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Alvis Dunn

@alvisdunn.bsky.social

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#Historian and Teller of Tales Sometimes Tall. Latin America, esp. #Guatemala. North American South too. Sometimes I study why & how people move around. #Alcohol other times. #Basketball is my Soul. #migration #UNC #expatriates #DeepChatham #Storyteller

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · 7d

Bad Bunny not withstanding.

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · 7d

Woke in the. Ight to catch Freddie Freeman’s Amazing Feat. A step-up of physical and mental and emotional grace under fire and collective team spirit. I do love sports. Interesting how The Old School National Pastime is flourishing in places despised by MAGA. I guess they’ve got the NFL.

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Oct 3

Foundations. youtu.be/lAwhowRGVg8?...

Andy Griffith Don Knotts Gettysburg Address

YouTube video by Bart Boatwright

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Aug 30

…The proprietress was smoking a cigar. The boy who acted as a waiter lounged about with a cigarette between his lips and slapped customers on the back when taking their orders." ~ Isherwood in the "communist dive" (_Berlin Stories_, "Winter 1932-3") #therealhardbackcafe

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Aug 30

"The cafe was full of students, dressed mostly with aggressive political untidiness--the men in sailor's sweaters and stained baggy trousers, the girls in ill-fitting jumpers, skirts held visibly together with safety pins and carelessly knotted gaudy gipsy scarves….1/2

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jul 26

Going after ‘Homegrowners.’ Pass it along. youtu.be/j7SOc_8IhSY?...

Republican Kidnappers

YouTube video by Progress Action Fund

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Green Room 42. “Vincent” Reprise. With Delilah Dunn Performing!

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jul 22

#CarlSandburg

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jul 20

Gabbard is spewing MAGA malarkey in an old trumpist pattern - Dont Fall For It.

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jul 9

“Punk wasn’t about starting a band to sell clothes.” ~ Steve Jones

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jun 14

I saw a Coal Black Squirrel while walking the dogs this morning. And these other things too. #ThingsISeeWalkingTheDogs in #riversideparknyc

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · Jun 9

WOE in #WestHarlem

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · May 20

Damn Good Listen About Bad Things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQcW...

How Trump is Cashing In on the Presidency | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · May 20

Song. youtu.be/pD_eZg70Ms0?...

RICH PEOPLE by CARSIE BLANTON - Official Live Video

YouTube video by Carsie Blanton

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · May 14

In The Heights…May 14, 2025. #WashingtonHeights on #Broadway

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · May 11

Who remembers the Red Rose/White Rose Mother’s Day Practice? Was it widespread? Regional? Generational? Does it still go on? Is it news to you?

Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · May 9

May 9, 1970. In #NorthCarolina

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Alvis Dunn @alvisdunn.bsky.social · May 5

On May5, 1862 a small, ill-equipped,inexperienced Mexican army defeated well-armed,powerful French invaders in Puebla. Mexican conservatives had backed the foreigners in hopes of ousting the liberal gov't of Benito Juarez. Cons colluding with foreigners betraying their nation-sound familiar?