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Donovan - Season of the Witch (Official Audio)

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 23h

Oh Four Heaven's sake

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 1d

You've got to pick up every stitch
The rabbits runnin' in the ditch
Beatniks are out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch

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In the heat of it, what I believed was the heat of it, I shouted like a dockworker that I was unafraid. My burbling brook which must be traversed to get to the island of blue lawn chairs. My loaded ap...

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 1d

Cowpunk
-Diane Seuss

Do you think your suffering is exceptional?
Maybe. Maybe not.
The times are strange, no doubt.
In the heat of it, what I believed
was the heat of it, I shouted like a dockworker
that I was unafraid. Come at me,
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www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Cowpunk

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Happy Day

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Meditation During the Sufferings and Deaths of Others

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 2d

Meditation During the Sufferings and Deaths of Others
-Sharon Olds

I did not deserve to be beaten,
and I did not deserve ballet lessons—
except insofar as everyone deserves ballet lessons.
Me mum thought I was well worth beating.
[...]

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161893...

I did not deserve to be beaten, and I did not deserve ballet lessons— except insofar as everyone deserves ballet lessons. And there were books in the house, I did not deserve them except insofar as ev...

Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Peace Train (Live at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, 2006)

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 2d

Now I've been cryin' lately
Thinkin' about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating?
Why can't we live in bliss?
'Cause out on the edge of darkness
There rides a peace train
Oh, peace train take this country
Come take me home again
Oh, peace train soundin' louder

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YouTube video by Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 2d

A gentleperson's four

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

2022 for the School of Data Science and Society
1931 for the School of Information and Library Science

All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
-R Brautigan
[...]
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace
allpoetry.com/All-Watched-...

Comments & analysis: I like to think (and / the sooner the better!)

allpoetry.com

The Byrds - Artificial Energy (Audio)

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

But he could have the new School of Data, Information, Libraries, and Society named after him in return for an appropriate gift!

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

Artificial energy
Is wrestling my mind
I've got a strange feeling
I'm going to die before my time

I'm coming down off amphetamine
And I'm in jail 'cause I killed the queen

youtu.be/WLGsh611Qk4

YouTube video by TheByrdsVEVO

University leadership announces development of new school at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us”

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

Time for the naming contest to begin. I'll start with the Kay Kyser Kollege of Knowledge in honor of one of UNC's best alums and is spelling choices.

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

In the earlier post in which I drew from them I used their logo-ed page. In this case, I'm posting directly from the Provost's link having not yet read TBB. I do love them and respect them.

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

What would you name this new @unc School?

"This yet-to-be-named school is a bold step forward in our commitment to preparing students for a world increasingly shaped by data, information and artificial intelligence."

More: www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...

The School of Information and Library Science and the School of Data Science and Society will be founding leaders of a new school to amplify and lead Carolina’s response to the information and data ne...

www.unc.edu

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 3d

Back at 5

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 4d

We gotta go!

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The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie (Shindig 1965)

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Einstein’s Happiest Moment

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: We've talk to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-Chapel Hill is merging SILS (Information and Library Science) with SDSS (Date Science and Society.) Announcement will come tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 4d

Einstein’s Happiest Moment
-Richard Berlin

Einstein’s happiest moment
occurred when he realized
a falling man falling
beside a falling apple
could also be described
as an apple and a man at rest
while the world falls around them

And my happiest moment
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www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55922/...

Einstein’s happiest moment occurred when he realized a falling man falling beside a falling apple could also be described as an apple and a man at rest while the world falls around them. And my happi...

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 5d

Feelin Groovy

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A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 5d

@corydoctorow and Enshittification featured in @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

www.nytimes.com

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 5d

I won't take all that they hand me down
Make out a smile, though I wear a frown
And I'm not gonna take it all lying down
'Cause once I get started, I go to town
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
youtu.be/sr44zy31mNs

I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Mono Mix)

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From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring— From the same source I have not taken My sorrow—I could not awake...

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 5d

Alone
-Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were—I have not seen
As others saw—I could not bring
My passions from a common spring—
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow—I could not awaken
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www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46477/...

“Alone”

I Sing The Body Electric- Fame

Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 5d

I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
And I'll look back on Venus
I'll look back on Mars
And I'll burn with the fire
Of ten million stars
And in time and in time
We will all be stars

youtu.be/tG-wl2qqD7Y

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