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Oof. The Dems need to stop pretending, based on some imaginary focus group, that there’s some common ground with Trump. The key is to fight everywhere. You should go study Neville Chamberlain’s attempt at “common ground.” It didn’t end well for his historical reputation. Or the world.
be loud for america is probably one of the most cogent things a dem politician has said in recent years
The fact that he's talking about Baltimore when Baltimore *very famously* lowered their crime rate significantly under the current mayor...tells you everything you need to know. He's gonna come after Minneapolis when we elect a new mayor, folks.
you too, friend! and, to quote Jay, "thank you for not dying." we need more good people on earth, not fewer!
thank you, friend! my spouse hugged me last night and whispered "thank you for not dying" I mean, this timeline sucks in many ways, but it's still got some great things going for it.
So, I'm officially a cancer survivor in remission! 5 year anniversary of giving my breast cancer the surgical boot! (only 2 years since the Yeeterus, but that was officially "pre-cancerous" so I'm not counting that - stay vigilant!)
The odd time I'm asked "how do you get into comedy writing" I'll always say "first off, get used to a fairly extreme amount of rejection, once you're ok with that you'll be fine" It takes a while to get good enough to get paid. The Daily Tism are offering really good rates and opportunities here!
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
"No one needs to wonder any longer how nations morph into police states under the thumb of dictators determined to wreak vengeance and destroy the lives and livelihoods of millions. It happens gradually and then suddenly". open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
#mpprompt #poetry deckplate mutiny it's malicious compliance can't prove we rebel
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” @johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
Here is mine for today 9/1 #mpprompt #poetry #prompt #writing @malformed-poetry.bsky.social
If you have not been, now is a really good time to start tracing your multi-size patterns instead of cutting them out. This is a resource we'll never have again.
#OtD 1 Sep 1911 five women published the first issue of Japan's first all-women literary magazine, Bluestocking, credited with sparking the feminist movement in Japan. Often banned, it was still a commercial success and became more radical over time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8155...
*skeets, not sheets.
why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
fascists literally want to bleed all joy and color and light from your life. they prefer you have no outlet, no release, other than hate, mediated through them. they would see us living dull, grey lives, confined to the factory complex they have bragged that our children will be forced into
I don't do humor well on paper. I love world-building, so writing fantasy, sci-fi, or alternative history really appeals for fiction. I hadn't written poetry in decades before I found these prompts. I'm enjoying the challenge, especially fitting in the short format of sheets. hopefully improving.
#poetry #mpprompt Autumn is coming The birds tell me migration prep flocking The leaves tell me bright colors revealing My bones tell me quilts & blankets covering My mouth tells me oven set for many things baking My heart tells me all holidays anticipating My body braces for cold hot tea sipping
If you see this, post a chef My kiddo, graduation with his culinary certification.
Well, Trump IS insane, you know.
How did I not know that opalised fossils are a thing???? They are only found in Australia, most of them from Lightning Ridge. Look at these glittering bones from ancient creatures and tell me its not magic 🥹 #fossils #paleontology
Beavers pause while chewing trees to listen for movements so that the tree doesn't fall on them.
#poetry #mpprompt Going one more time let my fingers trace the scars on this desk my feet walk these halls so familiar now made strange with leaving wave to most hug a few find farewells bittersweet with excitement for the future coming so soon I carry my box of knick-knacks to the car
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As a grocery employee, I'm scared for us. People already treat us like shit. We were constantly attacked and abused in 2020. It's gotten worse and worse. Please dont take your frustrations out on grocery employees. We're doing our best to keep everyone fed. (Meant for general people)
I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's a rad fanmade beta tool that converts your images of battle maps for tabletop roleplaying, scales them to the proper size, then exports them to a PDF for printing and assembly on the tabletop. LITERAL game changer. www.beta.arkanatools.com/papermap/
such fun! (couch! couch! couch!)
squee!
My absolute favorite petty thought: this man is so dumb and racist that he made it his life’s goal to do everything Obama did “but better” and he’s never going to get it.
Those of us who still believe in the ideals of the Revolution need to reclaim it from Trumpian pretenders. A free society is ruled by law. By disregarding Congress and repeatedly violating laws, Trump has produced a revolutionary crisis. #DefendersOfDemocracy
Mammoth for me!!
The "Ghosts of Vezio Castle" in Lake Como are moulded off tourists who agree to have white gauze and chalk fitted to them. The sculptures are then left to the elements, where they erode. When a new season begins, the ghosts are cast anew.
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (1853-1890), Giant Peacock Moth, 1889, oil on canvas, 33.5 x 24.5 cm, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
the thing that's so fucking infuriating about this is how much more that matters for the bottom 10% $1200 can be life or death at that level of income top 10%? $13K is nice, to be sure, but it's "maybe we'll take another vacation" nice not "oh good now we can afford to eat this month"
obvious lies even to someone who has only visited a few times. went through that station & other areas of the city without fear or visible criminal activity.
#poetry #mprompt you still amaze me you treat me as an equal we laugh together so easily you kiss me in the parking lot, hands intertwined you make me dinner, family recipes handed down no one else ever calls me beautiful you share dreams with me & art & passion how could I not love you?
it's terrible and terrifying. AI isn't ready, nor are we ready for it.
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Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
Sometimes, you just gotta make a Lil Guy
He was a "realio trulio little pet dragon" who was a coward until it really counted. Ogden Nash.
I remember the Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson & the Golden Treasury of Poetry, which had tons of amazing poems by seemingly All the Poets. I could recite "Custard the Dragon" by heart and sing "The Swing" with my mom as she pushed me. I don't know what age, but very young.
#poetry #mpprompt Sacrifice What do you give? Do you give time to your community foodbank, school & library? Do you give soul to your art painting, sculpture & poetry? Do you give heart to your life home, wild & beloved family? Is your labyrinth path strewn with regret or joy? what is your legacy?
nope. not alone.
if you see this, post a sword
oh how I love this book!
DOGE posted all our Social Security data to the cloud apnews.com/article/soci...
Great project to invigorate student interest!
“Researchers documented enhanced wool quality with increased fiber strength and growth rates.”
I thought I should add some Alt text to this important message. It's Mr. Rogers, saying the following as he draws some random thing: "I'm not very good at it, but it doesn't matter. It's the fun of doing it that's important. No matter how anybody says it is, it feels good to have made something."
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Terry Pratchett's final masterpiece, 'The Shepherd's Crown.' To honour this milestone, we're sharing these poignant reflections from Rob Wilkins. 🔗📚 bit.ly/the-shepherd... #TerryPratchett #Discworld
i'm making my starter pack. If I see anyone reposting this guide, I will vet you for this pack (or next one when the spots are gone). Boycotts work. Helping me spread this boycott guide is something you can do to hurt them: psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
yeah. invasive. unwanted. but we're supposed to welcome it with open arms.
Gardeners! Spring corm sales are starting! A woman I follow just had a double mastectomy and her ranunculus & anemone corm sale helps offset some of the expenses. www.flowerhillfarmny.com/flower-hill-...
Happy birthday to Sophie Brahe (born either Aug 24, 1559 or Sept 22, 1556 -1643) 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬🔭horticulturalist, astronomer, genealogist, & alchemist with the gardens at her brother #astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg estate, where she often assisted his research, alchemical tools & illustrations of the 🧵
Happy Ukrainian Independence day!
gen ai sucks we all hate gen ai #art #noai #antiai
really looks like my cup of tea! glad you floated across my feed!
I am Saimi Hanma (formerly Kelly Brenner) and the author of The Naturalist at Home as well as Nature Obscura. I'm also an artist and photographer, focusing largely on invertebrates. You can find my art, photos, writing, info and web shop on my website: www.metrofieldguide.com
Here are the last 3 days of #AugArthroAwe drawings. We're into the final stretch now. #TradArt
just ordered one through Bookshop as a birthday present and followed you as an author. will try to boost the signal. don't give up!!
"it forms the mystic sigil odegra..."
Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
what a pair they were, Turcotte and Big Red. If you haven't seen Secretariat's Triple Crown races, they're on YouTube. Watch them in order: Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes. Watch the jockey, particularly. Turcotte was amazing. He spoke to the horse mostly through his hands and body
To me, seeing someone announce art or good news during terrible times isn't like trying to sell balloons at a funeral, it's like getting hugged at that funeral. When maybe you didn't know how much you needed that hug. From anyone. Or everyone. Folks need all the soul fuel they can get.
US artist Elizabeth Catlett's 1946 print honours Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784), who was sold into slavery at the age of seven and later became the first published African-American female poet #womensart
Spam!!
The Florida Department of Transportation removed the Pride crosswalk outside the site of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando without the city’s knowledge or permission under the cover of darkness like fucking cowards.
What Research Says About HRT and Breast Cancer Risk www.bcrf.org/about-breast...
#poetry #mpprompt Idiotic phrases fill my brain with misunderstanding Something wrapped around my head So good so far in pushing myself together We'll burn that bridge when we come to it With the power of foresight Perhaps I will get bent into shape If I leg my breaks? You cannot say that again!
Russia's "girlfriend" does her job.
#poetry #mpprompt Scattered ashes let waves take me in turquoise, green, or stormy grey the sea calls me home I will separate ashes floating on the tide to visit the world part of the sea soup building blocks for diatoms food for the creatures
ohhhh, riiiight
I'll have the all-you-can-eat shrimp, hold the radiation. Fun fact: In March, 3500 jobs were cut from the FDA. abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns...
I did not have radioactive shrimp on my 2025 Bingo card. From the FDA: Do NOT eat Great Value shrimp sold by Walmart due to the possibility of the shrimp being radioactive.
agreed! it's just crazy to me that we went from one narrative (less kids!) to another opposite one (more kids!) without missing a beat. & with virtually no questions asked (at least by the useless main media).
so what happened to all the warnings of #overpopulation? in the 80s as kids, that's all we heard: "too many people, destroying the Earth, all going to starve." Now it's "omg not having enough babies." Really?
Queen Caroline visited the 70-year-old Flamsteed, and 41-year-old observatory in 1716, where, she told Leibniz, "instead of the stars I had the most beautiful view of the world." She added, "His house and his figure have the air of Merlin." #histsci
Here is mine for yesterday 8/16 #mpprompt #poetry #prompt #writing @malformed-poetry.bsky.social
🐦⬛ #Poem #Poetry #MPPrompt #PoetryCommunity #Writing #WriterCommunity #Dreams #Prophecy
just added it to my stack.
Shaking with grief right now. Lost 3 people this week. & another in hospital. all non-related, different causes. just... so much.
We need to be wise, and actually learn from history, & ACT on that knowledge learned. Listen…
Make a band food: fine young cantelopes
#deer #photography this cutie was grazing at the edge of the meadow in Freedom Park.
#poetry #mpprompt Daily Chatter Radio check Duty Officer to Security Control Do you copy? We have a Code Adam Switch to Channel One All sites check in Ships copy? VIP on site Lightning in the 10 mile radius Are you Clear? Fort secured EMS on site PIV valve open Check, check Do you copy?
green!
I'm in the middle of reading it (although I've skipped to the end several times to check out recipe 🥧). A historical journey through literacy, women, cooking...all in the name of French food! Fascinating and fun read. Link: jamieschler.substack.com/p/le-tot-fait
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Don’t let the government regulate your reading www.bookbanpetition.us
this is rly great to read. gleaning from literature that i, w/ lupus, would not fare well with SARS2—incl this ‘22 study showing im at much higher risk of death even with booster—i’ve been diligent in mitigation, & gotten 10 jabs before the virus. hopefully enough for it to leave me as it found me.
"It was a beautiful shade of blue, but then not exactly blue, it was more like lilac. But then, not exactly lilac either, since it had a tinge of grey in it. To be more precise, it was the color of heartache." 💙💜🩶 From the novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
#OTD (Aug 15) in the year 1824: The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states. #OTDIH 🗃️ #Skystorians #c19th