Jude Marr PhD (he/him)
@judemarr.bsky.social
Poet, editor, humanist, trans guy. Former librarian, writing center director, also taught college. We Know Each Other By Our Wounds (Animal Heart Press, 2020) and Pushcart nominated. https://judemarr.com
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If Keith Richards can make it to 82, you can make it to Christmas Eve.
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If Keith Richards can make it to 82, you can make it to Christmas Eve.
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I’m teaching a generative poetry workshop that combines metaphysical histories and the sacred art of poetry with the Poetry Society of New York. I’d love to have you!
www.eventbrite.com/e/psny-virtu...
www.eventbrite.com/e/psny-virtu...
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I’m teaching a generative poetry workshop that combines metaphysical histories and the sacred art of poetry with the Poetry Society of New York. I’d love to have you!
www.eventbrite.com/e/psny-virtu...
www.eventbrite.com/e/psny-virtu...
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And the obscenity of our lawmakers just keeps rolling along…
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
And the obscenity of our lawmakers just keeps rolling along…
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River River poet Preeti Vangani talks grief, humor, loss, and joy, sharing poems from her amazing forthcoming collection Fifty Mothers on this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective. open.spotify.com/episode/66Zi...
S7:E45 Preeti Vangani Chats with Julie Murphy
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December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
River River poet Preeti Vangani talks grief, humor, loss, and joy, sharing poems from her amazing forthcoming collection Fifty Mothers on this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective. open.spotify.com/episode/66Zi...
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Traditional dancers at the Christmas fair, all around the corner from my apartment. Happy holidays, everyone.
#CoimbraPortugal
#CoimbraPortugal
December 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Traditional dancers at the Christmas fair, all around the corner from my apartment. Happy holidays, everyone.
#CoimbraPortugal
#CoimbraPortugal
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The only thing real anymore should be the End of the Internet.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The only thing real anymore should be the End of the Internet.
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I wrote a little story about voices, and how we choose to use them. Buy me a cup of tea if you like, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-New...
The Newcomer Bird
Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band published a post on Ko-fi
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December 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I wrote a little story about voices, and how we choose to use them. Buy me a cup of tea if you like, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-New...
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Billionaires are never going to feel they have enough & they don't care how many people die in order for them to make even more money they can never spend. Tax them. Fund the NHS, social care, dentistry, mental health support etc. Stop billionaires controlling the governments in this country.
Wes Streeting is smearing and blaming Doctors for the current NHS crisis, yet he blasted the Tories from opposition for doing the same thing.
Some defend Streeting saying he has negotiated with Doctors and sorted out their pay dispute.
Here’s what Doctors think about Streeting and his solutions…
Some defend Streeting saying he has negotiated with Doctors and sorted out their pay dispute.
Here’s what Doctors think about Streeting and his solutions…
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Billionaires are never going to feel they have enough & they don't care how many people die in order for them to make even more money they can never spend. Tax them. Fund the NHS, social care, dentistry, mental health support etc. Stop billionaires controlling the governments in this country.
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We are thrilled to announce that Betsy Mitchell Martinez has been awarded the Shō Poetry Prize for ”Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear,” ”Girl with Death Mask,” and “Diego Weighs in on Quality”! Shō No. 8: tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social!
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We are thrilled to announce that Betsy Mitchell Martinez has been awarded the Shō Poetry Prize for ”Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear,” ”Girl with Death Mask,” and “Diego Weighs in on Quality”! Shō No. 8: tinyurl.com/shono8. Congratulations, @betsymitchellmtz.bsky.social!
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Canadian provinces selling off their US Liqour stock and donating the profits to food banks. I'll drink to that
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Canadian provinces selling off their US Liqour stock and donating the profits to food banks. I'll drink to that
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Shocking that, once again, techbro "magical" innovation relies on underpaid labor to create the illusion their product actually works as advertised.
“The work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.”
AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.
futurism.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Shocking that, once again, techbro "magical" innovation relies on underpaid labor to create the illusion their product actually works as advertised.
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Orcas have started targeting commercial ship control systems, like rudders, to disrupt or break them. Eyewitnesses feel unnerved by the precision of these attacks in how the orcas ignore peripherals and know exactly what to do. Well, duh. Sophisticated intelligence as good or better than our own.
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Orcas have started targeting commercial ship control systems, like rudders, to disrupt or break them. Eyewitnesses feel unnerved by the precision of these attacks in how the orcas ignore peripherals and know exactly what to do. Well, duh. Sophisticated intelligence as good or better than our own.
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I am very proud of the book trailer I made. I did the filming, the editing, and even made music for it. Am I good at those things? No. But each time I do them, I learn more and that's really cool. Which is one reason why I hate AI. I wish the joy of creating and learning for everyone.
Every Galaxy A Circle Book Trailer
YouTube video by Chloe Clark
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I am very proud of the book trailer I made. I did the filming, the editing, and even made music for it. Am I good at those things? No. But each time I do them, I learn more and that's really cool. Which is one reason why I hate AI. I wish the joy of creating and learning for everyone.
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Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
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The actual hot take because it’s not glamorizing the surveillance state and monetizing/making content out of every one of our actions.
WE LOVE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
WE LOVE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The actual hot take because it’s not glamorizing the surveillance state and monetizing/making content out of every one of our actions.
WE LOVE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
WE LOVE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
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Actual Soviet poster about achieving the five-year plan in four years, just in case anyone wanted to know the origins of that famous example in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Actual Soviet poster about achieving the five-year plan in four years, just in case anyone wanted to know the origins of that famous example in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931
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Every single poet just wants to write one poem so dangerous it could blow up the entire world. But we’d never actually do it because we’re total sweethearts.
this is quite the detail
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Every single poet just wants to write one poem so dangerous it could blow up the entire world. But we’d never actually do it because we’re total sweethearts.
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It’s December. You want poetry with guts?
Try this: "No flinching. Just beauty and broken concrete."
Under £10. Fits in a stocking. Hits like a brick.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
www.amazon.co.uk/Wil...
Try this: "No flinching. Just beauty and broken concrete."
Under £10. Fits in a stocking. Hits like a brick.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
www.amazon.co.uk/Wil...
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It’s December. You want poetry with guts?
Try this: "No flinching. Just beauty and broken concrete."
Under £10. Fits in a stocking. Hits like a brick.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
www.amazon.co.uk/Wil...
Try this: "No flinching. Just beauty and broken concrete."
Under £10. Fits in a stocking. Hits like a brick.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
www.amazon.co.uk/Wil...
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Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s SOCK MONKEY.
#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
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#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
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SOCK MONKEY (Episode 112)
SOCK MONKEY This morning the sky is grey. Drizzle and low cloud are holding onto the fume...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s SOCK MONKEY.
#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/12/sock...
#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/12/sock...
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Perfect advice for every genre of writing
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Perfect advice for every genre of writing
A bright day here in Coimbra and the seagulls are chilling
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A bright day here in Coimbra and the seagulls are chilling
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. I'm here, with my favorite tree, trying to stay hopeful :)
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. I'm here, with my favorite tree, trying to stay hopeful :)