Tony Gentry
@logentry.bsky.social
Writer and woods walker.
Lifetime lefty.
Bon Air, Virginia, US
#Harvard #NYU #UVA
#VCU occupational therapy prof emeritus. Licensed OT.
Photos: @wandering.wow.bsky.social
Writing: https://tonygentry.com
#fiction #books #photography #RVA
Lifetime lefty.
Bon Air, Virginia, US
#Harvard #NYU #UVA
#VCU occupational therapy prof emeritus. Licensed OT.
Photos: @wandering.wow.bsky.social
Writing: https://tonygentry.com
#fiction #books #photography #RVA
You set a Thanksgiving Day deadline for Ukraine to accept Putin's "peace" plan because you know no one in the U.S. will be paying attention to news that day.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You set a Thanksgiving Day deadline for Ukraine to accept Putin's "peace" plan because you know no one in the U.S. will be paying attention to news that day.
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Love this so much for the neo-Luddite rebellion
‘Poetic framing achieved an average jailbreak success rate of 62% for hand-crafted poems and approximately 43% for meta-prompt conversions (compared to non-poetic baselines)’
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
v @iramey.bsky.social
‘Poetic framing achieved an average jailbreak success rate of 62% for hand-crafted poems and approximately 43% for meta-prompt conversions (compared to non-poetic baselines)’
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
v @iramey.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Love this so much for the neo-Luddite rebellion
‘Poetic framing achieved an average jailbreak success rate of 62% for hand-crafted poems and approximately 43% for meta-prompt conversions (compared to non-poetic baselines)’
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
v @iramey.bsky.social
‘Poetic framing achieved an average jailbreak success rate of 62% for hand-crafted poems and approximately 43% for meta-prompt conversions (compared to non-poetic baselines)’
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
v @iramey.bsky.social
Dude's so jealous - you mean you just chop 'em up?
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Dude's so jealous - you mean you just chop 'em up?
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Dems ahead where it matters, for now. Hope going forward our leaders can aim somewhere other than their foot.
#politics #polls #economy #affordability #healthcare
#politics #polls #economy #affordability #healthcare
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dems ahead where it matters, for now. Hope going forward our leaders can aim somewhere other than their foot.
#politics #polls #economy #affordability #healthcare
#politics #polls #economy #affordability #healthcare
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November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"Things happen."
How, as a journalist could you not take that as a direct threat on your life?
How, as a journalist could you not take that as a direct threat on your life?
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Things happen."
How, as a journalist could you not take that as a direct threat on your life?
How, as a journalist could you not take that as a direct threat on your life?
Where has this writer been all my life?
#booksky #books #writing #readthis #solvejballe
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#booksky #books #writing #readthis #solvejballe
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She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Where has this writer been all my life?
#booksky #books #writing #readthis #solvejballe
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#booksky #books #writing #readthis #solvejballe
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"I was told that the DOJ lawyers were very upset with the leaked story in the Times," Ryan wrote, "and that the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5 pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA."
Former UVA President Jim Ryan disputes rector's account of his resignation
Ryan and Rector Rachel Sheridan shared conflicting stories this week.
www.vpm.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"I was told that the DOJ lawyers were very upset with the leaked story in the Times," Ryan wrote, "and that the only offer on the table was that I needed to resign by 5 pm that day or the DOJ would basically rain hell on UVA."
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hanover Tavern has mounted a remarkable musical about Gabriel's slave rebellion. Passionate, committed performances, stirring songs, historically accurate moving narrative, and courage to do this right now. If you can get there, do.
#RVA #Hanover #Virginia #theater #musicals #history
#RVA #Hanover #Virginia #theater #musicals #history
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A couplet:
As we hail a big blue wave
Schumer, as expected, caves
As we hail a big blue wave
Schumer, as expected, caves
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A couplet:
As we hail a big blue wave
Schumer, as expected, caves
As we hail a big blue wave
Schumer, as expected, caves
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Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Happy Birthday Jim Steranko!
Sharing that famous full-page seduction from your Nick Fury run.
(Story goes that Comics Code Authority made him redraw so phone would not be off the hook, but to me it works even better with it orgasmically ringing.)
#comics #Marvel #JimSteranko #art #graphicart
Sharing that famous full-page seduction from your Nick Fury run.
(Story goes that Comics Code Authority made him redraw so phone would not be off the hook, but to me it works even better with it orgasmically ringing.)
#comics #Marvel #JimSteranko #art #graphicart
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Birthday Jim Steranko!
Sharing that famous full-page seduction from your Nick Fury run.
(Story goes that Comics Code Authority made him redraw so phone would not be off the hook, but to me it works even better with it orgasmically ringing.)
#comics #Marvel #JimSteranko #art #graphicart
Sharing that famous full-page seduction from your Nick Fury run.
(Story goes that Comics Code Authority made him redraw so phone would not be off the hook, but to me it works even better with it orgasmically ringing.)
#comics #Marvel #JimSteranko #art #graphicart
Long story, but will not forget Coyner lawyering for a developer our nabe was fighting, on hot mike at board hearing telling him, "this crowd is just the little people." (Btw, we beat the developer.)
#election #Virginia
#election #Virginia
Spot-on by @ZachLincolnVA - in the end, Jay Jones won, Carrie Coyner lost. LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/11/form...
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Improved advice scrawled on a men's room wall in a Chicago blues bar.
#RedWed #ColoraDay #TagTuesday #graffiti #photography
#RedWed #ColoraDay #TagTuesday #graffiti #photography
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Improved advice scrawled on a men's room wall in a Chicago blues bar.
#RedWed #ColoraDay #TagTuesday #graffiti #photography
#RedWed #ColoraDay #TagTuesday #graffiti #photography
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DISMANTLE THE CONDITIONS
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
DISMANTLE THE CONDITIONS
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turns out nobody really likes these gross little weirdos
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
turns out nobody really likes these gross little weirdos
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Thank you Virginia!! 💙🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Thank you Virginia!! 💙🇺🇸
So happy that Hashmi wins! She's the only candidate for anything who's ever knocked on my door - and she's an English Professor!
👏👏👏👏.
FUGOP.
Cleaning house!!!
FUGOP.
Cleaning house!!!
Breaking: Ghazala Hashmi wins Virginia Lieutenant Governor race, flipping the seat from red to blue.
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
(Source: @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So happy that Hashmi wins! She's the only candidate for anything who's ever knocked on my door - and she's an English Professor!
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Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. Her campaign promised to fight the “chaos” of President Donald Trump’s second term and to address cost-of-living issues. https://bit.ly/3JEKGZp