Jill McCabe Johnson
@jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social
Writing about nature, science, history, & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
Latest:TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Press. Here for lit community & Caturday
She/They/Dr
Latest:TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Press. Here for lit community & Caturday
She/They/Dr
Timeline cleanse from today’s hike…
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Timeline cleanse from today’s hike…
Reposted by Jill McCabe Johnson
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
What's happening in Georgia (the country, not the state) can happen anywhere...
🇬🇪Georgia is sliding into a legal dictatorship. Not overnight. Step by step. Each protest is met with a new tailored law.
Each law designed to exhaust, criminalize, and isolate society until resistance itself becomes illegal.
Here is how the latest law changes everything.
1/11
Each law designed to exhaust, criminalize, and isolate society until resistance itself becomes illegal.
Here is how the latest law changes everything.
1/11
February 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
What's happening in Georgia (the country, not the state) can happen anywhere...
Dahlings, remember to get your manuscripts in for the Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Press Book Awards! Today's the last day!
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
#fiction #nonfiction #memoir #flashfiction #amwriting #poetry
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
#fiction #nonfiction #memoir #flashfiction #amwriting #poetry
Are you hunkered down getting your manuscript ready to submit for the Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Book Awards?
We're eager to read full-length mss of *literary* fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One submission fee ($30USD) -- up to four prize winners published.
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
We're eager to read full-length mss of *literary* fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One submission fee ($30USD) -- up to four prize winners published.
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Dahlings, remember to get your manuscripts in for the Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Press Book Awards! Today's the last day!
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
#fiction #nonfiction #memoir #flashfiction #amwriting #poetry
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
#fiction #nonfiction #memoir #flashfiction #amwriting #poetry
The Red-winged blackbirds are back and singing. Have a listen.
January 30, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The Red-winged blackbirds are back and singing. Have a listen.
Will we ever learn from the past?
(Spotted in Seattle’s International District.)
(Spotted in Seattle’s International District.)
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Will we ever learn from the past?
(Spotted in Seattle’s International District.)
(Spotted in Seattle’s International District.)
Reposted by Jill McCabe Johnson
Killed by ICE in the first 26 days of 2026.
Alex Pretti
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Keith Porter
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Cacares
Parady La
Renee Good
Victor Manual Diaz
This is only known individuals shot on the street and does not count individuals dead in
Alex Pretti
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Keith Porter
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Cacares
Parady La
Renee Good
Victor Manual Diaz
This is only known individuals shot on the street and does not count individuals dead in
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Killed by ICE in the first 26 days of 2026.
Alex Pretti
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Keith Porter
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Cacares
Parady La
Renee Good
Victor Manual Diaz
This is only known individuals shot on the street and does not count individuals dead in
Alex Pretti
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
Keith Porter
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Cacares
Parady La
Renee Good
Victor Manual Diaz
This is only known individuals shot on the street and does not count individuals dead in
I know nothing about sports, but Darnold's trajectory to the Superbowl and this graphic make me smile.
never forget darnold was in the greatest graphic in soorts history
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I know nothing about sports, but Darnold's trajectory to the Superbowl and this graphic make me smile.
Sweet. Just learned about this cool anthology celebrating Disabled writers--forthcoming from Northwestern University Press (and open for pre-orders now, ofc).
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014973...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014973...
Every Place on the Map Is Disabled - Northwestern University Press
An anthology of poems and essays by and celebrating Disabled writersDeclaring that Disabled people exist, innovate, thrive, and persevere, Every Place on th...
nupress.northwestern.edu
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Sweet. Just learned about this cool anthology celebrating Disabled writers--forthcoming from Northwestern University Press (and open for pre-orders now, ofc).
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014973...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014973...
The shipping lane traffic outside my artist residency this morning…
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The shipping lane traffic outside my artist residency this morning…
Found during low tide today…
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Found during low tide today…
I’m having the most peaceful and inspiring time at this artist residency. Nature is the best antidote for exhaustion and stress.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
I’m having the most peaceful and inspiring time at this artist residency. Nature is the best antidote for exhaustion and stress.
Y’all, we have to resist knee-jerk reactions. I’m seeing a lot of good accounts reposting misinformation, and everyone getting worked up.
Please check before reposting and adding to everyone’s fears, stress, and anger. Thx!
Please check before reposting and adding to everyone’s fears, stress, and anger. Thx!
January 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Y’all, we have to resist knee-jerk reactions. I’m seeing a lot of good accounts reposting misinformation, and everyone getting worked up.
Please check before reposting and adding to everyone’s fears, stress, and anger. Thx!
Please check before reposting and adding to everyone’s fears, stress, and anger. Thx!
How many states, Congressional seats, and electoral votes do they propose Greenland will get?
January 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
How many states, Congressional seats, and electoral votes do they propose Greenland will get?
Reposted by Jill McCabe Johnson
Today, we are presenting a decisive €90 billion support package combining military assistance and budget support.
It will fund the military support Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, while keeping Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and public services running. (1/2)
It will fund the military support Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, while keeping Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and public services running. (1/2)
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Today, we are presenting a decisive €90 billion support package combining military assistance and budget support.
It will fund the military support Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, while keeping Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and public services running. (1/2)
It will fund the military support Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, while keeping Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and public services running. (1/2)
Reposted by Jill McCabe Johnson
Someone out there want to write up an open-source replacement for Libby and OverDrive that all public libraries could use for free?
"Both Libby and OverDrive are owned by private equity firm KKR."
well.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_(...
well.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_(...
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Someone out there want to write up an open-source replacement for Libby and OverDrive that all public libraries could use for free?
“Revision … is a way for the poet to learn what is important.”
Gary Thompson, “Moonsheen and Porchlight: Revision as Illumination”
Gary Thompson, “Moonsheen and Porchlight: Revision as Illumination”
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“Revision … is a way for the poet to learn what is important.”
Gary Thompson, “Moonsheen and Porchlight: Revision as Illumination”
Gary Thompson, “Moonsheen and Porchlight: Revision as Illumination”
Hey, fellow American frogs, does the water seem warmer to you or is that just my imagination?
January 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Hey, fellow American frogs, does the water seem warmer to you or is that just my imagination?
Car malfunction in Utah. Here’s the waiting room reading material.
January 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Car malfunction in Utah. Here’s the waiting room reading material.
Reposted by Jill McCabe Johnson
✨Submissions are open NOW!
✨Submit your creative nonfiction work via Submittable to
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and
Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-essays.
✨Submissions will be open from January 1 to April 1.
#GetPublished #Submit #Publishing #Writing
✨Submit your creative nonfiction work via Submittable to
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and
Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-essays.
✨Submissions will be open from January 1 to April 1.
#GetPublished #Submit #Publishing #Writing
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
✨Submissions are open NOW!
✨Submit your creative nonfiction work via Submittable to
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and
Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-essays.
✨Submissions will be open from January 1 to April 1.
#GetPublished #Submit #Publishing #Writing
✨Submit your creative nonfiction work via Submittable to
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and
Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-essays.
✨Submissions will be open from January 1 to April 1.
#GetPublished #Submit #Publishing #Writing
Reposted by Jill McCabe Johnson
Writers, will you have a go at writing a story for our annual anthology? www.bridgehousepublishing.co.uk/index.php/ca...
Our Annual Anthology
Independent publishing house that specialises in fiction which is a little bit different
www.bridgehousepublishing.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Writers, will you have a go at writing a story for our annual anthology? www.bridgehousepublishing.co.uk/index.php/ca...
Is this the empire they want to restore?
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Is this the empire they want to restore?
10/10. No notes.
This gentleman's analogy encapsulates the pedophile president's blithering idiocy in Venezuela to perfection. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
10/10. No notes.
Just spent five weeks in Europe, too. Can confirm…
many Americans will concede that imperialism is the price we all pay to maintain a certain quality of life but I just spent 5 weeks in Europe using public transport and eating food that doesn’t taste like shit so I dunno man.
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Just spent five weeks in Europe, too. Can confirm…
I love when a color photo looks almost black and white like these trees just photographed while crossing Snoqualmie Pass.
January 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I love when a color photo looks almost black and white like these trees just photographed while crossing Snoqualmie Pass.