Jason O’Toole
@operationriskyou.bsky.social
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My newest collection from NY's Dead Man's Press Ink is available in 2 formats, one of them free:
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7 months ago
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Fuck you Bari.
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about 3 hours ago
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Catfishin' for Christmas. It didn't snow in the town I said I lived in and I made up the name of the diner. Wasted this dude's time and it took awhile before they wised up and bailed. 😆
about 8 hours ago
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#ReleaseTheFiles
4 days ago
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TONIGHT ☆ Lauren WB Vermette & Jason O'Toole backed by the famous Beat Night Band at The Press Room in Portsmouth, NH. No cover. Open mic follows. Get there early to sign up and grab a table as we expect a full house.
5 days ago
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Jon Cooper
10 days ago
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained. He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
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12/7/25 at 7 pm, be at Portsmouth's The Press Room for Lauren and me backed by a full band for the last Beat Night of the year!
#PortsmouthNH
#NewEnglandPoetryClub
#poetlaureate
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12 days ago
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Next week! No, Lauren and I aren't prom king and queen, but we will perform poetry backed by the great Beat Night Band.
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#NewEnglandPoetryClub
#poetlaureate
#beatpoet
13 days ago
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Minibeast (x-Mission for Burma) at No Fun, Troy, NY. 12.06.25
#postpunk
#Boston
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16 days ago
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Minibeast at NO FUN, Troy, NY - December 6, 2025. X-Mission for Burma.
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16 days ago
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SWRM sound check at No Fun, Troy, NY.
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16 days ago
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Issue 13 of Molecule, dedicated to the late Jennifer Martelli - features my poem Away - one of the winners of the 2025 Mass Poetry Fest contest.
#litmag
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#writingcommunity
#NewEnglandPoetryClub
#SalemState
#MassPoetry
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Molecule - a tiny lit mag
Visit the post for more.
https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog/
19 days ago
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My Amy Lowell Prize winning poem is at 1:17:20.
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#poetrycommunity
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New England Poetry Club Award Readings Nov. 2025
YouTube video by New England Poetry Club
https://youtu.be/yTshRy9izxs?si=8BimnaYdVdWhpx1v
19 days ago
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psnh.org/events/dec-1...
20 days ago
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Lionfish, sand diver and pipefish encountered on my recent trip to Nassau.
22 days ago
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Italian TV is a fever dream.
27 days ago
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Never Say Never Again
28 days ago
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RAFinley Writes Books
over 1 year ago
Made some book promos this weekend. More info on all three books is on my website (
rafinleybooks.com
) with links to online ordering — ebook and print — or ask your favorite local bookstore or library to order for you (with my thanks!)
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Bumping as three people saw it...and I'm told it's a MAJOR AWARD!
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about 1 month ago
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D.
about 1 month ago
🚨Day 302 The fight against fascism takes all of us fighting 👉
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Tools, Resources & Actions vs Fascism Today’s Agenda:
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Today’s Resistance Survival Guide:
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Resistance Directory:
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I'm back home for the weekend - and always glad to hear that William is still doing well.
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At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/arts/william-kennedy-albanys-bard-reads-a-story-with-legs.html
about 1 month ago
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As Treasurer for ILRCSF, I mourn the passing of Alice Wong, a friend to center and one of the greats.
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about 1 month ago
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The Northern Lights are so bright on Veterans Day that they're plainly visible over the bright lights of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
about 1 month ago
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A poem for my grandpa, Cpl. Vincent Lenz of the storied Super Sixth.
#VeteransDay
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Valor Concealed
In memory of a shellshocked Veteran of a Fucked-up War
https://open.substack.com/pub/operationriskyou/p/valor-concealed?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=of9ra
about 1 month ago
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#NewEngland
#Massachusetts
#MerrimackValley
#OscarWilde
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She's Beyond Good and Evil
The House Beautiful at Osgood Hill
https://open.substack.com/pub/operationriskyou/p/shes-beyond-good-and-evil?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=of9ra
about 1 month ago
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Dancing about architecture:
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She's Beyond Good and Evil
The House Beautiful at Osgood Hill
https://open.substack.com/pub/operationriskyou/p/shes-beyond-good-and-evil?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=of9ra
about 1 month ago
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Kelly and the Klan:
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about 2 months ago
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"I awakened to the cry that the people have the power to redeem the work of fools upon the meek the graces shower it's decreed the people rule” - Patti Smith, from People have the Power (1988)
about 2 months ago
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Poets, writers and other human beings - share your
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about 2 months ago
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Presenting my Amy Lowell Prize winning poem:
#NewEnglandPoetryClub
#poetry
#writingcommunity
#booksy
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Jason O’Toole, “Astropastoral (The Second Pentacle of the Sun)” – New England Poetry Club
https://nepoetryclub.org/jason-otoole-astropastoral-the-second-pentacle-of-the-sun/
about 2 months ago
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Come back with me to one of the rowdiest nights in punk history...which in 1987, could have been just about any night.
#NYHC
#DagNasty
#DCHardcore
#Ramones
#GBH
#BeastieBoys
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Wig Out at The Ritz
One Night in NY Hardcore - September 1987
https://open.substack.com/pub/operationriskyou/p/wig-out-at-the-ritz-914?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=of9ra
about 2 months ago
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Ted Kooser is one of America's greatest poets, hands down. This is exciting news!
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about 2 months ago
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It's been 42 years since we first heard Hüsker Dü - Metal Circus EP, and the melodic hardcore murder ballad, “Diane.” The five songs on this SST release from 1983 have had a lasting impact on music well beyond the parameters of post-punk. RIP Grant Hart.
about 2 months ago
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Change one letter. Ruin a candy. Violent Mints
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about 2 months ago
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If you see something, say something.
#Illinois
#Chicago
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https://www.ilsos.gov/news/2025/october-22-2025-giannoulias-to-ice-agents-dont-mess-with-illinois-license-plates.html
about 2 months ago
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A threatened bird was spotted on Plum Island during the tail end of migration.
#endangered
#climatechange
#shutdown
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Encounter with a Rusty Blackbird
A true one-percenter - one of North America's most threatened birds
https://open.substack.com/pub/operationriskyou/p/encounter-with-a-rusty-blackbird?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=of9ra
about 2 months ago
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The White House is full of asbestos, but don't worry. Trump has long declared it safe! That demolition crew's lungs will be just fine after they're not paid and deported.
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White House Aides Evacuate Over Asbestos Risks as Administration Moves To Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal
Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway and other senior White House aides have vacated their West Wing offices while asbestos is removed – even as the Trump administration is manipulating a federal chemical s...
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/white-house-aides-evacuate-over-asbestos-risks-administration-moves-keep
2 months ago
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Imagine the outrage if Kamala Harris did this.
2 months ago
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When I was small, I got to hear one of Pete’s dockside concerts in Albany, which was given to raise money for this educational project. Afterwards, I ran up to meet the man whose songs I’d grown up playing along.
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#poetry
#rivers
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Clearwater
Sailing the Hudson with Pete Seeger
https://open.substack.com/pub/operationriskyou/p/clearwater?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=of9ra
2 months ago
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I'll be in Costa Rica for Black Friday buying coffee as gifts. If you're in the States, stay home. Screw Cyber Monday too. Small Business Saturday is cool, but try to support indie shops, especially women and minority owned.
2 months ago
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No dialog with oppressors.
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2 months ago
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My Antifa uniform, circa 2003.
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2 months ago
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My Antifa uniform, circa 2003.
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2 months ago
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My Antifa uniform, circa 2003 🇺🇸
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2 months ago
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The late Susan Gordon in her father Bert Gordon's 1960 indie ghost story Tormented.
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#indiefilm
#Halloween
#Bmovie
#twilightzone
#ghost
2 months ago
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A congrats from our State Senator arrived in the mail.
#NewEnglandPoetryClub
##writingcommunity
#poetry
#booksy
#Massachusetts
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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Over moon to be the winner of the 2025 Amy Lowell Prize for my poem “Astropastoral (The Second Pentacle of the Sun).”
3 months ago
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Northern Tooth Fungus. West Parish Cemetery, Andover, MA.
#Fungus
#mushroom
#Massachusetts
2 months ago
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To the MAGA cultists googling "Weimar Republic" - Willkommen!
3 months ago
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There goes that dream. The dream was only a few months old, though, as I didn't think I had a shot until recently.
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What Was Best About the ‘Best American Poetry’?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/books/review/best-american-poetry.html?smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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