Brian Stephen Ellis
@brianstephenellis.bsky.social
Poetry, Prose, Teaching
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in 2017 i accidentally watched one paint smush video and every computer in america now displays an anonymous hand that mixes paint colors together as i walk by. tried leaving my phone off or at home. they can still tell it's me. well anyway take it from me it's hard to separate those paints afterwar
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
in 2017 i accidentally watched one paint smush video and every computer in america now displays an anonymous hand that mixes paint colors together as i walk by. tried leaving my phone off or at home. they can still tell it's me. well anyway take it from me it's hard to separate those paints afterwar
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The City Attorney just released their proposed ballot title for the Portland Police Association's attempt to raid the clean energy fund to further grow its bloated budget.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The City Attorney just released their proposed ballot title for the Portland Police Association's attempt to raid the clean energy fund to further grow its bloated budget.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
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Choosing to interpret my mouse running out of batteries right when I sat down to work this morning as the universe telling me I should quit my job and become a wandering mystic
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Choosing to interpret my mouse running out of batteries right when I sat down to work this morning as the universe telling me I should quit my job and become a wandering mystic
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heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
Has anyone made a Yule Log murder mystery?? All the action happens off screen in real time. So sharp punctuated moments of action, only heard, not seen, followed by hours of inactivity
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Has anyone made a Yule Log murder mystery?? All the action happens off screen in real time. So sharp punctuated moments of action, only heard, not seen, followed by hours of inactivity
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November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today's the last day to bid on an hour of one-on-one writing coaching with me and support @brooklynpoets.bsky.social community poetry efforts into the new year!
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I'm about to I in this cap
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I'm about to I in this cap
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just listen a little. / No one cares if you understand it who understands / why we're alive
Alice Notley
Alice Notley
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
just listen a little. / No one cares if you understand it who understands / why we're alive
Alice Notley
Alice Notley
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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This documentary on suburban turkeys in Massachusetts might be just what you need today 🦃 #Thanksgiving
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TURKEY TOWN (full documentary)
YouTube video by GBH
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November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This documentary on suburban turkeys in Massachusetts might be just what you need today 🦃 #Thanksgiving
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Yes, we used to have so many telephone numbers memorized, but, because automatic saving features often get it wrong, I now have half a dozen passwords memorized.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yes, we used to have so many telephone numbers memorized, but, because automatic saving features often get it wrong, I now have half a dozen passwords memorized.
Butter and scotch are two of my favorite things that butterscotch does not evoke AT ALL!!
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Butter and scotch are two of my favorite things that butterscotch does not evoke AT ALL!!
Mindy asked me if I had read RFK's erotic poem and for a second I thought she was asking about R.F. Kuang
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Mindy asked me if I had read RFK's erotic poem and for a second I thought she was asking about R.F. Kuang
So, Chester A Arthur is who you think Ulysses Grant is, and Ulysses Grant is who you think George Washington is, and George Washington is evil.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So, Chester A Arthur is who you think Ulysses Grant is, and Ulysses Grant is who you think George Washington is, and George Washington is evil.
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"If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a Republican..."
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
Narc Rules by Sasha Brown
If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a…
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November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a Republican..."
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
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Listen, I also love Mary Oliver, but there are some of you who could at least try to be good.
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Listen, I also love Mary Oliver, but there are some of you who could at least try to be good.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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This week's set of pages has the title of the novel in it. Insert Leo pointing at the TV meme etc.
open.substack.com/pub/allanyth...
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August, Chapter Six: Ketamine I: The First Totally Legit Official First Party at The House, Part Three
Just after the second beer, Elliot got everything set up and the music started.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This week's set of pages has the title of the novel in it. Insert Leo pointing at the TV meme etc.
open.substack.com/pub/allanyth...
open.substack.com/pub/allanyth...
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We're thrilled to announce that @brianstephenellis.bsky.social has joined Pool Party as our poetry editor! We know Brian is going to bring their sharp eye & community spirit to Pool Party 🔥🔥🔥 Submit to them at poetry@poolpartymag.com (after reading our subs page!)
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We're thrilled to announce that @brianstephenellis.bsky.social has joined Pool Party as our poetry editor! We know Brian is going to bring their sharp eye & community spirit to Pool Party 🔥🔥🔥 Submit to them at poetry@poolpartymag.com (after reading our subs page!)
The fact that $20 is $5 now and that $100 is $20 is kinda...bad.
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The fact that $20 is $5 now and that $100 is $20 is kinda...bad.