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the paradox of the poet: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"the paradox of the poet:in the constant attemptto make this human experiencemore legible and thus bring more closenessbetween one’s closest relationsone often makes oneselfodd, unrecognizable to the very hearts one wants to join.it’s not their fault:it’s just their way.they are not actually doing an...","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/04/10/the-paradox-of-the-poet/","date_published":"2026-04-10T07:30:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-10 07:30","date_timestamp":1775806217,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3mj4u3lo3432m","https://www.threads.com/@rykgroetchen/post/DW8ZI6fFo_v"]}},{"id":"87809290","content_html":"the right time to eat
\nwhite cheddar popcorn in bed
\nis on laundry day
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/2026/03/31/225309.html","date_published":"2026-04-01T05:53:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 05:53","date_timestamp":1775022789,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3mifytnecsx2j"]}},{"id":"87370420","content_html":"on trans visibility day: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"Perusing reddit today, I noticed someone posted about wanting to start a men’s group and asking for fun ideas. Many of the comments were followed by an enthusiastic “yes!” or other signifiers of feeling seen. Nothing in the post spoke to my identity or special interests. I don’t point this out to kn...","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/03/31/on-trans-visibility-day/","date_published":"2026-04-01T04:22:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 04:22","date_timestamp":1775017379,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3mifujbbg7t2p","https://www.threads.com/@rykgroetchen/post/DWk2sFrlqjH"]}},{"id":"87368858","content_html":"On Trans Visibility Day ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/uploads/2026/image.jpg\")
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anyone else have “james brown: live at the apollo, 1962” burned into their psyche in such a way that breaks between tasks are punctuated by horns?
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\nmy pocket to find my phone.
\nground glass sky. pale sun.
i’m not flirting with you. my particular neurological profile comes off as flirty to some people. that being said, i am like a wild animal: way more afraid of you than you are of me.
\ncarry on.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/2026/03/30/im-not-flirting-with-you.html","date_published":"2026-03-30T09:18:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 09:18","date_timestamp":1774862307,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3mibdeutydm2p"]}},{"id":"87217417","content_html":"To learn more about or sign up for Ryk’s family musical environments, visit the imeetswe homepage
\n musical environments\nThe care economy is an emerging model...
\nreparations begin with children:\notherwise, in 80 years,
\nwhat can be said to have been repaired?
🧑🧒: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"reparations begin with children:otherwise, in 80 years,what can be said to have been repaired?","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/03/29/%f0%9f%a7%91%f0%9f%a7%92/","date_published":"2026-03-29T17:48:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 17:48","date_timestamp":1774806493,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87212114","content_html":"🏳️
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/2026/03/29/073913.html","date_published":"2026-03-29T14:39:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 14:39","date_timestamp":1774795153,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3mi7etppxko2c"]}},{"id":"87212113","content_html":"audie aitchdie: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"an interesting consequence of being both autistic and adhd is the push-pull, fast-slow, act-ruminate, interplay between these two processing styles, that beget strong long-arc themes: pattern-recognition, justice sensitivity, rejection-sensitive dysphoria; and also tolerance for ambiguity, conflict ...","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2026/01/02/audie-aitchdie/","date_published":"2026-01-03T05:34:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-03 05:34","date_timestamp":1767418472,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87212112","content_html":"IALAC ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://i0.wp.com/ryk.groetchen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_0486.jpg?resize=900%2C900&ssl=1\")
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iamb whoamb: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"If action turns the world within,Then who knows where the world begins? If sitting still should make one smart,Then who can make a piece of art? when breadth and height themselves are clear,what then, when depth and time appear? when space and time the self erode,where, then, is found a safe abode? ...","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2025/12/24/iamb-whoamb/","date_published":"2025-12-25T07:22:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-25 07:22","date_timestamp":1766647378,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87212108","content_html":"👤
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see something, say something: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"resources for real-time posting of ICE raids in the Bay Area ICE has just landed a major invasion force in Alameda. Credible sources say they will be targeting Home Depots and other places where people gather to find work and access services, as well as businesses with large, low-paid workforces. If...","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2025/10/22/see-something-say-something/","date_published":"2025-10-22T22:53:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-22 22:53","date_timestamp":1761173638,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87212103","content_html":"the rabbit hole: ryk.groetchen.com
","summary":"as an autistic person, who is highly competent in certain environments, and near disabled in others, I’ve found that I can do things that are normally quite difficult for me if they are related to my field of interest–parsing seemingly arbitrary lists of conditions to fill out necessary forms, for e...","url":"https://ryk.groetchen.com/blog/2025/10/12/the-rabbit-hole/","date_published":"2025-10-13T01:30:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-13 01:30","date_timestamp":1760319024,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85181149","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social What’s the solution? Honestly, I think the only solution is mobilizing young people and apathetic voters to overwhelm expected outcomes.
\nHow do we mobilize young people and apathetic voters? That’s the real question we need to be asking.
\nAnd honestly, i doubt you’ll even see this post.
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3lnwn2q722k2g","date_published":"2025-04-29T06:17:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-29 06:17","date_timestamp":1745907448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181150","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social why would these policies that the people want be put into law?
\nUntil our laws put reasonable constraints on the influence of corporate money on elections, on Congress, and on the Judiciary, our system of government is flawed, and, frankly, we just have to put up with it.
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3lnwn2q6z3c2g","date_published":"2025-04-29T06:17:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-29 06:17","date_timestamp":1745907448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181151","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social the people want due process; the people want education; the people want a living wage; the people want caps on gaps between CEO’s and workers’ pay. But people are also tired of feeling like their votes don’t count. And as long as corporate money equals free speech, and corporations are people,
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3lnwn2q6x4s2g","date_published":"2025-04-29T06:17:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-29 06:17","date_timestamp":1745907448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181152","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social As long as SuperPAC money is greasing the gears of Congress and pouring into candidates’ campaigns for office, and buying the decisions of Supreme Court justices, democracy is not possible.
\nWe know that the people want health care; the people want inclusion;
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3lnwn2q6u722g","date_published":"2025-04-29T06:17:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-29 06:17","date_timestamp":1745907448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181153","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social Both bands have influenced countless others, yet their sound still sounds relevant. Entertainment! is arguably one of the greatest records of all time. Thanks for the music, and much love to his family.
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3lm6hdhoc6s2c","date_published":"2025-04-06T22:05:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-06 22:05","date_timestamp":1743977155,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181154","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social angular, rhythmic guitar in the high end, with bass heavy grooves anchored by Allen’s muscular sound that was supremely danceable without ripping off or parodying funk. And both bands also featured thought-provoking lyrics that could be both serious and poppy.
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3lm6hdhoaac2c","date_published":"2025-04-06T22:05:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-06 22:05","date_timestamp":1743977155,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181155","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social President for their own ends.
\nBlessings to all who struggle with mental health issues, either in yourself or your family or your community.
\n#mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #substanceabusedisorder
\n10/10
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3llsvj7jsjs2p","date_published":"2025-04-02T07:47:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-02 07:47","date_timestamp":1743580063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181156","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social incapacitated. It would be a loving act to relieve him of his responsibilities. The fact that the political class is not willing to do this is an indicator of both their lack of understanding of mental health, and their complicity in exploiting the incapacity of the
\n9/10
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3llsvj7jrkk2p","date_published":"2025-04-02T07:47:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-02 07:47","date_timestamp":1743580063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181157","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social their responsibilities and connect them with proper care.
\nThe 25th Amendment allows for the removal of the President if they are found to be unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office. It should be clear to any empathetic person that the President is
\n8/10
\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3llsvj7jpm22p","date_published":"2025-04-02T07:47:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-02 07:47","date_timestamp":1743580063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181158","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social to describe people who don’t conform. People with mental illness deserve our respect and empathy, even when their behaviors are problematic. I will, however, call out the people who recognize the impairment of these individuals and fail to take action to relieve them of
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\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aqb4uow5ya6ljq4aknznrs2/post/3llsvj7jnnk2p","date_published":"2025-04-02T07:47:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Ryk Groetchen","url":"https://rykgroetchen.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F13%2F1882150.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"rykgroetchen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-02 07:47","date_timestamp":1743580063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85181159","content_html":"@rykgroetchen.bsky.social responsibilities take place on the national stage.
\nYou won’t hear me describing Donald Trump or Elon Musk’s behavior as unhinged, or evil, or insane, even though their actions have far-reaching effects that negatively impact the community. We have grown beyond using slurs
\n6/10
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\nWhat is shameful is the fact that there is an entire political class that is capitalizing on the impaired judgement of these individuals, for their own ends. And it is heartbreaking that we, as a society, lack the empathy to recognize mental illness for what it is,
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\nMental illness and substance abuse disorder are not shameful. Millions of Americans suffer from mental illness and substance abuse disorder. Our society, until recently, has made great strides in recognizing and providing support for people who suffer in these
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@rykgroetchen.bsky.social - A huge percentage of economic transactions in any given day are wholesale transactions to support the retail economy. How many businesses and organizations will be participating? Enough to get any clear message across? I doubt it.
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@rykgroetchen.bsky.social - My neighborhood cafe is a family business, and it would suck if they lost a full day’s income to a blanket “buy nothing” boycott;
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\nImagination is funny.
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\nNaked City
\nNew Order
\nMetallica
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\nSleep was fitful and shallow again last night, accompanied by more vivid dreams (involving grandparents, cars, and
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