Writer, millennial, chess enthusiast. Certified baby whisperer. My phone has been on silent since 2011 and everyone can just deal with it. What Would Jim Larkin Do?
Nearly a decade of Trump in our faces and you still have people in July 2024, going, "Hm, let me check out this speech and see how I feel."
Like what are you even talking about. What are you talking about.
Got this emailed to me today and could not believe that it wasn't a phishing attempt. This is a real email from the USCF. However, it turns out that if you follow through, they attempt to sell you a book and shirt for $450? What the hell is going on at USCF? #chess
The skies just got a little more blue... you can now post GIFs!
We're starting with a set list of GIFs from Tenor. You can turn off auto-play in your settings.
Custom uploaded GIFs and video coming soon! 🔜
Share Bluesky with a friend: bsky.app/download 💙
I should make more of an effort to seek out people and communities worth following on this platform, but on the other hand it's kind of nice having a feed that's just bots posting Monet and van Gogh all day with an occasional word from @benschwartz.bsky.social.
"My suggestion to the employers is that if they want peace, we are prepared to meet them, but if they want war, then war they will have." - Jim Larkin 📷
There's a fable to be told about the stupid man tucked away inside his house bemoaning the lack of art in his possession as the beauty and wonder of the world drifts by unseen outside his window, and I am that stupid man.
This is the closest I have to a New Year's Eve poem. It appeared in Afterfeather, a wonderful anthology published in 2022 by Black Bough Poetry and edited by @brionycollins.bsky.social (www.blackboughpoetry.com/afterfeather...)
I wish that everyone has a fantastic 2024!
