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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的）

@tenletters.bsky.social

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Avid micro-autobiographer, but overdue for a nap. Will update! 📍Santa Barbara. Longtime Canadian sympathizer. AKA KMK. Formerly of SFO, PEK, BKK, LAX, et alibi. Eternal student. Dad to a trilingual (ES/EN/ZH) kid. Beleaguered husband. linktr.ee/diezletras

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · Aug 29

AN AMERICAN FAMILY (1973) has been very hard to find for the 5 decades since the original reality show aired on PBS. Even the Library of Congress AV room said they didn't have it when I asked there last summer. Music rights supposedly the main issue. Hooray that all episodes are suddenly on YouTube:

An American Family - YouTube

An American Family is an American television documentary series that followed the life of a California family in the early 1970s. Widely referred to as the f...

youtube.com

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Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 11h

Photo of Portland doughnut ‘ICE fishing’ protest actually taken in Toronto

A photo shared online in October supposedly showed protesters in Portland, Ore. ‘baiting’ United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with doughnuts suspended from fishing lines.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 15h

Coffee houses were weird when I was a chess-playing kid—seeing the (notoriously low) level of chess generally played in such places helped introduce a # of grains of salt to my interactions w/in them… altho there were some good players @ The Horseshoe in SF. A fucking Nazi in SB, tho, & a regular… 🥶

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Colorado Amos @okrossbara.bsky.social · Jul 13

Boycott everything Dodgers related. Owner Mark Walter is photographing baseball fans, then using facial recognition to sic ICE on brown people. Then he gets to profit off their detention in the center in which he owns a stake via Guggenheim partners.

Also, fuck that guy specifically.

Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · Jul 13

Mark Walter, the principal owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, also serves as CEO of Guggenheim Partners, a financial firm that manages over $325 billion in assets.

Guggenheim holds a stake in the GEO Group, a private prison corporation that operates U.S. ICE detention centers.

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 15h

Via the @williswonderland.bsky.social Substack mailing list, a recap of how this went, thru photos as much as anything. Also mentions the new Allee Willis documentary streaming on Hulu, which I plan to see at some point w/o actually involving Hulu. #AlleeWillis

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 16h

(I had directly reposted the original, & was receiving notifications of people liking/reposting the repost, but it weirdly wasn't showing up in my profile's #skyline —if that's still the term we're using for the record of one's posts here.)

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 16h

Meme version; quote-posting by way of attribution.

《Stephen Miller: only went into politics
[pic of Stephen Miller]
because he was too weak to strangle prostitutes》

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 16h

Can we please explore the notion floated by @normornstein.bsky.social around the 32:43 point of the current episode of the @alfranken.bsky.social podcast, vis-à-vis bringing an #impeachment resolution to the floor against #RFKJr? You get a debate at minimum, and a #freeroll chance of outing the nut!

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

this isn’t funny portlanders only turn into inflatable frogs when their neighbors are being kidnapped by a fascist secret police force

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

He was soon speaking about immigrant "law breakers", & saying many Syrian refugees are not really Syrian, & I forget the segue to DOGE but it was legit & then he asked if I even knew what DOGE was. I asked if he recalled Musk's sieg heil gesture, & he said the arm angle wasn't that. Verified Nazi. 😔

The cat, on the tabletop as usual, & a chill dog. I have clear pictures of dude, but am not doxx inclined. He did have one of those shitty black and white flags sewn onto his jacket, & between his cat's German name, his mentioning that his dad's side has been in SB since 1907, his being some kind of ex-cop, & his trying to defend indefensible bullshit in a condescending way, I'm pretty sure dude is a Nazi, even if he may have approached Nazism from the stupid Harley-rider angle (no excuse.)

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

Talk became political when I mentioned that TSA drug dogs sometimes have trading cards kids can request, then mused as to whether such cards ever get traded, & mused about having my own card made up to trade w/ some airport cop, then mentioned ICE, & dude said he used to "train Border Patrol agents"

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

Necessary addendum now that I've left: a familiar face or 2 came along & literally upstaged me in frame; NP. My kid is familiar w/ this cat, whose name I remember as Eule, ie "owl" in German. Problem: convo w/ cat-tending F steered political, & he defended ICE, DOGE, all of 'em. Told him off & left.

Close-up of the face of a 15 year-old cat who serves as a social device for an older man who brings her to this café semi-regularly. He claims she's a registered therapy cat, which I have no reason to doubt. It would be far more strange if this were a lie, which could probably be chalked up to some technical registration issue

Dude drinking a dark brew as film cast and crew walk off in their final shot. Cat oblivious

After the (legit disturbing) political talk, I went and found dude's bike. This was not a difficult feat, and may have in fact been pretty accidental.

In the parking lot behind the Manuscript Museum in Santa Barbara, which may not be around forever…

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

If I sound excited to use the term "half-pint, it's because I periodically discover that this place serves them for $4, and that's pretty perfect for my general purposes.

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

Since it was a half-pint and I was at a pretty good depth from the camera, I was probably letting IMDB be my enabler in getting me another half-pint when one wasn't strictly needed.

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen none of those! I had also just Letterboxd-watchlisted KILL LIST (2011) & also KAIDA (also known as PULSE, from 2001.) I'd recommend the documentary that KILLDOZER always triggers associations with for its back story, etc., CUL DE SAC: A SUBURBAN WAR STORY (2002), but it's tough to find!

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

I refilled my half-pint (the beer I always get here—Nama Biru is the name of the Japanese lager—“kicked" around the half-pint point or the pour, & I brought it outside) by way it auditioning for a promotion to the additional unpaid role of continuity supervisor. And now I'm a bit lit, in frame.

What's it called when they reshoot for purposes of being able to edit in closeups, etc.? Coz they're doing that here, clearly

I like this rolling blue caddy, and wonder about the scope of its multifunctional role in the shoot…

I DID NOT ASK TO SEE THIS PERMIT
…but I don't mind that they showed it to me (curiosity, and "they" having been the producer, I think, followed up getting my signature on a release by flashing this. So I naturally asked if I could photograph everything, which is also something I've never overly regretted having done out of curiosity-fuelled habit.)

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

Currently sitting in frame as an unpaid extra in some kind of film shoot since I'm on a State Street patio opposite the Santa Barbara Museum of Art drinking a beer. I asked if I was compromising any shot by sitting here, but they said no & quickly added "the 1st rule…is to not look [at the camera]"

Not sure if the dog is getting paid, but most everyone else is here acting in a (short?) movie inspired by a diagnosis of late-onset Type 1 Diabetes.

The grey t-shirt reads Final Fantasy if viewed from the right angle. (This is not the "right angle.")

The stairs on the Museum of Art are worth giving a shout-out, as they're rather cool-looking as of earlier this week.

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

I've not yet read this particular essay, but the notion that hard K sounds are inherently comedic is increasingly dogma? The essay posits a theory as to why. But if the theory were true, wouldn't it be a natural letter to start w/ for horror box-office magic? A later 'K' sound better, no?

Are "K" sounds funny? - Peter McGraw

Comedians often believe that words with a “k” sounds makes things funnier. Just google “K sound comedy,” and you will see lots of posts about it. Grammar Girl even dedicated a post to it: The humor po...

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

Mind you, I've never seen it. If no one materializes to vehemently object (& makes a good/helpful case), I plan to program it for viewing with my kid, who has proclaimed she has no fear of clowns—same as me. I'm actually not sure I've ever seen a horror starting w/ K? QTP as quote-post: established?

KING KONG (1933)
Entering the public domain sooner than later
Never seen it in full. Not even the Jessica Lange version, or any other version that actually begins with K. May have to remedy this soon as well (by seeing the original, natch.)

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

If you see this, QTP with a horror movie that shares the same first letter as your name

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Death by Toys @deathbytoys.bsky.social · Aug 23

Celebrating friendship just got easier with these bracelets.

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

Sunlight on the raging infection the GOP is clearly hiding should do the trick, so let's roll with this, already:

Just George Oh🍂 @timmytwoshirts.bsky.social · 2d

Ayup.
THIS. I'm literally fucking screaming this to whoever will listen-- hopefully Sotomayor, Kagan, or Brown Jackson are among them

real question: why do we need johnson to 'seat' rep-elect Grijalva? who cares about sweearing in? she's been elected. call a locksmith, unlock the office, go to work. fuck their traditions. they don't follow rules, why should we??

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

I do believe these bring a net benefit to a domestic ecosystem, in moderation. I remember seeing one in Toronto, but never saw one in China. Tangents: I remember a run-in w/ a less beneficial apartment-borne creepy-crawly in a short-term rental near the capital of Goa, & I highly enjoyed this book:

Counting The Bugs And Bacteria, You're 'Never Home Alone' (And That's OK)

Ecologist Rob Dunn's new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.

www.npr.org

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

I get it, & recently had the type of experience that might give rise to a phobia—for me or even others, so TW-loaded apologies in advance: I was donning a shirt I'd gotten off a hanger in my closet, over a t-shirt, & felt that tickle. It was a house centipede. Found on all continents but Antarctica:

Scutigera coleoptrata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's totally in line with human instincts to be squeamish about them, but remembering them when cataloging one's worst fears seems like another matter to me…

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