alex flannelshirt
@coffeedetective.bsky.social
radical appalachian, nonprofit workhorse, coffee enthusiast, grad student.
30s. any pronouns. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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30s. any pronouns. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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i get that you’re excited about your sale but don’t call me that
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
i get that you’re excited about your sale but don’t call me that
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
elaborately locking bluesky off of my phone has on the whole been excellent for both my productivity and my well being but on the other hand i don’t have anywhere else to gympost
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
elaborately locking bluesky off of my phone has on the whole been excellent for both my productivity and my well being but on the other hand i don’t have anywhere else to gympost
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I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
this message is (largely) true and (entirely) good, but for anybody who is tuning into the VA gov race now and assuming this is a sweep for trans people, i want to clarify some context here. the opposition messaging was *vitriolically* anti-trans. but spanberger’s rebukes of them were *nonexistent.*
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
this message is (largely) true and (entirely) good, but for anybody who is tuning into the VA gov race now and assuming this is a sweep for trans people, i want to clarify some context here. the opposition messaging was *vitriolically* anti-trans. but spanberger’s rebukes of them were *nonexistent.*
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"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."
THAT’S FUCKING RIGHT
1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics.
From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.
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From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
THAT’S FUCKING RIGHT
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some jazzers have been griping about Hancock’s vocoder ad-lib segment, which he’s been doing every set. Allow me to set you straight. Herbie Hancock is one of the greatest musicians ever to live and in the context of music if he makes a choice then that is the right choice. Hope this clarifies
just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
some jazzers have been griping about Hancock’s vocoder ad-lib segment, which he’s been doing every set. Allow me to set you straight. Herbie Hancock is one of the greatest musicians ever to live and in the context of music if he makes a choice then that is the right choice. Hope this clarifies
also i'm very late to many things because i programmed an automation into my phone to open a more productive app whenever i tried to use bluesky and forgot to give it a cooldown period, so my phone is now a machine that turns muscle memory into mango languages. it's better this way honestly.
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
also i'm very late to many things because i programmed an automation into my phone to open a more productive app whenever i tried to use bluesky and forgot to give it a cooldown period, so my phone is now a machine that turns muscle memory into mango languages. it's better this way honestly.
i see @jeffstormer.gobirds.online isn't brave enough to promo post this episode of @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social where he gives many thoughtful & candid insights into a ten-year creative process, but i have no such reservations. happy 10 years, jeff!
www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/10/29/s...
www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/10/29/s...
Special Episode: Inside the Podcaster's Studio with Alex Flanigan - Party Of One
As part of our 10th anniversary celebration week, my dear friend Alex Flanigan sits down with me to chat about the journey of making a podcast for ten years, and what makes Party of One the show that ...
www.partyofonepodcast.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
i see @jeffstormer.gobirds.online isn't brave enough to promo post this episode of @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social where he gives many thoughtful & candid insights into a ten-year creative process, but i have no such reservations. happy 10 years, jeff!
www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/10/29/s...
www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/10/29/s...
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A big congratulations and well done to the beautiful nation of Ireland
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A big congratulations and well done to the beautiful nation of Ireland
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Everyone please diligently check your candy this year. I cracked open a snickers bar and not only did I find a copper ingot, but it was of poor quality.
Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.
Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Everyone please diligently check your candy this year. I cracked open a snickers bar and not only did I find a copper ingot, but it was of poor quality.
Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.
Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.
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The "Bed Series" was a set of intimate portraits of lesbian sex workers made by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the 1890s behind the scenes at a Parisian brothel.
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/toulouse-lautrec-bed-series
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/toulouse-lautrec-bed-series
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The "Bed Series" was a set of intimate portraits of lesbian sex workers made by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the 1890s behind the scenes at a Parisian brothel.
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/toulouse-lautrec-bed-series
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/toulouse-lautrec-bed-series
steepling my fingers thoughtfully, then turning in my desk chair to the wall behind me, where i reset a manual counter titled DAYS SINCE JEFF STORMER HAS DRAGGED ME OUT OF PODCASTING RETIREMENT to zero
It's a whole ass week of shows, including:
* A livestreamed game of SEE ISSUE X
* A candid look back at 10 years of Party of One
* Back to back special episodes of the show
* Audience Q&A!
* A livestreamed game of SEE ISSUE X
* A candid look back at 10 years of Party of One
* Back to back special episodes of the show
* Audience Q&A!
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
steepling my fingers thoughtfully, then turning in my desk chair to the wall behind me, where i reset a manual counter titled DAYS SINCE JEFF STORMER HAS DRAGGED ME OUT OF PODCASTING RETIREMENT to zero
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"Constant layoffs despite the execs lining their pockets with bonuses every quarter, how can we fix the industry?"
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Constant layoffs despite the execs lining their pockets with bonuses every quarter, how can we fix the industry?"
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I am begging the mainstream media to talk less about the East Wing & more about the loss of SNAP funding for the next few days.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am begging the mainstream media to talk less about the East Wing & more about the loss of SNAP funding for the next few days.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.
We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.
We can urge folks to donate to food banks.
We can give them warning.
man. a little girl died over the weekend after being hit by a car at a pedestrian intersection we tried to fix five years ago when i worked for the city. the proposed safety improvements were shot down after massive organized pushback from local business owners and never revisited.
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
man. a little girl died over the weekend after being hit by a car at a pedestrian intersection we tried to fix five years ago when i worked for the city. the proposed safety improvements were shot down after massive organized pushback from local business owners and never revisited.
ok but like literally this
on the bright side, everything at the impossibly shitty grocery store costing just as much as farmers market produce means you can just go to the fucking farmer's market now and pay real people for the privilege
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ok but like literally this
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"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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General strikes are BUILT up to. You dont know that because the US killed off every major labor leader in the last 100 years and dont even teach about the labor movement in this country.
Community members organizing childcare, transportation, etc. Organization of mutual aid for medical needs, etc
Community members organizing childcare, transportation, etc. Organization of mutual aid for medical needs, etc
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
General strikes are BUILT up to. You dont know that because the US killed off every major labor leader in the last 100 years and dont even teach about the labor movement in this country.
Community members organizing childcare, transportation, etc. Organization of mutual aid for medical needs, etc
Community members organizing childcare, transportation, etc. Organization of mutual aid for medical needs, etc
my wildlife neighbors are the luckiest in the city because i love foraging wild nuts but i’m tremendously unskilled at shelling them, so mostly i guess what i’m actually doing is just relocating pre-opened nuts around. i’m doordash for squirrels.
October 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
my wildlife neighbors are the luckiest in the city because i love foraging wild nuts but i’m tremendously unskilled at shelling them, so mostly i guess what i’m actually doing is just relocating pre-opened nuts around. i’m doordash for squirrels.
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way too many people in the comments saying stuff like I'm worried about the healthcare but moreso about the fascism. sentencing disabled and low income people to death IS the fascism babe. the fact we haven't figured that out yet is how they keep getting away with it
it's fucking healthcare also man what the hell are you talking about
Beyond the costumes at No Kings, Democratic leadership may want to check the signs to understand the vibe of their base right now (hint: it’s not health care)
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
way too many people in the comments saying stuff like I'm worried about the healthcare but moreso about the fascism. sentencing disabled and low income people to death IS the fascism babe. the fact we haven't figured that out yet is how they keep getting away with it
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didn’t mask up today at the rally’s? please care for your community by preventing the spread of anything you may have picked up today. at home sars2 tests are notoriously finnicky, make them more sensitive by using them repeatedly in 48hr increments and swabbing throat before nose 👇🏻
June 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
didn’t mask up today at the rally’s? please care for your community by preventing the spread of anything you may have picked up today. at home sars2 tests are notoriously finnicky, make them more sensitive by using them repeatedly in 48hr increments and swabbing throat before nose 👇🏻