🇨🇦 Janet Somerville
@janetsomerville.bsky.social
#Gellhorn enthusiast. Dog lover. Anti-fascist. Writer for hire.
HOW MIDSUMMER NIGHT (2024)
YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS: MARTHA GELLHORN'S LETTERS OF LOVE & WAR (2019)
Contributor to Toronto Star #book pages.
https://janetsomervillewriter.com
HOW MIDSUMMER NIGHT (2024)
YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS: MARTHA GELLHORN'S LETTERS OF LOVE & WAR (2019)
Contributor to Toronto Star #book pages.
https://janetsomervillewriter.com
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Yours, For Probably Always by Janet Somerville: 9780593455845 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Before email, when long distance telephone calls were difficult and expensive, people wrote letters, often several each day. Today, those letters provide an intimate and revealing look at the lives an...
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The fearless, indefatigable, singular MARTHA #GELLHORN was #BOTD in St. Louis. (b. 8 Nov 1908)
I wrote a book about her.
@prhaudio.bsky.social
Ask for it at your library or treat yourself to a copy & learn more about how timeless her words are:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679091...
I wrote a book about her.
@prhaudio.bsky.social
Ask for it at your library or treat yourself to a copy & learn more about how timeless her words are:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/679091...
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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Jesus, send the meteor.
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Jesus, send the meteor.
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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Mnidoo Giizis (Spirit Moon)
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2022
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2022
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Mnidoo Giizis (Spirit Moon)
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2022
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2022
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Many people -- but most notably, Epstein's victims -- told the truth about Epstein and were smeared and abandoned by both parties. The DOJ protects Epstein. Dem propagandists defended the DOJ under Biden. The GOP buried the case under Trump.
Were all these people "distracted"? Or simply evil?
Were all these people "distracted"? Or simply evil?
January 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Many people -- but most notably, Epstein's victims -- told the truth about Epstein and were smeared and abandoned by both parties. The DOJ protects Epstein. Dem propagandists defended the DOJ under Biden. The GOP buried the case under Trump.
Were all these people "distracted"? Or simply evil?
Were all these people "distracted"? Or simply evil?
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Let's sing down the Nazis like they did in CASABLANCA.
a black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Let's sing down the Nazis like they did in CASABLANCA.
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I have neither thrown nor received a real punch in my life but I kind of think the root sin of the social internet is letting people just say and do things that in the real world would get the shit kicked out of them
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I have neither thrown nor received a real punch in my life but I kind of think the root sin of the social internet is letting people just say and do things that in the real world would get the shit kicked out of them
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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T is the front man. The architects of project 2025 are behind the invasion of Venezuela, deportations, plan to sideline Congress, dismantling of social services and civil rights etc. T is the distraction. He didn’t plan this. He can’t even figure out what’s the correct dose of aspirin to take.
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
T is the front man. The architects of project 2025 are behind the invasion of Venezuela, deportations, plan to sideline Congress, dismantling of social services and civil rights etc. T is the distraction. He didn’t plan this. He can’t even figure out what’s the correct dose of aspirin to take.
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Enshittification.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Enshittification.
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
Sage advice from @elizmccrack.bsky.social. #AmWriting
Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules!
Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules!
After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know…
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Sage advice from @elizmccrack.bsky.social. #AmWriting
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WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
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Be a hand-written letter in a world full of text messages.
January 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Be a hand-written letter in a world full of text messages.
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Jack Smith:
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn
the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b... (8:58)
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn
the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b... (8:58)
Jack Smith Deposition
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Jack Smith:
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn
the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b... (8:58)
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn
the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b... (8:58)
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I'm not NOT crying at Mandy Patinkin singing "Over the Rainbow" in the freezing cold with a chorus of Staten Island schoolkids.
January 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I'm not NOT crying at Mandy Patinkin singing "Over the Rainbow" in the freezing cold with a chorus of Staten Island schoolkids.
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A motorcade of taxis. Yellow cab drivers adore Zohran Mamdani like a brother. He spent 45 days camped outside of City Hall with them. He took all of his meetings and calls from the protest site. And, spent 15 days on a water-only hunger strike with them. They won and saved lives.
Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A motorcade of taxis. Yellow cab drivers adore Zohran Mamdani like a brother. He spent 45 days camped outside of City Hall with them. He took all of his meetings and calls from the protest site. And, spent 15 days on a water-only hunger strike with them. They won and saved lives.
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I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread
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Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
As ever - sharing Tennyson’s exhortation to leave the old year dying in the night.
In gratitude, fellow travelers. #everynightapoem
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Meanwhile, Dorothy Parker reportedly wired Robert Benchley one New Year’s Eve: “YOU COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER YEAR.”
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Meanwhile, Dorothy Parker reportedly wired Robert Benchley one New Year’s Eve: “YOU COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE HAVING ANOTHER YEAR.”
It's a tiny, perfect, character-driven piece. #BlueMoon
Blue Moon is a gorgeous film. Best thing I've seen Ethan Hawke do, probably. It's daring - almost a filmed play - but dynamic. A smart, sad, funny, & absolutely timely look at real artists & what they're up against.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It's a tiny, perfect, character-driven piece. #BlueMoon
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“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe that disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Hero of 2025: Alice Wong
The disability justice icon's last message: "Don’t let the bastards grind you down."
www.motherjones.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe that disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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We must protect Connor Storrie from that demon at all costs.
I know Ryan Murphy is somewhere out there furiously searching for a serial killer Connor Storrie can play since Dahmer’s been done already
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We must protect Connor Storrie from that demon at all costs.