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Old and idealistic. One of your hairier Hare Krishnas. Usually vegan, always vegetarian. I like Linux, plants and birds and rocks and things, the Oxford comma, and most cats. I do not like capitalism or beets.
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Astro-not alive anymore. 🧑‍🚀

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Y'all hang in there. We got this.

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The comic strip "Buttercup Festival" by David Troupes (under the pseudonym Elliott G. Garbauskas) is on the web at buttercupfestival.com He is also with us here on BlueSky: @buttercupfestival.bsky.social #inspiration

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#garcia #jerrygarcia #gratefuldead

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Antony Hegarty goes by "Anohni" now. Her cover of an old Fleetwood Mac song is hauntingly beautiful. youtu.be/aUBY9nb2_gE?...

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In the Hardy Boys universe, mothers and girlfriends exist solely to bring The Boys delicious sandwiches. It becomes unintentionally hilarious after a while. Anyway, the early ones are now in the pubic domain, so you can read online or download for free at gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #booksky

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This is a cool site if you like short stories: #booksky #shortstory www.3ammagazine.com/3am/

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A blinding flash across the room A sudden crash A sonic boom Changes everything he knew… Lyrics: songmeanings.com/songs/view/1... www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxq4...

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Sadhu Varanasi India #travel #portrait #photography

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I'm old enough to remember when NFL players wore little adhesive strips on their noses because they thought it improved their performance. 🙄

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DEI– diversity, equity, inclusiveness– actually sounds pretty good to me. Certainly better than than it's opposite: conformity, favoritism, and prejudice.

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Groovy! Don't let Donald Trump bring you down!

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I made a one-page version of the READ LIKE AN ARTIST zine you can print out and share with your book club, classroom, etc Download here: austinkleon.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...

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Missin' ol' Pete. youtu.be/XvePkFtqd80?...

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(via missmirim.tumblr.com/post/7755600...)

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I love "Flash Fiction," very short short-stories. #booksky flashfictionmagazine.com

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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#booksky

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I deleted my bookmark to Reddit today. Their blend of hysteria and impending doom was neither helpful nor healthy.

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I love the mood the photographer captured! (If anyone knows the name of the photographer, please let me know. I searched but came up empty.)

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The two saddest songs about telephones– "Operator" by Jim Croce, and "Telephone Line" by ELO‒ are obsolete today; the first by the death of pay phones, the second by the birth of answering machines.

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Pete's here

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From austinkleon.com/2017/03/23/p... (via julesofnature.tumblr.com) Transcribed in the alt-text. Click the first link for the essay this was taken from. #trump #maga #resist

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I lost my father to dementia, and this article feels like the conversation we never go to have: www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/590...

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One thing I've learned late in life is to find joy in the transitions. Drinking coffee is better than having drunk coffee, hugging is better than having hugged, walking is sometimes better than arriving; it's not always about completing one task and moving on the next.

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The outcry over reclassifying Pluto as a "dwarf planet" was never a scientific discussion of nomenclature or affection for an ice-cold rock in the Kuiper belt. It was more about our pathological need for everything to remain forever the same. Having said that, it will always be a planet to me.

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A task-force has been formed to eradicate anti-Christian bias in the USA. The most privileged group in the world is straight white Christian men. So this effort is motivated by fear that this privilege is being threatened. Once you see it, you see it everywhere.

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www.dandavats.com?p=2390

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Is this owl giving me an avian peace sign, or wishing that I live long and prosper?

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I wrote a poem using words and phrases lifted from 235 anonymous freeform responses to @griefyork.bsky.social's survey titled "Experiences of Grief: A Phenomenological Survey" conducted on 2020 by researchers at the University of York. hannaheve.substack.com/p/the-grief-...

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The artist is on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/swatercolour...

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When I was a kid, the only way to up the bass was to press the radio harder against your ear.

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I play this one to cheer me up and remind myself what's important. youtu.be/aLkPs5ieeLY?...

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Yeah.

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