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I’m still Oklahoma's ambassador to Philadelphia. Tulanian. Lapsed sociologist. Lawyer (but not yours). Beer drinker. Sports-obsessed. He/him. Terribly fond of @cccamac.bsky.social. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · Aug 17

Things @cccamac.bsky.social and I should open in Old City:

—a super-secret eight-seater sherry bar
—a snowball stand
—hearts and minds
—sesame

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 2h

Swoon.

Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.bsky.social · 3h

Jumbotron George Brett, 1976 #Royals

#Baseball

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 14h

Dilemma: I *finally* decided what my most unpopular/unconventional take is, but there’s no ongoing meme to post about that.

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe for the shower! 😉

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 18h

Bad self-Q: Why am I awake at 5:25 AM on a Saturday?

Even worse self-Q: How can I productively use being awake at 5:25 AM on a Saturday?

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 18h

Connections: Sports Edition
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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 1d

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Doors (24) Red Hot Chili Peppers (17) Geese (13) Maxwell (13) Joni Mitchell (12). #myweekcounted 165 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue

The Doors Red Hot Chili Peppers Geese Maxwell Joni Mitchell

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 1d

Connections: Sports Edition
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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 2d

David Byrne tonight at The Met Philadelphia. Probably the best concert of the year!

David Byrne and a conga drummer perform on stage, both dressed in coordinated blue outfits.

A group of four performers is on stage, all wearing matching blue outfits. The stage has a minimalist, abstract background.

A group of performers dressed in blue outfits is on stage, with one playing a saxophone. They are interacting energetically, with a vibrant green landscape projected as the background.

A group of performers in blue outfits stands on stage against a bright red background. They are playing various musical instruments, including drums and a portable keyboard.

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 2d

So easy today!

Connections: Sports Edition
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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dear. I haven’t been watching, but the score line is dire.

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 3d

Heh! I’m pretty sure they were Navy fireworks, rescheduled because of Monday’s weather. I would’ve been puzzled, too, but I happened to see, erm, some tranquilize-your-dog advice in an Old City FB neighborhood group.

homecoming250.org screenshot describing tonight’s “fireworks spectacular”

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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 3d

TFW when the easy category isn’t all that easy.

Connections: Sports Edition
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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 4d

Connections: Sports Edition
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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

This seems right. Heh. #comicstrips

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 9, 2025 | GoComics

Read Pearls Before Swine—a comic strip by creator Stephan Pastis—for today, October 9, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!

www.gocomics.com

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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

“But now fans of the sport have been issued a warning about an upcoming competition in London – they might be squashed by falling wrestlers.” 🙄

Sumo fans warned about being squashed by falling wrestlers — The Telegraph

Albert Hall spectators told to watch out for heavyweight landings and grains of salt and sand in the eyes

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 5d

Wayne Thiebaud, Cup of Coffee, 1961, from a small, focused survey of Thiebaud's work now up at London's Courtauld Gallery. Also in that exhibition:

Painting of a single cup of coffee against an off-white background

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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

Connections: Sports Edition
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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

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Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! 🦃 🍂 🍁

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 5d

What’s your happiest place in Philadelphia, and would you care to share it with the class?

That’s what we asked our readers in August, and more than 200 of you responded 👇

The 20 happiest places in Philly, according to our readers

We asked readers in August where their happy place in Philly is. From Dirty Franks to Wissahickon here's what you told us.

www.inquirer.com

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 5d

There’s a story here, of course.

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 6d

Blue Jays!

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 6d

Oh dear.

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 6d

This is pretty good, too!

Jimmy-o’-lantern 🎃 🎃 🎃 @riversaredamp.bsky.social · 6d

The HIGHLIGHT of the weekend

Shanghai draw showing Vacherot over Djokovic, 6-3, 6-4

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