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Sam Smith

@thesamsmith.bsky.social
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Sam Smith was editor of The Journal. Now author of several novels and collections of poetry - samsmithbooks.weebly.com - he presently lives in Blaengarw, South Wales, and blogs here - thesamsmith.webs.com

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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Former Israeli war chief Yoav Gallant admitted that Israeli forces killed their own civilians and soldiers during the Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023. He revealed that the Hannibal Directive was issued, leading the Israeli army to indiscriminately fire at people Don't think you will see that in MSM
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Guarantee the future of the Triple Lock! Listen to us Andy Burnham!
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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 09/10/2026
Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley (Amber Valley) Green GAIN from Conservative
Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley (Amber Valley) Council By-Election Result for October twenty-twenty-six displays voting percentages across five parties. The Green Party leads at thirty percent, representing an increase of four percentage points since May twenty-twenty-five. Reform UK follows at twenty-seven percent. The Conservative Party stands at seventeen percent, showing a decrease of fifteen percentage points. The Labour Party is at sixteen percent, reflecting a decrease of six percentage points. Finally, Restore stands at eleven percent.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Save the ICC! Block Trump’s sanctions now! actions.eko.org/a/save-the-i...
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Save the ICC! Block Trump’s sanctions now!
Trump is treating the ICC like a terrorist organization—for daring to arrest Netanyahu. He wants it destroyed. And his sanctions may soon make it impossible for the court to pay its staff or keep its
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#booksky Local Colour (IDP) The Bomb-Disposer’s Walk with lark dots twittering aloft in a blue-fractured cloudscape the skin surface heat of fear when on strengthless legs he sets off between hedgerows of almond-scented gorse to face the always unknown... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910834726
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Local Colour
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Son & Daughter of O/V Those who have enjoyed Futuricity: Out of Time might be interested in Son & Daughter of O/V a text description of a banned graphic novel. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPV7355S
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Son & Daughter of O/V
Son & Daughter of O/V - Kindle edition by Smith, Sam. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Son & Daughter of O/V.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've signed this petition to demand action on contaminated land in Wales action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/dem...
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Demand action on contaminated land in Wales
Add my name We should have the right to know if contaminated land is putting our health and nature at risk. Communities shouldn’t have to live with pollution they didn’t create – or pay the price for ...
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organisations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: allout.lgbt/4xtuI7i
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Türkiye: Free the jailed LGBT+ activists
Police in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My latest blog, 'Is AI about to exterminate not us, but itself?' has just been uploaded here thesamsmithcom.wordpress.com/blog/ and here samsmithbooks.weebly.com/blog
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Is AI about to exterminate not us, but itself? Taking just one example, the receiving of emails/texts/ or any other electronic message; the first question one now asks, is it from a human or from a…
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#booksky Speculations & Changes (KFS) Anti-poetry poetry With the Awkwardness of Reality Despite stories grown in the telling, subconscious will still speak unto subconscious, experience to experience. Angry at shadows, unprotected by silks, flesh sandpapered to the truth,... rb.gy/vw9ulf
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Speculations & Changes
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Urgent: Justice for Sara, a trans woman murdered in Colombia. Two suspects were arrested, but a year and a half later the case has stalled and they could be released. Join us and sign the petition by local partners. Sign & share! ➡️ allout.lgbt/4rGkeAo
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Justice for Sara and all trans lives in Colombia!
Urgent: Justice for Sara, trans woman murdered in Colombia. A suspect is in custody; a year later, we demand justice! Join us and sign the petition by local partners. Sign & share!
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#booksky The Wall A retired gangster has his peace disturbed by two missing boys. rb.gy/ycga7w
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Mark Nixon @fatbadger442.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, fuck off, #EdMiliband. The #PalestineAction ban was absolutely intended to criminalise opponents of the British government's support for the #genocide in #Palestine, "grannies" or otherwise.
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Over 3500 people have been arrested in the UK for voicing support for Palestine Action. Anti-terrorism legislation was used for these arrests. The result is that one of the largest demographics of terrorist in the UK is now elderly middle class white people.
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Tiger-Fred @tiger-fred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lets not forget that Palestine is still undergoing a genocide. It's not gone away. The press has stopped talking about it and people are forgetting the horror of it all. That's how people become manipulated.
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#booksky Mirror Mirror: in the geography of the head (erbacce-press) Poems based on my years as a psychiatric nurse. Common Denominators Those who cannot trust their senses depend on others to order their existence. But here in this place of last resort ... erbacce-press.co.uk/Sam-Smith
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#booksky We Us Our A collective intelligence tries to communicate with crash survivors through heiroglyphs... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GSH6DJFH
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We Us Our: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Sam: 9798233177316: Books
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Britain needs to see real change from Burnham's first Budget! It's time to tax the super-rich, and back our communities with the investment they need to thrive. I wrote to the PM to demand better. Will you add your name? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Britain needs to see real change from Burnham's first Budget! It's time to tax the super-rich, and back our communities with the investment they need to thrive. I wrote to the PM to demand better. Wil...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Israel has been found guilty today in Geneva of war crimes including extermination, forcible transfer, starvation, torture and false imprisonment, sexual violence including rape... and many more If it was any other country than Israel all of Europe would boycott them. Instead there will be silence
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sheeran still trying to both sides it, calling Palestine 'the most complex political issue on the planet'. It's *not* complicated and that bullshit stopped many of us seeing reality for years. In 2026, there's no excuse. We have all witnessed a government murdering children and gloating about it.
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Joe "Radical Left Scum" Fink 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇬🇱 🇺🇳🌈🇯🇴 @joefink53.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the same pic of Gaza before and after the genocide...over 73,000 Palestinians killed... ANYONE THAT CAN JUSTIFY THIS IS INHUMAN!
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms! action.eko.org/a/meta-big-t...
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Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms!
When Bolsonaro was president, he almost destroyed the Amazon. Now, his son could be elected to start Bolsonaro 2.0 and finish the job. Recent research by Ekō just exposed that Meta AI, Gemini, Grok an
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I've just signed "Prime Minister, What’s Your Plan for Fair Votes?" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/pr... @OpenBritainHQ
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#booksky A Chicken Farmer's Thoughts on Love ... Each stage of Keith’s life is described with three-dimensional insight and lived authority....' rb.gy/8a6062
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A Chicken Farmer's Thoughts on Love: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Sam: 9798232554347: Books
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Chicken Farmer's Thoughts on Love '...the author, let’s Keith speak for himself... We are trusted to come to our own understanding of Keith ... Each stage of Keith’s life is described with three-dimensional insight and lived authority....' rb.gy/8a6062
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A Chicken Farmer's Thoughts on Love: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Sam: 9798232554347: Books
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Can't argue with this.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
P.S. For anyone in the UK, I have just a handful of signed copies of this here, in case you'd like to grab one direct from me. I'll also personalise it and send you a beautiful free handmade linoprint bookmark by my mum, Jo. Drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com with your address while stocks last!
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The clock is ticking. We have to act now. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please sign the letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/200648/...
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House of Lords reform
The Government must honour its manifesto commitment to hold a public consultation on the future of the House of Lords. We're asking peers to support a Bill that would kickstart that process. Please si...
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kyrgyzstan is on the verge of passing a law that would block people from updating their identity documents, restrict medical care, and limit how parents can support their own children. This affects real families. Sign now: a.allout.org/s/vdMXm/
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Kyrgyzstan is about to deny people their basic rights
A new law would prevent people from updating their identity documents, block medical care, and restrict parents from supporting children who do not conform to state-defined rules. This is a human rights emergency. Add your name.
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Blairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The apartheid state engages English lawyers to proscribe #MedecinsSansFronteir This is unilaterally England. Take note. 👇👇
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#booksky I have just posted a review of erbacce #86 & #87 here sites.google.com/site/samsmit... and here thesamsmithcom.wordpress.com/reviews/
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samsmith&thejournal - reviews supplementary
erbacce poetry #86 & #87 erbacce-press.co.uk A5 100 pages perfect bound £10.00 I so enjoyed this bumper issue, the result of erbacce's free-to-enter international poetry competition. Each of the ...
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We are putting together a thank you card to show these brave crew members that the majority stands with them.https://actionnetwork.org/forms/share-your-message-of-thanks-for-our-brave-rnli-volunteers?source=bluesky&
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I just shared a message of thanks for the RNLI volunteers
Far-right extremists are targeting RNLI volunteers, publishing their personal details online and harassing them simply for saving lives at sea. We are putting together a 'thank you' card to show th...
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PercyToplis @percytoplis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A gentle reminder that more than 30x the number killed on 9/11 have been massacred in just the last 3 years in Palestine... By US weapons, support and funding. Most were women and children and were incinerated by US bombs.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We are following USA down the capitalist sewer with these donations. Other British parties in a difficult place though with their also accepting donations from questionable sources, such as Israel and medical companies.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#booksky The Complete Pieces (KFS) The poems are based on previous genocides. A cirrus sky-frost re-patterns the sky, creates a double smear of westering sun - replicating itself in a herringbone segment of refracted rainbow. Up, up there, a planing gull cries, and cries.... rb.gy/hi17w1
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The Complete Pieces
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For years, Stephen Lennon has asked supporters to trust him and fund him. A Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, made with HOPE not hate, has raised serious questions about his finances. I’ve added my name calling for a full investigation. Will you? secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We Need Madmen Based on the new fascisms since Mussolin's invention. 'We Need Madmen is a truly fascinating, though brief, exploration of ideas; a deliberately leading and questioning book that may make you feel a little uncomfortable...'   Stu Carter: Vector   www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GF427VN8
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We Need Madmen
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It hasn’t taken the Chancellor long to sound the retreat on the hope the country needs. We are gripped by a cost of living crisis and need action now. Lower bills, wealth taxes and an end to the great water rip off. Thames Water into public ownership now. No more excuses
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Sam Smith @thesamsmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thailand: Ban Monkey Forced Labour actions.eko.org/a/thailand-b...
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Thailand: Ban Monkey Forced Labour
Poached from the wild at just a few weeks old, often after hunters shoot their mothers, endangered pig-tailed macaques are used as forced labour in coconut supply chains to pick coconuts for major bra
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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