Brian Spears
@briankspears.bsky.social
Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus (Ret.), author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love https://brian-spears.com I also crochet stuff.
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Brian Spears
@briankspears.bsky.social
· Nov 16
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing millions of people that what they really wanted to do was argue with complete strangers on the internet 24/7.
Think for a moment about how many things we now consider hobbies are connected to older forms of production people once needed just to live: gardening, fabric arts, woodworking, music and written creation. The list is massive.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Think for a moment about how many things we now consider hobbies are connected to older forms of production people once needed just to live: gardening, fabric arts, woodworking, music and written creation. The list is massive.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
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More hats for the little free library
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
More hats for the little free library
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Anyway, if you're saying it's fine to steal from people because you don't want to pay them, that's not Marxism or Communism. That's just capitalism.
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Anyway, if you're saying it's fine to steal from people because you don't want to pay them, that's not Marxism or Communism. That's just capitalism.
I still think nothing makes me feel more middle-aged than getting Black Friday deals from a CPAP supply company.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I still think nothing makes me feel more middle-aged than getting Black Friday deals from a CPAP supply company.
My current favorite student typo (which I have seen multiple times this semester) is them forgetting the final s in assess.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My current favorite student typo (which I have seen multiple times this semester) is them forgetting the final s in assess.
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I’ve been wondering since these came out if professors can ban these from the classroom. Probably not, at least at my institution.
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
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A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’ve been wondering since these came out if professors can ban these from the classroom. Probably not, at least at my institution.
I am your father, Charlie Brown
It's a walk-off, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I am your father, Charlie Brown
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Raising the minimum wage is good, but not good enough.
Workers should’t have to constantly fall behind until politicians can be made to do their job.
It is time to do what Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Florida and 16 other states have already done and take the politicians out of it. #IndexTheMinimumWage
Workers should’t have to constantly fall behind until politicians can be made to do their job.
It is time to do what Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Florida and 16 other states have already done and take the politicians out of it. #IndexTheMinimumWage
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Raising the minimum wage is good, but not good enough.
Workers should’t have to constantly fall behind until politicians can be made to do their job.
It is time to do what Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Florida and 16 other states have already done and take the politicians out of it. #IndexTheMinimumWage
Workers should’t have to constantly fall behind until politicians can be made to do their job.
It is time to do what Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Florida and 16 other states have already done and take the politicians out of it. #IndexTheMinimumWage
Excuse me? I need those cables for when I finally decide to reorganize the files on my former backup hard drives.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Excuse me? I need those cables for when I finally decide to reorganize the files on my former backup hard drives.
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
Everybody else in my house right now has no idea what’s happening on the internets right now. They’ve made much better choices than I have.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Everybody else in my house right now has no idea what’s happening on the internets right now. They’ve made much better choices than I have.
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
Do I want to grade papers this morning instead of read whatever it is y’all are talking about? Of course not.
Would it be better for my mental health if I did? Oh no doubt.
Would it be better for my mental health if I did? Oh no doubt.
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Do I want to grade papers this morning instead of read whatever it is y’all are talking about? Of course not.
Would it be better for my mental health if I did? Oh no doubt.
Would it be better for my mental health if I did? Oh no doubt.
In about a month I’m gonna show up at a corner store ready to buy a soda with nothing but pennies and be the hero of the day.
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In about a month I’m gonna show up at a corner store ready to buy a soda with nothing but pennies and be the hero of the day.
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LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
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It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
There’s a “great disturbance in the Force” vibe online tonight.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
There’s a “great disturbance in the Force” vibe online tonight.
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Elected Dems really need to accept that there are options beyond us and them. I think it’s fine that MTG is pissed at Trump. That doesn’t mean she’s on the same side I am.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Elected Dems really need to accept that there are options beyond us and them. I think it’s fine that MTG is pissed at Trump. That doesn’t mean she’s on the same side I am.
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New scarf, this one with a Severance feel
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New scarf, this one with a Severance feel
Elected Dems really need to accept that there are options beyond us and them. I think it’s fine that MTG is pissed at Trump. That doesn’t mean she’s on the same side I am.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Elected Dems really need to accept that there are options beyond us and them. I think it’s fine that MTG is pissed at Trump. That doesn’t mean she’s on the same side I am.
It’s gonna be a hell of a thing if the QB’s in the AFC Championship game are Daniel Jones and Bo Nix in a division that also has Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Alexander and Josh Allen.
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It’s gonna be a hell of a thing if the QB’s in the AFC Championship game are Daniel Jones and Bo Nix in a division that also has Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Alexander and Josh Allen.
New scarf, this one with a Severance feel
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New scarf, this one with a Severance feel
The Changing Light at Sandover and my book.
Prompt: if you had to performatively display two books that you wanted the NYT writer profiling you about your career ending scandal to notice, what would they be?
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Changing Light at Sandover and my book.
The parenthetical is my favorite bit of the article
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The parenthetical is my favorite bit of the article