Tim Waits
@ironweed.bsky.social
Not again with this shit / bring on your spaniards by the score / so many mistakes
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Tim Waits
@ironweed.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Funny because I was just watching this interview with Baldwin talking about how, as he grows older, he knows less and less about human nature and how it is a "great relief." I hear that loud and clear.
youtu.be/O6sFgaZBs-U?...
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Conversation with a Native Son: Maya Angelou and James Baldwin
YouTube video by AfroMarxist
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"All I know about human life is, if I love you - I love you. And if I love you and duck it, I die."
The more I read and listen to Baldwin the more convinced I get that he might have been one of the greatest minds and souls to walk the earth in living memory.
The more I read and listen to Baldwin the more convinced I get that he might have been one of the greatest minds and souls to walk the earth in living memory.
In the same way that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, it is better to just find another knife than to complain to me that the one I just fucking sharpened "doesn't cut right." Plus also I cannot stab you with a candle. Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In the same way that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, it is better to just find another knife than to complain to me that the one I just fucking sharpened "doesn't cut right." Plus also I cannot stab you with a candle. Happy Thanksgiving.
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One of the unexpected benefits of the Vietnam War was the way that the presence of American troops in Southeast Asia almost completely stopped the flow of heroin from The Golden Triangle to the United States, making heroin nearly impossible to obtain in the USA by the early 1970s.
(I know I know)
(I know I know)
It’s gonna be real funny when these troops figure out that the cocaine is transiting through the same territory that they are
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Dominican Republic Allows U.S. to Use Territory to Fight International Organized Crime
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November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
One of the unexpected benefits of the Vietnam War was the way that the presence of American troops in Southeast Asia almost completely stopped the flow of heroin from The Golden Triangle to the United States, making heroin nearly impossible to obtain in the USA by the early 1970s.
(I know I know)
(I know I know)
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Anything that actually happened.
12. What is something you had to be there to experience?
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Anything that actually happened.
How come none of you told me about this tune and I had to find it now by accident tonight?
The simplest thing is Blam Blam Blam
The simplest thing is Blam Blam Blam
THE VALENTINES - Blam Blam Fever (Gunfever) [1967]
YouTube video by Bionic Dub
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How come none of you told me about this tune and I had to find it now by accident tonight?
The simplest thing is Blam Blam Blam
The simplest thing is Blam Blam Blam
Rather than give J another prompt or take another stab at a silly thing I might write, I would invite those of you who do not know him to meet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and those of you who know him to enjoy him again for a moment. He changed the way I thought about capital P "Poetry" as a kid.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Rather than give J another prompt or take another stab at a silly thing I might write, I would invite those of you who do not know him to meet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and those of you who know him to enjoy him again for a moment. He changed the way I thought about capital P "Poetry" as a kid.
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This post makes me think of being in a bar around here I do not go to anymore that had one of the first internet jukeboxes around, on which most people would play the worst shit ever, and also why I do not go anywhere around here for a beer anymore at all on The Night Before Thanksgiving.
someone played god bless the usa on the jukebox so i queued up fortunate son
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This post makes me think of being in a bar around here I do not go to anymore that had one of the first internet jukeboxes around, on which most people would play the worst shit ever, and also why I do not go anywhere around here for a beer anymore at all on The Night Before Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
Friend of mine has just written something about the essence of a good (UK) dive:
"Draught pints with names you've never seen, dusty collection jar for a cancer battle obviously lost many years prior, harled wall toilets with gloss paint, medium loud drunk nobodies paying any attention to ...
1/?
"Draught pints with names you've never seen, dusty collection jar for a cancer battle obviously lost many years prior, harled wall toilets with gloss paint, medium loud drunk nobodies paying any attention to ...
1/?
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Friend of mine has just written something about the essence of a good (UK) dive:
"Draught pints with names you've never seen, dusty collection jar for a cancer battle obviously lost many years prior, harled wall toilets with gloss paint, medium loud drunk nobodies paying any attention to ...
1/?
"Draught pints with names you've never seen, dusty collection jar for a cancer battle obviously lost many years prior, harled wall toilets with gloss paint, medium loud drunk nobodies paying any attention to ...
1/?
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"If you don’t do this (refrain from unionizing/start using AI), then the competition will crush us, and you’ll lose your job. “Shut up and lower your expectations, for you are replaceable!” is the constant refrain of union busters and AI peddlers alike."
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us
The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"If you don’t do this (refrain from unionizing/start using AI), then the competition will crush us, and you’ll lose your job. “Shut up and lower your expectations, for you are replaceable!” is the constant refrain of union busters and AI peddlers alike."
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
HODL
FOLXX ⬇ 36.6% YOY
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
HODL
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oh hey do we have the same dog
July 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
oh hey do we have the same dog
When I have no food, the dog acts like he's never heard the word sit before and won't do Jack shit. If I have food in my hand, all of a sudden he speaks seven languages and can do parkour and write code.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When I have no food, the dog acts like he's never heard the word sit before and won't do Jack shit. If I have food in my hand, all of a sudden he speaks seven languages and can do parkour and write code.
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Some times, a simple solution to a complex problem exists, it's just a matter of understanding that the complex problem exists because the incentives are all wrong for the source of the problem.
Fix the incentives.
Fix the incentives.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Some times, a simple solution to a complex problem exists, it's just a matter of understanding that the complex problem exists because the incentives are all wrong for the source of the problem.
Fix the incentives.
Fix the incentives.
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trans people really do deserve to have some kind of preservation across the generational arcs of time because there are so few of that exist it is trivial for our records of existence to disappear just on how history degrades over time alone, when we become targeted our limited links become broken
I stood there and cried about how a hundred years later I was standing there. I felt a deep ache for the trans people who don’t exist yet with a conviction to leave some kind evidence of my life ahead of my span of creation because the information about us is precious, rare, fragile and ephemeral
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
trans people really do deserve to have some kind of preservation across the generational arcs of time because there are so few of that exist it is trivial for our records of existence to disappear just on how history degrades over time alone, when we become targeted our limited links become broken
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this fragmentation leads to every trans person having to figure almost everything thing out on their own and we can never build a stable history that ensures, instead we are put into the position of constantly having to rebuild evidence of ourselves through endless friction
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
this fragmentation leads to every trans person having to figure almost everything thing out on their own and we can never build a stable history that ensures, instead we are put into the position of constantly having to rebuild evidence of ourselves through endless friction
@stellagarp.bsky.social we are writing poems to make J feel less lonely whaddaya got
This outpouring of poetry makes me immensely happy
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
@stellagarp.bsky.social we are writing poems to make J feel less lonely whaddaya got
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Once again, if you haven't been convinced by [waves arms at fucking everything], if you do not live in the United States, DO NOT FUCKING VISIT THE UNITED STATES.
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FFS. For the first time, non-citizens will be charged a hefty surcharge to enter US national parks (an extra $100/person, and annual passes for noncitizens will cost $250 instead of...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Once again, if you haven't been convinced by [waves arms at fucking everything], if you do not live in the United States, DO NOT FUCKING VISIT THE UNITED STATES.
Thank you J, for reminding me to post some poetry tonight
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November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Thank you J, for reminding me to post some poetry tonight
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Robert F Kennedy Jr, whose body count goes back at least as far 80 dead human beings in Samoa, has appointed a murderer by the name of Ralph Abraham as the principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we learned earlier today.
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One Murderer (RFK Jr) Appoints Another Murderer As #2 At MAGA's CDC | Matthew Cortland
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November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Robert F Kennedy Jr, whose body count goes back at least as far 80 dead human beings in Samoa, has appointed a murderer by the name of Ralph Abraham as the principal deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we learned earlier today.
www.patreon.com/posts/144415...
www.patreon.com/posts/144415...
Speaking, tangentially, of Misunderstood And Potentially Unappreciated Booze, how many people in the United States Of America does everyone think have passed on these cans because they think it is some orange flavored stuff? I personally hope for a clearance sale soon as they fail to sell around me.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Speaking, tangentially, of Misunderstood And Potentially Unappreciated Booze, how many people in the United States Of America does everyone think have passed on these cans because they think it is some orange flavored stuff? I personally hope for a clearance sale soon as they fail to sell around me.
I am inordinately fond of this tune sorry
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I am inordinately fond of this tune sorry