Kris Lindbeck
@krislindbeck.bsky.social
Haiku etc.. Also, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Buddhism, art and cool science stuff. Some politics . . .
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Kris Lindbeck
@krislindbeck.bsky.social
· Oct 24
How to Write Bad Haiku
A humorous guide to writing "bad" haiku -- mediocre and boring ones -- whose goal is to help people write and edit haiku better.
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I few years ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide to writing literary haiku called "How to Write Bad Haiku."
It also has a picture of the late great Jabberwok, who was tortoiseshell with white patches, and whom I miss.
Enjoy!
discover.hubpages.com/literature/H...
It also has a picture of the late great Jabberwok, who was tortoiseshell with white patches, and whom I miss.
Enjoy!
discover.hubpages.com/literature/H...
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This is a really smart point: that this argument rests on a combination of both misogyny and a populist hostility to class inequality. By asserting that women dominate the managerial class, misogynists can depict women as the oppressors. Something "left" and "right" misogynists would find convincing
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is a really smart point: that this argument rests on a combination of both misogyny and a populist hostility to class inequality. By asserting that women dominate the managerial class, misogynists can depict women as the oppressors. Something "left" and "right" misogynists would find convincing
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I understand that it’s rhetorically useful for these people to feminize management, corporations and the wealthy—to make misogyny and antifeminism seem more plausible as a righteous populism of punching up. But you can’t just state empirical untruths!!
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I understand that it’s rhetorically useful for these people to feminize management, corporations and the wealthy—to make misogyny and antifeminism seem more plausible as a righteous populism of punching up. But you can’t just state empirical untruths!!
Thread includes book prizes in the history of science.
They all look fascinating...
They all look fascinating...
Good evening from Napoleon C, where @historyscience.bsky.social VP Soraya de Chadarevian welcomes everyone to the #HSS2025 Prize Ceremony.
We begin w/a moment of silence for colleagues who passed away in the past year:
-Mario Biagioli
-Jonathan Hodge
-Jerry Kutcher
-Robin Rider
-Margaret Rossiter
We begin w/a moment of silence for colleagues who passed away in the past year:
-Mario Biagioli
-Jonathan Hodge
-Jerry Kutcher
-Robin Rider
-Margaret Rossiter
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thread includes book prizes in the history of science.
They all look fascinating...
They all look fascinating...
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Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait
Despite industry leaders promising that agentic AI is the future, taking care of virtually all human tasks within the next few years
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
#CarnegieMellonUniversity researchers just released a paper showing that even the best–performing AI agents fail to complete real-world office tasks 70% of the time
"They’d basically talked themselves to death."
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Thank goodness studies convince people… oh, wait
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A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
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I was a socially and politically ignorant teen for both of these “scandals” and all I can remember is how those two women were treated by the media. I swear there was more coverage of cigars, a blue dress, and Coke cans than their humanity.
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I was a socially and politically ignorant teen for both of these “scandals” and all I can remember is how those two women were treated by the media. I swear there was more coverage of cigars, a blue dress, and Coke cans than their humanity.
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My favourite word for “slow motion”from another language is the German Zeitlupe. It means “time magnifying glass”
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
My favourite word for “slow motion”from another language is the German Zeitlupe. It means “time magnifying glass”
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space debris
observing the tragedy
of the conmons
#SciFaikuSaturday (observe) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
observing the tragedy
of the conmons
#SciFaikuSaturday (observe) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
space debris
observing the tragedy
of the conmons
#SciFaikuSaturday (observe) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
observing the tragedy
of the conmons
#SciFaikuSaturday (observe) #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
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S WI #FlowerReport: sharing fall foliage again this week. That November sun lights it up, and its beauty surpasses any store-bought flowers that I have seen. Kindest regards to all 💛
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
S WI #FlowerReport: sharing fall foliage again this week. That November sun lights it up, and its beauty surpasses any store-bought flowers that I have seen. Kindest regards to all 💛
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Like fringed bells (or skirts, etc.).
This is the white variety of the blueberry ash (also pink).
Flowering now, south coast NSW.
#FlowerReport #ozplants
This is the white variety of the blueberry ash (also pink).
Flowering now, south coast NSW.
#FlowerReport #ozplants
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Like fringed bells (or skirts, etc.).
This is the white variety of the blueberry ash (also pink).
Flowering now, south coast NSW.
#FlowerReport #ozplants
This is the white variety of the blueberry ash (also pink).
Flowering now, south coast NSW.
#FlowerReport #ozplants
Sounds good!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates
From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Sounds good!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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And then we have—DUN DUN DUNNN—Anomalocaris! Look at this happy little bastard!
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
And then we have—DUN DUN DUNNN—Anomalocaris! Look at this happy little bastard!
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BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! The Chengjiang fossil site has even MORE critters, from what came to be known as the Cambrian Explosion! More squishy! More weird! More everything!
They have NAKED-ASS TRILOBITES that hadn’t evolved their shells yet!
They have NAKED-ASS TRILOBITES that hadn’t evolved their shells yet!
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! The Chengjiang fossil site has even MORE critters, from what came to be known as the Cambrian Explosion! More squishy! More weird! More everything!
They have NAKED-ASS TRILOBITES that hadn’t evolved their shells yet!
They have NAKED-ASS TRILOBITES that hadn’t evolved their shells yet!
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This was also the first place we saw Hallucigenia, a species SO BIZARRE that for a long time, nobody knew which end was up! Great poster by Nix Illustration here:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This was also the first place we saw Hallucigenia, a species SO BIZARRE that for a long time, nobody knew which end was up! Great poster by Nix Illustration here:
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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"And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky."
-Rabindranath Tagore
-Rabindranath Tagore
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky."
-Rabindranath Tagore
-Rabindranath Tagore
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It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
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#Haiku #Butterfly
Orange-tip a European butterfly out in April.
Orange-tip —looks like
He was singed —and slipped
From sun to meadow
Orange-tip a European butterfly out in April.
Orange-tip —looks like
He was singed —and slipped
From sun to meadow
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#Haiku #Butterfly
Orange-tip a European butterfly out in April.
Orange-tip —looks like
He was singed —and slipped
From sun to meadow
Orange-tip a European butterfly out in April.
Orange-tip —looks like
He was singed —and slipped
From sun to meadow
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#俳句 #haiku #poet:Gagō #kigo:summer #kigo:butterfly ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use "butterfly" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤
![追はれてもいそがぬふりの蝴蝶かな [我樂]
even chased
it never seems hurried . . .
the butterfly
Gagō (?) [tr. Dick Whyte]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jz2t5cbbyik4unkmq2w5omc/bafkreiafawzl3ata6tdpknfhzpgov4dlofthqihuwncpbel3cdpltdneke@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#俳句 #haiku #poet:Gagō #kigo:summer #kigo:butterfly ❖ Source: #LafcadioHearn ❖ Please feel welcome to cap the hokku to make a tan'renga, reply in haiku, or use "butterfly" as a #dailyhaikuprompt 🖤