His debut collection, Nine Miles, is a #1 Amazon Bestseller in New Releases in Anthologies. He's currently at work on a novel. "Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there". https://substack.com/@tomjoad3https://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3mtnjdemexc25Does our government represent wealth or the people?22 Aug 2026 05:14 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnjdemexc25https://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3mtmg52ueys25They never asked. They just watched. A camera on the corner. A file that outlives the reason it was opened. "What We Never Agreed To" https://joadt.substack.com/p/what-we-never-agreed-to?r=5ccpro&utm_medium=ios21 Aug 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmg52ueys25https://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3mtex4djngk24Nine things I’ve learned. Not the things you put on a wall. The harder things. The ones you learn by getting older, losing people, and figuring out what isn’t worth carrying anymore. Tonight, I said them on the porch. The cicadas covered the rest. https://joadt.substack.com/p/what-the-cicadas-cover?r=5ccpro&utm_medium=ios18 Aug 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtex4djngk24https://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3msyhytm7qk2gFifty years a Democrat in a county that never once voted my way. A friend's funeral, a warning from an old friend, and a word that stopped meaning a party and started meaning enemy. https://substack.com/@tomjoad3/note/p-211088022?r=5ccpro&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action13 Aug 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyhytm7qk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3mstpbd7c322zWe grew up on Gunsmoke, Cronkite, and the Twilight Zone, three feet from a Zenith TV, absorbing lessons no one ever said out loud. "They didn't tell us what to think. They gave us things to think about." A memoir of the TV that raised a generation 📺 https://open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/what-the-television-taught-us?r=5ccpro&utm_medium=ios11 Aug 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstpbd7c322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3lunj2mvn6k25I don’t mean to sound rude but I’m going through my Bluesky account and unfollowing anyone who doesn’t follow back. I’m done with celebrities, gatekeepers, and one-way conversations. If you can’t engage, I don’t need you. I want community, not a pedestal. I appreciate our community, everyone should.23 Jul 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunj2mvn6k25https://bsky.app/profile/theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social/post/3msj7znhdms2iI turn 67 in September. Wrote down what I actually know about the end of a life: a chipped mug, a scan that turned out to be nothing, and the one thought too heavy to carry…that someday I won't see her face again. Turns out that's not a wound. It's a receipt. https://open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/what-is-left?r=5ccpro&utm_medium=ios07 Aug 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:w2ugky7acmey7nto7mgkrko7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj7znhdms2i