Jeremy B. Jones is at Bluesky
@thejeremybjones
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**MOVED TO BLUESKY**
NC Mountains
Joined November 2009
Leaving for Bluesky. Come find me there? Pre-order my book? Pretty please? https://t.co/u3Mk7I2nih
malaprops.com
In the 1800s, Appalachian farmer and rogue William Prestwood kept salacious coded diaries, leaving his descendent, Jeremy Jones, to reflect on his complicated legacy. In 1975, a man stumbled upon a...
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I've mostly left the X-sphere, but I'm dropping in quickly to say that if you'd like to consider reviewing a nonfiction book about coded sex diaries from the 19th century, send me an email, and I'll get you an ARC: jbjones@wcu.edu https://t.co/hAaCET4yOJ
blairpub.com
In the 1800s, William Prestwood kept salacious coded diaries, leaving his descendent, Jeremy Jones, to reflect on his complicated legacy. Found by chance in 1975, the notebooks were decoded by a...
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***COVER REVEAL*** Thanks to Laura Williams, designer, and the good folks at @BlairPublisher (and thanks to my kid for making a cool animation). Do you like it when a guy reads his great (x4) grandfather’s racy diaries and wonders if there’s anything to learn there?
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We're trying to stand up to a fascist who's in cahoots with the world's richest man, and our only weapon is: knocking on doors and having conversations. Of course it feels scary. Right now our job is to be brave and keep knocking.
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Universities: Why do our kids use AI to write their assignments 😭 😭 😭 don’t they know writing is important? Also Universities: What if we made writing instructors into a permanent underclass of peasants that we work to the bone for as little money as possible?
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This should be the only headline anywhere for days
John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected. https://t.co/FLciobqMuR
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John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected. https://t.co/FLciobqMuR
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Went to the polls. Got the sticker. Saved democracy. Etc
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For a while I thought that many Trump voters weren’t paying close enough attention to understand the real ramifications but lately I think many of them actually want this kind of authoritarianism and I wish we could just be honest about that https://t.co/nhDTEwC4uD
npr.org
Former President Donald Trump has talked about using the military and the Department of Justice to go after those he sees as disloyal, raising concerns about American democracy and civil rights.
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Getting clothes out of our flooded house so that I can be a professor again tomorrow, and the calendar on my kid’s desk really got me:
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North Carolina, today is the day! In-person early voting has officially begun 🗳️ As @KamalaHarris says, your vote is your voice. Make a plan to vote early at https://t.co/tKEKi6aBKq 🇺🇸
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Future generations won’t believe how easily people fell for this grift—and how obvious it was all along https://t.co/KuXBfgYUAH
nytimes.com
A review of some 7,400 emails sent by the Trump campaign turned up dozens of sweepstakes, advisory councils and other opportunities of access to Mr. Trump — and very little evidence anyone has gotten...
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You couldn’t create a more insufferable person in a lab in a hundred years
There it is. Share this everywhere, everyone should see it today. Q: Would you have certified the 2020 election? JD Vance: I would have voted against certification https://t.co/nTUWMmqo3S
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Seriously folks, this could happen. There’s a chance you could go outside and see nothing. But there’s also a chance this could be one of the coolest nights of your life. Take a risk and sit outside for an hour or so this evening.
We'll have a chance at naked-eye visible northern lights tonight in WNC. It's never guaranteed, but I'm hopeful! Black Mtn is still under a 7p curfew. As such, I'll be posting the photos of a rule breaker that wishes to remain anonymous. I definitely wouldn't break curfew...
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What he said. As I wrote in this essay, Ron and Robert Morgan were both writers who showed me what was possible https://t.co/f7I4yXr6jo
ourstate.com
A North Carolina writer eager to explore the world feels the pull of his family homeplace in the pages of mountain authors’ words.
When Wiley Cash and Ron Rash recorded this podcast episode, we had no idea what was to come. Now more than ever, their conversation serves as a love letter to western North Carolina. Watch the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Youtube. (Filmed by PBS North Carolina.)
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When Wiley Cash and Ron Rash recorded this podcast episode, we had no idea what was to come. Now more than ever, their conversation serves as a love letter to western North Carolina. Watch the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Youtube. (Filmed by PBS North Carolina.)
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