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Alexander Zimmerman
@b-traven.myatproto.social
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Mutineer on ship of Capital & State.
Exiled public Librarian bunking in so-called Maine, US.
Luddite currently sailing the Non-Profit Tech seas.
All the music, all the tea.
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Since water still flows
though we cut it with swords
And sorrows return
though we drown them with wine
Since the world MUST answer to our cravings
I will bring bread and share lunch with Durruti, Ascaso, & Ferrer!

(all apologies to Li Po)
#Barcelona #Durruti #Ascaso #Ferrer #Montjuic #anarchists
Durruti, Ascaso, & Ferrer Memorial in Barcelona's Montjuic Cemetary. Black stone memorial covered in flowers, stones, wine bottles, flags, and other tributes. Durruti, Ascaso, & Ferrer Memorial in Barcelona's Montjuic Cemetary. Black stone memorial with loaf of bread, and some tomatoes resting on top. Durruti, Ascaso, & Ferrer Memorial in Barcelona's Montjuic Cemetary. Black stone memorial covered in flowers, stones, wine bottles, anarchist flag, and other tributes. Behind the Durruti, Ascaso, & Ferrer Memorial in Barcelona's Montjuic Cemetary. Just before the edge of the cliff, behind the memorial a wild plant pushes up through the concrete, stone, and sand. That says it all :)
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Around Barcelona - Part 6 (belated) - Urban November blooms edition

#Barcelona #BCN #wildflowers #blooms #urbanflowers
Red flowers spilling over a stone and wood wall in Barcelona Blue flowers in Barcelona Orange flowers in Barcelona pink flowers in Barcelona
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Around Barcelona - Part 5 (belated) - How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design @ Disseny Hub

#Barcelona #BCN #DissenyHub #chileanrevolution #cybersyn
Chilean Album covers @ How to Design a Revolution "The Chilean Road to Design is a comprehensive exhibition on graphic and industrial design during Salvador Allende’s government in Chile (1970-1973). An exceptional case in the history of design, where the unprecedented act of choosing a revolution through the ballot box led to the first instance of a country to collectively designing through socialism and democracy." Chilean poster with Two birds, building their nest together. Text reads: a trabajar! From: "How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design is a comprehensive exhibition on graphic and industrial design during Salvador Allende’s government in Chile (1970-1973). An exceptional case in the history of design, where the unprecedented act of choosing a revolution through the ballot box led to the first instance of a country to collectively designing through socialism and democracy." 3D render of Project Cybersyn operation room in Barcelona Design Museum. 7 white chairs with red cushions, in a circle, within a control room. Dashboard on the wall convey economic / factory data. How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design is a comprehensive exhibition on graphic and industrial design during Salvador Allende’s government in Chile (1970-1973). An exceptional case in the history of design, where the unprecedented act of choosing a revolution through the ballot box led to the first instance of a country to collectively designing through socialism and democracy.. Poster from Chilean revolution. 3 guns point at people on yellow background. Text reads: El Fascismo en el poder Termina... How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design is a comprehensive exhibition on graphic and industrial design during Salvador Allende’s government in Chile (1970-1973). An exceptional case in the history of design, where the unprecedented act of choosing a revolution through the ballot box led to the first instance of a country to collectively designing through socialism and democracy.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Around Barcelona - Part 4 (belated) - Fran Daurel Museum

#Barcelona #BCN #pobleespanyol #FranDaurelMuseum
Abstract art, yellow and black, thick unsettling. Fran Daurel Museum, Barcelona. Detail of Archipel Sauvage III, by Miró. Fran Daurel Museum, Barcelona. Semi-Abstract art, detail of ring with rings. Fran Daurel Museum, Barcelona. Detail, Le Pont du Diable, by Joan Ponç. Fran Daurel Museum, Barcelona.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Came back from Barcelona vermut pilled.

Now paying my education costs trying to replicate / chase that dragon. It seems there's some good choices available here in Maine. More so for sure than hunting down Priorat reds up here.

#Barcelona #vermut #catalonia #Lahoradelvermut #chasingthedragon
Shot from above, a glass of Spanish vermut with ice and orange. To one side, a bowl of paprika chips. To the other side, a bowl of olives. 3 different bottles of Spanish vermut in a messy kitchen
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Around Barcelona - Part 3

#Barcelona #BCN #walking
Mural with a white and blue background, there is large yellow text of the Catalan phrase: "El Barri És Casa" An older street poster for a 15 October "Vaga General" At night, the lit up welcoming doorway and windows of La Raposa. Bar vegà & Llibreria. A sign at the entrance to La Raposa - Bar vegà & Llibreria. It reads: "Atenció. No entreu amb signes de Sionisme, racisme, capacitisme, especisme, lesbofobia, transfobia, plumofobia, gordofobia. Aquest Establiment Condemna el Genocidi a Gaza!
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Around Barcelona - Part 2

#Barcelona #BCN #walking #streetart #art
Street art on either side of an open, curtained door of a dark haired woman Street art of an older, beret wearing white bearded, older man Street art, a bit tattered, of blonde haired woman
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Around Barcelona - Part 1

#Barcelona #BCN #walking
A surveillance camera with a sticker on it that reads: "Do you know what this is doing?" At night, on a quiet street, atop a garbage bin, a bottle of scotch An exercise bike, mounted to the cement of an open public area, for anyone to use. A sign in a public area showing a football / soccer ball with a red line through it. The sign reads: "prohibit jugar a pilota"
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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I too dream of flying south right about now.

Monarchs (Danaus plexippus) on New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae).

#monarch #monarchbutterfly #flysouth #NewEnglandAster #Aster
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) on purple blooms of New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae). Monarch (Danaus plexippus) on purple blooms of New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae).
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Be fruitful and multiply
#morningglory #bee #nsfw
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Neighborhood hangout

#goldenrod #latesummer #southportland #maine
September 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Photo of Gavin Newsom making a big show of reading a book, in pretentious pose with chin resting on hand. Book title edited to read "How to be a Piece of Shit."
May 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Narkina 5 Imperial Prison Complex
May 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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First Wild Strawberries (Fragaria vesca) bloomed today!

(volume up for rain & birds)

#southportland #maine #nativeplants #wildstrawberry
May 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Oops, that heart above wasn't supposed to be broken.

I mean how could it be, with dogs eating 2 dollar tacos on downtown bar tops.

Every time I visit, I go home wishing Portland was a lot more like Providence.
Dog, on top of the bar, eating tacos. Their human companion sits on a stool beside them. A sign in the background reads: 2 dollar tacos.
May 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Amazing work from @punkwithacamera.bsky.social / SpadeInk - T-shirt arrived in the mail just in time for Mayday.

May the Spirit of Negro Matapacos run with you in the States today!

#mayday #NegroMatapacos #riotdog
Black t shirt with Chilean Roy riot dog, Negro Matapacos, wearing a red bandana, launching himself at line of police. In big letters below it reads: Bite Back
May 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Greens in Grays

#greentea #chawan #spring #cloudmist #grandpastyle
Gray chawan with spent green tea leaves, against gray background.
April 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Portland Maine, what is this trash in our waters?

#Maine #thewaylifeshouldbe,
Screenshot from Friends of the Earth's cruise ship scorecard for Viking Neptune. Reads: Total Persons on board: 1395. Destinations: Arctic, Europe, Mediterranean, US East Coast. Sewage Treatment: C Air Pollution Reduction: B- Water Quality Compliance: F Final Ship Grade: D+
April 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Any radical May Day actions / events planned for Maine this year? Public obviously - don't put those other plans online silly moose. Something where white folks don't thank the police for showing up??

#maine #mayday
Budding white magnolia tree against the backdrop of a blue sky. Foreground text reads: "Rad / Left May Day in Maine? What's being planned?"
April 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I know what the reply guys and 'but actually' guys say. I know what science says. But, really, bubbly hits different.

Like I'm in love, or more specifically, just falling in love.

(I think I exclaim this, like it's the first time, every new years and Easter 😂)
A mimosa, with very little OJ, sitting lovingly in a messy kitchen.
April 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The one needs some zoomin' in, but maybe helpful?
Closeup of Bee on pink flowers of swamp milkweed
April 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Repost with a fave book from your childhood
Book cover of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. Pictured is a young boy in bed, under the covers, looking very, very, upset.
April 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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You know what to do!
www.aveloair.com/destinations

#AveloTakeDown #Avelo #AveloAir
April 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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3am at the Airport, finally home after an emergency landing in Boston (complete with firetrucks meeting is on the tarmac). What a trip. Gate sign on the way out sums it all up 🤣
Picture of gate 4 sign at Portland Jetport reading: This gate is empty. This airspace is clear.
April 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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LaGuardia's here for the revolution.

#laguardia #dreams
April 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM