Lostchyld
@lostchyld.bsky.social
Trans man/dragon. He/him. Knitter and sewist. 2 semesters to finish my BA.
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Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
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Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
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I’ll believe that covid deaths are down when the entire medical apparatus is actively screening for it the way they do flu. Not now, when entire states are running a covid denial platform and refusing to test at all.
Maybe unpopular take but I think "during COVID" is fine!
Death data show a clear acute phase from spring 2020 until spring 2022. Since then deaths have steadily trended downward and this winter fell below flu deaths. You can take COVID seriously and still talk about the worst of it in the past tense
Death data show a clear acute phase from spring 2020 until spring 2022. Since then deaths have steadily trended downward and this winter fell below flu deaths. You can take COVID seriously and still talk about the worst of it in the past tense
September 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I’ll believe that covid deaths are down when the entire medical apparatus is actively screening for it the way they do flu. Not now, when entire states are running a covid denial platform and refusing to test at all.
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Which of my patterns should I do next for my Zippered Chest Binders? Now is your chance to help me decide!
Frog? Mushroom? Pastel Galaxy?
Frog? Mushroom? Pastel Galaxy?
September 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Which of my patterns should I do next for my Zippered Chest Binders? Now is your chance to help me decide!
Frog? Mushroom? Pastel Galaxy?
Frog? Mushroom? Pastel Galaxy?
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Here's my back brace/posture corrector prototype. I'm trying to gauge interest before I set up the pre-orders within the next week. There will be 3 patterns available. It will be 40-50$ USD.
For the size, please select your size or mention your measurement?
For the size, please select your size or mention your measurement?
August 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's my back brace/posture corrector prototype. I'm trying to gauge interest before I set up the pre-orders within the next week. There will be 3 patterns available. It will be 40-50$ USD.
For the size, please select your size or mention your measurement?
For the size, please select your size or mention your measurement?
Great opportunity. Bibi’s gear is great quality. Take a second and enter if you need a cane and definitely consider buying one.
🌸 Walking Stick Giveaway 🌸
- 2 winners
- Wins a walking stick (one of three patterns) + quad tip + handle cushion
Rules:
- Follow me
- RT & tag a friend + let me know which one you want
- No giveaway account
- Ends Friday August 15 at 6PM MST
- North America Only
Details ⬇️
- 2 winners
- Wins a walking stick (one of three patterns) + quad tip + handle cushion
Rules:
- Follow me
- RT & tag a friend + let me know which one you want
- No giveaway account
- Ends Friday August 15 at 6PM MST
- North America Only
Details ⬇️
August 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great opportunity. Bibi’s gear is great quality. Take a second and enter if you need a cane and definitely consider buying one.
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🌸 Walking Stick Giveaway 🌸
- 2 winners
- Wins a walking stick (one of three patterns) + quad tip + handle cushion
Rules:
- Follow me
- RT & tag a friend + let me know which one you want
- No giveaway account
- Ends Friday August 15 at 6PM MST
- North America Only
Details ⬇️
- 2 winners
- Wins a walking stick (one of three patterns) + quad tip + handle cushion
Rules:
- Follow me
- RT & tag a friend + let me know which one you want
- No giveaway account
- Ends Friday August 15 at 6PM MST
- North America Only
Details ⬇️
August 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌸 Walking Stick Giveaway 🌸
- 2 winners
- Wins a walking stick (one of three patterns) + quad tip + handle cushion
Rules:
- Follow me
- RT & tag a friend + let me know which one you want
- No giveaway account
- Ends Friday August 15 at 6PM MST
- North America Only
Details ⬇️
- 2 winners
- Wins a walking stick (one of three patterns) + quad tip + handle cushion
Rules:
- Follow me
- RT & tag a friend + let me know which one you want
- No giveaway account
- Ends Friday August 15 at 6PM MST
- North America Only
Details ⬇️
This is just to say
I have petted
The cats
That live at
My friend’s home
And which
I am
allergic to
Forgive me.
They were soft.
So cuddly
And so cute.
I have petted
The cats
That live at
My friend’s home
And which
I am
allergic to
Forgive me.
They were soft.
So cuddly
And so cute.
August 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is just to say
I have petted
The cats
That live at
My friend’s home
And which
I am
allergic to
Forgive me.
They were soft.
So cuddly
And so cute.
I have petted
The cats
That live at
My friend’s home
And which
I am
allergic to
Forgive me.
They were soft.
So cuddly
And so cute.
Being the excel guy at work is weird because how am I the resident “expert”* in Wordpress and all things web design?
*pretty sure “expert” means I’m the only person in office who doesn’t dissociate while touching a computer.
*pretty sure “expert” means I’m the only person in office who doesn’t dissociate while touching a computer.
July 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Being the excel guy at work is weird because how am I the resident “expert”* in Wordpress and all things web design?
*pretty sure “expert” means I’m the only person in office who doesn’t dissociate while touching a computer.
*pretty sure “expert” means I’m the only person in office who doesn’t dissociate while touching a computer.
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I adore “Legacies” by Nikki Giovanni and have used it before with students. Any time I think of doing something with my own family, I wonder if it’s something that will live beyond them or if it’s something I want to only experience with them while I have them. #PoemADayJuly
Morning! We're going to skip the last Poets.org selection because, as @heymrsbond.com rightly pointed out to me and @thevogelman.bsky.social, "Nikki Giovanni has to appear in a month where we talk about poetry."
So that's what we're doing! Today's #PoemADayJuly:
"Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni
So that's what we're doing! Today's #PoemADayJuly:
"Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I adore “Legacies” by Nikki Giovanni and have used it before with students. Any time I think of doing something with my own family, I wonder if it’s something that will live beyond them or if it’s something I want to only experience with them while I have them. #PoemADayJuly
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So much within this, including the way it asks the reader to experience this travesty. #PoemADayJuly
What stood out most for me? The repeated placement of periods after the word "run"—a pause and therefore a symbolic paradox that exposes the purposeless of running: "there is nowhere to run to" (17)
What stood out most for me? The repeated placement of periods after the word "run"—a pause and therefore a symbolic paradox that exposes the purposeless of running: "there is nowhere to run to" (17)
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So much within this, including the way it asks the reader to experience this travesty. #PoemADayJuly
What stood out most for me? The repeated placement of periods after the word "run"—a pause and therefore a symbolic paradox that exposes the purposeless of running: "there is nowhere to run to" (17)
What stood out most for me? The repeated placement of periods after the word "run"—a pause and therefore a symbolic paradox that exposes the purposeless of running: "there is nowhere to run to" (17)
The structure today feels chaotic, like roots (or thoughts) growing where they will, within the space that they have, looking for purchase to leave containment.
I also like the use of line breaks. It has the feel of shelves with varying amounts of stuff left on them.
#PoemADayJuly
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I also like the use of line breaks. It has the feel of shelves with varying amounts of stuff left on them.
#PoemADayJuly
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"Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch,"
For today's #PoemADayJuly, another shift: an older poem, a shorter poem, and a tone shift, too (perhaps? maybe not?)
"Root Cellar" by Theodore Roethke
(There's a lot going on in just 11 lines!)
@thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com
For today's #PoemADayJuly, another shift: an older poem, a shorter poem, and a tone shift, too (perhaps? maybe not?)
"Root Cellar" by Theodore Roethke
(There's a lot going on in just 11 lines!)
@thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The structure today feels chaotic, like roots (or thoughts) growing where they will, within the space that they have, looking for purchase to leave containment.
I also like the use of line breaks. It has the feel of shelves with varying amounts of stuff left on them.
#PoemADayJuly
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I also like the use of line breaks. It has the feel of shelves with varying amounts of stuff left on them.
#PoemADayJuly
1/
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#PoemADayJuly
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
"Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch,"
For today's #PoemADayJuly, another shift: an older poem, a shorter poem, and a tone shift, too (perhaps? maybe not?)
"Root Cellar" by Theodore Roethke
(There's a lot going on in just 11 lines!)
@thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com
For today's #PoemADayJuly, another shift: an older poem, a shorter poem, and a tone shift, too (perhaps? maybe not?)
"Root Cellar" by Theodore Roethke
(There's a lot going on in just 11 lines!)
@thevogelman.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#PoemADayJuly
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
Day 6: “…piled against slippery planks.”
An action that happened off the page. Life that’s been intentionally stowed away in a dark place to be forgotten, but refuses, hunting for a sliver of light in the dark.
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GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.
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Donate to US Flood Relief Fundraisers
Help those affected by flooding across the US. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer flood relief to individuals & their families.
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July 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.
www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...
www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...
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If you're being snarky about children drowning in a flash flood what the fuck is wrong with you
July 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're being snarky about children drowning in a flash flood what the fuck is wrong with you
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My brain can’t fathom the severity and magnitude of what’s happened in Texas.
And it was so fast. My brain can’t even process
And it was so fast. My brain can’t even process
July 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My brain can’t fathom the severity and magnitude of what’s happened in Texas.
And it was so fast. My brain can’t even process
And it was so fast. My brain can’t even process
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#PoemADayJuly 5. I’m drawn to the poem’s contrasts between literal and figurative places with terrible Wi-Fi. This made me think more about what “terrible Wi-Fi” means. It can be both silence and noise, but both represent a lack of connection, showing how grief appears in many places/times/ways.
July 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#PoemADayJuly 5. I’m drawn to the poem’s contrasts between literal and figurative places with terrible Wi-Fi. This made me think more about what “terrible Wi-Fi” means. It can be both silence and noise, but both represent a lack of connection, showing how grief appears in many places/times/ways.
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Day 5 #PoemADayJuly
This is a knotty poem for me, the kind that really requires multiple readings.
First thing that stand out to me are the religious/spiritual reference points that almost serve as punctuations of experience juxtaposed with “despite my disbelief.” There is loss and it remains.
This is a knotty poem for me, the kind that really requires multiple readings.
First thing that stand out to me are the religious/spiritual reference points that almost serve as punctuations of experience juxtaposed with “despite my disbelief.” There is loss and it remains.
July 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Day 5 #PoemADayJuly
This is a knotty poem for me, the kind that really requires multiple readings.
First thing that stand out to me are the religious/spiritual reference points that almost serve as punctuations of experience juxtaposed with “despite my disbelief.” There is loss and it remains.
This is a knotty poem for me, the kind that really requires multiple readings.
First thing that stand out to me are the religious/spiritual reference points that almost serve as punctuations of experience juxtaposed with “despite my disbelief.” There is loss and it remains.
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“The stretches of highway on the long drive home after burial.” - for sure feeling this both literally and figuratively as we buried my mom in Alabama 2 months ago then drove home to Georgia. Again a reminder that poetry stands in the gap when we lack the words. #PoemADayJuly
“What is static if not the sound of the universe’s grief?”
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The stretches of highway on the long drive home after burial.” - for sure feeling this both literally and figuratively as we buried my mom in Alabama 2 months ago then drove home to Georgia. Again a reminder that poetry stands in the gap when we lack the words. #PoemADayJuly
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#PoemADayJuly
The listing syntax allows for a constellation of places mapped together by the wish for detectable signals.
The listing syntax allows for a constellation of places mapped together by the wish for detectable signals.
“What is static if not the sound of the universe’s grief?”
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#PoemADayJuly
The listing syntax allows for a constellation of places mapped together by the wish for detectable signals.
The listing syntax allows for a constellation of places mapped together by the wish for detectable signals.
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“The cluttered attic. Most of the past.” When people leave us- children grow up, parents die, houses sell, families move- what do we keep? The “static” remains- joy and grief intertwined. #PoemADayJuly
“What is static if not the sound of the universe’s grief?”
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“The cluttered attic. Most of the past.” When people leave us- children grow up, parents die, houses sell, families move- what do we keep? The “static” remains- joy and grief intertwined. #PoemADayJuly
#PoemADayJuly Places with terrible Wi-Fi
I notice that this is a young person's poem.
I don't know how to honor their grief and reconcile my experience with static as a signal reaching past its limits to still be heard.
The change from analog to digital transmission is evident here.
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I notice that this is a young person's poem.
I don't know how to honor their grief and reconcile my experience with static as a signal reaching past its limits to still be heard.
The change from analog to digital transmission is evident here.
✏️/1
“What is static if not the sound of the universe’s grief?”
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
Our #PoemADayJuly today: “Places With Terrible Wi-Fi” by J. Estanislao Lopez
Maybe a bit different than the “poems” you’re used to but SO much within this gem to explore.
So let’s explore! 🔍
@heymrsbond.com @thevogelman.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#PoemADayJuly Places with terrible Wi-Fi
I notice that this is a young person's poem.
I don't know how to honor their grief and reconcile my experience with static as a signal reaching past its limits to still be heard.
The change from analog to digital transmission is evident here.
✏️/1
I notice that this is a young person's poem.
I don't know how to honor their grief and reconcile my experience with static as a signal reaching past its limits to still be heard.
The change from analog to digital transmission is evident here.
✏️/1
The indictment here. #PoemADayJuly
Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
. . .
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
. . .
That's made America the land it has become.
(So strong, so brave, so true is doing some work here.
Like
Forgive me, they were delicious
So sweet and so cold)
Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
. . .
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
. . .
That's made America the land it has become.
(So strong, so brave, so true is doing some work here.
Like
Forgive me, they were delicious
So sweet and so cold)
"Let it be that great strong land of love / Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme" (7-8)
I would guess that most of us have read this poem. Some of us (*raises hand*) have brought it into our classrooms.
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes
Let's read it again. #PoemADayJuly
I would guess that most of us have read this poem. Some of us (*raises hand*) have brought it into our classrooms.
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes
Let's read it again. #PoemADayJuly
July 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The indictment here. #PoemADayJuly
Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
. . .
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
. . .
That's made America the land it has become.
(So strong, so brave, so true is doing some work here.
Like
Forgive me, they were delicious
So sweet and so cold)
Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
. . .
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
. . .
That's made America the land it has become.
(So strong, so brave, so true is doing some work here.
Like
Forgive me, they were delicious
So sweet and so cold)
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We're 4 days into this #PoemADayJuly journey, and I wanted to share 4 thoughts so far:
⓵ The sheer volume of folks jumping in with their observations and annotations and illuminations? it is overwhelming in the best of ways. More than any of us could have hoped for.
⓶ I have lost count...
⓵ The sheer volume of folks jumping in with their observations and annotations and illuminations? it is overwhelming in the best of ways. More than any of us could have hoped for.
⓶ I have lost count...
Starting Tuesday: #PoemADayJuly with myself, @heymrsbond.com and @thevogelman.bsky.social 😎
The first seven poems listed here—we'll discuss one each day, and everyone is welcome! Building community by talking about poetry is a pretty cool thing, so let's do it!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The first seven poems listed here—we'll discuss one each day, and everyone is welcome! Building community by talking about poetry is a pretty cool thing, so let's do it!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
July 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We're 4 days into this #PoemADayJuly journey, and I wanted to share 4 thoughts so far:
⓵ The sheer volume of folks jumping in with their observations and annotations and illuminations? it is overwhelming in the best of ways. More than any of us could have hoped for.
⓶ I have lost count...
⓵ The sheer volume of folks jumping in with their observations and annotations and illuminations? it is overwhelming in the best of ways. More than any of us could have hoped for.
⓶ I have lost count...