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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 20d

Today is Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waives its revenue share and passes sales directly to artists, so you should BUY OUR RECORD RIGHT NOW, so we can send more $$$ to BeLoved Asheville. 16 tracks from 3 #asheville artists recorded directly after #Helene. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...

The Mountains Raised Us: Songs From Higher Ground, by Clutch Them Pearls, Cooper, Jordan Durham

16 track album

coopersonfire.bandcamp.com

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 21d

Another day sitting in the school pickup line feeling bitter and snarky. Do y'all remember @Dadpression on Twitter, back before the Nazis took it from us? Those were the days. #pickuplinelife

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 21d

It's the Kidman/Urban split. Has everyone on edge.

BOOncombe @buncombian.bsky.social · 21d

There’s a man walking around my neighborhood shouting expletives and just raging in general. The kicker is, he seems to be rather violently shutting all the sliding side panels on the dumpsters around here and then closing their gates while yelling “disgusting” and “filthy people.”

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 21d

What I'm here for.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 21d

Bluesky feed is like

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cute kitty!
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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 21d

This is fine.

Blue Ridge Public Radio @blueridgepublic.bsky.social · 21d

The fight between federal lawmakers that has shut down the government is largely focused on health care funding, but a prolonged closure could impact Hurricane Helene relief funding in Western North Carolina.

www.bpr.org/politics-gov...

WNC may see delays in receiving federal Helene aid as government shuts down

Lawmakers spoke out against the impact of the government shutdown on WNC as the area waits for millions in federal relief funds.

www.bpr.org

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 22d

Here's the full demo video. ALL PROCEEDS benefit BeLoved Asheville! youtu.be/3nw2QoQiAog Link to album on bandcamp: coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo... #asheville #helene

A Hard Anniversary: SONGS FROM HIGHER GROUND

YouTube video by Gribley

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 22d

NPR relaunched its shop today, Oct. 1, our first day without federal funding. All proceeds in October will go toward member stations. Some great new designs too! shopnpr.org

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 22d

Hey #asheville folks... We've released an album to benefit BeLoved Asheville on the first anniversary of #Helene. This is a trailer for a full demo vid we made. 16 tracks recorded in the days & nights after the storm passed over. coopersonfire.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

I already talked them down to $19 per funnel cake

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yes, and i'm sad to report that the calf only has one head.

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Kerri @kryanoutloud.bsky.social · Sep 12

Oh, is that what’s going on out by the airport? Hard pass.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Okay, it was me, but five dollars is five dollars. #bideneconomy #ncmountainstatefair

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

I tried but the line was too long cause a guy in a mobility scooter wearing cargo shorts and a playboy tank top was haggling over price.

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

I tried but the line was too long cause a guy in a mobility scooter wearing cargo shorts and a playboy tank top was haggling over price.

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Fair announcer has just reminded us that there is a baby calf in the petting zoo. There Fn better be is all i'm saying. And it better have two heads. #ncmountainstatefair #asheville

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Correction: It's the NC *MOUNTAIN* state fair. Like the one in Raleigh but with blue laws. #ncMOUNTAINstatefair

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

Standing at the gate waiting for my contact. Can smell the Legionnaires' disease from here. #ncstatefair

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 12

A friend bamboozled me into meeting her at the NC state fair for a photo assignment. I have not been this unhappy since Bele Chere 2012. #asheville #ncstatefair

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Good news! No bus cancellations today! The pickup line should be super smoo-- Hey, why are there two suns?

#poland #pickuplinelife

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hello. I know you probably weren't hoping for an update to my rant yesterday, but you're going to get one: Why on God's poor dying earth is this news delivered as if it's not a major problem? Class starts at 0800. How many parents had to call in late to handle this shit? #pickuplinelife

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 8

(6/6) tl;dr: "Get wrecked, parents! Why? None of your goddamned business!"

#pickuplinelife

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's somehow even more insulting than 2hr delays for snow "in higher elevations" when a bus goes MIA and I, a car-rider parent, have to budget an extra half hour to fight the mad-max-style hordes in the pickup line that found out with 5 hrs notice and no explanation that their day was FUBAR'd. (5/?)

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 8

And like, I long ago accepted that school is not about educating kids but about taxpayer-funded childcare so parents can go to work in the oligarchs' fields, but if I have to live with that system, can't I at least get the meager benefits that allow me to do my job? (4/?)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 8

And like, I get it, shit happens, but the journo in me wants to know what's up with the total lack of information other than "we're not gonna do this thing that everyone depends on us to do." Like, bus broke down? Driver showed up drunk? Can we have a little context? (3/?)

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 8

The car-rider pickup line is gonna be SPICY today, y'all. Fully anticipating some suburban soccer mom Karens to ascend from their sun roofs and start throwing Sonic milkshakes. Hell, I might be one of them. (2/?)

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you're a formerly-afficted social media ex-pat like me, you might have observed about yourself that you only get back on SM to complain. Well. Here we are... (1/?)