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Clay (feet of)

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Mourning my cat, still. Currently curating a #falloffreedom feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4dr5akeyb4forvmt5qpczse2/feed/aaae525zmxd64

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Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

A creepy October photo I took in 2011. Just a sweaty doll in the snow without her calvaria.

October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

I love a good villanelle. This one I return to often. I needed it today.

The Waking by Theodore Roethke.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.

October 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Today, they're tearing down the east wing to make a ballroom. Yesterday, the president post a video of himself in a crown, piloting a jet, and dumping shit on Americans.

And it just keeps going.

A crane tearing down part of The White House.

October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Clay (feet of)

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Homer tries out Saxamophone.

Homer at a music shop holding a saxophone which he refers to as a saxomophone.

October 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Oh, it might be an early evening. I remember enjoying this more.

Seriously though, making kümmel. Seems unknown here.

A bottle of Everclear 190 proof, small jar of fennel seed, a lime, and sunglasses. Why Everclear? Well it’s time to make kümmel.

October 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

A lot of agent provocateur dog whistles going off for No Kings.

The GOP presents it as extreme. But it isn’t. At this point, no more extreme than voting.

There will be a lot of “normal” people out. They can’t let that be the story.

That’s me being paranoid. But these are the days for it.

Photograph of previous new kings march in New York City. A mass of people vanishes into the distance numerous American flags are visible.

October 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Fuck. Caturday’s over. Chin up. Hang in there.

Early 20th century cat dressed proper in a pinstripe white suit. Check the drip.

October 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

I went back in the time machine for Caturday. Here's Otter being obscene and relaxed.

#caturday #blackcat

October 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Clay (feet of)

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I saw One Battle After Another. It's a feverishly paced movie, and for all the DiCaprio stills, Sean Penn's whole body depiction of a man bubbling with rage, lust, and ambition.

I loved it. I think Stephen Miller would hate it.

But I'd pay for a Miller, Noem, Shapiro, Hegseth audio commentary.

Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from one battle after another, in a robe, holding a gun, standing stretch of highway.

October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Clay (feet of)

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When Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor🤞, he should appoint Sliwa as NYCs first cat czar: bodega cat rights, support for feral colonies, and little berets for any cat that wants one.

NYC Mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa with one of his many cats.

October 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

So many awful things, but this really pisses me off. It's petty, false, a violation of the Hatch Act, but it feels like our government has been taken over by children.

Shitty ones at that.

www.usda.gov

Screenshot of the U.S. Department of Agriculture site with big ugly banner that reads, "Due to the radical left democratic shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people."

Utter bullshit of course.

October 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Hegseth absolutely has a Patrick Bateman type relationship with himself.

Patrick Bateman checking himself out in the mirror.

September 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Tuesday’s military all hands, coming on the heels of the Antifa EO and Portland is worrying.

Previously I had assumed Hegseth would strip down, grease up and demand the top brass wrestle him to the ground.

How else to teach warrior ethos?

Four children chase and dive at two small, slightly lubricated pigs. They are in a clearing surrounded by adults who witness this contest to determine what meat they will dine on this evening. Standard county fair stuff.

September 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Clay (feet of)

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Here’s another photo of the butchers’s guardian and fluffiest meat-cat around.

#bodegacat #mainecoon #neon

Maine coon lounging in a butcher shop window, fluffy face framed in neon.

September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Some days I miss this one so much.

I wish I could’ve done more.

#blackcat

Black cat sitting on a window ledge, murder mitten out.

September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

I've cancelled my Hulu Disney ESPN package. After all, no new episodes of Andor.

#BoycottDisney
#BoycottESPN
#BoycottABC

A screenshot from an email from Hulu saying we're sorry to see you go. It includes an annotation, "Not as sorry as I am to see you give in to FCC strong-arm tactics."

September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Reading multiple books. I can't be the only one.

#booksky #bookjuggling

In no particular order: 6 of 6.

(probabably an appropriate book to end on)

The cover of Daniel J. Leviton's book, The Organized Mind, author of This Is Your Brain in Music. The primary image is a stack of spiraling books, and the subtitle is Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.

September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Reading multiple books. I can't be the only one.

#booksky #bookjuggling

In no particular order: 5 of 6.

The cover of Brian Eno's book, A Year with Swollen Appendices, Brian Eno's Diary, 25th edition, black cover with ghostly Brian Eno head floating in the center.

September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Reading multiple books. I can't be the only one.

#booksky #bookjuggling

In no particular order: 4 of 6.

The cover of Chuck Klosterman's book, The 90s, the main cover image, is a transparent old school landline phone where you can see the colorful innards all on a white background.

September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Reading multiple books. I can't be the only one.

#booksky #bookjuggling

In no particular order: 3 of 6.

Cover of George Saunders' book Pastorellia stories and a novella, the cover image is a taxidermied deer before an artificial background, though it might be difficult to tell.

September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Reading multiple books. I can't be the only one.

#booksky #bookjuggling

In no particular order: 2 of 6.

The Essential Schopenhauer -- Schopenhauer

Great style and funnier than you'd think.

The Essential Schopenhauer book cover, which reads The Essential Schopenhauer, Key Selections from the World as Will and Representation, and Other Writings. Edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher.

September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Clay (feet of)

@claysw.bsky.social

Once again I am reading multiple books at once. It's a habit I can never break. Anyway, for no reason, I thought I'd share.

#booksky #bookjuggling

In no particular order. 1 of 6.

The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter