He & I are both caught on the horns of the same dilemma that @jethrotull.bsky.social 's "Thick As A Brick" defined as "We will be geared to the average rather than the exceptional 😉. Give his posts some love! ❤️

I've invested hours daily for nearly a year posting some of the best researched and hashtagged content here, while seeing clearly substandard profiles get traffic orders of magnitude more than mine. This isn't an algorithm, it's a @bsky.app decision. If this doesn't change permanently, I'm leaving.

#RIP Beautiful one ❤️🙏 www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1950: #HBD #PhoebeSnow! #JewishAmerican (misidentified as #AfricanAmerican) #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #Blues #FolkMusic #GospelMusic #Jazz #RAndB #RNB #RootsRock #SoulMusic ##MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUvI...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1950: #HBD #PhoebeSnow! #JewishAmerican (misidentified as #AfricanAmerican) #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #Blues #FolkMusic #GospelMusic #Jazz #RAndB #RNB #RootsRock #SoulMusic ##MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hrz...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1950: #HBD #PhoebeSnow! #JewishAmerican (misidentified as #AfricanAmerican) #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #Blues #FolkMusic #GospelMusic #Jazz #RAndB #RNB #RootsRock #SoulMusic ##MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIRd...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1996: #DOTD: #RIP: #BOTD: #HBD #ChasChandler! #Blues #RhythmAndBlues #R'N'B #R&B #BritishBlues #BlueEyedSoul #BritishRock #BritishInvasion #TheAnimals #Heaton #Newcastle #SoulMusic #PsychedelicSoul #BlackRock #JazzRock #JazzFusion #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pclh...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1996: #DOTD: #RIP: #BOTD: #HBD #ChasChandler! #Blues #RhythmAndBlues #R'N'B #R&B #BritishBlues #BlueEyedSoul #BritishRock #BritishInvasion #TheAnimals #Heaton #Newcastle #SoulMusic #PsychedelicSoul #BlackRock #JazzRock #JazzFusion #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfbz...

#OTD #TDIH #July 17, 1987: #RIP #HowardMcGhee. #AfricanAmericans #Trumpeters #Bebop #Jazz #LionelHampton #AndyKirk #CountBasie #CharlieBarnet #CharlieParker #DialRecords #JazzSky #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu8i...

#OTD #TDIH #July 17, 1987: #RIP #HowardMcGhee. #AfricanAmericans #Trumpeters #Bebop #Jazz #LionelHampton #AndyKirk #CountBasie #CharlieBarnet #CharlieParker #DialRecords #JazzSky #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXmn...

#PhilSchapp said was the most important #bebop title! #OTD #TDIH #July 17, 1987: #RIP #HowardMcGhee. #AfricanAmericans #Trumpeters #Bebop #Jazz #LionelHampton #AndyKirk #CountBasie #CharlieBarnet #CharlieParker #DialRecords #JazzSky #MusicSky youtu.be/iNLzPm7WlM0?...

#OTD #TDIH #July17: Happy #NationalTattooDay! #TattooDay #TattooS #NationalDays youtu.be/rI0cfzAF4as?...

#OTD #TDIH #July17 1967 #1967NewarkRiots end. #1967NewarkRebellion #BlackHeritage #Riots #LongHotSummerOf1967 #PoliceBrutality #RacialProfiling #CivilDisturbances #Racism #Ghettos #UrbanViolence #TwoSocieties #SeparateAndUnequal #USHistory #HistoryOfTheUS #BlackSky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Ne...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1965 #DOTD: #RIP #SimonRodia. #WattsTowers #NuestroPueblo #LosAngeles #ItWasAFakeMoustache #PeopleOnTheCoverOfSgtPepper #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1v...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1939 #HBD #SpencerDavis! #Singers #Songwriters #HarmonicaPlayers #Guitarists #RockMusic #PopMusic #BritishRock #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuQ3...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1967 #DOTD: #RIP #JohnColtrane. #Trane #Jazz #Saxophonists #SaxophonePlayers #Composers #Music #AmericanMusic #JazzSky #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=30FT...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1935 #HBD #DiahannCarroll! #Actresses #Singers #Models #Activists #GreatLadies #GrandDames #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Stage #Theater #Theatre #Movies #Film #Hollywood #TVShows #BlackSky #TVSky #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBOE...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1959 #DOTD: #RIP #BillieHoliday. #EleanoraFagan #Jazz #Singers #GreatSingers #Songwriters #LesterYoung #JohnHammond #ArtieShaw #JazzSky #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLd...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 1919 #HBD #AlbertStubbins! #Footballers #SoccerPlayers #Liverpool #ItWasAFakeMoustache #PeopleOnTheCoverOfSgtPepper #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtXl...

#AdventuresInHistory! #OTD #TDIH #July17, 1944 #PortChicagoDisaster occurs. #LargestExplosions #PortChicagoMutiny #SanFranciscoBay #PortChicagoCA #HumanRadiationExperiments #PacificWar #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarII #SecondWorldWar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Ch...

#OTD #TDIH #July17, 2020 #DOTD: #RIP #CTVivian. #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #CivilRightIcons #CivilRightsActivists #VotingRights #GreatestPreachers #CivilRightsMovement #BlackCivilRights #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackHeritage #BlackSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc_6...

#HappyBirthday to an excellent man & kind supporter of me personally, you're well missed ❤️ #OTD #TDIH #July17, 2020: #DOTD: #RIP #JohnLewis. #JohnLewisCivilRightsLeader #CivilRightsMovement #SNCC #FreedomRiders #CORE #USCongressmen #BigSix #Big6 #BlackSky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Le...

Canada has some amazing Alt Rock… (not for faint of heart)👊😍🎶🇨🇦 #MusicSky #AltRock #JulyTalk youtu.be/iU5qp-cAtOU bc

Something you haven’t heard in a while… guess its time has come, that you did!😁🥰🎶 #MusicSky #ChambersBrothers youtu.be/_I4S61Do-Qs

Trying in vain to outdo the noise levels of workmen down the street. The Five Dollars - Doctor Baby m.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5T... #musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning

One of Dad's favorite songs.

"Strange beautiful"...

Another one of those photographs I dearly wish I could step into. #musicsky #vinyl

As I’m reading about the thousands of hopes and dreams that came through the Apollo’s doors and onto its stage, this seems an appropriate listening choice. Bobby Mitchell - I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday m.youtube.com/watch?v=W9aX... #musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning

The obesity rate in Italy is far below that in the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals involving pasta. wapo.st/46KotSU

Ukraine wing of US-founded terrorist group says it was involved in killing of intelligence officer in Kyiv www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #UkrainianView #SlavaUkraini

Not-So-Fun Fact: The older you get, the reduction of tomorrows to which can look forward is inversely proportional to the increase in yesterdays to which you can look back on. Live in the moment. Now is the only moment in which we’re truly alive.

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1907: #RIP #BarbaraStanwyck. #Actresses #Models #Dancers #Beauties #ZiegfeldGirls #Burlesque #Broadway #FilmStars #TelevisionStars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara...

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1981:#RIP #HarryChapin. #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #Pianists #Trumpeters #HarmonicaPlayers #Philanthropists #FolkMusic #FolkRock #PopRock #MusicSky youtu.be/5u-KWa3tL-0?...

#OTD #TDIH #May24, 1938: The first working #ParkingMeter is patented by #OklahomaCity lawyer and newspaper publisher #CarlCMagee. #ParkingMeters #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDw...

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1935: The first working #ParkingMeter is installed in #OklahomaCity designed by #OklahomaStateUniversity #EngineeringProfessors #HolgerGeorgeThuesen & #GeraldAHale. #ParkingMeters #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxj...

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1964: The 6-day #HarlemRiotOf1964 begins. #PoliceBrutality #Harlem #JamesPowell #RaceRiots #AfricanAmericanHistory #Blacks #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #EthnicConflict #CivilDisturbances #Racism #Ghettos #UrbanViolence en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_...

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1941 #HBD #DesmondDekker! #Ska #Rocksteady #Reggae #Singers #Songwriters #RudeBoys #Rudies #Rudis #Rudys #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wSX...

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1936: #HBD #BuddyMerrill! #Guitarists #LawrenceWelk #TheLawrenceWelkShow #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8w8...

#OTD #TDIH #July16, 1557 #DOTD: #RIP #AnneOfCleves. #AnnaVonKleve #QueensOfEngland #HouseOfLaMarck #HenryVIIIOfEngland #BritishMonarchy #BritishNobility #HouseOfTudor #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrdC...

#AdventuresInHistory! #OTD #TDIH #July16, 622 Beginning of The #IslamicCalendar. #HijriCalendar #LunarHijriCalendar #MuslimCalendar #ArabicCalendar #Islam #Calendars #LunarCalendars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic...

#OTD #TDIH July16: Happy #WorldSnakeDay! #SnakeDay #Snakes #WorldDays #MusicSky youtu.be/BXqPNlng6uI?...

#OTD #TDIH July16: Happy #NationalCherryDay! #CherryDay #Cherries #Yum #NationalDays #MusicSky youtu.be/0QsTMqUfDDw?...

Why Cheetahs Are Basically Turbocharged House Cats youtube.com/shorts/Uzjrq...

#OTD #TDIH #July15, 1952: #HBD #MarkyRamone! #Drummers #Songwriters #RichardHell #RichardHellAndTheVoidoids #Ramones #Punk #PunkRock #HeavyMetal #HardRock #MusicSky youtu.be/oz7KYUkdlvE?...

#OTD #TDIH #July15, 1952: #HBD #MarkyRamone! #Drummers #Songwriters #RichardHell #RichardHellAndTheVoidoids #Ramones #Punk #PunkRock #HeavyMetal #HardRock #MusicSky youtu.be/v9FkQLjOSZ8?...

#OTD #TDIH #July15, 1944: #HBD #MillieJackson! #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #SoulMusic #Disco #R&B #MusicSky youtu.be/Z6-lE6seydA?...

#OTD #TDIH #July15, 1979 #JimmyCarter delivers his #CrisisOfConfidenceSpeech aka #MalaiseSpeech from the #OvalOffice of the #WhiteHouse. #OvalOfficeAddresses #AddressesToTheNation #1979EnergyCrisis #POTUSHistory #AmericanHistory #USHistory www.youtube.com/watch?v=kakF...