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the brash hermit

@thebrashhermit.bsky.social
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🗽East Coast. 🧔‍♂️He/Him. 🪩 Millennial. 🖋️ Writer. 🎸 Songwriter. Mainly post poems & micro poems here. Art should be made by humans, not machines. Music here: bsky.app/profile/brendanthomasmusic…

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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 4h
"The day the devil died."
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fuck ICE. Fuck Trump. Rebel. Resist. Defy. Vote these fuckers out.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The truth won't twist and the facts won't fit, so the viscount's vindictive ventriloquists pound the table and shake their fists. #poetry #writingcommunity #emoetry #vindictive
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE are fascist scumbags.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They are fascist paramilitaries meant to operate outside normal bounds to oppress, intimidate, and enforce the will of oligarchs and their agents in power.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Their weary ears are wary of silver tongues that speak hollow words just to climb power's rungs. #poetry #writingcommunity #emoetry #weary
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
(Sometimes I need to post a ridiculous poem) A pressurized pipe sprung a leak, a geyser of sewage high above the street, dozens of people recording on their phones, a father to his son; "Who needs Yellowstone?!" #poetry #poems #micropoetry #sewage #geyser
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don't care if the world is on fire or if there's an imminent asteroid impact, we will make time to hold Miller accountable.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Don't know what the F*** that is on your head, but here's your Tea luv."
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sometimes it all goes to shit... Sometimes that happens in front of a crowd... #poetry #poems #performing
I was a stand-in
for a crash out,
but my words fell flat,
I guess I didn't 
have the clout.

I was Icarus,
and the spotlight
was a star,
I flew too close
and fell down
in pieces near the bar.

So here's a toast 
to the ghost
of my confidence,
which might be
laid to rest
after tonight's events.
							
 						@thebrashhermit.bsky.social
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's an intentional destruction and degradation of the regulatory state by the Heritage Foundation and its backers.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Story time around the fire pit; the sootsayers are blowing smoke. #poetry #poem #micropoetry
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Coming to grips with an apocalypse of meaning; suspecting and surmising, hard times on the horizon. #poetry #poems #micropoetry
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Hello everyone!" (Whoa, that's a lot of people...) "Goodbye everyone!" #poem #micropoetry #haiku #anxiety
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The dictator-tot is deep fried, it's a wonder they let him leave the kitchen, let alone go outside. #poetry #poems #micropoetry
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They supposed themselves upon the summit of some immaculate peak, at an untouchable height far above the 'unworthy' and 'weak,' selected by the holy pointer of the high divine, forever to endure prosper and shine; and for that reason they were bound to fall. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #elitism
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's the repertoire of the reprehensible; excuse the inexcusable, defend the indefensible.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don't know if we're in hell, but I know evil when I see it, and Thiel is an evil person.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fun fact: Thiel spent some of his formative years in Swakopmund, an enclave in western Namibia, where they openly praised Hitler and Nazis; www.nytimes.com/1976/10/30/a...
nytimes.com
South‐West Africa City Remains ‘More German Than Germany’ (Published 1976)
Article on strong German influence that remains in former colony of SW Africa and in city of Swakopmund (M)
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three individuals involved in helping Republicans steal the 2000 election (Bush v. Gore) for Republicans are now justices on the Supreme Court, angling to try and steal the 2026 midterms; Amy Coney Barrett John Roberts Brett Kavanaugh
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Greed Over People, every time.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Like Trump, Netanyahu is a criminal that belongs in a cell.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also... let's not lose focus that Flock is not the only company in the ALPR market... Axon, etc...
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Morally bankrupt greedy soulless sacks of shit. Fuck Trump and his oligarch backers.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hopefully Gandalf and crew eventually made it to their destination.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
'Whoopsie daisies,' Painted Ladies flutter round the shutter in spring, chasing one another, they flutter round the shutter, as I listen to the catbirds sing. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #spring #butterflies
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Praise, effusively heaped as tribute at the swollen feet of the pyrite tyrant. Supplicants speak in sequence, desperately delivering servile sermons full of fawning adulation. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #despotism
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A package returned? Know weigh! #7SyllableSquad #7SyllableSentence #know
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Doubly so when the Heritage Foundation put out their 'Destroy America plan,' otherwise known as Project 2025, well in advance of the 2024 election.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why is this orange turd still sticking to the toilet bowl... just fucking flush already.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Also the politicians themselves own stock in these companies so they are directly profiting from the misery they are causing. They are not only morally bankrupt, but also openly corrupt.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I wonder about that... they are like DJs remixing other bird songs from different areas!
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great photo. I know they aren't as visually striking as other birds but their songs alone put them in my top 5!
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Agreed. It's really sad to watch history repeat itself.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hahahahahahaha
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please don't disturb my concentration, I am creating a resume of embarrassment for later viewing. #poetry #poems #micropoetry
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The woman bringing up "do you have a daughter, do you have a mother" while she supports a pedophile and a rapist 'president' is really rich.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Found footage near the mile marker; a mystery trailer, a missing hitchhiker. #poetry #poems #micropoetry #horror
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looks like a killer studio space!
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Maybe if we listen to the pathological liar con-artist who told more lies than any American president in history he'll tell the truth this time...
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We could be rid of this orange idiot within a couple weeks if Republicans in Congress actually did their jobs.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Bayon? One of the coolest places I've ever seen!
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Seriously the amount of hatred and vitriol that comes from the president himself, and this dude has the nerve to try the whole 'think of the children nonsnse?' What about the kids who are being imprisoned in Dilley? What about kids who came home from school in Danbury to find their parents gone?
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is also how certain far-right extremist groups in the US like 'Patriot Front' show up; in the back of a rental truck.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
He reminds me a lot of the villain from V for Vendetta, Adam Sutler.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The light house keeper broke the fog bank with his new Fresnel lens, as the ship's lone officer watched with great interest. #poetry #poems #micropoetry
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let's not forget Axon, who also make ALPRs.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The climate-aware real estate agent, speaking to a prospective buyer; "It's a fixer upper in the hills but look on the bright side, in a few years time this will all be ocean side!" #poetry #poems #micropoetry #climatechange
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Friendly reminder that 'Benny Johnson' is paid by Russia to post propaganda; apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com
Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian operation, US says
An indictment alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson — was secretly funded by Russian state media employees.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is why I'm not optimistic about the conclusion of Trump being the conclusion of this stupidity. They'll literally just fall into the next propaganda pit and support whoever they are told to support.
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