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Intractable Expression
@intractable-exp.bsky.social
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Part-time writer, full-time human. Life-long depressive. Expressions include poetry, fiction, and occasional opinion. Owner of a small, disdainful mammal.
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Intractable Expression @intractable-exp.bsky.social · Mar 4
when life at its least was barely enough
misery denied that I didn't give up
So for those unable to see the imminent catastrophe
Fanatical glory lost in the smoke screen
Blinded by lies that soothe their ego
Oblivious of the pain they’re reaping
Ready to let it all burn for their infantile king
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readingintandem.bsky.social
October is Substance Use Prevention Month & stories of addiction and recovery remind us that healing is not linear, and that there is no single “right” path to recovery. Representation gives language, visibility, and hope to those who may feel alone in their journey. Here are some recs! #booksky
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Another weekend to procrastinate under the excuse of taking care of nothing...
#booksky #authorsky #writing
#tootiredtoolazy
Entry of a dictionary describing the fictitious word Stresslaxing, aka being stressed that relaxing makes you more stressed because you're not working on what is making you stressed.
September 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Hold back nothing, Kimmel. #Nextstar wants capitulation for their deals, and pretends it's about "values". Orange idiot can cry all he wants to, and #Sinclair can go suck his tiny mushroom.
#fuckfascism

variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Nexstar Will Not Air ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’, Joining Sinclair in Boycotting ABC Show Over Host’s ‘Ill-Timed and Insensitive’ Kirk Comments
Nexstar Media said it will continue to preempt 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after ABC will bring his show back. Sinclair also said it will keep Kimmel off the air.
variety.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
You ripped our dreams out of the sky
plunged it into our heart
A weapon made of our own design
We screamed until we could not breathe
smothered by ashen sorrow
Because hate cannot accept why it is not free
Why it cannot laugh at itself or wear what it pleases
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#poetry #poems #poetrysky #booksky
A photo of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers and the NYC skyline.
September 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
#florida #idiocracy
Image of a computer screen that shows a videogame graphic of an Ox pulling a wagon with the caption "You have died of Florida".
September 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
#booksky #readmorebooks
A book cover with an illustration of Princess Leia holding a book with the caption "Read. It's our only hope".
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Stars in the night sky
do not shine in order to block out the light from other stars,
But to prove they existed long after they are gone.
🌌
August 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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tommysiegel.bsky.social
PS: plenty more comics just like it in my books and on my website, xoxo

www.tommysiegel.net
August 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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iwantyoustudio.bsky.social
Guilty.
“HE STOLE HER” WHEN TRUMP USES THE WORD ‘STOLE’ TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED TO VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, IT MEANS HE THOUGHT THAT THAT SHE WAS NO MORE THAN A OBJECT.THAT SHE WAS HIS PROPERTY. BUT THEN, WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A MAN WHO WAS FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, BOASTED ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND SPOKE IN A SEXUAL MANNER ABOUT HIS OWN DAUGHTER?
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
For anyone facing the choice of health vs wholeness.
#breastcancer #poetry #poetrysky #poem #authorsky #writing
An image of an orange bra on a hanger, below the image is a poem. A poem: Green giving magic grows in the corner of my yard A sturdy chestnut tree that makes seasonal messes Dangling strings of rough pollen turn into spiky amulets of nut Its sharp defenses make you work for the prize Bleeding fingers as you marvel the sweet cloister inside One day last year, someone cut my tree Hacking its branches back to contain its bounty Unappreciative of the delicious mess Free food if you wanted the trouble Instead they wanted control A secret butchering Without permission, without reason I raged and grieved for my poor tree Slowly healing through the changing seasons The amputation would not kill its aged roots Not by a long shot Still, it stings to see the blunted cuts Woody scars of mistreatment Ignorance or malice I cannot decide. But now I face a different butcher One I sought by choice Inside me is little lump No bigger than the nut from my precious tree Painless but growing Do we amputate the extraneous Or do we wait for harvest Do we wait for its seed to spread inside of me Would the seeds multiply, root themselves within my bones Gorging until nothing is left But the little nut that should not be. I can live without my breast Just as my tree can live without its limb I know my roots go deeper than that My womanhood belongs to more than my parts Tropes of busty femininity Should not define my body But I’ll know what was taken from me I’ll see the cuts and feel the hollow My scar for healthy intervention Salvation or mutilation I cannot decide.
July 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
My summer beach read: any fanfic where Abrams is leading our country instead of the current turd in a suit.
#booksky #summerbooksky
#beachread
July 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Follow the leader
and you’ll never get lost
& never go wrong
the rules will change to meet your need
the directions are right
if you always believe
loyal and lying
pile up in the streets
you won’t have to choose
you won’t have to think
sit with hands folded
& legs spread wide
insert your hate
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July 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
"It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of
color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro
people a bad check...But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. " MLK Jr
#poetrysky
A photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his speech in Washington DC in 1963.
June 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Meta thinks I should Friend someone from the inner circle of hell...
#evil #wtf
A photo of a pathetic human being named Scott Bessent.
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
When you start writing, no one warns you of the absolute carnage that you will inflict on your home.
#writer #authorsky #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writersky #booksky
A very messy coffee table covered in junk.
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
"How interesting that the world feels like it's tipping backwards, and I am leaning forward with all my weight and not looking back."
-Jasmine Gardosi
youtube.com/shorts/H1LLJ...
#poetry #queerpoet
#transrights
"The number of anti-trans bills is swelling" - Poet Jasmine Gardosi on trans rights | Adam Yosef
YouTube video by Adam Yosef
youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Nothing is quite as pleasing to the selfish space of one's heart as seeing your words in print. Thank you to Reclaim for selecting me.
#SAAM #poetry #writersky
#sexualassaultawareness
#writer #amwriting #booksky
A copy of a printed poem titled The Twisties from the Reclaim journal. The front page of the Reclaim Journal with artwork of splashes of purple and pink on a black background.
April 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
For all the survivors out there, we see you 💙
#SAAM #sexualassaultawareness
#sexualassaultsurvivor
A graphic with hearts saying April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, sending love to survivors.
April 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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caligreg.bsky.social
Trump’s Triple-down Tax Scam

With triple the cuts going to the rich,
A $4.5 trillion tax cut is crazy, bitch!
And steal our benefits to pay for it?
Trickle-down didn’t. Fuck that shit.
April 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Trans Day of Visibility was Monday 31st, so one of my favorite bookstores gathered these titles to check out. I just ordered 'A Gentleman's Gentleman' by TJ Alexander. 🩵🩷🩵
#booksky #books #indiereads #reading #transdayofvisibility #queerauthors #queerreads
An assortment of books in a display with a sign that reads "Trans Writes
April 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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caligreg.bsky.social
A New Dance for Sundance

Utah voted to ban pride flags.
That decision is causing snags.
Sundance is moving to a new state,
Since the old one is filled with hate.
March 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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caligreg.bsky.social
A New Level of Incompetence

Using Signal is wildly irresponsible,
Making high security totally impossible.
Trump’s team did the unfathomable,
“Highest level of fuckup imaginable.”
March 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
I'm running out of ways to colorfully exclaim how stupid Dump's cabinet is, but this sums it up:
sorayanadiamcdonald.com Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · Mar 24
It turns out a cabinet full of camera-ready dilettantes operates pretty much exactly how you'd expect
March 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
The blurb says it all in @joconklin.bsky.social’s brilliant starter pack. The #writingcommunity isn’t anti-tech but sceptical about certain uses of generative #AI, the thievery underpinning it, the crap it produces & the motives of the tech bro billionaires behind it. Please follow & repost #booksky
March 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
intractable-exp.bsky.social
Spring reminds us that something new is still possible; my cat wants to know why flowers sprouted in her litter box.
#springequinox #catsky
A cat sits in the dirt next to a clump of blooming daffodils
March 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM