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Der Spekter @derspekter.org · 24/09/2026

Preorder this book edited by Nathan and translated by DS editor @eyshe.bsky.social

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 21/09/2026

Goes to show, Mel Brooks knows of what he writes

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 21/09/2026

Good morning. And now, let us pledge allegiance to the flag.

A picture of my hand holding up the flag from my child’s Astronaut Barbie set. In hot pink letters it says “Barbie on the moon!”

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

found it (or some of it) — in mac OS 27.0, seems Apple hides the kill switch for Apple Intelligence in the Siri menu in System Settings & when you click it (screen shot on left) you get a menu of all your apps & you have to go one by one & flip AI learning off (screen shot on right) - the bastards

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 18/09/2026

Logically, historically, linguistically, I am aware that the “Reggiano” part of Parmagiano Reggiano indicates its origin in Reggio Emilia. It does NOT mean that Parmagiano is the King of Cheeses. Of course not. And yet . . .

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Prism @prismreports.org · 16/09/2026

Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures & counters righteous anger. People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it & not be consumed by timeline wars, leftist influencer rage bait & manipulation by outside forces, warns @williamcson.bsky.social.

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Another way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each other

People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 16/09/2026

Not to be too Guy Who Lives In Mexico And Has Only Watched Children Media For 3 years Since His Child’s Birth, but Ed Sheeran being publicly so devoid of conscience that he loses his backing band from behind him is giving a lot of the orchestra turning on Ernesto De La Cruz at the end of COCO vibes

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 15/09/2026

Jack! It’s Marvin! - Whadda ya mean Marvin who?! Your cousin, Marvin Kirby! Nevermind! Listen, you know that new super hero you’ve been looking for? Well listen to this!

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 15/09/2026

Waking up my wife from her nap like “Honey, college fund is handled.”

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 15/09/2026

Is @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social still publishing “What If . . . “ titles? My 3 year old just happily screamed “It’s Penguin Iron Man!“ and I feel like they’d be leaving money on the table to not make moves on this.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 15/09/2026

Despite numerous responsibilities today and a long full day of activity the day before, in between, I managed to stay up until 3 AM, reading the Wikipedia plot summary of every episode of Black Mirror. Which, in a way, is also an episode of Black Mirror, though not a very good one, I fear.

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Meli @mismatched.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For anyone fasting next Monday: consider the coffee taper

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 13/09/2026

Me, mid-planning a pozole to make for my wife’s whole family for Día de La Independencia when they all come: wait, am I the only member of your family who likes cooking large amounts of food for you all since your grandma got too old?! My wife, smiling slightly: I was wondering when you’d realize

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Jacob Siefring @jsief.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i saw the best minds of my generation cooked like burgers on a griddle from being Too Online

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 09/09/2026

Senior leadership here at Ingram is NOT serious about the existential threat posed by high volumes of novels + short story collections offering exciting innovations in style and content In ten years there may simply be too many bangers for humanity to fuck with

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 09/09/2026

Guys I am afraid that indie literature is going to be the end of the world

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Call out to my translator friends: I'm collecting recent instances of genAI mistranslations for use in class, particularly involving French, German and English. Would be glad to see any examples you've come across.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 05/09/2026

I guess it just goes to show: even when sex is an exquisitely restrained yet passionate performance by Matthew Macfadyen in a millennial romantic comedy adaptation of a regency era satire of bourgeois values, it’s still sex, and sex is about power 😞

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 05/09/2026

Why is this cover of Machiavelli’s the Prince just that screenshot/gif of Darcy’s hand after he helps Elizabeth into the carriage in Pride And Prejudice (2005)? Weird direction to take this, Penguin Classics

The penguin classics cover of Nicole Machiavelli’s the Prince, featuring a close up detail of a renaissance portrait of some sort of aristocrat. The detail only shows the rich brocade of the aristocrat’s outfit and his hand resting on the bejeweled and ornate pommel of a sword

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 03/09/2026

Do what you can for this man, for his children, for Gaza, for Palestine. Do it today, and then do it again tomorrow, and then do it always. We are small and sad and terrible alone. Together, in the love we have between us, we are mighty.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 03/09/2026

Made a meme from the funniest and most wonderful thing my kid did this morning

4 panel Galaxy brain meme

First panel, Small Dull Brain, text reads: Books are just books, a household object of no real importance. What's the big deal?

Second panel, Brain with sparkly lights beginning to activate through out it, text reads: Books are vital storehouses of knowledge of historical value. They should be preserved as closely to their original condition as possible, and even minimally restored over time.

Third panel, a bust of a human with the brain outlined in shining neon blue and radiating neon blue beams of light, text reads:The book as an object has just as much information as the words on the page, but it is a collaborative and even creative effort by all hands. The work of restoration is equal to the work of the original makers of the book. It is all one text, with a long lifespan full of changes.

Fourth and final panel, an upper torso outlined in light emanating from the skull and which spreads out to create an enormous interconnected galaxy, text reads: My 3 year old, lovingly stroking the scotch tape I used to jury-rig the cover back onto his favorite boardbook: Byootiful . . . Dis tape is byootiful . . .

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 03/09/2026

Today, in using the internet to defeat the internet: comparison shopping phone lockboxes vs like, a simple cable lock set up and a bag it would fit on

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 01/09/2026

Begging my 3 year old with tears in my eyes to stop referring interchangeably to the characters Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) and Alfredo Linguini (Lou Romano) in Disney Pixar film Ratatouille (2008, Dir. Brad Bird) as “Rata-Oonie” Do I blame his mom’s bad influence? Of course. But also? Society.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 01/09/2026

Strega Nona* in the kitchen, Big Anthony** at the table. *Know my limits, mysterious but wholesome ingredients, beloved by all for my sagacity. **MORE! I SAID MORE PASTA! MORE PASTA!! MORE!!!!!!!!

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 01/09/2026

Spending our 7th wedding anniversary the traditional way: my wife is teaching her overwhelmingly huge public university class; I’m distracting myself from mosquito bites by reading a translated memoir by a dude who spends all his free time illegally hiking around the Choronobyl contamination zone

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 31/08/2026

Was the whole band recruited for Secret Wars by the Beyonder? Or maybe just Ringo? Or maybe an alternate universe where the Beyonder abducted not superheroes, but rock bands, and Secret Wars was more of a battle of the bands type situation? Much to ponder

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 30/08/2026

I knew I liked that woman for a reason

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 28/08/2026

my kid’s watching Finding Nemo, his first time, probably my second time only since he was born. This movie WRECKED me BEFORE I was a dad. That one other time, it took a while to recover. Anyway, cried, of course but a different scene than usual. Interesting

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 28/08/2026

Happy birthday to the rootin’-tootin’est honkytonker of a writing teacher I’ve ever had and a hell of a personal essayist, bluesky’s darling @raxkingisdead.bsky.social! For Rax’s bday, maybe treat her to a good ol’ fashioned liberation of Occupied DC! Or at least a root beer float.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 27/08/2026

You know, in one sense, there are many ineffable, oblique, and difficult to trace influences forming contemporary global literature, but in another, very real way, it's just another beautiful path coffee takes toward expressing itself through the human spirit

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 26/08/2026

As we end this strange and mournful day, I am sorry to say that my 3 year old only tolerated Jolene, and while the clip of Dolly’s scene with Miss Piggy intrigued him, he interrupted Rocky Top by flopping over and saying “I’m tired.” I’m doing my best here, but I fear for the coming generation.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 25/08/2026

Aw shit. What a talent and person. Bye Dolly. Thanks.

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 25/08/2026

Hmm, it seems I’ve been hoisted somehow, let’s take a look around. What’s this? Looks like a petard of some sort? Well, that’s to be expected, I suppose. Something about it though . . . How odd! It DOES seem familiar somehow . . . Hey! Wait a gosh darn second here!

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 24/08/2026

I’m 4 books into @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social Vertigo's translations of Kosuke Kindaichi mysteries and it's amazing, loving 'em, but I will say, ol’ Kosuke-san is NOT the best at like, stopping murder. More a "aw, geez . . . BUT NOW I KNOW THE SINISTER MECHANISMS & MOTIVES OF THEIR FATES!" sorta guy

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Gaza is still living through fear, hunger, and destruction. 💔 Waseem, a father of three, is doing everything he can to provide the basic needs his children deserve. Even the smallest donation can make a life-changing difference. Please don’t leave us alone. 🙏🕊️ gofund.me/35fdca7d

Pictures of Waseem's sons, three little boys, against a background of rubble

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 08/08/2026

Cracked up laughing at this interview cuz Daisy rightfully spends the bulk of it railing against the moral cowardice of Indian and US publishers and literary orgs on the genocide in Gaza and rising Fascism. But the headline is, “Paratexts suck, don’t use ’em!” . . . which is also controversial!

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 08/08/2026

Am I a butterfly, dreaming of a new kind of guy to get mad at? Or am I a never before encountered type of online guy, dreaming I was a butterfly?

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 08/08/2026

Y'know, I am sure I’m not the first Yidisher gringo to haul Uriel Weinreich’s magisterial Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary back and forth across the US Mexico border. But I do wonder when I’ll be the all time record holder.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!”

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Mordecai Martin @mordecaimartin.net · 03/08/2026

Whitman, brah, you think YOU contain multitudes? @raxkingisdead.bsky.social 's dog is both a hilarious little gremlin being and the most beautiful princess in the world. SIMULTANEOUSLY! Maybe very well then, you contradict yourself, but Shug blows minds!

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 30/07/2026

She's a 10 but she doesn't own any physical media

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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Went to see the Odyssey but got lost on the way and the sidetracked by a bunch of mishaps and adventures that I had to overcome with only my wits. It was just like that classic story of the clever warrior-king wandering from island to island, Gargantua and Pantagruel.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.

5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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