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andrewamster.bsky.social
Retired developer of science education stuff. Basically, just a liberal, snarky old man who wanted to be less outraged this year. Nope. Boston area. #Writer #Poet (He/him/his)
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The dark shape moved slowly across the rubble. Nanobots. A swarm of them. I was stupid to think they were here to repair my suit. Instead, they came inside. Some explored. Some tinkered with electrical systems. The rest invaded my body through my wounds. My leg hummed. #vss365 - SHAPE

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harmony of rain hitting leaves pavement and grass impacts a whisper #WordedArt - HARMONY #haiku

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"Really? We're going with Jerry for this? Feels like you scraping the bottom the barrel." "It's worse. I turned the barrel over and tore it apart with a crowbar." "Jerry." "Jerry." "No desk chair. No staff photo on the website. No putting down roots. He could be milkweed." #vss365 - SCRAPE

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keep it organic my hatred for all you do sprouts from shit you spread #WordedArt - ORGANIC #haiku

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I want to thank Pure Leaf Tea for running so many ads during last night's Tony Awards. It was nice having a break from worrying about the area between my anus and genitals.

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Brava!

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My grandmother always wore a necklace inside her clothes: a single, silver-filigree bead on a thin silver chain. On the day of the funeral, I asked my mother, "Did Grampa give Gram that bead?" "No," she replied. "Someone else." I had questions. But that's how that was left. #vss365 - SINGLE

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seal shark anxious crowd we eat Goldfish in the tent parents no control #WordedArt - CROWD #haiku

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Hot take. New York, New York versions: Liza > Frank Sorry. I said it.

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His abductor's voice crackled from the wall. "Decision time, Mr. Smith." "You should send someone down to Radio Shack for a new speaker." Static. "Athlete or mathlete?" "For what? Long walks in the rain?" Silence. Then, finally, static. "To share a spine with, Mr. Smith." #vss365 - SPEAKER

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somehow seeing stars no trope proven more painful Lego underfoot #WordedArt - UNDERFOOT #haiku

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Who could possibly have foreseen such a thing? "Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with […]

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A classic "Lady or the Tiger" situation! I'm being asked to pick from two rewards being offered by someone I know wants me mostly, if not completely, dead. When is a reward not a reward? And where is the third door? It should be here. The third door always has oral sex and cake. #vss365 - SOMEONE

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eat grow reproduce nature can't procrastinate no hesitation #WordedArt - PROCRASTINATE #haiku

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He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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shifty hummingbirds behind me making faces imagination #WordedArt - IMAGINATION #haiku

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"Can we stop at Luke's? I need to wet my whistle." "Gramps, I'm supposed to take you straight home." "The air in that hospital was too dry. I'm parched." "How about a soda instead?" "How 'bout running a tab?" #vss365 - STOP

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Just tried to buy a new backyard grill propane tank. The owner of the grill store says he can't sell them for now. They tripled in price for him, so he's stopped selling new tanks. #WhoPaysTariffs

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I tumble down these rabbit holes more often in spring. Past becomes present and present past. I see her walking down the street when no one's there. I smell her perfume even though it hasn't been made in twenty years. Spring: because the earth gets to be reborn and she can't be. #vss365 - SPRING

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orange haze distant fires no witchcraft or bad science we all share one sky #WordedArt - WITCHCRAFT #haiku

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Knife blade in a sunbeam. This is why Dex didn't like going out in the mornings. There's no filter. Nights have the same dangers. Maybe more. But it's hard to get in a good slap when you're squinting. The dame will be right to stab him. He didn't know they were sisters. #vss365 - SUNBEAM

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found her softest skin verging on a wishing well threw a penny in #WordedArt - PENNY #haiku

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Every condemned man gets his last meal and final clerical visit. My meal was forgettable, though perhaps not on my limited schedule. The rabbi was a woman. Before she left, she opened her dress and let me put my cheek against her belly. It was enough. #vss365 - FINAL

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only Monodon horny tooth good for something narwhal humblebrag #vsspoem - HUMBLEBRAG #vss365 - NARWHAL #haiku

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the boa squeezes because that's what boas do. great aunts, much the same. #vsspoem - SQUEEZE #haiku

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"I will kill you twice. Strangle you. Revive you. Then stab you in the neck with a fountain pen. I will hack you apart with Ginsu knives, feed your meat to wolverines bought specifically for this purpose. Then I'll suck the marrow from your bones." "So. That's a 'no' on sex then?" #vss365 - MARROW

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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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what is bad made worse each day a little darker deluge from downpour #vsspoem - DOWNPOUR #haiku

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White-robed figures, blue in the fading twilight, march in single file through the field toward the cliffs. Four carry a large box. The wind carries a whimper. Later, when the figures return, there is no box. There is no whimper. The latest Moon Maiden is gone. #vss365 - WHIMPER

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In the sports world, they say "the best offense is a good defense." And while I've seen the wisdom of that saying play out on the field or court, it isn't a maxim that translates easily to relationships. I need a porous defense. I need to not be offensive. My brain hurts. #vss365 - DEFENSE

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no easy lifeline float on my back wave to you thin receding shore #vsspoem - LIFELINE #haiku

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leaf blowers and wrens cannot have a dialogue mediation fails #vsspoem - DIALOGUE #haiku

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"On Wednesday, May 28th... meteorologists and climate scientists from across the country will give virtual 20-minute talks continuously as we share our work and why it matters for every American.” - Prof. Marshall Shepherd

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