Peter Josyph

I am Art Monster. I write fiction and non. I make films free of studios. I paint and exhibit. I write songs for Corporal Punishment. I photograph. I act. In other words, I have the privilege of being poor in a variety of art forms. I wouldn’t wish it on anybody, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Abdul El-Sayed is a Rhodes Scholar, with degrees from the University of Michigan, Oxford, and Columbia. 84% of Rhodes Scholars are Democrats or Independents, compared with just 14% Republicans. It’ll be great having Abdul in the Senate.

The just act done in private builds the same character as the just act done in public. Often it builds more, for nothing but conscience required it. #stoicism #philosophy

When the mind is troubled, return to first things: what is true, what is just, what is mine to do. The trouble loses its footing there. #stoicism #philosophy

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If only there were a Nobel Prize for heckling

SLUGGO TUESDAY

#filmsky #moviesky #filmnoir #NoirNeckties #JapaneseCinema Happy International Necktie Day HIGH AND LOW (1963) Akira Kurosawa

The citizen who yelled "Shove that ballroom up your fat ass" is, in this hard time, a patriot. Honestly, what is left to say about this level of misrule? What careful critique hasn't been already offered? What reasoned response to this full-on run at fascism and kleptocracy remained unspoken?

#filmnoir #filmsky #moviesky #BOTD Teresa Wright as “Young Charlie” SHADOW OF THE DOUBT (1943) She was 25 years old.

It’s when candidates say what they think I want to hear that I’m quickest to mute the sound. Living Wage Working Families Cost of Health Care - Uh! For half a century I’ve watched Dem candidates compete to be duller than anyone else running for office. Political powerpoints are not human speech…

I’m not voting for you unless you promise to fire all of your dumbass advisors, hire a few real writers including a few who have wit, read Robert Caro to understand power, and learn how to use a microphone…

The other day I got Wordle in 2 and still no one stopped me on the street…

i made another one

have you tried staring into space

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted a payout

#filmsky #moviesky #BornYesterday “Sometimes selfishness can even get to be a cause, an organized force, even a government. And then it's called fascism." Today is a good day to go #vote.

#birdoftheday #LMNO Lemonhead

My trip to the country. Birds fly up.

It's just another #MooMooMonday. 😺 Before Moo Moo crossed OTRB 🌈 he took Milo 🐈‍⬛️ under his paws 🐾 and prepared him to become range boss of the cat ranch. Just as his brother Possum had prepared him before he passed. 😽 #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsAreFamily

Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.

It says little for Dem understanding and use of power that the natural death of one puny sadistic dictator is their deepest hope of preventing him from further wrecking everything. Adept Dem lawmakers could have prevented this. I watched them hand the country over… gift-wrapped…

i've had article manuscripts rejected by journals you wouldn't even read

Little Kitty 🐈‍⬛️ aka "The Road Warrior" was the only cat I saw this morning. I went by Louie's place twice but he wasn't out. 🐱 #CatsOfBlueSky

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“They say everything can be replaced They say every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put me here” Vote this way, please… www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjtP...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

@peterjosyph.bsky.social - Ira Silverberg on Allen Ginsberg (WNYC radio interview) - allenginsberg.org/2026/10/m-o-...

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

#Photography #Monochrome #ReneBurri

right wing nationalist authoritarians on the run: first Hungary, now Serbia and Brazil, next Israel, and then America. Let's do this.

#filmsky #moviesky #politicaldrama #LonesomeRhodes  “They think like I do. Only they're even more stupid than I am, so I gotta think for 'em!” Today is a good day to go vote.

Naipaul said similar. If nobody hates you, it's over.

The owners of Elvis Presley’s music sued Anthropic, saying it trained its AI models on more than 200 of Presley’s songs without permission, accusing it of copyright infringement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/a...

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government. apnews.com/article/serb...

Being an artist means being willing for people to hate you - including those who love you the most.

Richard Serra (Sorry I don’t know the photographer - it’s a great shot)

“If gold is warm and steel is cold… all the better for steel… all the better for steel…”