John Paul Davis
@johnpauldavis.org
Poet, musician, web developer. Author of Climbing A Burning Rope, Pitt Poetry, 2024 & Crown Prince Of Rabbits, Great Weather for Media, 2017 | husband of @mahirakakkar.bsky.social
http://www.johnpauldavis.org/links
http://www.johnpauldavis.org/links
Realizing almost 30 years too late that when it was released I sorely underrated Seal's third album, Human Being.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Realizing almost 30 years too late that when it was released I sorely underrated Seal's third album, Human Being.
G r a d i e n t https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/gradient-2/# photography
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
G r a d i e n t https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/gradient-2/# photography
Well, It's A Start https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/well-its-a-start/# photography
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Well, It's A Start https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/well-its-a-start/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Warren Zevon’s 1977 album Excitable Boy. Zevon's transgressive, sometimes macabre humor wouldn't be half as funny without the tenderness & empathy he shows for his characters in these wild, rocking narrative romps. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen135# nowplaying
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Warren Zevon’s 1977 album Excitable Boy. Zevon's transgressive, sometimes macabre humor wouldn't be half as funny without the tenderness & empathy he shows for his characters in these wild, rocking narrative romps. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen135# nowplaying
Shadows as a Kind of Promise https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/shadows-as-a-kind-of-promise/# photography
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Shadows as a Kind of Promise https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/shadows-as-a-kind-of-promise/# photography
Color as Compensation https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/color-as-compensation/# photography
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Color as Compensation https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/color-as-compensation/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Ani DiFranco’s 2001 album Revelling/Reckoning. The singer-songwriter explores love & loss backed by her live band & some seasoned jazz giants on this extraordinary, winding, sonically daring double album. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen134# nowplaying
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Ani DiFranco’s 2001 album Revelling/Reckoning. The singer-songwriter explores love & loss backed by her live band & some seasoned jazz giants on this extraordinary, winding, sonically daring double album. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen134# nowplaying
The Invention of Writing https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/the-invention-of-writing/# photography
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Invention of Writing https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/the-invention-of-writing/# photography
Texture is a Kind of Poem https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/texture-is-a-kind-of-poem/# photography
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Texture is a Kind of Poem https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/texture-is-a-kind-of-poem/# photography
New episode of my podcast# theuncomputable : Likes https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/likes/# podcast# poetry
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New episode of my podcast# theuncomputable : Likes https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/likes/# podcast# poetry
#morningcoffeelisten Jamie Cullum’s 2003 album twentysomething. The singer & pianist performs a fresh mixture of standards, modern classics & original compositions with verve, joy, passion & delightful technical proficiency. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen133# nowplaying
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Jamie Cullum’s 2003 album twentysomething. The singer & pianist performs a fresh mixture of standards, modern classics & original compositions with verve, joy, passion & delightful technical proficiency. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen133# nowplaying
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes Motion is Hidden https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/sometimes-motion-is-hidden/# photography
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sometimes Motion is Hidden https://johnpauldavis.org/photography/sometimes-motion-is-hidden/# photography
#morningcoffeelisten Pavement’s 1997 album Brighten the Corners. The band corral their penchant for experimentation in more traditional song structures but stay brilliantly bizarre as ever, examining the joys & sorrows of adulthood. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen132# nowplaying
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Pavement’s 1997 album Brighten the Corners. The band corral their penchant for experimentation in more traditional song structures but stay brilliantly bizarre as ever, examining the joys & sorrows of adulthood. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen132# nowplaying
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Bill Evans’s 1981 album You Must Believe In Spring. The pianist's trio play this well-chosen set of standards & new songs effortlessly, resulting in a flawless, transcendent set that meditates on death & rebirth. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen131# nowplaying
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Bill Evans’s 1981 album You Must Believe In Spring. The pianist's trio play this well-chosen set of standards & new songs effortlessly, resulting in a flawless, transcendent set that meditates on death & rebirth. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen131# nowplaying
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@andrewhearst.bsky.social Noticed in your bio you’re a Blue State Digital alum. me too; I think my time there was after you. Anyway, hello.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@andrewhearst.bsky.social Noticed in your bio you’re a Blue State Digital alum. me too; I think my time there was after you. Anyway, hello.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by John Paul Davis
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The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
@stribs.bsky.social This seems like something you'd want to read
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@stribs.bsky.social This seems like something you'd want to read
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm in DC, on the Metro, where food is not allowed & people don't even bring their coffee onboard & there's a dude enjoying the hell out of some fried chicken, & the New Yorker in me just loves him so much.
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm in DC, on the Metro, where food is not allowed & people don't even bring their coffee onboard & there's a dude enjoying the hell out of some fried chicken, & the New Yorker in me just loves him so much.