$4.25 B proceeds from $ale of #PDX #Trailblazers #NBA franchise reportedly going to #charity via #PaulAllen family.

#ProBasktball team's new owner also holds #Carolina #NHL franchise and has partnered with major #PandaExpress investors on #Oregon based #ProBasketball team

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7129015/2026/03/30/trail-blazers-sold-tom-dundon-nba/?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.0s0Q.pIVDWEvyVxR5&smid=ta-android-share #GiftLink #NYTimes #ProSports

Published year !992. published BEFORE November 8, 1993 when TCP/IP on desktop was shipped via Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.11

#PaulBearsMetaphors #NeilPostmanWasRight1992
#Microsoft1992 #WindowsEverywhere #SurrenderEverywhere
#BillGates #SteveJobs #PaulAllen /\

Again, year 1992 #NonFiction

On This Day 17th March 2004.

Sandbox - Paul "Righini" Wilson (guitar), Lennie Butler (vocals, guitar) Wil Thompson (bass), Paul "PA" Allen (guitar, vocals), on stage at Dry Bar, Manchester, 17th March 2004.

3 photos behind the link.
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#Manchester #DryBar #Sandbox #PaulWilson #Righini #LennieButler #WilThompson #PaulAllen #PA #guitar #bass #OnThisDay #ManchesterBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

#DearUSA

1. Your sports programming on TV is for morons. I used to work for NFL and NBA team owner #JodyAllen

2. Your app programming on your smartphones is for morons. I used to work for #Microsoft co-founder #PaulAllen

3. Your #President is a moron for you.

3. You are Moron Fandoms.

On This Day 22nd February 2004.

Lennie Butler (vocals) and Paul "PA" Allen (acoustic guitar and vocals) of Sandbox, playing a gig at Robinskis, Manchester, 22nd February 2004.

#Manchester #Robinskis #Sandbox #LennieButler #PaulAllen #PA #ManchesterBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #BandPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay

Inside UK's biggest ever cash robbery as £32million could STILL be underground

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/inside-uks-biggest-ever-cash-36759766

Bonus Photo of the Day 3 1st February 2026.

Paul "PA" Allen, singer and guitarist with Manchester-based Indie-Rockers Sandbox (sometimes known as SDBX), on stage for their debut gig at The Roadhouse, Manchester, 21st November 2003.
I had seen the drummer with this band from his previous outfit, and a girl I was friendly with through Four Star Mary (this is all starting to sound familiar!) started seeing him shortly after she decided to tag along with me to a gig they were playing - after that band broke up and Sandbox started, she suggested that I should take some photos of them, and so it began…

#Manchester #TheRoadhouse #Sandbox #PaulAllen #guitar #ManchesterBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/oops-vikings-play-by-play-moron-chooses-yesterdays-right-wing-lie-for-wisecrack-about-minneapolis-protesters