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Jordan D. River
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Pericollapse poet/author. Game/Book reviews. I love feedback! Please! I write short stories, essays and novel mostly in verse across genre, but typically horror adjacent. Check media tab for latest from me.
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Jordan D. River @jordanriverwrites.bsky.social · Oct 27
#WIP #Poetry
#TreasureIsland A Rhythmic Voyage
Third Movement, The Island Cleaves
Interlude

Jim at 14, reflects on the journey so far and introduces the Doctor's tale of the shipboard mutiny.
Treasure Island A Rhythmic Voyage by J.D. River Third Movement The Island Cleaves Interlude 1/2 I didn't know then what Ben's cave would mean— that treasure scattered like seeds of grief would root in each of us, unseen, and choke whatever we believed. I thought the gold was simply gold, that maps were just lines on a page. But curses don't need to be told— they write themselves in blood and age. I thought the sea held only light— no secrets churned in its deep heart. I never guessed what tides rewrite, or what they tear, or pull apart. It wasn't just the pirate's face or blood, or guns, or buried greed. It was the way that trust misplaced can twist to hunger, clot to need. I saw the Squire lose his mask— the smile he wore back in the lane. I saw the Captain drop his task and wonder if command meant pain. I saw the Doctor watch a man go mad with thirst beside the mast— and though he knelt, and worked, and ran, there was no way to change the past. Two years have passed since then. Two years. The Doctor says that words can heal— that setting down what happened here might ease the weight I've learned to feel. I don't know if that's true. I know that some nights still I wake and see poor Tommy's eyes, still wide and slow— or hear the tap that followed me. But this I try: to trace the line from boy to—what? Not man. Not yet. Just someone who can read the signs that younger Jim had never met. But here's the part I didn't see— the hours when I fled from shore, the Doctor fought. The Squire. Redruth. While I hid with Ben's strange truth. I didn't know that men had died. I didn't know the fort was won by inches, blood, and stubborn pride— before I ever saw the sun rise over walls they'd built at night, while Silver hunted, rage-made blind. I thought myself the only fight— but left my brothers far behind. Treasure Island A Rhythmic Voyage by J.D. River Third Movement The Island Cleaves Interlude 2/2 I didn't know that men had died. I didn't know the fort was won by inches, blood, and stubborn pride— before I ever saw the sun rise over walls they'd built at night, while Silver hunted, rage-made blind. I thought myself the only fight— but left my brothers far behind. The Doctor told me, days from then, what happened while I ran and hid. He didn't judge. He just said, "Jim, You'll want to know what each man did." What follows here, the Doctor wrote— or spoke, and I've set down his words. The voice will change. You'll hear his note: more measured, calm, precisely heard. He speaks of siege and fire and loss, of men who held when hope ran thin. He speaks of Silver's final toss— the moment when the war begins. And when he's done, you'll find me there: a boy who'd fled, now coming home— around the fort's rough-timbered square, no longer quite so scared, alone. The Doctor speaks. I step aside. This movement closes with his view: of how the loyal fought and died, and what they feared I wouldn’t do.
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Panama Papers.
Paradise Papers.
Trump/Epstein Papers.

Bear with me here, I think there might be something wrong with the global rich and powerful.
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
We know prizes are bullshit! They’re just taste cosplaying as authority. So we stripped away the lie & left the contradiction standing. No prestige. Just cash. We'll pick our favourite poems & won't pretend we're doing anything else!
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
Black-and-white graphic of a vintage typewriter seen from above. Torn paper strips sit in the typewriter reading “£1200 RAISED” and “WIN CASH” in bold lettering. Below, the hashtags “#TheBrokenSpineAward” and “#ByPoetsForPoets” are printed. The overall style is gritty, high-contrast, and zine-like.
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Netflix's Decameron is a fantastic reflection on the failure of a social contract and how individuals act in those circumstances. And it has a rocking soundtrack, like specifically designed to pull in GenX. #Doomer #Collapse
February 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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tsakraklides.bsky.social
“Humans were not corrupted by capitalism. They created it because they were corrupt in the first place”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
A 400-Word History of Capitalism
Humans were not corrupted by capitalism. They created it because they were corrupt in the first place. Capitalism has been accused of creating today’s selfishness, individualism and narcissism, but th...
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Tired of journals that ask for poems about your garden and then ghost you?
This one wants the bin, the syringe, the protest chant.
This one’s built with spit.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow
Call for Submissions: Poetry With Spit, Spine, and Something to Say - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout February 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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February 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to defund the oligarchy and invest in the American people | Joseph Geevarghese and Rashida Tlaib
Trump’s presidency has brought a windfall to billionaires while hurting the poor. In these conditions, democracy cannot survive
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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tsakraklides.bsky.social
“American politics is in need of a large-scale demolition. Republicans and Democrats are constitutionally illegal organisations: they lobby themselves into power, collude with corporations to abuse Americans, and sponsor violence and genocide across the world”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
The Myth of System Change. And The Heroes That Actually Make It Happen
Systems never change.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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jackprestonking.bsky.social
I want to share a thread of articles with everyone on Bluesky. Repost this thread & share it far & wide. Post it on other platforms. Spread the word!

Elizabeth Halligan is a "Systems theorist & consciousness researcher" per her Medium profile. Yes, these essays are on Medium but they ARE NOT

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January 29, 2026 at 12:21 AM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
A meditation on our future dystopia in the form of an epic thread.
kolektiv.xyncro.com Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 18d
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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zoomburst.substack.com Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 17d
Its time for some serious theological discussion. Traditional views of the deity all have him as a holier than thou figure. Perhaps this is a built in feature of Anselm's ontological argument. But by the same argument wouldn't God be able to curse more strongly than any other being in creation?
2.4 What if God Said the F-Word
...Being some thoughts about the Lord God incarnate
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January 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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nickturse.bsky.social
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone

After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known — rights are conditional.

theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone
The killing of Alex Pretti, a licensed gun owner, in Minneapolis is waking white Americans up to the reality that rights are conditional.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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rhunedhel.bsky.social
D.A. Cooper, "On Odin's Journey", in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained
alliteration.net/poetry/on-od... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets
On Odin’s Journey, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper
With an opening line, it all begins: / We’re formed when fire · and frost collide / deep inside · the soundless abyss ...
alliteration.net
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Few volumes thrilled me more as a young one than this very one.
thefolklorepress.bsky.social The FolkLore Press @thefolklorepress.bsky.social · 27d
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping...

~ from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, #botd 1809

art: The Raven by Gustave Doré
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Last week bent time.
This week: #FalseCrowns — borrowed authority, inherited power, praise that doesn’t fit.
Who crowned you?
Who benefits from you believing it?

New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Probably the most important paper on generative AI and how our current approach (implied within the systems we live under ie greed and control) is destructive of the concept of society. Please read and pass around. Not alarmism.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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linosversion.bsky.social
Sunday Thought: A Monologue Against Fascism

It would appear that #fascism is rearing its ugly head – and not just in far flung places like Russia, Turkey, or even Hungary – but in the good ole USA as well.

more... linomatteo.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/a...
A Monologue Against Fascism
Sunday Thought: A Monologue Against Fascism It would appear that fascism is rearing its ugly head – and not just in far flung places like Russia, Turkey, or even Hungary – but in the good ole USA a…
linomatteo.wordpress.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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roguestrands.bsky.social
Just take no notice of the flags
in every town...
roguestrands.bsky.social Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Jan 10
This is a poem about the B word. About the Hostile Environment. About those bl**dy flags.

It's taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection. Drop me a DM if you'd like a signed copy...
January 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
A meditation on collapse.
January 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Now this is a vision board.
louiseblackwick.com Louise Blackwick 🔜 Book signing tour @louiseblackwick.com · Jan 4
Context: in my next Vivian Amberville novel, the main cast of characters capture one of these Darkthings that dwell in the abyss of reality (beyond the Dark Door between Life and Death) and name it "Fredrik".

Original creature design by yours truly.

Materials used: stone clay, iron skeleton.
Context: in my next Vivian Amberville novel, the main cast of characters capture one of these Darkthings that dwell in the abyss of reality (beyond the Dark Door between Life and Death) and name it "Fredrik". Original creature design by yours truly. Materials used: stone clay, iron skeleton. Context: in my next Vivian Amberville novel, the main cast of characters capture one of these Darkthings that dwell in the abyss of reality (beyond the Dark Door between Life and Death) and name it "Fredrik". Original creature design by yours truly. Materials used: stone clay, iron skeleton.
January 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever..." - Thomas Jefferson, 1784

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Q9...
No Gringo
YouTube video by Vienna Teng - Topic
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January 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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TFW you finally finish writing something you think is really good despite being exhausted and burnt out by the Red Queen's Race but since you wrote it for a contest you can't share anything about it for the next 3.25 months. rattle.com/page/chapboo...
a man in a suit and tie is holding his head and screaming in an office .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his head and screaming in an office .
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January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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I received my copy of Gramarye in the mail Saturday. Look at how gorgeous it is! Thank you @chicentreffsf.bsky.social ! I devoured it all in one sitting. Everything about the production of this quarterly cries care and quality. The contents give me huge Imposter Syndrome feels. So good!
A book leaning against a laptop screen . Screen shows the Chichester Centre for fairy tales, fantasy and speculative fiction website. The book is the Gramarye ,Winter Journal 2025. If you zoom in really far you will see my name marring this beautiful cover. A book held in hand, open to the page of the journal where my three poems start. Gramarye chose an excellent creepy front image for them and most impressively they got the font tricks of the first poem "The Counting Game" correct! It was risky sending that one but they handled it like pros. Gramarye winter 2025 journal, open in hand to the other two poems I sent "Barley, Bidden, Bain't no More" and "Harkle, Darkle, Liddle Spar" Table of Contents to the Winter 2025 issue of Gramarye. Incredible articles and poetry!
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Very proud to be in this issue. Please check out the other fantastic poems included here! #Poetry #Alliteration
rhunedhel.bsky.social Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · Jan 3
While I'm reading submissions for the Winter issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, enjoy reading the current issue, devoted to Norse and Icelandic poetic form.

alliteration.net/current-issue/
Current Issue: Fall 2025
Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse
alliteration.net
January 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
Today I wrote about our white supremacist political movement's perverse insistence that "we don't have to apologize for being white anymore."

Conservatives have been apologizing, apparently. Did you know? I had no idea. So I asked, and here's what I found.

www.the-reframe.com/apologies-fo...
Apologies For Being White
How supremacists convert responsibility into blame to avoid paying natural costs and to make everyone else pay unnatural ones.
www.the-reframe.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
jordanriverwrites.bsky.social
Can I suggest an addon resolution for this year?

Buy less. That's it. No specific oligarch to boycott. No real target to hit. Just buy less. Do you need what's in your basket or do you want it? Change your hierarchy of wants. Take a breath. You can jump back on the treadmill at any time. Buy Less.
January 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM