Stephen Persing
@stephenpersing.bsky.social
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writer, painter, guitarist, part of this good nutritious breakfast.
A nice video, and stop-motion animated (!). I wonder how Finn Wolfhard got to direct it, and is that a Pottsylvania Creeper from Rocky & Bullwinkle?
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George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) [Official Video]
YouTube video by George Harrison
https://youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg?si=kCX9aBXp1SYJIv9H
about 14 hours ago
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The Tennessee Holler
about 21 hours ago
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Whose rent went down? Not mine.
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I’ve belatedly come up with a motto for this year: 2025 - no, you will not be okay.
3 days ago
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New blog post:
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Charles Chaplin’s The Freak reviewed
The front cover, showing Victoria Chaplin wearing a set of wings made for the film Do we all dream of flying? Is this some sort of shared vision since the first protohumans saw their first bird? Ce…
https://stephenpersing.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/charles-chaplins-the-freak-reviewed/
3 days ago
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ICE is state-funded terrorism
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3 days ago
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I almost forgot the Christmas peacock, hanging on the window behind the tree
3 days ago
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The tree is up! It’s cast iron, and my ornaments are starting to fill every branch. All my favorites are there: Space Ghost, Cthulhu, Buddha - you know, traditional Christmas stuff.
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David Leigh Roth
5 days ago
Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!
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I heard about this album this morning. It's lovely:
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Ólafur Arnalds, Talos - A Dawning (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by OlafurArnaldsVEVO
https://youtu.be/nEBbhgMp8Ok?si=dxJpzENIOMjoEJ0l
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It's been suggested to me that a certain orange person fits this pathology:
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Dark triad - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 🌊
6 days ago
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I mentioned the Sherlock Holmes script I wrote, but not that you can listen to it on YouTube. Here it is:
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Week 1,388 The Adventure of t he fallen Curtiain
YouTube video by Imagination Theatre
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Psychedelic Gouda
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Why are we seizing a tanker?
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7 days ago
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The Salvation Army bellringer in the Pittsfield Market 32 brought his trombone.
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I was reminded that this exists
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Focus - Hocus Pocus Live '73
YouTube video by Elvis Amadeus Jackson
https://youtu.be/g4ouPGGLI6Q?si=glZ78pZPiKE4awjy
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I wrote a Sherlock Holmes script a while back, and here it is:
harrynile.com/product/the-...
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The Adventure of the Fallen Curtain – Imagination Theater, Detective Harry Nile, Sherlock Holmes Radio Mysteries, Jim French Productions
https://harrynile.com/product/the-adventure-of-the-fallen-curtain/
10 days ago
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Richard Kadrey
15 days ago
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
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12 days ago
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I needed a break from the news, and this was just the thing:
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'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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12 days ago
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Shoveling snow, and wishing I was back in the desert
15 days ago
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$&)/ snow…
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George Takei
16 days ago
Today is World AIDS Day, a day that reminds me of the decades-long fight for dignity, science, and compassion. We’ve come so far because activists, researchers, and communities refused to be ignored.
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Rosa was badass, and a great American
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16 days ago
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Why do we need a catchphrase?
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17 days ago
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Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only:
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17 days ago
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In ALL American history.
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18 days ago
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Facebook's "Suggested for You" feature just recommended I like one of my own posts. Oh, maybe I can even friend myself...
18 days ago
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Thank you for the birthday wishes yesterday. I don't know if I'm ready to be a year older, but time has its own agenda, and does not take my feelings into consideration. On the whole, I think I'm okay with it.
18 days ago
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Damn. R.I.P.
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18 days ago
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Whereas I wouldn't trust any member of the Trump administration with a kazoo
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18 days ago
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Thanksgiving achievement unlocked: we made a fruitcake. Next step: apricot brandy to make it even richer
20 days ago
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Happy Thanksgiving!
21 days ago
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David Atkinson
21 days ago
Spike Milligan is a great poet as well as a ground breaking comedian. His poetry is often funny & frivolous, but can be deep, poignant, and moving too. In this poem he has caught both, reflecting on the quiet heartbreak watching a child step out into their own life.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships
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23 days ago
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Dr. Todd Arrington
23 days ago
My friends and former colleagues at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum get all the credit for this one. I don’t think they’ll mind if I share it. If you’re so inclined and happen to be on any of these platforms, please follow them on Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads, and YouTube.
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Revisiting one of my favorite prog albums, Chris Squire's Fish Out of Water:
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Hold Out Your Hand
YouTube video by Chris Squire - Topic
https://youtu.be/3OfwvCZuWlY?si=lzX5NjmqZeV6IOB3
24 days ago
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Bill McKibben
24 days ago
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/23/america-christian-evangelical-discrimination-immigration
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It’s snowing. Oh, joy. (Sarcasm)
24 days ago
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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️
25 days ago
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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Mueller, She Wrote
25 days ago
This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
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Seth Abramson
27 days ago
(📢) What Trump did today was not a SHOULD impeach, it was a MUST impeach. He said anyone who challenges his authority—an authority he doesn’t have—to give illegal orders to the military must be executed. That is a prima facie case for impeachment. Articles should be drawn up.
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Julie Zebrak
29 days ago
Wow that they needed to do this
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A few of the many thoughts I had about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein:
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Frankenstein reviewed
Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2025) (note: contains spoilers) I missed seeing Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) in the theater (I think …
https://stephenpersing.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/frankenstein-reviewed/
about 1 month ago
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No one who has ever worked in retail can love the holidays unreservedly.
about 1 month ago
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Courtney Milan
about 1 month ago
Hey
@support.bsky.team
What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
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Snow update: coming down harder, but no real accumulation. As my aunt used to say, "The Berkshires has two seasons: winter, and Tanglewood."
about 1 month ago
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Weather report: Western Massachusetts has its first faint dusting of snow. As of 7 a.m., a few flakes were still falling.
about 1 month ago
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So, to get the country back from the fascists we first have to get the Democratic party back from its current leadership.
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