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Jonathan Potter (@jonathanpotter)
A little something in recognition of the recent birthdays of @Garrison Keillor and @Charles Bukowski
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August 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Sweet Spot in the Chaos, coming in June 2025 from Korrektiv Press -- substack.com/home/post/p-...
May 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hello Bluesky
Live with Jonathan Potter
A recording from Jonathan Potter's live video
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March 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New Orleans Dozzina
Also Known as a Double Sestina
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February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This Is How the Day Began
lake above, sky below
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February 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
To miss New Orleans …
Do You Know What It Means?
lake above, sky below
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February 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Patience
water above, sky below
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January 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The Broken Limbs
Rondeau
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January 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Just came across this in the December 5 2024 issue of NYRB @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social, liked it, and was glad to find Dean Browne here on Bluesky
January 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
As any animal must know,
winter is a temporary
affliction that will soon pass.
As Any Animal Must Know
water above, mountain below
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January 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
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January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Good on @theguardian.com on their decision to leave Twitter / X! Stop helping Elon make money and gain influence
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde
‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde
This week, the bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’. We reproduce it in full O God, you made us in your own image and…
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January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My December 5, 2024 issue of the NYRB @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social arrived late, and I’m only just dipping into it, but I’ve already been gobsmacked by Fintan O’Toole’s @fotoole.bsky.social cover piece and Jorie Graham’s @joriegraham.bsky.social poem. Delighted to find both writers here on @bsky.app
January 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Thread of all senators’ contact info. Save this. We will need it often.
CALL YOUR U.S. Senators! EVERY DC Contact Information:

Alabama
Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124
Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744

Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004

Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235
Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521

1/17
January 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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While they likely voted knowing they wouldn’t change the outcome, Murkowski and Collins voted their consciences against an onslaught of right-wing furor. The votes may have been symbolic; the threats they will almost certainly receive from the MAGA faithful will not be.
Senate Republicans Will Do Whatever Trump Tells Them To Do
“Pete Hegseth is unqualified to run the Pentagon” is criminal understatement. Accused...
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January 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Executive orders Trump issued in his first days in office violate both the Constitution and several US laws.
Trump’s Blitz on Immigration Aimed to Overwhelm. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Executive orders Trump issued in his first days in office violate both the Constitution and several US laws.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Dear members of the press,

Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE:

When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here:

www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection
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January 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Photo Poems 3: After Seven Days (3 of 3)
January 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Photo Poems 3: After Seven Days (2 of 3)
January 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Photo Poems 3: After Seven Days (1 of 3)
January 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Jonathan’s poems are lyrical and fluid, like Yeats, but yes, blunt as well, like a well crafted cudgel that doubles as an umbrella, not exactly Bukowski, but if Yeats and Bukowski had a bastard love child, it might be Jonathan.”
Book Review: Tulips for Elsie--by Jonathan Potter
A book review by Jed Moffitt
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December 16, 2024 at 5:13 AM