Stephen Persing

Stephen Persing

@stephenpersing.bsky.social

writer, painter, guitarist, part of this good nutritious breakfast.

2,638 Followers 331 Following 1,955 Posts Joined Nov 2024
2 days ago

May the Force (of Nature) be with you

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2 days ago

Somewhere I have a recording of Boris Karloff reading it

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3 days ago
The flaming guitar player from Mad Max Fury Road

How I see myself when I pick up my ukulele

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3 days ago
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USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

I don't think I've ever seen John Oliver so angry before - with good reason.
youtu.be/tU8S13xYJNM?...

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3 days ago

Are there any standouts among the dozen?

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3 days ago

Should they have worn beans instead?

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4 days ago
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I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek - The Go Go's YouTube video by addiegirl4

I have no words for this - except that these aren't the Go Gos you're thinking of.
youtu.be/GuBJ5H9m3Sc?...

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4 days ago

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

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5 days ago
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
-Ursula K. Le Guin

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5 days ago

A whole new generation will learn to burn their draft cards

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6 days ago

I finally saw it last year. It's just as odd as I was left to believe.
Give the photo a good spot on the wall.

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6 days ago

Very stylish!

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6 days ago

I hate how relevant this song is today. Just substitute Iran for Vietnam

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6 days ago
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Country Joe & the Fish - VietNam Song - Live Woodstock 1969 - Full HD Video YouTube video by Dima T

R.I.P. Country Joe McDonald:
youtu.be/ft0vkKCadgk?...

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6 days ago

As Bari Weiss said "What are standards?"

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6 days ago

Idea: a cover band that only plays songs by formerly popular "geniuses" called Van Morrissey

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6 days ago
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Today’s feast: polenta topped with spinach, tomato, feta, and poached eggs, toast with peach marmalade, mixed fruit, and black currant tea. I won’t have to eat again until supper

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6 days ago

Of the various slang terms for crazy/senile, my favorite is "doolally," which isn't used often enough. The word itself seems a bit wonky.

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6 days ago

No. Just no.

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1 week ago

⏳ Timeless insight by Marcus Aurelius:

“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.”

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Like clockwork.

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1 week ago

The friend of our enemy is our friend?

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1 week ago

Poetry is music, and vice versa

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1 week ago

I'll be dancing until dawn

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1 week ago

Is the study of Wikipedia known as Wikipediatrics, and its practitioners Wikipediatricians?

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1 week ago

Let’s see him defend his diet

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1 week ago

Or people hunting Sexy Ghosts?

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1 week ago

William Shawn said that he couldn't read a manuscript without wanting to add punctuation. He's been dead for years, but his spirit lives on.

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1 week ago

Was there a C- Ark? Maybe a D+?

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