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Born cynic. Grew up in Jersey. Alum of Notre Dame '73, Michigan Law '76. Bar trivia junkie. Childless cat guy. "Drink and forget the law"--Proverbs 31:5. Website: paulruschmann.com. Snippets from my novel: @paulruschmann on Substack.

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That’s all there is, there isn’t any more.

25.10.2025 01:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New season dropping…

(via PalmerDesigns)
#NBA

23.10.2025 23:34 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Over 54,000 fans packed into Dodger Stadium to see a Randy Johnson - Greg Maddux duel but both pitchers were scratched before the game and their replacements were a couple of kids named Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw.

23.10.2025 23:49 👍 210 🔁 29 💬 4 📌 3

He meant to say The New York Knights of the NBH.

24.10.2025 20:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trey Yesavage made his last start for the Dunedin Blue Jays 164 days ago. Since then, he's been promoted 4 times and tonight becomes the 2nd-youngest World Series Game One starter in history.

I absolutely love this.

24.10.2025 14:54 👍 204 🔁 21 💬 6 📌 5
Child playing a broken outdoor piano

Child playing a broken outdoor piano

Little
#HumansOfBluesky #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #photography

23.10.2025 17:46 👍 110 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 0
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A male Pileated Woodpecker working his way up a tree.

21.10.2025 23:13 👍 443 🔁 40 💬 7 📌 2
Half a loaf of a very grainy bread sitting on a cutting board with a bread knife.

Half a loaf of a very grainy bread sitting on a cutting board with a bread knife.

It’s bread baking season again!

20.10.2025 17:44 👍 421 🔁 18 💬 25 📌 2
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a blue jays player stands on the field during a game ALT: a blue jays player stands on the field during a game

Great thing about being self employed, when you stay up late celebrating the BlueJays going to the World Series you just call in sick to yourself & the paperwork will wait until Wednesday. Its Hubs day off & TinyTyrant is playing hooky. PJs & boardgames all day w/ BlueJays in 30 playing on repeat.

21.10.2025 14:09 👍 27 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

Murder, she wrote!

21.10.2025 17:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Crows were gathering in the fog this morning at my market. Several trees worth.

20.10.2025 16:06 👍 75 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0
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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

20.10.2025 15:10 👍 11824 🔁 3287 💬 208 📌 346
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Stanford this morning

20.10.2025 17:22 👍 581 🔁 22 💬 13 📌 1
Someone quote tweeting my calming post about enjoying rain on my roof by assuming they know my life and that I've never experienced a roof leak.

Someone quote tweeting my calming post about enjoying rain on my roof by assuming they know my life and that I've never experienced a roof leak.

Bluesky still never beating the allegations.

21.10.2025 11:49 👍 5388 🔁 496 💬 114 📌 45

The Blues Brothers would love to see leaded gas return. The Bluesmobile ran on it.

18.10.2025 20:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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One more snippet after this, and then it's a wrap!

18.10.2025 20:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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One more snippet after this, and then it's a wrap!

18.10.2025 20:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Worst tailgating ever.

18.10.2025 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

somebody ask Tommy Tuberville if pass interference is a spot foul under Sharia law

17.10.2025 21:02 👍 350 🔁 45 💬 14 📌 3

Okay to be clear the spaghetti is not always green and also I’d eat this right now

18.10.2025 17:09 👍 93 🔁 2 💬 9 📌 0
Side shot of a majestic crow that looks like it's mean-mugging the camera

Side shot of a majestic crow that looks like it's mean-mugging the camera

I'm so late with this, but wanted to get in on today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #character. I caught this beauty giving me the side-eye on my lunch break a few weeks ago. 😁😍🐦‍⬛

18.10.2025 01:51 👍 153 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 0
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THE DODGERS STARTING PITCHER TONIGHT THREW 6 SCORELESS INNINGS AND STRUCK OUT 10 BATTERS AND DID THIS

18.10.2025 03:00 👍 261 🔁 34 💬 12 📌 6

ATTENBOROUGH: Finally, the cardinal ends the Carson Beck with its powerful teeth.

Hang on, do we have that right?

18.10.2025 02:32 👍 137 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
White & yellow small wildflowers snuggled in between large white rocks

White & yellow small wildflowers snuggled in between large white rocks

Morning everyone! Hope all is well. Lovely sunny day for a walk with friends.
This an early September pic from Peggy’s Cove NS of wildflowers
🌱 🌿 💚
#Gardening
#Bloomscrolling
#Wildflowers

18.10.2025 14:39 👍 53 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

The ghost runner.

17.10.2025 17:56 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What's the one baseball rule you'd eliminate if you could?

16.10.2025 20:36 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 58 📌 20
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Dr Oz: "You'll notice, President Trump, these are discounted from $242 to $10. I don't know what the math is on that. We can't even calculate it. It's too high to calculate."

16.10.2025 20:08 👍 905 🔁 150 💬 401 📌 279
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Only 2 more snippets after this, then it's a wrap!

15.10.2025 17:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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JOHN SCALZI & KIM STANLEY ROBINSON – THE SHATTERING PEACE Two masters of sci-fi take the stage for a thrilling conversation where imagination meets urgency, and the future of humanity hangs in the balance.

And while I'm on the subject of appearances, where I'll be tomorrow night, with Kim Stanley Robinson, in San Francisco:

www.jccsf.org/event/john-s...

15.10.2025 15:50 👍 560 🔁 39 💬 35 📌 4
An orange cat loafing on a large cardboard box. His eyes are open and focused on something in front of him

An orange cat loafing on a large cardboard box. His eyes are open and focused on something in front of him

An orange cat loafing on a large cardboard box. His eyes are contentedly closed but one ear is pivoted to listen to something

An orange cat loafing on a large cardboard box. His eyes are contentedly closed but one ear is pivoted to listen to something

Little box boy on his throne

15.10.2025 16:22 👍 859 🔁 39 💬 15 📌 0