if I don't pull you he will stop too far from work sagging yellow cord #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu
Jeff Nachtigall
@dirklancer.bsky.social
Endurance performance artist. Poet on the bus. Creativity from constraint. Beards. Words. Midlife Crisis. Award winner. ADHD Dad. Once I was owned by a tiny bakery, now I work at a bigger bakery. "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly." -Hemingway
My 10-yr folk fest drought ends tomorrow. I don't even know how to explain how important this is.
I have a very long bucket list, not because I'm better than you, but because I keep a lot of lists, probably due to the highly dysfunctional state of my working memory, and of all the things on it, hot dogs are probably on it the most.
I haven't written a poem in a few days for no good reason #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu
if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
I Dont Give A Shit Diego
Alt: I Dont Give A Shit Diego
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if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
I've scored some fantastically ridiculous things while hunting at thrift shops over the years but this trucker cap I found yesterday feels like it's protecting me from something dangerous.
Looks like we might finally get some rain tonight. <ducks>
The COVID brain fog explained. The COVID-19 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor to enter cells. Dopamine producing neurons are rich in the ACE2 receptor. The virus causes disruption in the dopamine network in the brain. 🧪 tech-paper.com/scientists-f...
Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can't think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged - T...
Millions of people with long COVID report the same cluster of symptoms: a crushing lack of motivation, an inability to think clearly, memory that slips, movements that feel slower than they should. Fo...
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"I thought I'd missed it but I could see you waiting from inside my house." #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu #thingssaidtomein575syllables
The real trolley problem? Clear tracks ahead that pass quite close to your second summer home, or... you could divert the trolley to a second track where it will cut off the legs of 500,000 working poor.
as I grow older the small bench at the bus stop grows in importance #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu
"get off in 4 stops" <types more haikus on his phone> "5 minutes to go" #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu #transitappnotifications
laptop shoulder bag a suit coat for a blazer and clean running shoes #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu
Sometimes I start my day with a black coffee and two pieces of toast slathered in peanut butter.
That was short, but I crossed the Capilano bridge at the peak of it and visibility was roughly me-in-20-years-with-no-glasses-on.
autocorrect prefers when the bus I'm on is devouring around construction.
County that always votes conservative thinks socialism is the answer. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Northern Alberta county declares state of agricultural disaster, wants province to step in | CBC News
Thorhild County announced a state of agricultural disaster as of July 17, due to flooding on farmland caused by extreme rainfall this year.
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I'm not very good at folding these little zines. I need to set up some kind of jig to make it faster but still precise.
three commuters stand watching our bus gain distance "asshole," one grumbles #haikuonthebus
The fact that in America our kids must be professionally programmed each summer day instead of waking up and roving about with their pals is a tragic result of building the entire nation around cars. Cars have stolen American childhood. Wake up.
This amazing website, called "Worse on Purpose," is cataloguing all the ways companies are deliberately and secretively degrading their own products As usual, in most cases the culprit is private equity extracting enormous sums while everyone else is left worse off.
standing room only latched like mayflies in the wind to grey rubber loops #haiku #haikuonthebus #senryu