Dr Steve Fleischer
@stevefleischer.bsky.social
Dual national (🇬🇧 /🇩🇪 ). PhD in quantum physics. Ex-Hong Kong (32 years), now North Yorkshire. Interested in writing, physics, history, travel, aviation. Overthinking introvert. Bipolar. Tries to be kind and funny. Sometimes is.
January 21, 2026 at 7:12 PM
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 AM
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM
January 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM
laughter drifts away
like petals borne on soft wind
echoes of friendship
that slipped from my clumsy grasp
#heartfelt affection remains
#vss365 #tanka
like petals borne on soft wind
echoes of friendship
that slipped from my clumsy grasp
#heartfelt affection remains
#vss365 #tanka
January 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
laughter drifts away
like petals borne on soft wind
echoes of friendship
that slipped from my clumsy grasp
#heartfelt affection remains
#vss365 #tanka
like petals borne on soft wind
echoes of friendship
that slipped from my clumsy grasp
#heartfelt affection remains
#vss365 #tanka
January 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
#unmissable loss
wraps the night in brittle chill
i whisper your name
but darkness swallows my voice
under stars' pitiless gaze
#vss365 #tanka
wraps the night in brittle chill
i whisper your name
but darkness swallows my voice
under stars' pitiless gaze
#vss365 #tanka
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
#unmissable loss
wraps the night in brittle chill
i whisper your name
but darkness swallows my voice
under stars' pitiless gaze
#vss365 #tanka
wraps the night in brittle chill
i whisper your name
but darkness swallows my voice
under stars' pitiless gaze
#vss365 #tanka
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
The only sounds were owl hoots and the snapping twigs in the brutal cold. Exhausted, even a possible enemy attack couldn't keep him awake. Thankfully, his pal kept watch from their foxhole. What #spooked him next day was the knowledge that Reg had been killed a week ago. #vss36
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
He had no wish to die, just to have not existed. He was #clueless why he felt that way, but he did. He had cause for joy, but the voice in his head, that savage critic that never stopped, told him he didn't deserve to be happy. He hated depression, so he wanted not to be.
#vss365
#vss365
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
winnow the #balderdash
from my stupid utterances
discard the verbal chaff
from my ill-chosen words
to reveal grains & kernels
of a deeply-held respect
and an unfeigned fondness
oft hidden amid the husks
of fault-ridden folly
look beyond the surface
at the kindness within
#vss365
from my stupid utterances
discard the verbal chaff
from my ill-chosen words
to reveal grains & kernels
of a deeply-held respect
and an unfeigned fondness
oft hidden amid the husks
of fault-ridden folly
look beyond the surface
at the kindness within
#vss365
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
winnow the #balderdash
from my stupid utterances
discard the verbal chaff
from my ill-chosen words
to reveal grains & kernels
of a deeply-held respect
and an unfeigned fondness
oft hidden amid the husks
of fault-ridden folly
look beyond the surface
at the kindness within
#vss365
from my stupid utterances
discard the verbal chaff
from my ill-chosen words
to reveal grains & kernels
of a deeply-held respect
and an unfeigned fondness
oft hidden amid the husks
of fault-ridden folly
look beyond the surface
at the kindness within
#vss365
catastrophizing
damned selective #abstraction
blights my existence
#vss365 #haiku
photo: theawkwardyeti.com
damned selective #abstraction
blights my existence
#vss365 #haiku
photo: theawkwardyeti.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
catastrophizing
damned selective #abstraction
blights my existence
#vss365 #haiku
photo: theawkwardyeti.com
damned selective #abstraction
blights my existence
#vss365 #haiku
photo: theawkwardyeti.com
in #delight of a new year's dawn
his wan reflection gazes back
gone the gentle kind visage
replaced by tired despair
he stares into the mirror
and the monster he is stares back
#vss365
"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past" - Tryon Edwards
his wan reflection gazes back
gone the gentle kind visage
replaced by tired despair
he stares into the mirror
and the monster he is stares back
#vss365
"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past" - Tryon Edwards
January 1, 2026 at 10:37 AM
warm thoughts boil over
cursed with overthinking
#dream turns to nightmare
#vss365 #haiku #overthinking
cursed with overthinking
#dream turns to nightmare
#vss365 #haiku #overthinking
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
warm thoughts boil over
cursed with overthinking
#dream turns to nightmare
#vss365 #haiku #overthinking
cursed with overthinking
#dream turns to nightmare
#vss365 #haiku #overthinking
