Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 4hSounds like something Burroughs made up for his Martian stories. 100
Reposted by Stephen Persingphoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"We need to make books cool again. 📚 If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them. Don’t let them explore you until they’ve explored the secret universes of books. Don’t let them connect with you until they’ve walked between the lines on the pages." John Samuel Waters 15110
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think most people are scared of the consequences 110
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I just reread this Diane di Prima poem and said "Damn" out loud. 020
Reposted by Stephen PersingAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Every act of art is an act of resistance” -Tom Morello 573979666
Reposted by Stephen PersingChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 382866559
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think it's a Pink Lady. We picked just about every variety the orchard had. 000
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We went apple picking today, and before I eat my first one I thought it deserved its portrait. Look at those blonde streaks! 120
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I just can’t get past “Kurt Barlow,” which is a name better suited to a small town hardware store owner than a vampire 100
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Dold was brilliant. His art is like no one else’s. 001
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Bought this little fellow at the museum shop at the Wadsworth Atheneum. I think I’ll name him “Fred.” 000
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think the only Ken Russell film I've seen is The Devils, which is completely Daltrey-free 110
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Morally binding” - like Trump’s wedding vows 010
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The captions add an extra layer of surrealism. 140
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Where would poetry be without these things? Or art, theater, fiction, etc. 010
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Many of my prayers begin “God damn it, Trump…” 020
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We used to read the entrails of chickens. 000
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My grandfather was Edna St. Vincent Millay’s doctor late in her life 111
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wow. youtu.be/vMTEtDBHGY4?...youtu.beTim Buckley - Song to the SirenYouTube video by SpaceOdyssee0 000
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I don't know the reference, so I'll assume you mean former Vice President Dawes - it'll make my day more surreal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...en.wikipedia.orgCharles G. Dawes - Wikipedia 000
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Straciatella - soup with faux-chicken broth, spinach, Parmesan, eggs, and herbs. A bowl of peaches closes out breakfast 010
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Film you've watched more than six times with a GIFstatic.klipy.comBride of Frankenstein: A Monster's MarriageAlt: Bride of Frankenstein: A Monster's Marriage 010
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I grew up on Baum, and read Thompson as the Del Rey editions were coming out. I still have them all. 040
Reposted by Stephen PersingRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Okay, well, here it is again then:youtube.comMUSK | Official Trailer HDYouTube video by Elevation Pictures 7248130
Reposted by Stephen PersingEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.socialsammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 252122938
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I just realized that "morally rich" is what I have wanted from politicians and rarely ever get. 050
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The Menopause Brain" sounds like a mediocre episode of Dr. Who 010
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I enjoy the film as a whole, but Bowie is what makes it riveting 110
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It doesn’t matter if he’s senile, a sociopath, or possessed- any way you slice it, he’s unfit to be President 020
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’ve never understood the appeal of Scooby-Doo 020
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Deprive him of what he craves most - attention 030
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Since it happens in Autumn, shouldn’t we call it “Falliage?” 030
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This reminded me of David Gilmour's song "Yes, I Have Ghosts" youtu.be/BwI1RmYaVB0?...youtu.beDavid Gilmour with Romany Gilmour - Yes, I Have Ghosts (Official Music Video 4K)YouTube video by David Gilmour 010
Stephen Persing @stephenpersing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Isn't that what John Cleese wears in the Dead Parrot sketch? 110
