Jonathan Everitt
@jonathaneveritt.bsky.social
freelance writer | poet | Bennington MFA '20 | Rochester, N.Y.
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"At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this?
And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"
- from Ilya Kaminsky's poem, "A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to a Neck"
And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"
- from Ilya Kaminsky's poem, "A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to a Neck"
Good luck to their development department.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Good luck to their development department.
Support non-profit independent journalism 🖤 #ROC #RochesterNY
Contributing photographer Teddy Almond speaks about how working at the Beacon has helped him explore photojournalism beyond his university campus and into the city.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Support non-profit independent journalism 🖤 #ROC #RochesterNY
Fully endorse.
"On Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter," Richard Coolidge writes in this column.
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
And, "also remember to put down your phone." https://to.pbs.org/3TJzFVD
Column: This Black Friday, do something different. Get outdoors
This year on Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Fully endorse.
Journalists on the White House beat absolutely must stop accepting abusive behavior from the president. They're normalizing conduct that no one should tolerate, especially from an elected public servant. Letting a government official address you this way sends a terrible message to your audience.
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Journalists on the White House beat absolutely must stop accepting abusive behavior from the president. They're normalizing conduct that no one should tolerate, especially from an elected public servant. Letting a government official address you this way sends a terrible message to your audience.
Happy Thanksgiving 🖤
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Happy Thanksgiving 🖤
She's not a journalist and she has the ethics and maturity of an amoeba. That will be my only statement on the matter of Snoozy and Vanity Fail.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
She's not a journalist and she has the ethics and maturity of an amoeba. That will be my only statement on the matter of Snoozy and Vanity Fail.
Timeline cleanse.
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Timeline cleanse.
"But is the technology ready?"
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"But is the technology ready?"
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I love a sonnet.
The octave, general in terms, listing the necessities love fails to provide. Then in the sestet, more personal, and challenging the idea that ‘Love is All’. But even with that, at the end, the poet does not think she would trade or sell it for solace.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
The octave, general in terms, listing the necessities love fails to provide. Then in the sestet, more personal, and challenging the idea that ‘Love is All’. But even with that, at the end, the poet does not think she would trade or sell it for solace.
#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Poems with special guest interludes. I like it.💡
If I ever get poetry famous, it'd be cool to be like a rap star who features friends on tracks. Give a stanza to a writer pal the way rappers give a verse to their buddies. Like, "[Title] featuring @readinstead.bsky.social" etc.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Poems with special guest interludes. I like it.💡
Thank you.
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Thank you.
Wow.
“.. Everybody has two lives, and the second life starts when you realize you have ONE," he said.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Wow.
Another poetry reading coming up from Bearded Bards. Check it out!
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It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Another poetry reading coming up from Bearded Bards. Check it out!
Starting the clock now. I predict Rubio resigns within 72 hours.
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Starting the clock now. I predict Rubio resigns within 72 hours.
Corporate news media didn't *fail* to meet the moment. They *cultivated* it. And they deserve to go extinct. The future is non-profit independent journalism.
New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Corporate news media didn't *fail* to meet the moment. They *cultivated* it. And they deserve to go extinct. The future is non-profit independent journalism.
#RochesterNY #ROC upcoming demonstration
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A peaceful rally and march to demand an end to the current administrations assault on the Constitution of the United States and our democracy.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#RochesterNY #ROC upcoming demonstration
This alone got a follow from me.
V is my favorite tv show of all time so I’ll check out pretty much anything with him in it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This alone got a follow from me.
This is knockout work from a poet I'm just learning about. Wow. The religious allusions. The line breaks (and prose). The high/low of it all. Love it.🖤
Francesca Leader is (still) trying to teach her (soon-to-be-ex-) husband about two-way streets, today at Villain Era!
Four Poems by Francesca Leader
Goodbye, John Not the Jesus to my child——you were the child, I the second coming——or first, or last, depending whether we countthe wife who resented your paintings,the mother who called you golden, or neither,since I alone stayed. No number of melted-downwedding bands could heal your cracks——you were, to hold another, too broken. But when you…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is knockout work from a poet I'm just learning about. Wow. The religious allusions. The line breaks (and prose). The high/low of it all. Love it.🖤
Great analysis of the numbers. I don't agree with all of the takeaways from the "experts" - but no one else is doing political analysis like this in Rochester.
Trend or anomaly? - Rochester Beacon
Monroe County’s suburbs elected more Democrats than ever in November. Is this an indication of a lasting enrollment shift or a cluster of fluke victories?
rochesterbeacon.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Have a good and gentle weekend.🖤
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November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Have a good and gentle weekend.🖤
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Excited for this 🖤
Leigh Lucas (SPLASHED THINGS) is the winner of the 24th annual A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize! Preorder a copy of the collection (out April, 2026!) through the link in our bio and check out submission information for the 25th annual A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, submissions open until November 30th!
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Excited for this 🖤
Re-upping this since approval ratings have been popping up in my feed again. (What was Nixon's approval rating when he resigned and how long did it take to get there? See thread.)
For context for current events, it can be useful to keep an eye on presidential approval rating. /1
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Re-upping this since approval ratings have been popping up in my feed again. (What was Nixon's approval rating when he resigned and how long did it take to get there? See thread.)
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Delighted to share some of the terrific folks I connect with on Bluesky!
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November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The BIG amendments are principles, rather than specifics. So: cementing voting rights, an end to partisan gerrymandering, and big money out of politics sort of scope. Throw EC into that larger idea of stopping an elite from taking over the election process, rather than focusing on one aspect of it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Hear, hear 🏳️⚧️
1/ On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember those tragically lost to violence against the trans community. Today, we honor their memory and mourn with their families and loved ones.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hear, hear 🏳️⚧️