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@ampersandstar

averse to fear-mongering in all its forms. if you must punch, please, consider punching up. music is (still) a wonder drug. (most) books are magic. however, magic is not real.

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and, yes, it was just getting good.

hope they continue this conversation another time.

13.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bite sized. 30 minutes. listened yesterday.

13.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"adjusting"

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11.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

or the trolley problem that simply won't end.

bsky.app/profile/naom...

11.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

a perpetual trolley problem πŸ™‡πŸΎβ€β™€οΈ

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11.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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…fighting to un-hear…

Here’s Catch by @burgi.bsky.social
for #smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

01.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
REMEMBRANCE
We must answer each question 
with another question.

We must erase our first sorrow.

How shall we hope?
                We must hope.

Do you remember the prayer we said bent over, the giving of body to ground?

We must shape ourselves
first to shadow and then to infinite, the wait of such hunger in every cell.

No matter the hours.
I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you the silence.


Poem by Lauren Camp from her book, 100 
Hungers, Tupelo press, 2016

REMEMBRANCE We must answer each question with another question. We must erase our first sorrow. How shall we hope? We must hope. Do you remember the prayer we said bent over, the giving of body to ground? We must shape ourselves first to shadow and then to infinite, the wait of such hunger in every cell. No matter the hours. I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you the silence. Poem by Lauren Camp from her book, 100 Hungers, Tupelo press, 2016

from Remembrance
by Lauren Camp
#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
#poetry

09.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another journey by train

10.03.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok bed time. For me. The birds probably slept hours ago. 🐣

07.03.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

10.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i enjoy your sense of humor

10.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The most fun you're likely to have of the internet this morning!

10.03.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

She’s the entire Village People

06.03.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

National Independent Venues Association: "Live Nation’s reported settlement amount - $280 million - is the equivalent of 4 days of their 2025 revenue, which means they could potentially make it back by this Friday."

09.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

What's going on is that the antitrust division, which has been decapitated, is trying to do its job while MAGA lobbyists like Mike Davis go over its head to make deals with Bondi's office.

09.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Maria Ressa on Trump 2nd Term: β€œNarrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality” | Amanpour and Company
Maria Ressa on Trump 2nd Term: β€œNarrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality” | Amanpour and Company YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

β€œNarrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality”

-- @mariaressa.bsky.social on Trump 2nd Term

22.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

US health officials are trying to delay a regional World Health Organization meeting that would confirm the loss of its measles elimination status until after the midterm elections in November.

This is a reckless, accountability-dodging move that puts politics over public health.

03.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 542 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 12
Preview
The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesβ€”including the United States.

newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s poem, β€œGood Friday” from The New Economy (2025)

Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s poem, β€œGood Friday” from The New Economy (2025)

The world is pretty bad right now so here’s a pretty great poem to even it out for a minute. Stay strong people

21.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if you don't maintain some sort of pathway for someone to change their views -- to mess up, to misspeak, to learn, and to improve -- then you might as well not have a view on anything at all.

imo.

31.12.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Maria Ressa on Trump 2nd Term: β€œNarrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality” | Amanpour and Company
Maria Ressa on Trump 2nd Term: β€œNarrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality” | Amanpour and Company YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

β€œNarrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality”

-- @mariaressa.bsky.social on Trump 2nd Term

22.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
O Maria
O Maria YouTube video by Beck - Topic

specifically remembering O Maria & Static | Mutations | Beck

#musicisstillawonderdrug

22.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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and thank you for that. please continue the section.

22.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

don't forget to scroll down to @stevevladeck.bsky.social 's "The Week Ahead" section.

20.02.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

who am i kidding?

i'm not observant/not giving up coffee for lent.

19.02.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ah. ....a jolt of energy.

maybe in lieu of coffee, for lent?

19.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good news: The FDA has reversed its decision and will now review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine after initially declining to consider it last week in an attempt to undermine vaccine science and trust.

18.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 495 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

i don't know how or where it originates. so, i won't spectulate.

i know it is something you lose.

i know Trust is integral to anything actually worth having.

13.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For years I couldn’t stop writing about the oncoming fascism and then the fascism was here and I couldn’t seem to write about it anymore.

11.02.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜”

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