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dickaltavista.bsky.social
Dick Altavista
@dickaltavista.bsky.social
560 followers 260 following 600 posts
Husband, Father, Grandfather, CKCU radio host, Musician.
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · Jan 1
My 2024 “wrapped”
9543km on my bike(up from 5703km in 2023)
32 books read
2057 news articles read on my “lunch hour “ and at least as many during breakfast.
Over 70 live bands.
At least 157 hours of @ckcu931 content created.
Countless hours of musical instrument practice.
Welcomed one grandchild
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 8h
Too impatient to wait for the FM broadcast?
CKCU FM’s Attic Thoughts streams Live and On Demand cod.ckcufm.com/programs/589...
Clifton Chenier Project, Rootsy Songs and Rawk Tunes. - Attic Thoughts - 2025-10-14
Clifton Chenier Project, Rootsy Songs(including NEW Seth Anderson, Everett Laroi, Octoberman, Lily Frost, Okertones and Moira Chicilo) and Rawk Tunes(including NEW Lynn Jackson, Beta Trip, Absolute Lo...
cod.ckcufm.com
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 18h
Hitting CKCU FM right now with What’s This.
93.1fm in Ottawa.
Streaming Live and On Demand cod.ckcufm.com/programs/615...
Both Kinds of Country: With Horns and Without Horns - What's This? - 2025-10-14
Both Kinds of Country: With Horns and Without Horns(including NEW Everett LaRoi, Ben Arsenault, Seth Anderson and Jeffrey Straker).
cod.ckcufm.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 1d
Today’s reward for sunny, brisk(both in temperature and most certainly in wind) is CKCU FM homework for broadcast November 9th on Roots & Rhythms.
Sally Timms
COWBOY SALLY’S TWILIGHT LAMENTS FOR LOST BUCKAROOS
Brilliant country music from the last century
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 1d
Hitting CKCU FM airwaves right now.
93.1fm in Ottawa.
Streaming Live and On Demand cod.ckcufm.com/programs/461...
Alt Country Not Alt Facts - Nothing To See Hear - 2025-10-13
Alt Country Not Alt Facts(including NEW Diyet & The Love Soldiers and Pony Gold).
cod.ckcufm.com
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d
If it’s not okay to be anti-fascism anymore, is it still okay to be pro-democracy? 🤔
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 2d
Today’s reward for completing CKCU FM homework
Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados
TEXAS ROCK FOR COUNTRY ROLLERS
Truly a legend!
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 2d
The joy of living above the library.
There is nothing I enjoy more than someone committing first rate Political Science.
@adamserwer.bsky.social
THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF TRUMP’S AMERICA
Book#30/2025
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 2d
Too impatient to wait for the FM broadcast?
CKCU FM’s Roots & Rhythms streams Live and On Demand cod.ckcufm.com/programs/93/...
Django Reinhardt Part Two - Roots and Rhythms - 2025-10-12
Django Reinhardt Part Two
cod.ckcufm.com
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 3d
Today’s rewards for light rain suburban coastal hiking is CKCU FM homework for broadcast November 9th on Roots & Rhythms
Sally Timms
TO THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
It will also be Funding Drive!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d
Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...
Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons
Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.
www.nj.com
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 3d
Nice move, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
Nice move
The Globe and Mail
open.substack.com
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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 3d
The next administration needs guillotines running 24/7
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d
This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d
Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 4d
Today’s reward for practicing .
@jerrydaviddecicca.bsky.social
CARDIAC COUNTRY
I will always be thankful @bloodshotrecords.bsky.social for introducing me to this amazing artist.
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Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 5d
“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d
Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?
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Dick Altavista @dickaltavista.bsky.social · 4d
Today’s reward for overcast, cool, intermittent rainy cycling is a trip back to 2003.
Jim Guthrie
NOW, MORE THAN EVER
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 4d
ht: @nocontextmr.bsky.social
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d
Seems like a bad idea to fire air traffic controllers when there's already a shortage but what do I know
Sean Duffy Threatens to Fire Air Traffic Controllers as 10% Call Out Sick During Shutdown
gizmodo.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d
🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social
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