Retired teacher, Hampshire College alumnus, friend to stray cats everywhere, blogger, citizen, bibliophile, freelance humanist, lifelong reader, inveterate urban dweller, resident of the beautiful borough of Brooklyn, New York. I IGNORE DMs.https://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3mwqkcsutl22dHello esteemed Bluesky users. If you follow me in order to steer me towards pictures of you in various states of undress, I will block your account. I am not interested, so don't bother. I am also uninterested in pictures of you at the gym. Also, as above, I IGNORE DMS.30 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqkcsutl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3mwerjd6f3c2w"Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt." Bob Dylan "Brownsville Girl"25 Sep 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwerjd6f3c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3mv3nogwsss24Arthur's, Perry Street, West Village, Manhattan, New York City, Tuesday 8 September 2026, 7:10 PM.09 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3nogwsss24https://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3mumfs7aies2mRequiescat in pace Cassandra Wilson.03 Sep 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumfs7aies2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3muftmslfok2yListening to a feat on the news on fashion trends in Silicon Valley. Phew! Hard-hitting stuff NPR!31 Aug 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3muftmslfok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3mttfxqjipc2gMore than anything, I am exhausted and disgusted by the mendacity, vulgarity, racism, lawlessness, warmongering, corruption, and pure, unalloyed stupidity. (And I didn't even mention the president's grotesque family.)24 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttfxqjipc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3mtrpfb3v322bSaudi Arabian justice for anyone who dogears pages in library books.23 Aug 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrpfb3v322bhttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3msh3kps2qs2v"A crowd came in and sat down And then a man began to yell About savin' souls to heaven And for the sinner there was hell Well later on that night In a motel room down the road He kept his meeting for a cat-o-nine beating From a leather-clad man named Moe" Stan Ridgway, "The Last Honest Man"06 Aug 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh3kps2qs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/markstextterminal.bsky.social/post/3msgh6r7rcs2i"It might have been Geneva in a darkened discotheque And though I met Sophia I still got it in the neck A journalist he spied on me like I always knew they would He wrote me off like a business trip I felt deeply misunderstood" T-Bone Burnett, "Euromad"06 Aug 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:7l4tlsyfde62ca2a2icudx2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgh6r7rcs2i