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Wayfarer

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⚠️ OWNED BY A MEGACORP. Provincial but sadly not Canadian. Still legal in most states. Signing books (not mine!) Compulsive liar. (he/him) Also good: they/them (royal), dude/dude (abiding), they/them (multitudinous). 4 June Tiananmen Square

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 23h

I would write something
inspirational, like how
the chip packet over there
discarded, unwanted,
still soars with but the
tiniest gust of wind.

But seeing it settle again,
there among the cigarette #ash
and broken bottles,
reminds me that
redemption
is not forever.

Fly while you can.

#vss365

Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 23h

Unearthed, a broken arrowhead,
hand-knapped, glints, blinking
in the Holocene sun. Soon, the
man it murdered, rib notched
to mark its #clash with an
unguarded heart
will follow it into the future.

All around, the plain is green
and content.

They will not remember our hate.

#vss365

Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 1d

Less a friend or
guardian than
an #associate, is my
cat (sotto voce).

A viable threat, yes
but more like
to shorten my own life
than another's.

With friends like this,
as they say, but a
touch too loudly.
Ah, here she comes.

#vss365

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 2d

My real concern is whether Amicus, the mascot of the Canadian Supreme Court, has also been compelled to change robes.

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve worked for three newspapers and each had its own press, two of which were housed in the same building as the newsroom.

Today the Arizona Republic’s print press will be shutting down for good. I really never appreciated how fortunate I’ve always been to work for newspapers with its own press.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 3d

If not today, perhaps tomorrow.

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 3d

Golden shingles line the path
each an #advert for a wonder:

Hay piles shedding distant sun.
Flocks in Vs and murmurations.
The comfort of a warm drink.
Pumpkins with hidden faces.

All yours, if you act now.

See them tumble with the breeze--
This offer won't last forever.

#vss365

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 3d

I tried to fight it,
the tyranny of
coordinated time
denied the tick and
tock that governed
my moments,
faced my clock
to the wall.

Experience became elastic days
jostling for position moments fighting tooth
and nail
for
priority.

No.

I retrieved the clock
Set my alarm
closed my eyes.

#vss365

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 4d

This #Caturday, the Local Void is feeling…impish.

Photograph of a longhaired black cat lying on a blanket. He is facing the camera, tongue sticking out slightly.

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 5d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Myq Kaplan @myqkaplan.bsky.social · 5d

A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. stands for A Cool Reminder Of Names You Memorize.

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 5d

The crunch of ice
at the bottom of the glass,
the jostle of the wheels
in the ruts of a lost trail.

#Pulp of a fruit that lingers
between the teeth.
Splinters gathered from a
fence back of beyond.

Life could be easy,
could be smooth;
but would we enjoy it
without a little texture?

#vss365

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 6d

From me: ‘How will the federal shutdown affect Arizona tribes? Leaders scramble to find answers’

How will the federal shutdown affect Arizona tribes? Leaders scramble to find answers

Some tribes say they have contingency funds for a shutdown, but they worry about the loss of federal agency services.

www.azcentral.com

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Jay Dee @jayinthesky.bsky.social · 6d

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S. | CBC News

The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S.

www.cbc.ca

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 6d

One day, you
will tell them
you have
nothing
left to give.

Throwing yourself
upon the
mercy
you imagine
they possess.

They will look
at the blasted
scarred
world they
created.

And they will
found an
#oasis on
your
tears.

#vss365

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 7d

ANOTHER SUBSTORM IS GOING NOW! Look north!

go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 7d

Summer evaporated,
a #blur of blast furnace
heat, mirages melting
on the street, Fata
Morgana luring the
weary to smoldering
retreat.

Tonight, the air
rang like a bell, high
and clear, tight about
my ears, hunter in
the sky, stars at his
belt. The world holds
its breath.

A leaf falls.

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 8d

No less than a
contradiction
is this cat:

Never on the
right side
of the door.

Begs for touch
bites when
held.

Softest fur
but pointy
at all ends.

Silent step,
but loudest when
I would sleep.

She is the
#conundrum that
keeps me awake.

#vss365

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Wayfarer @wayfarer.chat · 9d

The leaves'
mad caper
slows
for the rains,
tarantella to
courtly waltz to
eddying swell of
decaying matter.

I watch, sip my
coffee, as they
mound and moulder
about the grill,
and pray they
#sublimate.

The rake leans at
the fence, forgotten,
tines at a jaunty bent
knowing I'm
out of time.

#vss365

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Lori S(corchytime) @comingorgoing.bsky.social · 10d

i have not laughed this hard in a while. enjoy this little bit of perfection i found on the interwebs. 😂

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 9d

For all the early risers out there, aurora is going nuts in Michigan and would be visible every location above the 45th geographic parallel with a clear view north.

theauroraguy.com/pages/webcams

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 10d

Kid’s chess class read Ben Franklin’s essay on chess at today’s class, which I actually hadn’t read before. It’s delightful.

founders.archives.gov/documents/Fr...

Founders Online: “The Morals of Chess,” [before 28 June 1779]

“The Morals of Chess,” [before 28 June 1779]

founders.archives.gov

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 10d

John Searle, influential philosopher in the history of Analytic philosophy with works in philosophy of mind and language, has passed away. R.I.P. (1932-2025)

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