Gregory Crosby
@monostich.bsky.social
Poet. Author of Said No One Ever (2021) and Walking Away From Explosions in Slow Motion (2018). https://buttondown.email/gregorycrosby
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
Cortados
60s gothic horror films
The comics of Jim Woodring
Vintage postcards
Ethiopiques CDs
Travel by train
Small dogs
Noir
Sonnet crowns
Bondage
60s gothic horror films
The comics of Jim Woodring
Vintage postcards
Ethiopiques CDs
Travel by train
Small dogs
Noir
Sonnet crowns
Bondage
get to know your mutuals! list 10 random things you like
Blink 182’s self-titled album
Dinosaurs
First sip of coffee in the AM
George Romero movies
Lasagna
“Metroid” games
My three cats
Myth and religion
“The Stars My Destination”
Uninterrupted sleep
Blink 182’s self-titled album
Dinosaurs
First sip of coffee in the AM
George Romero movies
Lasagna
“Metroid” games
My three cats
Myth and religion
“The Stars My Destination”
Uninterrupted sleep
get to know your mutuals! list 10 random things you like
1. Dogs
2. Pink Floyd
3. "Dogs" by Pink Floyd
4. Doctor Who
5. 1980s music videos
6. Garfield, The fat sarcastic pasta cat
7. "Night Court"
8. Kurt Vonnegut books
9. Silent Horror Films
10. To Kill a Mockingbird (book and film)
1. Dogs
2. Pink Floyd
3. "Dogs" by Pink Floyd
4. Doctor Who
5. 1980s music videos
6. Garfield, The fat sarcastic pasta cat
7. "Night Court"
8. Kurt Vonnegut books
9. Silent Horror Films
10. To Kill a Mockingbird (book and film)
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Cortados
60s gothic horror films
The comics of Jim Woodring
Vintage postcards
Ethiopiques CDs
Travel by train
Small dogs
Noir
Sonnet crowns
Bondage
60s gothic horror films
The comics of Jim Woodring
Vintage postcards
Ethiopiques CDs
Travel by train
Small dogs
Noir
Sonnet crowns
Bondage
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
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It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
The Invisible Man (1933) - I'll Show You Who I Am Scene (1/10) | Movieclips
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
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Born today, Claude Rains with Patience, 1935.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Born today, Claude Rains with Patience, 1935.
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“To try to express one’s position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge. The arms of consciousness reach out…while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space, the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.”
Nabokov
Nabokov
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“To try to express one’s position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge. The arms of consciousness reach out…while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space, the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.”
Nabokov
Nabokov
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What if I just stayed in bed today? Asking for a friend.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What if I just stayed in bed today? Asking for a friend.
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
“Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now’s the time for your tears”
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now’s the time for your tears”
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now’s the time for your tears”
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now’s the time for your tears”
Yes. And so to bed, alas.
Thus do all traitors
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Yes. And so to bed, alas.
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Just saw several headlines that to me all read: “Scabs Give in to Authoritarian Demands.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Just saw several headlines that to me all read: “Scabs Give in to Authoritarian Demands.”
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
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God the number of times I have been through this with the same damned bus of clowns in the senate. They need to go.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
God the number of times I have been through this with the same damned bus of clowns in the senate. They need to go.
Friends ask why I’ve always been registered as an Independent, even though I’ve very rarely voted for anyone but a Democrat (and never once for a Republican)… this is why.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Friends ask why I’ve always been registered as an Independent, even though I’ve very rarely voted for anyone but a Democrat (and never once for a Republican)… this is why.
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Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
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“All the animals come out at night - whores, centrists, trimmers, cowards, craven, sick, venal. Someday a real opposition party will come and wash all this scum off the streets.”
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“All the animals come out at night - whores, centrists, trimmers, cowards, craven, sick, venal. Someday a real opposition party will come and wash all this scum off the streets.”
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At the risk of sounding like a scold for posting about this too much: your call to a senator right now could be a key factor at a crucial moment. Please read this thread & call if you haven't.
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
At the risk of sounding like a scold for posting about this too much: your call to a senator right now could be a key factor at a crucial moment. Please read this thread & call if you haven't.