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Garth Martens
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Poet | Palmero | Member of Palabra Flamenco | Producer of Dark Sounds | Author of Prologue for the Age of Consequence (Anansi) and Remediation (JackPine) | Pronouns: he / him. | 🇵🇸 🌈 🍉
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Garth Martens @garthmartens.bsky.social · Sep 12
Apartheid Israel has now killed 680,000 Palestinians.

380,000 under 5 years of age.

479,000 children total.

Do not be okay with that.
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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 1d
Such a miraculous universe with such a terrible handful of people without souls on earth destroying it
aasnova.org AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 1d
What would happen to a gaseous exoplanet if it was struck by a protoplanet? Recent research suggests that it would ring like a bell, and that just maybe, we’d be able to observe this ringing back on Earth. aasnova.org/2025/10/24/p... 🔭🧪
Planets Can Be Bells: The Aftermath of Major Mergers
New research suggests that giant planets likely ring like bells after they collide with other worlds.
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d
Amazing things are happening in Ireland, please God.
Ireland is on the verge of electing a Sinn Fein-backed president who has described England and America as warmongering countries that cannot be trusted
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d
The reason Zionists want to end UNRWA is because it is a registry for Palestine refugees as well as their patrilineal descendants. It is the sole agency that officially considers someone like me Palestinian. This of course is a nightmare to an occupier who wants to pretend Palestinians don't exist
antizionistjew.bsky.social Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d
#BREAKING | An Israeli official told Kan public broadcaster that UNRWA “will not step foot in Gaza again,” despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to cooperate with the UN agency.
antizionistjew.bsky.social Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 3d
#BREAKING | ICJ Court Rules Israel Violated International Law

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s ban on UNRWA and restrictions on aid to Gaza and the West Bank breach international law.
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Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social · 4d
Tomorrow night! Don't miss one of Canada's best poets giving a free lecture, thanks to UVic Writing.
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lpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social · 4d
Congrats to the finalists of the #ggbooks2025 awards,
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 3d
270. More than 270
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d
They don't make anti-depressants strong enough for this kind of a world
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Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social · 5d
Please join us for Victoria's inaugural reading of the DC Reid Book Prize Finalists on November 5th at Cafe Fantastico! Congratulations to Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Kayla Czaga! Hosted by the fabulous @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social Tickets are FREE on Eventbrite.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5d
Some 2,000 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire, but many thousands more remain locked up — often without charge or trial.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi
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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 17d
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 7d
Alli Vail of the Victoria Festival of Authors sat down with poet Christina Shah for an insightful conversation about her powerful new collection, if: prey, then: huntress.
#VFA2025 #VictoriaFestivalofAuthors #AuthorInterview
Q&A with Christina Shah
Christina Shah lives in New Westminster and works in heavy industry. Her work was shortlisted for 2021’s Ralph Gustafson Prize and selected for Best Canadian Poetry 2023. rigveda was her first vide…
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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · Sep 2
IT'S HERE!!! Happy Labour Day. Why not celebrate with some work-themed poetry?

Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...

Who are some of your favorite work poets?

#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay

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Copy of poetry book titled 'if: prey, then: huntress' by Christina Shah on black coffee table with coffee mug with typewriter drawing set on orange coaster beside notebook.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12d
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‘There’s No Space in the American Landscape Where the Shadow of the Prison Doesn’t Fall’:  CounterSpin interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal on media and power
"You can't talk about media without talking about power, because you know and I know that much media is about sucking up to power."
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12d
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 15d
She's a U.S. sponsored opposition candidate and the daughter of a steel oligarch. Machado champions the privatization of Venezuela's oil, power, and steel industries.
connieschultz.bsky.social Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 15d
New York Times:

“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 15d
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time
www.theguardian.com
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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 15d
Look what arrived AT MY DOOR in time for Thanksgiving Weekend. #goodness #SQUEE!!! #flipflopdance

SADIQA DE MEIJER @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social
IN THE FIELD @palimpsestpress.bsky.social #anstrutherpress

palimpsestpress.ca/books/in-the...

Lovingly displayed on @bookgaga.bsky.social #blankie
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Vanessa Stauffer @vanopticon.bsky.social · 15d
just poetry things (& my actual favourite poet)
"The Window" by Lynda Hull
& some bonus VS whatever is the poetry equivalent of fanfic.
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Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social · 16d
We're taking steps to hold responsible the vape companies whose products are harming people in BC, especially teens and young people.

New legislation would let BC Government take vape companies to court and recover public health care costs tied to vaping.

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Image of BC legislature with text that reads: "New in BC! New law will hold vape manufacturers accountable."
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 18d
www.commondreams.org/news/greta-t...
Thunberg Confirms Abuse by Israeli Abductors, But Urges World to Focus on Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams
"This genocide and other genocides are being enabled and fueled by our own governments, our institutions, our media, and companies. It is our responsibility to end that complicity."
www.commondreams.org
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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 17d
"We [Palestine] are the wound in the Arab world, and everyone watches what happens to us." -Nader Said
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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 vtuber comms open! @deltahead.bsky.social · 17d
please do something. anything. please at least today educate yourself about the Balfour Declaration (signed in 1917) and the Mandate for Palestine (drafted in 1919). it's been 100+ years. that's how far back this injustice goes. the world has watched for a century. it should not still be happening
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17d
“Every night, I wonder if it will be the last of my life. Will there be a tomorrow? I try to look at my family, to gaze at and memorize their faces, just in case.”

Plestia Alaqad
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 18d
On Proust and the search for models of translation: “Indeed, it is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture—to the extent he is present at all—because he is far more accessible than most people realize, and a lot funnier.”
On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead
Le devoir et la tâche d’un écrivain sont ceux d’un traducteur. –Marcel Proust, Le Temps retrouvé * The duty and the task of a writer are those of a translator. –The Past Recaptured, tra…
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18d
"History didn't start on October 7," says Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad, who became famous for her viral video dispatches from Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocide. Her new book is "The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience."

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/7/plestia_alaqad
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