Joel Dilley
@okiedharmabum.bsky.social
Noble warrior poet/isolated book worm. Buddhist af.
Happy birthday to Carey Bell! There aren't too many harmonica players who can do what he did flawlessly (NOT effortlessly! You can hear the payoff for hours of practice in his and the band's playing). #BluesSky
youtube.com/watch?v=dzIi...
youtube.com/watch?v=dzIi...
Carey Bell & The Sons Of Blues / Easy to Love You (1982)
YouTube video by kazuharp
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November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Happy birthday to Carey Bell! There aren't too many harmonica players who can do what he did flawlessly (NOT effortlessly! You can hear the payoff for hours of practice in his and the band's playing). #BluesSky
youtube.com/watch?v=dzIi...
youtube.com/watch?v=dzIi...
Just checked my SNAP balance, a week after it was due, per guidance from IL DHS, and the partial benefits DID arrive! 16 dollars.
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Just checked my SNAP balance, a week after it was due, per guidance from IL DHS, and the partial benefits DID arrive! 16 dollars.
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Most Tricycle stuff is pay walled, but this is a freebie with two writers I've enjoyed reading for some time.
On Thursday, November 13 at 12 p.m. ET, scholars Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Stephen Batchelor will come together to discuss two visions of the Buddha, laid out in each scholar’s new book. Where do these visions overlap and what do we actually know about the Buddha?
Learn more below!
Learn more below!
The Life of the Buddha: A Virtual Event
Join scholars Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Stephen Batchelor for a discussion on the life of the Buddha.
tricycle.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Most Tricycle stuff is pay walled, but this is a freebie with two writers I've enjoyed reading for some time.
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Trying to decide whether to use my invisible tariff check from Trump or my invisible cost saving rebate check from DOGE to fill the tank of my car with a 500-year loan with invisible $2/gallon gas . . .
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trying to decide whether to use my invisible tariff check from Trump or my invisible cost saving rebate check from DOGE to fill the tank of my car with a 500-year loan with invisible $2/gallon gas . . .
When a book in a field of little to no interest to you exerts a strange fascination
#BookSky #DancingCowboys
#BookSky #DancingCowboys
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When a book in a field of little to no interest to you exerts a strange fascination
#BookSky #DancingCowboys
#BookSky #DancingCowboys
Historically, the last day of a book sale is half-price, so I "fasted" yesterday after having been Thursday night and Friday. Seemed to pay off as I got this haul for just under twenty bucks. Some nice little finds tucked away in the shadows but for now - LOVE that cover for Mules and Men!
#BookSky
#BookSky
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Historically, the last day of a book sale is half-price, so I "fasted" yesterday after having been Thursday night and Friday. Seemed to pay off as I got this haul for just under twenty bucks. Some nice little finds tucked away in the shadows but for now - LOVE that cover for Mules and Men!
#BookSky
#BookSky
It will be interesting to see how CBP/ICE in Chicago do in actual ice conditions...
Appropriately strong wording from @NWSChicago AFD regarding the potential for multiple intense bands of lake effect snow tonight into Monday morning.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
Extremely heavy snow with zero visibility, high winds, and lightning possible in the strongest bands.
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It will be interesting to see how CBP/ICE in Chicago do in actual ice conditions...
"It's goes without saying, never erect barricades."* 1972, University of Miami Press
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"It's goes without saying, never erect barricades."* 1972, University of Miami Press
I would read this.
We deserve a better democracy than this! If you agree, pre-order my new book On Mindful Democracy from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Parallax Press. Here, I forward a radical vision of democracy grounded in everyday acts of #mindfulness, #community, and mutual care.
20% off discount code: MINDFUL20
20% off discount code: MINDFUL20
On Mindful Democracy – Parallax Press
An antidote to political burnout and civic despair: drawing on mindfulness and modern wisdom to cultivate resilience, healthy engagement, and skillful presence in turbulent times
www.parallax.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I would read this.
Does anyone have a guide to publishers first edition points handy? I feel like Harcourt should have some statement on the copyright page for a 1935 first. More than happy to be wrong!
#BookSky
#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Does anyone have a guide to publishers first edition points handy? I feel like Harcourt should have some statement on the copyright page for a 1935 first. More than happy to be wrong!
#BookSky
#BookSky
An early Haki Madhubuti book of poetry from when he was writing as Don L. Lee, from 1970! And signed?!?! A mainstay of Chicago's poetry scene (plus, plus so much more) for decades.
#BookSky #BlackPoetry
#BookSky #BlackPoetry
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
An early Haki Madhubuti book of poetry from when he was writing as Don L. Lee, from 1970! And signed?!?! A mainstay of Chicago's poetry scene (plus, plus so much more) for decades.
#BookSky #BlackPoetry
#BookSky #BlackPoetry
Lew Archer in a 1959 2nd paperback printing of The Drowning Pool after the 1951 1st Pocket Book edition. What year did Ross Macdonald drop "John" from his name? #VintagePaperback
#BookSky
#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Lew Archer in a 1959 2nd paperback printing of The Drowning Pool after the 1951 1st Pocket Book edition. What year did Ross Macdonald drop "John" from his name? #VintagePaperback
#BookSky
#BookSky
I found A Clutch of Fables under a pile of Joseph Campbell in the MYTH section last night, lol. Teo Savory published James Tate and Thich Nhat Hanh among others with her Unicorn Press. Finding a first of James Tate's Absences last night as well might indicate a shared previous owner? #BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I found A Clutch of Fables under a pile of Joseph Campbell in the MYTH section last night, lol. Teo Savory published James Tate and Thich Nhat Hanh among others with her Unicorn Press. Finding a first of James Tate's Absences last night as well might indicate a shared previous owner? #BookSky
And, in and out in less than an hour with a few nice adds to the bowing shelves. Very excited to finally get a copy of George Lewis's history of the AACM! Old friends like Franklin Rosemont's Breton collection and Allen's New American Poetry are welcome back as well. ($25+$10) #BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And, in and out in less than an hour with a few nice adds to the bowing shelves. Very excited to finally get a copy of George Lewis's history of the AACM! Old friends like Franklin Rosemont's Breton collection and Allen's New American Poetry are welcome back as well. ($25+$10) #BookSky
"...country music sensation who has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes."
The director of the FB fucking I talking about his girlfriend. #KashPatel
The director of the FB fucking I talking about his girlfriend. #KashPatel
Using a government jet to fly you to a girlfriends country music gig/wrestling match and then covering it up and rage tweeting about it on X is sort of a microcosm of Trumpism. thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel-fbi-director-private-jet-problem-nashville
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"...country music sensation who has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes."
The director of the FB fucking I talking about his girlfriend. #KashPatel
The director of the FB fucking I talking about his girlfriend. #KashPatel
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After ICE agents raided a Chicago day care Wednesday morning and arrested a teacher that has citizenship documents, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) says President Donald Trump is using the city to condition Americans to normalize him using the military against his own people.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
After ICE agents raided a Chicago day care Wednesday morning and arrested a teacher that has citizenship documents, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) says President Donald Trump is using the city to condition Americans to normalize him using the military against his own people.
Scale and perspective, past and paster
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Scale and perspective, past and paster
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Posing the question should get you politely but firmly ejected from society by a large man dressed like an usher at the opera.
He just appears with a tight smile and quietly suggests that it would be best if you don’t cause a scene.
He just appears with a tight smile and quietly suggests that it would be best if you don’t cause a scene.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Posing the question should get you politely but firmly ejected from society by a large man dressed like an usher at the opera.
He just appears with a tight smile and quietly suggests that it would be best if you don’t cause a scene.
He just appears with a tight smile and quietly suggests that it would be best if you don’t cause a scene.
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The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.
Local NPR station at my local food pantry. I thank these volunteers every week!
Bloomington food pantry sees longer lines as SNAP benefits remain in jeopardy | WGLT share.google/KVqwWjDKhz5s...
Bloomington food pantry sees longer lines as SNAP benefits remain in jeopardy | WGLT share.google/KVqwWjDKhz5s...
Bloomington food pantry sees longer lines as SNAP benefits remain in jeopardy
The St. Vincent De Paul food pantry has seen more and more families come to its doors since the government shutdown began last month, putting SNAP benefits in jeopardy.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Local NPR station at my local food pantry. I thank these volunteers every week!
Bloomington food pantry sees longer lines as SNAP benefits remain in jeopardy | WGLT share.google/KVqwWjDKhz5s...
Bloomington food pantry sees longer lines as SNAP benefits remain in jeopardy | WGLT share.google/KVqwWjDKhz5s...