Arthur Durkee
@phoenixdragon1.bsky.social
Composer, poet, book artist, printmaker, letterpress, graphics, recording studio, photography, type designer. Pan/poly/neurodivergent/queer.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Aurora borealis photography RIGHT NOW in southern Wisconsin. These are unedited photos on my iPhone using 6x7 camera app.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Aurora borealis photography RIGHT NOW in southern Wisconsin. These are unedited photos on my iPhone using 6x7 camera app.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
The aurora right now is visible with the naked eye. Bright enough to see red and green without assistance.
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Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Instead of funneling endless amounts of money into our bloated Pentagon budget while thousands of veterans face homelessness and hunger, let’s use those funds to truly take care of our veterans — ensuring every one has a home, food, and access to medical and mental health care.
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Starving people is a weapon of control. So, too, is controlling and attacking the media, attacking science and higher ed, and using the military against citizens and innocent people. All weapons of control.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Starving people is a weapon of control. So, too, is controlling and attacking the media, attacking science and higher ed, and using the military against citizens and innocent people. All weapons of control.
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My first gay wedding versus my second. I know which I’d prefer, Kim
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My first gay wedding versus my second. I know which I’d prefer, Kim
Wow, some actual good news for civil rights in the midst of the shitstorm.
The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wow, some actual good news for civil rights in the midst of the shitstorm.
Thread.
This exactly describes my own perspective.
This exactly describes my own perspective.
Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time.
But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.
But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Thread.
This exactly describes my own perspective.
This exactly describes my own perspective.
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Hummingbird and Rose
at origami class tonight.
at origami class tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Hummingbird and Rose
at origami class tonight.
at origami class tonight.
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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"All of these candidates who won last night didn’t shy away from talking about gender equality and LGBTQ rights. They didn’t buy the theory that doing so would alienate young men. And they were right. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Carville."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-young...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-young...
What Young Men Problem?
Democrats won clear majorities of this constituency.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"All of these candidates who won last night didn’t shy away from talking about gender equality and LGBTQ rights. They didn’t buy the theory that doing so would alienate young men. And they were right. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Carville."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-young...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-young...
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Buried in the article:
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
Study compares heart risks of COVID-19 infection and vaccination, and the results may surprise you
The risk of children developing rare but serious heart complications is higher after a COVID-19 infection than after vaccination, according to a new study.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Buried in the article:
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
“Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000.”
The scare tactic of the headline is what’s wrong with media today
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Listening to Florence and the Machine’s “Everybody Scream” and thinking of Lucille Clifton’s “It was a Dream”
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Listening to Florence and the Machine’s “Everybody Scream” and thinking of Lucille Clifton’s “It was a Dream”
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
Poems are spells, songs are spells, screams are the most primal of spells
What should you do about the nightmare we find ourselves in?
This
This
This
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
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The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
This. They are not the same.
Some Democrats do bad things, every Republican is an affirmation of a fascist system. Easy choice at the end of the day.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This. They are not the same.
Up at dawn for a very productive hour of planning and note-making regarding this coming weekend’s letterpress, printmaking, and book festival in Ann Arbor. And now a bit more sleep.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Up at dawn for a very productive hour of planning and note-making regarding this coming weekend’s letterpress, printmaking, and book festival in Ann Arbor. And now a bit more sleep.
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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"Patriotism is loving your country all the time, and your government...when it deserves it."
-Mark Twain
-Mark Twain
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Patriotism is loving your country all the time, and your government...when it deserves it."
-Mark Twain
-Mark Twain
If you want to take a master class in how to do literary criticism right, especially poetry criticism, this is the book for you. Few have done it as well.
Conrad Aiken: Collected Criticism
Conrad Aiken: Collected Criticism
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you want to take a master class in how to do literary criticism right, especially poetry criticism, this is the book for you. Few have done it as well.
Conrad Aiken: Collected Criticism
Conrad Aiken: Collected Criticism