A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Because of Breaking Bad I would have pictured Giancarlo Esposito a Spurs fan but he's rooting for the Knicks. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Wendy is talented and all, but each of his three point attempts is a win for the Knicks. 100
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If you're a sucker for waterfalls in slow motion, I give you the Rhine Falls. 030
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026If you wonder why the administration is fighting the Presidential Records Act, they want to sell the country out and leave no receipt. 041
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Have we switched to "if I can't have the Strait, no one will" as our foreign policy? Does anyone wonder how our diplomatic brain trust came up with that idea? 130
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 31/03/2026One Memphis No Kings attendee was dressed like it was 1776. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Today I saw a lady on a motorized cooler pulling a child on a smaller cooler. #memphis 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This is a long essay on the war, you will probably learn something or be introduced to some angle you didn't know before. acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...acoup.blogMiscellanea: The War in IranThis post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec… 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 04/03/2026RFK Jr going after sugary drinks shows a strong commitment to this administration's "all stick, no carrot" approach. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Stay safe everyone, if you're wondering whether these Iranian strikes will be pointless or effective, the military leaders have been feuding with Scouting America and Anthropic during the lead-up. 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Are you really boycotting "Melania" if your local theater isn't showing it? I assume Amazon is paying theaters to show it, theaters usually have a sense for what people want to watch. 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The good and bad news is the husky puppy loves the snow. How's it bad? It's 15F and I'm outside when she's outside. 130
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Is the administration's stance "we're going to kill as many of you as it takes to protect you from immigrants"? 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Maduro has been built by the right wing into an all-purpose capital-E Enemy, so capturing vs assassinating was probably decided to keep him in the news. 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I liked the original Wicked book, and thought "what if Dorothy was salty about it," so I recorded a bunch of songs about it in 2008, now on all your favorite streaming services. We saw the second movie, and enjoyed it. open.spotify.com/album/5qW7ly...open.spotify.comDorothy Sings 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 26/11/2025The Dutch economy is a hair larger than Saudia Arabia's. Nobody talks about "Dutch money" because it isn't under the control of a few royals. Even though there are fewer Dutch people than Saudis, getting their money isn't a one stop shopping trip. 040
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 09/11/2025If you want to borrow $350k at 6.2%, a 30yr loan is $2,143 /mo, and you'll pay $421k in interest over the 30 years. A 50yr loan is $1,894/mo, and you'll pay $786k. So $250/mo less, and $365k more interest, which is more than the mortgage. Yes, 50yr mortgages would be a scam. 031
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Took my car through the car wash, got so clean I couldn't find it later in the parking lot. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 03/11/2025I paused my 5k (was walking it anyway) to get a picture of this egret in #memphis 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 23/10/2025#memphis #grizzlies won their opening game. Every game I see, my attitute towards the visiting team evolves from "good effort, young man" in the 1st qtr to "you suuuuck" in the 4th qtr. 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 18/10/2025#memphis had a bigger crowd today than in June. Missed the brass band, but there were a few musicians, including a lady with a guitar and the song lyrics on her hat: "Left wing right wing chicken wing no king" 061
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 21/09/2025If Homan gets fired, it's for playing small ball, you gotta be big-time corrupt to be one of the players in this administration. 030
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 14/09/2025So strange in Europe to hear two people speaking heavily accented English to each other, but it has happened a few times this trip. You have to speak in what you have in common! 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Pictures cannot do Royal Alcazar justice, if you're in Seville, I encourage you to go. Here's a portion of a door. 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Congratulations to Don C, the new King of Memphis Jookin. #memphis 031
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Had a long talk at the Memphis Farmer's Market with our favorite Mississippi farmer about how he saves melon seeds, hybridizes, how flavor changes as they sit in the field, watermelon's historic roots next to the Dead Sea, and his tastiest variety which was prone to cracking, so he quit growing it. 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 23/08/2025I haven't seen anything explaining what law allows the 10% "gift" of Intel. Or, do we just do what Trump says on social media now? Remember, Congress passed a law allowing the government to save the car companies. 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Turns out "not life-threatenly hot" is still pretty hot. #memphis 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 29/07/20257am, 84 degrees with 80% humidity... good morning #memphis! 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Went to Memphis's long-running disco for the first time. It's dumb, it's fun, bring earplugs and play the drum kit on the dance floor. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Product manufacturers outside the US will pay a 10% tariff, US manufacturers of products using imported copper will pay a 50% tariff... genius! 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I have a cousin-in-law who is quite a character and hoo boy was she on fire tonight. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I made a couple of cardinals out of stained wood. 040
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 14/06/2025#memphis Wouldn't be Memphis without live music #nokings 0153
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 03/06/2025While education spending is in the news, remember you don't save money by cutting spending, you are investing less, cutting our investment in our children. 030
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I guess not everyone is on board with World Cup 2025 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I walked through Brooklyn Heights on Friday, didn't know at the time the masted ship was the Cuauhtemoc. 000
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I can only hear Hegseth's "less generals, more GI's" slogan in the same tone as "less parents, more parties". 021
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 04/05/2025@flavorflav.bsky.social and Public Enemy was excellent I Memphis tonight, awesome show! 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I wasn't meaning to, but I solved the question of which came first 020
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Trump's 200 trade deals is both nuttier and less nutty than it sounds. It sounds like he thinks he's setting the terms of the deal, "like a department store," and the rest of the world will abide by them. So yeah, there are 200 deals that are sitting unsigned on the table!?! 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Rare earth minerals did a great job naming themselves "rare earth" and not "you'll eventually figure out where we are" minerals. 010
A.Cooper @shockingsounds.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I didn't realize Memphis has a pizza schism, Little Italy out east is now "The Original Little Italy". The one I can walk to is excellent, this one is pretty good too. 010
