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Brigg Fair

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Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-North Carolina) said he was dropping his reelection bid after the House Ethics Committee recommended censuring him in a report that detailed “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two young female staffers.

Rep. Chuck Edwards drops reelection bid following House censure recommendation

An Ethics Committee report detailed “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” by the North Carolina Republican toward two young female staffers.

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not listed here, i’d add Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson though only odd on the surface. i highly recommend Todd Decker’s “Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz” for more

The Tonearm@thetonearm.com · 24h ago

“Famed record producer and Jazz at the Philharmonic impresario Norman Granz had no qualms about pairing Swing Era giants like Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins and Gene Krupa with beboppers like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.” Odd Couples — Musical Pairings We Might or Might Not Have Needed:

when the bestie brainlink manifests the same book for beach week ☺️

lots of pet news on the front this morning: Shinji is being discharged today so we’ll see him at the beach house in a few hours. but in not great news, my mom is putting her beloved cat Teena down today. it’s for the best but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. here she is in a sunbeam ❤️‍🩹

welp i’ll be writing about this 🤦🏾‍♀️

Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 3d ago

AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany

Uefa says they have reason to believe that Trump, Joshua Kushner and Infantino hatched a corrupt scheme involving the privatization of Fifa, and they are suing for damages and the ouster of Infantino. They have issued an anti-spoliation letter today demanding preservation of documents..

thank you god & coastal North Carolina for creating the perfect sandwich

thanks for all your good thoughts, our boy made it through! he’s still at vet where he’ll recover for the next few days

dr worldwide™️@imanimosley.bsky.social · 4d ago

please everyone send prayers & manifest positive thoughts for my best friends’ dog Shinji who is undergoing surgery at an emergency vet in Wilmington. we’re on our beach trip together & the rest of us are worried sick, especially his sister Marzipan

here’s Shinji in my nap (with a tuckered out Pongo on the floor) from two years ago, my favorite fluffy nephews

please everyone send prayers & manifest positive thoughts for my best friends’ dog Shinji who is undergoing surgery at an emergency vet in Wilmington. we’re on our beach trip together & the rest of us are worried sick, especially his sister Marzipan

UPDATE: i came home to a detective’s card in our front door. fun.

dr worldwide™️@imanimosley.bsky.social · 4d ago

some of the police in question as i headed out, let’s see if they’re there when i get back

some of the police in question as i headed out, let’s see if they’re there when i get back

UPDATE: the cops are back! they parked in front of my house & were looking around in the street. i got in the shower & OF COURSE that’s when they came to my house, when i got out i could hear my mom calling me, they were talking to her through the ring doorbell lol

dr worldwide™️@imanimosley.bsky.social · 5d ago

after over two hours, the police have finally left my street. a bunch more arrived, talked to each other it looked like & then drove off and the police tape is down. i took some melatonin to hopefully help me sleep, we’ll see what happens

after over two hours, the police have finally left my street. a bunch more arrived, talked to each other it looked like & then drove off and the police tape is down. i took some melatonin to hopefully help me sleep, we’ll see what happens

well guess who just got visited by the cops? my mom has a ring doorbell (shut up, i don’t want to hear anything, we got it after my dad died) & they wanted to know if there was any footage so i had to CALL MY MOM in Winston-Salem, fucking christ

dr worldwide™️@imanimosley.bsky.social · 5d ago

i’m in bed & i hear four loud bangs, followed by five more bangs, it sounds way too loud & resonant to be gunshots but i just went to the kitchen & the cops are in the street in front of my house? and there’s caution tape behind them? so i don’t know what’s going on

i’m in bed & i hear four loud bangs, followed by five more bangs, it sounds way too loud & resonant to be gunshots but i just went to the kitchen & the cops are in the street in front of my house? and there’s caution tape behind them? so i don’t know what’s going on

This week, a wildfire has torn through Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, leaving the entire nature reserve devastated. An area of around 210 football pitches has been affected with rare habitats and wildlife lost in a matter of hours.

now i’m really home (don’t worry, i went to cook out on the drive up yesterday)

and even if i could you know i would never let you down oh rip it from my arms you know i would never hit the ground please get into Ethan French (he’s not just on IG!) youtu.be/xIc4GsZaGOg

i would - day 48 (out everywhere!)

YouTube video by Ethan French

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Dunwich Heath & Minsmere are on fire & my heart breaks. a picture of Minsmere on a softer day, March 2018

leaving this sweet bun for ten days (!!) & just broken up about it

yep. and as DGS my job is just double email. i hate it 🤣

andré carrington@andrecarrington.bsky.social · last wk.

People think my job is professor. My job... it's just email.

there are few things better than receiving proofs & the proofs i received today are EXTRA special, i’m so excited ☺️

The Modern British Studies Association is looking for volunteers to join its steering committee. We're keen to appoint a representative for independent scholars, for early career researchers, & co-editors for our blog. More details below; expressions of interest by 7 Sept. modbritstud.org.uk/join/

OCD sucks self-sabatoge sucks people like and love me i am likeable and loveable, goddamnit! 🤣

soooo some of you know that i had ovarian torsion & an emergency cystectomy to save my ovaries in 2018, not a fun time. i’m ALWAYS worried about it happening again & the last two weeks have seen the most ovary pain i’ve had since then? but i am reluctant to do anything because trauma? i hate it here

looks like i need to pull up & call in some reinforcements

The News & Observer@newsobserver.com · last wk.

Wake has hired a trans music teacher. Rep. Erin Paré objects to the teacher’s attire.

Is time to send the babies back to school #SnackSociety Consider making a donation to do some good $InvitationAMEZ venmo.com/u/solomon-MI... giv.li/y9kwut

ooh the overconsumption video essayists are gonna have a field day with this

The Independent@the-independent.com · last wk.

Squishy dumpling toys recalled over ‘serious’ toxic chemical risk