jimbeetle

@jimbeetle.bsky.social

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Retired from, well, everything. Former Army intel analyst, market researcher, el-hi textbook writer and editor, web maven, more. Brooklyn born, wannabe world traveler, non-trendy foodie and grumpy old Manhattanite.

Photo of Elmhurst Hospital in Queens during COVID. Shows tents used to increase space for emergencies and lines of people waiting to be seen.
Photo of a group of 80 column computer punch cards from the 1960s
A Boeing 757 painted in Trump livery, a dark blue top and white bottom divided by a red stripe along the middle. Plane is branded with a large TRUMP near the front with a waving American flag painted on the tail
Promo cartoon for the TV western Pistols and Petticoats featuring Ann Sheridan.
Photo of the Lincoln Memorial during a UFC press conference bespoiled by four large video screens and staging.
Photo of light clouds with evening sun shining through above Florentine houses
Stop sign in Florence with the word GENOCIDE added under STOP. The I is replaced with an outline image of Israel.
Two cups of gelati, one crema and one Columbia & chocolate
Two residential buildings on a side street in Florence, Italy
Marine combat vehicle on the beach at Camp Pendleton.
JFK TSA wait times with all entries N/A and disclaimer that reporting is suspended but last updated at 2:06
Photo of moving van with cartoon otter holding a box and slogan "Move the Otter Way!"
Mar-a-Lago receptionist stand with old, peeling wood
Trash barrel covered by green bag secured by duct tape in Manhattan's Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene heckling President Joe Biden at the 2022 State of the Union address
Photo of an IBM punch card
Photo of professional baseball player Moonlight Graham
Very vintage Monkees album cover.
Trump figurine as a toilet bowl brush wearing a blue suit jacket with a red tie and his orange hair as the brush.
Photo of a Manhattan street with metal barricades (and Susie going into building with groceries).
Green bottle with yellow and red label of Squirt brand grapefruit soda alongside a partially filled glass.
The Donald in his ticky-tacky, gold-embellished Manhattan apartment.
Plush toy that looks like a bully. T-shirt, angry red eyes.
A takeout order of various pieces of sushi.
Photo of Donald Trump on his airplane eating a bucket of KFC chicken with a knife and fork.
Benton-Lane wine label showing it is a pinot noir from Oregon's Willamette Valley.
Photo of ramps or, as I call them, swamp scallions.