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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I just watched Apollo 13 this weekend again. As close to a perfect movie as I’ve ever seen. Really holds up well.

Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Very similar to the message here in the states that if we don’t stop immigration, “there will be a taco truck on every corner”. Like, YES THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

@petersagal.bsky.social you gave the guest this week a perfect setup that she missed. For the next subculture she was writing about, it would have been awesome to respond “oh, easy. A ‘Succession’-like drama about the backstabbing around next announcer/scorekeeper on an NPR quiz show”!

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

He’s not a good person, no question. But I hope people are not under the impression that if he passes, we all go back to normal, like a veil gets lifted from the eyes of everyone in MAGA (or, like the spell of Saruman getting lifted from Theoden). He’s a symptom, not the root cause.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

(In the voice of the guy in “Stuart” from the Dead Milkmen) “do you know what the data centers are doing to the soil???”

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yesterday’s Final Jeopardy was hopefully a gimme for all the Bluesky #urbanists.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

@petersagal.bsky.social between bean gas, IBS, and torn wedding dresses; there was a surprising amount of “butt stuff” on this week’s WWDTM. Was that a request of Bill’s for his last show?

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Anyone that doesn’t say Imo’s Pizza from STL is wrong. #provel4life

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy 49th Cornell Barton Hall day to all those who celebrate! Enjoy with whatever mind-altering substance is your choice. I’m partial to the endorphins I get from outdoor exercise so Scarlet->Fire was my soundtrack on my afternoon walk around the beautiful Carondelet Park. youtu.be/KVM9uu4mIcw?...

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Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias/Fire On The Mountain - 5/8/77 - (432hz)

YouTube video by theprogwalrus

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Gerty Cori. Nobel Prize winner. Beautiful love story of working with her husband Carl in all her research. There’s a movie in there somewhere.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“Battle for the Soul of New York : Jane Jacobs vs Robert Moses”. Starring Anne Hathaway and Matthew Broderick. $80M opening weekend.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

STL here. My 16yo doesn’t want to drive. She has a free Metro pass from school, and it’s been the best thing for all of us. She can get around the city when and how she wants and we don’t have to always drive. Transit is freedom!

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Note, the Pro S trim has a pull-down center console in the back that has cupholders, where the Pro trim (mine) does not. The kids also discovered the “kinda cup holders” in the doors and the limitations thereof. Love the show!!!

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

@trangirlismo.bsky.social so, maybe I’m number two listener that have listened to every episode AND bought an ID.4 when they were basically giving them away with 72 month 0% financing and $10k off list in Dec. Love the car. My kids do lament the lack of cup holders in the back too.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

So. I work RIGHT next door to the current NGA in south St Louis. It’s current moving its location and thousands of employees to a new building in north STL. Could the timing of this move, with analysts moving desks etc, cause the maps to be delayed in updating?

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

@adamconover.net ya know, having the US start a shooting war with Iran the same week I start the Annie Jacobsen Nuclear War book after hearing her on your podcast isn’t helping my stress level.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

@petersagal.bsky.social the story today on WWDTM about taking a bunch of stuff to bed with you reminded me of one of my all time favorite historical pictures. Duke Ellington in bed eating 4 pints of ice cream. The energy we all strive for.

One of the greatest American composers, Duke Ellington, shirtless in bed ready to consume 4 pints of ice cream.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

(Does no research) It’s a fact!!

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Huh. Thats so strange that the paper owned by the founder of Amazon thinks a national ban on data centers is a bad idea.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just to be clear, that’s now known to be CIA operative and pro-Vietnam War activist Thomas Dooley.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Literally posted the same two names. I threw Ed McCauley (NBA HOF) in too. (Class ‘91)

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Today, very likely that’s James Gunn. Previously, maybe Ed McCauley (NBA HOF). Or Thomas Dooley, activist around Vietnam War.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

He’s got a whole other video coming on the controversy about custard v ice cream.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

As a US resident, I can assure you the Ranger is the baby pickup of Ford’s line. F150, 250, 350s proliferate over here, and dwarf those size numbers. Bonnet height starts at 1.5m and goes up from there.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

That is one thing we should have learned since 2016. No matter how bad the current person is, there’s ALWAYS a worse person standing by for the role.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

See??!? ANYTHING. 😂😂😂

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The Two Towers, if you know what I mean. My two teenagers and I actually have a recurring joke that ANYTHING sounds “sus” if you put “if you know what I mean” after it.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I’ve always thought this dude reminds me of Bob Geldof as Pink after he goes full-fascist.

A picture of Bob Geldof as Pink from the movie of “The Wall”.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Probably insane. Definitely excited.

A schedule of today’s marathon showing of the three LOTR movie marathon at the Hi Pointe Theater in STL, MO.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Reading a bit about it since I posted that, I should probably try it again. I didn’t watch BB contemporaneously on AMC but as a binge on Netflix (twice), and went right into El Camino. Maybe I was just burnt out and it needs that distance. I thought it was slow and unnecessary.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

EL CAMINO. I was even thinking about the car while I was typing it and got it wrong.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad* *as long as you pretend “El Dorado” doesn’t exist.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

There is no “illegal” if no one is willing to enforce it. Our Constitution and laws aren’t like laws of physics. Gravity don’t care, it works anyway. But the Constitution requires people to care it’s enforced.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Oh, come on, online form gatekeeper. I know St. Louis has its problems, but that seems a little harsh, don’t you think?

An online form telling me that St. Louis is not a valid city.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I’m shocked to hear that once you put a plethora of games on somewhere that people watch (streaming/broadcast vs basic cable), you get more people watching. MLB - are you paying attention here?

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

“Hey Siri : define ‘NIMBY’”

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“There’s two kinds of stupid; there’s the fella that runs out into the woods, takes off all his clothes, and howls at the moon. And then there’s the guy that does the same thing in your living room. The first you ignore, the second you’re kinda forced to deal with.” - Hoosiers

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Of all the “that won’t work in…” arguments I’ve heard, that’s a unique one. I’ll give you that.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

It’s 2025. We’ve been watching live sports on TV for what, 70 years? Can we not have a camera that goes from shadow to sun adequately? #mlscup

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Did she actually say “Kid 1”, or is that an edit for social media? Because if it’s the first that just makes the story that much more awesome.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Didn’t leave city limits even. Work (near broadway/arsenal) -> SLCC-FP -> home near Carondelet Park took about 90 minutes.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Honestly, Dimon and JPMorgan being concerned about future consequences is one of the first things that makes me hopeful that there WILL potentially be consequences one day.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I can’t believe they didn’t toss that guy.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Oh dear lord, the framing of the NYT on this one is insane. He’s not “challeng(ing) scientific orthodoxy”, he’s ignoring and discarding centuries of vaccine study to push lies.

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A new @nerd4cities.bsky.social and a @climatetown.bsky.social dropping on YouTube on the same day??? I’m not gettin nothin done this evening

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Jim S @spyguy1108.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Is there a comparable term for leaf-falling season to sneckdown? #urbanism

Leaves on a side street in South St Louis City showing the area in a street that isn’t used for cars, like a “sneckdown” in snow.

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