Thomas
@taerith1379.bsky.social
booklover / poet / man / defiantly decent / taken
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." Marcus Aurelius
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." Marcus Aurelius
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"I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow."
John Gardner, Grendel. 1971
John Gardner, Grendel. 1971
December 8, 2024 at 1:34 PM
"I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow."
John Gardner, Grendel. 1971
John Gardner, Grendel. 1971
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Hi, I’m supporting a fellow poet battling the effects of long Covid.
Any help woukd make a huge difference!
gofund.me/fc1008cf5
Any help woukd make a huge difference!
gofund.me/fc1008cf5
Donate to Financial assistance for Long-COVID patient., organized by Susan Guymer
Introduction:
Over the course of the global pandemic I’ve suffered throu… Susan Guymer needs your support for Financial assistance for Long-COVID patient.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hi, I’m supporting a fellow poet battling the effects of long Covid.
Any help woukd make a huge difference!
gofund.me/fc1008cf5
Any help woukd make a huge difference!
gofund.me/fc1008cf5
sunset light, chill wind
whisper to me; dark nights, and
winter's fated kiss
whisper to me; dark nights, and
winter's fated kiss
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
sunset light, chill wind
whisper to me; dark nights, and
winter's fated kiss
whisper to me; dark nights, and
winter's fated kiss
Thanks for sharing, this is beautiful.
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thanks for sharing, this is beautiful.
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at this time of year,
when the mercury drops
and leaves loosen
their grasp,
I cling to the geese
soaring overhead,
who make of movement
a holy law
when the mercury drops
and leaves loosen
their grasp,
I cling to the geese
soaring overhead,
who make of movement
a holy law
August 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
at this time of year,
when the mercury drops
and leaves loosen
their grasp,
I cling to the geese
soaring overhead,
who make of movement
a holy law
when the mercury drops
and leaves loosen
their grasp,
I cling to the geese
soaring overhead,
who make of movement
a holy law
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morning mists in the field
August 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
morning mists in the field
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Please help, if you can.
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
Donate to Help a Brave, Disabled Family Relocate After Abuse, organized by J Brockmeyer
Hi. I'm a disabled single mom and survivor of domestic violence. After… J Brockmeyer needs your support for Help a Brave, Disabled Family Relocate After Abuse
gofund.me
July 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Please help, if you can.
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
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Stop falling for the trap of latching on to the price of an item (eggs, beef…) as the message. The issue is affordability. From 2001-2023 wages failed to keep up with rising costs. Medical premiums rose 301% Travel expenses were up 170%. Rent grew by 131%. The cost of raising children grew by 107%.
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Stop falling for the trap of latching on to the price of an item (eggs, beef…) as the message. The issue is affordability. From 2001-2023 wages failed to keep up with rising costs. Medical premiums rose 301% Travel expenses were up 170%. Rent grew by 131%. The cost of raising children grew by 107%.
Please help, if you can.
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
Donate to Help a Brave, Disabled Family Relocate After Abuse, organized by J Brockmeyer
Hi. I'm a disabled single mom and survivor of domestic violence. After… J Brockmeyer needs your support for Help a Brave, Disabled Family Relocate After Abuse
gofund.me
July 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Please help, if you can.
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
This family has gone through so much. Any amount will help enormously!
Thank you.
gofund.me/aeef91e8
Heard that voice in my head, clear as day!
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Heard that voice in my head, clear as day!
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And again, they were about 15-20 times as large as the April 2009 Tea Party protests, so I'll sit back and wait for 15-20 times as many stories from political pundits explaining that this was a decisive rebuke to the sitting president that Changes Everything.
Just to say it again, the Big Beautiful Protests (the No Kings marches) involved 5 million people and were likely the largest day of protest in America EVER. News outlets that downplay this fact, are lying.
June 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And again, they were about 15-20 times as large as the April 2009 Tea Party protests, so I'll sit back and wait for 15-20 times as many stories from political pundits explaining that this was a decisive rebuke to the sitting president that Changes Everything.
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Just to say it again, the Big Beautiful Protests (the No Kings marches) involved 5 million people and were likely the largest day of protest in America EVER. News outlets that downplay this fact, are lying.
June 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just to say it again, the Big Beautiful Protests (the No Kings marches) involved 5 million people and were likely the largest day of protest in America EVER. News outlets that downplay this fact, are lying.
Jfc. 💔😡
A colleague sent me an article
about how so many people
between the ages of 18 and 40
are having strokes,
so I replied with several studies
documenting the link
between Covid and strokes,
and my colleague replied
that he was sure
this was just a coincidence.
about how so many people
between the ages of 18 and 40
are having strokes,
so I replied with several studies
documenting the link
between Covid and strokes,
and my colleague replied
that he was sure
this was just a coincidence.
June 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Jfc. 💔😡
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we've got rural people shooting at anyone who unexpectedly pulls into their driveway and suburbanites firing through the door whenever someone knocks but I'm supposed to be scared of cities?
June 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
we've got rural people shooting at anyone who unexpectedly pulls into their driveway and suburbanites firing through the door whenever someone knocks but I'm supposed to be scared of cities?
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"How had I allowed myself to become so busy? How long had it been since I'd spent a day in the sun, eating sandwiches from a cooler and watching water ripple across the surface of a lake?..."
1/2
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May 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"How had I allowed myself to become so busy? How long had it been since I'd spent a day in the sun, eating sandwiches from a cooler and watching water ripple across the surface of a lake?..."
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"Why do I so often behave as though there will be unlimited days to sit quietly with my own beloveds, listening to birdsong and wind in the pines?"
Margaret Renkl
2/2
Margaret Renkl
2/2
May 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Why do I so often behave as though there will be unlimited days to sit quietly with my own beloveds, listening to birdsong and wind in the pines?"
Margaret Renkl
2/2
Margaret Renkl
2/2
"How had I allowed myself to become so busy? How long had it been since I'd spent a day in the sun, eating sandwiches from a cooler and watching water ripple across the surface of a lake?..."
1/2
1/2
May 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"How had I allowed myself to become so busy? How long had it been since I'd spent a day in the sun, eating sandwiches from a cooler and watching water ripple across the surface of a lake?..."
1/2
1/2
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i don't
the only, brutal
truth,
harder than the hell
that is her life,
is this:
you always hear her
hear her
scream
and you always,
always
turn away
3/3
the only, brutal
truth,
harder than the hell
that is her life,
is this:
you always hear her
hear her
scream
and you always,
always
turn away
3/3
May 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
i don't
the only, brutal
truth,
harder than the hell
that is her life,
is this:
you always hear her
hear her
scream
and you always,
always
turn away
3/3
the only, brutal
truth,
harder than the hell
that is her life,
is this:
you always hear her
hear her
scream
and you always,
always
turn away
3/3
at his feet
at the floor
seeing her
dreams
bleed away
like her blood
down the sink
feeling her hopes
die,
die,
shrink and curl
like paper
in a fire
you
me
any of us
could change this
fact,
change her world
make a fucking
difference
if we dared
if we cared
but, we don't
you don't
2/3
at the floor
seeing her
dreams
bleed away
like her blood
down the sink
feeling her hopes
die,
die,
shrink and curl
like paper
in a fire
you
me
any of us
could change this
fact,
change her world
make a fucking
difference
if we dared
if we cared
but, we don't
you don't
2/3
May 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
at his feet
at the floor
seeing her
dreams
bleed away
like her blood
down the sink
feeling her hopes
die,
die,
shrink and curl
like paper
in a fire
you
me
any of us
could change this
fact,
change her world
make a fucking
difference
if we dared
if we cared
but, we don't
you don't
2/3
at the floor
seeing her
dreams
bleed away
like her blood
down the sink
feeling her hopes
die,
die,
shrink and curl
like paper
in a fire
you
me
any of us
could change this
fact,
change her world
make a fucking
difference
if we dared
if we cared
but, we don't
you don't
2/3
you always hear her
hear her
scream
and there's that
part
of you,
of everyone,
that denies, and lies
and lets your soul
die,
a little,
because you know
that scream
and the silence
after.
you know she's
begging, quietly
or crying, but not so
you
can hear,
or just staring
1/3
hear her
scream
and there's that
part
of you,
of everyone,
that denies, and lies
and lets your soul
die,
a little,
because you know
that scream
and the silence
after.
you know she's
begging, quietly
or crying, but not so
you
can hear,
or just staring
1/3
May 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
you always hear her
hear her
scream
and there's that
part
of you,
of everyone,
that denies, and lies
and lets your soul
die,
a little,
because you know
that scream
and the silence
after.
you know she's
begging, quietly
or crying, but not so
you
can hear,
or just staring
1/3
hear her
scream
and there's that
part
of you,
of everyone,
that denies, and lies
and lets your soul
die,
a little,
because you know
that scream
and the silence
after.
you know she's
begging, quietly
or crying, but not so
you
can hear,
or just staring
1/3
