John Marte
@yislash.bsky.social
MSTie, Trekker, Whovian, Ravenclaw, Kingsman, hashtagger. Reader/writer. Digital Resources Associate at Grand County Library District. He/him, cis.
Opinions expressed here are my own.
Opinions expressed here are my own.
I’ve deactivated all Meta accounts (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads). Don’t look for me there, you’ll be disappointed and anyone claiming to be me is not me.
March 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’ve deactivated all Meta accounts (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads). Don’t look for me there, you’ll be disappointed and anyone claiming to be me is not me.
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Happy Valentine’s Day. This album is the other side of that.
zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/loves-...
(Free to stream, nice to share.)
zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/loves-...
(Free to stream, nice to share.)
Love's Haunted Twin, by Zac Bentz
8 track album
zacbentz.bandcamp.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day. This album is the other side of that.
zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/loves-...
(Free to stream, nice to share.)
zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/loves-...
(Free to stream, nice to share.)
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TUESDAY, FEB 11 | 8PM ET
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social return with an all-new live-riff on BRIDE OF THE GORILLA! Plus a Q&A w/ the brilliant @rachellichtman.bsky.social!
Like this post and comment below and we'll pick 5 people to be added to the guest list! #TheMadsAreBack
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social return with an all-new live-riff on BRIDE OF THE GORILLA! Plus a Q&A w/ the brilliant @rachellichtman.bsky.social!
Like this post and comment below and we'll pick 5 people to be added to the guest list! #TheMadsAreBack
The Mads Are Back: Bride of the Gorilla — Dumb Industries
The Mads Are BACK! Join Mystery Science Theater 3000's Trace Beaulieu ("Dr. Clayton Forrester" and "Crow T. Robot") and Frank Conniff ("TV's Frank") as they live-riff the 1951 B-movie BRIDE OF THE GOR...
dumb-industries.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
TUESDAY, FEB 11 | 8PM ET
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social return with an all-new live-riff on BRIDE OF THE GORILLA! Plus a Q&A w/ the brilliant @rachellichtman.bsky.social!
Like this post and comment below and we'll pick 5 people to be added to the guest list! #TheMadsAreBack
@tracebeaulieu.bsky.social & @frankconniff.bsky.social return with an all-new live-riff on BRIDE OF THE GORILLA! Plus a Q&A w/ the brilliant @rachellichtman.bsky.social!
Like this post and comment below and we'll pick 5 people to be added to the guest list! #TheMadsAreBack
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TODAY | 3PM ET
Join @jackeyneymanjones.bsky.social as she guides students in PAINTING THEIR PETS!! Grab a photo of your favorite fur baby and join us.
Your first 30 days are FREE and you can cancel at any time. Come hang out!!
dumb-industries.com/jackey-neyma...
Join @jackeyneymanjones.bsky.social as she guides students in PAINTING THEIR PETS!! Grab a photo of your favorite fur baby and join us.
Your first 30 days are FREE and you can cancel at any time. Come hang out!!
dumb-industries.com/jackey-neyma...
February 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
TODAY | 3PM ET
Join @jackeyneymanjones.bsky.social as she guides students in PAINTING THEIR PETS!! Grab a photo of your favorite fur baby and join us.
Your first 30 days are FREE and you can cancel at any time. Come hang out!!
dumb-industries.com/jackey-neyma...
Join @jackeyneymanjones.bsky.social as she guides students in PAINTING THEIR PETS!! Grab a photo of your favorite fur baby and join us.
Your first 30 days are FREE and you can cancel at any time. Come hang out!!
dumb-industries.com/jackey-neyma...
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Never ask a linguist "Is that a word?" because you will always get the same response, "IT IS NOW!" 😃 delivered with some variation of jazz hands like you just won a very low stakes game show and I'm so sorry it's just part of the training it's not something we can control.
February 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Never ask a linguist "Is that a word?" because you will always get the same response, "IT IS NOW!" 😃 delivered with some variation of jazz hands like you just won a very low stakes game show and I'm so sorry it's just part of the training it's not something we can control.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
I’ll take it.
I’ll take it.
January 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist.
I’ll take it.
I’ll take it.
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Sign the petition against book bans at http://www.bookbanpetition.us
January 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sign the petition against book bans at http://www.bookbanpetition.us
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Billionaires love the “Community Notes” approach to fact-checking because it involves people working for them for free
January 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Billionaires love the “Community Notes” approach to fact-checking because it involves people working for them for free
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Tidied up my YouTube "channel." Check it out if you want to watch mostly still images while listening to my music!
www.youtube.com/@zac-bentz
www.youtube.com/@zac-bentz
Zac Bentz
Stuff relating to Dirty Knobs, The Electric Witch, The Surfactants, Xero Music, Zac Bentz and more.
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Tidied up my YouTube "channel." Check it out if you want to watch mostly still images while listening to my music!
www.youtube.com/@zac-bentz
www.youtube.com/@zac-bentz
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If you didn’t make it to my live performances of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, my audiobook of the complete and unabridged novel is available FREE/pay what you want HERE: mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/mitch-...
Mitch Benn reads A Christmas Carol, by Mitch Benn
6 track album
mitchbenn.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM
If you didn’t make it to my live performances of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, my audiobook of the complete and unabridged novel is available FREE/pay what you want HERE: mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/mitch-...
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TCM does this so much better than the Oscarcast every single year. Prepare for a sigh and a cry.
youtu.be/GxJqSLcVFUI?...
youtu.be/GxJqSLcVFUI?...
TCM Remembers 2024 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
youtu.be
December 21, 2024 at 4:44 PM
TCM does this so much better than the Oscarcast every single year. Prepare for a sigh and a cry.
youtu.be/GxJqSLcVFUI?...
youtu.be/GxJqSLcVFUI?...
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Fun With Shorts: The Christmas Visitor
youtu.be/Bzo1aPJJ6r0
youtu.be/Bzo1aPJJ6r0
Fun With Shorts: The Christmas Visitor
YouTube video by Josh Way
youtu.be
December 18, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Fun With Shorts: The Christmas Visitor
youtu.be/Bzo1aPJJ6r0
youtu.be/Bzo1aPJJ6r0
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My tribute to the late, great Tony Todd just went up on @fangoria.bsky.social online! It features an interview @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I did with him.
You can also hear the full interview I excerpt here on our podcast at www.lifewritingpodcast.com (Ep 149)
www.fangoria.com/tony-todd-ca...
You can also hear the full interview I excerpt here on our podcast at www.lifewritingpodcast.com (Ep 149)
www.fangoria.com/tony-todd-ca...
Remembering Tony Todd: The Legacy Of Candyman In His Own Words
Honoring Tony Todd: The legacy of CANDYMAN in his own words. Tananarive Due unearths a rare interview with the late legend.
www.fangoria.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:50 PM
My tribute to the late, great Tony Todd just went up on @fangoria.bsky.social online! It features an interview @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I did with him.
You can also hear the full interview I excerpt here on our podcast at www.lifewritingpodcast.com (Ep 149)
www.fangoria.com/tony-todd-ca...
You can also hear the full interview I excerpt here on our podcast at www.lifewritingpodcast.com (Ep 149)
www.fangoria.com/tony-todd-ca...
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hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it
July 29, 2024 at 4:39 AM
hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it
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Health insurance claim denied? See what insurers said behind the scenes.
Published May 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social
Published May 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
propub.li
December 16, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Health insurance claim denied? See what insurers said behind the scenes.
Published May 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social
Published May 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social
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Font is such an underrated sense memory
December 7, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Font is such an underrated sense memory
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Whenever I have a bad pain day, I rewatch my favorite fanvid ever made (Starships, a multifandom fanvid by bironic) and it cheers me up.
Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...
Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...
Starships - a multifandom space vid by bironic
YouTube video by closetfan
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Whenever I have a bad pain day, I rewatch my favorite fanvid ever made (Starships, a multifandom fanvid by bironic) and it cheers me up.
Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...
Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...
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For anyone who may need it
December 5, 2024 at 10:57 AM
For anyone who may need it
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Watch a funny video or meme to make yourself laugh. 😂
December 7, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Watch a funny video or meme to make yourself laugh. 😂
Two out of three Twitter accounts emptied and locked down. Waiting on automatic tweet deletion to finish for the third, then I’ll be unshackled fully. Sad it came to this, because Twitter had been such a part of my social media use, but here we are.
December 6, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Two out of three Twitter accounts emptied and locked down. Waiting on automatic tweet deletion to finish for the third, then I’ll be unshackled fully. Sad it came to this, because Twitter had been such a part of my social media use, but here we are.
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"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
December 6, 2024 at 1:14 AM
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
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The Associated Press has officially joined Bluesky. Follow us at @apnews.com.
December 5, 2024 at 2:20 AM
The Associated Press has officially joined Bluesky. Follow us at @apnews.com.
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Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role, giving some species – including humans – a supercharged ability to evolve.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate
Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role, giving some species – including humans – a supercharged ability to evolve
www.newscientist.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Natural selection isn't just something that happens to organisms, their activities also play a role, giving some species – including humans – a supercharged ability to evolve.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...