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The New Now / Russell C. Smith
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Welcome to The New Now. On Substack, I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. https://russellcsmith.substack.com/

Freedom of speech, books, art, nature.

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thenewnow.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
A link to my Substack page.
January 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
A MORE PERFECT UNION #2 / 2019

#art #painting #mixedmediapainting #abstractart
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
Truth Not Propaganda!
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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screenmedia.bsky.social
“SCARLET STREET” (1945) dir. Fritz Lang

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea

🎬 Universal Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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markcritch.bsky.social
My new book launches today!
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Public servants, artists, cultural figures, heads of nonprofits and industry. Meet our Transition Committees:
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
INK AND BRUSH ON VINTAGE MAGAZINE PAGE, IN STUDIO / 2025

#art #inkpainting #contemporaryart
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
Altered Note to Future Self #5 / 2018

#art #mixedmeda #mixedmediacollage
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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rjhopkins.bsky.social
Abstract #173
#art #abstractart #abstract #contemporyart #hasselblad #photography #photographersunited #photographersofblusky #macro #macrophotography #experimentalphotography
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
On some nights Wanda felt like she was the Queen of Raintown / 2015

#art #collage #night #rain
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
thenewnow.bsky.social
NOIR PROSE POEMS

On mySubstack...

Cheers & Onward...
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
The day clownish Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a ridiculous, performative lawsuit against Tylenol seems a good day to re-post this:
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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paulxhearn.bsky.social
The analogy between the garden and collage persists; caring for seedlings & pruning, of beauty found in unexpected places and most importantly for me mulching; how what is understood changes over periods of time

#collage archive

#handcut #papercollage #seedlings
Torn page from magazine with close-up picture of pink rose; white border at bottom with page number 198
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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paulxhearn.bsky.social
A collage to be hung on the wall

#collageart #papercollage #handcut #assembled
Scraps of paper and card are hung from a blue lanyard. Orangey-red chevrons and sky blue paper are obscured by gold card and a snippet from a magazine
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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paulxhearn.bsky.social
More from the sequence

#collageart #handcut #papercollage #subterraneans
Subterraneans i; collage cut into an Ulla Johnson ad of model in a flowing yellow folksy dress; orange fluoro backing showing through cut-out patches in the magazine page Subterraneans iii; roughly painted paper map of caverns overlaid on a magazine page with a film still of Al Pacino
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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paulxhearn.bsky.social
Homemade filing systems

#diy #archive #makedo #thethriftycollagist
A stack of papers collected together in a modified shoebox held together by red cord fastened around two split pins A stack of papers collected together in a see-through plastic folder fastened to an old Ordinance Survey map wrap, tied with thin blue cord
January 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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alinagrafik.bsky.social
#Spooktober #Trees #ClassicMono #31DaysOfHalloween

Would you like to sit on my spooky swing under the spooky tree my little one? 🖤👀

#EastCoastKIn #Hiking #OakTree #Spooky #HauntedForest #ForestFriday #Halloween
A black and white image of the silhouette of a large oak tree in the fog, growing on a hill. There is a wooden swing hanging from one branch and leaves cover the ground. Hiking trail perimeter trail of Cerro San Luis in San Luis Obispo, California.
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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chariselee.bsky.social
I love this man‼️ We are all Zohran Mamdani‼️
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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atrupar.com
Jeffries: "Do what leaders do as opposed to being missing in actio for 28 days while finding $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina & destroying the historic parts of the WH so he can construct a ballroom where he'll be celebrated like a wannabe king. It's all outrageous stuff."
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Hell yeah!

🚨 NEW: 22 states, DC, and 3 governors just filed a legal challenge over a $5 billion “contingency fund” meant to keep SNAP benefits going.
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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karlykingsley.bsky.social
Reminder:
States
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM