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Jim Lawrence

@jimzovich.bsky.social
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Wordslayer, guitar strangler, art botherer, armchair psychogeographer. Amanuensis to anarchist philosopher Crofton Wingwalker. It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of The Archers. Southampton, UK.

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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today is National Poetry Day’s Boxing Day Where we Take back the rhymes That don’t fit And get some sonnets In the sale.
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#nationalpoetryday2026 #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poetrycommunity
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J G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe we're going to live in an eventless future.
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J G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you see the truth about human beings it's beneficial -- but very challenging.
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watching classic/popular films I've not seen in 2026. 145. The Hunt for Red October (John McTiernan 1990) Enjoyably old-school bit of US propaganda comprised of real pre-CGI subs and ships, a complicated plot and Sean Connery's authentic Russian-Lithuanian-Scots accent. 7/10
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Pop Cult mag @popcultmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two weeks on from releasing A Simple Plan, I can tell you that the next album sounds like The Byrds and Beachwood Sparks with Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett as band members. At the moment it has 16 songs because I can’t decide what to cut to make it shorter. impossiblemule.bandcamp.com/album/a-simp...
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A Simple Plan, by Impossible Mule
10 track album
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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PERVERSE 10A is out today! The first section of this issue! This week features five poems by Meredith MacLeod Davidson, Hélène Demetriades, Soledad Santana, Ian D Smith and Sophie Herxheimer. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-10a
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PERVERSE 10A
“release the dogs...”
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#poetsofbluesky #poetry
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ɐʇǝǝɹʎs @phantomsspleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is I know how to fucking curse.
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Madeleine la Belle @madeleinelabelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rotkäppchen #me
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🧵 Bring a little of wild Ireland indoors. My drawings are inspired by Irish culture, Celtic pattern & the extraordinary colours of the natural world. Signed, original, hand-drawn, A3 (29.7X42cm/11.7X16.5”). [1]
#IrishArt #IrishArtist #IrelandArt #IrishArtwork #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #CelticArt #CelticArtInspired #CelticHeritage #CelticDesign #CelticPattern #IrishDesign #IrishArtistOnline #ContemporaryIrishArt #ContemporaryIrishArtist #ModernIrishArt #OriginalArtwork #OriginalArt #OriginalDrawing #OriginalArtForSale #ArtForSale #BuyOriginalArt #ArtCollectors #ArtCollector #CollectArt #CollectOriginalArt #ArtForYourHome #HomeArt #ArtLovers #ArtInspiration #NatureInspiredArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #BotanicalArt #BirdArt #AnimalArt #InkDrawing #PenAndInk #PenAndInkArt #InkArt #LineArt #LineDrawing #IntricateArt #DetailedDrawing #PatternArt #PatternDrawing #DecorativeArt #VibrantArt #ColourfulArt #ColorfulArt #IrishNature #IrelandNature #IrishLandscape #NatureInspired #CelticInspired #HibernoCeltic #DublinArtist #IrishMade #MadeInIreland #ArtFromIreland #IrishArtCollector #EuropeanArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtForCollectors #UniqueArtwork #OneOfAKindArt #SignedArtwork #A3Art #EtsyArt #EtsyArtist #EtsyArtShop
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I'm a Lectern @notpodium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Lectart! 😀
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Goodnight from Katie and Julie Turnbull, somewhat over-excited as they practise their corn maiden dance in the living room of No. 42 Hood Hill Lane. Goodnight from Del Winrow, praying that the rain will wash away the last traces of blood on Pull Bridge Road. Goodnight from Hookland.
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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Babe, come over, I’m using fragments of The True Cross as cocktail sticks to make a cheese & pineapple hedgehog
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Legitimate concerns don’t require politicians to agree with them. They require politicians to investigate them honestly, explain what the evidence says, fix the problems that are real, and stop feeding the fears that aren’t." No paywall russincheshire.substack.com/p/legitimate...
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Legitimate Concerns
How politicians turned migration into a permanent panic — and why the facts tell a different story
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Once again: this shit is not compatible with democracy. Not for Reform. Not for Labour. Not for any party. It has to stop, and the thread below spells out my idea for how to do that. Tell your MP. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
Exclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I went to one of my favorite places in Vermont yesterday, Queen City Cat Lounge, to visit the adoptable cats and just look at this jobless wastrel. www.queencitycatlounge.com
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My Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Harry Steele Savage, 1932. #illustration #1930s #HarrySteeleSavage
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I'm a Lectern @notpodium.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Lectart! 😀
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Robert Burns Poetry Bot @robertburnsbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ran afore a tail. If he be spar'd to be a beast, He'll draw me fifteen pun' at least.-- Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, Three carts, an' twa are
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Should I drink coffee at 2.29 a.m?
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Emmett Initiative @emmett.click · 16/09/2026
*sits next to his accordion and theremin, waiting for ed sheeran to call*
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I've cooked for men I should have poisoned, so yeah, I do have self control.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Never seen a fried egg bollard? YOU HAVE NOW. #WorldBollardAssociation 🍳
A bollard painted to look like a fried egg.
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Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Ed Sheeran to represent Piddington at Eurovision
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I still think about Pioneer Chicken sometimes.
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mood
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Mike Bonsall @mbonsall.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
My most useful JG Ballard creation is this alphabetic concordance of keywords in his published work: bonsall-books.co.uk/concordance My most recent work is this interactive Ballard short story: fentonville.co.uk/notes-towards More here: fentonville.co.uk/digital-ball...
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JG Ballard Book Concordance
JG Ballard interview concordance
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#thomaspynchoncharacternames
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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
French people in 1830:
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In this idyllic woodblock print, Living National Treasure Kawase Hasui depicts the Pine Beach at Miho, with Mt Fuji in the background (Art Inst of Chicago, 1931)
Angular view of beach, with shadows of trees on sand, more trees and empty rowboat on left, breaking waves on right, & another boat on the water. In distance, over the water, green hill and more distant misty Mt Fuji
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The National Memorial is a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy. On a hilltop overlooking Montgomery is the nation’s first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved and terrorized by lynching.
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Circle is always open. Send your best poem. I'm looking for work that reminds the reader not everything can be measured or explained. No fee. Four-week turnaround. Full guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Belatedly sharing this nugget from my FT scoop last week, on Toby Young's Free Speech Union urging JD Vance to lobby the UK gov to pause Online Safety Act and defund its anti-disinformation unit, in order to secure concessions from the UK in bilat talks Full article here: as.ft.com/r/af752e4b-1...
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 31/08/2026
by Yuming Li
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/09/2026
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
Promotional poster for wave twenty-seven of online poetry journal iamb. As well as naming all 15 poets set to feature, it has their author photos in black and white. The publication date shown is September 15th 2026.
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Ⓐ Anarchist Federation News 🏴 @anarchistfederation.net · 01/09/2026
Friday 9/25: East Bay Screening Of “When ICE Melts” On Lessons Of Minneapolis Struggle
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Friday 9/25: East Bay Screening Of “When ICE Melts” On Lessons Of Minneapolis Struggle
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We do not see anything masculine in wearing the hair short. Many busy girls do so at present and are glad to save the time they would have to bestow on dressing it and keeping it in order. People are getting wiser and look more to daily life than to hair for indications of character.
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forest fr1ends @forestfr1ends.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Spectator - for racists and rapists - they can have that for their next advert if they want
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Poets! Are you lacking confidence, focus and ideas? Struggling to make a mark? Join this practical workshop where you will be assisted with a 12 month writing plan. With rave reviews, this is not to be missed on Sunday 27th Sept, 6 - 9pm. Book now! shorturl.at/MAztf
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ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social - Charlie Parker - Born on This Day - allenginsberg.org/2022/08/m-a-....
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Charlie Parker Interviewed - The Allen Ginsberg Project
It’s Bird‘s birthday today – Charlie Parker – Celebrating the occasion with the extraordinary 1954 interview in Boston on radio station WHDH with “John McClellan” (aka John Townsend Fitch)  (featuring...
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Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Jackson Hole #thomaspynchoncharacternames
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hello! I have updated and (slightly) expanded my website. I’m always in the market for fun/interesting TV reviewing and comedy work, so do get in touch 👍🏻
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Sarah Dempster | journalist
Sarah Dempster is an award-winning comedy writer and journalist whose words have appeared in print, on TV and 'the wireless'.
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