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upsilona.bsky.social
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Aspiring poet, nearly 50, autism, and other issues, Leader of expert engineers by day, dreamer, of classical history, physics, astronomy and philosophy by night. Share but please do not steal.
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upsilona.bsky.social @upsilona.bsky.social · Sep 10
The Manifesto of Sacred Autonomy We begin with silence - not absence, but respect. We do not enter uninvited. We do not touch without trust. To live ethically is to pause, to ask, to wait. The boundary is not a barrier - it is the birthplace of dignity. I. The Right to Refuse No tool, no law, no hand shall cross the threshold of another without clear, conscious welcome. Respect is restraint. Power, if it must exist, must kneel before consent. II. The Body Is Not a Negotiation This flesh, this breath, this pulse… they are not permissions to be granted. They are sovereign. Risk to self is not a crime. Safety is not a leash. III. The Ethics of Touch and Echo Every action leaves a trace. Before you move, ask: Who will feel this? If the answer is more than you, then the answer must begin with them. IV. Against the Soft Cage of Care We reject the kindness that binds. We reject the laws that love by force. We reject the systems that punish freedom and call it protection. To err is human. To choose is divine. V. A Culture of Invitation Let our technologies knock, not barge. Let our relationships ask, not assume. Let our governance listen, not command. Let our designs be doors, not traps. VI. The Path We Build We build with space. We build with choice. We build with the radical belief that freedom is not chaos… it is care, without coercion. It is love, without leash. UpsilonA
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My Hands Remember
Bias runs quietly. Consequences don’t.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Do you know?
Between thought and voice, the universe waits.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Bonds
On attachment, endurance, and the cost of naming things poorly
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January 18, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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I’m 50 today
F*** Sake.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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Uninsulated
Purpose... depending on who can afford it.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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Through the Fog
Seeing clearly through the layers no one else notices.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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ARTIFICIAL 2.0
The cost of convenience is the collapse of capacity. Artificial was the spark. This is the smoke.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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The Hidden Game
Playing the Hidden Game of Tech.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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Neuroblah
Every trajectory has its genius.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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The Reward System
Escaping the reward architecture we inherit. No more deferred tomorrow's.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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Stages
Storm after storm, I remain.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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Lionesses
They owned the floor, the night, themselves.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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Eulogy for the former self
Peace is not apathy.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Individuality Eats Stability
Between ignition and collapse, we balance the burn.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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Bell¿ngcat
You can’t vote out a storm.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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The First Mask
Built to soothe them, worn to survive.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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The Violence of Visibility
On being read before being known
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December 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Bonfire of Identities
Identity burns low — comfort is the name we give the pyre.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Steak Knife
Reflections on sudden violence, memory, and the fragility of life
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December 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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A love poem to human evolution.

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The Lovely Girls
A love poem to human evolution.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Artificial
Why dependence, not sentience, is the real AI risk.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Ordinary Brian
Middle-class, built on misery.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Midwinter Mirror
a poem about what Christmas reveals, not what it should be.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Tools
Tools change, human nature has not.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Carbon-neutral censorship
When erasure goes green and everyone cheers.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM