S. Preston Duncan
@sprestonduncan.bsky.social
Writer of #poetry and occasionally other things. Author of Blood Alluvium (Parlyaree Press).
Leathercrafter.
INELDA-trained death doula.
Richmond, Virginia. #RVA
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Leathercrafter.
INELDA-trained death doula.
Richmond, Virginia. #RVA
sprestonduncan.com
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Sometimes I remember I'm supposed to be promoting this thing. I'm proud of it. If you're into incantatory grief poetry, given to the rushed wallowing of modernity, or find yourself searching for the fragile stillness between trauma and music, you might like it.
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#poetrybook
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#poetrybook
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
I'm learning Gaeilge.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm learning Gaeilge.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Josh Donald of Bernal Cutlery and Next Gen Chef winner Chef Andrew Sargent of Per Se on shopping for vintage kitchen knives.
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6 Things To Look For When Shopping For Vintage Kitchen Knives - Chowhound
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November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Josh Donald of Bernal Cutlery and Next Gen Chef winner Chef Andrew Sargent of Per Se on shopping for vintage kitchen knives.
www.chowhound.com/2020338/tips...
www.chowhound.com/2020338/tips...
Not sure making your facilities look like a parade of pathogens and oozing wounds is necessarily the best way to get folks into them, Bon Secours.
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Not sure making your facilities look like a parade of pathogens and oozing wounds is necessarily the best way to get folks into them, Bon Secours.
Why do these pot stickers keep sticking to the damned pot?!?!
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Why do these pot stickers keep sticking to the damned pot?!?!
If you want someone to listen to you, in Irish you say "Éist liom," but it doesn't translate as "listen to me," it translates as "listen *with* me."
The difference says quite a bit.
The difference says quite a bit.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you want someone to listen to you, in Irish you say "Éist liom," but it doesn't translate as "listen to me," it translates as "listen *with* me."
The difference says quite a bit.
The difference says quite a bit.
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There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
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Sorry for sharing a post from the other website, I know, but JCO's remarks on that website's owner feel like something that'll be narrated over the end credits of a Musk biopic.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sorry for sharing a post from the other website, I know, but JCO's remarks on that website's owner feel like something that'll be narrated over the end credits of a Musk biopic.
Of all the destinations on our mad whirlwind of a honeymoon, I was least excited about Rome.
So of course I fell in love with it.
Jazz singers on boat bars, ancient architecture, plant kiosks by the Spanish Steps, delicious food. There's just a bit of magic there.
So of course I fell in love with it.
Jazz singers on boat bars, ancient architecture, plant kiosks by the Spanish Steps, delicious food. There's just a bit of magic there.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Of all the destinations on our mad whirlwind of a honeymoon, I was least excited about Rome.
So of course I fell in love with it.
Jazz singers on boat bars, ancient architecture, plant kiosks by the Spanish Steps, delicious food. There's just a bit of magic there.
So of course I fell in love with it.
Jazz singers on boat bars, ancient architecture, plant kiosks by the Spanish Steps, delicious food. There's just a bit of magic there.
I've been thinking about this email from Manchán Magan a lot today. Validation is hard to come by, I guess.
I wasn't expecting him to actually read my book, much less respond. Sure wish I'd had a chance to meet him.
(redacted to avoid insulting anyone)
I wasn't expecting him to actually read my book, much less respond. Sure wish I'd had a chance to meet him.
(redacted to avoid insulting anyone)
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I've been thinking about this email from Manchán Magan a lot today. Validation is hard to come by, I guess.
I wasn't expecting him to actually read my book, much less respond. Sure wish I'd had a chance to meet him.
(redacted to avoid insulting anyone)
I wasn't expecting him to actually read my book, much less respond. Sure wish I'd had a chance to meet him.
(redacted to avoid insulting anyone)
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
I've always liked you on a personal level. This is unforgivable. You caved on nothing but their word, which is worth nothing. You gave the 1% a trillion dollars in tax breaks. You cost hundreds of thousands of people their health insurance.
Shameful day for Virginians.
Shameful day for Virginians.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I've always liked you on a personal level. This is unforgivable. You caved on nothing but their word, which is worth nothing. You gave the 1% a trillion dollars in tax breaks. You cost hundreds of thousands of people their health insurance.
Shameful day for Virginians.
Shameful day for Virginians.
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Get yourself a mayor that both antisemites and Islamophobes hate.
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Get yourself a mayor that both antisemites and Islamophobes hate.
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I took this picture one year ago today. And tonight, this painting pops up on my feed. Feels like a sign.
Take me back to Tuscany please.
Take me back to Tuscany please.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I took this picture one year ago today. And tonight, this painting pops up on my feed. Feels like a sign.
Take me back to Tuscany please.
Take me back to Tuscany please.
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frankly, the more these folks lambaste him and distance themselves from him for having basic human decency and common sense, the better for him politically
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
frankly, the more these folks lambaste him and distance themselves from him for having basic human decency and common sense, the better for him politically
I was optimistically intrigued when I received an Etsy notification stating that knit balaclavas were trending.
This is not what I was hoping for.
This is not what I was hoping for.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I was optimistically intrigued when I received an Etsy notification stating that knit balaclavas were trending.
This is not what I was hoping for.
This is not what I was hoping for.
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This isn't the easiest time to be Jewish in America. But now—and for a long time—it's been significantly harder to be Muslim.
Barring Jews from government was one of the Nazis' signature moves. Every American Jew has an obligation to speak out against the new Nazis trying to do the same to Muslims.
Barring Jews from government was one of the Nazis' signature moves. Every American Jew has an obligation to speak out against the new Nazis trying to do the same to Muslims.
Laura Loomer pitches banning Muslims from running for office to members of Congress
Far-right influencer Laura Loomer has had an unusual amount of power over staffing and foreign policy decisions in the current Trump administration. Now, she is promoting anti-Muslim bills and pressur...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This isn't the easiest time to be Jewish in America. But now—and for a long time—it's been significantly harder to be Muslim.
Barring Jews from government was one of the Nazis' signature moves. Every American Jew has an obligation to speak out against the new Nazis trying to do the same to Muslims.
Barring Jews from government was one of the Nazis' signature moves. Every American Jew has an obligation to speak out against the new Nazis trying to do the same to Muslims.
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A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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Listen to more Nina Simone.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Listen to more Nina Simone.
The regime is pivoting their messaging in wake of that totally not-a-referendum-on-Trump election. They'll now be focusing on affordability.
The problem is, despite the braindrain, people will still notice when they're out of cash. I'm pretty sure.
The problem is, despite the braindrain, people will still notice when they're out of cash. I'm pretty sure.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The regime is pivoting their messaging in wake of that totally not-a-referendum-on-Trump election. They'll now be focusing on affordability.
The problem is, despite the braindrain, people will still notice when they're out of cash. I'm pretty sure.
The problem is, despite the braindrain, people will still notice when they're out of cash. I'm pretty sure.
I watched The History of Sound last night and I cannot hardly think of anything else. An achingly beautiful melody that pierces the heart of human experience. It is queer and rural and worldly. It is universal and personal. It is one of the best films I've seen. Ever.
youtu.be/YfEYUoefwb8?...
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THE HISTORY OF SOUND | Official Trailer | Now Streaming Exclusively on MUBI
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November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I watched The History of Sound last night and I cannot hardly think of anything else. An achingly beautiful melody that pierces the heart of human experience. It is queer and rural and worldly. It is universal and personal. It is one of the best films I've seen. Ever.
youtu.be/YfEYUoefwb8?...
youtu.be/YfEYUoefwb8?...
The Jewish Zionist camp is claiming that liberals have betrayed the Jews by electing Mamdani, yet are meanwhile silent as their Christofascist "friends" host avowed neo-Nazis and support for Israel falls drastically among conservatives due to actual antisemitism (rather than humanitarian conscience)
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Jewish Zionist camp is claiming that liberals have betrayed the Jews by electing Mamdani, yet are meanwhile silent as their Christofascist "friends" host avowed neo-Nazis and support for Israel falls drastically among conservatives due to actual antisemitism (rather than humanitarian conscience)
A year ago late last night we arrived at Terra Della Sidhe, a somewhat remote olive and walnut grove in Castel del Piano near Montalcino. There we were received by Luisa, who is one of those instant favorite people. She taught us her fire building technique and, exhausted, I sat by it and wrote this
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A year ago late last night we arrived at Terra Della Sidhe, a somewhat remote olive and walnut grove in Castel del Piano near Montalcino. There we were received by Luisa, who is one of those instant favorite people. She taught us her fire building technique and, exhausted, I sat by it and wrote this