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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 1d

from their own video, the most tumultuous part of Portland… if these assholes think this is a war zone, we truly are fucked if an actual enemy feels bold.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 3d

These two are at their best with simple songs... in this case, Lynn Adib sings a Sufi poem by Abul al-Huda al-Sayyadi and Zeid Hamdan plays along.

coffeekid @coffeekid.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Bedouin Burger – Sakantom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywJKlFMPj24

Lynn Adib laying down in a sand dune, inside. Zeid Hamdan sitting in a window, playing a guitar.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 4d

I'm afraid that day will come sooner than most people think...

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 4d

‪Black hawk circling downtown, threats of sending the 82nd, and chemical weapons used on the post-brunch crowd... he really is trying to realize his vision of a "war ravaged" Portland www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Federal agents use tear gas, make arrests as Portland ICE protest swells into the hundreds

The Saturday protest started with a rally in a South Portland park at noon.

www.oregonlive.com

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 5d

when you have a 17yr old dog, and you're lucky, most days are pretty good, some days are not so good, but every now and then you have great days... and those are awesome. today, the old man is having a great day.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 6d

If I can’t sleep, I’ll rewatch Scavengers Reign… www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWQH...

Animated people adventuring in an animated forest

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 6d

Two days ago I received these buttons in a package from my mother… we should have listened

Button for No Nukes, ProChoice, and Anita Hill.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 8d

any of my more technically minded / infosec pals know of any trustworthy iphone alts to Ripple (Guardian Project) and/or Wasted (x13a)?

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 9d

It is baffling to watch people that I consider intelligent critical thinkers adopt this technology so completely, making excuses for all of its damage and shortcomings, acting like it will save us from ourselves zenodo.org/records/1706...

Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...

zenodo.org

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 11d

I have a recommendation: www.powells.com/book/the-end...

The End of Policing | Powell's Books

The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists and politicians, the convers...

www.powells.com

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 11d

even at the peak of 2020 chaos, most people in Portland never saw a thing, and their lives (for better or worse) were unaffected. this kind of lie only serves as justification for the violence they have planned… don’t let anyone in your orbit believe a word of it.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 12d

such a drag...

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 13d

we must have different editions, but an impressive pull none the less. cheers!

coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 13d

every now and then, I have one of those moments when I realize the vastness of the chasm between my definition of fun and that of the world

Photo of an open book, the chapter reads: means of communication as means of production. From Raymond Williams’ Culture and Materialism

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 15d

You're in PDX? Did you see Ragana with Couch Slut and Sunrot last month? So good...

coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 15d

VP's cover of Officer Down was my 2020 anthem.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 16d

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 16d

Might not help with the memorizing, but it could help K as I share the relevant bits with her.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18d

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

Photograph of John Lee Hooker with diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

Black and white photograph. He’s wearing a suit and sitting at a table with a mug in front of him and notepad etc on table. Behind him is a chart diagram of the evolution of the Blues, connecting genres over time.

Photograph by Clemens Kalischer, 1951.

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 16d

I spent the weekend in a 20hr intensive Action Medic training, and now my brain is refusing to focus on my typical day-to-day nonsense (it might take a minute to unpack and commit everything to memory) 🏴

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 20d

this legitimately made me laugh… clearly Hoekstra has never met a Canadian.

Screenshot headline: U.S. ambassador
'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 21d

this continues to be one of the most bonkers skate videos of all time...

Fully Flared - Lakai - OFFICIAL INTRO TRAILER - SKATE

YouTube video by That Pool Party

www.youtube.com

coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 22d

radical leftist economists… pfft

A chart showing that the vast majority of political violence comes from the right

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coffeekid @coffeekid.bsky.social · 24d

I’ve been out of town for too long, but @burrito.space might be able to suggest a decent backup…

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