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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some of my favorite albums released during Q3 2026: Charley Crockett - Clovis Ibibio Sound Machine - Chopping Mountain Jungle - Sunshine This Is Lorelei - The Singer In My Band Tracey Nelson - Hercules Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues Ty Segall - Chrome

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mike Johnson has major toadie energy. He’s the Grover Dill to Trump’s Scut Farkas.

Grover Dill and Scut Farkas the bullies from A Christmas Story.

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Idu House @iduhouse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚀 Artist of the Day: Sun Ra The cosmic jazz pioneer who declared himself from Saturn, Sun Ra reimagined what sound, and existence, could be. Through his music, he built worlds of freedom, blending ancient Egypt, space, and Black futurism into one infinite vision. 🗃️ #CreatorsAtWork #BlackSky #Art

Color film still of Sun Ra from Space Is the Place, shot in the Bay Area in 1972 and released in 1974. He stands outdoors in full cosmic regalia in front of a white car, with a dry hillside, road, trees, and an intensely blue sky behind him. His black-and-gold striped pharaonic headdress rises into a huge gold orb framed by two tall antenna-like prongs. A broad jeweled collar rests over a striped blue, red, black, and white tunic, while an enormous yellow-orange cape catches the wind and spreads across the frame like solar flame. His shoes echo the same saturated palette. The image captures the central visual idea of Sun Ra’s world: ancient Egypt, outer space, Black self-invention, and theater fused into one living language. Born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham in 1914, he remade himself as Le Sony’r Ra and insisted he came from Saturn. That claim was not simply a joke or stage gimmick. It became part of a larger philosophy in which myth offered Black people a way to imagine existence beyond the racial limits imposed by America.
Space Is the Place turned that philosophy into cinema. Directed by John Coney and co-written by Sun Ra and Joshua Smith, the film follows Ra returning to Earth and proposing another planet as a home for Black people, with music itself serving as a vehicle of liberation. In one of the film’s most famous exchanges, he tells young people that he comes to them as “the myth,” because a society that denies Black people full reality has already pushed them outside its definitions. The clothing matters just as much as the dialogue. Sun Ra rejected the boundary between costume and everyday dress, and the Arkestra’s handmade metallic robes, Egyptian forms, sequins, and space-age headpieces transformed performance into what he called cosmo-drama. Here, standing beside an ordinary car on an earthly road, he looks deliberately impossible. That tension is the point: the future is being staged in the present. The roadside becomes a launchpad for freedom.

Portrait of Sun Ra from the Space Is the Place era, standing against a deep, electric-blue background in a monumental red-and-gold robe. His body is almost completely enclosed by the garment, which falls to the floor in broad panels of crimson, bright gold and bronze. A black-and-gold striped pharaonic headpiece frames his face. Above it rises the same extraordinary emblem seen throughout this period: a large metallic orb held between two long upright prongs, glowing under the lights like an artificial sun. Sun Ra looks slightly upward, making the portrait feel less like a conventional musician photo than an icon from a civilization that does not yet exist. That effect was deliberate. By the early 1970s, Sun Ra had spent decades constructing a universe in which music, clothing, poetry, philosophy, theater, technology, and ancient Egyptian imagery belonged to the same project. He called his stage spectacles “cosmo-drama,” and he treated clothing as part of the sound itself, once declaring, “Costumes are music.”
The Arkestra’s garments were often handmade from metallic or found fabrics, assembled with the same experimental spirit as the music. This visual language reached one of its clearest forms around Space Is the Place. Sun Ra and the Arkestra recorded the album in Chicago in October 1972; Blue Thumb released it in 1973. The film, made in 1972 and released in 1974, translated his mythology into an Afrofuturist science-fiction story about Black liberation, interplanetary migration, and music as a technology powerful enough to change reality. Decades before the word “Afrofuturism” was coined, Sun Ra was already practicing it as daily life. The orb, pharaoh stripes, and cosmic robe were not an escape from Black history. They connected ancient African symbolism to a future in which Black existence could exceed the categories imposed on it. In this portrait, Sun Ra does not dress like he came from another world. He stands as evidence that another world can be invented.

Color performance photograph of Sun Ra and his Arkestra at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 23, 1978 photographed by Leni Sinclair. Sun Ra stands near the front of the stage in a shimmering bronze-black robe, a beaded or metallic head covering framing his face. His right hand is raised as if cueing, blessing, conducting, or reaching into the air. Behind him, members of the Arkestra hold brass instruments, behind a steel sculpture of curved rods that arc overhead like trajectories, antennae, or orbital paths. Warm amber stage light turns the sculpture and Sun Ra’s robe into streaks of copper and fire against a dark background. The photograph captures the Arkestra at a moment when a Sun Ra concert had long since become far more than a conventional jazz set. Music, costume, movement, poetry, chanting, props, lighting, and spectacle were fused into what Ra called cosmo-drama, a ritual designed not simply to entertain an audience but to alter its sense of what was possible.
This performance took place during the 1978 Ann Arbor Jazz Festival at Hill Auditorium, a festival dedicated that year to Duke Ellington. That context matters. Sun Ra revered the big-band tradition, especially Ellington and Fletcher Henderson, while pushing it through free improvisation, electronics, unusual instruments, theatrical staging, and what sounded to many listeners like music from another century. His work was not a rejection of jazz history so much as an argument that its history already contained the future. The steel sculpture surrounding him makes that idea visible. Traditional brass players remain in the frame, but their stage has become a cosmic environment of curves, metal, shadow, and motion. Sun Ra’s raised hand sits at the center, directing both orchestra and image. By 1978 he had spent decades asking audiences to imagine Black life beyond earthly restrictions. Here the concert hall becomes his spacecraft, the Arkestra its crew, and performance itself the engine.

Square cover image for a 2024 reissue of Sun Ra and His Arkestra’s Jazz in Silhouette. A close portrait of Sun Ra fills the frame against a hot pink-red background bordered in yellow. His face is black-and-white, while oversized rounded sunglasses glow yellow-orange over his eyes. He wears a zebra-striped cap, a patterned collar, a purple metallic-looking top, and a large sun-shaped pendant at his chest. At upper left, bold yellow lettering reads “SUN RA,” with smaller text naming his Arkestra and the album title JAZZ IN SILHOUETTE beneath it. The psychedelic color treatment reflects the cosmic Sun Ra most listeners now recognize, but this is not the album’s original 1959 cover. It belongs to a modern 20th Century Masterworks reissue, released on blue vinyl in 2024. That distinction opens the deeper story of the record. Jazz in Silhouette was recorded in Chicago on March 6, 1959 and issued that May on Saturn, the independent label Sun Ra built with Alton Abraham to release music the established record business was unlikely to support.
The earliest-known sleeve was hand-screened and credited to H. P. Corbissero, a name researchers have suggested may have been Sun Ra himself. Musically, the album stands at a threshold. The Arkestra still swings with the precision of the big-band and bebop traditions Ra knew deeply, but compositions such as “Enlightenment,” “Saturn,” and the expansive “Ancient Aiethopia” already point toward stranger harmonic, rhythmic, and philosophical territory. Sun Ra was not abandoning jazz’s past. He was treating it as raw material for another future. Saturn itself was part of the experiment: records appeared in small runs, were sold at performances, re-pressed, relabeled, and sometimes given new handmade art. This modern cover therefore creates a kind of time fold. The cosmic icon looks back at one of the records where his musical universe was still taking shape, reminding us that the spaceship was being built long before most people noticed it.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love when Dave Portnoy is upset

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The actors in Kalshi phone game ads seem like the right people to implicitly trust with advice on how to increase my net worth

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As you tune in to the UEFA Nations League, that somehow Israel was allowed to participate in, just remember that most, if not all, of their national team players served in the IDF.

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NightOwl @nightowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

hey PDX makers we're having a street fair kinda thing and need vendors if you make things and sell them we're looking! city confirmed we could last week(after 2 months!) giving us a WHOLE 2 weeks to get it together 71st Glisan-Flanders will be closed safe space hit me up if interest/more info

flyer for the Gored Gourd Gala On Glisan St oct 3rd noon til 5 pm. features spooky jack o lantern with blood splatters and text boxes

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There were some very difficult omissions.

NY Times list of my fav 10 TV shows since 2000. The Wire, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones, Fargo (Season 2), Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Atlanta, Succession, Barry, Severance.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An Unnecessary Drought: Generations of Ecocide on Tatooine

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Enjoyed this article about the growing number of men adopting cats, bucking gender stereotypes. Apparently Mamdani is allergic to cats, but has been getting allergy shots because his wife wants to adopt one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...

nytimes.com

Dave Franco, Jordan Poole and Other Everyday Cat Dads Are Redefining Gender Stereotypes (Gift Article)

We’re living in the age of the “cat dad” and he’s being used to sell premium cat products and talk about healthy masculinity.

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An updated version (September 2026) has been uploaded of this zine. Changes include; Addition of "ZOG" to terms / phrases. Addition of The Order and WTC to groups. .noblogs site addresses altered to .nublogs. New email added for tips on fascist activity in PNW. Small tweaks to the introduction.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My main takeaway from today’s New England/Pittsburgh game is when the hell did Bill Burr become the Steelers punter?!

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sunday Morning Jerry: Shakedown Street edition (spoiler alert, it smokes!) #jerryme #nfa

Screenshot of music streaming app displaying album cover art for Grateful Dead Merriweather Post Pavilion 6/30/85 song selection: Shakedown Street

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Carter Lowe @whitesoxx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A member of the Braves Triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers, rescued a kitten from traffic in late August, and the team called on fans to help name the cute kitty. ChipPurr Jones was the runaway answer and the kitten (with the help of treats) threw out the first pitch

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trump perfecting the art of taking his ball and going home

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 17/09/2026

new cat just dropped!!! www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

a photo of a little tiny leopard like cat
NBC news headline: New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"We ask, what will the outcomes become when these spheres expand from a small handful of people in a chatroom to dozens of people spread across multiple groups aligning together? That is the question worth asking now, before the answer is written in blood." Great piece by @svartflagg.bsky.social

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A New Wave of Nazi Accelerationism

How a fragmented neo-Nazi movement is carrying accelerationist ideology into a new generation of networks.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The next time PPB has the interests of Portland in mind instead of themselves will be the first time

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Milan defenders consistently out of position whenever Benefica gains possession. Learning that this is a hallmark of Amorim football. Now Paramount+ having technical difficulties, maybe it’s for the best.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've been a New England fan my entire life, long before Kraft bought the team. Over time, Pats fans have become experts in compartmentalization due to varying degrees of on and off field scandals. But dammit, Bob Kraft is testing the fucking limits here with his MAGA complicity and genocide apologia

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tip of the hat to Amorim for owning his lineup mistakes and making wholesale changes at halftime. That really paid off, Pulisic and Moreira looked like they’ve been playing together for years. A tale of two halves, happy to salvage a point all things considered. #ForzaMilan ❤️🖤

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Absolutely pathetic display by AC Milan today. Sloppiest passing ever, can’t even get past midfield. Lucky it’s only 2-0. Catapult Estupinan into the sun while we’re at it. Dude is completely lost out there.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is the kind of thing Manchin and Sinema only dreamed of doing. The ultimate heel turn is now complete.

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

New press release from A/I calling it quits 💔 so much respect and solidarity.

keepitfree.ai

A/I Shuts Down Stay Human · Keep the Internet free

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Fleming should have gotten more heat for eulogizing Charlie Kirk on air than for this transgression.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Wonderful tribute to Franco Baresi by the Curva Sud at San Siro today. ❤️🖤 #ciaocapitano #forzamilan

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New by Sabot media & We Will Free Us: The U.S. government has designated Autistici/Inventati, a volunteer-run collective providing autonomous, privacy-preserving infrastructure to activists, antifascists & independent media, a terrorist organization.

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The Server Called Paranoia: Defend Autistici/Inventati Before September 25

Defend Autistici/Inventati

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And the good lord keeps taking the wrong 80 year olds…

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’m so angry, the WNBA has incredible basketball nowadays and these white people want to manufacture a controversy to distract everyone from how awesome all of these black women are.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

People will reinvent themselves to be their absolute worst versions, in a desperate attempt at relevance

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today, unironically, I asked the question “where can I contribute to Spider-Man’s bail fund?”

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petblocpdx @petblocpdx.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hey friends, we are in need of help once again!

Purple background with white and black letters. A dog smiling and saying, "Thank you!!" Text reading, "Petbloc is out of cat and dog food and cat litter. You can help by dropping off donations at the following locations: For Paws: 3340 SE Division St.
Hinterland Empire: 7112 NE Glisan St.
The Plum Baker: Woodstock (message @theplumbaker on Instagram for hours and location)

Or donate via CashApp: $petbloc"

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ACAB also applies to MAHA stooge Qaaron Rodgers

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

BIG NEWS: We got a court order today protecting federal support for homelessness services.

BREAKING NEWS: AG Rayfield wins court ruling protecting homelessness services

What happened: AG Rayfield and a multistate coalition won our case challenging the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) illegal attempt to cap funding for permanent housing projects that help families facing housing insecurity or experiencing homelessness. This is our second lawsuit win protecting Continuum of Care programs in Oregon and beyond.

“This means that Oregonians who rely on permanent supportive housing get to keep a roof over their heads. HUD tried to gut a program that has worked for decades. We’re not going to let the federal government abandon our most vulnerable neighbors.”

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Look, I realize that local electeds are in the unenviable position of their political legacies coming down to either facilitating the Blazers leaving Portland or rolling over to subsidize a billionaire with public money. Is there really any other outcome here?

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Well if there’s a lockout next season, the Red Sox are really giving us something special to hang on to here. What a game tonight, what a run they’re on to turn the season around. Sports are the best when all different types of people in your life are just as bought in as you are in times like this

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This, after gutting funding for all types of human services. Horrible look. And I fucking love basketball.

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Luka Grafera @grafera.zone · 06/08/2026

It's almost time for this year's Running Down the Walls! Come out and have a nice time while raising funds for the ABCF Warchest to support political prisoners. You can download the flyer for print here: 🔗 grafera.zone/archive/illu...

Event flyer that reads “Running Down the Walls, September 19 2026, PDX 5K. Meet under Tilikum Bridge East. $30 BBQ, $20 BBQ+5K. 11am check-in, 12pm race, 1pm BBQ.” The flyer is illustrated in a graphic style, with a pair of silhouetted crows atop a razor-wire-lined prison fence previously bent and broken in an escape, and currently being overtaken by morning glory vines and other foliage. It's backdropped by a crumbling watchtower against a vibrant orange sky. In the foreground, a wooden structure resembling the Snake River Correctional Institution sign has been marked with iron front arrows and broken into pieces.

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Got sent this pic the other day, a design of mine from around 5 years ago that’s still riding strong. That’s one high quality slap! #stickers #slaps #streetart #urbanart #publicart #portlandstreetart #landback

NPS design sticker on a pole but it says “Land Back”

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Portland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you missed last year's Defense Fund PDX street fair, this Saturday 8/8 is your chance to check it out. It's full of lively music, raffles, and vendors, and ways that you can support the hotline, the bail fund, mutual aid efforts, and community support for folks impacted by the carceral state!

Defense Fund PDX Street Fair
Music, Raffle, Vendors
family friendly!

August 8 from 1 - 5pm
Clinton St & 25th

All proceeds to the bail fund

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