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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 2d

Anyway, fawning over politicians is weird, point blank. Politicians are not your friends, they are not your aunts/uncles, they are not your family, they are careerists only concerned with getting ahead in the game.

Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 2d

Did everyone just forget when Kamala Harris promised a hardline stance on immigration as president, or promised that "America would have the world's most lethal army!" like it was a good thing? Or were y'all just not paying attention.

Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 2d

I was hoping for some leftist Kamala Harris opinions to retweet but this whole site is liberal hell and all your Kamala-touting literally makes me want to throw up, so I'll just repost from twitter. These say it better than I could anyhow.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 4d

“YOUR LEGACY WILL ALWAYS BE GENOCIDE”

Last night, multiple protestors called out former Vice President Kamala Harris during her book tour stop in D.C.

Kamala Harris says she isn’t the president, but she was vice president while bombs rained on Gaza and got $5 MILLION from AIPAC

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 4d

Cherry Smith's 'Famished' should be on the national curriculum. Not just for English Literature, but History & Politics too.

'They made us underdogs,
then shot us if we barked'

#poetry #poemoftheday #racism #irishfamine #antiimperialism
#ireland

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 4d

Last year I had fifteen poems published in a 12-month period (Dec. '23 - Dec. '24), this year I'll have ten. But I was also a lot pickier with what magazines I submitted to, so it evens out I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 4d

I've got four poems set to be published between now and December, including a poem with ANMLY on October 15!

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 8d

Pauline Johnson was one of Canada's most beloved poets.
Her poems focused on her duel English-Mohawk heritage, which were reflected in her stage shows.
Celebrated for her work, she remains an important literary figure in our history.
This is her story.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 8d

Her performances were split into two acts. In the first act, she performed as Tekahionwake, which was her Mohawk name. She wore Indigenous clothing and items given to her by her grandfather. In this part, her poetry highlighted Indigenous issues and history.

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A black-and-white photo of a woman standing with her hands in the pockets of a long, double-breasted coat with fur trim and cuffs, wearing a hat adorned with feathers, posed against a plain background.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 8d

In the second part, she changed into a Victorian dress. This performance focused on English verse and touched on women's rights.
She performed around North America and published books of poetry including The White Wampum in 1895 and Canadian Born in 1903.

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A vintage book cover with an orange background, featuring the title "The White Wampum" by E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) in bold text. The cover includes an illustration of a woman with long hair standing among stylized plants, with a moon in the background. The publisher, Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Publishers & Importers, 6 Beacon St., Boston - Life Building, New York, is noted, along with the text "Sold Here."

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BookBlast Official @bookblast.org · 5d

Never more pertinent than now 🕊️by legendary Beat poet & co-founder of City Lights publishers - booksellers 🙉🙈🙊

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Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 24d

About censorship on Bluesky:

From the moment you decide to create a multi-themed platform based on the content generated by other people, you need to understand that those people are your clients. Without them, you wouldn’t be in the position you are now.

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Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 24d

Clients should be able to consume and publish whatever they want —within reasonable limits—. THEY DECIDE. Therefore, your role as a platform should be to remain neutral and facilitate so that people themselves can choose what they want to see or not.

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Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 24d

Personally, I’m not a big fan of extremely explicit sexual NSFW. But nudity is still one of the most beautiful forms of art and anatomical study, and I enjoy other types of +18 content. If there’s something I specifically don’t want to see, I mute it or block it; that’s what those options are for.

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Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 24d

Moderation, instead of focusing on censoring the very content that sustains the platform, should be aimed at improving the user experience and giving us more tools to decide for ourselves.

I am sure I have not said anything particularly outrageous or novel, just common sense, but I needed to say it

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 22d

Why Bsky's new content bans are BAD: 1. ANTHING "problematic" gets banned. 2. THEY decide what's "problematic", not the site's users. 3. Anyone posting "problematic" content is LESS likely to self-moderate for fear of being banned. 4. This is the death of the FREEDOM of expression on this site.

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 25d

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

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Multiple cropped screenshots showing portions of the bsky TOS before and now. Before: "iv. Encouraging self-harm or suicide
v. Depictions of excessive violence, gore, torture, dismemberment, or non-consensual sexual activity". Now: "ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non-consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions. iv. Do not create, share, or promote sexual content involving realistic risk of death or serious injury. i. Do not share content, methods, instructions, or promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and extreme dieting practices.
ii. Do not share methods, instructions, depictions, or promotion of dangerous stunts or abuse of dangerous or controlled substances. 5. Protected Expression
B. Support, Recovery, and Mental Health:
i. Personal recovery experiences or survivor stories shared to promote healing and community support rather than encouraging harmful behavior.
ii. Sharing verified mental health resources, crisis prevention".

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 24d

Phil Ochs - I'm Tired #music #tunes #folkmusic #mood
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTnf...

I'm Tired

YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 25d

Fuck every Democrat who voted for Charlie Kirk day. Fuck every politician in this country.

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 26d

Barack Obama dropped a bomb every eight minutes for his entire eight years in office. He dropped so many bombs he ran out of bombs. He made the Democrats choose Biden when we wanted Bernie. He bailed out the banks and told Flint to drink their lead-poisoned water. He's not a good guy.

Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm really having trouble processing the relative silence from Barack Obama about a colleague who he'd hosted at the White House, the Minnesota State House Speaker, being assassinated, but rushing to get out a weepy statement about Charlie fucking Kirk.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · Sep 11

If people like Klein truly believe this, then they must also believe that people celebrating his death, even encouraging more, are practicing politics the right way, but I bet they don't. This loser was not practicing politics. He was trying to start a race war and various other wars/exterminations.

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 27d

what if fallen leaves
truly are sheets of paper,
crinkled and discarded —
love letters summer wrote
and then thought better of

#tanka #poetry
#TankaThursday

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 28d

“Then he came, the speaker. He stood in the square. He told us who to hate.”

Been starting my mornings with William Stafford. Did not expect this one. (From The Way It Is)

#poetry #writing

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Left: Scene from "Cunk on Life".
Right: American release cover art for The Strokes album "Is This It", showing subatomic particle tracks in a bubble chamber.

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · Aug 26

I think about this poem all the time.

We Lived Happily During the War, Ilya Kaminsky.

And when they bombed other people’s houses, we

protested
but not enough, we opposed them but not

enough. I was
in my bed, around my bed America

was falling: invisible house by invisible house by invisible house.

I took a chair outside and watched the sun.

In the sixth month
of a disastrous reign in the house of money

in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)

lived happily during the war.

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