Kevin Bowen
@kevinbowen.bsky.social
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I route the packets that make the Internet sing.
Network Engineer by trade. #Python & #Django by interest.
Documentation supervisor & contributor to #xfce
A recluse in the #PNW
I route the packets that make the Internet sing.
Network Engineer by trade. #Python & #Django by interest.
Documentation supervisor & contributor to #xfce
A recluse in the #PNW
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Brian Eno: Put A Straw Under Baby - from his 1974 album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBXx...
Put A Straw Under Baby (2004 Digital Remaster)
YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Brian Eno: Put A Straw Under Baby - from his 1974 album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBXx...
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We Heart Seattle is a rightwing ideological project.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We Heart Seattle is a rightwing ideological project.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
They’re not doing this to help “clean up the community” any more than MAGA doofus Scott Presler is. It’s pure theater with a sinister propaganda motive.
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Panic is temporary...existential dread is forever
Scientists have debunked a viral news report claiming Mount Rainier is experiencing seismic tremors. Here's what's actually happening.
No, Mount Rainier isn’t about to erupt. Seattle scientists debunk rumors
Scientists have debunked a viral news report claiming Mount Rainier is experiencing seismic tremors. Here's what's actually happening.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Panic is temporary...existential dread is forever
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So on-point for the NYT to change the article to highlight the $12 million golden toilet. 🚽
bsky.app/profile/nytd...
bsky.app/profile/nytd...
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
So on-point for the NYT to change the article to highlight the $12 million golden toilet. 🚽
bsky.app/profile/nytd...
bsky.app/profile/nytd...
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Brian Heywood's 2 new dangerous initiatives — IL26-001/IL26-638 — threaten the safety of ALL kids, especially trans & queer students, by forcing invasive genital exams on children who want to play sports.
Decline to sign these dangerous initiatives. Take the pledge here: bit.ly/WFFDecline
Decline to sign these dangerous initiatives. Take the pledge here: bit.ly/WFFDecline
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Brian Heywood's 2 new dangerous initiatives — IL26-001/IL26-638 — threaten the safety of ALL kids, especially trans & queer students, by forcing invasive genital exams on children who want to play sports.
Decline to sign these dangerous initiatives. Take the pledge here: bit.ly/WFFDecline
Decline to sign these dangerous initiatives. Take the pledge here: bit.ly/WFFDecline
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The world could use a vinyl pressing of the Hash Jar Tempo catalog (Bardo Pond plus Roy Montgomery).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled
YouTube video by TvuxoRoiale
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November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The world could use a vinyl pressing of the Hash Jar Tempo catalog (Bardo Pond plus Roy Montgomery).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aEt...
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Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
![Roughly speaking those who work in connection with the [automatic computing engine] will be divided into its masters and its servants. Its masters will plan out instruction tables for it, thinking up deeper and deeper ways of using it...The masters are liable to get replaced because as soon as any technique becomes at all stereotyped it becomes possible to devise a system of instruction tables which will enable the electronic computer to do it for itself. It may happen however that the masters will refuse to do this. They may be unwilling to let their jobs be stolen from them in this way. In that case they would surround the whole of their work with mystery and make excuses, couched in well chosen gibberish, whenever any dangerous suggestions were made.
— Alan Turing (1947) Lecture on the Automatic Computing Engine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tbqqvyv6pjjww44glrmycaxl/bafkreiajgzfaixqslnz2oftyxfcz2htgwbfisxfeyoospb5o6f3arqwfgu@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Way back in 1947, Alan Turing had thoughts on how AI would influence the demand for skilled labor.
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
(via Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 _The Eye of the Master_)
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
www.kuow.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981) youtu.be/Qca9ByvLhBA?...
December 7, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (1981) youtu.be/Qca9ByvLhBA?...
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Happy 20th anniversary to the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, in which the company secretly installed software to hide DRM technology on CD buyers’ PCs. XCP was a security risk that led to public outcry, class action lawsuits, and, 20 years ago today, a recall of dozens of album titles.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Happy 20th anniversary to the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, in which the company secretly installed software to hide DRM technology on CD buyers’ PCs. XCP was a security risk that led to public outcry, class action lawsuits, and, 20 years ago today, a recall of dozens of album titles.
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🔥 take: pretty confident I can point to the one passage that made THE KOLN CONCERT into the bestselling solo piano music of all time.
11:56 into Part I, when Jarrett finally shifts the A-dorian to A7 and then hits the D13 decisively to prepare G, taking it into overtly gospel-y rock/folk territory
11:56 into Part I, when Jarrett finally shifts the A-dorian to A7 and then hits the D13 decisively to prepare G, taking it into overtly gospel-y rock/folk territory
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🔥 take: pretty confident I can point to the one passage that made THE KOLN CONCERT into the bestselling solo piano music of all time.
11:56 into Part I, when Jarrett finally shifts the A-dorian to A7 and then hits the D13 decisively to prepare G, taking it into overtly gospel-y rock/folk territory
11:56 into Part I, when Jarrett finally shifts the A-dorian to A7 and then hits the D13 decisively to prepare G, taking it into overtly gospel-y rock/folk territory
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designating anti-fascist groups in GERMANY, the birthplace of antifa, as "international terrorists" is quite a telling move
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/4...
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/4...
The Lost History of Antifa - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
75 years after the triumph over Nazism, we look back to when socialists gave birth to Antifa.
www.rosalux.de
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
designating anti-fascist groups in GERMANY, the birthplace of antifa, as "international terrorists" is quite a telling move
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/4...
www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/4...
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You can change a buildings purpose. Rip out all the machines that used to live there. You can call an old factory a visitor centre, a museum, a heritage site – don't change what it was. Remove and remake all you want, you can't erase its ghosts. It stays haunted. – John Peck #VOH #Ghosts
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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OK, fastest book I've ever made. The HOMOCORE Anthology will be available in print, 280 pages, "soon".
Copies will be available at THE LAB (9 Dec) and Pretty Gritty on the 12th..14th. I'll be there for that (but not THE LAB). San Francisco, both.
https://www.bleeve.me/Texts/HCAnthologyWWW.pdf
Copies will be available at THE LAB (9 Dec) and Pretty Gritty on the 12th..14th. I'll be there for that (but not THE LAB). San Francisco, both.
https://www.bleeve.me/Texts/HCAnthologyWWW.pdf
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK, fastest book I've ever made. The HOMOCORE Anthology will be available in print, 280 pages, "soon".
Copies will be available at THE LAB (9 Dec) and Pretty Gritty on the 12th..14th. I'll be there for that (but not THE LAB). San Francisco, both.
https://www.bleeve.me/Texts/HCAnthologyWWW.pdf
Copies will be available at THE LAB (9 Dec) and Pretty Gritty on the 12th..14th. I'll be there for that (but not THE LAB). San Francisco, both.
https://www.bleeve.me/Texts/HCAnthologyWWW.pdf
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We joined Bluesky one year ago today. It's been such an enjoyable experience here and we truly appreciate the response we've seen from all of our followers. Keep liking and sharing any of our posts that interest you!
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We joined Bluesky one year ago today. It's been such an enjoyable experience here and we truly appreciate the response we've seen from all of our followers. Keep liking and sharing any of our posts that interest you!
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The PDX city council public comment period on homeless camp sweeps is a microcosm of modern liberalism. We have white people in feminist T-shirts invoking the safety and innocence of children, using terms like "unhoused" while advocating for forcibly removing the most downtrodden in our society.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The PDX city council public comment period on homeless camp sweeps is a microcosm of modern liberalism. We have white people in feminist T-shirts invoking the safety and innocence of children, using terms like "unhoused" while advocating for forcibly removing the most downtrodden in our society.
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What is WA state's role in these abuses?
Our 2025 report, "Gross Human Rights Violations in Washington State," found that at least seven migrant Washingtonians were sent to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison CECOT.
Learn more: bsky.app/profile/uwch...
Our 2025 report, "Gross Human Rights Violations in Washington State," found that at least seven migrant Washingtonians were sent to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison CECOT.
Learn more: bsky.app/profile/uwch...
Using multiple data sources, researchers identified and documented cases of such abuses during recent months, several of which have not previously been reported:
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What is WA state's role in these abuses?
Our 2025 report, "Gross Human Rights Violations in Washington State," found that at least seven migrant Washingtonians were sent to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison CECOT.
Learn more: bsky.app/profile/uwch...
Our 2025 report, "Gross Human Rights Violations in Washington State," found that at least seven migrant Washingtonians were sent to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison CECOT.
Learn more: bsky.app/profile/uwch...
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Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis is the bomb. Herein, a new podcast episode, a Jazzfest Berlin review, and some additional thoughts.
Supracoracoideus
The mighty Mary Halvorson, in action and in conversation
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis is the bomb. Herein, a new podcast episode, a Jazzfest Berlin review, and some additional thoughts.
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Coming off the train at my local station last night, I noticed a totally not-ominous, very welcoming piece of the station's #publicArt installation while leaving.
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Coming off the train at my local station last night, I noticed a totally not-ominous, very welcoming piece of the station's #publicArt installation while leaving.
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
#goodnightmoon #publictransit #pnw #lynnwoodwa
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"No other group in jazz, past or present, sounds quite like @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's Amaryllis," WRTI's 'The Late Set' says of its guest and her band. "A sextet that places her guitar within a shifting matrix ... it’s a chamber ensemble with a dynamic core, forever in a state of flux."
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"No other group in jazz, past or present, sounds quite like @maryhalvorson.bsky.social's Amaryllis," WRTI's 'The Late Set' says of its guest and her band. "A sextet that places her guitar within a shifting matrix ... it’s a chamber ensemble with a dynamic core, forever in a state of flux."
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A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
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OH NOOOOO
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
OH NOOOOO
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PSU's Women's Resource Center is meant to be a space of empowerment, but the abrupt firing of its director last spring, and recent staffing changes in other departments, have led to what some say is a "toxic culture shift" within the university.
PSU Fired Women’s Resource Center Director With No Explanation
On a regular work day in late April, Nic Francisco-Kaho’onei, the former director of Portland State University's (PSU) Women’s Resource Center (WRC), was called in for a meeting with their supervisor....
www.portlandmercury.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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