Darby Lyons
@darbylyons.bsky.social
Retired English teacher, poet. Book and music lover. Midwesterner, kind of (Army brat, IYKYK), with Appalachian roots. MFA, Sewanee School of Letters. Senior editorial assistant, Cincinnati Review.
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"Break out the champagne
If this's really how it's gonna go
Let's get on with the shitshow
Let's get on with the show"
~Amanda Shires, "Break Out the Champagne"
If this's really how it's gonna go
Let's get on with the shitshow
Let's get on with the show"
~Amanda Shires, "Break Out the Champagne"
Yes, my big brother forgot to call me on my birthday, BUT...look how he came through in the gift he gave me😍
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yes, my big brother forgot to call me on my birthday, BUT...look how he came through in the gift he gave me😍
I've started rewatching Nurse Jackie. I remember it as good, but it's even better than I remembered.
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've started rewatching Nurse Jackie. I remember it as good, but it's even better than I remembered.
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NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
Drama begins at my brother's house, where he's rooting for OSU, and his wife's rooting for Michigan, which is, of course, sacrilege.
youtube.com/shorts/1tnlE...
youtube.com/shorts/1tnlE...
TBDBITL knows how it’s done. 🎺🙌
YouTube video by The Ohio State University
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November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Drama begins at my brother's house, where he's rooting for OSU, and his wife's rooting for Michigan, which is, of course, sacrilege.
youtube.com/shorts/1tnlE...
youtube.com/shorts/1tnlE...
Sometimes when I feel angry, generally, at the state of the world (well, really, the state of the U.S.), I watch this video and feel a little better from vicariously giving the Stevie death stare.
youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?...
youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?...
Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (Live) (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac
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November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sometimes when I feel angry, generally, at the state of the world (well, really, the state of the U.S.), I watch this video and feel a little better from vicariously giving the Stevie death stare.
youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?...
youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?...
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Like most historians, I'm pretty immune to both doomerism and utopianism. But I have to admit, it takes a lot of effort for me to resist the allure of doomerism when I contemplate the future impacts of LLMs. What they seek to replace are the very things that make us human--thinking and expression.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Like most historians, I'm pretty immune to both doomerism and utopianism. But I have to admit, it takes a lot of effort for me to resist the allure of doomerism when I contemplate the future impacts of LLMs. What they seek to replace are the very things that make us human--thinking and expression.
Got sleep study results, and seeing the number of times I stopped breathing during the night is 😱
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Got sleep study results, and seeing the number of times I stopped breathing during the night is 😱
Wordle 1,624 2/6*
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November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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/9 George Santos is amusing because Americans are slowly boiling frogs; a sane society would see him as the subnormal psychopath he is. But he sells, and people like Tara Palmeri let him indulge in wild misogynistic defamation to make money from him, like a remora clings to a shark for scraps.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
/9 George Santos is amusing because Americans are slowly boiling frogs; a sane society would see him as the subnormal psychopath he is. But he sells, and people like Tara Palmeri let him indulge in wild misogynistic defamation to make money from him, like a remora clings to a shark for scraps.
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Each July 4th Americans celebrate a successful war of anti-colonial liberation.
Each Thanksgiving Americans celebrate the colonists who occupied North America against the will of the original inhabitants.
The rest of the year is spent not thinking about the tense relationship between those 2 things.
Each Thanksgiving Americans celebrate the colonists who occupied North America against the will of the original inhabitants.
The rest of the year is spent not thinking about the tense relationship between those 2 things.
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Each July 4th Americans celebrate a successful war of anti-colonial liberation.
Each Thanksgiving Americans celebrate the colonists who occupied North America against the will of the original inhabitants.
The rest of the year is spent not thinking about the tense relationship between those 2 things.
Each Thanksgiving Americans celebrate the colonists who occupied North America against the will of the original inhabitants.
The rest of the year is spent not thinking about the tense relationship between those 2 things.
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Joe Burrow is BACK, leading the Bengals to a 32-14 win over the Ravens on Thanksgiving 🍗
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Too on the nose for the Thanksgiving episode, writers room.
Jfc
Jfc
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Too on the nose for the Thanksgiving episode, writers room.
Jfc
Jfc
Favorite picture from today. My niece reading with my great-nephew 🥰
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Favorite picture from today. My niece reading with my great-nephew 🥰
Thanksgiving with most of the family. Only one great-grandkid was there, so he got lots of attention🥰
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thanksgiving with most of the family. Only one great-grandkid was there, so he got lots of attention🥰
I offer this as Thanksgiving music:
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youtu.be/ubNY-CPAp_I?...
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I offer this as Thanksgiving music:
youtu.be/ubNY-CPAp_I?...
youtu.be/ubNY-CPAp_I?...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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#ClipOfTheDay: “This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun.” In this video that originally aired in 2012, poet Joy Harjo reads her poem “Perhaps the World Ends Here” for PBS NewsHour. at.pw.org/PerhapsWorldEndsHere
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: “This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun.” In this video that originally aired in 2012, poet Joy Harjo reads her poem “Perhaps the World Ends Here” for PBS NewsHour. at.pw.org/PerhapsWorldEndsHere
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One of your favorite architectural historians got to opine about the Stahl House for a good long time on yesterday’s BBC Newshour. My spot starts at the 39:40 mark. Take a listen! www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | Newshour | Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week
But Ukraine's leader wants European leaders to participate in the meeting over peace deal
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
One of your favorite architectural historians got to opine about the Stahl House for a good long time on yesterday’s BBC Newshour. My spot starts at the 39:40 mark. Take a listen! www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
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Wow. I'm so grateful for John McCarthy's incredible new review of The End of Childhood in RHINO!
REVIEWS — RHINO — The End of Childhood, by Wayne Miller - Reviewed by John McCarthy
Gregory Orr refers to the act of mining memory for poetry as turning toward, and going into, The Vanished Past. As expected, Orr’s Vanished Past is made up of disorder and chaos. The poet’s job is to ...
rhinopoetry.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Wow. I'm so grateful for John McCarthy's incredible new review of The End of Childhood in RHINO!
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This by Wendell Berry counts among my faves, stunning in its simplicity.
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This by Wendell Berry counts among my faves, stunning in its simplicity.
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
Lizza says "what you have been reading about here is not really a scandal about sex, but a scandal about journalistic ethics" like he's making some great reveal.
We know, you creep, we know.
We know, you creep, we know.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Lizza says "what you have been reading about here is not really a scandal about sex, but a scandal about journalistic ethics" like he's making some great reveal.
We know, you creep, we know.
We know, you creep, we know.
Apparently, the governor was given incorrect information or simply spoke before he had confirmation.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Apparently, the governor was given incorrect information or simply spoke before he had confirmation.
So tragic, especially because there was no good reason for West Virginia National Guard members to be in DC. The responsibility for their deaths lands on the shooter, the president who used them for political theater, and the governor who willingly went along with that.
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So tragic, especially because there was no good reason for West Virginia National Guard members to be in DC. The responsibility for their deaths lands on the shooter, the president who used them for political theater, and the governor who willingly went along with that.
I'm sorry, but if you say the word "dongle," I'm going to burst out laughing. That's just how it is.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm sorry, but if you say the word "dongle," I'm going to burst out laughing. That's just how it is.