Justin Martin
@jmartinwrites.bsky.social
Trying it over here. Disabled and queer. Word tinkerer (in schools) and word tinkerer (not in schools). Never not thinking about Plastic Man.
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@saulelbein.bsky.social and I have talked before about the ways this conspiracy theory bespeaks a decline in Americans' belief in state capacity
It genuinely makes me sad how many people believe the moon landing was faked. It was one of the most amazing things our species ever achieved! We just collectively stopped believing that we could do anything cool I guess.
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@saulelbein.bsky.social and I have talked before about the ways this conspiracy theory bespeaks a decline in Americans' belief in state capacity
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yeah i guess you could say that my community sees me as a cornerstone th— wait, no. what's the neck one. millstone
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
yeah i guess you could say that my community sees me as a cornerstone th— wait, no. what's the neck one. millstone
Reading Hickman and Checchetto's superlative, middle age Ultimate Spider-Man, and the secret sauce Hickman has here is the same sauce King and Walta used to have with The Vision, namely:
every issue, a character makes a minor but important choice - usually in conversation - that they can't reverse.
every issue, a character makes a minor but important choice - usually in conversation - that they can't reverse.
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reading Hickman and Checchetto's superlative, middle age Ultimate Spider-Man, and the secret sauce Hickman has here is the same sauce King and Walta used to have with The Vision, namely:
every issue, a character makes a minor but important choice - usually in conversation - that they can't reverse.
every issue, a character makes a minor but important choice - usually in conversation - that they can't reverse.
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Let’s see if AI could have turned Horii’s piss-poor Wizardry-ripoff slime into this
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Let’s see if AI could have turned Horii’s piss-poor Wizardry-ripoff slime into this
I absolutely adore Peach Momoko's X-Men visually - it's the most wildly creative art Marvel's had since Hawkeye, and it's not close - but all of the characters, even eighteen issues in, talk and act so interchangeably. A frustrating experience.
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I absolutely adore Peach Momoko's X-Men visually - it's the most wildly creative art Marvel's had since Hawkeye, and it's not close - but all of the characters, even eighteen issues in, talk and act so interchangeably. A frustrating experience.
me every year
me: religion is so embarrassing
me listening to John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together: god is real and he made a little frog puppet to tell us to be good to each other
me listening to John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together: god is real and he made a little frog puppet to tell us to be good to each other
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
me every year
it's crazy how humankind made exactly one good Christian Rock song and then stopped completely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvF...
Switchfoot - Amy's Song [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Switchfoot
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
it's crazy how humankind made exactly one good Christian Rock song and then stopped completely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvF...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Red Lobster never released a commercial with a jingle that went “Shrimply having a wonderful Fishmastime.” That’s why they went bankrupt.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Red Lobster never released a commercial with a jingle that went “Shrimply having a wonderful Fishmastime.” That’s why they went bankrupt.
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it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
for what it’s worth I got roped into helping out with my sixth grader’s extracurricular thing so I’ve had more recent contact with middle schoolers who aren’t mine than I usually do, and biased sample/biased reviewer/etc but my verdict is that the kids are all right
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
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I've been exposed to local "right wing" (AM) radio recently + education has been a hot topic.
While there's hostility toward School as institution, they're able to articulate a vision of School that goes beyond vague notions of "economic mobility," in which books + inquiry are explicitly named.
While there's hostility toward School as institution, they're able to articulate a vision of School that goes beyond vague notions of "economic mobility," in which books + inquiry are explicitly named.
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I've been exposed to local "right wing" (AM) radio recently + education has been a hot topic.
While there's hostility toward School as institution, they're able to articulate a vision of School that goes beyond vague notions of "economic mobility," in which books + inquiry are explicitly named.
While there's hostility toward School as institution, they're able to articulate a vision of School that goes beyond vague notions of "economic mobility," in which books + inquiry are explicitly named.
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Dreamed I got a chastising message at work that said, “You should know the names of all the Muppets,” and someone stuck up for me, saying, “I don’t think this one has a name,” and they attached a picture of like a white Gonzo with no eyes
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dreamed I got a chastising message at work that said, “You should know the names of all the Muppets,” and someone stuck up for me, saying, “I don’t think this one has a name,” and they attached a picture of like a white Gonzo with no eyes
It Happened To Me: I Was Talking To My Friends About How Good Tom Waits is For 45 Minutes, Because That's Just What I Typically Do, But Then We Got To The Movie Theater To See The New KNIVES OUT and The Very Song I Was Talking About Was in the End Credits of the Motion Picture
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It Happened To Me: I Was Talking To My Friends About How Good Tom Waits is For 45 Minutes, Because That's Just What I Typically Do, But Then We Got To The Movie Theater To See The New KNIVES OUT and The Very Song I Was Talking About Was in the End Credits of the Motion Picture
the harmonica solo in Isn't She Lovely is simply one of the most beautiful things humanity's ever done. Up there with the biplane at Kitty Hawk, the free polio vaccine, universal suffrage and the ice-cream sundae.
it's such a pure song in that the harmonica says things his words can't get to alone.
it's such a pure song in that the harmonica says things his words can't get to alone.
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
the harmonica solo in Isn't She Lovely is simply one of the most beautiful things humanity's ever done. Up there with the biplane at Kitty Hawk, the free polio vaccine, universal suffrage and the ice-cream sundae.
it's such a pure song in that the harmonica says things his words can't get to alone.
it's such a pure song in that the harmonica says things his words can't get to alone.
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
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people say not to toot ur own horn but whose horn and i supposed to toot? urs?? lol, no thanks pal
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
people say not to toot ur own horn but whose horn and i supposed to toot? urs?? lol, no thanks pal
...*and* it is a combination/interaction of some of these very values *that causes* some kids to have language for the fact that they are/already were gay/bi/trans/whatever.
and when this happens, often over years or decades, it is good.
and when this happens, often over years or decades, it is good.
We're not trying to "turn your kids gay," but we are trying to cultivate a certain set of intellectual and moral virtues in your kids - like empathy, curiosity, rigor, good judgment, generosity. You know the stuff that is supposed to be the hallmark of a liberal arts education!
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
...*and* it is a combination/interaction of some of these very values *that causes* some kids to have language for the fact that they are/already were gay/bi/trans/whatever.
and when this happens, often over years or decades, it is good.
and when this happens, often over years or decades, it is good.
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Instead of the stupid "We're not indoctrinating students, we can't even get them to do the reading *laughs on twitter*", we should have said "Yes, ideas are powerful and transformative, education is a form of soulcraft, and we're here to defend our vision of a just society."
May 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Instead of the stupid "We're not indoctrinating students, we can't even get them to do the reading *laughs on twitter*", we should have said "Yes, ideas are powerful and transformative, education is a form of soulcraft, and we're here to defend our vision of a just society."
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This is what always frustrated me about the center-left / dem response to the CRT / DEI attacks. Instead of being "well actually, we're not assigning Delgado *snicker*", the defense should have been "Yes, we think that anti-racism, diversity, and inclusiveness are positive goods in society."
May 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is what always frustrated me about the center-left / dem response to the CRT / DEI attacks. Instead of being "well actually, we're not assigning Delgado *snicker*", the defense should have been "Yes, we think that anti-racism, diversity, and inclusiveness are positive goods in society."
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Statue of Liberty, detail: face. c 1885.
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Statue of Liberty, detail: face. c 1885.
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
www.jstor.org/stable/commu...
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*ahem*
It has a name, and it's literally Hero.
Never forget.
It has a name, and it's literally Hero.
Never forget.
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
*ahem*
It has a name, and it's literally Hero.
Never forget.
It has a name, and it's literally Hero.
Never forget.
increasingly clear that Absolute Batman is the best comic DC has published since All-Star almost twenty years ago, probably permanently changing the trajectory of the character, whereas the other five Absolute comics are...good.
which is not their fault!
but still.
which is not their fault!
but still.
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
increasingly clear that Absolute Batman is the best comic DC has published since All-Star almost twenty years ago, probably permanently changing the trajectory of the character, whereas the other five Absolute comics are...good.
which is not their fault!
but still.
which is not their fault!
but still.
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Muppet “Hello Dolly” when???? @disney
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Muppet “Hello Dolly” when???? @disney