D.C. Swanson
@dcswanson.bsky.social
Dad, dogfather, arm candy for my wife, and 5th in command in my household. I've written two kids' books ("The Book Cook" in 2023, "Catch" coming out in April 2026). I post rhymes here and at www.dcswanson.com
Some people pretend
that the truth’s a transaction.
That lies can comprise
what is real, not #abstraction.
But hanging your hat
on a hope of delusion
might slow down the truth,
but won’t change its conclusion.
#vss365
that the truth’s a transaction.
That lies can comprise
what is real, not #abstraction.
But hanging your hat
on a hope of delusion
might slow down the truth,
but won’t change its conclusion.
#vss365
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Some people pretend
that the truth’s a transaction.
That lies can comprise
what is real, not #abstraction.
But hanging your hat
on a hope of delusion
might slow down the truth,
but won’t change its conclusion.
#vss365
that the truth’s a transaction.
That lies can comprise
what is real, not #abstraction.
But hanging your hat
on a hope of delusion
might slow down the truth,
but won’t change its conclusion.
#vss365
The cost of algorithmic thought
exceeds the benefits we've bought.
To outsource thinking to machines
defers to them what meaning means.
How long until A.I. we've made
leaves us bemused, #bewitched, betrayed?
Let not give up the hard-won gains
we've gotten from our human brains.
#vss365
exceeds the benefits we've bought.
To outsource thinking to machines
defers to them what meaning means.
How long until A.I. we've made
leaves us bemused, #bewitched, betrayed?
Let not give up the hard-won gains
we've gotten from our human brains.
#vss365
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The cost of algorithmic thought
exceeds the benefits we've bought.
To outsource thinking to machines
defers to them what meaning means.
How long until A.I. we've made
leaves us bemused, #bewitched, betrayed?
Let not give up the hard-won gains
we've gotten from our human brains.
#vss365
exceeds the benefits we've bought.
To outsource thinking to machines
defers to them what meaning means.
How long until A.I. we've made
leaves us bemused, #bewitched, betrayed?
Let not give up the hard-won gains
we've gotten from our human brains.
#vss365
It’s hard to explain what we can’t understand.
It’s hard to hold on with an unsteady hand.
It’s hard to console when we struggle to cope.
Sometimes we just need some improbable hope.
#vss365 #consolation
It’s hard to hold on with an unsteady hand.
It’s hard to console when we struggle to cope.
Sometimes we just need some improbable hope.
#vss365 #consolation
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s hard to explain what we can’t understand.
It’s hard to hold on with an unsteady hand.
It’s hard to console when we struggle to cope.
Sometimes we just need some improbable hope.
#vss365 #consolation
It’s hard to hold on with an unsteady hand.
It’s hard to console when we struggle to cope.
Sometimes we just need some improbable hope.
#vss365 #consolation
Shakespeare, at his peak, was an iambic impresario
A living, loving, literary lyrical lothario
A spinner of #soliloquies, a poet in his prime
It’s too bad I never met him; I’d have helped him write in rhyme.
#vss365 #soliloquy
A living, loving, literary lyrical lothario
A spinner of #soliloquies, a poet in his prime
It’s too bad I never met him; I’d have helped him write in rhyme.
#vss365 #soliloquy
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Shakespeare, at his peak, was an iambic impresario
A living, loving, literary lyrical lothario
A spinner of #soliloquies, a poet in his prime
It’s too bad I never met him; I’d have helped him write in rhyme.
#vss365 #soliloquy
A living, loving, literary lyrical lothario
A spinner of #soliloquies, a poet in his prime
It’s too bad I never met him; I’d have helped him write in rhyme.
#vss365 #soliloquy
As books recede, the screens gain ground.
As bindings fade, we are less bound.
As pixels glow, our charges drain.
If books are gone, what will remain?
From the #vss365 archives
As bindings fade, we are less bound.
As pixels glow, our charges drain.
If books are gone, what will remain?
From the #vss365 archives
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
As books recede, the screens gain ground.
As bindings fade, we are less bound.
As pixels glow, our charges drain.
If books are gone, what will remain?
From the #vss365 archives
As bindings fade, we are less bound.
As pixels glow, our charges drain.
If books are gone, what will remain?
From the #vss365 archives
Maybe an engraving on a watch or in a ring.
Maybe with a tape-recorded speech or song you sing.
Maybe in a letter sealed and folded into thirds.
It’s a gift to give the ones you love your love in words.
from the #vss365 archives
Maybe with a tape-recorded speech or song you sing.
Maybe in a letter sealed and folded into thirds.
It’s a gift to give the ones you love your love in words.
from the #vss365 archives
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Maybe an engraving on a watch or in a ring.
Maybe with a tape-recorded speech or song you sing.
Maybe in a letter sealed and folded into thirds.
It’s a gift to give the ones you love your love in words.
from the #vss365 archives
Maybe with a tape-recorded speech or song you sing.
Maybe in a letter sealed and folded into thirds.
It’s a gift to give the ones you love your love in words.
from the #vss365 archives
Back when newspapers were #chic,
I'd look forward, every week,
to baseball box scores, local news,
Calvin, Hobbes, and op-ed views.
Now that seems like days long past;
good newspapers did not last.
Calvin's truths, though, must live on,
so buy those books before they're gone.
#vss365
I'd look forward, every week,
to baseball box scores, local news,
Calvin, Hobbes, and op-ed views.
Now that seems like days long past;
good newspapers did not last.
Calvin's truths, though, must live on,
so buy those books before they're gone.
#vss365
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The #chivalrous way
to respond to a slight
is ignore when they’re wrong
and improve when they’re right.
#vss365
to respond to a slight
is ignore when they’re wrong
and improve when they’re right.
#vss365
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The #chivalrous way
to respond to a slight
is ignore when they’re wrong
and improve when they’re right.
#vss365
to respond to a slight
is ignore when they’re wrong
and improve when they’re right.
#vss365