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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 15h

It was so great! So glad to finally hear you read your magnificent poems!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you so much! You, too, are kind! Just a bunch of kind folks all around, haha!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 17h

@djvorreyer.bsky.social Thanks so much for reading tonight! Your poetry was amazing!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 17h

@clbpoetry.bsky.social Loved your reading today. Thanks so much for sharing your work!

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 3d

@mitchnobis.bsky.social’s book cover appears in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5)

Adrian holds up the green book “The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees” by Mitchell Nobis, which closely matches the pattern on the jacket of the video game character on the screen behind the book

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, wow — that sounds like so much fun! Thank you for the tip!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 5d

Nice! I’ll give it a listen. I just won tickets to it on the radio, and I’m super excited to go because I’ve never been before!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 6d

“Sooner or later, it’s just an empty elevator.” — Phosphorescent

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My Bad Poetry @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social · Jun 30

On the week of his poetry collection debut @mitchnobis.bsky.social dropped by to share some poems that... did NOT make the manuscript.
Make sure to check out The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees!

open.spotify.com/episode/1WXV...

I Hear Trees Are Good Metaphors & Symbols & Such (w/ Mitchell Nobis)

My Bad Poetry · Episode

open.spotify.com

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 7d

Just got my ticket!

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 13d

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 15d

Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 16d

At #LAComicCon, my daughter met the voice actor for a Five Nights at Freddy’s character, and she couldn’t have been more starstruck!

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks to the litmag that rejected my poems on a Sunday. 🫠

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 23d

Me for the past week or so.

a man with white hair and a beard is talking about taking crazy pills .

Alt: Will Ferrell in Zoolander saying “I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS.”

media.tenor.com

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · 28d

Elizabeth Gilbert 👀👀👀

RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Sep 12

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’

The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his reactionary views on current events

www.theguardian.com

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Sep 12

Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

‘I Was Responsible for Those People’

The manager of Windows on the World survived 9/11, while 79 of his employees died. He’s still searching for permission to move on.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 12

The manager of Windows on the World survived 9/11. Seventy-nine of his employees died. "To tell Glenn’s story … is to share an uncomfortable truth: 9/11 was not the worst day of his life," Tim Alberta wrote in 2021.
https://theatln.tc/kBJO2mqs

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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · Sep 10

Charlie Kirk emboldened hate by cloaking his beliefs as "Christian".
Jesus embraced the marginalized.
He was the opposite of Kirk.
No Charlie should not have been murdered for his rhetoric.
But he did embrace hate. And I won't martyr him.

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · Sep 11

Reaction online is predictably polarized.

Reaction among the not-always-online people I tried to talk to was a unanimous, “who?”

I’m still working through that.

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Sep 11

I got mine on Tuesday!

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RD Morgan @rdmorgan.bsky.social · Aug 31

I hear you! Keep going!