J.D. Smith
@smitroverse.bsky.social
Seventh poetry collection in September from https://www.broadstonebooks.com. First fiction collection, Transit, available now. www.jdsmithwriter.com.
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J.D. Smith
@smitroverse.bsky.social
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I am also @Smitroverse on Twitter.
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I would not personally trust my book to a press whose founder is saying it’s okay to pirate books
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I would not personally trust my book to a press whose founder is saying it’s okay to pirate books
About twenty people dressed as Marie Antoinette and associates, at least a couple of them carrying cakes, were walking northbound on 17th St at about 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon, turning west when they reached the Renwick and White House area. I don't know what that was about, but it was something.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
About twenty people dressed as Marie Antoinette and associates, at least a couple of them carrying cakes, were walking northbound on 17th St at about 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon, turning west when they reached the Renwick and White House area. I don't know what that was about, but it was something.
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So many good things about tonight’s event at @splitrockbks.bsky.social but was especially thrilled to meet the bookstore cat
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So many good things about tonight’s event at @splitrockbks.bsky.social but was especially thrilled to meet the bookstore cat
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You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.
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Maybe it’s just my brain chemistry changing, but I’m starting to enjoy books in the way mid-2000’s library propaganda said I would.
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Maybe it’s just my brain chemistry changing, but I’m starting to enjoy books in the way mid-2000’s library propaganda said I would.
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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While writing my first novel, I held onto a line from the movie, Field of Dreams: "If you build it, they will come."
As in, "If you write it, they will publish it."
It kept me going. And now I have an offer on the table.
Build it. They will come 🙏
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #AmWriting
As in, "If you write it, they will publish it."
It kept me going. And now I have an offer on the table.
Build it. They will come 🙏
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #AmWriting
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
While writing my first novel, I held onto a line from the movie, Field of Dreams: "If you build it, they will come."
As in, "If you write it, they will publish it."
It kept me going. And now I have an offer on the table.
Build it. They will come 🙏
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #AmWriting
As in, "If you write it, they will publish it."
It kept me going. And now I have an offer on the table.
Build it. They will come 🙏
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #AmWriting
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A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
Of possible interest. The Place That Is Coming to Us by J.D. Smith #poetry #ecopoetry www.goodreads.com/book/stats?i...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Of possible interest. The Place That Is Coming to Us by J.D. Smith #poetry #ecopoetry www.goodreads.com/book/stats?i...
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Trump signs with protest but has plans with Bondi to not release them due to his specious "investigation" into "demoncrat" involvement.
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump signs with protest but has plans with Bondi to not release them due to his specious "investigation" into "demoncrat" involvement.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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Thanks to Rachel Maddow for covering the Remove the Regime event taking place this week. Tomorrow’s schedule begins at 10:00 a.m. with a rally at Flare, followed by what organizers anticipate will be record-breaking direct lobbying for impeachment and removal.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Thanks to Rachel Maddow for covering the Remove the Regime event taking place this week. Tomorrow’s schedule begins at 10:00 a.m. with a rally at Flare, followed by what organizers anticipate will be record-breaking direct lobbying for impeachment and removal.
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ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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We are finding out anew that access may, in fact, be antithetical to journalism.
1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We are finding out anew that access may, in fact, be antithetical to journalism.
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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Tell me what crime fiction you are looking forward to reading next year because I have to start thinking about that again
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Tell me what crime fiction you are looking forward to reading next year because I have to start thinking about that again
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Much respect to UFC fighter, Brandon Royval, who gave this answer as to why he would not fight at the UFC event on the WH lawn:
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Much respect to UFC fighter, Brandon Royval, who gave this answer as to why he would not fight at the UFC event on the WH lawn:
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Did an interview with a journalist for one of the country’s largest newspapers almost as soon as I got to Barcelona. He’s been covering books for more than 40 years and told me two authors have left a mark on him with the power of their violence: Jack Ketchum and me. Holy shit. Long live Dallas! 🖤
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Did an interview with a journalist for one of the country’s largest newspapers almost as soon as I got to Barcelona. He’s been covering books for more than 40 years and told me two authors have left a mark on him with the power of their violence: Jack Ketchum and me. Holy shit. Long live Dallas! 🖤
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“Elon tried to ban The Onion on X and failed. His inability to be cool affects everyone’s lives.” english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
“Elon tried to ban The Onion on X and failed. His inability to be cool affects everyone’s lives.” english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“more sustainable farming, which reduced pesticides and restored semi-natural habitats, would help bird populations recover.”
“more sustainable farming, which reduced pesticides and restored semi-natural habitats, would help bird populations recover.”
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“more sustainable farming, which reduced pesticides and restored semi-natural habitats, would help bird populations recover.”
“more sustainable farming, which reduced pesticides and restored semi-natural habitats, would help bird populations recover.”
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Seriously WOW
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Seriously WOW
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I mean, I wasn't *planning* on leaving grumpy irate voicemails for my senators with less than 48 hours to go till my book's out, but God laughs at human plans, so I left the voicemails
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I mean, I wasn't *planning* on leaving grumpy irate voicemails for my senators with less than 48 hours to go till my book's out, but God laughs at human plans, so I left the voicemails
Fátima Bosch es chingona.
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Fátima Bosch es chingona.