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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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Editor of the h2g2 Post at h2g2.com. My fiction has been labeled 'poignant and humorous'. www.lulu.com/search?contributor=Dmi…

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 5h
Speaking of things you need to see...before it's too late... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALE2...
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Silent Running
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 9h
You find one, you let me know! 👍And may the major arcana be with you.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 9h
The Hooverville Hexagon: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Autumn. Pumpkins, with or without frost on them. Community activities. Catch our architectural update on the charms of Hooverville. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Autumn
Look at the things we've found.   Your Daily Warning That Halloween Is Coming by Paulh Start pricing candy. Or else.   Views...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 12h
Yep - and looking for real people (like indie writers) instead of brand-name media. We cats need to be harder to herd. I mean, individualism is subversive and it travels under the radar...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 12h
I think the next step after realization is that we consciously disengage from the hype and try consciously to listen to individual voices around us.
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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 18h
Jan Konstanski How good neighbors overcame the flames of war 🧵 1/n At the age of 15, Jan never looked back. He risked his life to help Jewish friends who were his neighbors in his childhood. This is a story about personal courage against all odds.
Jan Kostanski and Nacha Wierzbicka in the Warsaw ghetto
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 18h
This morning I woke with a realization: the aim of consumerism is to reduce individuals to #islands whose only relationship is to capital - exchanging their labor for goods and services, with no other identity. I call it Borgification. #vss365
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Beauty Is Truth, Truth Beauty. Look at some beautiful things - from the arrangement of lights in a town to the fluttering of a hovering bird. Take a moment with us at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 06/10/2026
Somehow their crybaby posts got into my algorithm, I guess because I'm on the west coast and into WORKERS and BOATS! Glad to see the facts.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I realize this is bad. The contributors to our little stopgap blog can't do much about it. We lack money, power, or even a credible army. (We do have a tank enthusiast from the Isle of Wight.) But if more than 125 a day read it, what miracles might not occur? hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
sometimes I daydream of the new Twilight Zone a place to strand evildoers so the rest of us can live in peace the sign on the gate reads This Platform Is No Longer Supported and all around the windmill sails go flap, flap, flap #vss365 #sail
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Car Show Issue. We'll have fun, fun, fun, till the old folks drive the T-birds away... Somebody turned on the time machine again, and Main Street came out all historical. Check in at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: Car Show Issue
We'll have fun, fun, fun, till the old folks drive the T-birds away…   Where Are We? by DG Yes, citizens of Hooverville*: it's tha...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On the other hand, the Yersinia pestis bacterium may well be smarter than certain people...just saying.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 04/10/2026
At the direction of the President, I am calling Senator Tom Cotton on his cellular phone to tell him to STOP making fire trucks full of cats and pigs climb HIGH DANGEROUS LADDERS to change the village square clocks in Busytown
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John Guzlowski @jzguzlowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Poor and the Rich The poor sit in the mud eating stones And the Rich? They watch the poor in silence, And with the fork of day And the knife of night, They eat the children Of heaven
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#hurricane's coming board up beach houses 200 miles inland I talk on the radio midnight signoff driving home wind don't blow me away are trees supposed to bend like that? noisy night come morning no power no water no radio just chainsaws thanks a lot Hugo #vss365
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rod Serling did it for me. I was terrified at the idea that a kid my age might have godlike powers. I knew too much about kids my age.
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The Twilight Zone: Anthony Points
Alt: The Twilight Zone: Anthony Points
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Monday, Monday! Can you tell what is real and what invented? Do you get fanmail from mermaids? And just how cute are these little cows? Start the week off right with us. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: Monday, Monday
We have some fascinating creatures, real and invented.   Caterpillar of the Week by DG Angel Lia Dan sends greetings. She found th...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Great weather for the car show in town today.
Long view of a Chevy Impala, 1958, with original owner (skeleton). The car people must have bought every skeleton in the Halloween store: they're all driving cars today.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's St Francis's Day. Go out and talk to a bird. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7L2...
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Brother Sun Sister Moon - Francis and the Bird
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A lighthouse is a warning here is no #harbour Lighthouse keepers are lonely their job is to say, keep away Pointing to rocks and shoals is a solitary job Better like your own company the rest are down at the pier for the carnival Nobody warned them about the hucksters #vss365
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Sunday Rotogravure. We admire some architecture. Meditate on landscape features. And think nostaligcally of the steamboats of yore. Join us in contemplation at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: Sunday Rotogravure
The world is full of old buildings. Take notice, please. They like the attention.   Door of the Week by DG Historic Brookville is so...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Apparently it's an epidemic. #julie www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jw...
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Julie, Do Ya Love Me
YouTube video by Bobby Sherman - Topic
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Asquealia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s my birthday today! Please share my art in accordance with the scriptures!!!
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To the mermaid who decided to follow me 6 minutes after I posted this poem...link in bio... aww....srsly?🧜‍♀️
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#vss365 #lure in olden days a lure was another name for a group of young women they have migrated to the internet where they tell me about something called OnlyFans another is wearing nothing but two footballs this needs to stop I think I'll go fishing I'm too old for this
A mermaid sitting on rocks with a mirror and a lot of hair waving in the wind. Some fish are admiring her, or else waiting for handouts. Artist: Alice B Woodward. Courtesy of Project Gutenberg.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Odds'n'Ends. A typical lazy Saturday, what with the medieval elephants and fat bears. A bit of history and some memes explained at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
A bunch of silly-looking knights crowded into a howdah on the back of an elephant drawn by somebody who'd never seen an elephant. From a French medieval manuscript.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#vss365 #mountain
what are your mountains like?

are they jagged ragged frozen
one's nightmare another's dream
like the man who slung his bag from a piton on K2
and slept - hanging - between heaven and earth

my mountains are impossibly old
dense, green, twisting the landscape
home to unfamiliar species and familiar spirits
keeping secrets
I sleep fine in the world they make

Image: Top: Himalayan peak, Angel Lia Dan (h2g2)
Bottom: Great Smoky Mountains, Carol M Highsmith (Library of Congress)
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/09/2026
ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard
“they don’t know” meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says “they don’t know this river burned 13 times”
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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And did those feet ...? Breaking news here: profadamroberts.substack.com/p/william-bl...
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William Blake, ‘Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion’ (c.1810)
And did those feet, in ancient times, walk upon England's ...? No. No, they didn't.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Grousing, the International Sport. Bluebottle is the only person we know whose commute is spoiled by Royal Caribbean cruise lines. The Editor celebrates the endonym (and tells you what that is). Plus a classic movie. All at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
Royal Caribbean liner seen up close and personal from the Isle of Wight ferry.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*La la la driving until I am stopped by a construction queue* *look around* *double take at the giant hand rising out of the corn* Oh! It’s a tree covered in vines and not the emergence of an elder god! Whew
A tree covered in parasitic vines looks like a forearm and hand rising out of the corn
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think I know how a cloud feels every morning I arrive here from somewhere else gather my thoughts from the four winds get my bearings feel around for where I am wonder at my lack of weight ask myself what is happening view the busy earth from far away #vss365 #cloud
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Cabbages and Kings. Okay, no cabbages, but plenty of mushrooms. Also, architecture, technology, and a bunny who's not taking anything off those squirrels. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: Cabbages and Kings
Appreciating this and that. Again. Give Us Today Our Daily Fungus by Paigetheoracle I wandered lonely as a crowd...When all at once ...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#vss365 #bequest
See that vinegar jug? It was given to me by my late father. His grandmother gave it to his mother. She passed it on to him: a peculiar bequest with a history.

The temperance movement posed a serious threat to apple growers. Their first move? Hire an ad agency. 

You know the slogans. 'As American as apple pie.' 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.'

Apples make good vinegar. Good for pickling. Good for cleaning. Look: we'll even sell it in decorative jars.

A vinegar jar survived the sinking of RMS Titanic. A lot of history for 'an odorous aqueous solution of diluted acetic acid' (so Wikipedia).

Keep in mind: what we bequeath the future is our past. Be like the vinegar jar: preserve the good stuff.

Image: A glass vinegar jar shaped like an apple, on the shelf of a vintage wooden china cabinet.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Run-through-the-Garden. Nature and architecture offer puzzles and insights. Join us. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: Run-through-the-Garden
A little bit of this and that. Nature Shot of the Day by Tavaron da Quirm Garden cosmos from the neighbour's garden in Austria.   ...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Hey, Jake, why are your feet draggin'?' 'I don't wanna go to school, man. I've got a vocabulary test and I didn't study for it.' 'The test is tomorrow. You get a reprieve.' 'What's a reprieve?' 'Maybe you'd better study tonight.' #vss365 #reprieve
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Awkward I don't know how awkward it is for the nuthatch but it looked really weird to me.
A nuthatch on the trunk of a black walnut tree. The bird is sort of sticking straight out from the trunk, facing forward and staring right at the camera.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: More Exotic Locales. Take a visit to exotic York, in England. Let Bluebottle tell you why these people are dressed like Regency ton. A parade of animal life is also here to entertain you. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: More Exotic Locales
(Not so) faraway places, for some. Nature Shot of the Day by Galaxy Beb A blast from the past (2021): this bee photobombed GB's butt...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0s
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Philadelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | Editorial
The Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#vss365 #purify
he scoops the water from the lake
drops in a fizzy tablet
he wants to purify it
take out all the life
I guess he wants to drink it
the microorganisms wanted to live in it
I understand if his gut biome can't cope
but he needs to understand
that the rest of this lake is committed
to biodiversity
take your ethnic cleansing elsewhere bubba
and next time bring your own water bottle
and take it home with you, too

Image: Ducks and swans in a lake, Galaxy Babe (h2g2).
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Her brain has been hacked.' Which one? Or is that part of the suspense? 😂
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excellent news! Let us tip out a libation to Ninkasi!
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Hooverville Hexagon: Appreciating Nature. Floral beauty. Guest engineering. A mystery. Special feature: red squirrels around the world. You will be entertained and edified. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Hooverville Hexagon: Appreciating Nature
Plant life, animal life, our lives. Floral Beauty of the Week by Tavaron da Quirm Amaranthus was Tavaron's guess. This is in Austria...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great photo!
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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#vss365 Eye Vow ​I renounce the stone. Let the tower lose its footing in the river, let the heavy archway drown in rose-wash before evening arrives to take it back. ​What stays solid is a lie. Give me dissolution, the cold violet shadow eating the edge of what we once thought real. #renounce
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