Kevin Bowen
@kevinbowen.bsky.social
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I route the packets that make the Internet sing.
Network Engineer by trade. #Python & #Django by interest.
Documentation supervisor & contributor to #xfce
A recluse in the #PNW
I route the packets that make the Internet sing.
Network Engineer by trade. #Python & #Django by interest.
Documentation supervisor & contributor to #xfce
A recluse in the #PNW
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Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis is the bomb. Herein, a new podcast episode, a Jazzfest Berlin review, and some additional thoughts.
Supracoracoideus
The mighty Mary Halvorson, in action and in conversation
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis is the bomb. Herein, a new podcast episode, a Jazzfest Berlin review, and some additional thoughts.
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Coming off the train at my local station last night, I noticed a totally not-ominous, very welcoming piece of the station's #publicArt installation while leaving.
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Coming off the train at my local station last night, I noticed a totally not-ominous, very welcoming piece of the station's #publicArt installation while leaving.
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
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"No other group in jazz, past or present, sounds quite like @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's Amaryllis," WRTI's 'The Late Set' says of its guest and her band. "A sextet that places her guitar within a shifting matrix ... it’s a chamber ensemble with a dynamic core, forever in a state of flux."
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"No other group in jazz, past or present, sounds quite like @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's Amaryllis," WRTI's 'The Late Set' says of its guest and her band. "A sextet that places her guitar within a shifting matrix ... it’s a chamber ensemble with a dynamic core, forever in a state of flux."
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A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
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OH NOOOOO
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
OH NOOOOO
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Read my things
PSU's Women's Resource Center is meant to be a space of empowerment, but the abrupt firing of its director last spring, and recent staffing changes in other departments, have led to what some say is a "toxic culture shift" within the university.
PSU Fired Women’s Resource Center Director With No Explanation
On a regular work day in late April, Nic Francisco-Kaho’onei, the former director of Portland State University's (PSU) Women’s Resource Center (WRC), was called in for a meeting with their supervisor....
www.portlandmercury.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Read my things
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J'allais sous le ciel, Muse! et j'étais ton féal.
(I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.)
― A. Rimbaud
#Poetry
#Sculpture Antony Gormley
(I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.)
― A. Rimbaud
#Poetry
#Sculpture Antony Gormley
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
J'allais sous le ciel, Muse! et j'étais ton féal.
(I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.)
― A. Rimbaud
#Poetry
#Sculpture Antony Gormley
(I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.)
― A. Rimbaud
#Poetry
#Sculpture Antony Gormley
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The skeleton in my closet has moved out to the garden
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The skeleton in my closet has moved out to the garden
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Just caught this live, and was transfixed throughout - not least by the breathtaking closing piece from @hannahpeel.bsky.social. Thanks to all involved. #somethinginmyeye
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This was a great listen on the history of Jodrell Bank and the composition of a classical piece to commemorate it.
This was a great listen on the history of Jodrell Bank and the composition of a classical piece to commemorate it.
Archive on 4 - Jodrell Bank at 80 - BBC Sounds
Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just caught this live, and was transfixed throughout - not least by the breathtaking closing piece from @hannahpeel.bsky.social. Thanks to all involved. #somethinginmyeye
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Asking the Supreme Court to sign off on letting you starve scores of millions of Americans is an extremely wild and cruel policy choice.
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Asking the Supreme Court to sign off on letting you starve scores of millions of Americans is an extremely wild and cruel policy choice.
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November SNAP benefits are beginning to flow to Washington households.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
November SNAP benefits are beginning to flow to Washington households.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
Thanks to multiple lawsuits, and repeated court orders, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians across our state finally have the SNAP benefits they need to put food on the table.
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The Dust-to-Digital Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara have partnered to make thousands of historic recordings freely accessible to the public.
Preserving the Past & Sharing It Today: A New Partnership with the University of California
The Dust-to-Digital Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara have partnered to make thousands of historic recordings freely accessible to the public.
dusttodigital.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Dust-to-Digital Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara have partnered to make thousands of historic recordings freely accessible to the public.
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Oh fun, I’ll be one of the mentors at this weekend’s PyData 2025 Newcomer Sprint on Sunday.
So if you’ve wanted to get a patch submitted to CPython, NumPy, Pandas, Spyder, Jupyter or something else, a handful of us will be there to find a reasonable first issue to work on, get it written […]
So if you’ve wanted to get a patch submitted to CPython, NumPy, Pandas, Spyder, Jupyter or something else, a handful of us will be there to find a reasonable first issue to work on, get it written […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Oh fun, I’ll be one of the mentors at this weekend’s PyData 2025 Newcomer Sprint on Sunday.
So if you’ve wanted to get a patch submitted to CPython, NumPy, Pandas, Spyder, Jupyter or something else, a handful of us will be there to find a reasonable first issue to work on, get it written […]
So if you’ve wanted to get a patch submitted to CPython, NumPy, Pandas, Spyder, Jupyter or something else, a handful of us will be there to find a reasonable first issue to work on, get it written […]
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The FCC adopted this policy unanimously and the law is clear: you can't refuse to publish an approved rule because the President doesn't like it. www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
AG Brown calls on FCC to expand multilingual emergency alerts | Washington State
Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of 13 other attorneys general and New York City in demanding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) immediately publish a long-delayed rule th...
www.atg.wa.gov
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The FCC adopted this policy unanimously and the law is clear: you can't refuse to publish an approved rule because the President doesn't like it. www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-re...
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It me.
Count your blessings that we cut like 1k words from this.
Count your blessings that we cut like 1k words from this.
Hüsker Dü’s miracle year wasn’t because of happenstance or good luck; it was due to hard work, inner strength, and a big, unforgettable sound. Here's a look back on this formative era for the band.
Some Kind of Fun: Hüsker Dü’s Generational Blues
The miracle year and miracle band that shaped the sound of underground music to come.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It me.
Count your blessings that we cut like 1k words from this.
Count your blessings that we cut like 1k words from this.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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As it's Richard Jefferies' birthday (born #OTD in 1848), here's an extract from a piece he wrote for The Graphic in 1877 about flint: "all along the vast caravan route, so to say, of the human race… in cave and mound, and river, the chipped flint is found, the stamp, as it were, of [man's] presence"
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
As it's Richard Jefferies' birthday (born #OTD in 1848), here's an extract from a piece he wrote for The Graphic in 1877 about flint: "all along the vast caravan route, so to say, of the human race… in cave and mound, and river, the chipped flint is found, the stamp, as it were, of [man's] presence"
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My latest about contingency plans (or lack of them) for increased ICE enforcement and/or National Guard deployment in Seattle.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
NEW // Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...
Story by @amysundberg.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org. www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/05/h...
Harrell Vows to Block ICE Overreach, but Plan Lacks Teeth » The Urbanist
# Mayor Bruce Harrell recently released two executive orders seeking to respond to President Donald Trump’s aggressive moves to increase local immigration enforcement and illegally send in the Nationa...
www.theurbanist.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My latest about contingency plans (or lack of them) for increased ICE enforcement and/or National Guard deployment in Seattle.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
If you've been hoping SPD might intervene on behalf of Seattle residents, you might want to read until the end.
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Mr. Peanut with William S. Burroughs
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Mr. Peanut with William S. Burroughs
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The gist of this article is literally: "locals want more cops and security after a security guard shot someone in front of a bunch of cops on Halloween"
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The gist of this article is literally: "locals want more cops and security after a security guard shot someone in front of a bunch of cops on Halloween"
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Max Linder in Entente cordiale (1912)
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Max Linder in Entente cordiale (1912)