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

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

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...

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

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

What I'm here for.

This is fine.

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

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

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...

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

Okay, it was me, but five dollars is five dollars. #bideneconomy #ncmountainstatefair

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/?)

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/?)

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/?)

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/?)

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/?)

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/...

Photos from yesterday's protest are up on Substack! #asheville #nokings

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.

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

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

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

Drone overhead. #asheville #nokings

Re: #avltraffic, roads are flowing fine now except for Patton > Spruce st, which is blocked by protesters. And brick guy. But at this point I think he's too attached to it to throw it. #asheville #nokings

Looks like we're settling in. APD presence never really materialized after the bridge. No cops here now. One guy with a brick is menacing traffic but only seems to have one and he's hanging on to it. Wise man. #asheville

Passersby overwhelmingly supportive. Trump truck stopped for a sec, then moved on. Crazy guy from the Jesus crew accosted one of the protesters, followed a lady down the street. Buncha bros intervened. All well now. #asheville #nokings

As an aside, I can't believe this town actually broke the rules. This is really gonna cut into the crystal sales. #asheville #nokings

There is a lone MAGA hat wearing counter protesters in the middle of the crowd stirring the pot. Otherwise scene is angry but non-confrontational. #asheville #nokings 1845 est

1842 est. #asheville #nokings Traffic flowing now. Protesters gave ground, are mostly on the sidewalks.

1832est. #asheville #nokings

1830est. Pack Square locked down. #asheville #nokings

Proceeding to broadway

1817 est. Crowd on the move down Hiwasee. #asheville #nokings

1805 est. #asheville #nokings. Flint st bridge.

1803pm. APD on scene. #asheville #nokings

1759 est. Flint St Bridge is blocked. #ashevile #nokings #ashevillenc

1754 est. #asheville #nokings

Shit just got real. We're in the street. #asheville #nokings

It is HOT out here, y'all. I feel bad for the all-black gas mask types. Stay hydrated, weirdos! #asheville #nokings

... this crowd is much younger, much browned, much louder. Actually getting a chance to voice their feelings, as opposed to listening to local pols yak. Feels like a real protest and not a program. No counter protesters except for the usual "God hates f*gs, Blesses Trump" car. No police. #nokings

1744 est. Stepping away to make updates. Crowd is well into "hundreds" but probably not a thousand. It's tight in Prtichard Park. Things are mostly respectful between the protesters and the Jesus folks. I wasn't here earlier today but did cover previous protests ... #nokings #asheville

Juxtaposition is pretty surreal, y'all. #asheville #nokings #ashevillenc