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
“New Adventures in Hi-Fi is R.E.M.’s secret masterpiece.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
“New Adventures in Hi-Fi is R.E.M.’s secret masterpiece.”
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I’m not some ghoul. I’m not looking forward to Donald Trump’s death. I’m looking forward to the happiness his death is going to give to so many good people. The joy. The celebration. The fun. That’s what I’m looking forward to.
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I’m not some ghoul. I’m not looking forward to Donald Trump’s death. I’m looking forward to the happiness his death is going to give to so many good people. The joy. The celebration. The fun. That’s what I’m looking forward to.
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They're still out there. The goofs and spoofs. If we can only find them.
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
They're still out there. The goofs and spoofs. If we can only find them.
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time
My sensibility: When I saw the trailer for “Wuthering Heights,” I thought, Nope. When I saw the trailer for The Bride, I thought, Take my money. Either or neither might be any good, but those were my instinctive reactions.
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
My sensibility: When I saw the trailer for “Wuthering Heights,” I thought, Nope. When I saw the trailer for The Bride, I thought, Take my money. Either or neither might be any good, but those were my instinctive reactions.
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Poem for your Sunday
On Walking Backwards
~ Anne Carson
—My mother forbade us to walk backwards. That is how the dead walk, she would say./They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around. They are victims of love, many of them.
On Walking Backwards
~ Anne Carson
—My mother forbade us to walk backwards. That is how the dead walk, she would say./They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around. They are victims of love, many of them.
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Poem for your Sunday
On Walking Backwards
~ Anne Carson
—My mother forbade us to walk backwards. That is how the dead walk, she would say./They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around. They are victims of love, many of them.
On Walking Backwards
~ Anne Carson
—My mother forbade us to walk backwards. That is how the dead walk, she would say./They have no lungs and cannot call out but would love for us to turn around. They are victims of love, many of them.
Dreamt I was at a show, and in between songs I shouted out “Sister Ray!” and the band actually started playing all 17 minutes of “Sister Ray.”
February 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Dreamt I was at a show, and in between songs I shouted out “Sister Ray!” and the band actually started playing all 17 minutes of “Sister Ray.”
And so to bed.
BARRY WHITE & Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
YouTube video by TokyoPopCity
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
And so to bed.
A poem from my second book (for a long time, the title of the manuscript).
February 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
A poem from my second book (for a long time, the title of the manuscript).
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Valentine's Day is the day I remember that novelist Mary Shelley kept her dead poet husband's heart in a drawer wrapped in silk with a page from one of his poems. ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Valentine's Day is the day I remember that novelist Mary Shelley kept her dead poet husband's heart in a drawer wrapped in silk with a page from one of his poems. ❤️
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Don’t forget to love your family 💜
February 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Don’t forget to love your family 💜
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A valentine for my sweetheart as it first appeared in The Literary Review of Canada
February 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A valentine for my sweetheart as it first appeared in The Literary Review of Canada
This thread is not horsing around.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This thread is not horsing around.
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Project 2028:
1. Undoing the damage.
2. Undoing the causes of the damage.
Number 2 might be doable faster.
1. Undoing the damage.
2. Undoing the causes of the damage.
Number 2 might be doable faster.
It is not too early for Democrats to build a Project 2028, because if we win, every single agency is going to have to be restaffed and rebuilt from the ground up in the first 100 days, and "We're going to undo the damage" can't be the sole item on our four-year agenda.READ NEXT POST BEFORE REPLYING>
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Project 2028:
1. Undoing the damage.
2. Undoing the causes of the damage.
Number 2 might be doable faster.
1. Undoing the damage.
2. Undoing the causes of the damage.
Number 2 might be doable faster.
Morning. Just for you, here’s a love song.
The Damned - Love Song (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ace Records
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Morning. Just for you, here’s a love song.
I’ll be home when I’m sleeping/ I can’t hardly wait.
Can't Hardly Wait (2008 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Replacements - Topic
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I’ll be home when I’m sleeping/ I can’t hardly wait.
This didn’t get nearly enough engagement. C’mon, tell me the album that meant the most to you at nineteen.
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
February 14, 2026 at 3:46 AM
This didn’t get nearly enough engagement. C’mon, tell me the album that meant the most to you at nineteen.
Out at a bar for a friend’s birthday and thank heavens for booze; I rarely drink to excess but to be pleasantly buzzed with people you like at the end of a depressing week is fucking gift. I could write a poem about it.
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Out at a bar for a friend’s birthday and thank heavens for booze; I rarely drink to excess but to be pleasantly buzzed with people you like at the end of a depressing week is fucking gift. I could write a poem about it.
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The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
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Hear me out, both on some really fun horror movies featuring couples who fight together and survive, and on what horror creators can learn from them. It's one of the few finale outcomes horror movies rarely touch, and there's so much potential there.
Horror needs fewer Final Girls, and more Final Couples
Horror is always looking for the next big thing, and these movies show why the Final Couple needs to get its due.
www.polygon.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Hear me out, both on some really fun horror movies featuring couples who fight together and survive, and on what horror creators can learn from them. It's one of the few finale outcomes horror movies rarely touch, and there's so much potential there.
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Painted on a thin plate of ivory just 2.6 x 3.1 inches, this "self-portrait" of the painter Sarah Goodridge's breasts was given (as a kind of "proto-sext"?) to the recently widowed US senator Daniel Webster in 1828. More on the story here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/s...
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Painted on a thin plate of ivory just 2.6 x 3.1 inches, this "self-portrait" of the painter Sarah Goodridge's breasts was given (as a kind of "proto-sext"?) to the recently widowed US senator Daniel Webster in 1828. More on the story here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/s...
Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.
Oliver Reed, Gemma Jones “THE DEVILS” dir. Ken Russell
🎬 Warner Bros.
🎬 Warner Bros.
February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend.