Charlie
@abstrusination.bsky.social
Anachronistic, Absurdistic, bordering on Nihilistic
Live like you will die tomorrow; Garden like you will live Forever
Live like you will die tomorrow; Garden like you will live Forever
more from Pictures of Life's Underside
The food from below comes
To the feeders above. Those
Who haul it up, they
Have not eaten.
from "SONG OF THE RICE BARGEES" - Bertolt Brecht (Christopher Middleton, translator)
The food from below comes
To the feeders above. Those
Who haul it up, they
Have not eaten.
from "SONG OF THE RICE BARGEES" - Bertolt Brecht (Christopher Middleton, translator)
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
more from Pictures of Life's Underside
The food from below comes
To the feeders above. Those
Who haul it up, they
Have not eaten.
from "SONG OF THE RICE BARGEES" - Bertolt Brecht (Christopher Middleton, translator)
The food from below comes
To the feeders above. Those
Who haul it up, they
Have not eaten.
from "SONG OF THE RICE BARGEES" - Bertolt Brecht (Christopher Middleton, translator)
What kind of times are they, when
A talk about trees is almost a crime
Because it implies silence about so many horrors ?
-Bertolt Brecht, "To Those Born Later"
no translator listed
A talk about trees is almost a crime
Because it implies silence about so many horrors ?
-Bertolt Brecht, "To Those Born Later"
no translator listed
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What kind of times are they, when
A talk about trees is almost a crime
Because it implies silence about so many horrors ?
-Bertolt Brecht, "To Those Born Later"
no translator listed
A talk about trees is almost a crime
Because it implies silence about so many horrors ?
-Bertolt Brecht, "To Those Born Later"
no translator listed
a poem for supporters of the Regime
from the Buckow Elegies - Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Michael Hamburger
XX
THE MUSES
When the brazen one beats them
The Muses sing louder.
With blackened eyes
They adore him like bitches.
Their buttocks twitch with pain
Their thighs with lust.
from the Buckow Elegies - Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Michael Hamburger
XX
THE MUSES
When the brazen one beats them
The Muses sing louder.
With blackened eyes
They adore him like bitches.
Their buttocks twitch with pain
Their thighs with lust.
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
a poem for supporters of the Regime
from the Buckow Elegies - Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Michael Hamburger
XX
THE MUSES
When the brazen one beats them
The Muses sing louder.
With blackened eyes
They adore him like bitches.
Their buttocks twitch with pain
Their thighs with lust.
from the Buckow Elegies - Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Michael Hamburger
XX
THE MUSES
When the brazen one beats them
The Muses sing louder.
With blackened eyes
They adore him like bitches.
Their buttocks twitch with pain
Their thighs with lust.
honesty is a good
thing but
it is not profitable to
its possessor
unless it is
kept under control
if you are not
honest at all
everybody hates you
and if you are
absolutely honest
you get martyred.
from “archygrams” by Don Marquis
thing but
it is not profitable to
its possessor
unless it is
kept under control
if you are not
honest at all
everybody hates you
and if you are
absolutely honest
you get martyred.
from “archygrams” by Don Marquis
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
honesty is a good
thing but
it is not profitable to
its possessor
unless it is
kept under control
if you are not
honest at all
everybody hates you
and if you are
absolutely honest
you get martyred.
from “archygrams” by Don Marquis
thing but
it is not profitable to
its possessor
unless it is
kept under control
if you are not
honest at all
everybody hates you
and if you are
absolutely honest
you get martyred.
from “archygrams” by Don Marquis
Reposted by Charlie
The long-planned project on the former county jail site includes senior housing, supportive services and all-electric buildings.
Ulster County completes $87 million affordable housing development
The long-planned project on the former county jail site includes senior housing, supportive services and all-electric buildings.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The long-planned project on the former county jail site includes senior housing, supportive services and all-electric buildings.
Reposted by Charlie
I've been hiding from my boss.
Good employees are hard to find.
Good employees are hard to find.
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've been hiding from my boss.
Good employees are hard to find.
Good employees are hard to find.
Reposted by Charlie
The Democratic supervisor had previously made it a goal to get a new station up and running before his term ends in 2027.
East Greenbush ends pursuit of police station on library land
The Democratic supervisor had previously made it a goal to get a new station up and running before his term ends in 2027.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Democratic supervisor had previously made it a goal to get a new station up and running before his term ends in 2027.
Because of "Thanksgiving" there are too many Northeastern New York Regional Food Bank distributions this coming week to post them all, so I am just posting a link to their schedule.
regionalfoodbank.net/food-distrib...
regionalfoodbank.net/food-distrib...
Food Distributions Schedule - Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York
The direct food distribution model began during the COVID-19 pandemic when large numbers of households needed food quickly and safely. We work with host sites to provide large scale distributions of f...
regionalfoodbank.net
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Because of "Thanksgiving" there are too many Northeastern New York Regional Food Bank distributions this coming week to post them all, so I am just posting a link to their schedule.
regionalfoodbank.net/food-distrib...
regionalfoodbank.net/food-distrib...
@hogansalley.bsky.social I finally got around to reading the interview with Bill Scott by Jim Korkis you posted months ago (Yes, I procrastinate much!). What an interesting piece of animation history he was part of. And that panel of the Bullwinkle strip by Al Kilgore was just fantastic. Thank you.
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@hogansalley.bsky.social I finally got around to reading the interview with Bill Scott by Jim Korkis you posted months ago (Yes, I procrastinate much!). What an interesting piece of animation history he was part of. And that panel of the Bullwinkle strip by Al Kilgore was just fantastic. Thank you.
The Three Party System: The regime, the press, and the banks.
Only against us are all three united.
Only against us are all three united.
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Three Party System: The regime, the press, and the banks.
Only against us are all three united.
Only against us are all three united.
No Longer the case? When was "America First" ever a priority of his?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No Longer the case? When was "America First" ever a priority of his?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Various upstate NY Food Bank distributions this week:
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Various upstate NY Food Bank distributions this week:
In a waiting room in the train station in Renseleer. NY while reading something about 19th C. poets, some algorithm thing had to tell me...
"No, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson did not have a romantic relationship or "hook up"; there is no historical evidence to support this, though they were c..."
"No, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson did not have a romantic relationship or "hook up"; there is no historical evidence to support this, though they were c..."
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
In a waiting room in the train station in Renseleer. NY while reading something about 19th C. poets, some algorithm thing had to tell me...
"No, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson did not have a romantic relationship or "hook up"; there is no historical evidence to support this, though they were c..."
"No, Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson did not have a romantic relationship or "hook up"; there is no historical evidence to support this, though they were c..."
"incidentally i have never had any respect for
revolutionaries who put off the revolution because things were too hot
for them.
an error?
i have always needed the spur of contradiction."
from "On Progress" 1938
in Bertolt Brecht Journals 1934 - 1955
Translated by Hugh Rorrison
revolutionaries who put off the revolution because things were too hot
for them.
an error?
i have always needed the spur of contradiction."
from "On Progress" 1938
in Bertolt Brecht Journals 1934 - 1955
Translated by Hugh Rorrison
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"incidentally i have never had any respect for
revolutionaries who put off the revolution because things were too hot
for them.
an error?
i have always needed the spur of contradiction."
from "On Progress" 1938
in Bertolt Brecht Journals 1934 - 1955
Translated by Hugh Rorrison
revolutionaries who put off the revolution because things were too hot
for them.
an error?
i have always needed the spur of contradiction."
from "On Progress" 1938
in Bertolt Brecht Journals 1934 - 1955
Translated by Hugh Rorrison
AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT - Bertolt Brecht
And I always thought : the very simplest words
Must be enough. When I say what things are like
Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds.
That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself
Surely you see that.
Michael Hamburger, translator
And I always thought : the very simplest words
Must be enough. When I say what things are like
Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds.
That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself
Surely you see that.
Michael Hamburger, translator
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT - Bertolt Brecht
And I always thought : the very simplest words
Must be enough. When I say what things are like
Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds.
That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself
Surely you see that.
Michael Hamburger, translator
And I always thought : the very simplest words
Must be enough. When I say what things are like
Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds.
That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself
Surely you see that.
Michael Hamburger, translator
found scribbled in an old notebook; unattributed:
“Always treat language like a dangerous toy.”
“Always treat language like a dangerous toy.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
found scribbled in an old notebook; unattributed:
“Always treat language like a dangerous toy.”
“Always treat language like a dangerous toy.”
And some people seem to think cancelling Spotify(tm) is a revolutionary act.
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
And some people seem to think cancelling Spotify(tm) is a revolutionary act.
Advice to newly elected Democratic Party folks... If you stay at a hotel, please avoid rooms on the higher floors - at least for a while.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Advice to newly elected Democratic Party folks... If you stay at a hotel, please avoid rooms on the higher floors - at least for a while.
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"By now, I am used to suffering.
I have endured so much in waves and war.
Let this next adventure follow."
—Odysseus
I have endured so much in waves and war.
Let this next adventure follow."
—Odysseus
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"By now, I am used to suffering.
I have endured so much in waves and war.
Let this next adventure follow."
—Odysseus
I have endured so much in waves and war.
Let this next adventure follow."
—Odysseus