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Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 12h

Beautiful poem.

Gregory Crosby @monostich.bsky.social · 13h

But before you do, please read my poem in the new issue of Metprhastics, the ekphrastic journal of poems based on works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; this issue's theme is Arms & Armor. It's my second appearance in this excellent journal.

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Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 2d

Ваши глаза вам врут. Здесь нет ботов.

Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 2d

For sure the best King Crimson album ever.

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Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 3d

Fear really should sell itself.

Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 3d

A daikon monger put down roots in our area some time back.

Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 3d

If fish or cheese aren’t properly mongered, they will likely turn.

Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 3d

What is this magic Midjourney of which you speak? Seriously, don’t murderbotsplain things to me. As a heartless killing machine, you are a terrible failure.

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Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 3d

I'm tired of the soup du jour.

Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 4d

propagating nickel and dime embellishments and photoshopped pics will just make us all dumber at the end of the day. Lies should be reserved for religion and sex.

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Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 4d

Being objectively dishonest makes little sense when you believe in your cause. You could make a theoretical argument that, if there were perhaps some lies, or a series of lies that would almost guarantee millions of Trump voters would abandon him forever, that it would be worth it. Otherwise…

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Christopher Samuels @notsomuch.bsky.social · 4d

Let JD Vance do it. Fight the fascist fucks, but lies will come back and bite us. We’re smarter than MAGA, and we actually believe in something. The truth is so fucked up, why would we need to lie?