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@mjfromla.bsky.social
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Afropunk 1.0 Refugee "Jahluv" @michael_fromla on IG Jazz, Bicycles, Motorcycles (💖 choppers,💖 Vincents), Old Cars, 🦅🌎⚓veteran "Mejor solo que mal acompañado" @mjfromla.myatproto.social on Blacksky

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hammer and Hope Issue #12 is out now, available for free in its entirety here. A short thread featuring a few of the articles: hammerandhope.org
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Hammer & Hope
A magazine of Black politics and culture
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 3h
Good morning #Wordle #Connections Wordle 1937 4/6* 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1215 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 16h
When my son was in Kindergarten the sub showed up drunk. Drunk sub was arrested. My dad and another parent ran the class for the day.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 18h
The late Alain de Cadenet trying to keep it together...
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Spitfire flies LOW over TV presenter
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 22h
Oct. 7, 1926: University of Kansas students Lee Van Deusen and William Lynn built this device out of a Harley-Davidson to get around a new school rule banning undergraduates from having cars on campus.
Mid-Week Pictorial
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 19h
Yeah, we come in a few different shades.
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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 23h
#CicLAvia could be damp this Sunday @joelintonpaiva.bsky.social @bikinginla.bsky.social
San Francisco Chronical graphic of excessive rain outlook on Sunday. Grayscale SoCal map with yellow for slight risk and green for Marginal risk of excessive rainfall. The green covers the coastal areas up into Lancaster. The green covers inland San Diego and imperial counties
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
OMFG I am completely destroyed by this LinkedIn post by Michael White, the father of Magnus White (a very promising junior racer who was killed at the age of 17 in 2023 by a young woman who was eventually convicted of vehicular homicide).
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Brett Coughlin @coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Myrna Loy as Nora Charles and "Asta" the Wire Fox Terrier (whose real name was Skippy) in a publicity portrait for the MGM/W. S. Van Dyke mystery comedy Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941. This was Skippy's last appearance in the Thin Man series. #Shadowofthethinman #TCMParty
Myrna Loy as Nora Charles and "Asta" the Wire Fox Terrier (whose real name was Skippy) in a publicity portrait for the MGM/W. S. Van Dyke mystery comedy Shadow of the Thin Man, 1941. This was Skippy's last appearance in the Thin Man series (originating the character in 1934, he appeared as "Asta" four times), with his successor taking over the role in the remaining two movies. Enjoying his retirement, Skippy lived to be an impressive twenty years old, passing away in 1950. Fun Facts: Though Skippy was owned and primarily trained to be an animal actor by actress and comedienne Gale Henry East and her third husband Paul, his additional trainers were brothers Rudd and Frank Weatherwax, the uncles of Ken Weatherwax who later played Pugsley Addams on the 1960s television series The Addams Family. A happy, easy-going dog, Skippy was trained with love and treated respectfully by Gale and Henry East, with Gale stating in a 1938 magazine interview: "Treat a dog kindly and he'll do anything in the world for you." A star among animal actors, who were normally paid $3.50 per day at the time, Skippy received the princely sum of $250.00 per week for his services. Among his many other film appearances, Skippy made memorable turns as Cary Grant and Irene Dunne's dog "Mr. Smith" in the 1937 screwball comedy The Awful Truth, and with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant (again) as Hepburn's aunt's dog "George" in the screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby the following year.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 23h
Sanford and Son (Syndication/Rerun) - this is the episode where Redd Foxx does his standup routine in a courtroom setting. "N" bombs included.
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Fred Gets Fined In The Courtroom | Sanford and Son
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 23h
Good morning... #Wordle #Connections Wordle 1936 3/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1214 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have all the room in my garage!!! #SafetyFast #MGTC #CecilKimber
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Throw a Subaru engine in it and it's on...
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Boston Evening Globe October 06, 1926 Last couple of paragarphs from their story...
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's a more detailed version of the events that led to Mrs. Bray's arrest.
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Miss Bray puts nails in front of Morey Pearl's Roadster.
Clipping found in The Boston Globe published in Boston, Massachusetts on 10/1/1926. Miss Bray puts nails in front of Morey Pearl's Roadster.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I looked it up on Newspapers.com. Other news reports say the prosecutor argued that damaging the tires could have resulted in a bad accident. $10 in 1926 is $188.92 today according to the inflation calculator.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lunchtime gaming... #Wordle #Connections Wordle 1935 3/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1213 🟩🟪🟨🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Share someone who looks stylish wearing BLACK and RED.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What the hell?! #BikeSky
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#JazzSky #JazzMusic
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Please make sure each person gets one of these at my funeral. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Freddie Jackson, the RnB legend known for multiple hits, including “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70
Freddie Jackson, the RnB legend known for multiple hits, including “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
American Masters @ 10pm
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Rivera in America
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Article about Jazz Kissa if you're wondering WTF is a kissa... #JazzSky
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Hiii Magazine | Put Your Record On
Inside LA’s vinyl sanctuaries where music isn’t backdrop—it’s the main event.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JiJi's Jazz Club here in Los Angeles is throwing a Jazz Kissa style event on 10/15. Support a sista if this is your thing.... #JazzSky #JazzKissa
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Latest blog post from London Jazz Collector #JazzSky
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Woody Shaw: Song of Songs (1972) Contemporary/Craft re.2026
Selection: Love: For The One You Can’t Have Track List A1 Song Of Songs 11:37A2 The Goat And The Archer 7:33B1 Love For The One You Can’t Have 10:03B2 The Awakening 8:44 Artists Woody S…
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Children by Charles White
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Ajuan Mance @ajuanmance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Amelia ran to freedom in late winter of 1776 (most likely late February).
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm on the edge of my seat over here. a journalist in South Africa is digging into the subject of my absolute favorite series of episodes of weird little guys -- the South African pro-apartheid terrorist who married an American klansman.
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The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA right
Decades before Ernst Roets lobbied the US, a little-known Kempton Park woman linked the AWB to global neo-Nazis – a story that sheds light on international support for the farm murder cause.…
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my co-wokers asked me a bunch of Prius questions (my car), then went and bought a GMC pick-up. Claimed his "image" would be hurt by driving a Prius. Bruh - you're a 60+ divorced man. 🤷🏿
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 05/10/2026
🇮🇹 Giulio Ciccone puts validity of photo finish into question - 'I want to see the photo finish on the real finish line' 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/giul... 📸 Eurosport
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
10/526 Wordle was shaping up to be a repeat of Saturday. I had fewer options to guess so it ended in 4. #Wordle #Connections I wanna smack whoever came up with Connections today. Purple was sketch. Wordle 1934 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1212 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good question - in the ad it's a weird add on font. 🤷🏿
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Somewhere, Rafael Perez is still bragging about Denzel playing him in a movie. I forgot how wild this movie was. #TrainingDay #AlonzoHarris #Rampart
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dionne Warwick at 8. Her '75 performance at Wolftrap is on YouTube - a VHS dub that's janky AF. Here she is in '64 - an amazing performance.
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Dionne Warwick - live club concert 1964, full show, HQ
YouTube video by Gazely Gaze
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Wacky" - Pepe was a problem then. Today - straight to jail.
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Pepe Le Pew - What is the meaning of this, monsieur?!
YouTube video by Jani 🩷
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 05/10/2026
#ThisIsGenocideNotACeasefire: Israel continues to kill Palestinians, attack hospitals and block access to aid and healthcare. Meanwhile, world leaders are failing to stop it. We call for the protection of civilians in #Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on aid.
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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My first book, LIVING WITH LYNCHING, came into the world 15 years ago this month! Writing it taught me so much and gave me a strong foundation. Publishing it taught me how good it feels to be both proud of my work and thrilled with how it is packaged. #CountingBlessings
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our xenophobia origin story...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...
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Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)
He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Simpsons Retrosexual - people were nostalgic about the 80s in 2004?
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Played while clothes were spinning in the dryer... #Wordle #Connections Wordle 1933 5/6* Bruh...! 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1211 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@gillespeterson.bsky.social played "Dizzy Moods" off that album on his Oct 1st show. Great minds think alike!
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Michael @mjfromla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Saturday night excitement - remembering to get the puzzles in for the day. #Wordle #Connections Wordle 1932 5/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1210 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨
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Kate @gaylekate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🛑🛑🛑 Democrats across the country need to run this as an ad in every single district and state TRUMP FEELS BADLY FOR THE CORNELL 7 BEC LETITIA JAMES 'WON'T GIVE THEM A FAIR SHAKE' LET THAT SINK IN youtu.be/8q3b5MhMB7A?...
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Trump on Cornell rape case
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