A rare post by me with a lot of rhyming – Not based on real events – Original post date 12/2/2016
“All that which we cannot see, /
Opens paths to mystery /
Inner feeling ever shifts /
What before & what betwixt? / […]”
Category: environment
Something Which Will Affect Everyone including Louisville / Neighborhood Non-profits
AI summary of post text (but not video) from Wordpress: The post opposes a bill that would allow the Treasury Secretary to label non-profits as ‘terrorist supporting’ without evidence. It encourages activism to safeguard essential community services, civil rights, and the rights of medical professionals and patients. Concerns are raised about potential authoritarian implications of the bill.
World Ocean Review 8 is Out: The Ocean – A Climate Champion? How to Boost Marine Carbon Dioxide Uptake
The World Ocean Review has released World Ocean Review 8: The Ocean – A Climate Champion? How to Boost Marine Carbon Dioxide Uptake. This is a peer-reviewed (but not original research) publication which is put together like a textbook accessible for a general reading audience. You can read it online, download it as one or several PDFs, or order a paper copy free of charge (and free shipping!).
A Nation’s Interlude
The driftwood of our lives
Washed up on some foreign shore
We glistened
But the sun was not amiable
It was fierce […]
Acknowledgement to Juliana Spahr for the influence of her book “Well Then There Now”
Some info on stylistic influences on his 2017 book, ‘Synaptic Syntactic’, particularly a book by Juliana Spahr called Well Then There NOw. The characters’ names of ‘We all the Small Ones’ and ‘Demonoid Picotent’ were derived from Spahr’s work. Talk on the use of repetition and distorting texts using machine translations.
The Set of Modernistic Identities
The Set of Modernistic Identities — Flash creative nonfiction and/or prose poem We get up and have coffee. We shower or not. Have that run or not. Turn on the TV or radio or other background noise. We drive to work or school or the grocery. We say ‘hi how are you’ and ‘im good’ […]
Transient Formation of Flock of Multiconsciousness’ Islets
AI Summary is Nice: The text ambiguously gives an account of a group referred to as ‘We the People’ interacting with each other and the world around them. It suggests they are interconnected and interdisciplinary beings who navigate complex conceptual and physical landscapes while formulating theories and manipulating time. The narrative is abstract, fragmented, and filled with symbolic and philosophical expressions.
GoFundMe: Buy 1,000 Postcard Stamps and Defeat Fascism!
The AI is not wrong: The author is seeking financial aid for an activism project aimed at ensuring Donald Trump’s electoral defeat, among other goals. They have purchased postcards but need assistance to fast-track the acquisition of stamps, which is currently requiring significant financial restraint. The project’s detailed explanation can be found via a provided GoFundMe link. Some images to be included on the postcards cannot fully extend to the edges due to potential printing issues. The author posted this in the early hours of the morning, emphasizing the urgency of their request.
We
We wake in the morning, or at noon, or the witching hour, rising, sick, or sleepy, or hurried. We make our preparations and take our medications, black coffee, nicotine, whiskey rocks, what have you, running and walking dogs, herding children and scooping after cats. There is no tomorrow, only this synthetic ‘morning’, whatever hour it […]
“The Predator in the Darkness” reflections and research after a (possible) mountain lion encounter
I would like to say that I had an encounter with a mountain lion, but in truth, I can’t say what it was. I think the beast was within about 10 feet of me, 20 at the most, but I never saw a thing. I was sitting by a campfire, alone, in a dark forest […]