Mike Delta
@mikedelta.bsky.social
Fugitive from the law of averages
Mood: a frame from "Le garage hermetique" by Moebius
(Jean Giraud, 1938-2012)
(Jean Giraud, 1938-2012)
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Mood: a frame from "Le garage hermetique" by Moebius
(Jean Giraud, 1938-2012)
(Jean Giraud, 1938-2012)
"It’s important to examine just what, exactly, fascism is."
Posted by @filmsforaction.bsky.social
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Posted by @filmsforaction.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"It’s important to examine just what, exactly, fascism is."
Posted by @filmsforaction.bsky.social
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Posted by @filmsforaction.bsky.social
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Always look skyward.
(Something I put online on this day, ten years ago.)
(Something I put online on this day, ten years ago.)
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Always look skyward.
(Something I put online on this day, ten years ago.)
(Something I put online on this day, ten years ago.)
"When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.
...
"Ithaca" by Konstantinos Kavafis (1/)
(full poem on thread and at source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...)
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.
...
"Ithaca" by Konstantinos Kavafis (1/)
(full poem on thread and at source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...)
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.
...
"Ithaca" by Konstantinos Kavafis (1/)
(full poem on thread and at source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...)
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.
...
"Ithaca" by Konstantinos Kavafis (1/)
(full poem on thread and at source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constan...)
"This train stop in Japan has no entries or exits; it has been put there merely so that people can stop in the middle of a train journey and admire the scenery".
#existential #komorebi
#existential #komorebi
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"This train stop in Japan has no entries or exits; it has been put there merely so that people can stop in the middle of a train journey and admire the scenery".
#existential #komorebi
#existential #komorebi
Mid-Atlantic peak summer...
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Mid-Atlantic peak summer...
No love for Kusturica?
"Black Cat, White Cat" (1998)
"Black Cat, White Cat" (1998)
August 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No love for Kusturica?
"Black Cat, White Cat" (1998)
"Black Cat, White Cat" (1998)
Waves of scorching heat
Smear across the land while flames
Devour our future
#haiku #shortpoetry #climatechange #spain #portugal
Smear across the land while flames
Devour our future
#haiku #shortpoetry #climatechange #spain #portugal
August 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Waves of scorching heat
Smear across the land while flames
Devour our future
#haiku #shortpoetry #climatechange #spain #portugal
Smear across the land while flames
Devour our future
#haiku #shortpoetry #climatechange #spain #portugal
Summertime come, I take boat trips... 🛥️
August 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Summertime come, I take boat trips... 🛥️
Coda: There's the door
Outside, sun shining fiercely
Spirit's shaded in
#haiku #shortpoetry #depression
Outside, sun shining fiercely
Spirit's shaded in
#haiku #shortpoetry #depression
July 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Coda: There's the door
Outside, sun shining fiercely
Spirit's shaded in
#haiku #shortpoetry #depression
Outside, sun shining fiercely
Spirit's shaded in
#haiku #shortpoetry #depression
It's probably high time you appraise where you stand...
leftvalues.github.io
#politics #leftism #evaluation
leftvalues.github.io
#politics #leftism #evaluation
June 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's probably high time you appraise where you stand...
leftvalues.github.io
#politics #leftism #evaluation
leftvalues.github.io
#politics #leftism #evaluation
Somedays, I absorb every last ray...
June 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Somedays, I absorb every last ray...
May 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sweet daughter of mine
Now licensed to soar the skies
-- Me, leaning to ground
#haiku #micropoetry #flying
Now licensed to soar the skies
-- Me, leaning to ground
#haiku #micropoetry #flying
May 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sweet daughter of mine
Now licensed to soar the skies
-- Me, leaning to ground
#haiku #micropoetry #flying
Now licensed to soar the skies
-- Me, leaning to ground
#haiku #micropoetry #flying
Methinks this piece should be mandatory reading in secondary schools...
www.theatlantic.com/article/6812...
#history #fascism #germany
www.theatlantic.com/article/6812...
#history #fascism #germany
May 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Methinks this piece should be mandatory reading in secondary schools...
www.theatlantic.com/article/6812...
#history #fascism #germany
www.theatlantic.com/article/6812...
#history #fascism #germany
May 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"I met an Aborigine in Arnhemland, Australia -- his nephews showed me symbols where I saw trees and rainbows through smoked glass. They could see fish through clouded water. I couldn't even see my own reflection. I must have forgotten how."
-- Nitin Sawhney
www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000...
-- Nitin Sawhney
www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000...
May 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"I met an Aborigine in Arnhemland, Australia -- his nephews showed me symbols where I saw trees and rainbows through smoked glass. They could see fish through clouded water. I couldn't even see my own reflection. I must have forgotten how."
-- Nitin Sawhney
www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000...
-- Nitin Sawhney
www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000...
"Do you imagine your suffering will be any less because you loved goodness and truth?"
Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" is an all-time favorite.
#warmovie #auteur #visualpoetry
Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" is an all-time favorite.
#warmovie #auteur #visualpoetry
May 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Do you imagine your suffering will be any less because you loved goodness and truth?"
Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" is an all-time favorite.
#warmovie #auteur #visualpoetry
Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line" is an all-time favorite.
#warmovie #auteur #visualpoetry
May 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This the Sommerschield neighboorhood in Maputo -- Mozambique's capital -- in a fairly recent photo.
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This the Sommerschield neighboorhood in Maputo -- Mozambique's capital -- in a fairly recent photo.
Angst...
"Am I Done?" by Tatsuya Ishida (Sinfest, 2013-07-26)
sinfest.xyz/view.php?dat...
#comic #unclesam
"Am I Done?" by Tatsuya Ishida (Sinfest, 2013-07-26)
sinfest.xyz/view.php?dat...
#comic #unclesam
May 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Angst...
"Am I Done?" by Tatsuya Ishida (Sinfest, 2013-07-26)
sinfest.xyz/view.php?dat...
#comic #unclesam
"Am I Done?" by Tatsuya Ishida (Sinfest, 2013-07-26)
sinfest.xyz/view.php?dat...
#comic #unclesam
Incidental Comics: "Lightness" by Grant Snider
incidentalcomics.substack.com
#visualart #poetry #aerostats
incidentalcomics.substack.com
#visualart #poetry #aerostats
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Incidental Comics: "Lightness" by Grant Snider
incidentalcomics.substack.com
#visualart #poetry #aerostats
incidentalcomics.substack.com
#visualart #poetry #aerostats
50 years ago, on this day, Portugal shook the yoke of fascism in a peaceful revolution -- excepting secret police agents who fired on an unarmed civilian crowd...
The "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 paved the way for democracy and civil liberties and is now a national holiday.
#25abril #portugal
The "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 paved the way for democracy and civil liberties and is now a national holiday.
#25abril #portugal
April 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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April 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM