Mad Shepherd
@themadshepherd.bsky.social
Praise be to Crom, the only real god there ever was. I have many sides:
I write, therefore I am…a masochist.
Cognitive research for the gubberment.
Martial arts teacher.
Musician.
Bad poet.
Functional tism.
Animal rescue.
Kind to everyone but the fascists.
I write, therefore I am…a masochist.
Cognitive research for the gubberment.
Martial arts teacher.
Musician.
Bad poet.
Functional tism.
Animal rescue.
Kind to everyone but the fascists.
Sometimes, looking at it from a different perspective can be helpful. We call this “reframing.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Sometimes, looking at it from a different perspective can be helpful. We call this “reframing.”
#Poem, write thyself.
Do not mislead with
treading soft dares.
Say the damming word.
Speak into existence the sharp
mesmerizing harshness of
buried wit, even when it withers
within the men, within the agency
that puts still ink to paper.
Speak it into truth. Say the words:
Die soon, Poet.
Die often!
Do not mislead with
treading soft dares.
Say the damming word.
Speak into existence the sharp
mesmerizing harshness of
buried wit, even when it withers
within the men, within the agency
that puts still ink to paper.
Speak it into truth. Say the words:
Die soon, Poet.
Die often!
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
#Poem, write thyself.
Do not mislead with
treading soft dares.
Say the damming word.
Speak into existence the sharp
mesmerizing harshness of
buried wit, even when it withers
within the men, within the agency
that puts still ink to paper.
Speak it into truth. Say the words:
Die soon, Poet.
Die often!
Do not mislead with
treading soft dares.
Say the damming word.
Speak into existence the sharp
mesmerizing harshness of
buried wit, even when it withers
within the men, within the agency
that puts still ink to paper.
Speak it into truth. Say the words:
Die soon, Poet.
Die often!
MAGA in 2015:
“We aren’t the world’s police and should stay out of other countries’ affairs! Make America Great Again!”
MAGA 2026:
“It wasn’t a military invasion, it was law enforcement, because we are the world’s police!”
Stupid in any year and every timeline.
#MAGA #Venezuela #Trump
“We aren’t the world’s police and should stay out of other countries’ affairs! Make America Great Again!”
MAGA 2026:
“It wasn’t a military invasion, it was law enforcement, because we are the world’s police!”
Stupid in any year and every timeline.
#MAGA #Venezuela #Trump
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
MAGA in 2015:
“We aren’t the world’s police and should stay out of other countries’ affairs! Make America Great Again!”
MAGA 2026:
“It wasn’t a military invasion, it was law enforcement, because we are the world’s police!”
Stupid in any year and every timeline.
#MAGA #Venezuela #Trump
“We aren’t the world’s police and should stay out of other countries’ affairs! Make America Great Again!”
MAGA 2026:
“It wasn’t a military invasion, it was law enforcement, because we are the world’s police!”
Stupid in any year and every timeline.
#MAGA #Venezuela #Trump
January 4, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Today we learned, again, that the US military is very much okay with executing illegal orders. They are derelict. They are criminal. The US needs a makeover.
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Today we learned, again, that the US military is very much okay with executing illegal orders. They are derelict. They are criminal. The US needs a makeover.
You cannot deny that, carnivorous tendencies aside, Pennywise would be a real hoot to hang out with.
#IT #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry
#IT #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry
December 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You cannot deny that, carnivorous tendencies aside, Pennywise would be a real hoot to hang out with.
#IT #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry
#IT #Pennywise #WelcomeToDerry
December 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Anyone with a screwdriver can be a hero if they can get close enough.
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Anyone with a screwdriver can be a hero if they can get close enough.
He was my friend more than he was a cat, black with loads of good luck. Now that he’s gone I am diminished, and I’m telling everyone how great a companion he was for 17 remarkable years. I will miss our walks to the lake and how we watched together as the blue heron graced us both.
♥️Pip.RIP.2025♥️
♥️Pip.RIP.2025♥️
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
He was my friend more than he was a cat, black with loads of good luck. Now that he’s gone I am diminished, and I’m telling everyone how great a companion he was for 17 remarkable years. I will miss our walks to the lake and how we watched together as the blue heron graced us both.
♥️Pip.RIP.2025♥️
♥️Pip.RIP.2025♥️
Strange that we understand death long before we understand about life.
December 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Strange that we understand death long before we understand about life.
Everyone is fake, except maybe David Bowie, and he’s gone, so…
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Everyone is fake, except maybe David Bowie, and he’s gone, so…
The world is upside down, and it’s not the fault of the greedy and the cruel, for whom this inverted timeline is a boon. The fault is ours, for allowing the seeds to root, for our complacency, for our avarice and willingness to worship celebrity and forsake love for the totem of our devices. Damn!
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The world is upside down, and it’s not the fault of the greedy and the cruel, for whom this inverted timeline is a boon. The fault is ours, for allowing the seeds to root, for our complacency, for our avarice and willingness to worship celebrity and forsake love for the totem of our devices. Damn!
Man, K. W. Jeter has the source code for writing tightly packaged description. He could make a dead, skinless hooker packed in dried horse manure appear beautiful.
#steampunk #scifi #fiction #writers
#steampunk #scifi #fiction #writers
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Man, K. W. Jeter has the source code for writing tightly packaged description. He could make a dead, skinless hooker packed in dried horse manure appear beautiful.
#steampunk #scifi #fiction #writers
#steampunk #scifi #fiction #writers
We are trapped in a predictable horror film, in which soulless zombies lick their king’s anus for gold.
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We are trapped in a predictable horror film, in which soulless zombies lick their king’s anus for gold.
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Imagine scooping a handful of shit out of a truck-stop toilet, placing it upon a pedestal, worshiping it, and calling it the president of the US…
Well imagine no longer, friends.
Well imagine no longer, friends.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Imagine scooping a handful of shit out of a truck-stop toilet, placing it upon a pedestal, worshiping it, and calling it the president of the US…
Well imagine no longer, friends.
Well imagine no longer, friends.
As we age we get worse
at living dangerously.
Be wise.
at living dangerously.
Be wise.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
As we age we get worse
at living dangerously.
Be wise.
at living dangerously.
Be wise.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Listen, people. I lost a friend yesterday to suicide. I don’t want your sympathies. I want you to call your friends and check on them. I want you to remember that time is short and tomorrow is not promised.
If you need someone, you call them. Now go and be safe.
#suicide #prevention #love #friends
If you need someone, you call them. Now go and be safe.
#suicide #prevention #love #friends
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Listen, people. I lost a friend yesterday to suicide. I don’t want your sympathies. I want you to call your friends and check on them. I want you to remember that time is short and tomorrow is not promised.
If you need someone, you call them. Now go and be safe.
#suicide #prevention #love #friends
If you need someone, you call them. Now go and be safe.
#suicide #prevention #love #friends
A murder of crows
A flamboyance of flamingos
A band of coyotes
A tribe of goats
A down of hares
A barren of mules
A parliament of owls
A rhumba of rattlers
A fever of stingrays
A venue of vultures
An unkindness of ravens
A complaint of Karens
A rape of Republicans
#maga, #epstein, #trump
A flamboyance of flamingos
A band of coyotes
A tribe of goats
A down of hares
A barren of mules
A parliament of owls
A rhumba of rattlers
A fever of stingrays
A venue of vultures
An unkindness of ravens
A complaint of Karens
A rape of Republicans
#maga, #epstein, #trump
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Rewatched the Harry Potters. Strange to think half my life has gone by since seeing the first movie. Strange, too, the idea that should I become a wizard, I would cast a spell to make my lower bowels a portkey that leads directly to Trump’s face. Evaccio!
#dumpledore #hogwarts #antifascist
#dumpledore #hogwarts #antifascist
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Rewatched the Harry Potters. Strange to think half my life has gone by since seeing the first movie. Strange, too, the idea that should I become a wizard, I would cast a spell to make my lower bowels a portkey that leads directly to Trump’s face. Evaccio!
#dumpledore #hogwarts #antifascist
#dumpledore #hogwarts #antifascist