Am I Ugly? So this is kind of awkward but it’s been on my mind lately and I know it’s probably nothing but I’ve gotta ask. And be honest, because I need someone I can count on to tell the truth. Okay, so…do you ...

Am I Ugly?

The best way to improve your writing is not always to write more. It's often to reread more.

Instead of just enjoying the content, study the form. Pay attention to how your favorite authors set up ideas, structure paragraphs, and shape sentences.

Role models elevate art.

Bus stop outside the American embassy in London 🤣🔥….Brits are crushing it….keep going cuz we suck at this!

I'm here. Kinda. I am balancing my need to honor what I know about social media's impact upon us, both as individuals and corporately, while not being a Luddite.

Yes, we still have a constitutional democracy March 18, 2025

We have overcome near-death experiences before.

We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.

We are.

But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
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Are we surpriiiiiiiised?

No. I'll like it for the valid reason the world is better because we have Mark Hamill, though.

"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another.”

Let's find a way to make that happen for all who want that life.

Today, we drove past the Indianapolis memorial to Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Junior, a beautiful statue near the spot where the venerable RFK Sr. broke the news of MLK's assassination saying...
Image courtesy of Gainbridge Fieldhouse

May we keep filling them with love forever together.

While educators have been discussing student engagement, students are sucked into asinine "engagement farming" skills on social media. Being an influencer is definitely a career path, but is it a valid one to support?

Am I on the outgoing side of this particular paradigm shift or am I right?

Cinema camera and tripod

Every time I go into the field to record subjects for short films I come back and figure out how to improve. New sticks for my #SonyFX30 from #Sirui were the decision this go around. I am going to make more art in 2025.

Reading a locally written short story about Elvis before starting my day and remembering the power of good writing.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

-- John Steinbeck

I'm still convinced anyone who has posted an unboxing video is part of the problem.

A screen is a windshield.

"We live in a world where 'hawk tuah' girl is possible."

— @hankgreen.bsky.social

Ponder the shit outta that wisdom.

I'm aware of one disposition for fundamentalists of any religion that they are at least humble with regards to their particular scripture. More than once I've heard someone say that they are not smart enough to understand the Bible to the extent that they should. How did they get that idea?

Maybe you're in a cult. Why not give it at least as much consideration as your crawlspace or dipstick, dipstick.

There's (a herd of) horse(s)........IN the hospital.

Now'd be a GREAT time to meet some new friends.

Honestly, I'll be lucky to keep my shirt on.

I keep thinking about certain posters I had in my classroom about logical fallacies and cognitive biases. Made by @schoolofthought (frandz, get a BlueSky account already), they'd make great Xmas presents.

yourlogicalfallacyis.com

During lunch, I saw in Carmel, Indiana. I don't understand.

So, we're digital seceding here?

God, I miss delicio.us for this!

Congrats to @bluesky for all the new users

My 2 cents. Find every news source the has an RSS feed or equivalent and create accounts that that show their public deeds on here under @johndoetimesfeed

That way we all get access to news without having to wait for them to create accounts first.