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Jim Kuhn (he/him)

@jckuhn4.bsky.social
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Higher ed glam retiree, now in Pittsburgh. This is a no-AI personal account.

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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 3h
North Side roses
Sidewalk roses, blooming a block away from the Allegheny branch of the Carnegie Public Library, Pittsburgh.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hydrangea paniculata (Pittsburgh)
A square cellphone photograph of variegated flowering hydrangea, with petals of green and cream, some with pink edges.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pets, flowers, and the occasional thrift store painting. Also, transitioning to include volunteer stuff: AVP board chair afterviolenceproject.org; APHA treasurer printinghistory.org; Austin Book Arts Center secretary atxbookarts.org; SAA Diversity Committee member www2.archivists.org/groups/diver...
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Scooplet: after Texas State Representative Brian Harrison and megadonor Monty Bennett publicly complained about the University of North Texas having a large archive of primary sources related to LGBTQ history in North Texas, UNT has taken down a website about it, and Rep. Harrison is taking credit.
First Brian Harrison post Second Brian Harrison post Monty Bennett postHarrison takes credit
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fenceline dayflower, after the rain on Pittsburgh’s North Side
A square cell snap of a pale blue dayflower (some sort of Commelina), blooming in a Brighton Heights front yard.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sidewalk roses (Pittsburgh)
A square photo of a blooming rose in a Pittsburgh North Side sidewalk garden A square photo of a blooming rose in a Pittsburgh North Side sidewalk garden
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After Violence Project @afterviolence.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our Community School is here! Four courses, taught by AVP’s own staff, on what it takes to steward community archives: 🗄️ Storytelling through the Archive 💸 Exploring Earned Revenue for Community Archives 🍎 Pedagogy as Practice 💻 Risk & Protection Starts Oct 2026! 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4y9s2ws
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Clematis terniflora (Pittsburgh)
Clematis terniflora, flowering in a sidewalk garden in Pittsburgh PA.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
White & Pink Rose of Sharon
A Rose of Sharon blooming in white and pink, nestled and entangled with a sidewalk shrub, in the Manchester neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s North Side.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Thrift store painting (Pittsburgh PA)
A painting of an orange sky and sunset above a bank of hills and reflecting in a body of water in the foreground, with a sandbar or island in the middle distance. Signed something like “EReynard,” this painting was for sale at a McKnight Road Goodwill in Pittsburgh over Labor Day weekend in 2026.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Dog
A b&w shot of a smiling dog, lying on her back with her legs up in the air.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thrift store painting (Pittsburgh PA)
Available for sale in an Am-Vets Community Thrift in Pittsburgh, this painting *might* be photographed right side up; depicting a stand of palm trees with mirroring undergrowth (or a reflection?) flashing up from below in shapes and colors echoing the overhanging canopy above
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sidewalk roses
A square cellphone photo of a cluster of pale yellow roses in full bloom, along side a pair of black and withered blossoms (Pittsburgh PA).
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Clavel de muerto (Pittsburgh)
A flowering red Mexican 
sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia), in a sidewalk garden on Pittsburgh’s North Side.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thrift store paintings (Pittsburgh PA)
A thrift store painting of a lake at the base of two mountains ($19.99), looking remarkably like Echo Lake at Franconia Notch, N.H. A thrift store painting of rolling hills and fields, looking remarkably similar to scenic overlooks in central Pennsylvania along the Lincoln Highway. Price tag: $19.99.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Rev #psychobilly
The Reverend Horton Heat & band, performing in Pittsburgh (27Aug 2026).
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In a backyard: Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
A great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) among no-longer -blooming swamp lilies in a Pittsburgh backyard.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Golden shrimp plant
Golden shrimp plant (Pachystachys lutea), on a Pittsburgh sidewalk.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thrift store clown (M. Wilner, 1961).
A thrift store painting of a clown, signed “M Wilner 1961.” Price tag: $12.99 at the Ohio Blvd Red White & Blue, Pittsburgh.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Purple telephone pole Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
Purple morning glory blossoms, one fully open, one whithered and drooping, on a vine growing among wires and brown brackets, on a telephone pole in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Gabriel Solís @gdsolis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"If there’s a reason to celebrate the moment, it’s that communities are increasingly prepared and equipped to build community-controlled information and memory infrastructures outside of those that have always been co-conspirators in our erasure and destruction..."
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Potted Oleander (Houston)
A potted pink oleander blossom (Nerium oleander) on a Houston sidewalk.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jeremiah Jaymes (Houston)
Jeremiah Jaymes performing solo in Houston Texas.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Say their names: John Walton, Burl Smith, John White, Robert Powell. And Ben (Houston TX) #equaljusticeinitiative
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Woodland Twang (Pittsburgh)
A b&w snap of Woodland Teang, a PA bluegrass sting band performing at Schenley Plaza in Pittsburgh
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Mohini Dey (Pittsburgh)
A b&w panoramic shot of jazz fusion bassist Mohini Dey and her band, playing in Pittsburgh’s strip district on 5 Aug 2026.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Jennie, after dark
A black and white photograph of a jack russell terrier mix named Jennie, staring into the dark from her back porch perch. What’s out there, Jennie?
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pittsburgh Zinnia & Friend (is that a Prairie Feather? Or something else?)
A fuchsia zinnia, and a not-quite-identified spiky friend, in a Pittsburgh sidewalk garden.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Thrift store painting (E. Carson St., Pittsburgh)
A Pittsburgh thrift shop painting of a river and pine trees in snowy winter, reflecting a yellow, orange, pink and purple sunset, under a full moon and starry sky. Signed “K”.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Nora & Jennie
A black and white cellphone snapshot of two dogs slouched on a couch.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Advice
“Do not attempt solo anarchy in a surveillance state. Power in numbers” - on a Pittsburgh PA telephone pole.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Happy back porch puppy
A square b&w photo of a smiling boxer-ish mutt named Nora, sitting on a back porch while her bff Jennie, a jack russell-ish mutt, keeps watch for falling leaves while sniffing errant breezes. Good times.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Tony & Jennie
A b&w cellular snapshot of a beagle mix (Tony) and a jack russell mix (Jennie), mirror snuggling with each other on a bed.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
OK Tony, yes of course
A black and white cellphone photo of a beagle named Tony staring meaningfully  into the lens. Yes Tony, OK for sure.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Gladiolus, after dark (Pittsburgh)
A nighttime backyard photo of a gladiolus in its final blooming: with lower petals wilting while the upper orangey and cantaloupey-colored flowers remain - for the moment - unwithered.
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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Mari, like her codefendants Benjamin “Champagne Song” and Zachary Evetts, is being held in segregation. She has faced extensive violating strip searches, excessive surveillance during meetings with lawyers, and was forced to breathe in pepper spray chemicals 5 times across (1/3)
Slide has text in caption.Lt. Gross, the cop who was allegedly shot in the Prairieland Case, was sued in 2021 for stripping down an incarcerated man and holding him naked in a refrigerated suicide cell to make him talk without his lawyer present.
This coercive, violent, humiliating behavior is normalized in Johnson County. After returning from sentencing on June 23, Maricela was interviewed by mental health coordinator, LCSW Joy White who started asking intrusive questions about the defendants plans for appeal. . Maricela asked if she could call her lawyer. White responded: “You’re not going to be calling anyone. You’re going to be naked in a padded cell for 4 days”.1. Call Jail Admin, request to leave a message for Lt. Sullivan
2. Email judge boedeker

Call 8175566058
Email: judgeboedeker@johnsoncountytx.org
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Roadside Flowering Toadflax & Chicory (Newton, NJ)
Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) & chicory (Cichorium intybus), blooming roadside in Sussex County, New Jersey
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Rosemallow blossom (Pittsburgh, Penna.)
A square cellphone photo of a Hibiscus moscheutos (a.k.a. rosemallow) in a sunny North Side Pittsburgh front yard.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Couch dogs
A black and white photograph of two dogs on a couch: Jennie (the one with the perky ears) and Nora (the placid one with the skeptical, narrowed brow).
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Zoe & Other Mopheads
A black and white photograph of a standard poodle named Zoe, smiling after a walk and happy to be inside out of the heat.A baby blue hydrangea blossom.A violet hydrangea blossom.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Marsha's Brick (Outside of Boston, MA)
As seen in a Massachusetts front yard:

Marsha's Brick

Materials: Glass, wood, brick, polyester flag

Legend has it that Marsha P. Johnson, a trans activist, threw the first brick at the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, and gave birth to the Pride Movement. Much like the Ride of Paul Revere, the legend doesn't always stand up to scrutiny. What we do know is that Marsh P Johnson was an activist before, during, and after Stonewall.

A reminder that June is Pride Month.

"Pride was not born out of a need to celebrate being queer, but out of our need to exist without persecution." -unknown
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Rose of Sharon
A pair of pink hibiscus flowers, damp from overnight drizzling rain.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Porch dog shade
A black and white photograph of two dogs, staring intently at the photographer from a back porch in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Lawrence Weiner, Ever Widening Circles of Shattered Glass (1985 / 2021). Carnegie Museum of Art, 86.52. #carnegieart
Two distant figures walking up a hallway ramp at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, through an installation by Lawrence Weiner called “Ever Widening Circles of Shattered Glass.”
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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: prairielanddefendants.com/defendant…
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Sidewalk Burdock & Backyard Foxglove
A square cell snap of spiky burdock in a Pittsburgh tree lawn.A cellphone photo of a potted foxglove in full fuchsia bloom, in an Allegheny County PA back yard.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Mophead
A cellphone snapshot of a sidewalk Hydrangea, blooming in white on a Pittsburgh sidewalk.
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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Night Lily
Three backyard lily blossoms, after dark (Pittsburgh PA).
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