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Wiry

@wiryarky.bsky.social
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Ret med tech, grammy & difficult woman. Old enough to remember when Arkansas was a blue state. Fan of books, blues, science, dogs and the Hogs.🐗

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🎃 a!v¡n @enthusmiasma.bsky.social · 3h
If only someone had screamed "SCHOOL VOUCHER SCAM!" from the start. I think many did. #arpx #arnews #arleg
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 4h
Longtime saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire, Andrew Woolfolk was BOTD in 1950. (d. 2022) If you appreciate a good sax solo, you’ll want to hear this one. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhD...
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Andrew Woolfolk Performs "Joy" Live at The Soiled Dove, Denver, CO
YouTube video by Carla Maniscalco
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 5h
Sunday sounds: Gospel great Joe Ligon (d. 2016) was born October 11, 1936 in Alabama. With the Might Clouds of Joy. I was lucky to hear this legend years ago at a gospel festival I worked with. youtu.be/MpRvtoka2H0?...
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The Mighty Clouds Of Joy • Three Song Gospel Set • LIVE 1964 [RITY Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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Billy Jeter @billyjeter.bsky.social · 6h
Thank you King Biscuit, you were everything we hoped for and more.
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Andrew DeMillo @ademillo.bsky.social · 8h
COMMENTARY: With MAGA friends like these, do Arkansas Republicans need enemies? arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/11/w...
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Commentary: With MAGA friends like these, do Arkansas Republicans need enemies? | Arkansas Advocate
COMMENTARY: The November election is testing how much Arkansas Republicans can withstand a challenging environment for their party nationally.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 15h
“With him, all roads lead to Putin.” Say what you will about Nancy Pelosi, but she had his number.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 18h
And Silverfield’s decision to punt with 1:35 left. When the going gets tough, just fold.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 19h
Same. I should know better than to watch these games. Guess I’m just a glutton for punishment.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 20h
After a few brief flashes of hope, defeat hath been snatched yet again. Embracing the suck. 🐗 🏈 #Hogs
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 23h
That’s the unfortunate truth.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
trump is just mad because Zelensky is refusing to sell out his country to Russia like he did.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Most Americans would gladly trade this buffoon for Zelenskyy any day of the week. And he knows it.
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Oh, Zarks! @zarkmoon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Gather round, ye who hunger for aural delights, connoisseurs and commoners alike, for another creatively crafted KABF Collage Radio show at noon Saturday @ 88.3 FM in Central Arkansas or www.KABF.org. We’ll stroke your ears in so many different ways, you’re bound to like some of ‘em. #MusicSky
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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=MaHN... Bonnie Raitt John Prine Live
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Bonnie Raitt & John Prine "Angel From Montgomery" | ACL Presents: Americana 18th Annual Honors
YouTube video by Austin City Limits
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
HBD JP:
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
John Prine’s birthday:
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The great John Prine was born Oct 10, 1946. (d. 2020) Fortunate to have seen him live at Little Rock’s Robinson Auditorium in the mid-1980s. Great show! m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3qr...
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John Prine - Angel From Montgomery | Live From Austin City Limits TV (Web Exclusive)
YouTube video by Austin City Limits
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“They can regulate themselves. It’ll be fine.”
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
French Hill’s seat is one of them, which explains the deluge of ads we’re seeing against Chris Jones lately. #arpx #arnews
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Jim 💙🦋 @jcbhog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good signs, but we gotta show up and vote! Cook Political Report moves 18 House seats toward Democrats share.google/eCNfk4Kgxmbq...
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Cook Political Report moves 18 House seats toward Democrats
The Cook Political Report, an election handicapper, shifted 18 House seats toward Democrats’ favor in key battleground districts. The changes show how unfavorable the political environment co…
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have an idea: Why doesn’t Trump get Putin to stop?
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Kafkasrecruit @kafkasrecruit.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Accountability means being answerable to International tribunals and courts, as well as our own. My nation, the U.S., cannot be trusted to govern itself or prosecute injustices, without international, democratic oversight.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He’s their useful idiot for sure.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This 👇
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No doubt. Sure wish someone would ask her about it in front of the cameras though.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Seems like only yesterday that Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 into law. Oh. My bad. It was a whole 3 weeks ago. Whatever will Darline have to say about this?
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🎃 a!v¡n @enthusmiasma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wow, if the Panama Canal got suddenly whacked out of commission, that'd help worldwide shipping, too.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is insider trading an official act? Asking for a Chief Justice.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026
Today Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Read more about this year’s Nobel Peace Prize: bit.ly/4yB3yfM
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Nobel Peace Prize 2026
The Nobel Peace Prize 2026 was awarded to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law."
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 09/10/2026
Fuel prices, tariffs weigh heavily in east Arkansas’ US House race arkansasadvocate.com/2026/10/09/f...
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Fuel prices, tariffs weigh heavily in east Arkansas’ US House race | Arkansas Advocate
As Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford seeks an eighth term in Congress representing an east Arkansas district spanning 31 counties against Democrat Terri Yarbrough Green and Libertarian Steve Parsons,...
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m doing a 5K on October 18th to support cancer research. I wanted to do something fun, so in addition to wearing an N95, I will wear an additional N95 on my person for every $50 donated (runsignup.com/mask). Thanks for a reshare or any contribution. Even a penny would help! Details in ALT text.
I’m doing a 5K on October 18th to support research at the Tulane Cancer Center, here in the Deep South.

I wanted to do something fun, so in addition to wearing an N95, I will wear an additional N95 on my person for every $50 donated (http://runsignup.com/mask).

$50 = 1 N95
$500 = 10 N95s
$5,000 = 100 N95s
$50,000 = 1,000 N95s

Any partial donation would help. $10 would add an additional mask for 1K of the race. A penny would add 1 meter with an additional mask. I’ll sum partial donations and round up in the end. Even a penny🪙 or reshare🔁 would help. 

FAQs

World Record
🔹There does not presently appear to be a Guinness World Record for most N95s on an individual in a 5K.
🔹This year, I will go for an informal record. Guinness has not yet responded to my request to go for an official record, but there is always next year.

Good Health, Safety, and Environmental Modeling
🔹I will mask properly. Extra masks will not be worn on top of my mask.
🔹All masks will be individually-wrapped N95s. I will eventually wear them or donate them, if someone wants them.

Caveats
🔹It’s a fun run. All donations are final, even if weather or an injury strikes.

Inclusivity
🔹There are many ways to support health and health justice. Please also contribute to your local mask bloc or engage in advocacy in other ways too. There are many great causes.
🔹Many people with chronic and serious illnesses are housebound or cannot run or could run but would then crash for days or weeks after. This is no endorsement of the primacy of exercise-based activities.

How Your Donation Helps
🔹Your donation supports the fight against cancer and normalizes masking.
🔹Funds support the Tulane Cancer Center. Last year’s funds went toward a project to reduce the chances of bone metastases in the context of breast cancer.
🔹I avoid financial conflicts of interest like the plague, so I will not accept any payments or apply for any funds.

Please help spread the word!
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😂
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Nighthawk Blues @nighthawkblues.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lonnie Shields toca hoje no King Biscuit Blues Festival. De West Helena, estreou no festival em 1986 e aprendeu o ofício com Sam Carr, Frank Frost e Big Jack Johnson. Abaixo, “Going To The Juke Joint”, do álbum Blues Is On Fire (1997)
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Going To The Juke Joint
YouTube video by Lonnie Shields - Topic
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Looks yummy!
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Got my $90 bribe, too. Guess he thinks he can buy us off cheap. Not happening. Not for any amount of money.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
From Dan Rather Another shoe is about to drop. steady.substack.com/p/another-sh...
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Another Shoe Is About To Drop
Trump targets the most vulnerable
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A new study ranks Arkansas as the fifth-most dangerous state in America.
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Arkansas named fifth-most dangerous state in new report - Arkansas Times
States were ranked by an aggregate score, measured across five categories: personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness. Arkansas ranked…
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So much for Reagan’s “shining city”. The elections can’t come soon enough.
From Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Speech to the Nation:
I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still.
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🧵 Dismal stats here. We don’t have to accept our lot in life. For starters, we could stop voting for Republicans. #arnews #arpx
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Can't wait for rand paul to hear that rfk jr sent nearly $800K to a research project tied to the Russian plague lab so he can hold multiple hearings like he did with Dr. Fauci.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Co-founder and last surviving member of the original Kool and the Gang, bass player Robert “Kool” Bell, is 76 years old today. Here introducing the rest of the band on The Midnight Special leading into “Jungle Boogie”. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKUG...
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Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Well, knock me over with a feather: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders is actually going to debate her opponents. Next Tuesday, on Arkansas TV. Tom Cotton, on the other hand, has chickened out. #arpx #arnews www.arkansastv.gov/pressroom/ex...
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Exclusive Arkansas TV debates series to feature candidates in seven races | Arkansas TV
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Singer-songwriter Marvin Smith (the Artistics, solo) was born October 8, 1940 at Palestine, Arkansas. youtu.be/HUjbahaZ8GA?...
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Marvin Smith Who will do your running now
YouTube video by illusiveoldsoul
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
October 8th blues memories!
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Matt Burdetsky @mattburdetsky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For my DMV music lovers, here's another great opportunity to #SupportLiveMusic tomorrow night at JV's in Falls Church, VA. Take in the sound of @solroots.bsky.social and his terrific band. #Blues #Funk
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Billy Jeter @billyjeter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We are ready to roll Saturday at King Biscuit Festival in Helena. Come see us!
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