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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On this day, in 1888, the first issue of one of the world's great magazines was published.

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Sandro Janßen @sandrojanssen.com · 20/09/2026

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald

Sepia-toned portrait of a young woman with short, wavy hair, wearing a dark-collared jacket and looking directly at the camera.

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👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026

i need to know what happened

sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Remembering Addie Mae, Denise, Carole, and Cynthia. They were victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that took place on this day, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, perpetrated by members of the KKK.

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On this day in 1940 some teenage boys discovered the Lescaux Caves. Inside it, art made 17,000 years ago.

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The great farmer poet Wendell Berry has passed. Give yourself a moment to read his short poem, "The Peace of Wild Things," c/o @byleaveswelive.bsky.social: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-w... #BookSky

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The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what...

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." - Dolly Parton

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy birthday, National Park Service (founded on this day in 1916).

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

On this day, in 1932, the BBC had their first broadcast. SUPPORT JOURNALISM. Here's a great tune by Public Service Broadcasting inspired by it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Pm...

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Broadcasting House - Public Service Broadcasting, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jules Buckley (BBC Proms)

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest." Happy birthday, Wendell Berry. #BookSky (Poems c/o @poetry.foundation) www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wendel...

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Wendell Berry

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love—whether we call it friendship or family or romance—is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." Happy birthday, James Baldwin (1924-1987)

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We need to see more men like these men. [Normalize love] www.youtube.com/shorts/33JBo...

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Eddie Vedder/ Glen Hansard

YouTube video by Jaime Leigh

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Happy birthday, @nasaupdates.bsky.social. Established on this day, in 1958.

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Have you guys heard about Jimothy, the raccoon who was born with a shortened spine? He's famous in Seattle and, as of late, worldwide. Someone created a theme song for him, and it's awesome. I love this little fella. I might start calling my dog Libby (Mooch) "Libbothy."😆

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

On this day, in 1960, one of the world's great novels was first published. #BookSky

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, N.C.” On this day, in 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black woman to win a single's title at Wimbledon.

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Wisconsin fun fact on Independence Day weekend - Eder Flag, in Oak Creek, makes 5 million US flags a year. National Geographic made a short documentary about it. films.nationalgeographic.com/the-flagmakers

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The Flagmakers

From National Geographic Documentary Films, Academy Award-winning director Cynthia Wade, award-winning director Sharon Liese and executive producer Giannis Antetokounmpo, THE FLAGMAKERS, a meditation ...

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

For our 250th Independence Day, listen to the greatest American symphony, conducted by the greatest American conductor, played by the greatest American orchestra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfqC...

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Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3. L. Bernstein - New York Philharmonic.

YouTube video by JGM

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"I love my children... And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them." Happy birthday, Medgar Evers (1925-1963)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/06/2026

A Japanese fan broke down crying after his country's elimination, but a group of Brazilians fans went to console him and Mexican fans made him soar. You gotta love the World Cup! ❤️🌎⚽️ Video: RÉCORD

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Jonathan Shipley @shipleywriter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

According to a recent poll, what's best about America is the people. (Psst - people include Black people, Jewish people, women, gay people, Hispanics, Muslims, etc). The people. www.cbsnews.com/news/america...

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CBS News poll on America at 250 and some of what Americans think is best about U.S.

Americans weighed in on what's best about the U.S., its greatest invention, most representative food and more in latest CBS News poll.

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Sam @tx-sam.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Here I am on the corner supporting the woman rally in Tehachapi 6=24-26. I am on the corner of the famers market every Thursday and I attend all the rallies I can. I just don't have the resources to travel far. However making a statement here in a small red town is at least something.

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