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Alvis Dunn

@alvisdunn.bsky.social

#Historian and Teller of Tales Sometimes Tall. Latin America, esp. #Guatemala. North American South too. Sometimes I study why & how people move around. #Alcohol other times. #Basketball is my Soul. #migration #UNC #expatriates #DeepChatham #Storyteller

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Andy Griffith Don Knotts Gettysburg Address
YouTube video by Bart Boatwright Andy Griffith Don Knotts Gettysburg Address

Foundations. youtu.be/lAwhowRGVg8?...

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…The proprietress was smoking a cigar. The boy who acted as a waiter lounged about with a cigarette between his lips and slapped customers on the back when taking their orders." ~ Isherwood in the "communist dive" (_Berlin Stories_, "Winter 1932-3") #therealhardbackcafe

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"The cafe was full of students, dressed mostly with aggressive political untidiness--the men in sailor's sweaters and stained baggy trousers, the girls in ill-fitting jumpers, skirts held visibly together with safety pins and carelessly knotted gaudy gipsy scarves….1/2

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Republican Kidnappers
YouTube video by Progress Action Fund Republican Kidnappers

Going after β€˜Homegrowners.’ Pass it along. youtu.be/j7SOc_8IhSY?...

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Green Room 42. β€œVincent” Reprise. With Delilah Dunn Performing!

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#CarlSandburg

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Gabbard is spewing MAGA malarkey in an old trumpist pattern - Dont Fall For It.

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β€œPunk wasn’t about starting a band to sell clothes.” ~ Steve Jones

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I saw a Coal Black Squirrel while walking the dogs this morning. And these other things too. #ThingsISeeWalkingTheDogs in #riversideparknyc

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WOE in #WestHarlem

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How Trump is Cashing In on the Presidency | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart How Trump is Cashing In on the Presidency | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Damn Good Listen About Bad Things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQcW...

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RICH PEOPLE by CARSIE BLANTON - Official Live Video
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton RICH PEOPLE by CARSIE BLANTON - Official Live Video

Song. youtu.be/pD_eZg70Ms0?...

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In The Heights…May 14, 2025. #WashingtonHeights on #Broadway

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Who remembers the Red Rose/White Rose Mother’s Day Practice? Was it widespread? Regional? Generational? Does it still go on? Is it news to you?

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May 9, 1970. In #NorthCarolina

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On May5, 1862 a small, ill-equipped,inexperienced Mexican army defeated well-armed,powerful French invaders in Puebla. Mexican conservatives had backed the foreigners in hopes of ousting the liberal gov't of Benito Juarez. Cons colluding with foreigners betraying their nation-sound familiar?

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Si Kahn - Aragon Mill
YouTube video by SocialJusticeNOW Si Kahn - Aragon Mill

Happy 81st Si Kahn. And Thanks. youtu.be/NNVZQ3M6t84?...

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Zooming In On Newspapers, Magazines, and Time. 1 of 8

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J.D. Lewis: A broadcast pioneer WRAL pays tribute to the Marine Corps veteran who became host of 'Teenage Frolics' -- the first locally produced program in the country hosted by an African-American.

J.D. Lewis and "Teenage Frolics." www.wral.com/video/wral-t...

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