Richard B. Simon

Richard B. Simon

@rbsimon.bsky.social

Writer. Professor. PEN America Bellwether Prize Finalist. Words: GulfstreamLit, ChicagoQReview, Hunger Mtn., Relix, RollingStone, MTV, Juxtapoz. Teaching Big History (UC Press). BRIGHT SPIDER PRESS.

401 Followers 203 Following 900 Posts Joined Sep 2023
19 hours ago

The oil companies will raise prices and they’ll get the $ instead of the public

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19 hours ago

The McLeaf

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20 hours ago

I wonder if there’s a way to fuel civilization without this “oil” that seems to cause so much trouble

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1 day ago

From a thread about great Douglas Adams quotes. I think about this one *a lot* these days.

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23 hours ago

Harder to run
when they come
from behind to cut
your throat when
you’re tripping
over the clown
shoes the boss
man Made
you wear

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23 hours ago

”our blockade
Is perfectly
Legal”

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The answer to every frequently asked question that Spotify poses here is, “yes”

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23 hours ago

F yes.

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1 day ago

they are all wearing clown shoes to camouflage the clown chief’s lifts

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1 day ago

Trump did not see

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1 day ago

In case anyone did not see

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1 day ago

Feeling this these days.

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1 day ago

“If they don’t like it, fuck it.”

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1 day ago

(Guillotine emoj)

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2 days ago

Grateful Dead (and friends)
Ace's Studio, Feb-Sept 1975
The Complete Circulating Collection

FLAC or MP3 download
398 audio files, ~26 hours of material & notes PDF

By me, @bourgwick.bsky.social, @jeremyerwin.bsky.social & John H of saveyourface.posthaven.com

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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1 day ago

My new approach to literary production also.

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1 day ago

Schrödinger‘s oil panic.

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Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...

This is a technical story with stunning strategic implications. It is quite possible the US launched a massive war because Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff lacked the technical expertise to even understand what the Iranians were offering in negotiations. Absolute idiocy.
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

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1 day ago

The Gig Is Up

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3 days ago
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Electric car drivers rn.

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3 days ago

Oh yeah.

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3 days ago
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Senator mocked ‘green energy crap.’ His house runs on it. Montana Republican Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home.

Montana Republican Tim Sheehy voted to scrap solar tax credits after installing panels and battery storage at his Bozeman home.

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3 days ago
poster for Country Joe, Led Zeppelin  and Taj Mahal Garcia, Kaukonen, Hart, Melton, Casady jam

garcia, hart, kaukonen, & casady jam at the final show by the original country joe & the fish lineup, fillmore west, january '69 (headlining over led zeppelin). more coherent than you'd expect! youtu.be/ayCupYA4DBM
@corry342.bsky.social pieces it together: hooterollin.blogspot.com/2016/01/fill...

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3 days ago
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3 days ago

This is what ecocide looks like.

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4 days ago

We gotta stop letting people with a tenuous grasp on being a person in society with other people be in charge of anything

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5 days ago

Wazzaaaaaaaaaap

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5 days ago

Seems to be on amphetamines.

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5 days ago

Almost like

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5 days ago
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Entertainment is winning. Postman was right.

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