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The social medium I like the most is the one of words. Writers and nerds and journalists and other weirdos are here, and so am I Also here to connect regarding #audiodrama
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In light of Breaking Bad guy wanting a return to genuinely admirable protagonists, what is your favorite example of one? I’d argue Picard from TNG is a really strong example in that he isn’t infallible but is unrelentingly concerned with the moral costs of decisions and the power placed in his hands

I loved this. A great story and a 100% effective audio presentation #audiodrama shows.acast.com/dustpodcast/...

Here's a great sci-fi audio drama you should listen to. It's not old school radio-style. It tells the story through texture and simulation of vision through sound podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

20 Artists who have made me need to do art #writingcommunity #booksky #teacher #environmentaltiernarrative 18/20 - Richard Powers

In another benchmark for an independent, non-profit newspaper being born in a major U.S. city, the www.thebaltimorebanner.com just added obits/death notices. Bring on county bureaus, police blotters, listed homesales and a word jumble. This is the only practical road home for print journalism.

Wm Burroughs and HR Giger's birthday

We’re gonna look back on black box social media like we look back now on lead pipes.

20 Artists who have made me want to do art #blackstar #poet 777/20

20 Artists who have made me need to do art #writingcommunity #booksky #troubador 16/20 - I left my pen in tribute

We're having a discussion about which interesting animal behaviour would be terrifying on a different species. The rules are a) it can't be an immediate danger to you b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave. Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.

20 Artists who have made me need to do art #booksky #writimgcommunity #tvsky #fargo 15/20- Noah Hawley

20 Artists who have made me need to do art #blackmirror #dystopian #technology #booksky #speculativefiction 14/20- Charlie Brooker

Here's a online offering. I'm fascinated with the Master's "harmony of precision" and I recorded this with my friend @mattmuirhead.bsky.social who provided a sort of metronome via looped kalimba riffs. Enjoy: canopysongs.bandcamp.com/album/poe-wi...

"Had President Harris been inaugurated, we would we have been lulled into believing that the house of our democracy was safe? Would we have imagined that we could fix what ails our country without the painful process of confrontation and repair to which Dr. King called us?"

20 Artists that have made me need to do art #ripdavidlynch #artsuppliesandpain 13/20

“The meeting place of all ladies is this place,” says the pretty blonde server, flashing glitter nails in the restaurant restroom where soap dispensers don’t dispense, faucets don’t flow, stalls don’t lock." Flash from @laurabweisswriter.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/f...

Winter Thrush, Ingebjorg Smith.

20 Artists who have made me need to do art #screenwriting #showrunner #showcreator #lovecraftcountry #underground #artsky #booksky 12/20- Misha Green