Matt

Poet, and pedestrian

[Matt @betweenstation1]

'Save me from knowing what to say,
and when to sign,
and how to unsay and unsign.'

Cazique, my new collection from @LongbarrowPress is available from today.

https://t.co/LclEkK2N9X

[Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Shadow Secretary of Snark @5By5Creativity]

And pretending an entire body of statutory and common law, policy, and regulation on copyright and other intellectual property principles and protections built over 100 of years doesn’t exist – with zero parliamentary discussion, let alone white papers or amending legislation.

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

safe kitchen
rice steam rising
like a blessing

Aiko

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Countryside poetry....

• John Clare •

[Bret van den Brink @BretVDB]

Wallace Stevens’s simplest masterpiece (perfect for reading in the solitude of a summer’s night):

[Narinder Kaur @narindertweets]

Mick Lynch is just one of those men that has a way of speaking with integrity and with heart - when Laila Cunningham talks about immigrants taking advantage he replies
"We, the British people believe in helping one another through a fair tax system...you believe in making your friends richer"

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

summer evening
fireflies gathering
near the bridge

Basho

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

@Bodhi_Brent when school ends,
the forest begins
to speak

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

blossoms
drifting into rivers
still complete the tree

Aoi Tsukikage

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

@Lovely___Ibiza every flower
holds a secret sun
evening field

[Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction]

W/ colleague, new piece on what we call “AI centrism,” a position that claims to split the difference btw genAI boosterism and detraction, but still leads to its acceptance and use.
E.g.:
- “We will use AI ethically/responsibly/thoughtfully”
- “We will keep a human in the loop”

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

The idea of the enlightened billionaire is over. The naked drive for power and profit is now clear. We must choose. We either live with powermongers driving conflict and greed for their own benefit, or we can have a politics of care. Your choice?
https://t.co/wlljgXrPma

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

A little dash of John Keats now
for your June evening 🤌🏼✨️

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Thanks, @AndersonCooper, for exploring the 3 principles of technoskepticism with me. They are common sense once you think about child development, or, as you say, your own experience

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Erin Brockovich @ErinBrockovich on the smoke and mirrors development of huge AI data centers across America. The prioritisation of tech giant profiteering and consumption of natural resources while local communities pay the price. No one voted for this.

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

summer noon
one dragonfly
rules the pond

Akari

[Dr David Vernon @DrDavidVernon]

She still receives endless abuse, but I bloody love Emily Wilson’s Homer — it’s fresh, it’s intelligent, it’s exciting, the rhythms wonderful to read. Hellenic music.

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

The machine appeared
In the distance singing to itself
Of money. Its song was the web
They were caught in, men & women
Together. The villages were as flies
To be sucked empty.
God secreted
A tear. Enough, enough
He commanded but the machine
Looked at him & went on singing

[Matt @betweenstation1]

Haiku by ISSA (1763-1828)
~ Translated by Sam Hamill

This world of dew
is only a world of dew –
and yet

From the Great Buddha’s
great nose, a swallow comes
gliding out

A world of trials,
and if the cherry blossoms,
it simply blossoms

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

birdsong
what remains unseen
remains beautiful

Aoi Tsukikage

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

moonlit river
flowers drifting
through the dark

Basho