Matthew King
@cincinnatusc.bsky.social
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Pic of the week: Little Bee Fly with Droplet birdsandbeesandblooms.com/2026/08/04/l...
Little Bee Fly with Droplet
Little Bee Fly with Droplet. Photo taken near Marmora, Ontario. Copyright Matthew King. E-mail birdsandbeesandblooms@gmail.com to inquire concerning use or purchase.
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#SealeyChallenge Day 1/31! Kicking off this year with SPECTACLE/SPECTATOR by Noah Sparrow, from @robmclennan.bsky.social 's above/ground press As last year I'll post my more-or-less favourite poem or excerpt from each day's book without commentary So here's "No Science in the Grocery Store"
Excellent case in point: I very nearly learned from this article, clicking and skimming as one does, that there are multiple fires burning on Kharg Island
NPR@npr.org · 5d agoJournalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one. n.pr/4c7L91d
Swear to God I had not read this when I posted that
Matthew King@cincinnatusc.bsky.social · 6d agoGetting Emily Wilson to review the Nolan movie is like getting a nutritionist to review the food at the CNE
Just ate some peanut butter & remembered on TV for 5 year olds when I was 5 what a big concern getting your mouth stuck together with peanut butter was, if you didn't have a glass of milk ready when you ate peanut butter you were probably going to get your mouth stuck together Is this still a thing
Getting Emily Wilson to review the Nolan movie is like getting a nutritionist to review the food at the CNE
Anyway @rick-glid.bsky.social was sufficiently impressed by this joke that she impulse bought Emily Wilson's Iliad last week so now I'm reading Homer FOR THE FIRST TIME shock shock horror horror
Matthew King@cincinnatusc.bsky.social · last wk.Since everyone's getting excited about Emily Wilson again I feel compelled to point out again that she said CHAPMAN'S HOMER and as we're tallying up points in whatever wars we're trying to decide what side we're on that must be worth a bunch I reckon plough.com/articles/who-is-americas-homer
Typical Bluesky quote post: Are we still doing threads about wrenches, I'm tired y'all ℹ️Blocked
Jeannie Prinsen@jeannieprinsen.bsky.social · last wk.1/6 Typical Facebook post: Anyone in my area have a wrench I can borrow? No Sorry, no. I don't If you're willing to drive 100 miles to get it, yes LOL Home Depot has wrenches for $20. No, but I have a hammer. Wish I did🫂 WHY IS THIS ON MY PAGE
Absolutely tickled to place second in this year's @cv2magazine.bsky.social 2-day contest! That weekend in April has been one of my writing high holidays ever since I found out about it in 2020; truly a game you win just by playing.
CV2 Magazine@cv2magazine.bsky.social · last wk.The 2026 2-Day Poem Contest Winners!! We're thrilled to announce this year’s winners, as selected by our judge Sarah Wolfson, our editors, one of our editors' moms, and you! Congrats to Dessa Bayrock, @cincinnatusc.bsky.social , @jadeyuliu.bsky.social , Natalie Rice, Hayley Clin, and Tea Gerbeza!
Since everyone's getting excited about Emily Wilson again I feel compelled to point out again that she said CHAPMAN'S HOMER and as we're tallying up points in whatever wars we're trying to decide what side we're on that must be worth a bunch I reckon plough.com/articles/who-is-americas-homer
Who Is America’s Homer? | Plough
If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the America...
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Matthew King@cincinnatusc.bsky.social · 2w ago*ok I'm not about to argue with uh Emily Wilson (!) that Tracy Chapman is not a respectable answer but you're telling me CHAPMAN'S HOMER
Pic of the week: Azure Butterfly on White Sweet Clover birdsandbeesandblooms.com/2026/07/27/a...
Azure Butterfly on White Sweet Clover
Azure Butterfly on White Sweet Clover. Photo taken near Marmora, Ontario. Copyright Matthew King. E-mail birdsandbeesandblooms@gmail.com to inquire concerning use or purchase.
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Pretty sure I heard the joint Sox-Jays fans Yankees suck chant in the bottom of the 8th there at Fenway, is anything in the world more heartwarming
Saw this from Krugman today and the penny dropped on those radio ads that very irritatingly seem to pronounce "Uline" like "Elon" (which has been exhibit A in my "ads these days deliberately say things strangely or have messed up grammar to trip your brain and make you pay attention" hobby horse)
Lake effect streamers in July? Lake effect streamers in July.
An interesting set of responses @plough.bsky.social to what is on its face a ludicrous question. I'd also vote for Frost if I had to vote for anyone--what other American literary figure is so instinctively quoted? (Well, obviously Tracy Chapman* opens a can of worms... www.plough.com/articles/who...
Who Is America’s Homer? | Plough
If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the America...
plough.com
Anyway, again, for those of us old enough to remember 2000 and who was on what side about Diebold machines and all that then, this continues to be quite a trip
Though there is overwhelming evidence that the Weather Underground's POPs make no mathematical sense, keeps the ol' cogitater in tip top form working out if it's this that day and that this it's what for both, what what ho ho jolly good (0.67 * (100-73) + 73 = 91.09 if you didn't know, now you do)
The Naxos Historical series (got like a couple dozen of these CDs at the York U. bookstore for cheap 20-odd years ago) is one of the low-key best things that ever happened to the world, listening to this right now youtu.be/erM1KnOEe4E
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio
YouTube video by Solomon - Topic
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Pic of the week: Northern Crescent Butterfly Tongue birdsandbeesandblooms.com/2026/07/15/n...
Northern Crescent Butterfly Tongue
Northern Crescent Butterfly Tongue. Photo taken near Marmora, Ontario. Copyright Matthew King. E-mail birdsandbeesandblooms@gmail.com to inquire concerning use or purchase.
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The fact that bluesky has unnecessarily age-verification-blocked Texas may speak to why I was reluctant to move over here in the first place: bsky was not at all created for the same kind of reasons users migrated here from twitter; in fact it's never been clear what bsky was or is meant for...
Matthew King@cincinnatusc.bsky.social · 4w agoSo, bluesky has thrown up an age verification wall for users in Texas--prompted, but as far as I can tell in no way required, by a new law there--and it seems like there's nothing more than scattered grumblings on here about it? Seems not good?
Just spent a solid four or five seconds being thoroughly confused as to how it's America's 250th this year when (a) the bicentennial was before I was born and (b) I'm more than 50 years old (WHAT), then realized I was off on (a) as I had confused my birth year with the Blue Jays' first season
BEST STAR TREK CAPTAIN. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.
mathew yates@mathewyates.bsky.social · 3w agoBEST STAR TREK CAPTAIN. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.
Fields around are yellowing into harvest, nestling and fingerling are sky and water borne... weeks past the solstice, the year is well into its decline
So, bluesky has thrown up an age verification wall for users in Texas--prompted, but as far as I can tell in no way required, by a new law there--and it seems like there's nothing more than scattered grumblings on here about it? Seems not good?
Sympathies to whoever in the world just arrived at my photo site by image searching a squash vine borer moth I mean unless you like cool moths a lot more than you like growing your own squash
Interesting fact: if you were alive in the '90s there is a 37% chance you have that "never met a girl like you before" song in your head right now
Weather today reminding me of one of the very first things I said back at the old place It's raining, it's draining The old man's complaining It wasn't enough To water his stuff And now there's none remaining
