upfromsumdirt
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
poet & nyeusiphile.
poetry collections: Deifying A Total Darkness; To Emit Teal; The Second Stop Is Jupiter; & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife
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poetry collections: Deifying A Total Darkness; To Emit Teal; The Second Stop Is Jupiter; & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife
👠👠 + 🎣👨🏿🦳 + 👰🏿♂️
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well, well, well... what have we here?
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40% OFF ALL BOOKS (hard or soft cover!) AT UPK WHEN USING FROSTY25 AT CHECKOUT?
👁👁
hey... that includes my book!!
👁👁
& GOOD UNTIL JANUARY THE WHAT?!?!? 👀👀
www.kentuckypress.com
ive entered my 4th day without coffee...
there's been enough of this nonsense.
there's been enough of this nonsense.
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ive entered my 4th day without coffee...
there's been enough of this nonsense.
there's been enough of this nonsense.
people are my search engine... there's is nothing artificial about yall's intelligence (tho yall's hot takes might be a bit much, but understandable & relatable when placed in human context)...
so, to that end:
what's a great tv series or mivie for us to watch this morning?
so, to that end:
what's a great tv series or mivie for us to watch this morning?
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
people are my search engine... there's is nothing artificial about yall's intelligence (tho yall's hot takes might be a bit much, but understandable & relatable when placed in human context)...
so, to that end:
what's a great tv series or mivie for us to watch this morning?
so, to that end:
what's a great tv series or mivie for us to watch this morning?
i feel like asimov's estate had a hand in this series being canceled & removed because foundation was in production and raised by wolves felt like better backstory than anything planned for demerzel.
has me wondering how Raised By Wolves wouldve landed on "all-time" lists had it not been canceled... AND its two seasons removed entirely from HBO MAX.
youtu.be/mRMVtm2voVA?...
youtu.be/mRMVtm2voVA?...
Raised By Wolves - Official Trailer (2020) Ridley Scott
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
i feel like asimov's estate had a hand in this series being canceled & removed because foundation was in production and raised by wolves felt like better backstory than anything planned for demerzel.
i really feel like america would mostly be ho-hum about trump being kidnapped by foreign governance to pay for crimes. better for his sycophants if he was properly kidnapped & held for ransom, then they could better milk the moment for "content creation".
Also Trump really just went and provided proof of concept for 'forcibly drag a head of state to a foreign adjudicator to pay for their crimes' huh?
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
i really feel like america would mostly be ho-hum about trump being kidnapped by foreign governance to pay for crimes. better for his sycophants if he was properly kidnapped & held for ransom, then they could better milk the moment for "content creation".
*suffers from Imp-Austere Syndrome*
January 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM
*suffers from Imp-Austere Syndrome*
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
*All of Bluesky*
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
*All of Bluesky*
thats how they do - come through scrubbing the builders' names off the stones they erected, thinking they can obtain 'goodwill' or 'historical significance' through osmosis.
January 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
thats how they do - come through scrubbing the builders' names off the stones they erected, thinking they can obtain 'goodwill' or 'historical significance' through osmosis.
if you believe a machine can deliver a heartfelt apology then you must also surely believe it when it fully admits its active role as a sex offender, so so the right thing & pull its plug for the next 25 years...
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
if you believe a machine can deliver a heartfelt apology then you must also surely believe it when it fully admits its active role as a sex offender, so so the right thing & pull its plug for the next 25 years...
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
In 2025, the most read post on my blog Foluke's African Skies was the short essay I wrote in 2017 about one of the first institutions of higher learning on the continent.
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
Timbuktu: Site of 1st African University
Sankoré was a contemporary of Oxford and the Sorbonne.
folukeafrica.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In 2025, the most read post on my blog Foluke's African Skies was the short essay I wrote in 2017 about one of the first institutions of higher learning on the continent.
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
folukeafrica.com/timbuktu-sit...
i just ruined/improved two movies by (accidentally) changing one word in a group text with the homies —
Hone Alone
Fast Tines at Ridgemont High
"hone alone" is maybe a karate joint... or a movie about self-improvement?
and "fast tines" is obviously a horror/cannibalism flick...
Hone Alone
Fast Tines at Ridgemont High
"hone alone" is maybe a karate joint... or a movie about self-improvement?
and "fast tines" is obviously a horror/cannibalism flick...
January 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
i just ruined/improved two movies by (accidentally) changing one word in a group text with the homies —
Hone Alone
Fast Tines at Ridgemont High
"hone alone" is maybe a karate joint... or a movie about self-improvement?
and "fast tines" is obviously a horror/cannibalism flick...
Hone Alone
Fast Tines at Ridgemont High
"hone alone" is maybe a karate joint... or a movie about self-improvement?
and "fast tines" is obviously a horror/cannibalism flick...
January 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
Quote with who you hope shows up for the defense
January 2, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Quote with who you hope shows up for the defense
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
Again, possible I missed it but the only Pdx outlet to cover this incredible neighborhood transformation and new climate resiliency hub was kgw over a year ago. It’s since expanded to 3 sites and dozens of partners
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Nonprofit Depave, city of Portland project turns church parking lot into green space
Volunteers are turning the parking lot of Morning Star Baptist Church into a green space, as part of a project to help lower temperatures in urban areas.
www.kgw.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Again, possible I missed it but the only Pdx outlet to cover this incredible neighborhood transformation and new climate resiliency hub was kgw over a year ago. It’s since expanded to 3 sites and dozens of partners
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
Reposted by upfromsumdirt
What an awesome idea. Young man was told his idea of a Frolic fest would go no where “because Blacks don’t Frolic”. He’s organizing a Frolic fest in Oregon this summer. If you’re on Tik Tok, follow him. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yGPeAe/
The first FROLIC FEST ever is Here! This 2026! Go look at my bio now for your early access. Don't wait 🌲🫶🏽 #oregon #indiemusic #naturecore #whimsical #blackalttiktok
TikTok video by Daniyel
www.tiktok.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
What an awesome idea. Young man was told his idea of a Frolic fest would go no where “because Blacks don’t Frolic”. He’s organizing a Frolic fest in Oregon this summer. If you’re on Tik Tok, follow him. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yGPeAe/
the Black Frolic's been building up! 😊
January 2, 2026 at 5:14 AM
the Black Frolic's been building up! 😊
The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by PharcydeVEVO
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 AM
#birdshit
Grip was a talking raven kept as a pet by charles dickens. she was the basis for a character of the same name in dickens's 1841 novel Barnaby Rudge and is generally considered to have inspired the eponymous bird from edgar Aallan poe's 1845 poem "The Raven".
dickens had her stuffed.
Grip was a talking raven kept as a pet by charles dickens. she was the basis for a character of the same name in dickens's 1841 novel Barnaby Rudge and is generally considered to have inspired the eponymous bird from edgar Aallan poe's 1845 poem "The Raven".
dickens had her stuffed.
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
#birdshit
Grip was a talking raven kept as a pet by charles dickens. she was the basis for a character of the same name in dickens's 1841 novel Barnaby Rudge and is generally considered to have inspired the eponymous bird from edgar Aallan poe's 1845 poem "The Raven".
dickens had her stuffed.
Grip was a talking raven kept as a pet by charles dickens. she was the basis for a character of the same name in dickens's 1841 novel Barnaby Rudge and is generally considered to have inspired the eponymous bird from edgar Aallan poe's 1845 poem "The Raven".
dickens had her stuffed.
ive always been high on all of the old 80s mtv video arthouse aesthetics, but the video for this song (about female masturbation) was always primo
- and the 12" remix fuckin slaps to this very day!
cyndi lauper
SHE BOP
youtu.be/KFq4E9XTueY?...
- and the 12" remix fuckin slaps to this very day!
cyndi lauper
SHE BOP
youtu.be/KFq4E9XTueY?...
January 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
ive always been high on all of the old 80s mtv video arthouse aesthetics, but the video for this song (about female masturbation) was always primo
- and the 12" remix fuckin slaps to this very day!
cyndi lauper
SHE BOP
youtu.be/KFq4E9XTueY?...
- and the 12" remix fuckin slaps to this very day!
cyndi lauper
SHE BOP
youtu.be/KFq4E9XTueY?...
still pisses me off that haiti had to pay reparations to france for its freedom, paying the equivalent of half a billion dollars from 1825 to its last payment in 1947... to suggest this plays no part in haiti's economy today would be childish (or colonialist).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian...
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
still pisses me off that haiti had to pay reparations to france for its freedom, paying the equivalent of half a billion dollars from 1825 to its last payment in 1947... to suggest this plays no part in haiti's economy today would be childish (or colonialist).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian...
my last exhibition was 2011, the year we opened the bookstore — effectively killing any spare time for making art. but the store closed in 2018, when my personal creative focus was on the literary. but ive been promising to swing back into art for 5 yrs
well, 2026, here i come.
(below art is old)
well, 2026, here i come.
(below art is old)
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
my last exhibition was 2011, the year we opened the bookstore — effectively killing any spare time for making art. but the store closed in 2018, when my personal creative focus was on the literary. but ive been promising to swing back into art for 5 yrs
well, 2026, here i come.
(below art is old)
well, 2026, here i come.
(below art is old)
good morning, fam...
& happy new year! 🎉🥂
ali farka touré & toumani diabaté
RUBY
youtu.be/vOplM2pe-8M?...
& happy new year! 🎉🥂
ali farka touré & toumani diabaté
RUBY
youtu.be/vOplM2pe-8M?...
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Ruby
YouTube video by Vladimir Dado Bera
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
good morning, fam...
& happy new year! 🎉🥂
ali farka touré & toumani diabaté
RUBY
youtu.be/vOplM2pe-8M?...
& happy new year! 🎉🥂
ali farka touré & toumani diabaté
RUBY
youtu.be/vOplM2pe-8M?...
*watches trailer*
me: OH, THEY REMADE LADYHAWKE!!
**20 seconds later**
me: oh. they didnt. it really is some shakespeare.
***and then***
me: BASED ON A BOOK?! how have i heardnof neither.
****trailer ends****
me: i'll stream it when it drops.
me: OH, THEY REMADE LADYHAWKE!!
**20 seconds later**
me: oh. they didnt. it really is some shakespeare.
***and then***
me: BASED ON A BOOK?! how have i heardnof neither.
****trailer ends****
me: i'll stream it when it drops.
i just drove past the downtown indie theater and it had Hamnet as one of its two showings and i was like "is that a typo? did they mean Hamlet?!? whats goingnon?!?" and that was the first id heard of it; your post is the 2nd...
*goes to search for trailer*
*goes to search for trailer*
December 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
*watches trailer*
me: OH, THEY REMADE LADYHAWKE!!
**20 seconds later**
me: oh. they didnt. it really is some shakespeare.
***and then***
me: BASED ON A BOOK?! how have i heardnof neither.
****trailer ends****
me: i'll stream it when it drops.
me: OH, THEY REMADE LADYHAWKE!!
**20 seconds later**
me: oh. they didnt. it really is some shakespeare.
***and then***
me: BASED ON A BOOK?! how have i heardnof neither.
****trailer ends****
me: i'll stream it when it drops.
less a poem and more just a venting when i wrote it... Newby's mother had been a recent hire at my old job at the time of his death. the distances between how we share grief & who is deserving of it always falls upon our racial divides.
December 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
less a poem and more just a venting when i wrote it... Newby's mother had been a recent hire at my old job at the time of his death. the distances between how we share grief & who is deserving of it always falls upon our racial divides.
gwendolyn brooks
WHAT SHALL I GIVE MY CHILDREN?
WHAT SHALL I GIVE MY CHILDREN?
December 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
gwendolyn brooks
WHAT SHALL I GIVE MY CHILDREN?
WHAT SHALL I GIVE MY CHILDREN?