Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 18mBy the time you read this I will be having or will have had ice cream while waiting for the weather to cool 010
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 3hProbably feel a lot better day to day if I didn’t spend each one banging my head against some wall. 000
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 11hSo I did end up burning my throat chugging hot coffee. What a way to feel alive! 020
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 20hNearly 10pm. Guess I better go and figure things out for myself. 000
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 22hExplaining to my 5yo there comes a time in every persons life where you have to figure things out for yourself (8pm) 000
Reposted by Donald Ryanpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026By Akiyoshi Kitaoka 120543
Reposted by Donald RyanJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day. 571764367
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I for one will have no sympathy for when the day comes and they get upset their pee is wasted to cool data centers 010
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Being from here I too am a fan of the Atlantiowa Hawkseyes 111
Reposted by Donald Ryandadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A new verse from returning contributor Alexander Limarev: A square scream got stuck in the throat of a perfect fool. — Alexander Limarevdadakuku.com…A square scream got stuck in the throat of a perfect fool. — Alexander Limarev 1122
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I would not say I have an addictive personality. That is until you put chips and salsa in front of me. 010
Reposted by Donald RyanLauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oh wow. Seriously check out this portfolio. So good!! 032
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Been catching myself beatboxing the Mario theme song like life’s some sort of game 090
Reposted by Donald RyanChris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I have a new micro about DYING in the latest @identitytheory.bsky.social. Thanks to @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for selecting this, and to you for reading it! It's very short.identitytheory.comI Died - Identity TheoryI emerge from the forest to discover I died. 63612
Reposted by Donald RyanWeird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have the great honor to have a flash fiction piece in the new issue of @moonparkreview.bsky.social! Born in a @smokelong.bsky.social Xfitness workshop, Limerence is about unrequited love and spells gone awry. Check it out!! moonparkreview.com/issue-37-fal...moonparkreview.comLimerenceBy Ly Faulk You will meet a man on social media and exchange pleasantries for months. The pleasantries will develop into a friendship from across the country. You will support each other from afar,… 62510
Reposted by Donald RyanLJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Libraries are free! Browsing and choosing books and movies and picking up a magazine or newspaper and thumbing through is good for your brain! Make regular library time a part of your schedule and your whole life will be enriched! 1215
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A WSB-TV Channel 2 helicopter was circling the house but most likely because of the shooting at the Subway (sandwich not train) across the way and not to do a feature on the esteemed local author of Don Bronco’s (Working Title) Shell. 020
Reposted by Donald Ryanthe Jarvis Cocker of the Chicago lit scene @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Check out my new poem "Acknowledgements" which is made up of fake poems published in fake publications. neonpajamas.substack.com/p/090-poem-p... 3147
Reposted by Donald RyanBen Abrahamse @babrahamse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026once again: the reason we have libraries is to keep librarians off the streets where they cause trouble 214157
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When I’m asked what I’ve done with my one wild and wonderful life I’ll say laundry. Or dishes. Basically anything that involved loading then unloading machines designed for cleaning. 010
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Didn’t get any writing done this morning but did take the kids in their bathing suits to the big playground downtown to play in the puddles and on the storm-drenched slides. 020
Reposted by Donald Ryandadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A new verse from returning contributor @markgzero.bsky.social: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 reusing a plastic bag reusing a plastic bag reusing a plastic bag. — Mark Gilbertdadakuku.comThe Future of Poetryreusing a plastic bag reusinga plastic bag reusing a plasticbag. — Mark Gilbert 2148
Reposted by Donald Ryandadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A new verse from returning contributor Ron Scully: AI you and sometimes why — Ron Scullydadakuku.com…AI you and sometimes why — Ron Scully 051
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Took the boys to explore the trails under the bridge before the heat became insufferable 040
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Any day now we’ll be hitting the oh well section of the obituaries. 001
Reposted by Donald RyanNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140446466
Reposted by Donald RyanElephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We interviewed this wise owl about different sounds you might hear in a barnyard. Its answers may surprise you. 0131
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Saying “good eye, good eye” like a psyched Australian greeting all the people. 010
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Oh no. It’s raining. Guess I’ll have to do jack shit today. 030
Reposted by Donald RyanZachary Kocanda @zacharykocanda.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Can't believe it's been six years since I got my MFA. The best decision I ever made for my writing career. Thanks, @malarkeybooks.bsky.social! 0164
Reposted by Donald RyanElephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'd sooner let James Patterson put his name on my book than use AI for the cover. 071
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Some mornings the coffee maker at work makes this click-click sound so now I’m hearing Deftones My Own Summer on loop (shove it shove it shove it) 010
Reposted by Donald RyanSheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Peep all these beauties, bud @malarkeybooks.bsky.social 1275
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The banana nut M&Ms taste like peanut M&Ms so they’re pretty good if you like peanut M&Ms 030
Reposted by Donald Ryanaric @aghastronaut.com · 09/09/2026Donkey Kong is going to have some decisions to make. 0174
Donald Ryan @dryan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So many headlines should just be replaced with No Shit, Sherlock 011
