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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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dawse @dawse.bsky.social · 5d

Tyler & Tilly
Sitting in a tree
A-I-N-O-N-C-E

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · 17d

My poem, 'Frames, Fractured,' was published today by Tap Into Poetry. You can find the link to this and my other works at allisonwaltersluther.com!

A framed mirror with shattered glass on an urban street.

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Sep 7

My poem, 'Forgotten,' published by @bluevilla.org in 2024. Find links to my other works at allisonwaltersluther.com.

Monotone pic of beach. Poem:
Forgotten

Days, weeks, months, years
washed by anguish and
made of sea-swept salt
until the edges are both
silk and razor

Each memory different from the others
when you lean in close,
eyes wide and searching
but as you move away
through time and life
they are all the same

Remembered only with the greatest effort
lost more often than found
smaller than grains of sand
and just as infinite

How many hourglasses of time
did it take to build the dunes
where the memories lay
forgotten?

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Let’s get ‘em. 💪🏽

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you, friend. I miss you! How are you?

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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · Aug 6

A digital illustration of the Yipyips from Sesame Street. They are essentially just fabric tubes with mouths that are either widely agape or closed into a huge underbite, with ping pong ball eyes and curly deelybopper antennae. In the left is a blue one, agape. On the right a pinkish-orange one, underbitten. Between them is an antique radio: wooden in a pointed arch shape with two dials and a lit tuning indicator. Most of the front of the radio is a fabric covered speaker protected by a decorative wooden grille part of which is in the form of lettering reading ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Jul 24

By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jul 11

How do y'all feel about prose poetry? Any recommendations on places to submit to? #WritingCommunity #poetry

a cartoon rat is saying `` pure poetry '' in a kitchen .

ALT: a cartoon rat is saying `` pure poetry '' in a kitchen .

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jul 6

Another from my "Colo(u)rs" collection, 'Gray' was published by @bluevilla.org in 2024.
You can find links to my other works at allisonwaltersluther.com

When the voices of ghosts
who walk the halls echo
And whispers come from dark corners
of empty rooms
Memories obscured by
curtains of mist hang at dusk
long after all the leaves have fallen
Haunted by those we cannot remember
and those we wish we could forget
Like a metronome that skips a beat
so do we skip faded heartbeats
When everything is
gray

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jul 5

Ditto.

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jul 5

i know i can 't stop the downpour but i will always join you for a walk in the rain .

ALT: i know i can 't stop the downpour but i will always join you for a walk in the rain .

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jun 25

Movie you've watched more than six times using gif ("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR).

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jun 16

Textured image of starry sky with crescent moon and russet trees. Text: Don't try to sway people with empathy and emotion when they have none.

Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jun 14

Cheering on all the protesters across the country today! I'd be out there with you, but COVID knocked me down this week. With y'all in my thoughts and my coughs. NO KINGS!!!!

white and gold crown on blue background marked out by a red X

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · Jun 12

Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jun 10

One of my latest poems, The Ending, was published by Poetry Catalog today! I normally don’t do rhyming poetry, but the first quatrain appeared spontaneously in my head one day and took up residence there.

You can find the link to this and my other works at allisonwaltersluther.com.

Old fashioned typewriter and the words THE END

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jun 8

'Liminal,' another poem published by @bluevilla.org in 2024. I always thought ‘liminal’ was a beautiful word: “Occupying a position at, or on both sides, of a boundary.” I feel most of my life has been spent in that space. You can find links to my other published works at allisonwaltersluther.com.

Poem:

Liminal

Mourn by day
Weep by night
For the things you’ve given
And no one returns
As you teeter on the sharpest edge
Between the end and
Freedom

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · Jun 5

Appt w/ gynecologist today for perimenopause stuff. Female doc.
Doc: "There's 2 meds we can try. 2nd one tends to work better, but INSURANCE LIKES TO PRACTICE MEDICINE so they want us to try the 1st one. And, unfortunately, it's only going to get worse for the next several years."

a cartoon girl says " we 're going through changes " in front of a wooden fence

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · May 31

Published in 2024 by @Bluevilla.org. You can find links to this and my other published works at allisonwaltersluther.com.

Poem:

The Never That Was

A letter never mailed
A hope never lost
A wish never made
A lie never told
A heart never broken
A love never betrayed

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · May 31

Black background with water drops. Text: "Wounded hearts are but shadow and silence. Honoré de Balzac"

Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · May 26

Bee Butt

Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · May 16

Whenever 11 leaves for school in the morning, Percy goes "Bye-bye! Love you!" and will randomly holler for him throughout the day. Love this bird so fucking much!

African Grey parrot glaring at the camera like he would like to consume your soul.

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Allison Walters Luther, Damn It! @allisonluther.bsky.social · May 8

My poem, GALLOWS, published last year by Poetry Catalog. You can find links to this and my other poems, short stories, and photographs at allisonwaltersluther.com.

Pine trees and fog. Text reading:
Freedom lost
Though no crime committed
Only the act of being
Human
Redemption comes
Under the gallows

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🇪🇺 @veertjephilips.bsky.social · May 8

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