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Christopher Ballard
@bloodmeridian.bsky.social
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Poser intellectual. Half-assed Soto Zen Buddhist. Asheville, NC (Birmingham, AL raised). Shipper at Orbit DVD. It's perfectly normal to spend all your free time in the woods with your dog.
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · Sep 3
Today In 1961: Mickey Mantle & Roger Maris become the only teammates to ever hit 50 HRs in the same season! #MLB #Yankees #Baseball #History
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Cows in the Field @cowspod.com · Jul 5
HEAT!! w/ Zed Adams (The New School)

Time, light, passing, entrapment, stylized realism, stoicism, individualism, institutionalism, and why people be thieving.

Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Jul 6
Such a great conversation. Cheers!
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boomkat.com @boomkat.com · May 13
2025 pressing, still kills the old way ✨

bit.ly/41zhoSh
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · May 2
AOTY candidate for me. Monument Builders and Clara were winners on my lists in their respective years.
room40.bsky.social Room40 // Lawrence English @room40.bsky.social · May 2
I had the pleasure to master this for the OG boss @loscil.ca

it's just a brilliant slab of tone, pulse and harmony....love it

y'all should dive in....out today!
Lake Fire, by loscil
9 track album
loscil.bandcamp.com
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · May 2
It's brilliant... Again.
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · May 2
Watching Canadian Bacon, and wondering if Michael Moore predicted the future.
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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · Apr 28
St. Richards Catholic Church in Jackson, Mississippi r/brutalism
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Apr 20
It's cool this evening, and the cicadas are singing through the trees. Serenity...
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Apr 16
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A ★★★★★ review of Warfare (2025)
I'm re-sensitized to the conditions of war. Alex Garland was meant for it. His style is on point for this story. Actors were believable and the fear was culpable. Perfect adaptation of soldier's memor...
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New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.social · Apr 15
A group of college students discover true terror isn’t just on screen while putting on all-night horror movie marathon at an abandoned theater. POPCORN (1991) screens in 35mm this Saturday, April 19th, at midnight! Tickets: buff.ly/CqXx0Mm
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Apr 15
Dr. Kevin Young The United States States is now openly using Concentration Camps. Let that sink in. If you support this, you would have supported Hitler.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · Apr 16
Within MS-13, serving prison time is often seen as a badge of honor, elevating a member’s status similarly to earning rank in the military. Denying gang affiliation or claiming innocence is a sign of weakness, potentially diminishing one’s standing within the group.

Kilmar Garcia is a day wage dad.
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · Apr 15
78 Years Ago Today: Jackie Robinson makes his debut with the Brooklyn #Dodgers at Ebbets Field, breaking baseball's color line! (April 15, 1947) #MLB #Baseball #History #Jackie42 #JackieRobinsonDay
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Blue Ridge Public Radio @blueridgepublic.bsky.social · Apr 14
Procrastinators have a bit of a grace period this tax season. The Internal Revenue Service issued an automatic extension on the tax filing deadline to everyone in North Carolina.

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Running behind? IRS offers tax filing extension for NC residents
The Internal Revenue Service issued an automatic extension on the tax filing deadline to everyone until Thursday, May 1, 2025.
www.bpr.org
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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · Apr 15
"Anthropology is the study of humans, which means it’s the study of basically anything that could ever be interesting"
Anthropology
The best anthropology books, recommended by biological anthropologist Brenna Hassett, author of Growing Up Human
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Apr 15
People who see that their mind is the buddha don't need to shave their head.
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Apr 13
Petulant Chump
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Apr 13
Dead Cat Bounce... Is that like Stray Cat Strut?
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Mar 14
Dorothy Thompson: First American to interview Adolf Hitler www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...
Dorothy Thompson: The journalist who warned us about Hitler
Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.
www.npr.org
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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · Mar 12
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Mar 11
Senator Mark Kelly is a combat fighter pilot and Navy captain who bravely served his country.
 
Elon Musk is a multi-billionaire trying to dismantle the VA who called Kelly, a veteran who put his life on the line, a “traitor.”
 
Disgusting.
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Kanada 2 @kanada2.bsky.social · Mar 4
Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus
#music #musicsky #meditation #nine #eleven #musicvideo #nature #monkeys #collegeradio #electronicmusic #zen
Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus
YouTube video by Jack Assir
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Mar 9
What the actual fuck?!?
U.S. Military Removes Photos of WWII Airplane "Enola Gay," Which Isn't Gay at All
Nothing homosexual about the bombing of Hiroshima, folks.
www.them.us
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Christopher Ballard @bloodmeridian.bsky.social · Mar 8
True evil. 😔