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I’m raising funds to publish my debut novella Ink and Ether. If you’d like to help bring it into the world, you can contribute directly here: ko-fi.com/befuturefocu....
Hot take: What might actually save America from dictatorship isn’t the Constitution. It’s that Americans are loud, obnoxious jerks with guns—and authoritarians can’t control noise that refuses to shut up.
Empiric Rot: Notes on a Dying Order @all_poetry allpoetry.com/18592330
Ask your lawmakers to support the Populist Plank with me! nwmd.social/s/twitter/4A...
Capitalist tolerance for democratic participation ends when working-class movements threaten to abolish private property.
She was erased from history. This book writes her back in. Support “Ink and Ether” before Aug 30 to be named in the acknowledgments: ko-fi.com/befuturefocused
I updated my vineyard story: Uncorking Rebellion: In Vino Veritas www.wattpad.com/story/399205...
Big weekend for The 75! We launched the first 3 episodes of The 75 Podcast www.youtube.com/@The75Podcast Connected with voters at the Money Out of Politics Rally in DC And Mike gave an impassioned speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial! (video of speech coming soon)
Wanna hear my voice? Check out The 75 Podcast!
Americans haven’t read Lysistrata, and it shows.
The healthiest relationship Donald Trump has ever had appears to have been with Jeffrey Epstein.
What if this isn’t how the world has to be?
The center isn’t a buffer—it’s the broker. It’s the polished lobby where extremism gets its makeover, where pundits iron the wrinkles out of tyranny, where fascism gets fitted for a suit and called bipartisan.
Theocrats baptize control. Technocrats code it clean. Obedience gets called peace—so long as you’re not the one erased. The empire never ended. It just got WiFi.
Every society contains both intercession and indifference, hospitality and harm. What endures is the vigilance to choose rightly, even in the face of annihilation.
Survival and transformation require forward movement. Clinging to a decaying past—whether political, cultural, or personal—can render one inert in the face of new realities.
Societies that consistently dehumanize will ultimately self-destruct—not by divine fiat, but as a natural entropy of injustice.
Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is license. The moral agent must stand between destruction and compassion, even when the odds of success are vanishingly small.
When power becomes detached from justice, and the collective turns toward coercion and cruelty, collapse is inevitable. Violence against the weak signals the moral death of a society.
A society’s worth is measured by how it treats the vulnerable—especially outsiders. Civilizations rise or fall on their capacity for empathetic inclusion.
Stop optimizing for someone else’s version of success.
ETHICS: IF YOU’RE MAKING STOCK TRADES IN CONGRESS, YOU’RE NOT A PUBLIC SERVANT—YOU’RE A FERAL MARKET GREMLIN. Ban it. All of it. PACs, trading, loopholes. Legislate for people who clip coupons, not portfolios.
How to Read the Protocol: A field guide for the system-weary, the quietly radical, and the ones who never fit the blueprint. This isn’t a manifesto. It’s a method of refusal. 🧵 Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef... #PatchworkProtocol #systemschange #bricoleurs #resistancetheory
They cry persecution, but sit on power. This isn’t about Jesus. It’s about keeping the throne. Faith isn’t under attack—unchecked power is. Let’s name it plainly.
📘 "Ink and Ether" Is Ready! I’ve written a novella about ghostwriting, erasure, and complicity. Now I need your help to bring it to life. 🎁 Everyone who donates will be named in the book. $15+ gets you my digital poetry & story collection. 👉 bfuturefocused.substack.com/p/ink-and-ether-is-ready
My novella Ink and Ether is ready—a thriller about ghostwriting, erasure, and complicity. I’m raising $500 to bring it to print. 🎁 Donate + get named in the book: 👉 bfuturefocused.substack.com/p/ink-and-ether-is-ready #IndieAuthors #BookLaunch
When Strength Is Just Fear in Uniform We don’t just have a Trump problem. We have a system that keeps building men like him. open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...
One idea no one’s thought of yet for solving mass burnout is a national “sabbatical year” model—where every seventh year, sectors rotate out non-essential work and the government guarantees paid leave for rest, retraining, and reconnection.
If I could change one thing about the way people tell stories today, it would be to embrace contradiction instead of flattening complexity for easy answers.
We won’t let another war be waged behind our backs. Congress must vote NO on war with Iran. If they don’t? We won’t support them—Democrat or Republican. We’ll organize. We’ll mobilize. And we’ll vote them out. 🌐 www.unitedagainstwar.com
Most systems don’t fail because of bad strategy. They fail because they’re executing a different one than they say. Let’s talk about the Strategy-Reality Gap—and what happens when you finally see it. open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...
Most can recite a vision. Few can explain their strategy. America claims “liberty and justice for all,” but its actions tell another story. The gap between words and reality isn’t just hypocrisy—it’s where systems fail. Let’s diagnose that gap and make it undeniable.
The Myth of My Compliance: What It Really Means to Be ‘Well-Behaved’ in a Coercive Culture open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...
America didn’t fall into oligarchy. It polished it, normalized it, and sold it as democracy. We’re not witnessing a decline—we’re watching the mask slip.
Billionaires really be saving for Hell like it’s a startup with exponential ROI. “I just think eternal fire is undervalued in this market.”
Everything Jesus taught yet MAGA and Christian Nationalists would disagree.
Racist bros may carry flaming tiki torches to intimidate and marginalize. But New Orleans carries tiki bubble torches to bring joy and fight entitled rich dudes
Scrutiny by Emeselle Bowmyn allpoetry.com/18427607
If it can’t face scrutiny, it wasn’t valid to begin with. —And if it demands silence, it knows it wouldn’t survive the noise.
If your ideas can’t be challenged, they’re not principles—they’re propaganda.
Authority that fears inquiry reveals its own illegitimacy.
What can’t withstand questioning was never truth, only dogma.
If it can’t face scrutiny, it wasn’t valid to begin with.
If it holds up under scrutiny, then—and only then—can we call it truly valid. 👉 Flips the order to center scrutiny as the proving ground.
Thank You. Now Leave. by Emeselle Bowmyn @all_poetry allpoetry.com/18422362
“The human mind has a remarkable capacity to rationalize and justify and ignore and to create gerrymandered reality to fit our assumptions about it.” Matthew Taylor
It’s tempting to frame all public anger as dangerous—but we need more nuance. Rather than fear anger, we should ask: What is the anger demanding? Who does it serve? What future does it build?
Not all rage is equal. Look at what it builds—or destroys.
No one can out-spreadsheet structural violence.
55 years ago today, 4 students at Kent State University were killed for protesting the Vietnam war. Allison Krause, 19 Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20 Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20 William Knox Schroeder, 19 We must stand against war, militarism, and government attacks on protest.
It’s such a sad reality.
I’ve lost so much respect for left-wing commentators who call others “MAGAts.” That’s dehumanizing. You can’t build a better world while mirroring the worst parts of the one we’re in. Hypocrisy kills movements.
When Purity Becomes a Barrier: How Leftist Contrarianism Undermines Solidarity #progressivemediasummit open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...
He's a 10, but did he sign the #PopulistPlank? www.populistplank.com
Hey @repcasar.bsky.social, will you endorse the #PopulistPlank? These 6 wildly popular policies could unite a powerful cross-partisan coalition. Let’s fight for the people. rebellionpac.com/populistplank 💥✊ #OperationHope
May you never know the cruelty of realizing that to some, your existence is negotiable— and that their vote is the knife they twist with a smile.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social you fled the country. Your books may stand up to scrutiny, but you do not.
Americans are not just allowed to indulge disgust—they are encouraged to, because it reinforces control, consumption, and division.
Bye Felicia
That Parade at McBean and Valencia Permitted dissent. Matching shirts. Pre-filtered rage, Instagram-bright. Chants safe enough for merch. No sirens. No fire. No cost. Just feet on asphalt— outrage filtered through Valencia. allpoetry.com/18381323
That Parade At McBean and Valencia allpoetry.com/18381323
This administration isn’t just reckless. It’s shameless. And if Congress doesn’t act now, it’s only going to get worse. Demand that your elected officials take a stand: indivisible.org/camp...
5 Things to Know About The SAVE Act: 👰 makes it harder for married women to vote 🌾makes it harder for rural voters to cast a ballot 🗳️makes it harder for all citizens to vote❌it's redundant and unnecessary ‼️it creates more red tape www.commoncause.org/articles/the...
Eggs crack, flowers laugh, and life wriggles up from the soil — may your days ahead be wild, bright, and full of new magic!
Success isn’t measured by what you keep — it’s measured by what you share.
Comfort can numb you to injustice if you let it. Stay awake.
Money’s not evil. Acting like it makes you better than others is.
By showing up authentically—speaking our truths, remaining open, acting despite uncertainty, and valuing connection over performance—we foster meaningful growth and lasting change within ourselves and the world. open.substack.com/pub/bricoleu...
Don’t the shepherds eat the sheep?
Unbound Hope by Emeselle Bowmyn allpoetry.com/18369862
Hope isn’t naive. It’s strategy. Community isn’t weakness. It’s power. And love—for justice, for people, for the future—is still worth fighting for. Hi, I’m Maggie. I’m still here. And I believe we can build something better. Together.
Movements need critique. They also need care. They need people willing to stay, to rebuild, to imagine something better together. I’m not here for perfection. I’m here for transformation.
We’re not waiting for heroes or perfect institutions. We’re organizing from the ground up. With broken tools. In real time. Because the alternative is giving up—and that’s not an option.
We want money out of politics. We want higher wages. We want to ban private equity from hoarding homes. We want paid family leave, negotiated drug prices, and no more endless wars. That’s not radical. That’s common sense democracy.
If you’re disillusioned, I get it. So are we. That’s why we’re organizing. That’s why we’re building Operation Hope. That’s why we created the Populist Plank—to focus on policies 75% of Americans agree on, not pundit fights or party drama.
It’s easy to tear things down. Cynicism is cheap. Cruelty gets likes. But building something? Choosing hope in a broken system? That’s hard—and holy work.
Tired of politics that only serve the powerful? The #PopulistPlank is about policies people actually want. 💥 Higher wages 💊 Affordable meds 🏡 Homes, not hedge funds Learn more 👉 populistplank.com #TYT #Populism #EconomicJustice
The real threat isn't martial law—it's the slow erosion of democracy happening right now. While we panic about tanks, voting rights are quietly disappearing. Expertise matters. Let's focus on what's actually happening. open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...
Working for the Kushners, Rabinowitz found he was almost always facing off against people who lacked an attorney, in a state with laws that favor landlords. “It was like a heavyweight sparring featherweights over and over again,” he said.
Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...
When you’re out having a good time, and suddenly remember that the secret stash of candy you so cleverly hid earlier… was in your bra.
What doesn't kill you, make you darkly sarcastic.
The SAVE Act would require Americans to provide documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. 21 million American citizens of all political leanings don’t have easy access to these. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act ⬇️:
I’ve signed up to attend the visibility event with Hands Off on Saturday, Apr 5, 2025. Are you free to join me? Use this link to sign up: mobilize.us/s/6Yr0CF
Check out my piece on @mississippifreepress.org
Check out www.wheresoutcut.com. If billionaires are taking public money, we should see public benefits. Sign the petition and ask Elon Musk and Congress: WHERE’S OUR CUT?! - go.shr.lc/3CZsYgb
"maga" means witch in Latin
“Death pellets” would be more appropriate.
The Petty Princess: A Monologue in Three Tones by Emeselle Bowmyn allpoetry.com/18331337
If My Name Had Been Different by Emeselle Bowmyn allpoetry.com/18330841
A trigger pulled—the silence screams, Not like the movies, not like dreams. A soul is lost, another scarred, The echoes linger, hitting hard. Though justified, it leaves a stain— A mark that settles, sharp as pain. Guns are tools, yet bear great weight, A power tied to death and fate. bit.ly/4hO3wZ6
I don’t dream of ladders— each rung a weight, not win. I dream of circles, open hands, shared breath where we begin. Not power over many, but work we do as one. Not titles carved in marble— just warmth when day is done. To grow, together. That’s enough.
Dropped a poem like a paper boat— meant for no one, read by two. She asked, “Who’s it about?” But it was always me— fogged mirror, cracked glass, aching in metaphors. You were just a stock photo smile on a cover I never chose. Still—sorry. This stage was never meant to be seen. #poetry
Drop the mask. You are not your past— not shame, not guilt, not echoes of “should.” You are breath, you are pulse, you are *here.* Own your scars, name your wrongs, then rise. No more hiding. No more shrinking. You are not a shadow. You are light. Be it. Live it. Unapologetically. #poetry
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…” — Declaration of Independence
“Now, are you going to mind your own business or must I really give you a piece of my mind?” “Oh, I couldn't take the last piece.” 🤣🤣🤣
small hands fold / under stained glass fire / hell whispers lullabies in language no child chose —suffer the little ones— fear drips like honey while love in nonbinary colors is called a threat. who names the storm, and who teaches children to drown in it?
We’re in a civil war. Not coming, not looming— we’ve been in it. Neighbor against neighbor, sibling against sibling, parent—child. Friend—stranger. The battlefield—the dinner table. We fight each other, not those who divide us. Is it a war—or a revolution? Both take lives. Which will we choose?
The Weight of Steel A gun is a tool, nothing more, nothing less. It does what it was made to do— end something that once breathed. People argue intent, but intent does not change purpose. To hold one is to hold power, to decide who walks away and who does not. That weight should never be ignored.
But I am still here, fists in the dirt, waiting for something to bloom. And when it does— it will be mine. ——— “Barren, But Not Broken” by Emeselle Bowmyn allpoetry.com/18315715