BeckyJT
@beckyjt.bsky.social
In & out | POETRY & art | Nervous but joyful | Socialist, anti fascist & trade unionist | West Yorkshire | 🇵🇸
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BeckyJT
@beckyjt.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Oh hey hey. Never really had a proper go at Twitter but maybe Blue Sky is the one. Gonna post about poetry, art and socialist politics and see how I get on.
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He’s raiding the fridge
He’s melting the ice
He’s leaving a note
To smooth talk his wife
Carlos Williams is eating the plums
He’s melting the ice
He’s leaving a note
To smooth talk his wife
Carlos Williams is eating the plums
December 14, 2024 at 8:20 PM
He’s raiding the fridge
He’s melting the ice
He’s leaving a note
To smooth talk his wife
Carlos Williams is eating the plums
He’s melting the ice
He’s leaving a note
To smooth talk his wife
Carlos Williams is eating the plums
On a long distance train & a woman has been on with a budgie in a special budgie rucksack. And I’ve finished my first James Baldwin book. And the man behind me is frequently softly groaning. It’s a lot here.
December 14, 2024 at 2:44 PM
On a long distance train & a woman has been on with a budgie in a special budgie rucksack. And I’ve finished my first James Baldwin book. And the man behind me is frequently softly groaning. It’s a lot here.
In Leeds last night 3 young Syrian men were in the street playing music and dancing and waving Syrian & Palestinian flags. One of them told me it was “it’s the best day ever”. Beautiful 🇸🇾🇵🇸
“It’s lifted a cloak of sadness that’s been put on people’s lives.”
Couldn’t help but cry at The Guardian’s interviews with Syrian refugees who found sanctuary in Britain - and are now watching Assad’s horror fall. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Couldn’t help but cry at The Guardian’s interviews with Syrian refugees who found sanctuary in Britain - and are now watching Assad’s horror fall. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
‘Miraculous’: Syrians in UK tell of shock, joy, hopes and fears after fall of Assad
Jubilation at the prospect of going home to a new Syria mixed with trepidation about what the future holds
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:29 PM
In Leeds last night 3 young Syrian men were in the street playing music and dancing and waving Syrian & Palestinian flags. One of them told me it was “it’s the best day ever”. Beautiful 🇸🇾🇵🇸
More Day of the Jackal thoughts. I enjoy a good car chase & gun fight as much as the next binge watcher. But when it comes to truly taking on the far right & capitalist class I like my power where I can see it - in the organised working class.
December 8, 2024 at 2:33 PM
More Day of the Jackal thoughts. I enjoy a good car chase & gun fight as much as the next binge watcher. But when it comes to truly taking on the far right & capitalist class I like my power where I can see it - in the organised working class.
Binge-y Saturday night with Day of the Jackal. Enjoyable but as always with these things - absolutely rubbish depictions of left-wingers.
December 7, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Binge-y Saturday night with Day of the Jackal. Enjoyable but as always with these things - absolutely rubbish depictions of left-wingers.
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One year ago today Israel murdered poet Refaat Alareer along with his entire family.
December 6, 2024 at 11:50 AM
One year ago today Israel murdered poet Refaat Alareer along with his entire family.
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Looking forward to the next editions of Poetry News and The Poetry Review? Follow the link for an exciting preview of what's to come this winter👀: bit.ly/3D055Vc
December 4, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Looking forward to the next editions of Poetry News and The Poetry Review? Follow the link for an exciting preview of what's to come this winter👀: bit.ly/3D055Vc
Although I know some years they are to be taken to the grave, thanks everyone for sharing your #SpotifyWrapped An absolute treasure trove of recommendations. Here’s mine. Macklemore entirely for two songs that raised money for Palestine with every play!
December 4, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Although I know some years they are to be taken to the grave, thanks everyone for sharing your #SpotifyWrapped An absolute treasure trove of recommendations. Here’s mine. Macklemore entirely for two songs that raised money for Palestine with every play!
Don’t cross the digital picket line at the Guardian and the Observer.
Journalists at the Guardian and the Observer are holding a 48-hour strike in protest at the proposed sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Don’t cross the digital picket line at the Guardian and the Observer.
Are you even pro Palestinian if Hind’s Hall isn’t your number 1 play in your #SpotifyWrapped Earning for UNWRA with every play 🇵🇸
December 4, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Are you even pro Palestinian if Hind’s Hall isn’t your number 1 play in your #SpotifyWrapped Earning for UNWRA with every play 🇵🇸
Nearly finished with ‘Paper Girls’ graphic novels. Volumes 5 & 6 requested from library. TBH I’m super confused by it all, but it’s so fun & the girl heroes I love, so I’ll just enjoy its world even if the robots/time travel/war fought over folds in time are a bit of a mystery to me. #AmReading
December 3, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Nearly finished with ‘Paper Girls’ graphic novels. Volumes 5 & 6 requested from library. TBH I’m super confused by it all, but it’s so fun & the girl heroes I love, so I’ll just enjoy its world even if the robots/time travel/war fought over folds in time are a bit of a mystery to me. #AmReading
I’m reading a book that isn’t by a leftie or a poet. Feels weird.
December 2, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I’m reading a book that isn’t by a leftie or a poet. Feels weird.
Just done my first full listen through to Handel’s Messiah of the festive season!
December 2, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Just done my first full listen through to Handel’s Messiah of the festive season!
Hey hey folks doing #20BookChallenge Don’t post photos without writing anything unless you’re using alt text!!
December 2, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Hey hey folks doing #20BookChallenge Don’t post photos without writing anything unless you’re using alt text!!
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I post for the same reason I write poems, essays, diary entries: I am a sick individual with an addiction to written text
December 1, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I post for the same reason I write poems, essays, diary entries: I am a sick individual with an addiction to written text
Exciting day! I have for the first time ever submitted a poem. Went for the unpublished poetry prize with @mslexia.bsky.social as my first step. One goal for 2024 ticked off just in time.
December 1, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Exciting day! I have for the first time ever submitted a poem. Went for the unpublished poetry prize with @mslexia.bsky.social as my first step. One goal for 2024 ticked off just in time.
I am deeply ashamed at how little I knew of the plight of the people from Chagos. This absolutely devastating graphic book by Florian Grosset tells of how the Chagossians were evicted to make way for a US military base in the Indian Ocean. The horrors & injustices she describes will never leave me 😡
November 30, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I am deeply ashamed at how little I knew of the plight of the people from Chagos. This absolutely devastating graphic book by Florian Grosset tells of how the Chagossians were evicted to make way for a US military base in the Indian Ocean. The horrors & injustices she describes will never leave me 😡
Perfect analysis. I’m disappointed but if it passes eventually let’s keep fighting for public services.
Many people will feel relief from this result. Many others will feel fear. No one is cruel for being upset or selfish for cheering. But remember: this is only the start of the legislative process. And only the start of asking how the state can ease suffering - in life as well as death.
November 29, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Perfect analysis. I’m disappointed but if it passes eventually let’s keep fighting for public services.
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Gboyega Odubanjo, shortlisted for his collection Adam, is this week’s poet in focus for the T. S. Eliot Prize.
November 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Gboyega Odubanjo, shortlisted for his collection Adam, is this week’s poet in focus for the T. S. Eliot Prize.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:16 PM
If you’re interested in the Assisted Dying Bill, this lengthy piece of research via Disabled People Against Cuts is essential reading. dpac.uk.net/2024/11/choi...
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - briefing from UK DDPO CRDP Monitoring Coalition - DPAC
We are a secular, human rights network of organisations run and controlled by Deaf and Disabled people (DDPOs) from across the UK. We monitor and campaign for
dpac.uk.net
November 26, 2024 at 10:53 PM
If you’re interested in the Assisted Dying Bill, this lengthy piece of research via Disabled People Against Cuts is essential reading. dpac.uk.net/2024/11/choi...
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The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 22, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
Pinched from Leeds Stand Up To Racism on Insta. Far right thugs gathering in Leeds tomorrow. Come and join the opposition! #StopTheFarRight
November 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Pinched from Leeds Stand Up To Racism on Insta. Far right thugs gathering in Leeds tomorrow. Come and join the opposition! #StopTheFarRight
If I love a poetry book - I’ll tell everyone. If I don’t - I would never consider issuing a public complaint to the writer. Super weird to even consider that. Spread artistic joy, nothing else 💫✨
Telling a writer, artist, musician, etc. that their work is shit on social media has always struck me as a weird flex.
Why do you feel the need to do it?
What do you expect them to do about it?
“I found the prose stilted and boring.”
“I’ll go back and change that right away, sir.”
Why do you feel the need to do it?
What do you expect them to do about it?
“I found the prose stilted and boring.”
“I’ll go back and change that right away, sir.”
August 21, 2024 at 10:10 PM
If I love a poetry book - I’ll tell everyone. If I don’t - I would never consider issuing a public complaint to the writer. Super weird to even consider that. Spread artistic joy, nothing else 💫✨