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John Emerson

@backspace.com

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Design, code, human rights.

John Emerson @backspace.com · 04/06/2026

“You’re probably wondering how I ended up here. It is a long and tragic tale… But I have found peace here, serving coffee and pastry to the city I have come to love.”

Aluminum coffee kiosk on a New York City sidewalk has photos of breakfast sandwiches and Snapple above lettering that reads “Scorpion King Coffee Stand.”

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John Emerson @backspace.com · 29/04/2026

I added a filter for you. Enter a search term at bsky.land to show matching images from the firehose.

A collage of cat images from the BlueSky firehose.

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John Emerson @backspace.com · 23/10/2025

How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

Close up photo of two hands each holding a cylindrical whistle. One whistle has a key-chain tag attached showing an illustrated owl that reads "Chicago Public Library"

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John Emerson @backspace.com · 28/01/2025

If you see this post, post a pic from your device without an explanation.

A kind of alter with a group of candles surrounding an old fashioned radio. Behind the radio, a in the shape of a portrait mirror is a large image of a starry night sky with billowing clouds of a nebula. Above it, a large oval with a human eye staring out.

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