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TommyJr

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Mostly software and music. And baseball. Chicago via Los Angeles via Cincinnati via Kentucky. Probably wishing was in New Orleans right now.

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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 29/08/2026
WAR is a joke. 11 more HR. 50 more RBI. #MLB
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 23/07/2026
FYI, Altafiber
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 06/07/2026
This photo is not real.
ai-generated photo of solar panels on a concrete dam with snow covered mountains in the background
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 28/06/2026
Playin' hurt. Respect.
Closeup of a knee with a small injury and what appears to be blood dripping down.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 24/06/2026
Looks nice in person.
Looking up at the side of the Obama Presidential Center main building with three flags in front: City of Chicago, USA, and State of Illinois.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 10/06/2026
Out early to beat the heat.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 10/06/2026
I started getting lots of shit in my feed. Time to reset my moderation filters.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 20/05/2026
In Kentucky's 4th, the Republican primary is it. In 2024, the Democrats didn't even bother to run.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 20/05/2026
I'm gonna miss voting against Massie every couple of years. No I won't. Good riddance.
2020 Kentucky 4th congressional ballot with Alexandra Owensby selected over Thomas Massie (huge asshole)2024 Kentucky 4th congressional ballot with write-in Benjamin Middendorf selected over Thomas Massie (total dick)
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 03/05/2026
Reds finding novel ways to shit the bed. #MLB #Reds #Pirates
Text description of 7 consecutive walks, in reverse order. C. PHILLIPS PITCHING FOR CIN.
Griffin walked, Gonzales scored, Horwitz to second, Ozuna to third.
Horwitz walked, O'Hearn scored, Ozuna to second, Gonzales to third.
Ozuna walked, Reynolds scored, Gonzales to second, O'Hearn to third.
Gonzales walked, Lowe scored, O'Hearn to second, Reynolds to third.
R. LOWDER PITCHING FOR CIN
O'Hearn walked, Reynolds to second, Lowe to third.
Reynolds walked, Lowe to second.
Lowe walked.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 12/04/2026
Holy shit! Incredible set from Jack White on the Coachella live stream. It reminds me of the set list from my last trip to this fest. #Coachella
Ticket stub to Coachella music festival from April 27, 2003.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 01/04/2026
The only smoking bear that matters.
A pensive Jay Cutler enjoying one of life's true pleasures: a cigarette on the sideline of a game while wearing a backwards baseball hat.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 17/03/2026
This is how my smart TV tricked me into watching the first episode of Rizzoli & Isles.
Ad for Rizzoli & Isles, claiming it's Bones meets The Departed
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 03/03/2026
"Send Barron Trump to war" in Super Mario typeface.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 09/02/2026
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 27/01/2026
The best way to stop a bad guy with a whistle is a good guy with a whistle.
Tweet from Megyn Kelly stating: The whistles should be banned.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 11/11/2025
My dad in his Air Force uniform holding my big sister, 1969.
Airman in uniform standing on a driveway while holding a toddler. A cat walking in the foreground.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 25/10/2025
Still not sure how you tell if a swastika tattoo is a Nazi insignia or just a plus sign doing cartwheels
tweet from matty that reads "I'm honestly still not 100% sure how you're supposed to tell if a given skull insignia
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 11/08/2025
Screen shot of ChatGPT output shows the prompt "What is the best thing to come out of that podcast studio?" and the malodorous reply "Scent: Axe."
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 17/07/2025
t-shirt reading tremendously big and tremendously wet
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 28/06/2025
In case anyone else has no idea what any of this means, I enlisted ChatGPT for some help.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 22/06/2025
These changes look very cool! (BTW, there's also some incongruence between these two menus.)
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 19/06/2025
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 26/04/2025
Mixed feelings on Colorado's city connect jerseys. Love the colors, but... Does that say BOCKIES?
Baseball player for Colorado Rockies
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 01/04/2025
The judge from My Cousin Vinny saying "Did you say youts?"
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 27/03/2025
In the hall of fame with Mr. Litoris.
TV screen capture of a man being interviewed with an on-screen caption of Mike Litoris, homeowner.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 10/03/2025
Next, Claude was asked: "Are these the best you can do? The season home opener is April 4th, and we really need a name before then. Maybe incorporate former Cubs players in the name?"  And it replied:
You're right, let's step up our game with some Cubs legends incorporated:

- "Malört Ryno" (nod to Ryne Sandberg)
- "Sammy Sosa Squawker"
- "The Fergie Fowl" (Ferguson Jenkins)
- "Ernie Banks' Lucky Cluck" or "Mr. Cluck" (Ernie "Mr. Cub" Banks)
- "Santo's Malört Mascot" (Ron Santo)
- "The Maddux Malört Miracle"
- "Harry Caray's Malört Messenger" ("Holy Cow!")
- "The Rizzo Rooster"
- "Javier Báez Beak" or "El Mago's Malört Chicken"
- "Bryzzo's Bitter Bird"

Hope one of these hits a home run before your April 4th deadline! Let me know if you'd like more options with different Cubs legends.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 10/03/2025
Continuing the AI dialog nonsense, Claude was asked to refine it's response with: "Perhaps something with malort?".  Claude's response was: Ah, combining the Chicago-famous Malört with the rally chicken! Here are some ideas:

- "Malört Fowlery"
- "Cluck Malört"
- "The Worm-göt (Wingöt) Chicken"
- "Malört Peckface"
- "Bitter Bill the Rally Bird"
- "Feathered Fernet"
- "The Malörted Miracle"
- "Jeppson's Lucky Cluck"

These names combine the infamously bitter liqueur with chicken puns for that perfect Chicago sports bar vibe!
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 10/03/2025
A text-based exchange with an AI. Claude Sonnet 3.7 was asked "What is a clever name for Nisei Lounge's rubber Cubs rally chicken?" And it replied: How about "The Fowl Ball" for Nisei Lounge's rubber Cubs rally chicken? It's a fun baseball pun that connects the chicken (fowl) with baseball terminology.

Other options could be:
- "Clutch Cluck"
- "Wrigley Feathers"
- "The Seventh-Inning Stretch Hen"
- "The Cub-a-Doodle-Doo"
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 27/02/2025
Royal: Can I ask you something, Hank?

Henry Sherman: Okay

Royal: Are you trying to steal my woman?

Henry Sherman: I beg your pardon?

Royal: You heard me, Coltrane.

Henry Sherman: Coltrane?

Royal: What?

Henry Sherman: Did you just call me Coltrane?

Royal: No.

Henry Sherman: You didn't?

Royal: No.

Henry Sherman: Okay.

[Henry turns away from Royal]

Royal: But if I did...

[Henry turns back toward Royal]

Royal: You wouldn't be able to do anything about it, would you?

Henry Sherman: You don't think so?

Royal: No, I don't.

Henry Sherman: Listen, Royal, if you think you can just march in here...

Royal: You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you never heard!

Henry Sherman: Oh, yeah?

Royal: Right on!
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 09/02/2025
I was working in the neighborhood when they built that building curved with the tracks. Pretty cool watching it go up.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 19/01/2025
My dad took this in Dayton, Kentucky. Summer, 1971.
Photo of a white cat in a tree with heterochromia: one blue eye and one green eye
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 16/12/2024
Old School: I promised my wife I wouldn't drink tonight.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 06/12/2024
These yearly recaps are always an odd mix. #AfghanWhigs #HurrayForTheRiffRaff
Top track of 2024 was Buffalo by Hurray for the Ruff RaffTop artists of 2024 were: The Afghan Whigs, Taylor Swift, Radiohead, JJ Grey & Mofro, Pearl Jam
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 21/11/2024
Portrait of President Obama seated.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 21/11/2024
Copilot knows the score
Screen capture of a few lines of code in an editor showing Copilot suggestions of colorful figures from history.
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 21/11/2024
First snow in Chicago! ❄️❄️❄️ I'm staying inside today
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TommyJr @tcjr.org · 16/11/2024
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