“Those who… make you believe absurdities,
Can make you commit atrocities.”
― #VoltaireCouplet
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#ComicPoem
@sagan.bsky.social
Can make you commit atrocities.”
― #VoltaireCouplet
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#ComicPoem
@sagan.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Those who… make you believe absurdities,
Can make you commit atrocities.”
― #VoltaireCouplet
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#ComicPoem
@sagan.bsky.social
Can make you commit atrocities.”
― #VoltaireCouplet
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#ComicPoem
@sagan.bsky.social
Today’s world is a dandelion
Each of us is a flying pappus seed
Our own fertility seekin’
(We’re trained to turn it into greed)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Each of us is a flying pappus seed
Our own fertility seekin’
(We’re trained to turn it into greed)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today’s world is a dandelion
Each of us is a flying pappus seed
Our own fertility seekin’
(We’re trained to turn it into greed)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Each of us is a flying pappus seed
Our own fertility seekin’
(We’re trained to turn it into greed)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Somehow we grow out of condemnation
Choices we decline to make create us
We are trained to celebrate negation
(Finally just our selfishness we trust)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Choices we decline to make create us
We are trained to celebrate negation
(Finally just our selfishness we trust)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Somehow we grow out of condemnation
Choices we decline to make create us
We are trained to celebrate negation
(Finally just our selfishness we trust)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Choices we decline to make create us
We are trained to celebrate negation
(Finally just our selfishness we trust)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
We must coexist with those of poor taste
Who, exactly ǝʞıן us, judge poorly
Mixed society, with poor leaders, faced
(Algorithms make us judge early)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Who, exactly ǝʞıן us, judge poorly
Mixed society, with poor leaders, faced
(Algorithms make us judge early)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We must coexist with those of poor taste
Who, exactly ǝʞıן us, judge poorly
Mixed society, with poor leaders, faced
(Algorithms make us judge early)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
Who, exactly ǝʞıן us, judge poorly
Mixed society, with poor leaders, faced
(Algorithms make us judge early)
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
I weep for those who’ve traded their lives
For counterfeit Heaven dope derives
#HeadlineSonnet
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#AddictionSonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#couplet
#odaat
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/06/w...
For counterfeit Heaven dope derives
#HeadlineSonnet
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#AddictionSonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#couplet
#odaat
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/06/w...
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I weep for those who’ve traded their lives
For counterfeit Heaven dope derives
#HeadlineSonnet
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#AddictionSonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#couplet
#odaat
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/06/w...
For counterfeit Heaven dope derives
#HeadlineSonnet
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#AddictionSonnet
#SelfieSonnet
#couplet
#odaat
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/06/w...
Out of the soft clay of this 1 today
People can make paradise, come what may
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
#couplet
People can make paradise, come what may
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
#couplet
April 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Out of the soft clay of this 1 today
People can make paradise, come what may
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
#couplet
People can make paradise, come what may
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
#couplet
Mercifully, tomorrow’s constructed
Out of life’s daily activities
Do your daily chores, I’ve been instructed
(Avoid indulgence’s proclivities)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
Out of life’s daily activities
Do your daily chores, I’ve been instructed
(Avoid indulgence’s proclivities)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Mercifully, tomorrow’s constructed
Out of life’s daily activities
Do your daily chores, I’ve been instructed
(Avoid indulgence’s proclivities)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
Out of life’s daily activities
Do your daily chores, I’ve been instructed
(Avoid indulgence’s proclivities)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
When I was young, I found a work-around
That seems to be working magnificently
“1-day-at-a-time” has made me more sound
(I execute this irreverently)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
That seems to be working magnificently
“1-day-at-a-time” has made me more sound
(I execute this irreverently)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When I was young, I found a work-around
That seems to be working magnificently
“1-day-at-a-time” has made me more sound
(I execute this irreverently)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
That seems to be working magnificently
“1-day-at-a-time” has made me more sound
(I execute this irreverently)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
I never thought about the future
Much more than a day or 2 in advance
Never did I my golden years nurture
(I’m a prisoner of yesterday’s trance)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
Much more than a day or 2 in advance
Never did I my golden years nurture
(I’m a prisoner of yesterday’s trance)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
April 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I never thought about the future
Much more than a day or 2 in advance
Never did I my golden years nurture
(I’m a prisoner of yesterday’s trance)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
Much more than a day or 2 in advance
Never did I my golden years nurture
(I’m a prisoner of yesterday’s trance)
#SelfieSonnet
#odaat
#PhilosophySonnet
There is a deeper truth & verity
Emerging from daily obscurity
#PostCards
#ArtCARDS
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
Emerging from daily obscurity
#PostCards
#ArtCARDS
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
March 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There is a deeper truth & verity
Emerging from daily obscurity
#PostCards
#ArtCARDS
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
Emerging from daily obscurity
#PostCards
#ArtCARDS
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
There is an unseeable display
Contentment is simply acceptance
The willingness to settle for today
In all its magical evanescence
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
Contentment is simply acceptance
The willingness to settle for today
In all its magical evanescence
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
March 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
There is an unseeable display
Contentment is simply acceptance
The willingness to settle for today
In all its magical evanescence
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
Contentment is simply acceptance
The willingness to settle for today
In all its magical evanescence
#SelfieSonnet
#SelfiePoem
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet
When you’re among the human masses
An atom in the entirety
Whether we’re angels or warring asses
We people are hopefully mighty
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#RumiPoem
An atom in the entirety
Whether we’re angels or warring asses
We people are hopefully mighty
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#RumiPoem
January 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When you’re among the human masses
An atom in the entirety
Whether we’re angels or warring asses
We people are hopefully mighty
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#RumiPoem
An atom in the entirety
Whether we’re angels or warring asses
We people are hopefully mighty
#PhilosophyPoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#RumiPoem
Sadly technology’s frog marching us
Into an climatological jail
Jackbooted goose stepping is a must
To avoid walking Spanish down the hall
#PhilosophySonnet @tsakraklides.bsky.social
Into an climatological jail
Jackbooted goose stepping is a must
To avoid walking Spanish down the hall
#PhilosophySonnet @tsakraklides.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Sadly technology’s frog marching us
Into an climatological jail
Jackbooted goose stepping is a must
To avoid walking Spanish down the hall
#PhilosophySonnet @tsakraklides.bsky.social
Into an climatological jail
Jackbooted goose stepping is a must
To avoid walking Spanish down the hall
#PhilosophySonnet @tsakraklides.bsky.social
How can I put this More tactfully
“Less is More” & “More matters much less”
I just want More sustainability
Lest all these gizmos cause people More deaths
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
“Less is More” & “More matters much less”
I just want More sustainability
Lest all these gizmos cause people More deaths
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
January 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How can I put this More tactfully
“Less is More” & “More matters much less”
I just want More sustainability
Lest all these gizmos cause people More deaths
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
“Less is More” & “More matters much less”
I just want More sustainability
Lest all these gizmos cause people More deaths
#PhilosophySonnet
#SelfieSonnet
When newcomers move in & don’t join in
There starts a sad dehumanization
#PhilosophySonnet
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
There starts a sad dehumanization
#PhilosophySonnet
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
January 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
When newcomers move in & don’t join in
There starts a sad dehumanization
#PhilosophySonnet
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
There starts a sad dehumanization
#PhilosophySonnet
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
When newcomers move in & don’t join in
There starts a sad dehumanization
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
There starts a sad dehumanization
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
January 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When newcomers move in & don’t join in
There starts a sad dehumanization
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
There starts a sad dehumanization
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
#couplet
Move in “expendable” artists & gays
Until there are chain stores there like Starbucks
Name a few places after the old ways
& the Landlords will kill, not giving fucks
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
Until there are chain stores there like Starbucks
Name a few places after the old ways
& the Landlords will kill, not giving fucks
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
January 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Move in “expendable” artists & gays
Until there are chain stores there like Starbucks
Name a few places after the old ways
& the Landlords will kill, not giving fucks
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
Until there are chain stores there like Starbucks
Name a few places after the old ways
& the Landlords will kill, not giving fucks
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
PhilosophySonnet
Called an “enhanced radiation weapon”
These bombs are much like gentrifiers
Leaving people’s neighborhood remainin’
To feed the Petit Bourgeoisie’s Desires
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
Called an “enhanced radiation weapon”
These bombs are much like gentrifiers
Leaving people’s neighborhood remainin’
To feed the Petit Bourgeoisie’s Desires
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
January 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
PhilosophySonnet
Called an “enhanced radiation weapon”
These bombs are much like gentrifiers
Leaving people’s neighborhood remainin’
To feed the Petit Bourgeoisie’s Desires
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
Called an “enhanced radiation weapon”
These bombs are much like gentrifiers
Leaving people’s neighborhood remainin’
To feed the Petit Bourgeoisie’s Desires
#NeutronBomb
#Gentrification
#EnhancedRadiationWeapon
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#HeadlineSonnet
Mother Nature’s gone thermonuclear
Evaporating portions of L.A.
I have to believe it’s superior
To gentrification’s neutron bomb way
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#HeadlineSonnet?
Evaporating portions of L.A.
I have to believe it’s superior
To gentrification’s neutron bomb way
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#HeadlineSonnet?
January 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mother Nature’s gone thermonuclear
Evaporating portions of L.A.
I have to believe it’s superior
To gentrification’s neutron bomb way
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#HeadlineSonnet?
Evaporating portions of L.A.
I have to believe it’s superior
To gentrification’s neutron bomb way
#PhilosophyPoem
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet?
#HeadlineSonnet?
We accept counterfeit treasure
The unfortunate myth of pleasure
#HeadlineSonnet
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#couplet
#PhilosophyPoem
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/w...
Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Lab in Mexico
New York Times reporters witnessed the dangerous fentanyl production process inside a secret lab in Culiacán run by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:05 PM
We accept counterfeit treasure
The unfortunate myth of pleasure
#HeadlineSonnet
#HeadlinePoem
#PhilosophySonnet
#couplet
#PhilosophyPoem
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/w...