J.G. Simiński
@j-g-siminski-2025.bsky.social
Poet, writer, memoirist. Love of nature and animals.
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My latest poem published by The Ekphrastic Review! Thank you @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social
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The Invisible Ghost (In Death, as in Life), by J.G. Simiński
The Invisible Ghost (In Death, as in Life) She often / rests against the / old / grandfather clock / at the foot of the / worn / wooden stairs / in the now / slumbering hallway / a clock / that...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My latest poem published by The Ekphrastic Review! Thank you @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...
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For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
Listen to a rebroadcast of one of our most popular podcast episodes on Día de los Muertos - The Day of the Dead, recorded at the iconice Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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#díadelosmuertos #dayofthedead #hollywoodforevercemetery
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#díadelosmuertos #dayofthedead #hollywoodforevercemetery
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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More than 250 investigators at the D.O.E.’s Office for Civil Rights, which enforces laws that bar discrimination, were informed that they were being laid off. “I am seeing the 1964 Civil Rights Act eviscerated right before my eyes,” one senior manager said.
When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights
The Department of Education’s abandonment of traditional civil-rights litigation has effectively transported parents back in time, to the era before the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
More than 250 investigators at the D.O.E.’s Office for Civil Rights, which enforces laws that bar discrimination, were informed that they were being laid off. “I am seeing the 1964 Civil Rights Act eviscerated right before my eyes,” one senior manager said.
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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“Exposure is not something that ICE wants,” a Los Angeles City Council member said. “When you are engaged in a systematic, unconstitutional activity where you’re trying to grab as many people in your net as possible, you do not want cameras.”
The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles
How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.
www.newyorker.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Exposure is not something that ICE wants,” a Los Angeles City Council member said. “When you are engaged in a systematic, unconstitutional activity where you’re trying to grab as many people in your net as possible, you do not want cameras.”
Brilliant!
As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Brilliant!
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On a new episode of the #PoliticalScene, Hillary Clinton discusses the Trump Administration’s free-speech crackdown in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, and ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air.
Listen here:
swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Awdxs
Listen here:
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September 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On a new episode of the #PoliticalScene, Hillary Clinton discusses the Trump Administration’s free-speech crackdown in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, and ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air.
Listen here:
swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Awdxs
Listen here:
swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Awdxs
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Robert Redford died today, at age 89. Revisit a 1998 Profile of the longtime actor and director, who was instrumental in fashioning some of America’s most defining contemporary images: nyer.cm/uA1ZPe4
September 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Robert Redford died today, at age 89. Revisit a 1998 Profile of the longtime actor and director, who was instrumental in fashioning some of America’s most defining contemporary images: nyer.cm/uA1ZPe4
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If the smallest of animals are capable of showing kindness, so can you! Kindness Matters 💕
September 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If the smallest of animals are capable of showing kindness, so can you! Kindness Matters 💕
I just finished listening to "Raising Hare" by author @chloedalton.bsky.social with wonderful narration by Louise Brealey. Breathtaking, astounding. "Dolphins in a meadow," I think the phrase is, what an image.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761910...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761910...
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton: 9780593701843 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE • A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the...
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August 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just finished listening to "Raising Hare" by author @chloedalton.bsky.social with wonderful narration by Louise Brealey. Breathtaking, astounding. "Dolphins in a meadow," I think the phrase is, what an image.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761910...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761910...
The Gival Press announcement with me as a finalist, so happy to be among these poets.
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www.givalpress.com/post/r-s-wel...
R.S. Weldon Wins the 24th Annual Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award-2025
"On Visibility" by R. S. Weldon wins award.
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August 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Gival Press announcement with me as a finalist, so happy to be among these poets.
www.givalpress.com/post/r-s-wel...
www.givalpress.com/post/r-s-wel...
Amazing poem by Remi Graves.
“if gender be a place / let me be everywhere but there.” Read “On Bilocation,” a poem by Remi Graves.
“On Bilocation,” a Poem by Remi Graves
“on bilocation” if gender be a place let me be everywhere but there let me stand at the peak of all its mountains lie me down at the bottom of its deepest river sew me into each atom of air knot me…
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August 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amazing poem by Remi Graves.
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Celebrate and revisit this historic event along with us this weekend!
Listen here! www.talkinboutourgeneration.com/woodstock
Listen here! www.talkinboutourgeneration.com/woodstock
August 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Celebrate and revisit this historic event along with us this weekend!
Listen here! www.talkinboutourgeneration.com/woodstock
Listen here! www.talkinboutourgeneration.com/woodstock
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In our latest PEN Ten interview, we chat with bestselling author V. E. Schwab about her latest novel Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, toxic lesbian vampires, and the importance of writing complex LGBTQ+ characters. pen.org/v-e-schwab-t...
Toxic Lesbian Vampires and ‘What Liberation Looks Like’ - PEN America
In this PEN Ten, V. E. Schwab discusses the importance of complex LGBTQ+ characters, and why vampire and queer narratives go hand-in-hand.
pen.org
June 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In our latest PEN Ten interview, we chat with bestselling author V. E. Schwab about her latest novel Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, toxic lesbian vampires, and the importance of writing complex LGBTQ+ characters. pen.org/v-e-schwab-t...
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Our Special Episode talks about things that matter (in a tongue-in-cheek kinda way) in this current climate, like community, and being civil even when others are not. Listen in on George Washington!
Https://www.ourgenpod.com/independence-day-2025
Https://www.ourgenpod.com/independence-day-2025
July 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Our Special Episode talks about things that matter (in a tongue-in-cheek kinda way) in this current climate, like community, and being civil even when others are not. Listen in on George Washington!
Https://www.ourgenpod.com/independence-day-2025
Https://www.ourgenpod.com/independence-day-2025
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
A massive NO KINGS protest here in Studio City. Feeling the love of our community. Blocks and blocks of believers in Democracy.
June 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A massive NO KINGS protest here in Studio City. Feeling the love of our community. Blocks and blocks of believers in Democracy.