Nathaniel Swift
@writernatswift.bsky.social
Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
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Happy Release Day to my short story FROM NOW ON and 11 more awesome time travel stories from 11 more awesome #TimeTravelAuthors! Get your copy today, and let me know what you think!
Unless you hate it. Then maybe don't let me know.
But you won't hate it!
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Unless you hate it. Then maybe don't let me know.
But you won't hate it!
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This is not a snow day.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is not a snow day.
I don't condone all of his tactics, but Killmonger had a good noble goal, and he kind of won in the end.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I don't condone all of his tactics, but Killmonger had a good noble goal, and he kind of won in the end.
It's nuts. I can feel it everywhere I go in this city. Everybody in every neighborhood is exhausted, traumatized, and on alert, ready to protect our neighbors.
I don't go anywhere without a whistle and a fully charged phone these days.
I don't go anywhere without a whistle and a fully charged phone these days.
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's nuts. I can feel it everywhere I go in this city. Everybody in every neighborhood is exhausted, traumatized, and on alert, ready to protect our neighbors.
I don't go anywhere without a whistle and a fully charged phone these days.
I don't go anywhere without a whistle and a fully charged phone these days.
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Nuremberg part 2 can't come soon enough.
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nuremberg part 2 can't come soon enough.
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field mouse scurrying
following a shining trail
beaver moon rising
following a shining trail
beaver moon rising
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
field mouse scurrying
following a shining trail
beaver moon rising
following a shining trail
beaver moon rising
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#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
a field mouse scurries
through a shining trail of light
rising beaver moon
--
short form:
a field mouse scurries
through a trail of light!--
beaver moon rising
(Largest, brightest supermoon of 2025)
Please add a version if you'd like.
5/7/5:
a field mouse scurries
through a shining trail of light
rising beaver moon
--
short form:
a field mouse scurries
through a trail of light!--
beaver moon rising
(Largest, brightest supermoon of 2025)
Please add a version if you'd like.
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
a field mouse scurries
through a shining trail of light
rising beaver moon
--
short form:
a field mouse scurries
through a trail of light!--
beaver moon rising
(Largest, brightest supermoon of 2025)
Please add a version if you'd like.
5/7/5:
a field mouse scurries
through a shining trail of light
rising beaver moon
--
short form:
a field mouse scurries
through a trail of light!--
beaver moon rising
(Largest, brightest supermoon of 2025)
Please add a version if you'd like.
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This made me cry. In a good way.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This made me cry. In a good way.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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For no reason at all
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Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
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50% off all my books on itch
Or $20 for everything
Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9
Go nuts!
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This made me cry. In a good way.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This made me cry. In a good way.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
Everywhere I go in Chicago, I can feel neighbors looking out for neighbors. Whistles, signs, honking. There's a tension in the air, but there's resilience and love too. We're all running toward danger together.
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I'm setting a goal this weekend to find my kindle.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm setting a goal this weekend to find my kindle.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
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Hang it in the Lou--
Oh.
Oh.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hang it in the Lou--
Oh.
Oh.
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She does look suspicious...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
She does look suspicious...
I'm setting a goal this weekend to find my kindle.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm setting a goal this weekend to find my kindle.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
If anyone remembers where I left it, please let me know.
Wow my answer to this one is different today.
describe to me the perfect sandwich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Wow my answer to this one is different today.
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
She began by quoting from Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, “Chicago,” which gave the city the ubiquitous nickname “City of Big Shoulders,” pausing to look up as she read the line: “And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer.”
Federal judge cracks down on Bovino & his thugs, while surfacing the lies coming from him, DHS & DOJ.
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
The incoming preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in early October that was set to expire at 11:30 a.m.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
She began by quoting from Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, “Chicago,” which gave the city the ubiquitous nickname “City of Big Shoulders,” pausing to look up as she read the line: “And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer.”
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Chicago | The Poetry Foundation share.google/kKdz01VViNNB...
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Chicago | The Poetry Foundation share.google/kKdz01VViNNB...
This is the Chicago I see. This is the Chicago I love.
Ellis: "This is the Chicagoland I see. From Aurora to Cicero, and Chicago to Evanston to Waukegan. This is a vibrant place, brimming with vitality and hope. Striving to move forward from its complicated history."
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is the Chicago I see. This is the Chicago I love.
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She reads the poem in full.
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
She reads the poem in full.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Sometimes I figure it out as I'm writing it. Sometimes it takes longer than that.
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Sometimes I figure it out as I'm writing it. Sometimes it takes longer than that.
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I was going to make the same joke but the picture just makes it perfect. 😂
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I was going to make the same joke but the picture just makes it perfect. 😂