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Dark Galloway @darkgalloway.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Mist and twisted trees at the edge of the woods. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Black and white photo of bare, twisted trees, with mist beyond.

maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

. . . Moffitt or Moffitt-adjacent GOP ghoul wins, but their baggage leaks too, cause there's plenty. Cawthorn and now Edwards down for sex impropriety is starting to feel like a Defense Against the Dark Arts curse on the seat. Is Ager Lupin, or do we skip to Umbridge? #asheville #nc11

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

NCGOP will prob tap a snake like Moffitt (but fingers x'd for Chad Nesbitt!) and he may win, but Ager as rep would give a lot of rednecks (no shade) a break in their Stockholm syndrome. Opportunity for durable change here. Worst case . . . (2/?)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

After years of refusing to post about party politics, I just want to say that the black swan event of #NC11 turning as blue as Grandpa Smurf's denture solution is going to foster a bubbly brand of schadenfreude glee all across the craft-brewery'd plain. But long term, Ager's got to win the peace.1/2

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Accountability Desert" is a phrase we've needed for a long time. Also, I've got boots on the ground in Rocky Mt, NC and it was the first place I thought of when I saw this.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In which I take on the "proof of life" photo and look way too closely at Mitch McConnell's face. youtu.be/V5-FkayZImk

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Professional Photographer debunks Mitch McConnell's PROOF OF LIFE

YouTube video by Gribley

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just two dudes embracing their golden years together over jello and creamed corn while the ladies play bingo in the activities hall.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

seen on reddit: "I often wonder how different the world would be if he just lived openly as a gay man. Then he wouldn't have been so easily blackmailed and betrayed the country by allying himself with Trump. This is why PRIDE is important." #lindseygraham

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Dark Galloway @darkgalloway.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Inside the cliff top ruins of Dunskey Castle, said to be haunted by a ghostly piper and a servant girl, plus home to a brownie known as The Hairy Man. #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland

Atmospheric black and white photo of the interior showing the crumbling walls of a ruined castle.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Sometimes, if you scroll far enough, you find something that sums it all up.

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

HAHAHA Bruce Springsteen WAS NOT HAVING IT with Chris Christie. SNUBBED!

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Excerpt from my interview with large format photographer Kate Miller-Wilson! Link to full vid: youtu.be/U1qgjkfq7rQ?... #photography #analog #filmphotography #largeformat #analogphotography

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Kyle Ian @kyleian.cool · 24/10/2025

Imagine you get unalived and a youtuber is telling the story about it and in the middle they do an ad for Hello Fresh

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Me when Google or Meta gives me an AI summary of something I never asked for.

Carol dumping bottled water given to her by a zombie in Pluribus.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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...

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

16 track album

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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A Hard Anniversary: SONGS FROM HIGHER GROUND

YouTube video by Gribley

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Julia Ritchey @juliaritchey.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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 · 01/10/2025

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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Kerri @hughdidthisagain.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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 · 10/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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/?)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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 · 08/09/2025

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/?)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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/?)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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/?)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

My video from Saturday evening's #nokings protest in #Asheville. Sharing reddit photos cause BlueSky won't host a 2min video . . . www.reddit.com/r/asheville/...

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Video from Saturday evening's NO KINGS protest (2min)

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

After rain the crowd has dwindled to about 150 ppl. I'm going to sign off. It's been fun, y'all! Somebody lemme know if anything pops off later . . . Otherwise, stay tuned for photos! #asheville #nokings 20:19 est.

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

20:03 est. Raining now. I ducked into Farm Burger. I see some folks leaving with their signs. When I walked away, Brick Guy was talking into his brick like it was a phone. So at least we have that. #asheville #nokings

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johnnybonghit.bsky.social @johnnybonghit.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

To stand in the middle was trippy, to say the least. Shout out to the Jesus flag chick who seemed to have no problem waving her flag with some weirdo standing nearby, though I can't say the same for the rest of the Jesus people

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maxcooperavl.bsky.social @maxcooperavl.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

20:00 est. Status quo. I'm stepping away for a bit. #asheville #nokings

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