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Samantha eff Jones

@sjonespoet.bsky.social

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Earth scientist. Poet. Editor. Black Canadian & white settler. 🪨🌊 Geology, Arctic, carbon cycle, hydrology, geohumanities. ✍🏼 Attic Rain (NeWest) & I'll Get Right On It! (Roseway). Greyhound enthusiast. Coffee, jokes, memes. https://linktr.ee/JonesYYC

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 13d

Sometimes dreams do come true. I’ve loved books and bookstores and libraries since I was a wee kiddo, and I dreamed that one day maybe I could make something that would be on the shelves. Grateful and proud to be an author and editor with two book babes 🤩📚

Two books standing up on a brown wooden patio in front of a potted pink begonia plant. The books are Attic Rain by Samantha Jones, which has a blue cover with yellow sort of smiley faces, and the book I'll Get Right On It! edited by the Land and Labour Poetry Collective, which has a red and black cover with white text.

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 13h

Always

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 14h

I’m am so pretty 😍

An upside down black greyhound on a grey sofa.

A black greyhound upside down and smiling with his teeth showing.

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 14h

Eeeee 😍😍

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 1d

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno… these are “real cities” just without proper infrastructure.

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!! ❤️

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @paulpearson.ca for your thoughtful read of Attic Rain! I’m grateful that folks are connecting with my words ❤️📚 And as a giant TBR pile girlie, I totally sympathize with the sometimes geologic time that passes between book purchase and book reading. 😂 We get there when we get there!

Paul Pearson @paulpearson.ca · 2d

This week on the blog: Samantha Jones and the Worry Maps of Doom.

Slow Reading Poetry Project 2025, Week Thirty-Five, “Attic Rain” by Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones's and the Worry Maps of Doom is what is driving my creativity this week.

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 3d

And what water will they use.

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Paul Pearson @paulpearson.ca · 3d

As we asphyxiate under turbocapitalism, small acts of noncompliance can keep us alive.

Slow Reading #Poetry Project 2025-10-11 paulpearson.ca/the-blog/

Today’s striking lines comes to us from Samantha Jones.

#poem #poetrysky 💙📚

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 3d

Wow!! Thank you so much for spending time with Attic Rain! ❤️📚

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are walking back to Gaza City as the Israeli military begins its withdrawal from the area following the ceasefire agreement.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum is there, watching what he described as ‘an endless tide of humans’.

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 10d

Edmonton’s NeWest Press seeks an enthusiastic, dynamic General Manager to provide operational leadership. Learn more about the qualifications we are looking for and how to apply by visiting our website.

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#NeWestPress #NowHiring

We're Hiring! NeWest Press is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic General Manager to provide operational leadership. Submit your cover letter and resume to president@newestpress.com not later than Friday, October 17, 2025.

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 6d

The same message as beating up students for opposing genocide I would guess.

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 6d

❤️ you’re welcome!!

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 6d

Some people can just walk past a newsstand, but not this bitch 😘

Storefront of Daily Global News in downtown Calgary.

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 6d

😍😍

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The Alberta Teachers’ Association @albertateachers.bsky.social · 6d

From one-on-one help to manageable class sizes, public education needs real investments — not more delays. Teachers are pushing for change. #KidsCantWaitAB #StopTheExcuses

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 7d

Spending more time with this paper today, and WOW!! I am feeling a rush of inspiration and reverence. Grateful that my gig involves spending time engaging with this type of work.

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 8d

Sweata weatha

A black greyhound wearing a blue and tan sweater standing in front of a fence and wildflowers. His eyes are closed in cozy bliss.

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 8d

Also…. parents aren’t homeschooling their kids during the strike (even though that would be a LaGrange utopia). We are still WORKING lol

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Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like the UCP could use a lesson plan on fiction and nonfiction.

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 8d

Oh god :(

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 8d

ooooooo

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 9d

Indeed

Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · 9d

The most chill. It’s amazing.