dani n. kuntz

Go to, sir, you were beaten in Italy

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phd app update: i was waitlisted by a diff. program!! taking that as a win. still waiting on a few more programs to notify me of a decision… i just need one ✅ 😩

ok the prof i was in contact with said they could only accept 1 student this year and that my app was strong and she hopes i'll get an offer elsewhere... hahahahahahahahhaahahah me too

i am a pessimist but chances were never in my favor anyway and especially now methinks… i guess the lesson is to be more comfortable with my own mediocrity

bro why did my top choice for CW PhD have to deny me on a Friday NIGHT

does writing accountability get better than this??

wait was this an actual line

red sign with all caps bold, black arial text reading “PLEASE USE CAUTION. ICY CONDITIONS MAY EXIST.”

also hilarious that this sign was on the stairwell door as i left my apt for the rally. unintentional metaphor

one sign reads POETS FOR GOOD. the other says “got salt?” in the form of a salt shaker drawing.

excerpts from Renée Nicole Good’s award winning poem

my signs for the day of solidarity

wait who is the poet nemesis 👀

the secret’s out!
(it was not a secret)

Hi!! 💜🫏

How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used preaching traditions to deliver iconic speeches “I Have a Dream” is one of the most powerful addresses in history. An expert explores the language traditions and tools used in Dr. King’s historic speech.

actually a really insightful and moving article blog.duolingo.com/mlk-dream-sp...
i love language

Huge CONGRATS to 2025 OKD contributor Amber Burke for making it into the Best Microfiction 2026 anthology with her piece "Dark Circles"! This year’s winners were picked by final judge Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social. See the full list of winners at www.bestmicrofiction.com. 🫏

The orange felon wants to invade and annex Greenland whilst in military control of Venezuela but is also asking his fellow murderous dictator Putin to join his bullshit Board of Peace. I truly hate him and his cult.

ok i read this whole thing and god damn it’s so good

As far as I can tell the only real obstacle to people living peacefully together are the people who say that people can't live peacefully together.

They don’t care if you have proof of citizenship. I thought everyone knew that at this point. Legit US VETERANS have been kidnapped by ICE.

Gina!!

I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"

The words "Spare Stephen King" in black sharpie market on a flat cardboard box.

Well, I guess you never want to run out?

Unpopular: Spider-man 1-3 from the early 2000s is peak superhero movie.

I was telling one of my kids that it was physically impossible for an ad to play between songs on any of the records I own, and they asked "and you only have to pay for it once?" and you could see how strange that seemed. You cannot overstate how many basic rules of media consumption have changed.

Poorly Researched Men’s Fiction I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows. The way they were lined up, I could take down t...

"I hefted the wrought iron fishing stick, felt its familiar leaden weight. 'Teach a man to fish…' I said, smiling wistfully. The forest enclosed me like some sort of massive tree convention at the Javits Center."

insta block indeed

ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.

The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

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