A great article from #NovayaGazeta on how dictatorships are established. A key method is, of course, destroying the memories of previous tyrannies through the steady erosion of the truth. novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...

Rest easy, Griff. Twelve years old and the best friend any man could have ever asked for. Bluer skies are waiting above, boyo. #DogSky

#U2 #EasterLily #EasterParade youtu.be/8VTBM3AnkTU?...

Thank you for your service; General. You deserved a SECDEF and a CIC who were courageous leaders of character. #GoArmy

Applicants for the position of railing ornament arrived early this morning. #BirdOfTheDay #HouseSparrow #Nature

#ArtSky a favourite of mine from Jean-Georges Vibert at #TheMet. "Palm Sunday in Spain"

Featuring all of our wondrous stories with the prompt of 'Siren Song'. #FlashFiction #FlashFictionFriday #TheCollective #WritingCommunity www.tumblr.com/flashfiction...

You heard The Boss. #Springsteen

We should expect no less from the corrupt Orbán regime. Putin's puppets. #DailyNewsHungary dailynewshungary.com/russia-eu-ma...

Excellent article on #Hopepunk from #WritersDigest. Write of hope with an active voice; it is "the thing with feathers" in which Dickinson believed. www.writersdigest.com/what-hope-lo...

Literally watching the price of diesel raise two cents by the time I come off the interstate and over to the Hook. #AreWeWinningYet #TruckSky

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky If you are an American citizen, please take a moment to ensure that your representatives block this bill from passage. As a writer, I do not wish to see my work or any of yours censored by the bigoted hypocrites of this current regime. equality.house.gov/media-center...

Happy #SaintPatrick'sDay 💚💙💛

A blessed & joyous #MotheringSunday to one and all... a fond memory of my own mother to share, playing a favourite Rachmaninoff sonata 😊

A fascinating article that makes a strong case for the emergence of 'Sapiens' as the dominant species of hominid having had their cradle on the Persian Plateau rather than Western Europe. #Archeology #TheConversation #Eurasia theconversation.com/arrowhead-po...

#FlashFiction #HistoricalFiction #WriteSky www.tumblr.com/jack-of-crow...

@newyorker.com prayers, reflection and music for peace: March 3, 7:30 PM, Carnegie Hall benefitconcert.thus.org Please spread the news. Last call out.

Someone to take my 30 with the other day. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Dark-EyedJunco #Nature #Photography #Snowbird

An excellent article from @jerrybrewer.bsky.social as to the consequences of surrendering the inherent power in a national victory to those whose only goal is to dilute and diminish the afterglow of such unifying moments. www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

Full text of the presidential address given today from a leader any free people would be grateful to have. www.president.gov.ua/en/news/spee...

#СлаваУкраїні #GloryToUkraine 🇺🇦 www.ukrainesolidaritynetwork.us/ukraine-stil...

Anyone in the business of standing up to the Dominionists is quite welcome here. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #NoKings #JamesTalarico #StephenColbert #Texas youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Meanwhile, in a liberal democracy... bbc.com/news/article...

An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University

A recommendation to spend some time with friends in the darkness 🎫 "Sit in a theatre, to see/ A play of hopes and fears..." #ClassicHorror #TheaterSky www.edgarallanpoebar.com/tickets

#AlexanderPushkin is spinning in his grave. disq.us/t/50frxec

#FlashFiction #FlashFictionFebruary #StorytellingCollective #WriteSky

#BruceSpringsteen #StreetsOfMinneapolis youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

What an alliance looks like.

We know what America has done; the question today from the Canterbury Pulpit is, "America, what will we do?" Here is an answer from that same sacred space; albeit a different time, for "the time is always right to do right" #MLK Source: The Singju Post share.google/Ha3VGzyZPoMb...

Say her name #RenéeGood #PoetSky poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Remembering the bravery of those who actually stood up for this country on #J6, and looking forward to the day when this nation casts down the thugs and tyrants who would have us forget what really happened.

Wherever our journey through this life may take us, my friends; never doubt that The One Who Is All is with us at every turn of the road, and the words which give us both direction and inspiration are never farther than a turn of the page. A blessed and #HappyNewYear 🙏🏼 www.nypl.org/blog/2025/12...

30 days of #DecemberDrafting have yielded some glints and glimmers of an intriguing plot and thematic premises, some deeply interwoven scenes and a stellar cast of characters. A published literary science fiction novel by this date next year is the goal, so #WritingCommunity keep on me to finish 🦋

Imho the beloved disciple said it best: "What came to be through him was life, And this life was the light of humanity. The light shines in the darkness, And the darkness shall not overcome it." #MerryChristmas one and all 🌟

For the longest night of the year... #dylanesque #poetrysky #villanelle #wintersolstice #writesky #yule

31 years since the world learned that the dreams of democracy in Russia were dead. #Chechnya #FirstChechenWar #VoiceOfAmerica www.voanews.com/a/first-chec...

“Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton, Paradise Lost Happy birthday to John Milton, who was born on this date in 1608. The accidental father of Romantasy, among many other far more academic things.

Commemorating the life of one of the world's most popular saints on his feast day. #SaintNicholas #Türkiye www.arkadaslik-yachting.com/archives/sai...

#WritingCommunity sharing this article as it underscores the importance of safeguarding your own original works against a world filled with grifters engaged in that sort of trumpery. pandapublishing.agency/blog/frankli...

An absolutely legendary wordsmith. R.I.P. #TomStoppard

Moral imperatives are the driving forces behind humanity's progress. #CarlosBulosan #FreedomFromWant #NormanRockwell #Thanksgiving www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/12/carl...

"We Gather Together" is a traditional hymn sung by my family as we give thanks before our communal meal this day. We are now learning that the first human communities arose for the very same purpose at this archaeological site in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye 🧵 www.trthaber.com/foto-galeri/...

#JFK #TheUnspokenSpeech #Watchmen www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...

#CaucasianTales #FlashFiction #GaslampFantasy #Georgian #HistoricalFantasy #TheCollective #WriteSky www.tumblr.com/jack-of-crow...

As the son of an American intelligence officer, I am proud of these patriots and their fearless stand for our Constitution and our military servicemembers. #holdfast youtube.com/shorts/Fk9Gh...

"İnsan hayatının değerinin hatırlatılmasına ihtiyacımız olmamalı." ~ #JamālAḥmadKhāshqujī

#Writer'sDigest #WriteSky act.omeclk.com/portal/publi...

Il faut imaginer le système circulatoire en bonne santé.