from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee

BEING PAID,—what will compare with it?

dispatches from nowhere

if you somehow want more book content, you can come watch me in conversation with @asterolsen.bsky.social at Elliott Bay Books in Capitol Hill tonight @ 7PM!

hey if you’re in Seattle I’m gonna be on King 5’s 11 o’clock morning show tomorrow to talk about We Deserve This btw 🥰

Seattle! Come out Monday night to hear me talk with @victoriascott.bsky.social about her book, We Deserve This.

new EPISODE about a ROAD TRIP with @victoriascott.bsky.social

pumpkin man, take me by the hand lead me to the land that you understand

I have really been enjoying photographing birds. Here is one I quite liked.

Looking for obituaries on the front page tonight, comrades.

NEW ARTICLE: American automaking is halfway into its grave. Is it fixable? Did we fix it once and then let fascism ruin everything? Today on LaserChronicles: Solving The American Car…Again: open.substack.com/pub/laserdyk...

Seattle Pride, 2025. Nikon F4 | Kodak Ektachrome 100 #filmphotography

Said to have been left behind by the Worm King himself. Evil, but beautiful. If you wish to sell it, Ἀντιγόνη, I can give you 17000 gold for it.

Rich guy named Ebenezer in Houston starting up a hip-hop record label. he calls it “Chopped and Scrooged”

My beautiful boy has returned

donald trump is basically antifa in every country except the US

I finally updated my web site to make it much cleaner and, you know, actually show off my photography and books www.vantimevictoria.com

"do whatever steps you want if you have cleared them with the pontiff" doesn't apply during sede vacante. have fun!

Deeply honored and excited to have my “Sell Your Tesla” op-ed featured at InsideEVs! If you know anyone with a Tesla who isn’t sure if they should sell, send this along!

hey I wrote a story about trying to remain functional as the country collapses, bad luxury SUVs, the contradictions of wealth, and quitting my job. if you wanna read it, it’s available here for free: www.patreon.com/posts/125140...

some recent Burt highlights

I took my favorite picture I have ever done recently.

Date night!

things that happened since I left: went to a psych ward, got help, quit smoking, bought a car, car got stolen and trashed, got a medium format camera, fell and broke it and a rib, healed and fixed the camera, took a few road trips, learned how to develop film, got proposed to, got married

my girlfriend is really pretty and I want to kiss her and she’s at work and I think capitalism is homophobic!!!

being a lesbian is cool @wretch.bsky.social

okay it’s almost mountain goats time @wretch.bsky.social

Enjoying the end of the week

Burt

Lovely time at the theatre watching the incredible Hadestown with @victoriascott.bsky.social

For a very last minute costume, I think it turned out well!

Went hiking today!

URGENT BREAKING NEWS - look at this minuscule frog I found in my backyard

Bit of a different vibe tonight (thanks for the collar @victoriascott.bsky.social )

I am having a fun time with @victoriascott.bsky.social

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: SEATTLE APARTMENT SECURED

I dreamt last night of a black deer made of scribbles. It loped about on all fours like it was meant to run on two, and the slightest wind would send it flying far afield; yet it always returned. No sound could be uttered or heard. I was alone. I was scared.

BORN TOO WALK FORCED TOO DRIVE - dashare.zone ADMIN

ooh! fun new story today: my attempt to demystify how twin-scroll turbochargers work, and why they went from high-performance tech to being found in your Ford Flex, at Road & Track! www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/...

My newest photobook, Self-Portraits of My Past Lives, is available on Gumroad now for just $5! vantimevictoria.gumroad.com/l/selfportra...

[extremely Suzanne Vega voice] I am sitting in the morning in a lone and level desert there are two legs vast and trunkless and a visage shattered half-sunk and the pedestal beside it reads “my name is Ozymandias I’m the king of kings and you shall look on my works and despair”

Bird

when it's sunday night and you have to go to work tomorrow!

I found a horsea plushy on the ground today.

oh hey I might have a big enough platform to ask this here: I am finally in the last stretch of my transfemme fashion/automotive lookbook, and looking for a handful more models. I would specifically like to feature some Black transfemmes. The remaining shoot cities are Detroit and Seattle.

If you or anyone you know would be interested and live in the area of either of those two cities, please let me know! Please feel free to share this widely!

End of my first week barista-ing. My goal for next week is to stop apologizing to every customer.

fabergé demon core