upfromsumdirt
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
poet & nyeusiphile.
poetry collections: Deifying A Total Darkness; To Emit Teal; The Second Stop Is Jupiter; & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife
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poetry collections: Deifying A Total Darkness; To Emit Teal; The Second Stop Is Jupiter; & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife
👠👠 + 🎣👨🏿🦳 + 👰🏿♂️
Pinned
well, well, well... what have we here?
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hey... that includes my book!!
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& GOOD UNTIL JANUARY THE WHAT?!?!? 👀👀
www.kentuckypress.com
40% OFF ALL BOOKS (hard or soft cover!) AT UPK WHEN USING FROSTY25 AT CHECKOUT?
👁👁
hey... that includes my book!!
👁👁
& GOOD UNTIL JANUARY THE WHAT?!?!? 👀👀
www.kentuckypress.com
UGK - Pocket Full Of Stones
YouTube video by Mississippi Hip Hop
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It takes insomnia to make you realize Roadrunner could have phased through Coyote and killed him but chose not to.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It takes insomnia to make you realize Roadrunner could have phased through Coyote and killed him but chose not to.
A DIRT SALE.
starting December 1st, the pdf for my first collection, Deifying A Total Darkness, will be available for FREE (or, yaknow, "paywhutchalike") through gumroad.com/upfromsumdirt ... the paperback will be a slender $10.
discount will end on my birthday, January 21st, 2026.
starting December 1st, the pdf for my first collection, Deifying A Total Darkness, will be available for FREE (or, yaknow, "paywhutchalike") through gumroad.com/upfromsumdirt ... the paperback will be a slender $10.
discount will end on my birthday, January 21st, 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A DIRT SALE.
starting December 1st, the pdf for my first collection, Deifying A Total Darkness, will be available for FREE (or, yaknow, "paywhutchalike") through gumroad.com/upfromsumdirt ... the paperback will be a slender $10.
discount will end on my birthday, January 21st, 2026.
starting December 1st, the pdf for my first collection, Deifying A Total Darkness, will be available for FREE (or, yaknow, "paywhutchalike") through gumroad.com/upfromsumdirt ... the paperback will be a slender $10.
discount will end on my birthday, January 21st, 2026.
not to be outdone-outdone, we should discount Deifying A Total Darkness NINETY-FIVE PERCENT !!!
that would be awesome af!
LET'S DO IT!!!
that would be awesome af!
LET'S DO IT!!!
not to be outdone by UPK's 40% off sale (including my collection, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife) WSUPress also has a 45% off sale for their titles, including my collection, The Second Stop Is Jupiter -
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
When you use online libraries, BOTH the library and the author benefit! 😃
I see we're talking about pirating books again today-- don't do this.
My budget has been tight this year, I get it. That's why I've been getting a ton of books from the library. With Libby and Overdrive it's just as convenient as Amazon, there's no reason not to use it. And authors still get paid.
My budget has been tight this year, I get it. That's why I've been getting a ton of books from the library. With Libby and Overdrive it's just as convenient as Amazon, there's no reason not to use it. And authors still get paid.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
When you use online libraries, BOTH the library and the author benefit! 😃
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You will never guess what this is in reference to.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You will never guess what this is in reference to.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
i have found religion & church is restored...
i shall be devout af. 🙏🏿
i shall be devout af. 🙏🏿
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
i have found religion & church is restored...
i shall be devout af. 🙏🏿
i shall be devout af. 🙏🏿
ending from Caul & Response (Deifying A Total Darkness)
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ending from Caul & Response (Deifying A Total Darkness)
don cherry & ornette coleman
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
don cherry & ornette coleman
elon musk is a piece of shit.
his heart is a piece of shit.
pieces of shit grease the cogs of his soul:
space x. twitter. tesla. doge. grok.
not a one passes the sniff test. so why would one expect to not find shit all over the spaces he inhabits?
his heart is a piece of shit.
pieces of shit grease the cogs of his soul:
space x. twitter. tesla. doge. grok.
not a one passes the sniff test. so why would one expect to not find shit all over the spaces he inhabits?
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
elon musk is a piece of shit.
his heart is a piece of shit.
pieces of shit grease the cogs of his soul:
space x. twitter. tesla. doge. grok.
not a one passes the sniff test. so why would one expect to not find shit all over the spaces he inhabits?
his heart is a piece of shit.
pieces of shit grease the cogs of his soul:
space x. twitter. tesla. doge. grok.
not a one passes the sniff test. so why would one expect to not find shit all over the spaces he inhabits?
"AAVE is flagged as inappropriate" by LLMs designed to detect student cheating... which enforces steeper educational penalties on black students.
intentional or not, as it currenty exists, AI IS WHITE SUPREMACIST SOFTWARE and damaging to the safety of black people.
youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ?...
intentional or not, as it currenty exists, AI IS WHITE SUPREMACIST SOFTWARE and damaging to the safety of black people.
youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ?...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"AAVE is flagged as inappropriate" by LLMs designed to detect student cheating... which enforces steeper educational penalties on black students.
intentional or not, as it currenty exists, AI IS WHITE SUPREMACIST SOFTWARE and damaging to the safety of black people.
youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ?...
intentional or not, as it currenty exists, AI IS WHITE SUPREMACIST SOFTWARE and damaging to the safety of black people.
youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ?...
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
Would anyone care to guess the racial demographics of South Memphis, Tennessee
Grok is actually powered by up to 35 portable gas turbines in South Memphis, which is 25 more than the permit they just received. The air quality is so horrible that people don’t go outside. It violates EPA regulations, but it doesn’t matter since Musk gutted the EPA. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/03/m...
Musk's xAI scores permit for gas-burning turbines to power Grok supercomputer in Memphis
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup attained an official permit to power its Memphis supercomputer facility using natural gas-burning turbines.
www.cnbc.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Would anyone care to guess the racial demographics of South Memphis, Tennessee
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
Check out this review of my book in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4288
May 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Check out this review of my book in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4288
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
not to be outdone by UPK's 40% off sale (including my collection, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife) WSUPress also has a 45% off sale for their titles, including my collection, The Second Stop Is Jupiter -
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
not to be outdone by UPK's 40% off sale (including my collection, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife) WSUPress also has a 45% off sale for their titles, including my collection, The Second Stop Is Jupiter -
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
"There is a role for every person in revolution if he is revolutionary."
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"There is a role for every person in revolution if he is revolutionary."
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
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Maybe this is why he hates Black people. It all comes down to the dozens.
Some quick-fire yo mama jokes had him crying to his actual mama.
Some quick-fire yo mama jokes had him crying to his actual mama.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Maybe this is why he hates Black people. It all comes down to the dozens.
Some quick-fire yo mama jokes had him crying to his actual mama.
Some quick-fire yo mama jokes had him crying to his actual mama.
Teddy Pendergrass - Come Go with Me (Official Audio)
YouTube video by TeddyPendergrassVEVO
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
good morning, Hayli Gubbi... how are you feeling today?
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
good morning, Hayli Gubbi... how are you feeling today?
physician: have you ever had surgery to your heart or lungs?
me: *runs hand across chest*
physician: ... 😐
me: uh, no. i don't think so.
me: *runs hand across chest*
physician: ... 😐
me: uh, no. i don't think so.
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
physician: have you ever had surgery to your heart or lungs?
me: *runs hand across chest*
physician: ... 😐
me: uh, no. i don't think so.
me: *runs hand across chest*
physician: ... 😐
me: uh, no. i don't think so.
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“Oh no the girls are rapping about pleasurable sexual experiences and gucci bags”
The boys are rapping about serial killing and the lack of mental health services
The boys are rapping about serial killing and the lack of mental health services
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Oh no the girls are rapping about pleasurable sexual experiences and gucci bags”
The boys are rapping about serial killing and the lack of mental health services
The boys are rapping about serial killing and the lack of mental health services
i should be sleep. haffa rise in 2 hours to go have the nodes in my lungs examined for growth — no sweat, for now... docs werent much alarmed by them a couple years ago bc supposedly "many of us have them"
but i do suffer from as-yet undiagnosed breathing problems, so maybe... *some* alarm, yes?
but i do suffer from as-yet undiagnosed breathing problems, so maybe... *some* alarm, yes?
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i should be sleep. haffa rise in 2 hours to go have the nodes in my lungs examined for growth — no sweat, for now... docs werent much alarmed by them a couple years ago bc supposedly "many of us have them"
but i do suffer from as-yet undiagnosed breathing problems, so maybe... *some* alarm, yes?
but i do suffer from as-yet undiagnosed breathing problems, so maybe... *some* alarm, yes?
gosh, this would make a great bookcover... my work in progress needs this!
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
gosh, this would make a great bookcover... my work in progress needs this!