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Aarik Danielsen

@aarikdanielsen.bsky.social

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Recovering newspaperman. Art monster. “Realist of a larger reality." Writing a collection of night essays and co-writing a book of love poems. Often on I-29. Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather. He/him. https://aarikdanielsen.com

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 12h

that’s when he know he could do a lifetime with her, when he’d gladly expand all kinds of moments into a whole existence.

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 12h

he told her in the pool that this was a moment he wouldn’t mind stretching into the span of six months, a year. truth was, he felt that way about countless moments inside her presence.

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Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social · 17h

If you're using AI for suggestions in your writing, you're still using AI to write.

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 17h

the only way she could be sexier is if she played pedal steel

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 17h

*he responds by playing drive-by truckers, the true party in the USA, down the road to Kansas City*

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 18h

“Have you heard of Party in the USA?” these kids ask from the backseat

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 21h

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust."

Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it!

gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

A story titled "I Dreamt of Dust" features a black and white photograph of a field.

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 1d

I regret to inform you that I am, once again, playing Jimmy Eat World songs on piano and uploading them on Instagram

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

here we go again (positive)

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 23d

Doing what we do

Holly Pelesky @hollypelesky.bsky.social · 28d

my turn to drive thru the night to my lover

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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 2d

What would you say if I asked you to run away?

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

the songs are immaculate

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

this movie is canon as far as my childhood goes; showed it to my son a couple years ago and had forgotten just how hard it goes

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

or laid myself beneath the mercy of the stars from the true middle of 40 acres somewhere in Nebraska. But I have spent two, maybe three wondrous lifetimes inside a Rothko black and emerged only for our sake, only to say that just two forces will ever treat you this way:

Art and the night."

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

Re-reading an essay and reminded 1) How much I love this passage and 2) That I was writing to Holly before I knew how I would write to Holly:

"I have never stowed away to sleep inside one of London’s great cathedrals

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

these guys are easily among my favorite musical discoveries of the year

sisterraydavies.bandcamp.com/track/war-ma...

War Machine (The Purpose of a System Is What It Does), by Sister Ray Davies

track by Sister Ray Davies

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

"I'll leave the light on for you" might be the sexiest in a looong list of sexy things she's said to me

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

Ok now this is all I can think about

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

Possible Samberg cabinet slot?

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Will probably never get over the fact that a few powerful white dudes had such limited tolerance for occasional pangs of discomfort brought on by the occasional social consequences of their constantly saying and doing racist stuff, that they decided to end democracy. Absolutely wild.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

Yesterday brought news that country star Zach Bryan is dropping a song critical of ICE.

Today, the official DHS account trolls him by using one of his songs (without permission, one strongly presumes) over the kind of cinematic footage Trump loves, of masked federal agents clashing with Americans.

Screenshot of a tweet from @DHSgov dated 7 October 2025. It shows a video of federal agents, under the text "We’re having an All Night Revival"

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 2d

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 3d

Whoa

A full moon surrounded by amazing night clouds

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 3d

This. Is. The. Way.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 3d

oh wow. i really need to see them. their records just hit the spot.

Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 3d

Can we talk about how fucking good @nationoflanguage.bsky.social is? Just for a minute?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZTU...

Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready For The Change (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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