After almost 4 years off from writing, I'm back at it again.
I was inspired by all the lovely graphics in the
#WritingCommunity
to make this collection of my work.
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#kindleunlimited
.
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@daurham
@BretWeinstein
@Jorgensen4POTUS
Libertarian for
#unity2020
here. Neither democrats or republicans will enact changes like ranked choice voting because they don't want to lose their grip on power. Joining unity2020 now makes a libertarian candidate in 2024 and beyond FAR MORE LIKELY.
@duns_sc0tus
1. It is moral to pursue your rational values.
2. Humans can value animals for many reasons, including food, clothing, or companionship.
3. Values are subjective, and in some context it is rational to prioritize the meat over the other animal values.
4. Eating meat can be moral.
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@ComicDaveSmith
As a libertarian and fan of Dave, RFK just made him look silly. RFK brought so much more knowledge and context. Dave was emotional, defensive, and failed to address basically every good RFK point.
Why are atheists so loathe to admit they have beliefs too?
What other word would you use,
besides belief,
to mean your judgement the concept of theism does not model reality?
@MLiamMcCollum
@RobertKennedyJr
@LPNational
Libs need to understand there are structural changes that need to be made like rank choice voting before any Lib idealist gets elected.
Kennedy is better than trump or biden, and can reform system to make it possible for 3rd parties to ever win on idealist grounds.
#vss365
A wizard is never late,
though his friends will disagree.
It isn't a spell he makes,
but wisdom that they need.
When you realize there's no prize
being first at the end of life,
you'll
#amble
too, lest you arrive
too soon you find the other side.
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I narrated my fantasy graphic novel.
Longest one yet at 40 minutes!
I'm learning as I go, and appreciate feedback to improve quality.
Also narrated sci-fi graphic novel.
(25 minutes)
#vss365
Why does one ocean get to end?
Somewhere there, another begins.
Why does one day gently fade?
Gone never to be seen again.
Why do I never wake to find,
I'm no longer trapped in this mind?
#Yakamoz
sky bleeds into the sea,
drowning my old thoughts of me.
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#vss365
Do you know the way to Hell?
I've been before, I'll show you there.
It is a path my feet know well,
drawn by gold, down
#abysmal
stair.
The way is not as terrifying,
as beautiful and gratifying,
temptation calls to satisfy,
the body while the soul will die.
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#vss365
Common
#sense
can't be carried commonly,
drop pretense, and don't pretend we can't see,
wisdom isn't inherited, bought, or sold,
our sense is earned, not just growing old.
We have no instinct for what is true,
only for the practical, everyday rules.
It is not common, a
#vss365
Enter the virtual era lies
sweeping silent from too much noise.
Reality cannot be verified
reaping violence with dull new toys.
What is gained, and what is lost,
a threshold nearing to be crossed.
Leaving your mortal bones and sinew,
push any key to
#continue
.
#vss365
Here justice knocks
his word is law,
His shouting mocks
your mortal flaw.
A criminal deserves to drown,
a subliminal message in this town.
Abhorrent the
#torrent
dragging you down.
There's more than a warrant
for justice to be found.
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#vss365
Helen of Troy is more than a story,
more than death, more than glory,
beyond
#slaughter
, the plot burns
those who brought her, lesson learned.
Beauty sails a thousand ships,
to their ruin, and from her lips,
a word to still a thousand hearts,
beauty deadly as the
#vss365
"You can't have your
#cake
and eat it too."
A metaphor as much myth as rule.
"There's only so much, so divide the pie."
But life's not a party, and you aren't invited
to take what doesn't belong to you,
cake doesn't just exist, it's created new.
You can have your cake
#vss365
When life and death harmonize,
the wise man sings along.
Death is not to be feared,
dark
#melody
belonging to the song.
When fate and circumstance
recognize each other by their walk,
they go together, as if by chance,
a dance to the ticking of the clock.
#vss365
I used to think I must
#possess
everything to reach success.
It wasn't enough to have enough,
I wanted more, so I could bluff
that I was a man of some worth,
yet owning things made me worse.
My own greed was my oppression,
things owned me in their possession.
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#vss365
You know when the
#crescendo
draws near,
the mounting pressure, the pounding blood.
In life the apex is not so clear,
the height in quiet, no fire or flood.
The happiest day you'll ever hold dear,
may pass unnoticed without a thud.
#vss365
#Spoon
fed information,
all across the nation
we the people in frustration.
Not knowing what is real,
told only how to feel
and how to follow an ideal
that's not of our creation.
Let us build a coalition
of individual ambition
to escape from this sedation.
#vss365
Did I
#change
my mind?
Or did my mind change me?
It's strange to find
the range of what I believed.
Why the rage, why not kind,
why the fool, why so blind,
turn the page, leave behind,
who I am is unassigned.
#vss365
I thought there was a gnome,
growing up, around my home.
I thought the spirit protected us,
until we moved, because we must.
I thought that he was lost and gone,
but tonight it doesn't seem so long.
The
#sentinel
guards my garden well,
spirits once more around me
#vss365
"What
#car
do you drive?"
I know you recognize the
car isn't enough to apprise
the measure of a man by.
"What do you believe?"
And do you also see
even great men disagree
between real and fantasy?
#vss365
My teacher said I couldn't be taught,
my thoughts were fraught with what I
ought to think about some other time.
#Idle
thoughts poisoning a vital mind.
But how can any thoughts be idle,
when thinking is what minds do best?
Quiet listening makes the child dull,
untamed
#vss365
It's very important my side wins.
The others are evil, least half of them,
others too stupid to know their sin,
so we will destroy before we mend.
So say you, and so say them,
all the way until world's end,
Last
#radiance
of life escaping to space,
refugees that remain
#vss365
#Begin
as you are, it will be hard,
not being someone else entirely.
Win and go far, or back to the start,
shoot from the heart, and then you'll see:
Every moment a beginning,
every ending only seeming,
every hurt is proof of feeling,
life's not pending, you are
#vss365
A job to do, today or later,
nothing new, love or hate it,
a chore, a bore, a burden furthers
complaining sore, excuses worsen.
I will not stoop to jobs to do,
I have a
#quest
, to see it through,
my heart and honor pledged to you,
your quest brings glory if your word
#vss365
Why would I fear the critics
who are less harsh than I will be?
Judging my own work, a cynic.
Judging others, a hypocrisy.
To escape my damnation of
#pejorative
determination,
I must cut free from my creation,
to stand on its own to breathe.
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#vss365
The wolf must
#forage
in order to survive.
Is it wrong to expect man do otherwise?
To be born of life is to remain alive, only
try as you might, to last through the night,
through fight or flight, you cannot hide.
Life is struggle, suffering your bride.
Forage and
#vss365
Dare we
#continue
on this path?
I dare not turn back, I'm aghast
at the fear of being safely home,
living the rest of my days alone,
with no glory for what I've done,
with no father, with no son,
to speak of pride at how I died.
I fear the regret of an unlived life.
#vss365
Beware the
#little
death,
one moment at a time.
Life's a riddle best bereft
of this most deadly crime:
To waste your days a little way,
plans and dreams in quiet fade,
with cold practicality replaced,
each little death our soul betrays.
#vss365
#vsshorror
There's someone in the
#attic
,
don't know how, didn't plan it,
muttered whispers, I can't stand it,
calm in day, but night in panic.
I've checked half a dozen times,
always empty, yet I still find,
animal bones on which it dines,
what creature whispers in my
#vss365
"I leave the
#tea
bag in the bottom of my thermos after I finish. It's hard to fish out, and I figure I haven't fully used those leaves yet anyway."
"That tea puts you in danger," my friend told me sternly. "You cannot drink that tea."
"Does mold start to grow after
@duns_sc0tus
@morallawwithin
I see you're unable to refute any points.
The problem is when you try to decide what is moral using emotional reasoning. Emotions cannot calculate the consequences of your actions on your other values. All animals can feel, if you want to distinguish your humanity use your
@BretWeinstein
@michaelshermer
When you say they are indifferent to death, that conjures evil conspiracy which people are biased against. My hypothesis would be there is a broken incentive structure within corrupted regulatory bodies which puts too much weight maximizing vaccine. RFK can fix this.
#vss365
Too young to go, too old to stay,
my friend is gone five years today.
I'll still send a message on her birthday,
to say I miss you,
#unread
always.
Or I should say, always but now,
marked as read, the words I said,
reaching her, I understand how,
not dead, she's
#vss365
Does a
#bad
dog really mean a bad dog?
Or a bad man who didn't understand,
an animal doesn't know right from wrong?
He follows his nature, a pre-recorded song.
Does a bad man really mean a bad man?
or a bad circuit fired off in his head?
or a bad father who didn't
@DowdEdward
Bigger omission is that jobs outlawed during pandemic and then permitted is not creating jobs.
If work is illegal tomorrow and legal again the next day and you wouldn't have created 100 million jobs overnight.
#vss365
#Placate
your dog. It would be wrong,
letting a beast run unattended.
Instincts, hormones, flesh and bones,
must be mastered or befriended.
Placate your body, greedy and bawdy,
wild animal without you in command.
It may be shoddy, but all you got, see,
is the reach of
#vss365
Everyday a
#door
to where I've never been before.
Donno what's in store,
but I'm alive, and I want more.
I cannot be bored,
owning all these books of lore.
Better than a treasure hoard,
a wealth of thoughts is never poor.
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Updated writing plan:
Through December I will be rotating between 3 series in 3 genres. My goal is to publish a new volume every 2 weeks.
I'm having too much fun exploring new styles to stick with one yet.
Unnatural Universe: Sci-fi simulation
Naming Magic: Fantasy path to
My first
#vss365
A young man climbs a mountain to boast and feel successful.
A middle aged man boasts about his success without climbing the mountain.
An old man feels
#success
by the view alone.
Lazy philosopher: Says words don't have specific meaning, because people do not use them specifically.
Good philosopher: Works to understands what is essential to each concept and uses words specifically.
My new book is done
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#vss365
It is wrong to kill, or so I've been told.
Perhaps for thrill, or a favor sold.
But surely it's right to defend yourself,
right to stay alive, when no one else
cares if you live or die. It must be right
to kill to stay alive.
Killing a
#mosquito
isn't killing a man.
@BobMurphyEcon
I thought he was primarily motivated by NATO expansion, but his response mostly focused on historical right and unification of russians.
#vss365
#Wet
and heavy, the fetid air,
cannot match weight of my despair.
Dripping into lungs, down my spine,
rotten within as the Demon outside.
Locking eyes, my Demon and I,
bound together by fear of divine,
He is my friend, I needed pain,
before my name meant anything.
#vss365
Quantum entanglement,
a mystery to what it meant.
Nothing but a feedback loop,
like the blood flowing in you.
Disturb part, what's
#entangled
,
is altered like your heart stirred,
halting not when you give word,
exalting, fragile, dancing whirled,
these foundations of
My first 3 graphic novels are now published :)
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#vss365
What has begun cannot be undone,
from a broken egg which starts to run,
to the smoldering of a dying sun.
Take hold the moment before it's done,
to capture in nets of memory spun,
a prize claimed once, forever won,
a
#guide
back in time to reclaim fun.
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#vss365
Your mind must match reality,
but little lies come guaranteed.
A lie to change what others see,
a lie to yourself, so you can sleep.
A little
#sugar
helps the medicine
go down to swallow painful truth.
But take too much, and it's a sin,
rotten cavity in soul and tooth.
Is it truly possible to put someone else's happiness above your own?
Or does that still mean you are prioritizing your own happiness which is dependent on theirs?
#vss365
On the
#jumbo
sonic
I'll have gin and tonic.
But for my pain chronic,
I'm plugging in bionic.
Drunk on electronics
with a grin, demonic.
Half machine, half moronic
half alive, catatonic.
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Whenever I challenge the reasoning of an atheist, people assume I'm a theist. And vica versa.
Your own beliefs are the ones you should be challenging the most. You only grow when you prove yourself wrong.
#vss365
Winter
#thief
of summer,
morning thief of night.
Waking stealing dreams of her,
reality steals what might.
A lover becomes a stranger,
as darkness turns to light.
End written before it's over,
love only seen hindsight.
Archive:
#vss365
History may not repeat,
but listen for the
#rhyme
.
Same characters we meet,
same motivations in mind.
World changes, becomes stranger,
yet the range of human nature
already played out in the theatre,
the drama and the fate here,
the rhyme and the meter.
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#vss365
Suppose the world is ending.
Suppose apocalypse begins.
What will you regret not sending?
A message to your fellow kin?
When you look back at all your days,
you will find no regret or curse,
no desire nor burden nor forgotten pain,
so heavy as the unwritten
#verse
.
#vss365
I once took a
#casual
stroll,
a dark night down memory lane.
Did you know that road has a toll
which steals from your poor brain?
On memory lane, I was mugged
you can ask, but it wasn't drugs.
I just forgot a simple name,
now she won't look at me the same.
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#vss365
The constitution is sacred,
or so I'm told, though rather bold
to say old paper molded by men,
can be sold as good as gold,
written by HIM.
A little power, a quick
#breach
,
the news will forget within a week,
only your children left to impeach,
freedom forsaken, but
Information did not exist before life.
It was not until an observer distinguished between different aspects of reality did they create information in their brain to describe it.
Agree or disagree?
#vss365
#Dry
thoughts are tired, running on repeat.
Dry hopes are mired, losing what they seek.
Too long in the sun, expectations will run,
promising glory, but that isn't our story.
Expecting too much, and hoping too soon,
makes hope taste bitter and rotten to you.
If you
It is more impressive to do the right thing when no one is watching because your motivation is to be good, not look good.
Sustainable self-esteem can only come from impressing yourself with what you can do. Trying to impress others will leave you always dependent on their
Theism debates are boring when assuming bad intentions.
Theism is not just a tool to enslave people. The ideas spread because the believers had advantages.
Atheism is not just an excuse for immoral behavior. They progressed culture by rejecting many bad ideas.
@tuna_neck
@lastpositivist
Yes that's why hes wrong.
Math is grounded in logic, that's why it works.
Here is the logical proof 1 + 1 = 2
Specifically it goes like
Consciousness -> Law of identity -> Concept formation -> law of non contradiction -> disprove false concepts -> 3 axioms of knowledge ->
I've identified an interesting subset of twitter atheists
who appear to use their atheism as proof their intellectual superiority.
I believe they do this because they lack self-worth, and think "well my life might suck, but I am still smart because I understand reality". And
@DavidRosenthal_
@JoshuaLWatson
Historically there has been overwhelming social pressure to be religious. So you actually did need a good reason to stick your neck out.
@BretWeinstein
If third parties like LP and
#unity2020
can't sit down and talk together, then there's no hope of breaking into the conversation with red/blue.
The more third parties focus on what they have in common over their personal ideologies, the better they serve their own interests.
@BobMurphyEcon
Steel man MAGA: All politicians are criminals, so it's corruption to only arrest our guy.
Steel man Dems: He should be accountable for the crime he clearly committed.
I love paradoxes. What is your favorite one?
The only "true" paradoxes are not "true paradoxes", because the contradiction results from the same word being used to represent multiple distinct concepts.
Studying paradoxes produce insight by better distinguishing between the
#vss365
Playing with fire? A dangerous desire.
Mechanical tools? Against the rules.
A flying plane? Are you insane?
Human rights? Not without a fight.
There is no progress or truth,
of which they won't
#disapprove
.
The only way can all improve
is to each follow our own
#vss365
See the
#mist
, feel its kiss,
but do not listen to its whispers.
These voices from the abyss,
spoken not by ma'am or mister.
Best forgotten, time has rotten
ancient ones who cast their lot in
with the Beast, you have fought him,
mist whispering that you sought sin
a