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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks, brother!

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 5h

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 3h

Keep saying it, Scott. Own it, asshole.

Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 4h

Finally put up a drum video @dmaronoff.bsky.social. First time using my vintage Ludwig Super Sensitive I bought a while back.

Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 4h

Had my first rehearsal with a band I started playing with last week. They showed me this acoustic version of one of the songs we played.

I thought I heard a drum 🥁 part on it, so they sent it over. Feels good turning on the mics and laying down a drum track again.
#drums #drumsky #drumfamily

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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Kerry is Now Just Crabby (and Inclusive) 🚲 @airbornegeek.com · 17h

Lololololol, bicycles fight fascism.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Man...that's a real bummer. He left the world with some great music.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Cool, I'll check them out...thank you!

Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Who was it? I think we are pretty decided, but I'm still up for a suggestion.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

I like off. I can just stare at the wall in silence.

Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Now let's refuse to play Fox News in all waiting areas.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome!! 😍

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 1d

Love me a gloomy fall day! 🎃

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carey rogers @careyrogers.bsky.social · 1d

Why doesn’t the damn airport subsidize bus service? @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @angienashville.bsky.social

Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 1d

Once you get a the way in the back, you’re met with a basic bench and WeGo sign. No way to know when the bus is coming unless you’re a nerd like me with the transit app. No explanation of the cost or how tap to pay is available. I helped answer those ?s

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 2d

🤷‍♂️ Oh well. We don't really give a shit about corruption anymore in this country. Carry on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 2d

Getting our roof replaced and not one company sells solar shingles in TN even though they are advertised on all of their distributors' websites. Not that it would be viable with all of our trees...BUT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE OPTION.
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Kerry is Now Just Crabby (and Inclusive) 🚲 @airbornegeek.com · 2d

Just /so much/ energy from the sun hitting the surface of our little rock and it's just there for the taking if we gave a single solitary fuck to do something about it.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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jerewoo.bsky.social @jerewoo.bsky.social · 3d

perhaps one day nashville will have an urban core

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 3d

A Redditor made a graph of the percent of population of US and Canada metro areas over 1 million that live in a given density. When they ordered them by average density the lowest ranked Canadian metro area, Edmonton, was ranked 14th between Miami and Washington. 6 of the top 15 were Canadian metros

Graph of Canada and US metro areas with a breakdown of percentage of people that live in density density bands

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 3d

lol

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 4d

If I can hear your bicycle chain squeaking up the hill from the shed in the back of my house...you need to lube your chain.

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Dick Mac (alive!) @dickmac999.bsky.social · 4d

Masked men are now grabbing little girls from the street. You can be 100% certain she will be sex-trafficked. We are never told where women and girls are being sent and held. These men are selling them into sex slavery.

Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 6d

Men with guns wearing masks in civilian cars are abducting off the streets little girls walking home from school.

The United States is now a fascist police state. If you support this then you are the enemy of freedom and democracy. I will never stop resisting you or Trump.

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · 4d

This is what I'm saying every time he announces a new tariff. Criminals.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4d

Almost like someone had advance notice from inside Trump’s inner circle. Truly the golden age of corruption.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump is getting pushback from special operations forces commanders and Air Force commanders… so he’s bringing in an Air Force that will be completely loyal to him and has no sworn oath to the Constitution.

Qatar to build Air Force fighter base in Idaho.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 5d

If you think the Qatari Air Force should NOT have their own Air Force base on US soil then you’re more American than Donald Trump and his entire cabinet combined!

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