The Dread Poet Michael

FWIW this feed is full of photography, art, nature, science, philosophy, humor, poetry, and general weirdness, interspersed with my "stream" of consciousness You *might* want to bring along a life jacket 😳

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A little pumpkin made of clay, Prayed that the potter would make his day. He longed for slits for glowing eyes, To give the passersby a surprise, And dreamed of a jagged, toothy grin, With a flicker of warm flame within. 🎃 ~FLM

Yikes So many of us have known this for a very long time But nobody seems to care 🤦

Last night I learned about the Michigan Dogman, the Beast of Bray Road, the Arkansas Howler, and Yeti Ok, I didn't really *learn* anything but I did laugh a lot

∞ This adult Atlantic bay nettle is at the very end of its lifespan. They bloom in the hot summer months, reproduce, & then linger through October. As the water temperature drops later in the fall, bay nettles will eventually naturally die off.

Any lovesick fool can write love #poems Aim higher 👍

If it's applicable for anyone reading this, DO NOT USE #PHP Sooner or later it will stab you in the back I speak from experience

I do love the idea of scads of IT people being called onto the carpet to justify why they used #PHP on the corporate servers And, as usual, PHP will face no financial consequences despite the large amounts of money being lost across the Internet

I've long said Dear Leader is a deeply suppressed transsexual The hair, the makeup, hands making the sign of the vagina over the crotch when sitting, and now this She wants the world to know she's in there and succeeds sometimes www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Decide how to spend your taxes. 💰 #TaxNoir #IRS Democratizing the Tax Code. 📚💙 A Subversive Short Story 99¢ “A controversial idea, and a fun read…” www.amazon.com/dp/B091FGZBN3

Gotta love me some Indigenous Luddites 👍😍

Turn off your TV Go outdoors to a quiet and beautiful place Leave your phone (ciggies, etc) at home or in the car Be still and listen That heart is beating all around you

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros): This 14.5cm (5.7in) bird is native to Europe, N.Africa and Asia. It was generally a bird of mountainous, rocky and stony areas but since 1900 has adapted to living in urban areas. Photo by Gvictor Neo in Norway. #redstart #blackredstart #bird #norway #wildlife

They don't pay us enough to have money for retirement Then they take advantage of that to squeeze what little life is left out of us

For Lebanon 🇱🇧 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧 “I am a kind word uttered and repeated by the voice of nature I am a star fallen from the blue tent upon the green carpet . .” — Khalil Gibran Song of the Flower #poetry #Lebanon 🇱🇧 Flowers for Lebanon 🎨 Bibi Zogbe  #flowersonFriday

Happy #ForestFriday folks! #VT365 #Vermont #NaturePhotography

💕Hello Thursday..👋☕️☕️☕️ A quiet sunrise, a hot cup of coffee, & a powerful reminder: We will never get this day back. Live it with intention, gratitude & joy. Laugh a little harder, smile broader & embrace whatever the today has to offer. 🥰

Endorse x1000 Turn them all into public parks

Not in a good mood... I quit using PHP for new projects some time back Their arrogant disregard for their users... pulling the rug out from under live production software cost me a lot of time and distress Now that disregard has stabbed us all in the back

One thing a long life can teach is that "talk" means "communicate", not "run your mouth" Pretty much everything on this earth has a story and will "tell" it to you if your mind is open and free of preconceptions Even the stones

The work I do with archaeology reminds me daily We watch the genocide in Gaza with horror But we are the beneficiaries of one of the worst genocides ever - right here on Turtle Island We are not guilty but we can at least be humble and honor what was lost

If you watch TV or listen to the radio, you may not realize it, but you're being hyped constantly, cocaine purified into advertising shot directly into your brain Turn it off and watch what happens to your peace of mind

Always loved Ms Le Guin But the joke's on Elon: Going to Mars would be a life sentence to a hotel in hell

No amount of voting will change the reality that one in three people in this country still think what that thing in the White House is doing is just fine and dandy They will fight every attempt to right this boat Houston, we have a problem

A significant portion of men in America seem to have a ranchers vs cattle worldview in how they relate to women

From the Island in the Sky… Canyonlands…

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🕰 Murder, Mystery, History and Time Travel 2500 pages, a singular story, a million words. Both playful and disturbing. Truly epic. #mystery #history #timetravel #KindleUnlimited 📚💙 The Tractus Fynn Mysteries www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQEH1TY

A land of mountains and water And trolls Can't forget the trolls

It looks like a golden statuette Very (unintentionally) regal

Amazon could be a major force for good in this world instead of a capitalist steam roller It's all, 100%, in the choices made by this one man 🤔

My chemistry teacher in high school was a retired Admiral with *very* shaky hands The man could pour sulfuric acid from a bottle in one hand into a beaker in the other hand and not spill a drop We'd watch in wonder and horror 😱

In case anyone doesn't realize the war between Christianity and Islam has been going on for centuries and has gotten quite hot at times #Crusades If something like the Ottomans popped into existence today, the West would pee its pants

Exactly Z is a textbook sociopath, and the reason such people are dangerous is that they don't five a flying eff about what happens to other people, and thus are incapable of regulating their behavior to avoid harm to others - unless it suits their purpose www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

Nothing is ever more magical for me than a beam of sunlight in my warm kitchen on a cold morning

I'm confused Who's speaking here? They *are* meant to fly and they *do* have wings However, just like humans, they seem not to like to associate with those not of their own kind 🤷

#CatsOfBluesky #Cats #Catsky #PudgyCat #CatWisdom

Long before psychology discovered the mind-body duality, we knew about it in our nightmares

Golden pheasant: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

I don't want all the answers I want to die in a state of wonder

Today’s Canadian painting is “The Red Maple” painted by A Y Jackson in 1914. This is one of Canada’s best-loved and most-recognized paintings.

I think I know what's for supper 😋