Elektrine
EN
Log in Register
Paige Chat Timeline Communities Gallery Videos Email DNS VPN Uptime Kairo
Back to Timeline
Remote

J. L. Yocum

@jlyocum@masto.nyc
mastodon 4.6.5
  • Open on masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩.

Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

0 Followers
0 Following
10 Posts
Joined March 19, 2026
Web:
https://jlyocum.com
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/jlyocum.com
B.A. in English Comp/Poetry:
University of North Texas
Staff poetry reader:
𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩

Posts

Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Apr 16, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc

Today I learned that I am not alone in experiencing a synesthetic olfactory response to AI-generate images. When I look at them, especially the most "obviously AI", I smell something akin to the combination of Lysol and burnt plastic. Or overheated circuitry.

And others do, too!

1/2

3
0
2
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @jlyocum@masto.nyc
@ariane@tooting.ch All of that just so I could wear headphones and tinted glasses at my desk, which is its own kind of corporate idiocy. (Interestingly, @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party — this was at one of those U.K.-based employers I mentioned earlier!)
1
0
1
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @ariane@tooting.ch
@ariane@tooting.ch I'm definitely privileged myself — I managed to 'white knuckle' it through 45 years of life on earth before getting diagnosed with autism, through a combination of luck, supportive parents and sheer willpower. But I had to find a doctor to diagnose me as a middle-aged man just to get my aforementioned workplace accommodations, which was no small feat in the health-coverage desert that is the United States.
0
1
1
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @Akki@toot.lgbt
@Akki@toot.lgbt Fantastic! As an IWW member, I am always here for labor action and transference of power from the employing class to the working class.
0
0
0
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @ariane@tooting.ch
@ariane@tooting.ch @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party And I thought I had it bad at my last workplace when all I was going for was workplace accommodations like "Please let me wear headphones while I work" and "Can I please work in a room without overhead lighting." The hoops I had to jump through...
0
1
0
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @jlyocum@masto.nyc
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party (Pardon my French.)
2
1
0
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @jlyocum@masto.nyc
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party And the U.K. is by no means alone in its portrayal of newly-Dx'd neurodivergent workers as 'workshy benefit cheats' — it happens in the U.S. even though a) no such benefits actually exist in the U.S. for neurodivergent workers and b) in my experience, the only people who actually do any fucking work in any fucking workplace are the neurodivergent ones.
3
1
3
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party I see. While I don't live in the U.K., I did spend a full month there about 20 years ago, have worked a total of five years for U.K.-based employers, and have many close friends that do live there... and I have to say what you've described sounds very English to me (though by this I do not mean to negate all the wonderful things that are also very, very English — such as Staffordshire County oat cakes, miners' strike culture, curry sauce on chips and The Stone Roses).
1
2
1
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party I see… but wouldn’t removing people from the labor pool (via job-replacing benefits) actually *increase* available jobs for those willing to work?
0
1
0
0
Open post
jlyocum
J. L. Yocum @jlyocum@masto.nyc · Mar 24, 2026
J. L. Yocum
@jlyocum@masto.nyc

Musician & poet in Brooklyn. BA in English Comp/Poetry, from U of North TX. Poetry reader at 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩. Poems in &/or forthcoming in 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, $ 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Music spans a few decades & a handful of projects, including work on the soundtrack of at least one award-winning film.

masto.nyc
Replying to @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party Curious what you mean when you say it’s “framed as a benefits culture led by overdiagnosis of neurodivergence.” Do neurodivergent people actually get *benefits* where you live?! Like, monetary benefits sizable enough they can decide not to work?! I am an autistic guy in the U.S. And I’m in a benefits-heavy region of my country (New York State). I can assure you that neurodivergent people do not get one measly freaking dime in pay-outs, not in this neck of the woods.
0
3
4
0

Remote instance

masto.nyc
Open on original server
313k7r1n3
Elektrine

Tor hidden service

elekhj7afj4qnrr4yd3bkzslsyo5jgfxw3orgjkhlcxifueodybyiiad.onion

Platform

  • Email
  • Chat
  • Timeline
  • Communities
  • VPN
  • DNS

Company

  • About
  • Contact
  • FAQ

Legal

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Warrant Canary
  • Lite (no JS)
  • VPN Policy
  • Source code

Support

  • support@elektrine.com
  • Report Security Issue
Mail client setup IMAP mail.elektrine.com:993 POP3 mail.elektrine.com:995 SMTP mail.elektrine.com:465
© 2026 Elektrine. All rights reserved. Server: 03:48:15 UTC