Been an absolute week from hell for me, but I was given a new toy to tinker with a fix up, this cool old Motorola vehicle dispatch terminal!#retrocomputing #diy

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— Selena the Retro-Princess (@superselena64.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM

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"All easy poets are alike; each difficult poet is difficult in his or her own way."

"One of my favorite Anne Carson moments is this one:

Interviewer: 'What is the best writing advice you’ve ever received?'

Carson: 'I’ve never received any. I don’t ask, frankly.' " —@lexorgera

"Essentially, the popular music industry in 2050 will look a lot more like that of 1850, where musicians were paid per performance, and the only recorded music available to you was player piano reels. The idea of making a living from recorded music will be remembered as a quirk of history, one of the many ways in which the 20th century was unusual."

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"Are we the last of those who have the power, or the first to go defenceless?"