Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has gifted over 300 million books to children under five years old. It has measurably improved childhood literacy at a time when that is critical. If you're missing the queen of country today, donating is probably the best way you can support her legacy. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Emily Wilson's piece about the Odyssey really highlights that interpreting ancient texts is a distinct skill from interpreting film and adaptation. Anyway, this is the best response I've read: slate.com/culture/2026...slate.comAs a Classicist, I’ve Defended Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Translation. I Can’t Defend Her Review of Nolan’s Movie.Emily Wilson used baffling arguments to flay Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem. 130
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Finally back above 800 after 2 days of FRICK. hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 28 884 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 13-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞hankgreen.comSmushA daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Legit see my most recent post lol. Every time I see that "you've used X times more tokens than War and Peace" I want jump out a window. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Like I don't think I've generated 50x more value than Pride and Prejudice, guys. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Idk if Claude Code's "you've used X times more tokens than [insert great work of literature here]" is intended to illicit feelings of shame... But if that's the case it's certainly succeeding 110
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I'm chasing that 800+ point high again but it's tough, man hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 22 614 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 7-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞hankgreen.comSmushA daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Me, a canonical Alexander Hamilton-hater who has had to be polite about him for a decade, listening to the 4 episode podcast series about him on @thedollop.bsky.social: 040
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026She can't be stopped! hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 21 764 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 6-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞hankgreen.comSmushA daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required. 020
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I don't typically self promote (and I have complicated feelings about Being Perceived) but I just finished rebuilding my personal site for the 4th time so check it out: marthafast.com 020
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 16/07/2026All I need is that vowel in the center baby. hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 16 956 pts · PERFECT 💯 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞hankgreen.comSmushA daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required. 110
Reposted by MarthaCharles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Stefano Forte, president of the New York Young Republicans, is headlining an event organized by neo-Nazis to promote ethnic cleansing. www.theredoubt.net/afd-republic...theredoubt.netAfD lawmaker, Young Republican leader headline 'remigration' summit with convicted Holocaust denierEurope's leading far-right extremists are gathering to promote what critics say is a plan for "ethnic cleansing." 56440
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@michaelhobbes.bsky.social calling @bigjoel.bsky.social a "sleepy zoomer" in the most recent IBCK absolutely sent me 100
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Does anyone else get a little thrill when reading an email saying a defunct account you stopped using years ago is going to be deleted unless you take action? You mean you'll delete it without me having to do anything? 😈🥰 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This has gotten a lot better over the course of our relationship. My stance is "eating should never be punishment" and he's gotten better at identifying when he's being motivated by guilt vs desire. It's a lot of patience and talking things out. Also, we both engage in therapy. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 21/03/2026A common dynamic is me saying I'm full/not interested in eating, him questioning that, then volunteering to eat my leftovers, me asking if he ACTUALLY wants them or is just afraid of wasting food, him insisting we at least save it, and then me throwing it out anyway when it isn't eaten. 110
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 21/03/2026My husband has a lot of complicated feelings around food waste... his mother did the whole "children are starving" thing with him as a kid, he's struggled with his weight and body image, and he REALLY struggles with wasting food. 110
Reposted by MarthaPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026This is a good principle for design in general: When users tell you there's a problem, they are usually right. When users tell you how to fix it, they are usually wrong. (bonus: if you replace "user" with "stakeholder" this still applies) 618030
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 20/02/2026media.tenor.coma woman sitting at a table with the word schitts creek on the bottom rightAlt: Alexis from Schitts Creek saying "Ew" 000
Reposted by MarthaPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14/02/2026We must go forward, not backward. Upward, not forward.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a man giving a speech with the words and always twirling twirlingAlt: Bill Clinton: and always twirling towards freedom. 47811
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 13/02/2026My office for the day. So grateful to have the ability to get fresh air and sunlight during the work day 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026In fact, if you don't have a drivers license and aren't an active student you likely don't have any form of ID on you at all. And more people fall into that camp than you'd expect. 110
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I wouldn't be surprised if Buffet was more a fan of Melinda than Bill in the end. She's been very positive about Warren Buffet, even after he pulled back his previous promise to donate to the foundation after his death. 1210
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I was talking to a coworker yesterday about how difficult it is to manage devs who begin using AI because they quality of their work drops and it's tough to get them to improve because any feedback you give doesn't make it to their AI model. 030
Reposted by MarthaJosh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 31/01/2026It's always struck me how little empirical evidence there is that AI actually saves time, given how widely accepted the idea seems to be. No company has more motivation to prove it than Anthropic—yet their own study confirms the speed gain is not only insignificant, but carries *steep* penalties. 23510
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Calling the movie Melania has had the hilarious unintended consequence of not always knowing if their are critiquing the film or her character. 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The loss of Catherine O'Hara is devastating... what a talent just gone 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026And to clarify, I'm a big fan of fluoridated toothpaste! It's just not a public health measure 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Fluoridated toothpaste is more prone to injury than fluoridated water. A child could eat a tube of toothpaste and get sick. There is essentially no risk of fluoride damage from fluoridated water. You're just wrong about this. 100
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 27/01/2026We have 80 years of evidence that *fluoridated water* has had major positive impacts for oral health—an estimated 40 to 70% reduction in cavities, equivalent to over $6 billion in savings in dental care. Relying on personal action is not the same. www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...nyu.edu 131
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Fluoridated water is a public health miracle. This is so sad... 110
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I feel like a lot of these replies are forgetting that November is a midterm. The Supreme Court is not going to intervene in dozens of state races. States are not going to give a crap what Bondi says. AT WORST rep elects could face issues taking office after the election. 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I remember during the last election, when international poll observers came to the US for the first time, they said the distributed nature of our election process was a logistical nightmare for them but also an enormous strength for our electoral process. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The protein obsession has always read, from my perspective, as a combination of fragile masculinity (because everything is gendered, protein=boys and plants=girls) and meat industry propaganda. It’s never been based in real nutrition science 0100
Reposted by MarthaRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 10/01/2026As a former advocate for survivors of domestic violence, I cannot describe how much it pains me to hear the Vice President say we owe a debt of gratitude to man who shot a woman in the face and then called her a fucking bitch. 302553634
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I love LA but I was angry when I saw this ad. Absolutely trash. 010
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Let’s be clear: if any other president at any other point in history had done this, they be impeached and out of office by the end of the month. This is heinous. 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025In Los Angeles there’s a guy that does this to various confusing freeway signs abc7.com/amp/post/las...abc7.comLA's stealthy freeway sign artist still up to his old tricks | abc7.comRichard%20Ankrom%20knows%20a%20little%20something%20about%20traffic%20signs%3A%20Despite%20hours%20of%20staring%20at%20them%20each%20day%2C%20you%20really%20don't%20notice%20them%20until%20you%20miss%... 000
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Playing Assassin’s Creed II for the first time and it’s really good, but man has never been a more 00’s game. Sci-fi nonsense, parkour, knights of the templar bullshit, AND Leonardo da Vinci? It may as well be called Assissin’s National Da Vinci Code of Treasure Matrix. 000
Reposted by MarthaJosh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 09/11/2025New blog post: joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alchemyjoshcollinsworth.comAlchemySome thoughts on attempts to create gold out of nothing, and how generative AI, in many ways, mirrors that doomed pursuit 072
Reposted by MarthaBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country. 661229336178
Reposted by MarthaAndy Bell @bell.bz · 13/10/2025Alright folks, it's That Time™ JavaScript for Everyone goes live tomorrow so can you do me a solid? If you see a post about it, can you boost/repost? It's v hard since the divorced dad ruined Twitter, you see. I'll love you forever 😘 25912
Martha @marthf.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Cruel. Truly. Wordle 1,576 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000