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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 24/08/2025

'Call Them' (read freely here) degen3rate.art/2025/08/24/c... #poetry #poems #photography #dark #writing

""I'm fine"
If you ask me
that question again,
I'll think you really care,
and you're going to hear
a terrible thing or two
that might ruin your day.

"Don't worry about it"
I'll worry about it instead,
and probably all week—
Wondering what I did wrong,
or what I could do
so that you don't ever
have to hear me
apologizing again.

"I’ve got a lot going on"
Beneath all the labor
of the year,
I am busy
trying to convince myself
to kill myself.
So, I ask for your patience,
as I am also busy
trying to convince myself
not to kill myself.

" . . . "
I had to put the guns away.
I sat in the dark
for hours without realizing.
I don't remember when I last showered.
I broke down and cried
on the floor again.
I have been fantasizing about death.
I need help."

as a pale text over faces in the dark.

degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 01/08/2025

Now that I'm a serious writer, I never leave the house without my: a) fancy wood pen with fancy wood foldy case b) tungsten carbide-tipped, screw-sealed, full-steel body, tactical pen #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #writing #pens

a) a wooden pen and case. b) a black steel pen. Both are on a wooden background.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 24/07/2025

Cleaned some cobwebs out the corners of the archive. Had to crack the ol finger bones and break out some CSS, but I'm happy with it (changes literally so inconsequential, bonus points to any brave soul who can even tell what's different) degen3rate.art #web-development #WriterSky #Writing

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You have been expected.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 23/07/2025

Burning one for the Prince of Darkness.

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Nic Boone @nicboone.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Dream

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 16/07/2025

Zapped the active post tags on my blog from +600 to ~70... maybe Google will stop yelling at me now I think it's mostly for indexing and page ranking, but I guarantee my SEO manager WILL come up with another creative way to waste an evening of mine... #web-development #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 03/07/2025

if i stop i will die if i stop i will die if i stop i will die 'Sharksleep' #photography #writing #WritingCommunity #BlueskyWritingCommunity #WriterSky #poetry #poems #poet #poets #dark #DarkArt degen3rate.art/2025/07/03/s...

a dark texture which the following poem is overlaid:
‘Sharksleep’
I have heard that sharks might die
Of suffocation when they still.
To no end do they wander or try
And anchor against the current’s will,
In search of places they may lie.
Lately,
When I settle down
For rest well-deserved,
I feel that I am drowning.
Am I a shark?

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conner fawcett @badbucket.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

don’t let them in. fuck ice. fuck fascists

a black and white illustration of 4 ICE agents standing at the other side of an open door. They are silhouetted except for their glowing eyes and bared teeth. The text reads “our dire investigations had led us here. danger is everywhere - it is best to comply. may we enter?”

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 04/06/2025

it is fine to get lost in this wide journey #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #landscape #TravelPhotography #beautiful #fog #dark #DarkArt #creepy #poetry #poems (to get lost for a bit, visit my eyestrain-friendly archive) degen3rate.art

a tall, dark forest of thin trees wrapped in fog.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 25/05/2025

A horrifying meditation on the deceit of power, society, religion, and masculinity--a desperate, unrestrained scream into the void that brutally renders the invisible yet systemic mutilation of our humanity, autonomy, and identity degen3rate.art/2024/09/01/r... #DarkArt #horror #poetry #epic #poem

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Red (a narrative horror epic)

Hooks to my teeth It pries open My mouth Chills rattle Down the base Of my skull To the marrow Of my sacrum

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 24/05/2025

Writing pro tip: There's no "correct" way to write. Really, there's just a million "wrong" ways to write. The more flaws you remove from your work, the more resonant it becomes. Focus on what you're doing wrong, not what you "need" to do. Cut the noise; you'll find your voice. #Writing #WriterSky

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 07/05/2025

One of my unreleased shots from last year. Taken from the peak of Brasstown Bald. The hike up in virtually utter darkness was spiritual, but we were hardly alone at the mountaintop observatory. Stargazers are a brave sort of folk. #moon #dark #darkart #photography #stars #sky #astronomy

The moon over the dark foothills of Appalachia in Northern Georgia.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 07/05/2025

I'm a bit proud of how this baked French toast came out It was like a super decadent, spicy, buttery, bread pudding with just the right amount of crunch #foodie #food #foodpics #dessert #baking

Baked French toast topped with cinnamon and brown sugar streusel. The dessert is plated with a slice of butter, a sprinkling of powder sugar, and drizzled with maple creme syrup.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 04/05/2025

This kinda night. Side note: Loathe is back and they aren't playing any games #metal #metalsky #deathcore #thall #THROWN #HLB #TPIY #Whitechapel #Loathe #YouTube #playlist #music

A short YouTube playlist including Thrown, Woe is Me, Loathe, The Plot in You, Whitechapel, and Humanity's Last Breath.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 03/05/2025

If you've ever lost someone dear to you... perhaps due to a mistake... a misunderstanding... an overstep... then you will probably know what this is. 'Mostly' degen3rate.art/2025/05/02/m... #writers #booksky #poetry #poem #dark #darkpoetry #photography #love #mentalhealth

Bone white text on a dark red textured background.

'Mostly'

I want the hole they left
In my heart filled.
I'm tired of looking back,
Feeling the regret and sadness
That I didn't understand them better.

I want back the person
I used to care about.
But I know
That person is dead.
And the person
Who is there now
Is someone
I am fundamentally
Incompatible with.

I don't know
If they've been trying.
I don't know
If they're worse.
I don't know
And I think
That's mostly what hurts.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 28/04/2025

a tragedy of modern lit is a need for a character to be either desirable or a suitable self-insert (usually for horny purposes) this is the rot of "beauty is a virtue" that's pervasive in the West I love ugly, shameless, deplorable, inexcusably human characters #writing #OC #writers #fiction

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 16/04/2025

Unverified satellite imagery of the El Salvadorian prison, CECOT. Compelling and potentially terrifying, but what we do know is that people are already dying merely due to the conditions at the prison. Don't let this be censored. #resist #CECOT #ElSalvador #3e #3r #revolution #ICE #censorship

Unverified satellite imagery of what appears to be a pile of executed people at the El Salvadorian prison, CECOT. The images were taken by google satellites, as indicated by the app used to view the image.

"Unverified satellite image suggesting mass killings of the incarcerated at CECOT of El Salvador. It is reported that over 70% of individuals deported there are being held without having been offered any form of due process and were simultaneously guilty of no crimes. Many deaths are already known to have occurred at the prison, and the conditions have been reported as inhumane, inhospitable, crowded, and unsanitary. Regardless if this image belies the truth, we should be doing everything in our power to protect our neighbors and to oppose the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the administration." White text over a black background.

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degen3rate | writer @degen3rate.art · 12/04/2025

When writer's block stops me from working on what I really want to, I take a step back and write something completely self-indulgent. All for me. No pressure. Nobody else's eyes. May bury or burn it after. Or maybe it turns into a series... Either way, it gets the mojo flowin. #writing #writers

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Peter Bowden 😃 @peterbowdenlive.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Hands Off Protest Boston! April 5, 2025 Boston Common

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RS Benedict @rsbenedict.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

a decent turnout in Albany despite horrendous weather

a crowd of protesters gathered in front of the New York State capitol building in Albany NY

a crowd of protesters gathered in West Capitol Park in Albany NY on a cloudy, rainy day

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025

100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Midtown Atlanta.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 05/04/2025

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

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