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The Dread Poet Michael

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Had a fairly interesting life, did some stuff, went some cool places, made some things, and now I'm old. Funny how that works... Live naked! TheDreadPoetMichael.com Original stuff © Slava Ukraini!

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · Nov 18

FWIW this feed is full of photography, art, nature, science, philosophy, humor, poetry, and general weirdness, interspersed with my "stream" of consciousness

You *might* want to bring along a life jacket 😳

a waterfall is surrounded by rocks and trees in a forest

ALT: a waterfall is surrounded by rocks and trees in a forest

media.tenor.com

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Tractus Fynn @tractusfynn.bsky.social · 1h

If we were meant to fly we would have been born with wings.
#DefyDogma

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 56m

I finally made my Mexican pizza today and it is now going to be a regular item

An additional dusting of chili powder and cumin over the cooked pie was the final touch

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 57m

Wow

As it scrolled into view I though it was a photo

Great textures and colors in the water

Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 8h

My painting COASTAL EXPLORERS

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 1h

Guaranteed not to lose their crisp when you pour half a bottle of whiskey over them to get the day started 👍

MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 1h

#amreading Cerealized Authors:

Whole Grain Hemmingways
(Now with more salt)

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 1h

There was a time in my life when...

Well... I'll just say there but for the grace of god...😵‍💫

Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 1h

Morning. ☕️

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 1h

We lomgs can't have nothin' good no more, the peons and the hoi polloi have ruined it all

These guys couldn't get knighted in a Donut Kingdom

Tractus Fynn @tractusfynn.bsky.social · 1h

This Day in #History 1520
King Henry VIII of England orders the installation of bowling lanes in his palace at Whitehall...

(shown here: a modern re-creation)

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 1h

A kawari kabuto (exotic samurai helmet), Momoyama-Early Edo period, 16th-17th century. A black lacquered exotic helmet, the crown rising to the crest of a wave, wakidate (side crests) in the form of clam shells lacquered black on the outside and gold in the inside. Japan

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 8h

Never missed an episode and I'm so glad because it prepared be for living in one 😱

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 8h

Little did we know we were in training for how to deal with fascists LOL

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 9h

If we had new Congressional elections right now Johnson and pals would be out on their ears

Clowns like this *always* overreach themselves

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 9h

We know why

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 1d

White Wagtail after a fly! 😀
Taken at the weekend at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...

A white Wagtail in flight pursuing a fly

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Michael R Photography 🌿 @msriffle.bsky.social · 12h

For this image of a camellia flower I used a technique called Ultraviolet Induced Visible Fluorescence (UVIVF). I use a powerful 365nm UV torch to "paint" the flower for 30 seconds in total darkness using a UV pass filter. #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #fullspectrum #ultravioletphotography

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 9h

I'll just note that the Taliban also hate music

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 9h

Permanent damage and the boss back in Moscow is loving it

Even if we throw the bums out nobody's going to want to do business with us any more and I can't blame them

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 9h

Had a bit of a shock this morning in the half-dark in the kitchen

When I reached for a jar by the sink my resident Froggy jumped onto my hand - cold, clammy frog skin was not what I was reaching for 🤣🤣🤣🐸

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s a wonderful jumping spider I recently saw in Italy 🇮🇹

#NatureWithin #Arachnids

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

As often, she's half right

Grocery *prices* are up, grocery *purchases* are down

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

I don't know about her but I do definitely see some people here who don't look American

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

The following graphic is educational and informative - e/i

For instance, did you know the planets are all men?

Venus had us fooled but turns out to be just a drag queen

#Sad

A graphic showing the obliquities (axial tilts) of the planets

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

This will blow up in their faces *so* badly (read the oath)

Any teacher who faithfully follows that oath will quickly come into conflict with state restriction on classroom teachers LOL floridaphoenix.com/briefs/teach...

Teachers would have to take constitutional oath under newly proposed bill • Florida Phoenix

A bill filed Monday by state Rep. Tom Fabricio would require teachers to take an oath to the Constitution and nonpartisanship. The bill, HB 147, would require teachers to, “before entering upon the du...

floridaphoenix.com

The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

In high school we had a football chant

"Push 'em back!
Push 'em back!
Wa-a-a-a-a-y back!"

Even Arizona's had enough www.politico.com/live-updates...

Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

www.politico.com

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

Another laugh out loud moment www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pete Hegseth’s attempt to gag journalism is a resounding failure | Margaret Sullivan

Hegseth wants journalists to only publish ‘explicitly authorized’ information. That is not how the free press works

www.theguardian.com

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The Dread Poet Michael @thedreadpoetmichael.com · 10h

Ummmmm.... you and what army? Israel turned Gaza into a wasteland and didn't manage to do it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says Hamas will be forced to disarm or ‘we will disarm them’

US president says it should take place in a ‘reasonable period of time’ amid questions over group’s status