Pynchokami
@pynchokami.bsky.social
When I'm not crafting magical tales like #M&F or #BerkeleyTapes, you can find me lost in a good book, strategizing over a board game, or experimenting in the kitchen.
Chloe’s camera was pointed at the police. When she swung it around, all she captured was the aftermath: the shattered window and a hundred confused faces. The moment was pure chaos. But the answer had already been decided. (10/10)
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November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Chloe’s camera was pointed at the police. When she swung it around, all she captured was the aftermath: the shattered window and a hundred confused faces. The moment was pure chaos. But the answer had already been decided. (10/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
Everyone flinched. The window was a spiderweb of fractures, a dark hole at its center. No one saw how it happened. An agent provocateur? An accident from the surge? (9/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Everyone flinched. The window was a spiderweb of fractures, a dark hole at its center. No one saw how it happened. An agent provocateur? An accident from the surge? (9/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
On their right, the dark, unadorned facade of the Mad Monk Center slid by. Then came a sound that was not the crowd - a sharp, percussive crack, like a gunshot made of glass. (8/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On their right, the dark, unadorned facade of the Mad Monk Center slid by. Then came a sound that was not the crowd - a sharp, percussive crack, like a gunshot made of glass. (8/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
"We stick together," Mira insisted, her knuckles white. "We don't give them a reason." As the front of the march shuffled forward, the dense pressure created an unstable, surging motion. They were a single, agitated organism. (7/10)
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November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"We stick together," Mira insisted, her knuckles white. "We don't give them a reason." As the front of the march shuffled forward, the dense pressure created an unstable, surging motion. They were a single, agitated organism. (7/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
The air was thick with the feeling that the marchers' patience, and Mira's control, was about to break. "This is it, Mira," David said, his voice low and tense. "They're penning us in. We have to break the line." (6/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The air was thick with the feeling that the marchers' patience, and Mira's control, was about to break. "This is it, Mira," David said, his voice low and tense. "They're penning us in. We have to break the line." (6/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
Ahead, the intersection at Haste Street came into view: the third impassive police line. A wave of groans went through the crowd. This time, the chant of "Let us pass!" was not a plea; it was a raw, furious demand. (5/10) #BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ahead, the intersection at Haste Street came into view: the third impassive police line. A wave of groans went through the crowd. This time, the chant of "Let us pass!" was not a plea; it was a raw, furious demand. (5/10) #BerkeleyTapes
Mira glanced at them, a bitter taste in her mouth. They were marching to save the soul of a university in a city that had long ago priced them out of its future. (4/10) #BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Mira glanced at them, a bitter taste in her mouth. They were marching to save the soul of a university in a city that had long ago priced them out of its future. (4/10) #BerkeleyTapes
On the right, a sandwich board for a $9.99 lunch special existed in a different reality. Further along, a realtor's window showed photos of bungalows with prices like telephone numbers. (3/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On the right, a sandwich board for a $9.99 lunch special existed in a different reality. Further along, a realtor's window showed photos of bungalows with prices like telephone numbers. (3/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
"It's all a racket," Ben said, gesturing at Copy Central. "They charge you for a digital textbook, then charge you again to print the same file because you can't stare at a screen for 8 hours. Same knowledge, different tollbooth." (2/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"It's all a racket," Ben said, gesturing at Copy Central. "They charge you for a digital textbook, then charge you again to print the same file because you can't stare at a screen for 8 hours. Same knowledge, different tollbooth." (2/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
As they were funneled south, the iconic sign of Rasputin's Records rose up, the store's namesake shredding an electric guitar, a monument to a bygone version of capitalism. (1/10)
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November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As they were funneled south, the iconic sign of Rasputin's Records rose up, the store's namesake shredding an electric guitar, a monument to a bygone version of capitalism. (1/10)
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#BerkeleyTapes
That memory of being on the edge of a choice you're not ready to make, is poured directly into this story. It's for anyone who has ever stood in a crowd and wondered where the line is, and which side of it they're truly on. (4/4)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
That memory of being on the edge of a choice you're not ready to make, is poured directly into this story. It's for anyone who has ever stood in a crowd and wondered where the line is, and which side of it they're truly on. (4/4)
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#BerkeleyTapes
I remember a squatter's rights march around 1987. We ended up occupying a UC-owned house off campus. The police came and gave the order: leave or be arrested. I was there for the spectacle, not the handcuffs. My choice, in that moment, was to leave. (3/4)
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#BerkeleyTapes #SpecFic
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I remember a squatter's rights march around 1987. We ended up occupying a UC-owned house off campus. The police came and gave the order: leave or be arrested. I was there for the spectacle, not the handcuffs. My choice, in that moment, was to leave. (3/4)
#BerkeleyTapes #SpecFic
#BerkeleyTapes #SpecFic
But it's also a way to connect with my own past. To remember being a student, one who, like our character Jess, was sometimes a little coy with activism. I, too, remember showing up for the spectacle. (2/4)
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#BerkeleyTapes #AmWriting
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
But it's also a way to connect with my own past. To remember being a student, one who, like our character Jess, was sometimes a little coy with activism. I, too, remember showing up for the spectacle. (2/4)
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#BerkeleyTapes #AmWriting
At the corner of Channing, another line of helmeted police blocked the next turn. The ritual repeated: Mira pleaded, the sergeant stonewalled, and the march was forced onward. The cage was getting longer, narrower. (9/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
At the corner of Channing, another line of helmeted police blocked the next turn. The ritual repeated: Mira pleaded, the sergeant stonewalled, and the march was forced onward. The cage was getting longer, narrower. (9/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
As they were funneled south, the joy was gone, replaced by a grim, defiant resolve. Jess eyed the Cal hoodie in Bear Basics, a memory from a more promising time. Mira saw a vintage jacket in Anastasia's, a glimpse of a normal life, before the moment shattered. (8/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As they were funneled south, the joy was gone, replaced by a grim, defiant resolve. Jess eyed the Cal hoodie in Bear Basics, a memory from a more promising time. Mira saw a vintage jacket in Anastasia's, a glimpse of a normal life, before the moment shattered. (8/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
Before the pressure could force a confrontation, Mira turned and yelled, "We're being rerouted! We're continuing down Telegraph! Keep the energy up!" She grabbed David's arm, pulling him before his anger could detonate. (7/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Before the pressure could force a confrontation, Mira turned and yelled, "We're being rerouted! We're continuing down Telegraph! Keep the energy up!" She grabbed David's arm, pulling him before his anger could detonate. (7/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
The crowd began to press forward, confusion curdling into outrage. A new chant began, ragged and angry. "Let us pass! Let us pass!" (6/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The crowd began to press forward, confusion curdling into outrage. A new chant began, ragged and angry. "Let us pass! Let us pass!" (6/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
"Changed by who?" David shot back. "We have a permit. You don't get to just change it." Sgt. Miller stared over David's head. "This is an unlawful assembly if you do not follow the designated route." (5/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Changed by who?" David shot back. "We have a permit. You don't get to just change it." Sgt. Miller stared over David's head. "This is an unlawful assembly if you do not follow the designated route." (5/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
The ranking officer, Sgt. Miller, didn't glance at the phone. "The route has been changed," he said, his voice flat. "For public safety. You will continue south on Telegraph." (4/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The ranking officer, Sgt. Miller, didn't glance at the phone. "The route has been changed," he said, his voice flat. "For public safety. You will continue south on Telegraph." (4/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
Mira pushed to the front, dread settling in her ribs. She held up her phone, the screen showing the permit, the route highlighted. "Officer," she said, her voice steady, "Our approved route is left on Durant." (3/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mira pushed to the front, dread settling in her ribs. She held up her phone, the screen showing the permit, the route highlighted. "Officer," she said, her voice steady, "Our approved route is left on Durant." (3/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
A line of UCPD, two deep, blocked the intersection. These weren't the bored officers from the plaza. They wore helmets, their faces obscured by dark visors. The triumphant chant faltered, replaced by a nervous silence. (2/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A line of UCPD, two deep, blocked the intersection. These weren't the bored officers from the plaza. They wore helmets, their faces obscured by dark visors. The triumphant chant faltered, replaced by a nervous silence. (2/9)
#BerkeleyTapes
#BerkeleyTapes
The afterglow of the dance party carried them one triumphant block down Telegraph. The plan was simple: turn left on Durant, and begin the symbolic climb to the International House for the vigil. But at the corner, the river hit a dam. (1/9)
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#BerkeleyTapes
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The afterglow of the dance party carried them one triumphant block down Telegraph. The plan was simple: turn left on Durant, and begin the symbolic climb to the International House for the vigil. But at the corner, the river hit a dam. (1/9)
#BerkeleyTapes
#BerkeleyTapes