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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 23h

Oh, wow — that sounds like so much fun! Thank you for the tip!

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! I’ll give it a listen. I just won tickets to it on the radio, and I’m super excited to go because I’ve never been before!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

“Sooner or later, it’s just an empty elevator.” — Phosphorescent

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My Bad Poetry @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social · Jun 30

On the week of his poetry collection debut @mitchnobis.bsky.social dropped by to share some poems that... did NOT make the manuscript.
Make sure to check out The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees!

open.spotify.com/episode/1WXV...

I Hear Trees Are Good Metaphors & Symbols & Such (w/ Mitchell Nobis)

My Bad Poetry · Episode

open.spotify.com

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 2d

Just got my ticket!

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 3d

Aye, register and come hear us read poems on the internet next Tuesday.

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 20d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 9d

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10d

Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 11d

At #LAComicCon, my daughter met the voice actor for a Five Nights at Freddy’s character, and she couldn’t have been more starstruck!

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks to the litmag that rejected my poems on a Sunday. 🫠

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 19d

Me for the past week or so.

a man with white hair and a beard is talking about taking crazy pills .

Alt: Will Ferrell in Zoolander saying “I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS.”

media.tenor.com

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 24d

Elizabeth Gilbert 👀👀👀

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 28d

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’

The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his reactionary views on current events

www.theguardian.com

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 28d

Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

‘I Was Responsible for Those People’

The manager of Windows on the World survived 9/11, while 79 of his employees died. He’s still searching for permission to move on.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28d

The manager of Windows on the World survived 9/11. Seventy-nine of his employees died. "To tell Glenn’s story … is to share an uncomfortable truth: 9/11 was not the worst day of his life," Tim Alberta wrote in 2021.
https://theatln.tc/kBJO2mqs

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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 29d

Charlie Kirk emboldened hate by cloaking his beliefs as "Christian".
Jesus embraced the marginalized.
He was the opposite of Kirk.
No Charlie should not have been murdered for his rhetoric.
But he did embrace hate. And I won't martyr him.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 29d

Reaction online is predictably polarized.

Reaction among the not-always-online people I tried to talk to was a unanimous, “who?”

I’m still working through that.

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 29d

I got mine on Tuesday!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 31

I hear you! Keep going!

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s so disheartening to watch him now. Also enraging. Etc. I was a teenager when Politically Incorrect was on, and it was the 1st time I’d been exposed to diff types of thought (came from a v small town), so he was, in some ways, important to me. But I’ve since thrown him in the bin w Naomi Wolf.

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Hell yeah! So excited to work on this!

Kevin A. Risner @mrdecember.bsky.social · Aug 29

Big news. "It's Easy To Lose Your Breath" has been picked up by Match Factory Editions @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social! This is now my debut full-length, out in May! I'm beyond excited to share this book with you! I hope to share news about my ex-ELJ book soon, but there's good news on that front, too!

The first part of the memorandum of agreement, made by Match Factory Editions. Made on August 22nd of 2025 between me (the author) and the publisher. Hell yeah!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 30

I dig it!

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · Aug 29

found this poem in a 2018 file in my notes app

Wolf Confessions

You are what you eat
Which is why I am your
grandmother

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Most of the hybrid actors do an exceptional job at playing children in adult bodies.

Shore Scripts | Screenwriting @shorescripts.bsky.social · Aug 30

Fans and critics are hooked on ALIEN: EARTH, which has not only achieved 9.2 million global views in its first week but also earned widespread praise for its bold visuals, unnerving tone, and fresh take on the classic franchise!

Which character or moment has you hooked so far?

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Great news! @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social (Sneza) and I are going to hold a virtual poetry reading near Halloween! Greater news: we’re gonna be in costume! Hope it doesn’t end up like the Babadook meme! Ha!

The Babadook meme, where one person came to a Halloween party with a costume on but no one else did. The costume was the Babadook.

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