riffle
@riffle.bsky.social
Skeltering, without helter, in place. That place is US America.
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riffle
@riffle.bsky.social
· Feb 5
So much bad news recently I've been burying my head in the sand.
Today I wish I'd used flammable sand.
Today I wish I'd used flammable sand.
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six weeks plums, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908
September 20, 2026 at 7:18 AM
six weeks plums, painted by amanda almira newton, 1908
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Jazz OTD: A great band recording in a great city. Pianist Duke Jordan led a wonderful trio with Wilbur Little (b) and Roy Haynes (d) for a Japan tour in 1976, recording their show at Fukuoka's Denki Hall on September 20 for the two volumes of his "Live in Japan." #Jazzsky
Flight to Jordan (Live)
YouTube video by Duke Jordan - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Jazz OTD: A great band recording in a great city. Pianist Duke Jordan led a wonderful trio with Wilbur Little (b) and Roy Haynes (d) for a Japan tour in 1976, recording their show at Fukuoka's Denki Hall on September 20 for the two volumes of his "Live in Japan." #Jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: On September 20, 1963, Jackie McLean recorded his appropriately titled "Destination...Out!" - a knotty post-bop effort featuring colleagues comfortable with adventurous but rooted stylings. With Grachan Moncur III (tb), Bobby Hutcherson (vb), Larry Ridley (b), and Roy Haynes (d). #jazzsky
Kahlil The Prophet
YouTube video by Jackie McLean - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Jazz OTD: On September 20, 1963, Jackie McLean recorded his appropriately titled "Destination...Out!" - a knotty post-bop effort featuring colleagues comfortable with adventurous but rooted stylings. With Grachan Moncur III (tb), Bobby Hutcherson (vb), Larry Ridley (b), and Roy Haynes (d). #jazzsky
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I certainly hope this didn’t cut into the Defense Secretary’s fun day at the football game. Does Signal have video chat?
CNN: US is preparing a large-scale military operation against Yemen's Houthis in retaliation for their strikes on Saudi Arabia, with the Camp David meeting held to review Yemen strike options, shortly before Trump left for the White House.
September 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I certainly hope this didn’t cut into the Defense Secretary’s fun day at the football game. Does Signal have video chat?
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Republican South Dakota secretary of state endorses Democrat to succeed her
“South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation,” Monae Johnson wrote in a column published Saturday.
“South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation,” Monae Johnson wrote in a column published Saturday.
Republican South Dakota secretary of state endorses Democrat to succeed her
“South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation,” Monae Johnson wrote in a column published Saturday.
www.politico.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Republican South Dakota secretary of state endorses Democrat to succeed her
“South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation,” Monae Johnson wrote in a column published Saturday.
“South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation,” Monae Johnson wrote in a column published Saturday.
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Yeahhhhh the senior men in these communities also tend to use girls & women as currency amongst each other.
And kick out their teenage boys & leave them on the side of the road. Because having them around makes it harder to hoard all the teen girls for themselves.
So, there's that D:
And kick out their teenage boys & leave them on the side of the road. Because having them around makes it harder to hoard all the teen girls for themselves.
So, there's that D:
This is my understanding of how it works with current FLDS communities that still practice polygamy.
(I guess I don't have much knowledgge of historical LDS polygamy, but I have read about modern polygamous families.)
(I guess I don't have much knowledgge of historical LDS polygamy, but I have read about modern polygamous families.)
September 20, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Yeahhhhh the senior men in these communities also tend to use girls & women as currency amongst each other.
And kick out their teenage boys & leave them on the side of the road. Because having them around makes it harder to hoard all the teen girls for themselves.
So, there's that D:
And kick out their teenage boys & leave them on the side of the road. Because having them around makes it harder to hoard all the teen girls for themselves.
So, there's that D:
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Used to play bridge in Washington Square Park with George Dickerson, who was the detective in Blue Velvet, when I first moved to NYC
I was about the only person he could really stand as I was a solid bridge player who wouldn't lie.
I was about the only person he could really stand as I was a solid bridge player who wouldn't lie.
David Lynch's #BlueVelvet celebrates its 40th anniversary today! https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blue_velvet?cmp=TWRT_Movie_BlueVelvet_Anniversary
September 20, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Used to play bridge in Washington Square Park with George Dickerson, who was the detective in Blue Velvet, when I first moved to NYC
I was about the only person he could really stand as I was a solid bridge player who wouldn't lie.
I was about the only person he could really stand as I was a solid bridge player who wouldn't lie.
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GUYS a Nashville warbler just hopped up to me and decided to use my legs as shelter to fall asleep under 😭🪶🌿
September 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
GUYS a Nashville warbler just hopped up to me and decided to use my legs as shelter to fall asleep under 😭🪶🌿
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We are investigating the nonprofits Stephen Miller and his cronies established to push hate of immigrants and election lies.
We’ll have more @civildefenseinst.bsky.social soon.
More on Stephen Miller’s orgs, as he pushes lies like this:
We’ll have more @civildefenseinst.bsky.social soon.
More on Stephen Miller’s orgs, as he pushes lies like this:
September 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM
We are investigating the nonprofits Stephen Miller and his cronies established to push hate of immigrants and election lies.
We’ll have more @civildefenseinst.bsky.social soon.
More on Stephen Miller’s orgs, as he pushes lies like this:
We’ll have more @civildefenseinst.bsky.social soon.
More on Stephen Miller’s orgs, as he pushes lies like this:
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I'm at the Sleater-Kinney/Liz Phair show in Prospect Park and I swear every single person I ever met or even knew about when I was young & going to shows is here, and all of us are old now, and there is no way to make this sound sincere but I really do mean it: my god we all look so much better now
September 19, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I'm at the Sleater-Kinney/Liz Phair show in Prospect Park and I swear every single person I ever met or even knew about when I was young & going to shows is here, and all of us are old now, and there is no way to make this sound sincere but I really do mean it: my god we all look so much better now
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with Mary Shannon and friends at a late afternoon trad session in Tig Coílí in Galway in September 2025. (Guy in the Packers jersey told me he had just got back from performing at the Milwaukee Irish Fest)
September 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
with Mary Shannon and friends at a late afternoon trad session in Tig Coílí in Galway in September 2025. (Guy in the Packers jersey told me he had just got back from performing at the Milwaukee Irish Fest)
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The tell for me that this is more likely dumbfuck hubris than outright evil was when some of the reporting mentioned that they want to study rare diseases pharma has ignored.
Guys, I have some news.
Guys, I have some news.
September 19, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The tell for me that this is more likely dumbfuck hubris than outright evil was when some of the reporting mentioned that they want to study rare diseases pharma has ignored.
Guys, I have some news.
Guys, I have some news.
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Top managers know how to prioritize. While Saudi Arabia is fending off Houthi missile attacks and strategic petroleum reserves are drawn down, Trumpco is focused on playing Arctic warload:
The Greenland deal is a classic example of Trump’s bluff and bluster
Editorial: If all that the ‘deal’ means is that the US president stops threatening America’s allies, Trump cannot expect gratitude
www.independent.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Top managers know how to prioritize. While Saudi Arabia is fending off Houthi missile attacks and strategic petroleum reserves are drawn down, Trumpco is focused on playing Arctic warload:
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Today I learned that the oldest man in college football is FSU’s 28-year-old punter Daniel Hughes. He’s a carpenter from Melbourne, Australia and looks exactly like you hoped.
September 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Today I learned that the oldest man in college football is FSU’s 28-year-old punter Daniel Hughes. He’s a carpenter from Melbourne, Australia and looks exactly like you hoped.
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In baseball, we call this a wheeeeeee!
September 19, 2026 at 9:16 PM
In baseball, we call this a wheeeeeee!
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Not content to expend all our munitions and lose a war with *Iran*, because gender, Hegseth has decided the most important thing to do for the US military is to further hobble it, again, because gender
“We’re all concerned that this study is going to be used as a pretext to remove women from combat arms."
Hegseth's study of women in combat is designed to reach one conclusion
“It was a flawed design from the get-go,”
www.motherjones.com
September 19, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Not content to expend all our munitions and lose a war with *Iran*, because gender, Hegseth has decided the most important thing to do for the US military is to further hobble it, again, because gender
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I don’t want to be dramatic but: tonight’s game will determine whether Ole Miss or LSU fans are destined for hell
September 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I don’t want to be dramatic but: tonight’s game will determine whether Ole Miss or LSU fans are destined for hell
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oh fuck this guy. Coming into my Etsy with this bullshit.
September 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
oh fuck this guy. Coming into my Etsy with this bullshit.
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So, this guy who all of us are only aware of the existence of cause he was constantly booked as a ‘controversial’ talking head on the news turns out to be a straight up Nazi. To nobody’s surprise.
I honestly can’t believe this is what has become acceptable in the U.K. why is he not being charged with hate crime? Twitter is a cesspit of antisemitism (and every other ism)
September 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
So, this guy who all of us are only aware of the existence of cause he was constantly booked as a ‘controversial’ talking head on the news turns out to be a straight up Nazi. To nobody’s surprise.
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The Aggies losing to Kentucky at home is the equivalent of the US losing to Iran.
What sort of genius could pull both off?
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What sort of genius could pull both off?
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September 19, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The Aggies losing to Kentucky at home is the equivalent of the US losing to Iran.
What sort of genius could pull both off?
bsky.app/profile/cjze...
What sort of genius could pull both off?
bsky.app/profile/cjze...
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An aquaintence of mine back in college got filmed while drunk and telling the story of how he, a black kid, got taken on a school "field trip" to pick cotton in Alabama, and apparently that video, which went viral on youtube, is *still* circulating on tiktok
September 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
An aquaintence of mine back in college got filmed while drunk and telling the story of how he, a black kid, got taken on a school "field trip" to pick cotton in Alabama, and apparently that video, which went viral on youtube, is *still* circulating on tiktok
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Pete Hegseth, constantly getting the powerful to fail against inferior opponents
September 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Pete Hegseth, constantly getting the powerful to fail against inferior opponents
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You can tell this is a real statistic because it includes measurable variables like “vitality” and “a little longer”
Dr Oz: "I'll give you a number you'll never forget -- if we can get the average American to be so healthy, so with it, so vital that they just want to work a little longer, it's worth a trillion dollars to the US economy"
September 19, 2026 at 10:19 PM
You can tell this is a real statistic because it includes measurable variables like “vitality” and “a little longer”
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Rochester, NY, has a monument at the place where Susan B. Anthony cast a vote in the 1872 presidential election. Although she’d talked a registrar into adding her to the voter list, she was convicted of voting illegally and fined $100. 🗃️
September 19, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Rochester, NY, has a monument at the place where Susan B. Anthony cast a vote in the 1872 presidential election. Although she’d talked a registrar into adding her to the voter list, she was convicted of voting illegally and fined $100. 🗃️