Jeffrey Hecker
@heckheck03.bsky.social
Poet, Teen Writers Fellowship Poetry Teacher (The Muse Writers Center), Poetry Staff Reader for Quarterly West
Teacake is really beginning to piss off my students reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. Somebody mentioned therapy. Somebody else said yeah right they are in the Everglades. All valid points.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Teacake is really beginning to piss off my students reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. Somebody mentioned therapy. Somebody else said yeah right they are in the Everglades. All valid points.
Remember when new years started slow. Chuck Norris tried to sell Total Gym. Nothing would be worth discussing for months on end, especially important subjects? Was that worse? Maybe. Pre-internet, everybody knew nobody knew what was happening. Post, everybody's a know-it-all so no time to spare.
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Remember when new years started slow. Chuck Norris tried to sell Total Gym. Nothing would be worth discussing for months on end, especially important subjects? Was that worse? Maybe. Pre-internet, everybody knew nobody knew what was happening. Post, everybody's a know-it-all so no time to spare.
I feel there used to be a reason why the U.S. did not just enter a foreign country and carry off their President, beat up his spouse, then carry her off too. Something beyond not being a good idea. Help me remember. There was something deeper to it than all that.
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I feel there used to be a reason why the U.S. did not just enter a foreign country and carry off their President, beat up his spouse, then carry her off too. Something beyond not being a good idea. Help me remember. There was something deeper to it than all that.
All we did yesterday was make every person in Venezuela go to the grocery store and fill cars with gas like people do before a fucking hurricane.
January 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
All we did yesterday was make every person in Venezuela go to the grocery store and fill cars with gas like people do before a fucking hurricane.
Watching an Amiri Baraka interview where he reminds people that the mama of William Carlos Williams was Puerto Rican.
January 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Watching an Amiri Baraka interview where he reminds people that the mama of William Carlos Williams was Puerto Rican.
In 1981, he made a Learjet disappear. Why am I just now learning Illusionist David Copperfield is on the Epstein list?
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In 1981, he made a Learjet disappear. Why am I just now learning Illusionist David Copperfield is on the Epstein list?
This administration has abducted so many people in its own country when it abducts leaders of other countries, suddenly nobody has anything to say. Congress may as well become a big open air produce market.
January 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This administration has abducted so many people in its own country when it abducts leaders of other countries, suddenly nobody has anything to say. Congress may as well become a big open air produce market.
Grading student essays today and trying not to lose my mind. I think what worries me is I remember liking to write essays in school, but I did not realize at the time nobody else did, and that might mean I am simply a freak of nature.
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Grading student essays today and trying not to lose my mind. I think what worries me is I remember liking to write essays in school, but I did not realize at the time nobody else did, and that might mean I am simply a freak of nature.
NYC out here with DEA, NYPD, FDNY, FBI, CIA, NSA, Marines, Praetorian Guard, and a couple of men dressed in trench coats. No way out of this pit unless Grimes writes that autobiography.
January 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
NYC out here with DEA, NYPD, FDNY, FBI, CIA, NSA, Marines, Praetorian Guard, and a couple of men dressed in trench coats. No way out of this pit unless Grimes writes that autobiography.
My nervous system is completely shot tonight. I better recover soon because I have to teach Monday. Everybody I care about is just hanging by a thread now in so many ways.
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
My nervous system is completely shot tonight. I better recover soon because I have to teach Monday. Everybody I care about is just hanging by a thread now in so many ways.
Often I think their agenda is to make people hate living in this country.
January 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Often I think their agenda is to make people hate living in this country.
Venezuela's population is around the amount of Texas's. You are toast Rubio, charred toast.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Venezuela's population is around the amount of Texas's. You are toast Rubio, charred toast.
Reposted by Jeffrey Hecker
It's about the oil, stupid!
Venezuela has ~1/5 of the world’s proven crude reserves, or an estimated 303 billion barrels. Most other major deposits are concentrated in the Middle East. OPEC’s figures exclude Canada’s oil sands, which if included, would place Canada fourth globally in 2024.
Venezuela has ~1/5 of the world’s proven crude reserves, or an estimated 303 billion barrels. Most other major deposits are concentrated in the Middle East. OPEC’s figures exclude Canada’s oil sands, which if included, would place Canada fourth globally in 2024.
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
It's about the oil, stupid!
Venezuela has ~1/5 of the world’s proven crude reserves, or an estimated 303 billion barrels. Most other major deposits are concentrated in the Middle East. OPEC’s figures exclude Canada’s oil sands, which if included, would place Canada fourth globally in 2024.
Venezuela has ~1/5 of the world’s proven crude reserves, or an estimated 303 billion barrels. Most other major deposits are concentrated in the Middle East. OPEC’s figures exclude Canada’s oil sands, which if included, would place Canada fourth globally in 2024.
I cannot drive to work without hitting six potholes but we are going to rebuild roads in Barquisimeto.
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I cannot drive to work without hitting six potholes but we are going to rebuild roads in Barquisimeto.
This is not going to go well.
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is not going to go well.
"Raizin" Caine reading a piece of paper he did not write.
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"Raizin" Caine reading a piece of paper he did not write.
He just said Venezuela is now free. I cannot swallow anymore.
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
He just said Venezuela is now free. I cannot swallow anymore.
Rubio looks like he is about to vomit.
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Rubio looks like he is about to vomit.
He just said we are going to run Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
He just said we are going to run Venezuela.
Meanwhile, ARIatHOME is still walking around freezing New York City with a synthesizer strapped to him. This kid is my hero right now.
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Meanwhile, ARIatHOME is still walking around freezing New York City with a synthesizer strapped to him. This kid is my hero right now.
Pinhead is about to speak from his private resort soon.
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Pinhead is about to speak from his private resort soon.
Air freshener online reviews are hilarious.
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Air freshener online reviews are hilarious.
Double vaxxed dream last night where an ex-girlfriend told me the reason we broke up is because her mother did not like me. I already knew that. These dream people need to dive a little deeper into my brain.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Double vaxxed dream last night where an ex-girlfriend told me the reason we broke up is because her mother did not like me. I already knew that. These dream people need to dive a little deeper into my brain.
The overwhelming international online opinion seems to be he is definitely Satan.
January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The overwhelming international online opinion seems to be he is definitely Satan.
Why was Grimes dressed like Baroness and leading Delta Force commandos last night? What is going on?
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Why was Grimes dressed like Baroness and leading Delta Force commandos last night? What is going on?