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Martin Allen

@beebirdmoth.bsky.social
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Tired trans guy. Very manly muppet. CFO @AutonomousPress.bsky.social

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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 21h
I’m in the waiting room while a family member has an appointment (I’m the family driver). The woman they’re meeting with saw our masks and anxiously asked if we were sick. We’re not – in large part because we mask. But it’s not lost on me.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you see this, post a favourite picture from your photo album, without any explanation. NOT EVEN IN THE ALT TEXT - BUT DON’T SKIP ALT TEXT…
Femme presenting teen in a white T-shirt reclining on a yellow sofa with a blonde toddler. The two are reading from Richard Scary’s Best Story Book Ever while cuddling.
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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 17/09/2026
If you just casually listen to the Bee Gees it's hard to grasp how deeply, deeply, *deeply* weird they were. Bob Stanley in his book talks about them being outsider artists, and they were. They're every bit as odd and idiosyncratic as Tiny Tim or Captain Beefheart.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fiddley halogen appliance bulb edition.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was let go from a job at the ARC for being disabled.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
People who know me well know this is an oddly complicated question I can’t answer with clarity for, umm, reasons.
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Andrew M. Reichart @andrewmreichart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thrilled to finally be able to announce this!
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People providing free recipes on the internet are entitled to writing whatever they want and you can take it or leave it
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J.S. Allen @jseanallen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am excited to announce my new book GIVE ME TO THE RIVER is coming out later this year.
A woman's reflection on the surface of water, her fingers visible at the bottom of the frame, and ripples spreading out from the place she just touched the water.
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is low key one of the most important popular studies that supports the societal importance of art history. So much so that I am doing everyone here a solid by not allowing the article preview to show, the images of which will haunt you for life. english.elpais.com/health/2026-...
Screenshot of a headline and sub-head from El País:

The benefits of ‘the ugliest color in the world’: A decade of evidence supports plain tobacco packaging
Twenty countries have implemented the measure based on dozens of studies and reports, but the industry insists there are negative economic consequences
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And yet this is the most attractive exterior house color our HOA approves of.
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J.S. Allen @jseanallen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We are grieving the loss of my co-editor for Spoon Knife 11. A frequent contributor to the anthology, Mark wanted to try his hand as an editor. One of his last fiction pieces will appear in the upcoming book.
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Sa’ar Keshet @tc221bee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Two years after removing my 3rd poetry book from my former publisher A PRAYER FOR A NON-RELIGIOUS AUTISTIC is revamped & available for free! [NO ChatGPT or gen. AI used] Added are resources for us to continue supporting Palestinian writers & artists as they still face censorship during a genocide
saarkeshet.beehiiv.com
A Prayer For A Non-Religious Autistic
3rd poetry book revamp in 2026
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I try* to replace the word should with the phrase ‘I would like to’ If the statement no longer rings true, it’s time to rethink. *If I’m in a bad headspace, I don’t always succeed at reframing.
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Zee (missing life's little cues) @miscue.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We have until July 29th to save Chaco Canyon, one of the most ancient historical and cultural sites in the county. It's absolutely irreplaceable, and this move is absolutely against the wishes of the local Native Nations and tribes. Please, please, please leave a comment
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
As I said the other day - this story is very much revealing how little folks understand the massive reach and influence of agribusiness and how the food chain works. Framing the story around taco bell is a good ex of news coverage failing to give us the info we need about our corporate food system.
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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 17/07/2026
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday began a public comment period for its proposal to roll back or completely undo protections against oil and gas operations near Chaco Culture National Historical Park, prompting outcry from environmental advocates and members of NM's federal delegation.
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New Mexico advocates, elected officials decry federal proposal to curtail Chaco Canyon protections • Source New Mexico
New Mexico environmental advocates and elected officials say the federal government is rushing a plan to cut protections at Chaco Canyon.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It'll be a stressful few months as I wait to see if the risk of leaving Squarespace is something we can bounce back from. In my mind, I had no choice if Assigned was to weather increasing government interference in trans speech. But a safe financial decision, it was not. Please join if you can.
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
At the risk of sounding cynical or prejudiced, I have to admit that I'm starting to think there might not be ANY good Nazis.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today I saw my first Oracle/Project Jupiter ad, and it was the creepiest thing. Like if I knew nothing about it beforehand, I’d still know I was being fed a pile of garbage.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Paging @jseanallen.bsky.social
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J.S. Allen @jseanallen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
One month left! Submit your poetry, memoir, and fiction to Spoon Knife 11: Remnants. autpress.com/2025/07/call...
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Call for Submissions: Spoon Knife 11 - Autonomous Press
Theme Give us your castaways, your tales of remnants and remainders, of subsistence against the odds. What is left behind? Who walks among the ruins? Why do I have this vestigial arm? We want your fic...
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
No matter how much I love you, no matter how brilliant or funny it touching it is, if your post is missing alt text, I’m not reposting it. Love, your mutual with uneven vision.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026
My other take that may get me grief is that even though I think the term is useful for class consciousness, focusing your Leftism solely around ‘workers’ when it comes to who deserves to have their needs addressed is a built-in concession that you’re willing to abandon the needy who can’t work.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
TIL that Jelly Roll and Post Malone are two different people.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
out here on google looking up images of Black revolutionaries and freedom struggle activists laughing and enjoying themselves it's honestly really nice.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19/06/2026
Assigned Media is excited to announce our Founding Editor Evan Urquhart has been awarded the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ+ Journalist of the Year by the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social Our little newsroom is making waves, baby!
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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Like many people, I used to be a straight woman who played ukulele on the Internet. Now I'm a trans man and my voice has dropped and it's been emotionally complicated... and we're bringing that whole energy out this November. If you remember the Doubleclicks... please help us spread the word!
the doubleclicks are back with a key change. portland or, sat nov 14 at the siren theatear. los angeles, ca sat nov 21 at the elyisan theater.
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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Not my best work, but felt like this was what's on the menu for Bsky today.
Rodger Rabbit shoe being dipped into the green waters of DC.
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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
reading Madeleine aloud in the cadence of the Beastie Boys. she was not afraid of (mice!) she loved winter, snow (and ice!)
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Name a TV show you are positive no one remembers but you.
Promo shot for Doctor Doctor staring Matt Frewer and the late, great Julius Carry.
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An Idiot @cavecosmonaut.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Gargoyles is legit a “You can’t make em like this anymore” show. A bunch of classically trained actors getting Disney to lusciously animate their horny high fantasy Shakespeare fanfic that they made during their off time from making Star Trek. And it was a huge hit somehow?
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 16/06/2026
What did Gargoyles know when they made despotic billionaire Xanatos do ayahuasca & become enamored with the Native American trickster Coyote spirit & then appropriate its symbology to create an artificially intelligent ambitious android in his image that was also obsessed with trolling 6 gargoyles.
Coyote, an android Xanatos that wears gold & black armor and a coyote maskCoyote Mk. II (or III?) a massive armored android mech that is gold and black Coyote, after having its face ripped off, showing a metal skull and half of Xanatos’ face
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Perhaps Adam just needs to be kept in a vat of nutritious ectoplasm.
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Celery and cucumbers, aka The Dishwater Vegetables
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 15/06/2026
Your infrequent gentle reminder: I would like to share your art/photos/activism if you have alt text on it! Alt text lets people with vision impairments, screenreader users, people who have connection issues/slow internet/not much data/etc, and people like me (Squint Kings) enjoy it!
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 15/06/2026
Cannot be seen. Cannot be smelled. Doesn't put alt text on its images.
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The city of Tal Sharnis, where the Weird Luck webcomic takes place, sits in a nightmare wasteland in a universe containing no other civilizations. All trade is #interdimensional, via portals maintained by corporations (or temporary portals created by smugglers). #worldbuilding #ocsky weirdluck.net
Partial view of the city of Tal Sharnis at sunset, drawn by Mike Bennewitz
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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Proud to have been part of Autonomous Press from the beginning! Worker-owned indie publishing FTW! autpress.com
autpress.com
Autonomous Press - Autonomous Press
Autonomous Press is an independent, worker-owned publishing house specializing in books that expand minds and challenge cultural norms. We publish both fiction and nonfiction in all genres, and we lov...
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Eleven years ago today we officially launched @autonomouspress.bsky.social Looking forward to another eleven years (or more) of weird books for weird people. Y’all are the best little weirdos ever (complementary).
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 10/06/2026
“Homosexuality has no place in America.” “The left hijacked June to present perversion, to cause gender confusion, and basically to give license for individuals to be indecent in public.” The reason I'm so mad at Democrats is because they won't just say Republicans literally want to kill us all.
lgbtqnation.com
House Republicans are trying to make June "Family Month" nationwide. They're failing. - LGBTQ Nation
Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles said the quiet part out loud with his post, “Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month."
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 10/06/2026
Republicans are going to kill us all, and Democrats are going to get us all killed. Fuck all the centrists who said Republicans made okay points about bathrooms and sports teams, like they'd stop there. They'll come for everything that isn't cishet white and nailed down.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
When you tell the truth in therapy
An illustration of Cinderella fitting into a grippy sock
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Martin Allen @beebirdmoth.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My cat is angry because @jseanallen.bsky.social has not come to bed. Yes, it’s not quite 8pm.
Stripey cat at the foot of the bed glaring because I told her Papa is an adult and doesn’t have to go to bed when she says so. The back of an angry cat staring at the door waiting for Papa to come to bed so she can pretend she hasn’t had treats yet. Tail is angrily flicking.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
As a woman. One thing I want REALLY REALY GOD DAMN BADLY is if for no other reason than how much we claim to love young women I NEED WHITE WOMEN TO A) recognize that racists will almost always be misogynists B) for the love of GOD stop the “now it’s women” when stuff affects them
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Matthew McQueen @mcqueenfornm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My priority will always be the people of New Mexico. I will hold the oil and gas industry accountable. I have the experience and track record to prove that. And that's why the oil and gas industry supports my opponent.
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RandBall’s Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is 4′33″ for people who don’t have their kids’ current addresses
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 26/05/2026
His career ended with the killing and coverup of Laquan McDonald, rehabilitation and even promotion serves as a rebuke against the idea such an act should be punished.
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