bayldonite
@drownded.bsky.social
🎶 until the dolphin flies & parrots live at sea
< twitter.com/drownded
< twitter.com/drownded
what is the music when you see it hear it make it is
it inventing birds?
manifesting fresh eros?
renovating skyward landscape?
are you introducing ourself to a new us
we knew at the edge of
desperate disquiet
empty fatigue
pent context
is the beat a victory
is defeat perfunctory
a mystery
it inventing birds?
manifesting fresh eros?
renovating skyward landscape?
are you introducing ourself to a new us
we knew at the edge of
desperate disquiet
empty fatigue
pent context
is the beat a victory
is defeat perfunctory
a mystery
December 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
what is the music when you see it hear it make it is
it inventing birds?
manifesting fresh eros?
renovating skyward landscape?
are you introducing ourself to a new us
we knew at the edge of
desperate disquiet
empty fatigue
pent context
is the beat a victory
is defeat perfunctory
a mystery
it inventing birds?
manifesting fresh eros?
renovating skyward landscape?
are you introducing ourself to a new us
we knew at the edge of
desperate disquiet
empty fatigue
pent context
is the beat a victory
is defeat perfunctory
a mystery
the
reason
psyops work
is
we're all
stuck-up jerks
reason
psyops work
is
we're all
stuck-up jerks
It was very naive how many STEM people thought Republicans would stop at the humanities
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the
reason
psyops work
is
we're all
stuck-up jerks
reason
psyops work
is
we're all
stuck-up jerks
i think even being worried as infomercials got traction, i didn't see the ways that that was mirrored in the financial sector decoupling from real investment
aren't we all shills tho, isn't that god's will
(researching this, i learned the reagan admin deregulated the length of commercials in 1984)
aren't we all shills tho, isn't that god's will
(researching this, i learned the reagan admin deregulated the length of commercials in 1984)
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
i think even being worried as infomercials got traction, i didn't see the ways that that was mirrored in the financial sector decoupling from real investment
aren't we all shills tho, isn't that god's will
(researching this, i learned the reagan admin deregulated the length of commercials in 1984)
aren't we all shills tho, isn't that god's will
(researching this, i learned the reagan admin deregulated the length of commercials in 1984)
❝ look, in today's world, electric cars have won the race where acceleration is concerned—but not sustained high-speed cruising—there, the combustion engine reigns supreme ❞
yes that IS very specific
in a niche, in a gap btwn old express trains & private jets
created by individualistic psychology
yes that IS very specific
in a niche, in a gap btwn old express trains & private jets
created by individualistic psychology
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
❝ look, in today's world, electric cars have won the race where acceleration is concerned—but not sustained high-speed cruising—there, the combustion engine reigns supreme ❞
yes that IS very specific
in a niche, in a gap btwn old express trains & private jets
created by individualistic psychology
yes that IS very specific
in a niche, in a gap btwn old express trains & private jets
created by individualistic psychology
Reposted by bayldonite
I feel like the saddest part of the drunk racoon passing out in a liquor store bathroom story is how just like 4 months ago he was a GS-15 in Elon Musk's DOGE team.
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I feel like the saddest part of the drunk racoon passing out in a liquor store bathroom story is how just like 4 months ago he was a GS-15 in Elon Musk's DOGE team.
❝ that was the manager of electronic galaxy on lexington—they're being attacked—by a hot dog cart ❞
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
❝ that was the manager of electronic galaxy on lexington—they're being attacked—by a hot dog cart ❞
Reposted by bayldonite
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Reposted by bayldonite
Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
❝ surely the fact that most of the language we encounter every day is blatantly insincere, inflated advertising has something to do with the awfulness of our shared contemporary culture
it’s a disease that infects us all, yet it appears that we no longer trust language enough even to discuss it ❞
it’s a disease that infects us all, yet it appears that we no longer trust language enough even to discuss it ❞
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
❝ surely the fact that most of the language we encounter every day is blatantly insincere, inflated advertising has something to do with the awfulness of our shared contemporary culture
it’s a disease that infects us all, yet it appears that we no longer trust language enough even to discuss it ❞
it’s a disease that infects us all, yet it appears that we no longer trust language enough even to discuss it ❞
to fly the starship enterprise filming model into this room we'd need to remove the windows & i guess hang it mostly over the sofa
"citizens of the galaxy" excludes none
i've enjoyed—and mistreated—the stable & unstable alike
so fucking what
def leave the energetic lights of the future a-pulsing
"citizens of the galaxy" excludes none
i've enjoyed—and mistreated—the stable & unstable alike
so fucking what
def leave the energetic lights of the future a-pulsing
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
to fly the starship enterprise filming model into this room we'd need to remove the windows & i guess hang it mostly over the sofa
"citizens of the galaxy" excludes none
i've enjoyed—and mistreated—the stable & unstable alike
so fucking what
def leave the energetic lights of the future a-pulsing
"citizens of the galaxy" excludes none
i've enjoyed—and mistreated—the stable & unstable alike
so fucking what
def leave the energetic lights of the future a-pulsing
on the way to filling a list of animal pix i found these
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
on the way to filling a list of animal pix i found these
Reposted by bayldonite
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
🎶 we're on the road to serfdom, thru anti-woke, to where few have equity, cuz diversity & inclusion were libeled 🎶
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎶 we're on the road to serfdom, thru anti-woke, to where few have equity, cuz diversity & inclusion were libeled 🎶
⠀ [chorus]
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.
⠀ [chorus]
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows,
Like a never-departing shadow.
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.
⠀ [chorus]
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows,
Like a never-departing shadow.
i paraphrased it as "all experience is preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind" after some research
tho not about raw physical inputs, it's just as true there: color, texture, temperature, sound, smell, flavor—time—even ensoulment—are all metaphorical illustrations for benefit of executive mind
tho not about raw physical inputs, it's just as true there: color, texture, temperature, sound, smell, flavor—time—even ensoulment—are all metaphorical illustrations for benefit of executive mind
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
⠀ [chorus]
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.
⠀ [chorus]
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows,
Like a never-departing shadow.
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.
⠀ [chorus]
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows,
Like a never-departing shadow.
❝ either way, this enables a much more manageable thermonuclear explosion ❞
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
❝ either way, this enables a much more manageable thermonuclear explosion ❞
what i was thinking—kinda about contextual feedback loops—like how the salem witch trials mean witches were REAL then—and now the tuskegee experiment was TESTING injections—was it would be interesting to have junkie sherlock—maybe he's real—return 100 years later—from faerie—as a psychedelic phantom
Whenever you feel tempted to idealize authors based on their fiction, I think it's important to remember that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, the archetype of the analytical genius, and also believed in fairies and thought Harry Houdini was a real wizard.
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
what i was thinking—kinda about contextual feedback loops—like how the salem witch trials mean witches were REAL then—and now the tuskegee experiment was TESTING injections—was it would be interesting to have junkie sherlock—maybe he's real—return 100 years later—from faerie—as a psychedelic phantom
i reskut this cuz it was on the way to what i wanted say, but i didn't know where i was headed, in clear words
i think those people afraid are in fact really okay with trump turning the US into a fascist authoritarian state.
i would bet that none of them will be targeted by the fascists laws to come, will lose rights, be deported or arrested.
it's not cowardice and fear, it's complicity, period.
i would bet that none of them will be targeted by the fascists laws to come, will lose rights, be deported or arrested.
it's not cowardice and fear, it's complicity, period.
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
i reskut this cuz it was on the way to what i wanted say, but i didn't know where i was headed, in clear words
—my idea is '3 cops in a tree' where police respond to a 911 by a bear & drive up a tree & their vehicle is balanced on a branch
—funny?
—many things are trapped on other branches, like a commuter jet, a pregnant horse, a sea, a busy fetish library & a gummy haunted house
—give the cops a dark past
—funny?
—many things are trapped on other branches, like a commuter jet, a pregnant horse, a sea, a busy fetish library & a gummy haunted house
—give the cops a dark past
October 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
—my idea is '3 cops in a tree' where police respond to a 911 by a bear & drive up a tree & their vehicle is balanced on a branch
—funny?
—many things are trapped on other branches, like a commuter jet, a pregnant horse, a sea, a busy fetish library & a gummy haunted house
—give the cops a dark past
—funny?
—many things are trapped on other branches, like a commuter jet, a pregnant horse, a sea, a busy fetish library & a gummy haunted house
—give the cops a dark past
❝ the cherishing of a momentary image, immutable in its delicacy and precision of framing, begins to assume obsessive proportions as shot after shot rolls inexorably away. it is as if the very perfection of the image is the cause of its transience. ❞
September 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
❝ the cherishing of a momentary image, immutable in its delicacy and precision of framing, begins to assume obsessive proportions as shot after shot rolls inexorably away. it is as if the very perfection of the image is the cause of its transience. ❞
Reposted by bayldonite
"The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less."
-Zeno of Citium
-Zeno of Citium
September 1, 2023 at 2:31 PM
"The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less."
-Zeno of Citium
-Zeno of Citium
Reposted by bayldonite
I saw Goody Proctor & Gamble with the devil!
As America's most pro-business leader in a generation, I will choose one company each week and accuse them of witchcraft
September 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I saw Goody Proctor & Gamble with the devil!
❝
—𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓲 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓰𝓾𝓷𝓼
—𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒… 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐
❞
—𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓲 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓰𝓾𝓷𝓼
—𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒… 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐
❞
September 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
❝
—𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓲 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓰𝓾𝓷𝓼
—𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒… 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐
❞
—𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓲 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓰𝓾𝓷𝓼
—𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒… 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐
❞
i've actually just got back to aloud-ing my way thru a sci-fi book list—after few years hiatus—anyway when i left off—in the utopias & dystopias section—it was before project 2025 was known—so i had no inkling that 'thoughtcrime' could become public policy before i got round to dramatic read of 1984
wodehouse: "i…simply can't read ['brave new world']. aren't these stories of the future a bore. the whole point of huxley is that he can write better about modern life than anybody… so of course he goes & writes about the future."
did YOU laugh at beheading the crucifix to exalt the ford model '𝗧'?
did YOU laugh at beheading the crucifix to exalt the ford model '𝗧'?
September 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i've actually just got back to aloud-ing my way thru a sci-fi book list—after few years hiatus—anyway when i left off—in the utopias & dystopias section—it was before project 2025 was known—so i had no inkling that 'thoughtcrime' could become public policy before i got round to dramatic read of 1984
❝ at the time our story opens, fenella, in spite of the fact that she could not speak, was the lightest-hearted slip of thistledown girlhood in the world ❞
September 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
❝ at the time our story opens, fenella, in spite of the fact that she could not speak, was the lightest-hearted slip of thistledown girlhood in the world ❞