Alex Shirley
@kunevin.bsky.social
Boston-based architect, urbanism researcher, flaneur.
Seeking a cooperative model for design-build locally and globally.
Seeking a cooperative model for design-build locally and globally.
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Alex Shirley
@kunevin.bsky.social
· Jun 5
This isn’t where I’m supposed to be.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Kinda amazing how Iran’s status as an imminent nuclear threat coincided perfectly with Netanyahu’s desperate need to bolster his own domestic support.
June 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Kinda amazing how Iran’s status as an imminent nuclear threat coincided perfectly with Netanyahu’s desperate need to bolster his own domestic support.
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I think about this every day, it keeps me up at night.
June 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think about this every day, it keeps me up at night.
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Really glad kids are growing up with Juneteenth, even is it is illegal to explain what it’s all about in 21 states.
June 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Really glad kids are growing up with Juneteenth, even is it is illegal to explain what it’s all about in 21 states.
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I need y'all to understand what the NYT, Dem donors, and centrists are doing here. They're pushing the narrative that trans people went too far and we deserve what is happening to us.
It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.
It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.
June 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I need y'all to understand what the NYT, Dem donors, and centrists are doing here. They're pushing the narrative that trans people went too far and we deserve what is happening to us.
It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.
It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
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I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
June 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
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Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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No kings. No oligarchs. No courtiers to the would-be king. No appeasers of the would-be king. No to people who want to meet the would-be king halfway because they think it is "good politics." No to media organizations defending or normalizing the would-be king. No kings, no enabling would-be kings.
June 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
No kings. No oligarchs. No courtiers to the would-be king. No appeasers of the would-be king. No to people who want to meet the would-be king halfway because they think it is "good politics." No to media organizations defending or normalizing the would-be king. No kings, no enabling would-be kings.
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AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
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Trump backing Netanyahu's tumbling towards WWIII,crashing the economy, rebanning Muslims, deporting non criminal immigrants and causing mass civil disorder with a police state so early on is wild because it makes much of Trump's non traditionally GOP voters look like huge fucking idiots.
June 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump backing Netanyahu's tumbling towards WWIII,crashing the economy, rebanning Muslims, deporting non criminal immigrants and causing mass civil disorder with a police state so early on is wild because it makes much of Trump's non traditionally GOP voters look like huge fucking idiots.
This isn’t where I’m supposed to be.
June 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This isn’t where I’m supposed to be.
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If I can be real for a moment, what frightens me most right now is that David Brooks is more upset about Trump-Musk than many, maybe most, liberal pundits and Democratic leaders are.
June 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If I can be real for a moment, what frightens me most right now is that David Brooks is more upset about Trump-Musk than many, maybe most, liberal pundits and Democratic leaders are.
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Each of us is here for a short time. It’s depressing that some choose to use their time grifting and generally making life worse for everyone else, instead of trying to improve the world for those who don’t have a voice, whether people, animals, or other life forms.
June 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Each of us is here for a short time. It’s depressing that some choose to use their time grifting and generally making life worse for everyone else, instead of trying to improve the world for those who don’t have a voice, whether people, animals, or other life forms.
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again, this staggering idiot — this living monument to gross stupidity — is basically the intellectual guru of the sitting vice president
If I'm reading this correctly, then Yarvin wants the role of führer to be awarded via a Wings of Voice-style competition www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
again, this staggering idiot — this living monument to gross stupidity — is basically the intellectual guru of the sitting vice president
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🌼DEMs NEED
🐝Daily Press Briefings
🐝LeftWingMassMediaEcosystem
🐝Engagement Teams
🐝RapidRespWarRooms24/7/365
🐝COMMIT TO VOTE&GOTV
🐝Fireside Chats/Rallies
🐝Motivators/Cheerleaders
🐝Civic Engagement
🐝Charismatic leadership
🐝ID what ppl need/want & give it
🐝Drive the Narrative
🐝Shadow Cabinet
🐝TO WIN
🐝Daily Press Briefings
🐝LeftWingMassMediaEcosystem
🐝Engagement Teams
🐝RapidRespWarRooms24/7/365
🐝COMMIT TO VOTE&GOTV
🐝Fireside Chats/Rallies
🐝Motivators/Cheerleaders
🐝Civic Engagement
🐝Charismatic leadership
🐝ID what ppl need/want & give it
🐝Drive the Narrative
🐝Shadow Cabinet
🐝TO WIN
May 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🌼DEMs NEED
🐝Daily Press Briefings
🐝LeftWingMassMediaEcosystem
🐝Engagement Teams
🐝RapidRespWarRooms24/7/365
🐝COMMIT TO VOTE&GOTV
🐝Fireside Chats/Rallies
🐝Motivators/Cheerleaders
🐝Civic Engagement
🐝Charismatic leadership
🐝ID what ppl need/want & give it
🐝Drive the Narrative
🐝Shadow Cabinet
🐝TO WIN
🐝Daily Press Briefings
🐝LeftWingMassMediaEcosystem
🐝Engagement Teams
🐝RapidRespWarRooms24/7/365
🐝COMMIT TO VOTE&GOTV
🐝Fireside Chats/Rallies
🐝Motivators/Cheerleaders
🐝Civic Engagement
🐝Charismatic leadership
🐝ID what ppl need/want & give it
🐝Drive the Narrative
🐝Shadow Cabinet
🐝TO WIN
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I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
May 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
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It’s time to reconsolidate a counterculture and politics against this shit. Science, art, medicine, poetry, philosophy as the beautiful life, the fullness of human civilization, that they want to destroy. Humanism, not cynicism, not slop, not tech “””nerd””” culture
May 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s time to reconsolidate a counterculture and politics against this shit. Science, art, medicine, poetry, philosophy as the beautiful life, the fullness of human civilization, that they want to destroy. Humanism, not cynicism, not slop, not tech “””nerd””” culture
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for the people in the driver's seat of the right wing cultural movement, an end to "DEI" always meant doing things like sending free money to a white lady who called a child the n word. sorry if you thought it was about a slightly annoying HR webinar you once had to watch or whatever.
May 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
for the people in the driver's seat of the right wing cultural movement, an end to "DEI" always meant doing things like sending free money to a white lady who called a child the n word. sorry if you thought it was about a slightly annoying HR webinar you once had to watch or whatever.
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BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
A lot of the boomers showing up to whine that Boston has never been so crime-ridden and dangerous as under Mayor Wu are the same halfwits who as teens snuck into what was literally called The Combat Zone (a “sexual Disneyland” as described by the WSJ in ‘76) to fight, drink, snort, and watch drag.
March 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A lot of the boomers showing up to whine that Boston has never been so crime-ridden and dangerous as under Mayor Wu are the same halfwits who as teens snuck into what was literally called The Combat Zone (a “sexual Disneyland” as described by the WSJ in ‘76) to fight, drink, snort, and watch drag.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.