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Saturday, July 12, 2025

On aging

Aging is a tripling down on our shakiest wagers.

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New poems

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Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Real

Nothing is real is real.

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Anything & nothing

Anything is possible, and nothing is likely.

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Citation

Citation isn't endorsement.

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Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Knowing

Knowing is as close to reality as we can get.

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New poems

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Sunday, July 06, 2025

Even more

Submission is even more unethical than domination.

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Society

Society is just the infrastructure of culture.

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To boldly know

To boldly know what no one has known before.

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Saturday, July 05, 2025

Those things which are

Those things which are separate long to be joined; those that are joined, to be separated.

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New poems

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Friday, July 04, 2025

The only reason (Barney)

The only reason generative AI technologies like ChatGPT have a snowball’s chance of replacing mainstream professional writing is because mainstream professional writing has been devolving toward the vapid, voiceless, informative “style” of algorithmic writing for three decades.

Vicenzo Barney

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What starts as

What starts as soil ends as sand.

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Thursday, July 03, 2025

On consequence

Consequence is intolerable.

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On the Republican Party

The Republican Party, in turning on democracy, has ceded the right to continue to exist. Period. You can't be permitted to work within a democracy if you have worked to end that democracy.

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Market logic

Market logic is compromised logic.

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Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Our reasons

We have our reasons for obsessing over reason.

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Or

Vigor or rigor, rarely both.

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Less and more

There is less old and more new every day.

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