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Especially the "Learn about AI or get left behind" bit — it's about the simplest explanation I've read for why the "get left behind" mantra is a bunch of hogwash. We need to meet up soon, @ira-cogan.bsky.social ... I miss chatting in-person with you about these kinds of things.

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Good stuff from my friend @ira-cogan.bsky.social's site yesterday

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Great stuff in 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 from Alina Stefanescu yesterday @alinaetc.bsky.social @amsterdamreview.bsky.social www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-ali...

AMSTERDAM REVIEW

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Angel of Death Following Two Lovers, n.d.
— in memory of J. H. Prynne, whose death occurred on the day of this writing, and whose words acrost the threshold of what follows
Timelike and blind, I know you
delirium. As light knows its own lisp is what
cools the water’s surface. So you look forward
at this path with confidence. Fearless rambler, no rue in
crossing the yellow ochre and viridian blended in clover;
with time being yours, while mine is the eyeless
head turning backwards, noting the shadow
in my fear of love is also my love for sfumato, my
arms covered in bumps and lampblackwords.

The ship on your lips
steadies itself for the journey
and the bird rises like a wine-bruise
also; the hum of a manganese violet
from a distant orchard. I read the like-minded
frenzy of purple hues upon your cloak. From here
to darker, I know the feel of green
fields moving faster. Dewless
we go into the darkest shallows.

Alina Ștefănescu

J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 6h

"Καλό μήνα" στους Έλληνες φίλους μου

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I love this! I hope this makes them fall in love with Dictionaries the way I did when I was a kid. Dictionaries are magical tomes, and I think the more that people (kids and adults alike) get their fingers into the pages of one, the better the world will be.

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 17h

Current* conditions near Marquette, MI:

Northern view from Mt. Mesnard overlooking the city of Marquette and Marquette Bay in Lake Superior. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-30 23:18:02 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: nmu.edu // Current Temp in Marquette: 64 F | 18 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: SSW at 9 mph | 15 kph // Humidity: 93%

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T @mamafirefly.bsky.social · 17h

busy* on a Wednesday *solving word puzzles

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 17h

I don’t know what a dictionary race is, and I don’t care, I’m sold on the name alone and want to do one immediately.

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Lake Erie! Live! @lake-erie.live · 17h

Current* conditions near Put-in-Bay, OH:

NE view of Put-in-Bay Harbor from Miller Marina on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-30 22:54:05 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: shoresandislands.com // Current Temp in Put-in-Bay: 68 F | 20 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: S at 7 mph | 11 kph // Humidity: 86%

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Rules by Afro (Afro Basaldella), 1969 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Gift, Mario Graziani, Archivio Afro, 1998

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome

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Njal Nova @njalnova.bsky.social · 20h

The Long Light: Twenty Nordic Landscapes (1880–1920) 15. Karl Nordström – Storm Clouds (1893, Swedish)

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Njal Nova @njalnova.bsky.social · 19h

The Long Light: Twenty Nordic Landscapes (1880–1920) 14. Albert Edelfelt – Kaukola Ridge at Sunset (1890, Finnish)

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 18h

Current* conditions near South Haven, MI:

View looking WNW over South Beach with the South Haven Lighthouse and channel entrance jutting into Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-30 22:36:13 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@cityofsouthhaven // Current Temp in South Haven: 64 F | 18 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: N at 2 mph | 4 kph // Humidity: 96%

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 18h

End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 18h

Put ‘em up against a wall and shoot ‘em, and you’ll never walk alone again.

Lake Ontario! Live! @lake-ontario.live · 30/09/2026

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Current* conditions near Clayton, NY:

Western view from a pier at the Clayton Municipal Harbor on the shores of the St. Lawrence River near where it meets Lake Ontario. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-30 16:00:07 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: 1000islandswebcams.com // Current Temp in Clayton: 68 F | 20 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: SW at 8 mph | 13 kph // Humidity: 79%

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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth Month, 1747, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19286

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a real book. 🤯

THE TRIP IS YOURS

TAKING MUSHROOMS AND GOING TO WALMART

WRITTEN BY B THE AUTHOR

SQUICHE
$ 425
1339140 3263 K MART 7529

Illustration in the style of the old choose your adventure stories. I’m

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 30/09/2026

Somehow no matter what choices I make, I end up sitting cross-legged on the floor in the candy aisle with crushed up skittles stuck in my nostril.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 29/09/2026

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

View looking west of USS Siversides Submarine Museum in Muskegon housed in the Muskegon Channel leading into Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-29 18:36:03 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: wmta.org // Current Temp in Muskegon: 68 F | 20 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: S at 8 mph | 13 kph // Humidity: 61%

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In case this confuses you, here are a bunch of 8-year-old boys who apparently have more brain cells than you and the DA www.instagram.com/reel/DXP60NZ...

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 29/09/2026

There is a specific circle in hell for web designers who force the cursor focus away from whatever field you've put it in about 5 seconds after the page loads.

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 29/09/2026

Current* conditions near Duluth, MN:

Easterly view of Lake Superior from Solglimt Bed and Breakfast. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-28 22:48:12 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@DuluthHarborCam1 // Current Temp in Duluth: 60 F | 16 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: E at 9 mph | 15 kph // Humidity: 85%

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 29/09/2026

Current* conditions near L'Anse, MI:

NW view overlooking L'Anse Harbor as it meets L'Anse Bay on Lake Superior. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-28 23:18:13 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@villageoflanse1750 // Current Temp in L'Anse: 53 F | 11 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: S at 7 mph | 12 kph // Humidity: 88%

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 29/09/2026

I haven’t listened to Bukem in DECADES, I have like three of his CDs on my shelf

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 28/09/2026

Not to mention how many mental illnesses and/or disabilities are specifically defined by their impact on one's "ability to work"... ...when "work" is narrowly defined as "create surplus labor for an employer" (rather than "create something meaningful and beneficial to the world").

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Lake Erie! Live! @lake-erie.live · 28/09/2026

Current* conditions near Fairport Harbor, OH:

View looking WNW over Fairport Harbor Lakefront Beach and Lake Erie. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-27 21:44:44 EDT (about 10 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Fairport Harbor: 64 F | 18 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: N at 9 mph | 15 kph // Humidity: 73%

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I’d rather a sharp spork in the eye, personally.

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 27/09/2026

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Current* conditions near Sister Bay, WI:

Western view from the Sister Bay Marina Boathouse overlooking Sister Bay Marina, Sister Bay and Green Bay beyond. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-27 09:36:05 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: sisterbay.com/sunset-camera/ // Current Temp in Sister Bay: 58 F | 14 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: N at 0 mph | 0 kph // Humidity: 94%

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I miss 𝙋𝙊𝙀𝙏𝙍𝙔's Christian Wiman years. That was a good decade, both for 𝙋𝙊𝙀𝙏𝙍𝙔 and for poetry.

(Thankfully, there’s @wfmu.bsky.social , which is where I discover all my new music.)