Tim Strain
@tpstrain.bsky.social
Bank Examiner, War of 1812/Napoleonic Re-enactor, Bad Clarinet Player. Postings are my own opinion & not related to my agency or the United States. Saints/Cubs/Pelicans/UNO fan
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended.
Chicago
Meat Loaf
Plant & Page
Heart
Really tempted to put New Orleans Concert Band here, but @liprap.bsky.social would laugh too hard. 😉
Zebra/Survivor/REO Speedwagon
Chicago
Meat Loaf
Plant & Page
Heart
Really tempted to put New Orleans Concert Band here, but @liprap.bsky.social would laugh too hard. 😉
Zebra/Survivor/REO Speedwagon
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've attended.
Squeeze + Katrina & the Waves
Tori Amos
Sonic Youth
The New Pornographers
Calexico
Squeeze + Katrina & the Waves
Tori Amos
Sonic Youth
The New Pornographers
Calexico
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've attended.
Primus
Jane's Addiction
Beasty Boys
Social Distribution
Joan Jett
Primus
Jane's Addiction
Beasty Boys
Social Distribution
Joan Jett
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended.
Chicago
Meat Loaf
Plant & Page
Heart
Really tempted to put New Orleans Concert Band here, but @liprap.bsky.social would laugh too hard. 😉
Zebra/Survivor/REO Speedwagon
Chicago
Meat Loaf
Plant & Page
Heart
Really tempted to put New Orleans Concert Band here, but @liprap.bsky.social would laugh too hard. 😉
Zebra/Survivor/REO Speedwagon
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All these years later I remain grateful that Donald Westlake’s family trusted me when I proposed putting together The Getaway Car—and then I got to publish it with my colleagues! Then Darwyn Cooke made the cover! (And Chicago has a site-wide sale this weekend, 30% off with the code HOLIDAY25!)
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
All these years later I remain grateful that Donald Westlake’s family trusted me when I proposed putting together The Getaway Car—and then I got to publish it with my colleagues! Then Darwyn Cooke made the cover! (And Chicago has a site-wide sale this weekend, 30% off with the code HOLIDAY25!)
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Idk what it is about social media that fully grown adults are constantly wrestling with the discovery that smart, thoughtful people often agree on some things and disagree on others.
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Idk what it is about social media that fully grown adults are constantly wrestling with the discovery that smart, thoughtful people often agree on some things and disagree on others.
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Join @therhancock19.bsky.social, @nolachick.bsky.social and I for the annual Xmas Tweetup and toy drive benefiting the NOWCS. Click the link for the wish list or bring an unwrapped toy to the tweetup.
📆December 7th
🕒3pm
🍸12 Mile Limit
📭500 S. Telemachus
REPOST PLEASE!🎅🏿🎄
a.co/hqYL0Q4
📆December 7th
🕒3pm
🍸12 Mile Limit
📭500 S. Telemachus
REPOST PLEASE!🎅🏿🎄
a.co/hqYL0Q4
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Join @therhancock19.bsky.social, @nolachick.bsky.social and I for the annual Xmas Tweetup and toy drive benefiting the NOWCS. Click the link for the wish list or bring an unwrapped toy to the tweetup.
📆December 7th
🕒3pm
🍸12 Mile Limit
📭500 S. Telemachus
REPOST PLEASE!🎅🏿🎄
a.co/hqYL0Q4
📆December 7th
🕒3pm
🍸12 Mile Limit
📭500 S. Telemachus
REPOST PLEASE!🎅🏿🎄
a.co/hqYL0Q4
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Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
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I totally did not make any changes to this chart.
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I totally did not make any changes to this chart.
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I’m seeing so many people and orgs posting food access info on instagram and like, Yayyyyyy except that so much of the info is out of date and hasn’t been fact checked. I know, info changes fast! I’m doing my best to keep up. Here’s the latest New Orleans community fridge update.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I’m seeing so many people and orgs posting food access info on instagram and like, Yayyyyyy except that so much of the info is out of date and hasn’t been fact checked. I know, info changes fast! I’m doing my best to keep up. Here’s the latest New Orleans community fridge update.
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
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He fuckin' HATES green cars.
The first Superman Sunday newspaper strip was published on November 5, 1939.
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
He fuckin' HATES green cars.
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HOW ABOUT AN OPENING NIGHT BEVEL FOR THE PRIVATEERS??!!!
UNO TAKES DOWN TCU!! UNO ONLY HAD THREE WINS LAST YEAR!!
BEVEL EM
UNO TAKES DOWN TCU!! UNO ONLY HAD THREE WINS LAST YEAR!!
BEVEL EM
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
HOW ABOUT AN OPENING NIGHT BEVEL FOR THE PRIVATEERS??!!!
UNO TAKES DOWN TCU!! UNO ONLY HAD THREE WINS LAST YEAR!!
BEVEL EM
UNO TAKES DOWN TCU!! UNO ONLY HAD THREE WINS LAST YEAR!!
BEVEL EM
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Kent State shooting survivor, John Cleary dies at 74 fox8.com/news/kent-st...
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Kent State shooting survivor, John Cleary dies at 74 fox8.com/news/kent-st...
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We’re offering discounts for federal employees who present a federal ID the whole time during the shutdown
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We’re offering discounts for federal employees who present a federal ID the whole time during the shutdown
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The Tulane/Carrollton light is still out. Be careful.
There were one or three explosions in mid city. Anywho here is the power sitch.
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Tulane/Carrollton light is still out. Be careful.
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Here's a link to help you locate pantries. Also, though most of us are broke and scraping by, it's a good time to donate what you have (time and talent is useful too!) to mutual aid groups, community fridges, and community pantries.
foodfinder.us
foodfinder.us
Food Pantries of America - Welcome to FoodFinder!
At FoodFinder you can search the food pantries that are closer to you. Explore the map and enter your zip code to learn which ones are available.
foodfinder.us
October 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here's a link to help you locate pantries. Also, though most of us are broke and scraping by, it's a good time to donate what you have (time and talent is useful too!) to mutual aid groups, community fridges, and community pantries.
foodfinder.us
foodfinder.us
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Unofficial silver alert.
Missing person with "multiple serious medical conditions."
The bulletin does not say what neighborhood he lives in.
nopdnews.com/post/october...
Missing person with "multiple serious medical conditions."
The bulletin does not say what neighborhood he lives in.
nopdnews.com/post/october...
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Unofficial silver alert.
Missing person with "multiple serious medical conditions."
The bulletin does not say what neighborhood he lives in.
nopdnews.com/post/october...
Missing person with "multiple serious medical conditions."
The bulletin does not say what neighborhood he lives in.
nopdnews.com/post/october...
There’s no sleep like doctor’s office sleep.
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There’s no sleep like doctor’s office sleep.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to see us kick off our 50th year! Catch our next concert on December 14, 2025 at UNO’s Performing Arts Center!
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to see us kick off our 50th year! Catch our next concert on December 14, 2025 at UNO’s Performing Arts Center!
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This is a step by step guide to finding our free concert tonight at 6pm at UNO’s Performing Arts Center! Come join us! #nolasky #nolamusic #concertband
Last call, last call! Join us for our free concert at 3pm! UNO’s Performing Arts Center is just off Leon C. Simon & Elysian Fields, up St. Anthony Ave.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a step by step guide to finding our free concert tonight at 6pm at UNO’s Performing Arts Center! Come join us! #nolasky #nolamusic #concertband
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Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY! Join us for our free premiere concert of our 50th year!
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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So, what are we playing Sunday at our free concert at 6pm? Some things you know, some others you might not.
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
So, what are we playing Sunday at our free concert at 6pm? Some things you know, some others you might not.
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Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY! Join us for our free premiere concert of our 50th year!
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY! Join us for our free premiere concert of our 50th year!
How I spent my weekend, at Brigade Napoleon’s Grande Tactique at Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, OH
October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How I spent my weekend, at Brigade Napoleon’s Grande Tactique at Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, OH
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