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William Polking
@polking.bsky.social
English teacher.
Phillies fan.
I live in dirt and pray for rain.
Feel like I have to credit @mitchnobis.bsky.social for inspiring me to add the comment, "Boy howdy is that an impressive closing," to the student draft I just read.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Make a band singular:

U1
Make a band singular:

Alkaline Solo.
Make a band singular:

A seagull
September 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Moving my CDs to another room in the house means a wallow in nostalgia.

First up: an Irish band who never received the renown they deserved.

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I Am Afraid
YouTube video by A House - Topic
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July 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@doubledaybooks.bsky.social
I'm reading my copy of The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry, only to find that after page 150 the text then repeats pages 55-86 before returning to page 183.

This feels . . . wrong.
March 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
No school today: Blizzard.
No school tomorrow: Blizzard aftermath.
Possibly no school Friday: Winter Storm Number Two of the week.
youtu.be/yEJEO0mvxSI?...
Madness - Madness (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Madness
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March 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"We cannot outsource thinking and compassion to a hierarchy-generating machine and expect the world to be anything other than automated emptiness and exploitation."

Many thanks to @audreywatters.bsky.social for these words today.
February 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"All of my decisions felt like trying to catch a fish that did not exist until I caught it."
Elizabeth O' Connor, Whale Fall
February 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
You have these weeks where you just want to crawl into a hole and hide, but then you drive home from school on a Friday and see a young girl walking home from school while reading a book, oblivious to the single-digit wind chill, and think maybe there is hope for us yet
December 13, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Quite rude of the sun to come out while I am listening to The Cure's new album.
November 24, 2024 at 6:42 PM