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Michael Thomas Monte

@michael-t-monte.bsky.social
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Founder, Fountain Records (2011) Lights and Sounds, IATSE Union (2014) Other Music Stuff (2005) Tigers Baseball Fan (1985) Detroit, Mich. “Barkin Dogs Can’t Block My Way”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mike Rogers told Michiganders he was an assembly line autoworker who made Chrysler LeBarons. Turns out it was a complete lie. Shameful.
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Never forget that Frank Oz believes the stress of dealing with Disney's initial, relentless attempts to buy his creations is what killed Jim Henson. "The Disney deal is probably what killed Jim. It made him sick," he told The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...
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Frank Oz on life as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Yoda: ‘I’d love to do the Muppets again but Disney doesn’t want me’
He played some of the most memorable characters of all time on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street - then became a brilliant comedy director. What is he most proud of?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
this is a genuinely crazy story
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 12/09/2026
AI BROS: AI can replicate itself exponentially, if you destroy one computer, it will still live on another, because AI is just code. ALSO AI BROS: AI can only run in huge power-hungry data centers.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/09/2026
A massive immigration operation is happening in Memphis. It’s been underway for just under a year now—hundreds of arrests, streets filled with officers. But most people have never heard of it. Why? It’s harder to record ICE in Tennessee than it is in many states.
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Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice.
Watch as these officers arrest an activist for documenting from a reasonable distance.
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/09/2026
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
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'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 07/09/2026
jawor's fun golf, roseville, michigan, 1986
jawor's fun golf, roseville, michigan, 1986
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 07/09/2026
"The most important reason Democrats stopped being the party of the working class is because Democrats stopped treating working class voters as partners, and started treating them as consumers."
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Labor Day 2026
Democrats need to build a durable governing coalition that deserves the support of unions and working people
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 05/09/2026
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Benghazi US death toll: 4 GOP response: Obsession, outcry for years Iran US death toll: 18 Trump: Small potatoes GOP response: …
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
At the start of Trump's war, Hegseth's DOD bombed a girls school, killing over a hundred. This week Hegseth's DOD hit a wedding, killing or wounding dozens. Hegseth's DOD has never explained what went wrong six months ago. Now they've done it again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...
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In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy
The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 03/09/2026
Every 1 in 5 people ICE arrested since February is a child. That and more in our latest analysis of data available through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits: www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/28/i...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/09/2026
When Pete Hegseth polled top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during military operations, he bet they’d back his view that the program was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” officials told ProPublica. Instead, every commander rebuffed the idea.
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I will be adding some new items to the store for tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday. Bikini Kill Records will be raising funds for @abortionfunds.bsky.social all day tomorrow.
square flyer. it has a hot pink background and then a smaller square that is navy blue with various shades of greens, yellows, pinks, purples. the lettering reads in hot pink with a purple background: 
BANDCAMP FRIDAY
BENEFIT FOR
NATIONAL NETWORK 
OF 
ABORTION FUNDS
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Okay, well, virtually no one is with you, so I guess almost everyone is against you. Now what?
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/09/2026
Larry Ellison is using fake consumer groups to generate fake support for his shitty merger definitely the kind of people you want owning the lion's share of U.S. media
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Pro-Paramount Group Uses AI to Pressure Rob Bonta to Drop Antitrust Case
Neighbors for Strong Communities, which supporters the Warner Bros. merger, is using AI to help people tell A.G. Rob Bonta to drop his antitrust suit.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New: Axon says cops are asking it to change its license plate readers to make them look less like Flock cameras. This is because people keep vandalizing Flock ones. Axon said it is looking to change the design. CEO said this in a now deleted webinar, but we got a copy www.404media.co/cops-are-ask...
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Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don't Destroy Them
“Is there any talk to redesign the Outpost to not look exactly like the Flock camera — I think it will help agencies with the optics while we batten down the hatches,” one apparent cop asked during a ...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If labor wants to slow AI’s theft of wages and data, they should push for collective agreements with data rights: limits on biometric capture, use-rights for workers’ likenesses and voices, and protections against algorithmic management.
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AI Is Theft - Dissent Magazine
If capital is rewriting the rules of work with AI, then workers must rewrite the terms of resistance.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Guess what? 1) You can 3D print a crow and squirrel feeder that looks like a Flock camera 2) Crows are extremely good at pattern recognition 3) People are fucking hilarious and creative and I hope every Flock camera gets its own personal murder (of crows) www.printables.com/model/180491...
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Flock Camera with chamber; squirrel and bird feeder V2 by David | Download free STL model | Printables.com
Designed to look like a Flock camera, hollow with chambers and a removeable hatch for putting treats for your friends | Download free 3D printable STL models
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Schitt's Creek: Let The Crowening Commence with Eugene Levy
Alt: Schitt's Creek: Let The Crowening Commence with Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara
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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My latest for @theverge.com is all about everyone's new favorite pastime: destroying Flock cameras. Tech backlash has entered a critical moment where folks not only widely oppose AI & tech industry excess, but openly support direct action against its most tangible and visible targets. 🎁 Gift Link:
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Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras
The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipartisan anger against tech industry excess.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
IN THE MIDDLE OF LOSING A WAR, Whiskey Pete appears to have fired General Randy George bc George refused to drop a probe into Kid Rock. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Before Hegseth fired him, top general was advised to drop Kid Rock probe
Gen. Randy George appeared troubled by the encounter with Gen. Chris LaNeve, the Army’s No. 2 officer now favored for the service’s top job, people familiar with the matter told The Post.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Gen. Randy George, then the Army's chief of staff, during a ceremony in September 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Dan Lamothe and Noah Robertson
Days before the Army’s top officer was abruptly fired earlier this year, he was advised by a fellow general now vying to replace him to stop the military’s investigation into an unauthorized helicopter flyby of musician Kid Rock’s Tennessee estate, three people familiar with the matter said.

Gen. Randy George, whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed as the Army chief of staff without explanation, felt it was important to follow typical protocol and determine whether any safety regulations had been violated during the March 28 flyby, these people said. Like some others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the episode.

Gen. Chris LaNeve, the Army’s No. 2 officer, told George that Hegseth did not want the investigation to proceed, one person said. The two others said that George later confided in colleagues that he seemed troubled by the encounter with LaNeve, who suggested it would be best if the review was scuttled.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The water that data centers use for electricity generation in just the top 7 states with the most data centers is the equivalent of 12-times the annual water use of Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, combined. /1 news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
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Data Centers Use More Water Than California Cities, Study Says
Electric power generation for data centers is a threat to water supplies even in states outside the arid Southwest, according to a report published Tuesday by the think tank Ceres.
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 24/08/2026
Street music isn’t just performed on the street. It’s music made for it. From Moondog and The Space Lady to Konono N°1 and 75 Dollar Bill, meet the artists who turned public spaces into laboratories for radical sound.
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Taking it From the Streets
Celebrating the artists who make music on and for the streets.
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/08/2026
Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” as a delaying tactic, the latest in the Township’s long fight to stop the construction of a $1.2 billion data center. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Read more: www.404media.co/township-fig...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jon Ossoff’s schoolyard taunts should have no place in American politics. by Donald Trump
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: It made the final cut. Congratulations, Michigan, you might have the best voting sticker of 2026.
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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...
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PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute
The lost footage, said to amount to roughly 50 terabytes of data, reportedly included historical items shot over roughly 70 years of the station's programming.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Mike Rogers wants us divided. But there is so much more that unites us than sets us apart. The power is ours. This land was made for you and me.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/08/2026
I am experiencing a high degree of schadenfreude with the fact that companies’ efforts to make surveillance seem aspirational have been met with bans and calling surveillance tech the domain of losers and perverts (which it is).
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The US government is constantly, nearly daily, killing civilians. It’s lying about basic facts. It’s erasing & rewriting historical records. Pressuring private people & sectors into compliance. Stripping media & law of independence. Starting wars. Raping girls. In bed w dictators. Midterms matter.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.
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Derek Faraci @whwoolhat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
An ad for Morton Salt that shows the Little Morton Salt Girl with her umbrella. The text reads "She was there when life was created."
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Will we be able to walk this back? It's just so pervasive, so haunting, so violative, so bleak. ICE is collecting DNA of young children and uploading it into CODIS for FBI monitoring: www.reutersconnect.com/item/uncapti...
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Licensable video: UNCAPTIONED: ICE Collects DNA From Migrants, Including Children, for the FBI's Criminal Database
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Well this is true I suppose. trump can’t be bought; he is subscription based. You have to keep bribing him forever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/07/2026
The AAUP is proud to endorse Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate in the Michigan Democratic primary. Dr. El-Sayed is a fierce champion for debt-free & tuition-free higher education & will be an invaluable ally for academic freedom & higher education as a public good in Washington.
ENDORSEMENT:
DR. ABDUL EL-SAYED 
2026 MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/07/2026
Register for the webinars to learn about the key NSF changes, analyze the implications, draft strong public comments, and identify target messaging for the Hill: zurl.co/TRIP1 And, leave your public comment: zurl.co/QVxp5
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Russ Vought's Latest: NSF Proposed Rule to Weaponize Research Grants
The Office of Management and Budget’s proposed overhaul of the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), which governs how federal financial assistance is managed across all agencies, has sparked unprecedented pu...
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Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
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A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.
West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 24/07/2026
It is political malpractice for Democratic senators to be helping Trump fill judicial vacancies four months before the midterms. Completely unserious people.
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I Am Begging Senate Democrats to Do Anything Other Than Help Confirm Trump Judges
Four months before the 2026 midterms, three Democratic lawmakers have decided to give a historically unpopular president a little boost.
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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Today is literally Thursday the 23rd. #TwinPeaks
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 19/07/2026
As music becomes increasingly seamless, a new generation of power pop bands is embracing the messy, melodic, and unmistakably human.
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Why Power Pop is the Sound of Now
A new wave of bands are reaching for the ringing of six strings, the thwack of real drums, and a melody sung straight from the heart.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Presumably including a historically accurate cyclops
Elon Musk: Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer
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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Jail erodes every aspect of a person's agency."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026
Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline.
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 17/07/2026
Whole Nation Misses President’s Speech Because Jimothy: tinyurl.com/2tp3na55
Local viral social media sensation, Jimothy--a raccoon in Ballard with short spine syndrome--loping across the grass
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