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WE TRIED TO WARN YOU
@cogenteur.bsky.social
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a.k.a.RonK, Seattle
Lighthouse in a fogged-up world.

Futures(?) of democracy & discourse

Climate's changing, billionaires are taking over, and we all have a brain the size of a walnut.
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I looked for an inflatable Perch costume - but apparently it's all about the Bass.
images.halloweencostumes.com/products/905...
Man in Halloween fish costume.
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Keystone ICE was a brand ahead of its time!
Display can and case of Keystone "ICE" - a high ABV, low price beer discontinued in 2021.
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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"We're all trying to find the guy who did this." (hot dog man meme)
August 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Oh, the Humanities!
Hindenburg disaster.
April 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Yellow caution sign: WARNING EXCESSIVE SIGNAGE AHEAD
February 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Hope is the thing with feathers.

Reality is ... Oscar, the bald Cockatoo.
Oscar, a bald Moluccan Cockatoo.
January 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Might be a while a'fir we get lights back. Power Co already retrieved one utility pole, and at least they didn't go dominoes.
Storm damage: Two trees down across Springridge, took a power pole with them, many lines down.
November 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Doritos: TRY ANOTHER ANGLE.
November 9, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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Note to self:
Bag of Doritos with slogan "TRY ANOTHER ANGLE"
November 6, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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Those were the days ...
"expose yourself to art" poster - Mayor Bud Clark flashes a nudes statue.
September 26, 2024 at 5:02 AM
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It wasn't a couch. It was a fucking LOVESEAT! And she was ASKING for it!
Red lips loveseat.
July 25, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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An even 400 new citizens from 78 countries in the shadow of the Space Needle.

Native storytellers: "We were dreamt into existence ... the Earth welcomes everyone's tracks ..."
July 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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To all who celebrate ... Salut!
rainbow can (obverse) Pike ROSE ANN WEST COAST AMBER Brewed by the women of Pike to celebrate and drive diversity in brewing BENEFITTING ROSE ANN FINKEL DIVERSITY IN BREWING SCHOLARSHIP Partnering with WSU's Brewing Program This is named for Pike's iconic founder who was a trailblazing woman in beer and hospitality Artwork by Christie Tirado DIVERSITY MATTERS PIKEBREWING.com Rainbow can labeled PIKE WOMEN in BEER 5.5% alcohol by vol 1 pint (16 fl oz)
June 2, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Jagged cliff edge over ocean, with advisory sign "CAUTION: Rabbit holes"
May 2, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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Sorry ... This is a STICK! (Dragged out of the same convenient wetland.)
February 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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You call that a stick? Mate, THIS is a STICK.
February 23, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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Down-and-dirty contest leaves man "crazy as a bedbug" after Election Day, 1884.

"... the unfortunate man’s mind had been unhinged by reading campaign literature".

[source historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/sn84026... ]
[h/t Idiomation idiomation.wordpress.com/2019/08/15/c...
A well-known business man of Chicago surprised his friends, the other day by turning up as crazy as a bed bug. As he had no bad habits and was in a sound financial condition, people were puzzled over his sudden derangement, but the mystery was fully explained when it was discovered that the unfortunate man’s mind had been unhinged by reading campaign literature. The only wonder is that the entire country is not full of howling lunatics.
February 3, 2024 at 6:44 PM