Back in 2016, when Real Me said Trump was "potentially the worst idea that ever happened to America [...] trying to hijack the idea of America," Real Me was correct. You should always take Real Me seriously, because 95% of the time Real Me knows what Real Me is talking about. ☘️

Ah, t'anks for sharing, lads. Happy Christmas! 'Tis fecking cold.

Sorry The Edge, I somehow missed this! It's not that I don't WANT to talk about soil regeneration. I think soil regeneration is the cat's meow and there is nothing I love more than drifting off to sleep whilst you explain no-till farming and rotational grazing. Really! I just had a few things to do.

It’s all about health!

Congratulations, real me! Clear a space on the mantelpiece!

Happy 11th Anniversary of "Songs Of Innocence!" You know you love it. 📱

Midnight, our sons and daughters Were cut down and taken from us. Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat. In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears. Hear their heartbeat, we hear their heartbeat.

Your first six emojis explains your attachment style/income tax bracket/blood type. No cheating! attachment style: 😎😎 income tax bracket: 😎😎 blood type: 😎😎

Yeah, seriously. Joy is resistance. We have to find the joy wherever we can right now, and lecturing people who have found some brief relief from this hellscape about how bad they are is a real dick move. When they aren't hurting anyone, just shut up and let people enjoy things. Don't be a dick.

Real Me is pretty smart. An A- student, let's say. His friends can kick rocks.

"Edge is the silence inside every noise. He's the light inside the paint." That's a quote from Real Me. Happy birthday, Edge.

"I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them." — Ozzy Osbourne 🦇

Thrill as I pronounce the word "tomatoes" in two different ways. You're welcome.

The Velvet Underground:

Don't mind if I do!

How does it feel?

Oh, I must keep my heart inviolate Against the potent poison of your hate. — Claude McKay (1889 - 1948), "The White House"

Share a piece of lore about yourself. I'm not just Fake Bono. I'm SIR Fake Bono.

If ever a song could put a crusty oul' geezer back in touch with his innocence, it's "Here Comes the Sun." Wish I'd written it. It's alright.

Don't worry, baby. It's gonna be alright. Uncertainty can be a guiding light.

Your flying colours, your family tree And all your lessons in history Please, please, please Get up off your knees Please, please, please Leave me out of this, please

Thank you…we are in desperate need of inspiration…

American extremists on the right and left have made Real Me sad…again. Real Me will be okay, but this is no way to run a country or a world.

Been giving this some thought. If you "feel you have to say something," is that really "freedom of expression?" Or is it something else?

Fake B's Poet's Corner: Night was done. We rose and after Washing, dressing,—kissed with laughter,— After all, the sweet night knows. Lilac breakfast cups were clinking While we sat like brothers drinking Tea,—and kept our dominoes. — Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin

HELLO FROM YOUR TWO(!) FAVORITE CITIZENS OF IRELAND!🇮🇪

Fair play to @achtoonbaby.bsky.social. T'anks!

Happy weekend, Beloveds. #u2fam is aware that there are showers of acc*unts out there pretending to be Real Me, but this one has acquired 2.4 million followers. Real me does not like being called Paul. Real me is an excellent writer in the English language. Report, or merely be awed by the stupid.

Slava Ukraini.

The world's hatred only makes me stronger. And cuter.

If people could stop acting unhinged about Real Me, that’d be nice.

Did you read the comments about Bono over the weekend? We did.😑 Do you think he reads them, too? PJ imagines his reaction. www.achtoonbaby.com/blog-3/theco... #bono #u2 #achtoonbaby #fanart #poetry #watercolor #realisticart #dontreadthecomments @pjdegenaro.bsky.social @kellyeddington.bsky.social

Ah, Real Me is humbled — probably. Real Me has only ever wanted to bring a bit of light into the world, even if some people (like PJ's interlocutor, below) don't see it that way. Real Me chooses battles in which he can actually be effective, rather than just another raised voice.

Sadly, all is not quiet.

Fake Bono's poet's corner: Perhaps the purpose of leaves is to conceal the verticality of trees which we notice in December as if for the first time: row after row of dark forms yearning upwards. From "Vertical," by Linda Pastan

An ethical Fake Bono will always tell people right up front that they're fake. Pavel Sfera has made a lot of people feel stupid, which is cruel in itself, but this latest escapade is a bridge too far.

Em, this young lady is probably not Real Me's communication manager, and is certainly not mine either. Of course, you might want to follow her for other reasons. I don't judge.

I did enjoy being vanquished night after night.

I'm right here on Bleu Cheese social, of course.

To paraphrase Real Me, America is not a place, but an idea, "still caught in the act of becoming." Happy Thanksgiving. Cherish democracy. Fight for it.

Good morning to @kellyeddington.bsky.social and only to her.

She calls herself "Mother Achtoon," though she's anything but matronly. Friends, frenemies and haters, please be upstanding for my esteemed colleague, who has bean PROFILED in Realism Today. (Because she paints things that look real, or even better than — but I'll shut up now.)

Real Me, mooching along with my big Ameri-brella. Rest assured I will never bullet this Bluesky!

Yes, she owns this song.

See, @fakeedge.bsky.social? It wasn't me! I await your words of contrition.

Just like me. :)

I have ARRIVED! It goes without saying that I have had a few technical difficulties with "captcha" and also retrieving my confirmation code. Rest assured that I am human, captcha, though some might dispute this. Please send bon mots to @fakeedge.bsky.social and moi at @dearbonoedge.bsky.social!