itself. The value of that property isn’t just $13 billion in annual revenue. It is 71 million people walking into ballparks, billions of minutes watched on television and streaming services, restaurants packed around stadiums, kids buying their first baseball glove, fathers taking sons to games, mothers taking daughters, grandparents introducing another generation to the game and the guy sitting in the same seat he’s had for 25 years complaining about the manager.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 28/09/2026

official: Dan Wilson not returning as Mariners manager in 2027

SEATTLE MARINERS MANAGER DAN WILSON WILL NOT RETURN IN 2027

SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto announced today that following conversations this week it was concluded that Dan Wilson will not return as Field Manager in 2027.

“Collectively we failed to meet our own expectations this season,” Dipoto said. “Dan and I both care deeply about this organization, these players, and the future of the Mariners. After much discussion it was concluded that a new direction is best for 2027 and beyond.

“I want to thank Dan for his efforts over the past two years and specifically recognize his role in our club advancing to Game 7 of the ALCS in 2025.”

“I’ve appreciated the opportunity to lead this team the past two years,” Wilson said. “While this season has not gone the way any of us expected, I’m proud that the players in the clubhouse showed up each day to try and compete and battle in each game they played. I’m confident that the 2026 season doesn’t accurately reflect the talent, passion and desire of our players and know that bright things are ahead for this group.”

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 27/09/2026

MLB already hosts 82 games at a national patk

the view of Nationals Park from the high press box behind home plate

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 25/09/2026

some really good info in this story

MLB’s owners are virtually certain to lock out the players in early December, when the sport’s current labor deal expires. No one knows whether a shutdown will shorten the sport’s 162-game regular season, but if it does, 60 games — roughly the end of May, by the current MLB schedule — will bring perhaps the most crucial leverage point.

If at least 60 games are wiped out in 2027, most of the league’s national broadcast contracts would extend another year, through 2029, people briefed on MLB’s rights agreements who were not authorized to speak publicly told The Athletic.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 23/09/2026

lol. lmao even. bsky.app/profile/two2...

MLB owners voted this summer to increase the private-equity ownership limit for teams to 20%, up from 15%, a source familiar with the matter told Front Office Sports. The change was not publicly announced.

The revision was specifically made to match the NBA’s approach, where the PE limit is 20% unless the controlling owner owns less than 20%, in which case the percent the controlling owner has is the limit. (So if a team’s controlling owner holds 19% of a team, a private equity firm cannot own more than 19%.) Under a separate MLB rule, the controlling owner must own at least 15%.

The NBA, NHL, and MLS allow one private equity firm to own a maximum of 20% in a franchise. Forbes contributor Maury Brown first tweeted out the MLB rule change Tuesday night.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 22/09/2026

dumbass header coming from a condescending prick

no one can make you feel inferior without your consent

Eleanor Roosevelt

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 22/09/2026

alright dweebs listen up: we're so back www.instagram.com/reel/DdkP8KE...

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 21/09/2026

from Sportico www.sportico.com/business/tea...

The Steinbrenner family is selling at least 4% of the New York Yankees’ parent company as part of the previously announced $2.6 billion financing injection from Apollo Global Management, according to multiple people familiar with the details.

The Apollo investment is a combination of debt and equity in Yankee Global Enterprises (YGE), and the Steinbrenners and some LP stakeholders sold some of their shares. The deal valued YGE at more than $10 billion, according to two of the people.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 21/09/2026

unless the limit changed between August, when this story was published in The Athletic, and now, well 🤷 archive.is/mGkXm

Hal Steinbrenner and his family maintain control of the Yankees. Apollo’s percentage stake in the team was not disclosed, but, per MLB rules, it cannot exceed 15 percent.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 21/09/2026

last I heard, these have not changed www.sportico.com/feature/mlb-...

• Under current rules as reported by Sportico, a private equity fund can own up to 15% of a franchise, with no limit to the number of clubs a fund can invest in.
• It’s not known if there is a minimum dollar investment or percentage ownership requirement for institutional investors.
• On the team side, no franchise can sell more than 30% of its equity to PE.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 20/09/2026

ESPN's capitulating to the dollar signs — it's going to keep being embarrassing this way

I don’t need to tell you that this is equal parts rage-inducing and exhausting. But above all else, it’s fucking embarrassing. I’d like this country to go one minute, just one, not smashing a pie into its own face. While I’ll never be a "stick to sports" person, I think it’s reasonable to expect that a college football pregame show would be able to avoid the degradation that comes from on-air talent openly embracing dogshit policy proposals, and the horrible politicans backing them, for the most craven of reasons. ESPN and the SEC made their little pact, and now they’re trotting out their highest paid jackasses to put a late shine on it. It’s a pathetic effort that debases the rest of us.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 20/09/2026

do y'all think I could get Sorkin to reimburse me for a lobotomy because my thought was the entire Fix You sequence

Hello, it’s Gabby Giffords. I just made a difficult decision that I need to share with you.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 18/09/2026

oh boy #WPBL frontofficesports.com/article/wpbl...

The next week will be critical. In Springfield, the Los Angeles Queens and San Francisco Firebells will compete in the inaugural best-of-five championship, with L.A. up 2–0 in the series following a Thursday night win. In Delaware, the battle between Stein and Kim over the future of the WPBL may be coming to a head.

On Thursday, the court ruled to move the trial to papers, which means a decision about whether the league must turn over documents to Kim could be imminent. But Stein said he has the ability to remove her from the board at the end of the month.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 18/09/2026

w o o f #WPBL frontofficesports.com/article/wpbl...

Earlier this summer, athletes scheduled a meeting with the league intending to speak with Stein about their concerns ahead of the season. He never joined; only Stein’s right-hand man, Berman, joined the video call late, but kept his camera off. Berman has a single-digit stake in the league, according to Stein.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 18/09/2026

everyone who has followed me for baseball labor coverage is going to end up learning way more about The Killers than they ever asked for

Flowers recorded another solo album with the same musicians in Nashville that will be released next summer.
“It’s a sibling to this album with the same band, but different thematically. More romantic, I think,” he said. “That should be out next summer, and in early 2028, there will be a Killers record. We’re ready for some heat, so it will be a dynamic rock record.”

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 16/09/2026

what did they think was gonna happen

user: EdSheeranSupportsAndFundsGenocide

[view of people's boots on the ground as if they are walking and the camera is on the ground]

ed sheeran loves genocide and brown people being killed
hi i think our act will fight right into an ed sheeran show :)

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 16/09/2026

I must apologize to Sydney Sweeney I underestimated how much of a dipshit she is

Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky responded to the backlash onstage Tuesday at the Front Office Sports Asset Class event in New York.

“As a company we’re hugely supportive of women’s sports, and it’s a huge component of our platform,” Fortinsky said. “We never intended to portray female sports. Sydney is an actress, the biggest movie star in the world. We’re a prediction market focused on sports. That is the story she was communicating.”

He indicated that Sweeney, who is an equity holder in Novig, served as the campaign’s creative lead: “It was a very exciting process to work with her, both on the commercial side and the creative side. It really was Sydney who was driving a lot of the visuals and the messaging.”

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 16/09/2026

another satisfied customer! gotta keep working through an illness that is notoriously known for brain fog obviously

Re: Programming Note

from: Robert Bagel

to: me

jfc what a grifter

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 16/09/2026

anyway here's my story on DBH from last year (🎁) defector.com/private-equi...

How did a sports scene like minor league baseball—backed by a more than 100-year history of silly local mascots, intimate hometown stadiums, local ownership, and famously the most affordable and family friendly baseball experience around—get devoured so quickly by private equity? The answer, as it tends to, lies in the paperwork. Specifically, it goes back to when MLB made changes in early 2021 to the Player Development License (PDL), which is essentially the contract of terms between a MLB team and its minor league affiliate. Before 2021, an ownership group could only own one team in a local minor league baseball circuit. The new PDL got rid of that rule and replaced it with a limit of 50 total, and no more than 14 at one level.

The collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the players union expires in 2027, which will open up a window that allows MLB to cut minor league teams for any reason; MLB has been signaling its intention to do so for some time, even after eliminating dozens of minor league franchises in 2020.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 16/09/2026

I know I'm sick and shouldn't overly exert myself but what if I just roll off the Sphere frontofficesports.com/article/diam...

Diamond Baseball Holdings, one of the most powerful and overlooked roll-up stories in sports this decade, is taking advantage of an “opportunity to rewrite the rule book” in Minor League Baseball.

Speaking at Tuesday’s Front Office Sports Asset Class event in New York, DBH CEO Peter Freund said the Silver Lake–backed company is seeking to bring a new level of efficiency and scale to the minors.

After MLB relaxed team ownership rules following a 2021 takeover and reorganization of MiLB, allowing for larger holdings of multiple clubs, DBH has amassed a portfolio of 49 of the 120 affiliated clubs in less than five years. Beyond just quantity, those holdings also include top performers such as the High-A Dayton (Ohio) Dragons, owners of the longest sellout streak in U.S. pro sports and the 2026 MiLB attendance leader, and the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 15/09/2026

the full context actually shows that it was a compliment, too!!! 💅

milkhotelbitches • 24d ago
Pablo is literally the only American sports journalist that I'm aware of who is willing to take an antagonistic/ contrarian stance with the league. He doesn't do PR for the league and he isn't sucking any executive's dick for access and tips.

In other words, he's the only actual journalist covering sports in the US.

reply: Turtle_with_a_sword • 24d ago
Amen, this country needs more real journalists and less of this access journalism bullshit

reply: gnorts87 • 23d ago
Jen Ramos-Eisen is quite antagonistic to the MLB powers that be, if you’re a baseball fan.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 14/09/2026

hm www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

Breach Inlet Capital Urges Atlanta Braves Holdings to Pursue a Sale Process

CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Breach Inlet Capital Management, a shareholder of Atlanta Braves Holdings for nearly a decade, today issued the following public letter to its Board of Directors outlining why the Atlanta Braves should pursue a sale process.

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 10/09/2026

I am extremely fine and normal about this album release

Fallon also enlisted Brandon Flowers from the Killers, now fresh off of his country pivot, for the Western-ish “Love At the End of the World.” Flowers and Fallon first bonded over Depeche Mode years ago and have stayed in touch.

“I just asked Brandon, ‘Hey man, would you help me write a song?’” Fallon says. “And he was like, ‘Sure, fly out here!’ So I flew out to Utah and just hung out and wrote a song, and that was it. I came home. We went to Einstein’s Bagel. It was really, really simple. Brandon’s a Jersey Guy, for sure. That guy is totally legit.”

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 07/09/2026

okay I did the 122 question version and it says I talk like someone from Nevada and lol these are three cities I have spent significant time in as an adult

Most similar
San Francisco, CA (46%)
Los Angeles, CA (46%)
Phoenix, AZ (45%)

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 06/09/2026

fine www.instagram.com/reel/Dc8DyiN...

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 05/09/2026

I fear Brandon Flowers putting out a country album is the reason I can no longer hide how country I actually am

Brandon Flowers on stage with his solo backing band at the Ford in Hollywood

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jen ramos-eisen @jenramose.online · 30/08/2026

no one: no one: Beaver, Uta.: wanna buy a truck stop roofle for your dog

a rack of items for dogs including a packaged waffle labeled as "ROOFLE"

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