I’ve been greeting everyone on the route today with “Happy Bastille Day!” When I get a bewildered look, I just say, “You didn’t know it was Bastille Day? Well, it’s nothing to lose your head over.”
Will Cummins
@anclejr.bsky.social
Newspaper guy turned teacher turned mailman
Did anyone else notice that Rebecca Lowe is wearing a red coat for Independence Day? So British.
Although I cannot find a citation for it anywhere, I remember former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox saying that in any baseball season, you will win 40, and you will lose 40. It is what you do with the other 82.
I like Southern rockers my age. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Black Crowes Spar With Florida Crowd Over ‘U.S.A.’ Chant: ‘We Are Not F-cking Ignorant’
Frontman Chris Robinson was hit with a wave of boos (but also some cheers) after he rebuffed the patriot chant by quipping, “I don’t know what you have to be so proud of right now”
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Being bullied for my height as a child made acutely aware of how the powerful harass and exploit the vulnerable — and set me on the path of activism.
I saw this interesting new billboard in Jackson, Mississippi this morning.
Y’all don’t be surprised. The man is doing the work. www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-eyero...
Don’t Eyeroll: Dems Have Mississippi in Their Sights
On the campaign trail with Senate candidate Scott Colom.
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Tomorrow is the day!!! Looking forward to meeting everyone and heading into a new direction for the state of Mississippi!!
This is a very interesting article about how the Mississippi Department of Archives and History is dealing with our checkered past. apnews.com/article/amer...
Mississippi reveals its full history for America's anniversary year, a contrast to federal efforts
America’s history is being seen through different lenses as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary.
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My wife told the Artemis crew needed a list of 20 more superlatives for the next debrief, and all I heard in my head was that kid from the Little Rascals saying “Remarkable.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRl...
Remarkable - The Little Rascals
YouTube video by Z4RT4N
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The fallacy of the rich is that they can buy anything they need. But they can never buy courage or honor or hope or pride or compassion or pity or sacrifice.
Jeff Daniels on what Trump and MAGA have done to America: #ResistTrump
This is a 1995 interview with Maurice Lucas, Sr. In it he describes his experiences of his life in the Mississippi Delta. He is the mayor of the small town of Renova, just north of Cleveland on old Highway 61. archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/behi...
Making sure you're not a bot!
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Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
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The latest acquisition for my “teams that no longer exist” collection. The Athletics still exist, of course, but they’re no longer the Oakland A’s. Right now they’re just “the Athletics” with no city designation and playing two more seasons in Sacramento before moving to Las Vegas in 2028.
This is a MUST WATCH - you won't regret it. youtu.be/_FKcP8j010o
Former #Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura comments on the Minneapolis killing
YouTube video by Onest.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
Happy New Year to all! My resolution is to have a billion Bluesky followers by the end of the year. So if you could all help me out with that, that’d be great. I mean, where else are you getting hard-hitting “here are photos of my baseball hats” content? Exactly. Tell your friends.
a cartoon character with a sign that says south park behind him
ALT: a cartoon character with a sign that says south park behind him
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For those of us not in the cult, this is what we hear when anyone from the Trump administration speaks. For the people in the back, this is satire and so well done…
On this New Year’s Eve, I was wondering what late 80s or early 90s song will make a Gen-Xer dance without thinking about it. I say Love Shack.
57 years ago today the Beatles White Album was released in the United States. Why do I remember that? Because 57 years ago today I was born. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dhdO...
Birthday (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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GOOD NEWS from my neck of the woods. The Mississippi Museum of Art has bought the Hughes House, also known as Fountainhead. It is a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian with a parallelogram design. They plan to do restoration work on it and open it for tours. It is about a mile and a half from our house.
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social If the Grand Jury did not get the indictment and the judge rules that he was not legally indicted, has the statute of limitations run out?
