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Grant Shimmin
@grantshim.bsky.social
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Lover of humanity, nature, poetry, stories, faith, learning and more. Journalist, writer, poet. Words in various places. Read submissions at the brilliant Does it Have Pockets.
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grantshim.bsky.social
Honoured to be back in such an amazing journal:
epistemiclit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · Apr 30
Poets of Issue 5: #Resistance, continued:

- James Lilliefors @jameslilliefors.bsky.social
- Grant Shimmin @grantshim.bsky.social
- Paul Gardner
- Monica Postma
- Chandra Persaud

Honored to have each and every one!
May 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
grantshim.bsky.social
I get Richard’s Substack musings as part of a package. He’s prolific, so I don’t see most of them, but the title of this spoke to me: Who Flourishes Because You Have Power?
open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
Who Flourishes Because You Have Power?
Theologically, I've always had an ambivalent relationship with power.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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privateeyenews.bsky.social
Donald Trump. An Apology.

The new Private Eye is out now
A photo of the front cover of issue 1641 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "ON SHELVES NOW!" The headline reads "DONALD TRUMP: AN APOLOGY." The cover features a mock statement claiming that, in contrast to past descriptions of Trump as "a sleazy, deranged, orange-faced man-baby," the magazine now recognises him as "a political colossus, the voice of sanity, a champion of liberty, and the saviour of the Western world." The parody humorously describes him as "slim, handsome, and young," concluding with a note that "this statement has not been fact-checked."
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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theathletic.com
JUST IN: The two Yankees fans who pried open Mookie Betts’ glove during Game 4 of the World Series are indefinitely banned from attending any MLB game, a league source confirmed to The Athletic.

Full story:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/605...
January 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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doesithavepockets.bsky.social
A tender epic in miniature, tremendous new micro #creativenonfiction from Sheila Rittenberg | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/sheila-r...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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michaeljfrost.bsky.social
"Free speech is very important and everyone must be given room to say whatever they're thinking, but in order for everyone to be able to say whatever they're thinking, we have to make sure certain people aren't allowed say what they think in case it stops other people from saying what they think."
haydendonnell.bsky.social Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · Dec 19
You too can help save free speech by drawing up your own government-ordained statement of beliefs and not adopting any positions outlawed by the government
Under new legislation, every uni has to draw up a freedom of speech statement. They will be barred from adopting positions on issues that do not relate to their "core functions"
December 19, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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michaeljfrost.bsky.social
My friend Shane has a Substack tackling the intersections of care, friendship, community, freedom, the feeling of disconnection so many experience, the pervasive social imaginary of neoliberalism. It's really good stuff. Check it out. theuntethereddilemma.substack.com
Untethered | Shane Meyer-Holt | Substack
A Hopeful Exploration of Connection, Care, and Community in Late Capitalism. Click to read Untethered, by Shane Meyer-Holt, a Substack publication.
theuntethereddilemma.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
As we enter a new year, here's a message to all my trans followers, readers and friends. You are valid. You deserve respect. You deserve healthcare. You deserve love. You deserve to live in a world in which people are treated as individuals, and without prejudice. You deserve acceptance.
January 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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tashmahal.bsky.social
How lightly we learn to hold hope
Insha'Allah BY DANUSHA LAMÉRIS I don't know when it slipped into my speech that soft word meaning, "if God wills it." Insha Allah I will see you next summer. The baby will come in spring, insha'Allah. Insha' Allah this year we will have enough rain. So many plans I've laid have unraveled easily as braids beneath my mother's quick fingers. Every language must have a word for this. A word our grandmothers uttered under their breath as they pinned the whites, soaked in lemon, hung them to dry in the sun, or peeled potatoes, dropping the discarded skins into a bowl. Our sons will return next month, insha'Allah. Insha'Allah this war will end, soon. Insha'Allah the rice will be enough to last through winter. How lightly we learn to hold hope, as if it were an animal that could turn around and bite your hand. And still we carry it the way a mother would, carefully, from one day to the next.
January 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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anchalastudio.bsky.social
Relationships are never simple, especially those involving family. Ending 2024 with a new CNF, Usual Sister Stuff, in Feed the Holy.

feedthehol.blogspot.com/2024/12/usua...
January 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
grantshim.bsky.social
Spent the night in a flash sleepout in Methven. Got a morning visitor
The picture shows a pug sitting on a bed looking towards the open doors of the sleepout with an overcast sky beyond
December 14, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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mommamia.bsky.social
Please.
December 6, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"Repent and ferment!" Sourdough, rotini, & BBQ in three clever, meaty #poems from Cory Henniges: www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/cory-...

Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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doesithavepockets.bsky.social
"We farmers have always believed in certain omens" Two timely, powerful pieces from A. Jenson #poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/a-jen...

Graphic @anchalastudio.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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theathletic.com
Veteran catcher Kyle Higashioka signs with Texas Rangers: The deal is worth a total of $12.5 million ($5.75 million in 2025, $6.75 million in 2026), according to MLB.com.
Veteran catcher Kyle Higashioka signs with Texas Rangers
The deal is worth a total of $12.5 million ($5.75 million in 2025, $6.75 million in 2026), according to MLB.com.
dlvr.it
December 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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logicallyjc.bsky.social
If you feel the need to declare that something isn’t controversial or extreme, it’s probably both.
December 3, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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irritabletauiwi.bsky.social
Ōtautahi whānau Steadfast bookshop in Woolston has a end of lease sale with all the second hand books at 50% off 📚📗📖📔📓📚🎄
November 30, 2024 at 11:26 PM
grantshim.bsky.social
Thrilled to have 3 poems in the first edition of a new South African literary journal, Kudu, my first published in the country I grew up in. Wishing the journal huge success. Find the full edition here:
November 30, 2024 at 11:13 PM
grantshim.bsky.social
Gregg Wallace is in trouble. I would tell him to put a sock on it, but isn’t that what caused the problem? | Marina Hyde
November 29, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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domesticanimal.bsky.social
No one person who works in the health system can do their job without a whole lot of other people doing theirs.
Te Whatu Ora is set to cut nearly 1500 jobs, with more to come in the new year.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #HealthNZ #MāoriHealth
Cartoon. Title: Frontline/Backroom. Drawing of a surgeon made up of words: Specialists, Surgeons, Doctors, Teaching, Anaesthetists, Nurses, Physios, Psychologists, Radiologists, Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technicians, Midwives, Orderlies, Bookings, Security, Laundry, Pathology, Data & Digital, Maintenance, Pharmacists, Finance, Records, Cleaners, Catering, Reception, Dieticians, Procurement, Nurse Aids, OTs, and many many many more ‪
November 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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josephfasano.bsky.social
This wrecks me—every single time.
Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road? Don't fill up on bread I say absent-mindedly The servings here are huge My son, whose hair may be receding a bit, says Did you really just say that to me? What he doesn't know is that when we're walking together, when we get to the curb I sometimes start to reach for his hand —Robert Hershon
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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lilycutie.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 1:14 PM