Dylan T

@dylan20.bsky.social

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Editor, swimmer, writer, banjo banger, poet, zen AF. Now certified Canadian

screenshot of text that says: The UI is in the uncanny valley of being sorta-WordPress sorta-not. I know it wasn’t a weekend vibecode project, but it has some of that smell. Stuff breaks at the edges.
Photo of a bag of candy, partially obscured by a container in front of it. The words LIFES HARD are visible on the bag.
Screenshot of a headline from the SF Chronicle saying "Burning Man 2025: Orgy Dome destroyed by storm, organizers vow to rebuild." There's a photo of the sun behind the iconic Burning Man sculpture atop the headline.
Photo of me, wearing glasses, holding a post-it note on which is written SAVE GAZA FROM STARVATION
The Old Ones opened the ears of Girl-Warrior Tempering the frequency before she left On her mission. We are sending you, they said, To learn how to listen. There is good in this world. There is evil. There is no story without one and the other. You will be gravity. You will be feather. Send each story to the heart, Each word before you act or speak.
Photo of the corner of a room, with a banjo hanging on the wall, a disco ball hanging in the window, and spots of light from the disco ball on the wall and ceiling. Through the window you can see a garden with a hammock.
Photo of a washing machine control panel displaying an LED error code that spells out "dEI"
A crowd of protesters carrying signs at the Hands Off protest in San Francisco, April 5, 2025
An old poster depicting a sleeping woman, wearing a stars-and-stripe bandanna and clad in red, white, and blue garments. The text reads: WAKE UP, AMERICA! CIVILIZATION CALLS EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD!
Generic sunset background against which the words of the quote appear: Democracies are not normal. Tyranny is the historical norm. If we stopped doing all of the continuous hard work that is needed to maintain our distinctiveness in that regard, we would quickly come into equilibrium with tyranny.
A photograph of a single tree, next to a curving concrete walkway, in front of a broad bay at low tide. The sky is full of windswept clouds
Image showing the text of the quote used in this post, alongside a partial view of the cover of the book, The Fifth Book of Peace, by Maxine Hong Kingston
Black text on a pale lilac background, reading "An example, an analogy, a metaphor -- that's where the best insights come from."
Vivid orange sunset over a calm ocean. In the foreground, a person in silhouette sits at a picnic table, working on a laptop. Superimposed over the sky are the words: Writing is a tool for discovery, for learning what we really think, and for crafting better stories about who we are.
photograph of a vivid sunset over the ocean, with a curving river in the left foreground and two silhouetted people on the beach to the right
photo of Dylan sitting at a clifftop table
Punk-orange clouds over a black skyline of houses and trees
Photo of yellow ginkgo trees
Photo of Ben Worthen, accompanied by the text: A great story, well told, is much more valuable than a 10% off coupon.
"In the last century it was pointed out that the Buddhist Jātaka stories, via a Hindu recension under the title of the Pañcatantra, were translated into Persian in the 6th century at the command of the Zoroastrian king Khusru, and in the 8th century into Syriac and Arabic, under the title Kalilag and Damnag. The Persian translation was later translated into Greek, Latin, and Hebrew and was to form the basis of the collections of stories known as Aesop’s Fables (compiled in the 14th century by a Byzantine monk), the stories of Sinbad, and the Arabian Nights." (Andrew Skilton, Concise History of Buddhism)
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PRAYING It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few word together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
CARPENTER'S BOAT The new wood as old as carpentry Rounding the far buoy, wild Steel fighting in the sea, carpenter, Carpenter, Carpenter and other things, the monstrous welded seams Plunge and drip in the sea, carpenter, Carpenter, how wild the planet is.
Photo of a predawn sky, with pink clouds against deep blue, above orange bands. A line of transmission towers marches into the distance. A strip of water reflects the orange part of the sky
Photo of a smiling Dylan in front of a window with lots of leafy green plants and gold lettering reading Floral Academy for Wayward Travelers, est. 1824
photo of a rocky beach, with water, and the long shadow of a person stretching away from two feet in the foreground