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"Meanwhile, what we need to demand from universities far and wide is clear: Cease to be a place where sexual assault is often subject to less punishment than protesting and plagiarism. Cease to be a place where the consequences for sexual-assault victims are often greater than for the perpetrators."

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 04/09/2026

Came back from a social media break because I had stuff to promote: the "Witness" anthology, a creative writing career resources e-book, an anti-AI zine, etc. But the point of the break was to write, and there's more to do. So off I go again. Find that other stuff, though, at guante.info/latest

a college of images: (1) A photo of KTM holding up a printed-out PDF of “a few resources for creative writers on how to get our work seen and heard” (2) A photo of KTM performing at a lectern at the New City Center in Minneapolis in front of a big crowd. He is reading from “Witness: Poems to Address the Past, Present, and Future of Policing.” (3) A zine, “Less A, More I: quote and recommended readings on the importance of thinking critically about AI”

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 04/09/2026

For Bandcamp Friday: a throwback to this lyric video sharing four favorite moments from our “All Dressed Up, No Funeral” climate crisis concept album. Animated by Medium Zach. Find the full album (and more) here: guante.bandcamp.com

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Guante & Big Cats: All Dressed Up, No Funeral (medley)

YouTube video by KTM aka GUANTE

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 30/08/2026

Launch event this Tuesday (9/1) at the New City Center in Minneapolis (3104 16th ave s) at 7pm. Featuring me, Danez Smith, Carolyn Holbrook, Ollie Schminkey, Alice Paige, Halee Kirkwood, and the editors.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 26/08/2026

“So many who have earned blood spill only paint. So many who have earned fire seek only respect. So many who have earned cutting the throat of the world want only to see their children grow up happy.“

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To the Informants in the Audience Tonight (Video + Text)

video and text of kyle "guante" tran myhre's poem, "to the informants in the audience tonight."

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 24/08/2026

"If you can't throw a punch, you can learn how to spit" from this new Olivia Rodrigo song; I know the title is a reference to the Handmaid's Tale, but my first thought was actually Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time because of the quote in next post:

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Olivia Rodrigo - serena joy (Audio)

YouTube video by OliviaRodrigoVEVO

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 22/08/2026

Wrote a bit more about the upcoming release of “Witness: Poems to Address the Past, Present, and Future of Policing” here: guante.info/witness Whether you like poetry or not, whether you’re an abolitionist or not, this anthology is full of doors to step through.

a photo of KTM holding up a copy of "witness: poems to address the past, present, an future of policing."

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Anne Kosseff-Jones @annekosseffjones.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As @naomikritzer.bsky.social has said, there is still a huge need for mutual aid here in the TC&so many of us are working on it (& patrolling, school safety, etc.). I'm raising Sept. rent for a single mom who can't get work authorization and can't leave her three kids. @Anne-Kosseff-Jones on Venmo.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 21/08/2026

Thanks to all who caught SECRET RIVERS (me and @seemore.bsky.social) at Uptown Porchfest. A couple photos here by Jeremy Nelson. And a pitch: as we continue to work on this debut full-length, we're available for concerts, fundraisers, parties, conferences, seances, and beyond: secretrivers.info

two photos of Secret Rivers performing at uptown porchfest (KTM on the microphone, See More Perspective on an MPC/loop pedal behind him). KTM's shirt says "borders are imaginary; people are real"

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 19/08/2026

A lot of good stuff in here (including me)

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 19/08/2026

Beyond excited to help launch "Witness: Poems to Address the Past, Present, and Future of Policing" into the world. Sep 1 at New City Center (3104 16th Ave S, MPLS), 7pm. Event will feature Danez Smith, Carolyn Holbrook, @ollieschminkey.bsky.social, Halee Kirkwood, @alicepaige.bsky.social and me.

a promotional image for the launch of the "Witness" anthology - 9/01/26 at 7pm at New City Center, Minneapolis. Image features artistic representation of a collage of Black and Brown faces, by Damon Davis

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Davi Gray (she/they) @davigray.com · 18/08/2026

Incredible resource for writers (especially those not on an academic track)

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/08/2026

I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but I just made a GoFundMe for David's mom and brother. Thomas has been battling colon cancer, and today we found out it has spread to his bones. My MIL, Irma, has been caring for him. And then she found out she has kidney cancer and needs her kidney removed.

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Donate to Two Cancer Diagnoses: Help the Rangel Family Survive, organized by Ashley Fairbanks

For almost two years, my brother-in-law, Thomas Rangel, has been… Ashley Fairbanks needs your support for Two Cancer Diagnoses: Help the Rangel Family Survive

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 19/08/2026

New zine: pulling together quotes and recommended readings on the importance of thinking critically about AI, especially for people newer to this conversation. This link shares all the quotes/sources, plus a downloadable PDF for anyone who wants to print/share their own copies: guante.info/aizine

A photo of the cover of a zine: "Less A, More I: A zine on the importance of thinking critically about AI" available at guante.info/aizine

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 18/08/2026

The $5/month I pay for @racketmn.com is worth it for reasons both political (support indie media!) and practical (the content is really, really good!). A personal angle too - I've written three pieces for them (will share below) that probably wouldn't have found homes in any other local media:

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 18/08/2026

A few of the sections in this free e-book: • Community as the Goal, *not* Just a Stepping Stone to the Goal • Notes, Tools, and Templates Related to Self-Publishing • Social Media And Self-Promotion Basics • A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your Bio • If I Were Starting from Scratch in 2026…

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For subscribers: a new, 33-page e-book sharing career resources for creative writers

A new e-book sharing resources, links, and food-for-thought for aspiring creative writers.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/08/2026

some reporting process notes in my newsletter this week:

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Chris Stedman @chrisdstedman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Grateful for our amazing storytellers like @jchavezmpls.bsky.social at today’s @goodjudypods.bsky.social We Help Us event! Learn more about how to share your story of LGBTQIA mutual aid in Minnesota for our project at wehelpusmn.com

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 15/08/2026

If any Twin Cities friends are going to be at Uptown Porchfest Saturday, we're on 3-4pm at 2606 Aldrich Ave S. We wear masks when we rehearse so that when we play live, it's like... that dragonball thing where he does pushups in extreme gravity (I never really watched the show but remember that).

a photo of SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE and KTM/Guante rehearsing in a studio with microphones and an MPC + mixer. Both are wearing facemasks.

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Building Movement Project @buildingmovement.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

With this Solidarity Syllabus, we invite you to begin or deepen learning about the life and work of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black trans activist who fought for over fifty years for her trans/gender nonconforming community: www.solidarityis.org/syllabus/hon...

A collage graphic for a Solidarity Syllabus from the Building Movement Project honoring Miss Major. She is wearing a brightly patterned and colorful long satin jacket and her hand is raised as if to wave. The background is a photo of pink wildflowers against a sunny blue sky.

A graphic for the Solidarity Syllabus honoring Miss Major. A photo from her IG is included, showing her wearing a one-shoulder maxi dress in a dark blue, flowy fabric with a deep red train. She is wearing a chunky beaded necklace and is seated in a glamorous pose on a chair against a bright green set. There is a quote from Miss Major that reads: “I know the world I would like to live in. It’s in my head, but I try my best to live it now” from a June 2023 Guardian article titled ‘Get off our backs and let us live’: Miss Major is still fighting for trans rights after 50 years of resistance

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 13/08/2026

I won the BuckSlam poetry slam last night at Indeed; I definitely wasn't the "best" poet but I don't feel too bad about winning because the prize is only a dollar. Here's my running list of Twin Cities poetry events for anyone looking to dive in: guante.info/twin-cities-spoken-word-event-finder

a photo of KTM/Guante wearing a black mask and black bucket hat accepting the one dollar grand prize from the smiling host of BuckSlam at Indeed Brewing in Minneapolis

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A very good interview with a brave organizer who needs everybody’s support. I especially like the parts at the end about how people in other places should think about Minneapolis’s lessons.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 12/08/2026

For years, I had this gdoc that I'd share with other creative writers - just a big bank of resources related to publishing, promotion, getting gigs, writing a bio, making money, etc. I decided to turn it into a 33-page e-book and make it publicly available; get it via my (free) newsletter:

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For subscribers: a new, 33-page e-book sharing career resources for creative writers

A new e-book sharing resources, links, and food-for-thought for aspiring creative writers.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/08/2026

my buds and i are linking up to do a training series for Minnesotans that want to help change the narrative this election season by creating short video. a lot of us resist creating video content, but the algorithm thirsts for it and our opponents have a lot of ad money we need to compete with.

LEARN VIDEO STORYTELLING FOR JUSTICE
free virtual trainings
Learn how to plan, edit, & share powerful stories through short videos recorded on your phone.
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Christin With Minneapolis @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

✅ Senate: @peggyflanagan.bsky.social ✅ Congress: @ilhanmn.bsky.social ✅ Attorney General: @keithellison.bsky.social ✅ Hennepin County Attorney: @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social ✅ MPS School Board At Large: Collin Beachy & I! Polls are open until 8:00 PM. Let’s go!

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 10/08/2026

Twin Cities friends: catch me and @seemore.bsky.social as SECRET RIVERS playing a full set at Uptown Porchfest this Saturday (8/15). We're on 3-4pm at 2606 Aldrich Ave. S. Here's our lore so far: secretrivers.info

A promo graphic for Uptown Porchfest - August 15, 2026. Featuring Secret Rivers (Hip Hop + Spoken Word) - 2606 Aldrich Ave S - 3-4pm. + a b&w photo of KTM and SMP as Secret Rivers.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 07/08/2026

I'm still on a social media break, working on some projects, but popping in for a second for the semi-regular celebration of @bandcamp.com friday, the best day to support underground + independent artists. Yet another response (among many!) to "where's all the protest music?" at guante.bandcamp.com

a photo of KTM performing in front of a crowd with their hands up, plus four album coves: spring is coming, all dressed up no funeral, matches (olson remix) and war balloons.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 30/06/2026

Trying to take a social media break in order to wrap up a couple big projects, so may not be here much for a while. A mid-year recap, in case you missed it: zines/writing, performances, resources etc. on the role(s) of artists and culture workers during this authoritarian crisis: guante.info/try

a collage of images: (1) a masked KTM at the midwest democracy & power summit, (2) a promo image for a "poetry against ICE" panel discussion, (3) a bundle of zines titled "for artists, writers, and other creative troublemakers," (4) a photo of KTM performing, wearing a "free them all" shirt, (5) a screenshot of an article at Convergence Magazine: "how artists can help get ICE out of Minneapolis and everwhere," (6) a photo of Secret Rivers performing at No Kings 3

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 30/07/2026

Tonight in MPLS: I'll be at "Resistance Remains" at Bethel Lutheran: craft fair and singalong benefiting the Bethel and Columbia Heights Community Funds: www.bethel-mpls.org/resistancere... I'll have books + art bundles: 100% of proceeds from my table goes to the fundraiser (free zines too). 6-9pm.

"resistance remains: community sing & craft fair at bethel lutheran church" + the image of a loon, wings spread, rising from the water.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 09/07/2026

I'm supposed to be on a social media break but just want to pop in to say that @davigray.com is a visionary, her new show feels like a portal into a fuller and more life-affirming future, and there are still six more dates to catch it: ThisBodyThisFruit.com

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Davi Gray (she/they) @davigray.com · 28/06/2026

Circled People's Pride at Powderhorn Park & handed out & dropped off flyers. 500+ distributed so far (over the last couple weeks, not just today 😅) ThisBodyThisFruit.com

Flyer for This Body, This Fruit, a play by Davi Gray

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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 27/06/2026

Support the Prairieland Defendants!

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 27/06/2026

Can't believe it's the ten-year anniversary of this album: guante.bandcamp.com/album/post-post-race And more on this quote itself: guante.info/2020/11/22/nottheshark Even in this era of sharks, worth remembering: we need structural change, not just nicer rhetoric:

A letterpress design of the quote “white supremacy is not a shark; it’s the water” by Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre; design by Fontlove Studio.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 26/06/2026

"When will you be called a domestic terrorist, too? When they killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, they went on TV and they called them domestic terrorists, the same day, within the hour. When will that happen to you?"

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Statement by Benjamin "Champagne" Song - Support the Prairieland Defendants

I don’t hate. I don’t hate anyone. I don’t hate cops. I don’t hate Trump. I don’t hate Nazis. My beliefs are composed thus:

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Matt Keliher @mattkeliher.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Find this sort of rhetoric abhorrent and repulsive to the ideals we share as a state? Doug Chapin is a great candidate running to unseat this bootlicking racist. Volunteer or donate here: cd6dfl.com/candidate

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Candidates | Join the Campaign—Make a Difference — CD6 DFL

Learn about the candidates seeking DFL endorsement in Minnesota's CD6 for 2026, including their backgrounds and campaign info. Support the movement to send Rep. Emmer home.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 25/06/2026

Last call: workshop is at 7pm ct tonight. Sign up before 3pm ct to get the link to attend. Narrative-shifting is something we can contribute to even when the actual policy changes we want feel far off. Narrative is never "enough," but policy and narrative are always in conversation with each other.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/06/2026

Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”. from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”

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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Trump wants to make an example out of the Prairieland defendants, so we need to make an example out of them in the opposite way. We need to hold them close and not let the state claim they are the "bad protestors" who fought against fascism "inappropriately."

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Good Judy Productions @goodjudypods.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New this year: for those who can’t or don’t wish to call our story hotline or attend one of our events, you can now submit a written version of your story of queer and trans mutual aid in Minnesota at wehelpusmn.com

WE HELP US

NEW IN
2026

Submit a written version of your story of LGBTQIA mutual aid!

Unable to call the line or come see us at one of our events? Just submit your story (300 words or less please) at:
www.wehelpusmn.com
and a local LGBTQIA voice actor will read it for inclusion in
our audio archive.

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🍂 Shel-leaf 🍁 Ca-pumpkin 🎃🚫🧊 [Seasonal Edition] @virtuistic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

So delighted and thankful to be featured. 💖 I'm currently working on: - beading - a few essays/newsletters: virtuistic.beehiiv.com/ - a novel (trilogy probs 😭) - some poems inspired by @guante.info's awesome async course : guante.info/anthemic/ - and watercolor pencil and powder paint experiments

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Jamie Schwesnedl @schwesbomb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Community Dinner! Food by El Taco Torro food truck, Rollin Nolen's BBQ truck, Lil Dipper Ice Cream truck. Money paid to Lil Dipper will go to support an immigrant family being forced to leave the country. Donations to cover costs can be made here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 20/06/2026

My most recent newsletter: video of our performance at No Kings 3, info on my upcoming virtual writing workshop, a deep dive into the poetry of the new Olivia Rodrigo album, fundraiser link for the 15 MN organizers currently being persecuted, and more:

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Bruce Springsteen, Olivia Rodrigo, and The Future

Video of our performance at No Kings 3, an upcoming virtual workshop offering, and more.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#Juneteenth reminds us that emancipation did not arrive because the founders carved an ever-widening path toward freedom & justice for all. It came because enslaved people resisted, abolitionists organized, & mass struggle forced a break from status quo. Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/junetee...

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Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

Juneteenth — June 19th, also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of people seizing their freedom from slavery in the United States. Yet, if the right wing has its way, it will be ...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 19/06/2026

I wrote about the astounding indictment of 15 people in Minnesota now charged with an alleged criminal conspiracy against ICE, and what federal prosecutors’ wild “who posted what on Signal when,” “who said what on the ‘Anarchist Speaking Tour’” claims are meant to do:

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Trump’s DOJ Is Trying So Hard to Scare People Away From Protesting ICE

Federal prosecutors just leveled sweeping charges against 15 Minnesotans for allegedly conspiring to stop ICE. The charges may not succeed, but a conviction isn’t what the feds are really after.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 18/06/2026

Thanks @racketmn.com for sharing our song “worthy of the stone” alongside some other good ones. There are 3 different versions of the song (including a whole different mix we performed at No Kings 3 in March); the video in the article is the one we did over the club beat from Andor:

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Where Are All the Protest Songs? On Our Latest Best New Music Playlists. - Racket

5 great new local songs, 5 great new songs from everywhere else, and fuckin' Drake.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 17/06/2026

I've been a performer for almost 20 years, but I've never had a very robust rider. Basically just "I'll bring my own water bottle, thanks." But I've had to add a bit to address AI. Do not generate promo images with AI. Do not intro me using a bio you got via chatGPT. I can just give you that stuff!

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