Reposted by Jim LawrenceIan McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today is National Poetry Day’s Boxing Day Where we Take back the rhymes That don’t fit And get some sonnets In the sale. 24711
Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#nationalpoetryday2026 #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poetrycommunity 040
Reposted by Jim LawrenceJ G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Maybe we're going to live in an eventless future. 052
Reposted by Jim LawrenceJ G Ballard bot @ballardbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you see the truth about human beings it's beneficial -- but very challenging. 097
Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watching 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. 7/10 010
Reposted by Jim LawrencePop Cult mag @popcultmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two 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...impossiblemule.bandcamp.comA Simple Plan, by Impossible Mule10 track album 122
Reposted by Jim Lawrenceperversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PERVERSE 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-10aperverse.substack.comPERVERSE 10A“release the dogs...” 1114
Reposted by Jim Lawrenceɐʇǝǝɹʎs @phantomsspleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You taught me language, and my profit on't / Is I know how to fucking curse. 45920
Reposted by Jim LawrenceMadeleine la Belle @madeleinelabelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Rotkäppchen #me 5283
Reposted by Jim LawrenceDr 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] 2597
Reposted by Jim Lawrencehookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Goodnight 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. 3030627
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Babe, come over, I’m using fragments of The True Cross as cocktail sticks to make a cheese & pineapple hedgehog 1812412
Reposted by Jim LawrenceJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On 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. 563910736
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRuss 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...russincheshire.substack.comLegitimate ConcernsHow politicians turned migration into a permanent panic — and why the facts tell a different story 929596
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Stories 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. 292397729
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Once 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...theguardian.comUK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surgeExclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals 629777
Reposted by Jim LawrenceCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I 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 974849402
Reposted by Jim LawrenceMy Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Harry Steele Savage, 1932. #illustration #1930s #HarrySteeleSavage 04913
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRobert Burns Poetry Bot @robertburnsbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026ran 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 012
Reposted by Jim LawrenceEmmett Initiative @emmett.click · 16/09/2026*sits next to his accordion and theremin, waiting for ed sheeran to call* 2102
Reposted by Jim LawrenceMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've cooked for men I should have poisoned, so yeah, I do have self control. 2054077312
Reposted by Jim LawrenceWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Never seen a fried egg bollard? YOU HAVE NOW. #WorldBollardAssociation 🍳 151337181
Reposted by Jim LawrenceBex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Ed Sheeran to represent Piddington at Eurovision 201156278
Reposted by Jim LawrenceMike Bonsall @mbonsall.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My 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...bonsall-books.co.ukJG Ballard Book ConcordanceJG Ballard interview concordance 0113
Reposted by Jim LawrenceAlex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026French people in 1830: 111682219
Reposted by Jim LawrenceJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In 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) 111216
Reposted by Jim LawrenceJules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The 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. 722093
Reposted by Jim LawrenceStone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The 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 03615
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Belatedly 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... 415569
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As 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!) 🌴 752697760
Reposted by Jim Lawrence𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/09/2026Meet 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. 2297
Reposted by Jim LawrenceⒶ Anarchist Federation News 🏴 @anarchistfederation.net · 01/09/2026Friday 9/25: East Bay Screening Of “When ICE Melts” On Lessons Of Minneapolis Struggleanarchistfederation.netFriday 9/25: East Bay Screening Of “When ICE Melts” On Lessons Of Minneapolis Struggle 011
Reposted by Jim LawrenceGirl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We 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. 12389
Reposted by Jim LawrenceRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The Spectator - for racists and rapists - they can have that for their next advert if they want 620948
Reposted by Jim LawrenceBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Poets! 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 033
Reposted by Jim Lawrenceginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social - Charlie Parker - Born on This Day - allenginsberg.org/2022/08/m-a-....allenginsberg.orgCharlie Parker Interviewed - The Allen Ginsberg ProjectIt’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... 022
Reposted by Jim LawrenceSarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hello! 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 👍🏻sarah-dempster.co.ukSarah Dempster | journalistSarah Dempster is an award-winning comedy writer and journalist whose words have appeared in print, on TV and 'the wireless'. 05938