Ordinary Times

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · 39 m

Clare Briggs: Fire! ift.tt/1oGOLqE

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. The Days of Real Sport

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · 23 h

Jaybird: Weekend Plans Post: Leash Training ift.tt/HL9wrlQ

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. We may have created monsters.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · 23 h

Michael Siegel: Whither Epstein? ift.tt/NzI3Wfg

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. Why is an Administration that happily blows off scandals that would wreck another presidency panicking over this one? Well, I have a theory.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · 24 h

Ben Sears: POETS Day! Percy Wyndham Lewis ift.tt/uU9XGRe

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. Percy Wyndham Lewis was friends with Eliot, Pound, and many renowned poets, all of whom I hope gave him hell for the “Hindu/two” rhyme.

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · 24 h

David Thornton: Weapons of Mass Distraction ift.tt/sxRvUdu

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. There is a lot going on these days. At least to some extent, I think that’s by design.

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 25

From @captainkudzu "f Gabbard and the Trump Administration had any new evidence that Barack Obama engaged in treasonous activities, they would be shouting it from the rooftops and splashing it across headlines rather than promising new documents “tomorrow" ordinary-times.com/2025/07/24/wea…

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 25

From @BenSearsMSYS "Unlike his novels (I’m told) and his painting, his poetry isn’t very good. He tries to be clever, but gets hampered because he’s actually clever and gums it all up in intention. His portraits, the ones he painted, could be wonderful." ordinary-times.com/2025/07/24/poe…

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 25

From @Hal_RTFLC "So what do we make of this? What exactly is going on here? Why is an Administration that happily blows off scandals that would wreck another presidency panicking over this one? Well, I have a theory." ordinary-times.com/2025/07/24/whi…

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 25

Clare Briggs: West Side Fan is Once More Joyful ift.tt/gp8QJX2

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. "The Punktown Nine" is not a *SPECIFIC* reference but a general reference to any old bunch of nobodies from the sticks.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 24

Jaybird: Trump signs Executive Order to end Crime and Homelessness on America’s Streets ift.tt/k8lpjU4

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. A new executive order that, it's claimed, will help clean up homelessness and crime.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 24

Jaybird: Tea is now the #1 App on the App Store ift.tt/PobcspF

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. Tea is a women-only app where users anonymously share info and warnings about men and get feedback.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 24

Clare Briggs: When a Feller Needs a Bug Zapper ift.tt/Hg7PUsT

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. A tool I don't recognize?

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 23

Jaybird: The End of Ozzy Osbourne ift.tt/HCUzruD

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. We were lucky enough to see Ozzy grow old. Thanks, Ozzy. Thanks for growing old for us.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 23

Clare Briggs: Fishing — In the USA and in Paris ift.tt/AjQYoat

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. If I were French, I'd be offended.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 22

David Thornton: The Air India Flight 171 Mystery ift.tt/dx85eI9

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. As a pilot, I hate to speculate that one of my brotherhood would choose to end his life by dishonoring the trust put in him.

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Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 22

Sam Merrill: Broken at Evergreen ift.tt/gVTvxz1

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. For all the talk of tolerance the strange signs of disability that would rise to attention were things to pounce on.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 22

Clare Briggs: Somebody is Always Taking the Joy out of Life ift.tt/gNZuJiY

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. This is what happens when you jump in a lake.

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 22

Jaybird: Records Related to the Assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have been released ift.tt/wf4nusF

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. The JFK files were less than perfectly exciting... maybe the MLK Jr. files will have some juicy tidbits?

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 21

Jaybird: Open Mic for the Week of 7/21/25 ift.tt/doHVaBN

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon

Ordinary Times@ordinarytimemag · Jul 20

Clare Briggs: Adventures of a Lost Ball ift.tt/VIaMHfk

ordinarytimemag's tweet card. 25 cents is the equivalent of eight bucks today

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