@maxcooperavl.bsky.social
Photographer. Fisherman. Malcontent. Asheville, NC.
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Imagine you get unalived and a youtuber is telling the story about it and in the middle they do an ad for Hello Fresh
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imagine you get unalived and a youtuber is telling the story about it and in the middle they do an ad for Hello Fresh
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Me when Google or Meta gives me an AI summary of something I never asked for.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Me when Google or Meta gives me an AI summary of something I never asked for.
Today is Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waives its revenue share and passes sales directly to artists, so you should BUY OUR RECORD RIGHT NOW, so we can send more $$$ to BeLoved Asheville. 16 tracks from 3 #asheville artists recorded directly after #Helene. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
The Mountains Raised Us: Songs From Higher Ground, by Clutch Them Pearls, Cooper, Jordan Durham
16 track album
coopersonfire.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today is Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waives its revenue share and passes sales directly to artists, so you should BUY OUR RECORD RIGHT NOW, so we can send more $$$ to BeLoved Asheville. 16 tracks from 3 #asheville artists recorded directly after #Helene. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
Another day sitting in the school pickup line feeling bitter and snarky. Do y'all remember @Dadpression on Twitter, back before the Nazis took it from us? Those were the days. #pickuplinelife
October 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Another day sitting in the school pickup line feeling bitter and snarky. Do y'all remember @Dadpression on Twitter, back before the Nazis took it from us? Those were the days. #pickuplinelife
It's the Kidman/Urban split. Has everyone on edge.
There’s a man walking around my neighborhood shouting expletives and just raging in general. The kicker is, he seems to be rather violently shutting all the sliding side panels on the dumpsters around here and then closing their gates while yelling “disgusting” and “filthy people.”
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's the Kidman/Urban split. Has everyone on edge.
What I'm here for.
Bluesky feed is like
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October 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What I'm here for.
This is fine.
The fight between federal lawmakers that has shut down the government is largely focused on health care funding, but a prolonged closure could impact Hurricane Helene relief funding in Western North Carolina.
www.bpr.org/politics-gov...
www.bpr.org/politics-gov...
WNC may see delays in receiving federal Helene aid as government shuts down
Lawmakers spoke out against the impact of the government shutdown on WNC as the area waits for millions in federal relief funds.
www.bpr.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is fine.
Here's the full demo video. ALL PROCEEDS benefit BeLoved Asheville! youtu.be/3nw2QoQiAog Link to album on bandcamp: coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo... #asheville #helene
A Hard Anniversary: SONGS FROM HIGHER GROUND
YouTube video by Gribley
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October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here's the full demo video. ALL PROCEEDS benefit BeLoved Asheville! youtu.be/3nw2QoQiAog Link to album on bandcamp: coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo... #asheville #helene
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NPR relaunched its shop today, Oct. 1, our first day without federal funding. All proceeds in October will go toward member stations. Some great new designs too! shopnpr.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NPR relaunched its shop today, Oct. 1, our first day without federal funding. All proceeds in October will go toward member stations. Some great new designs too! shopnpr.org
Hey #asheville folks... We've released an album to benefit BeLoved Asheville on the first anniversary of #Helene. This is a trailer for a full demo vid we made. 16 tracks recorded in the days & nights after the storm passed over. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey #asheville folks... We've released an album to benefit BeLoved Asheville on the first anniversary of #Helene. This is a trailer for a full demo vid we made. 16 tracks recorded in the days & nights after the storm passed over. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
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Oh, is that what’s going on out by the airport? Hard pass.
September 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Oh, is that what’s going on out by the airport? Hard pass.
Okay, it was me, but five dollars is five dollars. #bideneconomy #ncmountainstatefair
I tried but the line was too long cause a guy in a mobility scooter wearing cargo shorts and a playboy tank top was haggling over price.
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Okay, it was me, but five dollars is five dollars. #bideneconomy #ncmountainstatefair
Fair announcer has just reminded us that there is a baby calf in the petting zoo. There Fn better be is all i'm saying. And it better have two heads. #ncmountainstatefair #asheville
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Fair announcer has just reminded us that there is a baby calf in the petting zoo. There Fn better be is all i'm saying. And it better have two heads. #ncmountainstatefair #asheville
Correction: It's the NC *MOUNTAIN* state fair. Like the one in Raleigh but with blue laws. #ncMOUNTAINstatefair
September 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Correction: It's the NC *MOUNTAIN* state fair. Like the one in Raleigh but with blue laws. #ncMOUNTAINstatefair
Standing at the gate waiting for my contact. Can smell the Legionnaires' disease from here. #ncstatefair
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Standing at the gate waiting for my contact. Can smell the Legionnaires' disease from here. #ncstatefair
A friend bamboozled me into meeting her at the NC state fair for a photo assignment. I have not been this unhappy since Bele Chere 2012. #asheville #ncstatefair
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A friend bamboozled me into meeting her at the NC state fair for a photo assignment. I have not been this unhappy since Bele Chere 2012. #asheville #ncstatefair
Good news! No bus cancellations today! The pickup line should be super smoo-- Hey, why are there two suns?
#poland #pickuplinelife
#poland #pickuplinelife
September 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good news! No bus cancellations today! The pickup line should be super smoo-- Hey, why are there two suns?
#poland #pickuplinelife
#poland #pickuplinelife
Hello. I know you probably weren't hoping for an update to my rant yesterday, but you're going to get one: Why on God's poor dying earth is this news delivered as if it's not a major problem? Class starts at 0800. How many parents had to call in late to handle this shit? #pickuplinelife
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hello. I know you probably weren't hoping for an update to my rant yesterday, but you're going to get one: Why on God's poor dying earth is this news delivered as if it's not a major problem? Class starts at 0800. How many parents had to call in late to handle this shit? #pickuplinelife
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's somehow even more insulting than 2hr delays for snow "in higher elevations" when a bus goes MIA and I, a car-rider parent, have to budget an extra half hour to fight the mad-max-style hordes in the pickup line that found out with 5 hrs notice and no explanation that their day was FUBAR'd. (5/?)
September 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's somehow even more insulting than 2hr delays for snow "in higher elevations" when a bus goes MIA and I, a car-rider parent, have to budget an extra half hour to fight the mad-max-style hordes in the pickup line that found out with 5 hrs notice and no explanation that their day was FUBAR'd. (5/?)
And like, I long ago accepted that school is not about educating kids but about taxpayer-funded childcare so parents can go to work in the oligarchs' fields, but if I have to live with that system, can't I at least get the meager benefits that allow me to do my job? (4/?)
September 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And like, I long ago accepted that school is not about educating kids but about taxpayer-funded childcare so parents can go to work in the oligarchs' fields, but if I have to live with that system, can't I at least get the meager benefits that allow me to do my job? (4/?)
And like, I get it, shit happens, but the journo in me wants to know what's up with the total lack of information other than "we're not gonna do this thing that everyone depends on us to do." Like, bus broke down? Driver showed up drunk? Can we have a little context? (3/?)
September 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
And like, I get it, shit happens, but the journo in me wants to know what's up with the total lack of information other than "we're not gonna do this thing that everyone depends on us to do." Like, bus broke down? Driver showed up drunk? Can we have a little context? (3/?)
The car-rider pickup line is gonna be SPICY today, y'all. Fully anticipating some suburban soccer mom Karens to ascend from their sun roofs and start throwing Sonic milkshakes. Hell, I might be one of them. (2/?)
September 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The car-rider pickup line is gonna be SPICY today, y'all. Fully anticipating some suburban soccer mom Karens to ascend from their sun roofs and start throwing Sonic milkshakes. Hell, I might be one of them. (2/?)
If you're a formerly-afficted social media ex-pat like me, you might have observed about yourself that you only get back on SM to complain. Well. Here we are... (1/?)
September 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you're a formerly-afficted social media ex-pat like me, you might have observed about yourself that you only get back on SM to complain. Well. Here we are... (1/?)
My video from Saturday evening's #nokings protest in #Asheville. Sharing reddit photos cause BlueSky won't host a 2min video . . . www.reddit.com/r/asheville/...
Video from Saturday evening's NO KINGS protest (2min)
www.reddit.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My video from Saturday evening's #nokings protest in #Asheville. Sharing reddit photos cause BlueSky won't host a 2min video . . . www.reddit.com/r/asheville/...