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Joe Audino
@joeaudino.bsky.social
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Geek. Roller Derby Announcer. Mask Wearer. He/Him.
Co-founder - historic4thavecoalition.org
Ex-Treasurer - bnctucson.org
Tucsonan, Philadelphia Phan
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Gotta love the tortilleria/carneceria/bodegas of South Tucson
A variety of items purchased from a store in South Tucson. On the left is a package of fresh tortillas with a plastic container of deep red salsa on it. Behind the salsa is a bag of refried beans that says Doña Panchita. To the right is a plastic bag with two brown cochito cookies in it. Behind the cochitos is a bottle of dark red Valentina hot sauce with a black label, totally printed in Spanish.
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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"911 what is your emergency What do you mean youre being murdered that's illegal people cant do that"
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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This week's coffee resupply
Two black bags of coffee sitting on my kitchen counter. They have a golden silhouette of a bird and below that say "Corvus Coffee Roasters" The bags have paper tags held on with an elastic band. The tags have two layers, a red one on bottom and an off-white layer mostly covering the red. The bag on the left has a drawn design, but I can't say what it is. The text says "Shakiso Hadeso Ethiopia." The right bag has a drawing of what looks like a wolf, and below that "Finca Santa Sofia El Salvador"
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Some of y'all buy chocolates on Feb. 15, but we do things a little differently in this house.
A rectangular plastic package, reddish in the center, fading to black around the edges.The is a picture of a crescent moon in the top right corner. In the center are pictures of chicken nuggets shaped like a pumpkin, ghost, and bat. Above the nuggies is Tyson foods logo, below them it says "Spooky Nuggets"
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Poser. Everybody knows the real ones keep their Dante on a random shelf next to Mel Brooks.
Picture of a bookshelf. In the center is a reddish-brown leather bound copy of Dante's Divine Comedy. It is in between some comic books and a green copy of my High School alumni directory, a William Cullen Bryant "Library of World Poerty," and a blue Mel Brooks Blu-ray collection. There is a small candle in front of the books.
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Since we've been posting about Bouie's espresso journey, can I show you something cool?
A single-boiler home espresso machine with an external water tank. It is the ECM Puristika in Anthracite. I want one.
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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He's pretty cool, poems are great, and here's a sculpture of his head (allegedly!):
Picture of a large metal sculpture of a head. In the background are buildings and s streetcar. The sculpture is silver in color and made up of letters of the alphabet.
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Hey y'all, I need some data for my statistics class, so this being the Internet: do you have a cat? Y/N

Also, what is your gender? I can use male, female, other, or prefer not to say. Thanks!

Picture of my neighborhood cat friend for cat tax:
A cat eating some food off a white dish. It is dark, but the cat is under a light, in front of the screen door to my carport. The dish is on concrete, the cat is orange, and you can see my right hand petting the cat.
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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someone backlit in foreground says "source?" A large blue man, Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, hovers and says "I made it up"
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Needs to not just cover up the current tat, but get a new one:
Picture of a protest, one of the protesters in the foreground is flying the "Straw Hat Pirate" flag, a smiling jolly roger skull and crossbones with a straw hat on.
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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while I'm here, let me add a contender for my current favorite Tucson business name:

Think I can get a pastrami and pedicure here? Mortadella and massage? A pound of mozzarella and a manicure?
A business is located behind a chain link fence. The walkway to it is broken unevenly. There is a trash dumpster on the front porch. The lighted sign above the porch says "INDELI SPA"
October 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Always makes me think of Tucson's former favorite bead emporium.
A bead store in a strip mall. There is a handicapped parking space sign in front. There's a neon "Open" sign in the window and above that it says "YARNS." The name of the store is above the window, in purple and teal. It is "back door beads"
October 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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A white cat has a sheet over its head with eye, mouth, and ear holes cut out, in the fashion of a simple "ghost" Halloween costume. Text says "This month I will not be a silly goose Now I am a spooky goose"
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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damn, finding out why they call it "Smash"burger
It's a screenshot of an email header. It says "Top your side like you mean it From: Smashburger To joe@ .org Date Today 08:31"
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I just like that the first comment on that, after the deconstruction, is "I'm a YIMBY and I agree." 😆

To steal from fuelgrannie, when they say "Econ 101: SuPpLy & DeMaND," :
A dragon breathing fire on a city and its residents. The dragon is labeled Econ 201, the roasted people are labeled YIMBYs.
October 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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A tweet from user "carmeb" @therealcbrad. The post says "I do not want an AI assisted experience I want water in the Colorado river" The post is set against a scenic landscape background, with trees, blue sky, clouds, and mountains.
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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I'm against all Nazis, but also I have to take the opportunity to use the gif.
September 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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No no, I said I'm a *Laber* attorney.
a picture of an office in a strip mall. There are cars out front and a green awning that says "Laber & Laber, Attorneys"
September 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Now brewing in Joe's Coffee Corner (the only part of The Joe Extended Universe not in absolute shambles), from JBC Coffee Roasters, Madison, WI.

We'll start with tasting both the Ethiopian Supernatural in the front and the Supernatural peeking out from the background between the two new bags :)
Two bags of coffee with elaborate illustrations on them. The one on the left has a label that says "Banko Chelchele Ethiopia Supernatural," and there are black and white drawings of giraffes, elephants and other trees that reflect the coffee's African origin. On the right is a coffee that says "Noe Misael Villatoro Guatemala." The illustrations on the right bag are in a clay brownish color and feature a stepped pyramid and other Mayan imagery that Guatemala is noted for.
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Yeah, I got around to it.
A sticker on a light blue background. Near the top, in red on white it says "I Voted" Below that is a dark blue landscape outline of Cacti and other native plants. Closer to the bottom, in white, the sticker says "A:ñi 'ant wodalt Yo Voting Pima County AZ"
September 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Ok, which one of y'all was trying to take me to lunch?
A text message dated Tuesday, September 16. It says "Booked: True Food Kitchen - Tucson for 2 on 9/16/25 Tue 1:00 PM." It's then gives a link to the reservation.
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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A tweet from "Matt" @mattxiv The post says "in america if you don't mourn the 21st century hitler youth program director you get fired from you job" Below text is a the meme of Yeonmi Park, an Asian woman in a while shirt with headphones on and a podcast microphone in front of her.
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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I hope you're enjoying my package, Madison, Wisconsin
An online shipping notification. It says "We Have Your Package Madison, WI, United State 9/15/20205, 6:55 P.M."
September 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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lol, I bought 10 different pens last month because I couldn't find my old ones, but going through drawers & files... behold: the last four Pentel R-204A Micro-fine Metal Tip 0.2mm Superball pens! And they all work!
A box of pens, its a white box that says "Pentel Superball Metal Tip Micro Fine 12 Black ink 0.2mm Micro-Fine Roller Ball Pens The superior quality roller ball pen unmatched in performance and -Exceptionally crisp, dark, smooth lines - Up to 25% longer writeout than competition -Comfortable precision balanced barrel - Metal tip for notes, carbons, and general writing" There is a picture of the black pen towards the right of the box
September 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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A screenshot from the TV show Breaking Bad. Walt and Jesse are sitting at a table in a restaurant, and Walt is about to ask Jesse "what the fuck are you talking about?"
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM