Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/4350 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── feel free to scroll past these un-CW'd posts feel free to screenshot them and repost with CW's added, I'm too lazy. you can also crop parts out if you just want to say one thing - just paint over them or whatever idgaf [content warnings can be important for other people's health. you should always respect them, not to warn people but to filter things out for them.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4351 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ you can generally tell someone's voter status just by meeting them for a week or two. I think the census should be ongoing, something everyone is required to do. they can choose when to do it, but by allowing it to be updated whenever and applied every four years, you get a clearer picture of the demands of the nation. plus, it gives time to work and prepare. If all the results are public... everyone can see who they are. unless, of course, they're compelled to hide their beliefs by those in their life who would compel and con[travene consent] [continued in picture]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4352 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "having an imitator" on a mass scale doesn't have to mean selling your soul for cash or acclaim. it doesn't mean mean your reputation is tarnished, it just means your style is off mass renown. the bravest bet is not how talented your skills are in kind but rather how focused your attention, == so == all you'd have to do in order to divide a whole nation is keep your workers separated by class. all classes are the same, just different in kind. all of them have whims, fancies, thoughts of the mind. They're all wonderful people that all have wonderful lives, and... we're just supposed to be here while they're destroying their own lives. I can't understand why she won't just leave well enough alone - why must she insist on every fight we've un-yet atoned? it was a long time ago. things around you have moved on. culture just goes *too fast* for the average people who can't conceptualize warfare without using any guns. == so == I bet John Denver would be a modern-day democrat == stack overflow (when == ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4353 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ 🖼
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4354 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I think it'd be neat if Mastodon would implement a button that took a picture of the user's text input box and saved it to the clipboard. So they could post it on sites with picture-heavy text like https://www.reddit.com/r/curatedtumblr note that's not grindr, which is what was referenced before, but *tumblr*, which is a completely different website - yeah you rememeber that? it had a completely different vibe and was so totally cool and chill. you could generally tell if someone was from tumblr because they had a certain relaxed air of friendliness that really filled out their sense of charm. == stack overflow == I can think of several indie developers wouldn't mind being paid to update their games according to what the fans suggest. like... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4355 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── no matter what ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4356 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: │ │ don't-even-get-me-started-on-people-who-don't-lock-their-phone-with-at-least-a-pin │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ if they can't get into your phone, they can at least record all of the received notifications. meaning they already know who it is that you know... without having to find people that are distant or unrelated ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4357 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the white guys intentionally intend for elections to represent how much money a particular diversion makes each four years. divide the populace by who they vote with their wallet for. hooray! you've reimplemented not only gerontocracy (rulership of the old) but also fuedalism, and fiefdoms, and all kinds of digital parts. like... "over there is comcast territory, there's also T-mobile down to our north-south. ... okay I should probably talk about the election now I'm just... trying to resolve myself, like just before doing something out of order. like, wear a big witch hat or dress up like a goth. or approach a violent stranger and try to calm things down. this is why I don't own a gun - if someone hands me one, I'll use it. I'm not concerned about production because, well, why would I? tell me, where do they put the bullet manufactories? yeah, that's right, in places that are best adapted to supporting the current regime. [continued in picture]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4358 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I don't post my best stuff I hide it on my website in a zip folder called "conversation starters" my writing that I do here (and a few other places) is in "words.zip" everything else is just neat visual projects I worked on. *who cares that it's bonkers* it's cool to look at, right? jeez. Art. I don't trade it for anything either, I just make it just to do. I do believe I should have that right when I think of Kamala and who she represidents, I think of changes to the system which uphold my capability to contribute to capitalism. *just* enough food stamps, *just* enough basic income, *just* enough to get you running on your own feet, as you pull yourself up with your bootstraps you lucky sun-of-a-gone. Sure would be a shame if you had all your needs met *automatically* and *without an exertion of force on your part.*. Sure would allow you to develop yourself most optimally, if you aren't being driven by the nature of your national host. [continued in picture]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4359 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ gonna do a bunch (more) drugs and stay up all night. Will try not to spend it all playing mechabellum. also... gonna eat some apple-sauce. with cheese cubes in it. Sharp chetter I think. yummmmm maybe add some cinnamon sugar cubes that have been baked into a hard and tasty shape. ah, but your teeth are gonna fall out! who cares I'll just brush in the morning. That way nobody smells my own breath. ... you KNOW that's not the same as your teeth falling OUT! OF YOUR MOUTH DIMMY. eh who cares they'll invent a bactio-flangotastic-inventionology-for-bone-related-biology solution which sill regrow your bones in your mouth that you CHOMP on things with. does the rest of your body feel like HARD AND DEVELOPED BONES that you chew things with YES TEETH TOO HARD LIKE TEETH or do they feel like they're made out of styrofoam mine let me punch things real hard when I focus all of my attention and energy on hardening my form and becoming an unstoppable object [continued in picture]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4360 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── to-go containers that grow into the food that's on the box then, 5 months later or whatever, the nano-bots or organic cultures or whatever have built the food that you'd meant to eat (plus a supply of materials like minerals and such which are placed at strategic locations inside of the box, like a circuitboard that grows into it's form) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4361 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ democrats vote for socialism republicans vote against liberalism and the neoliberals laugh ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4362 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── if you're always wearing a disguise, anyone could be anyone just don't plan on bringing your phone and maybe practice a common form of dancing, so you can learn to move as others do makes it easier to blend in #hijab ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4363 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-AI-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ electoral college maps show how much area each population controls popular votes show how many individuals worth of resources each side consumes GDP shows how valuable each area is rates of bachelor's degrees shows how well a population can adhere to a strict orthodoxy of thought rates of published experiments show how unique and/or bureaucratic their decision-making processes are meanwhile, neoliberalism comes in and said "noooo you HAVE to go to college out of state, trust me bro" who cares about AI the real struggle is whether or not people can obey those who are more smart. like... *in general*. I don't know about you, but I sure as heck respect the authority of someone who knows who they are. Like... "I'm a doctor, I'm a king, I'm a rose-gardener, I'm looking for this thing..." they wouldn't be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4364 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── filter lists are great because anyone who can see who you like won't see the stuff you've filtered out like politics or cats or drugs or sexuality or... whatever you'd like to keep private from anyone who can see what's on your phone. so long as the filter lists aren't public... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4365 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if Trump controlled x% of the land (according to electoral college votes) and kamala controlled y% of the resources (according to popular vote) and they each could do whatever they wanted there the house and the senate in congress would function the same and unite the two, but anything the president disagreed with they could veto *for their particular pieces of land* and it would only affect their constituents. why should we settle for anything less than legitimate representation, unclouded by the division and spite? if some combination of presidential vetos created an impossible situation, then by law people weren't allowed to interface. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4366 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ who gave republicans the right to attack democrats *we don't fight them, we just want them to live their lives* what the fuck is their problem ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4367 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-scary │ └──────────────────────────────┘ I can picture it now, caravans of trumpers [call them by their name, they are foes once again] driving halfway across the USA *look at all of those islands* [also read alt-text]
┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/189 ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ i don't know what works for you when it comes to grieving, but i do │ │ ║ │ know that i will need your love and jokes and shared visions to tend │ │ ║ │ to mine. there is big power in leaning into our common humanity │ │ ║ │ together, and in mirroring each other's deep hopes and dreams for the │ │ ║ │ world. i think choosing to walk toward one another and to keep seeking │ │ ║ │ connection in the face of cultural atomization is a form of faith, the │ │ ║ │ kind of faith that alchemizes communities and ushers people through the │ │ ║ │ worst horrors │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse_boost/190 ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ i wish i could say things will get better, but i think we all know that │ │ ║ │ in many ways things will continue to get worse, and so grief has become │ │ ║ │ a thing that lives with us. i've noticed the last few years that the │ │ ║ │ more i name my social grief and let myself feel it, the less reactive │ │ ║ │ and squabbly i am, and the more compassion and energy i have to care │ │ ║ │ for others │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ *This thread is now a blog post: │ │ ║ │ https://write.as/malena/nov-6-2024-the-power-of-grief │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse/4370 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── what do they have that we don't? what do we do better than most? questions to ask yourself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/191 ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ External post: https://lgbt.io/users/celesteh/statuses/11343503907799549 │ │ ║ │ 7 │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse/4372 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I'm safe, for the moment. What more could I want? Safety means I can continue to contribute to my cause. Light, life, and liberty for all. everything else is incidental. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4373 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ya'll just have stagefright. I get it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4374 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ anything I do I'd do for free for a leftist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/192 ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ "It won't be so bad..." *rationalizations galore* │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "If only they'd listened to people like me when I said ..." (comforting │ │ ║ │ righteousness) │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "What more could I have done?" │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "This only proves why I was right about ..." (more righteousness) │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "I know nothing. I need to learn more. I must learn from this somehow." │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "I am not surprised." With a thousand yard stare. │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "This can't be real, there is a conspiracy..." (this is a path to │ │ ║ │ madness) │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "Don't comply in advance." Said in a wavering shaky voice. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: messages/597 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Ride the truck TO battle, not into it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/598 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── How does it feel to know that everything you now will be working on is in pursuit of the birth of socialism? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/599 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── If you live in a red state, come to a blue state *now*. If you live in a blue state, house people. Let them come, and let the right leave. They probably won't, but if they try to, let them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/600 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "oh yeah well what if we don't support socialism" yeah well stick with me and we'll be able to decide *what socialism means*. We can make it better. We can do it together. Your perspective is valuable and I want you at the table. But we cannot abide fascism, it will consume and destroy us. So let's fight back, and tomorrow we'll figure out what are our fiats ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/601 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Those who take the initiative often win, but fighting on the defensive is typically easier. Good thing we have the blessing of both. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/602 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I know it's terrible right now, but we have crucial advantages that we shouldn't sleep on. We have the cities, and the cities are where everything is. Rural areas are so spread apart they pretty much can only do what herr Hitler suggests they do, meaning their command structure is monolithic. If everywhere needs their attention, they will falter unless they create a grand battleplan. And plans are defeated by rapid flexibility. The more effort they need to counter you, the more work your allies can get done. Every man woman and child who raised a fist will be remembered by the moments that gave us grace to move socialism along. We know what time it is, do you? Come to us now, flee from your new masters. We'll give you a job that'll help us go faster. Or do you rather persist in vain? To fight for what they are forced to reclaim? Every island of blue in the deep red sea is a haven from the bloodshed - so long as you can keep them clean. If people are being a bother and just slowing things down, *fucking shoot them." you have my permission. What time is it? Time to fucking go. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/603 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "I don't know what it means to go" Well for most people it means spending the next couple months in the city park. As much time as you can manage. For everyone else it means ensuring that your stuff is in the right place at the right time. In Philly during BLM people left pallets of bricks all over, to incite a riot. I wish we had taken them up on their offer. Bricks however today will not be sufficient. Remember how I spoke my heart to the cops this summer? It converts them still. Trust that message, that we are working to protect our society from harm, and I think you'll find that they respond in kind. If not, well there are many more of us than them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ |