Rachel Loden
@rloden.bsky.social
Poet and private scholar. Author of HOTEL IMPERIUM, DICK OF THE DEAD, poems in Journal of the Plague Years, Paris Review &c.
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Rachel Loden
@rloden.bsky.social
· Nov 21
A few years ago I filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests for the SS-5 applications of a number of dead poets. The SS-5 is the form that individuals must fill out to obtain a Social Security card. (1/8)
But I never dreamt I could actually make one
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
But I never dreamt I could actually make one
January 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I spent the night making myself laugh
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I spent the night making myself laugh
Lapland this December (photographer my sister-in-law Marja Ketonen)
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Lapland this December (photographer my sister-in-law Marja Ketonen)
From my sister-in-law in Lapland, 11 am
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
From my sister-in-law in Lapland, 11 am
Suddenly everybody and their brother is a digital creator and I suppose I’m a somewhat startled digital creator too. But what even is that really? I think this is contributing to my insomnia
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Suddenly everybody and their brother is a digital creator and I suppose I’m a somewhat startled digital creator too. But what even is that really? I think this is contributing to my insomnia
My first two definitions are up at the Urban Dictionary. I’m not going to post the words (because embarrassment) but I had the most fun adding the tags anyway
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My first two definitions are up at the Urban Dictionary. I’m not going to post the words (because embarrassment) but I had the most fun adding the tags anyway
He also says “Nothing new about AI and academia—it was just implemented in wetware”
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
He also says “Nothing new about AI and academia—it was just implemented in wetware”
“The number of good ideas in this world is small, finite and invariant of time. The rest is imitation and better left for AI bots” sez my husband who worked with John McCarthy, who originated the term AI
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“The number of good ideas in this world is small, finite and invariant of time. The rest is imitation and better left for AI bots” sez my husband who worked with John McCarthy, who originated the term AI
OMFG. There actually is a Mineola Prep. www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
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www.facebook.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
OMFG. There actually is a Mineola Prep. www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Edwin Denby (again)
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Edwin Denby (again)
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I was about seven when a teacher informed me that I mustn’t start sentences with “and.” I just smiled and said to myself “That’s what you think.” I didn’t start sentences with “and” in her class because I pitied her too much.
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I was about seven when a teacher informed me that I mustn’t start sentences with “and.” I just smiled and said to myself “That’s what you think.” I didn’t start sentences with “and” in her class because I pitied her too much.
@John Latta, you went to Cornell, yes? My older brother did too. Somehow I became acquainted and enamored with the work of Stuart Peterfreund (Cornell lit mags?). He was older than you but I wonder whether that name rings a bell?
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@John Latta, you went to Cornell, yes? My older brother did too. Somehow I became acquainted and enamored with the work of Stuart Peterfreund (Cornell lit mags?). He was older than you but I wonder whether that name rings a bell?
My third great-grandmother was Hephzibah Perry and her mother was Hephzibah Locke. Just saying.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My third great-grandmother was Hephzibah Perry and her mother was Hephzibah Locke. Just saying.
Nipa walks in saying Hella rain. Weather says atmospheric river.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nipa walks in saying Hella rain. Weather says atmospheric river.
I--rather annoyed by a bad throat-- felt glad when the whole lot vanished. It is a strange thing that one cannot well live altogether without company, and that when you get it, you try hard to rid yourself of itself. (6 of 6)
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I--rather annoyed by a bad throat-- felt glad when the whole lot vanished. It is a strange thing that one cannot well live altogether without company, and that when you get it, you try hard to rid yourself of itself. (6 of 6)
to him so that mother and Tussy are signalling to each other all through supper. Finally Mr. Maitland arrived as well, fairly sober, and also had a wordy duel with his instructive table companion--Hyndman--about Gladstone, in whom the spiritualist Maitland believes. (5/of 6, actually)
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
to him so that mother and Tussy are signalling to each other all through supper. Finally Mr. Maitland arrived as well, fairly sober, and also had a wordy duel with his instructive table companion--Hyndman--about Gladstone, in whom the spiritualist Maitland believes. (5/of 6, actually)