Helen Robertson
@helendestroy.bsky.social
Witch, bitch, and full-time disaster. Trans, genderqueer, bisexual, dyke poet.
Member of the poetry collective VII
www.helen-robertson.com
Member of the poetry collective VII
www.helen-robertson.com
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Helen Robertson
@helendestroy.bsky.social
· Nov 12
body of stone - Helen Robertson — The Blasted Tree
body of stone by Helen Robertson, The Blasted Tree Publishing Company, poetry collection, Canada
www.theblastedtree.com
Welp, with more people now following me maybe I should drop this here. It's the online version of my chapbook from 2021.
www.theblastedtree.com/body-of-ston...
www.theblastedtree.com/body-of-ston...
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Thucydides did not write the Melian Dialogue for people to forget Athens lost the Peloponnesian War.
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Thucydides did not write the Melian Dialogue for people to forget Athens lost the Peloponnesian War.
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Canada in 2026: shh don't antagonize him
Canada in 2027: why isn't everyone condemning this US aggression against us
Canada in 2027: why isn't everyone condemning this US aggression against us
Canada should be first in line to sign such statements.
Greenland: new statement from France, Germany, Spain, UK, Poland, Denmark.
January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Canada in 2026: shh don't antagonize him
Canada in 2027: why isn't everyone condemning this US aggression against us
Canada in 2027: why isn't everyone condemning this US aggression against us
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y'all need some Phil Ochs history lessons
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
y'all need some Phil Ochs history lessons
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Most people would be happier if they drank more water.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Most people would be happier if they drank more water.
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Of the big three 70s prog bands Genesis is easily the bronze medal of the bunch.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Of the big three 70s prog bands Genesis is easily the bronze medal of the bunch.
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Lord above. You can't just make all the wrong decisions every time. You have to make a good choice by sheer law of averages eventually, right?
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Lord above. You can't just make all the wrong decisions every time. You have to make a good choice by sheer law of averages eventually, right?
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ferengi office worker: EMAILS
August 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ferengi office worker: EMAILS
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Anyone else back in work today?
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Anyone else back in work today?
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By the great @annienocenti.bsky.social
Daredevil #283 (1990)
Daredevil #283 (1990)
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
By the great @annienocenti.bsky.social
Daredevil #283 (1990)
Daredevil #283 (1990)
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
"But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
"But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
January 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
"But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
"But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
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Reminder that almost a quarter century ago, Schumer voted for the Hague Invasion Act, declaring that the US would militarily invade the Hague were it ever to be prosecuted by ICC for war crimes.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
Look at how many names on this list are *still in power*, still kicking around. They weren't exactly young then, but now a lot of them are much much richer.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Reminder that almost a quarter century ago, Schumer voted for the Hague Invasion Act, declaring that the US would militarily invade the Hague were it ever to be prosecuted by ICC for war crimes.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
Biden did too, it was an overwhelmingly bipartisan agreement to be unaccountable to international law.
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Say hello to this Sparkling Violeteer, one of Peru's most beautiful and aggressive hummingbirds. Peru is home to over 120 species of hummingbirds! Spotted in the Sacred Valley. 💙💜💙 #hummingbird #Peru #Sacredvalley
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Say hello to this Sparkling Violeteer, one of Peru's most beautiful and aggressive hummingbirds. Peru is home to over 120 species of hummingbirds! Spotted in the Sacred Valley. 💙💜💙 #hummingbird #Peru #Sacredvalley
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But Obama/Holder DOJ argued to a federal judge that even if his sentence was illegal, Gilbert must remain in prison. They said the “finality” of criminal cases was too important to allow prisoners to file more than one petition, even if the first one was wrongly denied.
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
But Obama/Holder DOJ argued to a federal judge that even if his sentence was illegal, Gilbert must remain in prison. They said the “finality” of criminal cases was too important to allow prisoners to file more than one petition, even if the first one was wrongly denied.
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Twenty-five years after the Vancouver bookstore’s win against Canada Customs, the struggle for the freedom to read isn’t over
The legacy of Little Sister’s censorship battle over queer books | Xtra Magazine
Twenty-five years after the Vancouver bookstore’s win against Canada Customs, the struggle for the freedom to read isn’t over
xtramagazine.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Twenty-five years after the Vancouver bookstore’s win against Canada Customs, the struggle for the freedom to read isn’t over
Breakfast with the girlfriend then later heading home to work on MG Epyon.
Good first day of year
Good first day of year
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Breakfast with the girlfriend then later heading home to work on MG Epyon.
Good first day of year
Good first day of year
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oh christ look at the time
December 12, 2023 at 9:21 PM
oh christ look at the time
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Yeah, that’s me again
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yeah, that’s me again
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Votive Plaque: Swallow (Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Votive Plaque: Swallow (Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE)
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
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babe, are you ok? you reskeeted eunnieboo's "pink in the night" again
June 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
babe, are you ok? you reskeeted eunnieboo's "pink in the night" again
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Butterfly Wind 2025 (milkweed, saskatoon, balsa)
December 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Butterfly Wind 2025 (milkweed, saskatoon, balsa)
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2025 recapped
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2025 recapped