Josh Peatfield
@writtenbyjp.bsky.social
Writer, Reader, Library Worker
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"Storytelling is a cry in the dark. We just want someone to hear us. We each have jagged edges cut out of us, and we hope that others have complementary cuts taken out of them, so that we'll fit together like puzzle pieces."
-- @chuckwendig.bsky.social
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD
#SundaySentence
-- @chuckwendig.bsky.social
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD
#SundaySentence
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Storytelling is a cry in the dark. We just want someone to hear us. We each have jagged edges cut out of us, and we hope that others have complementary cuts taken out of them, so that we'll fit together like puzzle pieces."
-- @chuckwendig.bsky.social
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD
#SundaySentence
-- @chuckwendig.bsky.social
BLACK RIVER ORCHARD
#SundaySentence
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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My statement on the government shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My statement on the government shutdown.
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Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
The Failures of “Centrism”
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
Did not expect to spend this long weekend admonishing and disavowing my NH senators on Bluesky, but here I am.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Did not expect to spend this long weekend admonishing and disavowing my NH senators on Bluesky, but here I am.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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“The eight Democrats who chose to break ranks are all centrists who appear to have recently graduated from the Susan Collins School of Fecklessness, whose curriculum consists of exactly one lesson: ‘there is no fight worth having.’” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/you-better...
You Better Work
After 40 days and 40 nights, it now appears that there are enough Democratic votes to reopen the federal government without having their only demand met: an extension of the healthcare subsidies which...
michaelianblack.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“The eight Democrats who chose to break ranks are all centrists who appear to have recently graduated from the Susan Collins School of Fecklessness, whose curriculum consists of exactly one lesson: ‘there is no fight worth having.’” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/you-better...
Cc: @hassan.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov
This is what someone truly listening to the people they represent sounds like.
This is what someone truly listening to the people they represent sounds like.
The deal reached in the Senate on government funding fails to prevent a massive increase in health insurance costs for families and small businesses, and for that reason I can’t support it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Cc: @hassan.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov
This is what someone truly listening to the people they represent sounds like.
This is what someone truly listening to the people they represent sounds like.
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Thank you Wonder Woman 🇺🇲🎇❤️
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thank you Wonder Woman 🇺🇲🎇❤️
Masterpiece. Thank you, @katemessner.com . I hope the pizza blanket in the background does not take away from the sincerity I’m trying to relay. My favorite read of the year by far.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Masterpiece. Thank you, @katemessner.com . I hope the pizza blanket in the background does not take away from the sincerity I’m trying to relay. My favorite read of the year by far.
Air Traffic Controllers are totally going to strike, right?
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Air Traffic Controllers are totally going to strike, right?
Waking up to hope felt like a lost aspect of the American Dream until this morning.
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Waking up to hope felt like a lost aspect of the American Dream until this morning.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Bad night for sexual assaulters all around
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Bad night for sexual assaulters all around
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Democrat Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday.
https://to.pbs.org/4ozTIWM
https://to.pbs.org/4ozTIWM
Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race
Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist and 34-year-old state assemblymember who will be the city’s youngest mayor in over a century.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Democrat Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday.
https://to.pbs.org/4ozTIWM
https://to.pbs.org/4ozTIWM
Is my lil news bubble floating too far left or is MAGA truly getting its ass beat across the country tonight in a meaningful way?
Fingers crossed for the latter.
Fingers crossed for the latter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Is my lil news bubble floating too far left or is MAGA truly getting its ass beat across the country tonight in a meaningful way?
Fingers crossed for the latter.
Fingers crossed for the latter.
Congratulations to Mookie Betts specifically. Still my favorite active player. So fitting he’s the one to execute that double play. Four rings!!!!
a man wearing a dodgers jersey holds up his fist
ALT: a man wearing a dodgers jersey holds up his fist
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November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Congratulations to Mookie Betts specifically. Still my favorite active player. So fitting he’s the one to execute that double play. Four rings!!!!
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Baseball. The 9th guy in the lineup who hasnt gotten a base hit in a month hits a home run in the top of the 9th inning to tie the game in the 7th game of a best of 7.
How can you not love baseball?
How can you not love baseball?
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Baseball. The 9th guy in the lineup who hasnt gotten a base hit in a month hits a home run in the top of the 9th inning to tie the game in the 7th game of a best of 7.
How can you not love baseball?
How can you not love baseball?
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Handin' out pocket-sized Constitutions to trick or treaters this year. Go get a Snickers bar next door, Waldo. Uncle George is hooking you up with the Separation of Powers and whatnot.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Handin' out pocket-sized Constitutions to trick or treaters this year. Go get a Snickers bar next door, Waldo. Uncle George is hooking you up with the Separation of Powers and whatnot.
This is what the World Series is all about. These games have been electric
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is what the World Series is all about. These games have been electric
I’m glad the World Series broadcast isn’t bothering putting the pitch clock in the score bug. I don’t need to see the actual ticking clock, I just want to feel the pace.
Electric game, by the way.
Electric game, by the way.
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I’m glad the World Series broadcast isn’t bothering putting the pitch clock in the score bug. I don’t need to see the actual ticking clock, I just want to feel the pace.
Electric game, by the way.
Electric game, by the way.
Just reached the 25% mark for the original word count goal I’d set for my first novella… and realized I’d actually hit the 15% mark for what will be a full on novel.
Also I’m not good at math so don’t ask me to break that down. You get the point.
Also I’m not good at math so don’t ask me to break that down. You get the point.
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Just reached the 25% mark for the original word count goal I’d set for my first novella… and realized I’d actually hit the 15% mark for what will be a full on novel.
Also I’m not good at math so don’t ask me to break that down. You get the point.
Also I’m not good at math so don’t ask me to break that down. You get the point.
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In a bid to reduce wait times and end the purgatory-like pain of sitting in a DMV, New Hampshire will transition to a fully appointment-based scheduling system starting Monday, Nov. 3.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH DMV moving to appointment-only scheduling system
Beginning next week, all DMV locations statewide will transition to a fully appointment-based scheduling system. Walk-in customers will be directed to make appointments.
www.nhpr.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In a bid to reduce wait times and end the purgatory-like pain of sitting in a DMV, New Hampshire will transition to a fully appointment-based scheduling system starting Monday, Nov. 3.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...