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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Impeach and remove RFKJr.
ICYMI: This week, we caught Robert Kennedy Jr.’s HHS using terminology developed by a Christian Right group to stigmatize gender-affirming care.
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank
The department refers to gender-affirming care as “sex-rejecting procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
www.importantcontext.news
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Impeach and remove RFKJr.
These are table umbrellas outside one of a row of riverside restaurants, about a half mile from where I live. Today has been rain-free so far and the river, although very high, is not overtopping in the center of the city, so fingers crossed. #ClimateCrisis #Coimbra #Portugal
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
These are table umbrellas outside one of a row of riverside restaurants, about a half mile from where I live. Today has been rain-free so far and the river, although very high, is not overtopping in the center of the city, so fingers crossed. #ClimateCrisis #Coimbra #Portugal
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Three Lies And One Truth About A Banana…
A poem for Valentine’s Day with thanks to Henry Normal.
A poem for Valentine’s Day with thanks to Henry Normal.
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Three Lies And One Truth About A Banana…
A poem for Valentine’s Day with thanks to Henry Normal.
A poem for Valentine’s Day with thanks to Henry Normal.
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This is great on the “SAVE” act.
“Don’t be fooled by my name, I suck.”
“Don’t be fooled by my name, I suck.”
The house passed the SAVE Act last night. If you need to know more about why that’s bad and why we need to stop it in the senate, let me explain it to you (in comic form)!
aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act
aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This is great on the “SAVE” act.
“Don’t be fooled by my name, I suck.”
“Don’t be fooled by my name, I suck.”
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Apologies ... I will be ranting all day about a proud Manchester lad, Jim Radcliffe, who seems to have forgotten our great city was built upon slave cotton ... normal service will be resumed if I calm down.
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Apologies ... I will be ranting all day about a proud Manchester lad, Jim Radcliffe, who seems to have forgotten our great city was built upon slave cotton ... normal service will be resumed if I calm down.
For multiple reasons, I can't be at AWP this year and already the FOMO is strong. But I will be reading at one of my favorite online places on Feb 22! If you'd like to hang out with us, here's the link to register. I'd love to see you there!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
For multiple reasons, I can't be at AWP this year and already the FOMO is strong. But I will be reading at one of my favorite online places on Feb 22! If you'd like to hang out with us, here's the link to register. I'd love to see you there!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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WeRateDogs breaking pupopticon Ring surveillance apart (with a horrifying surprise kicker toward the end). It’s so obviously not about the dogs.
February 10, 2026 at 11:13 PM
WeRateDogs breaking pupopticon Ring surveillance apart (with a horrifying surprise kicker toward the end). It’s so obviously not about the dogs.
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The End Of Epstein's Ring Being Protected w/ Evan Osnos
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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Cradle yourself in the ocean with @aprilist.bsky.social "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" in Issue Five.
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Cradle yourself in the ocean with @aprilist.bsky.social "The Mid-Atlantic Cradle" in Issue Five.
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-connors-...
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not just the anonymous internet, but anonymous public space itself, is under concerted attack. Ring. Flock. Discord. Palantir. ID laws. These platforms & devices do not serve us, and we should earnestly develop alternatives.
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
not just the anonymous internet, but anonymous public space itself, is under concerted attack. Ring. Flock. Discord. Palantir. ID laws. These platforms & devices do not serve us, and we should earnestly develop alternatives.
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The term is so rare that out of over 300,000 news entries, it only appeared first in May 7 2024 in a "news" article on evangelical blog World News Group called "Giving evil a pleasant label." This was logged two days before EPPC posted the document on May 9.
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The term is so rare that out of over 300,000 news entries, it only appeared first in May 7 2024 in a "news" article on evangelical blog World News Group called "Giving evil a pleasant label." This was logged two days before EPPC posted the document on May 9.
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
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Every writer, even those of questionable character, knows it's not a race or a competition. If you need AI to "generate a book", you're not an author. You're a disgusting scumfuck.
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Every writer, even those of questionable character, knows it's not a race or a competition. If you need AI to "generate a book", you're not an author. You're a disgusting scumfuck.
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i wrote a collection with my bestie and it’s gonna be out in the world soooooon. like, actually.
Coming March 6th, 2026, LOVE THAT FOR US by Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) and Sam Herschel Wein (@samforbreakfast.bsky.social) is now available for pre-order!!
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/love...
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/love...
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
i wrote a collection with my bestie and it’s gonna be out in the world soooooon. like, actually.
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😍
You're personally invited to watch The Librarians, a new documentary about censorship, libraries, and the fight for the right to read, premiering next week on Independent Lens on PBS.
www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/librarianspbs via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Watch "The Librarians" documentary next week. Free on PBS!
www.everylibrary.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM
😍
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Washington state remains one of the 16 states that DOES NOT grant parole.
There are thousands of Black men who have been incarcerated since the 1980s for drug possession because of it.
campaignzero.org
There are thousands of Black men who have been incarcerated since the 1980s for drug possession because of it.
campaignzero.org
Campaign Zero
campaignzero.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Washington state remains one of the 16 states that DOES NOT grant parole.
There are thousands of Black men who have been incarcerated since the 1980s for drug possession because of it.
campaignzero.org
There are thousands of Black men who have been incarcerated since the 1980s for drug possession because of it.
campaignzero.org
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This is from Matthew Rice’s collection ‘Plastic’.
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This is from Matthew Rice’s collection ‘Plastic’.
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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"Throughout America’s history there have been poor boys. Some of them are sandwiches."
on the history & legend of the po'boy:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
on the history & legend of the po'boy:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Notable Sandwiches #137: Po' Boy
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I trip merrily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
"Throughout America’s history there have been poor boys. Some of them are sandwiches."
on the history & legend of the po'boy:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
on the history & legend of the po'boy:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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I'm surprised I've only seen this argument made here in this article. GLP-1 drugs seem like a catastrophe for ED. www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
GLP-1 obesity drugs can complicate life for people with disordered eating
Doctors, patients and researchers are at the very beginning of understanding how the new class of obesity drugs interact with eating disorders.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I'm surprised I've only seen this argument made here in this article. GLP-1 drugs seem like a catastrophe for ED. www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
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We can feel helpless when we look out at how powerful our political leaders seem. But politicians aren't all powerful. The Pillars of Support is a tool that can help us organize smart movements and break down the structures of authoritarian regimes: youtu.be/H6JsPFdtS-k
We Hold More Political Power Than We Realize - Pillars of Support Explained
YouTube video by Choose Democracy
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We can feel helpless when we look out at how powerful our political leaders seem. But politicians aren't all powerful. The Pillars of Support is a tool that can help us organize smart movements and break down the structures of authoritarian regimes: youtu.be/H6JsPFdtS-k
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Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a
February 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Thank you 🙏
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Neofascist ideology and Right-wing resentment are rooted in a ”stoic” cowardice that refuses to question a hierarchy or capitalism. Justin Murphy is a great example of how that looks.
unherd.com/2026/01/am-i...
unherd.com/2026/01/am-i...
Am I allowed to hate fatherhood?
unherd.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Neofascist ideology and Right-wing resentment are rooted in a ”stoic” cowardice that refuses to question a hierarchy or capitalism. Justin Murphy is a great example of how that looks.
unherd.com/2026/01/am-i...
unherd.com/2026/01/am-i...
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"As Jewish clergy, we write to affirm—unequivocally—the dignity, belonging, and sacred humanity of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people."
Amen.
www.keshetonline.org/jewish-clerg...
Amen.
www.keshetonline.org/jewish-clerg...
Jewish Clergy Support Trans Rights! - Keshet
Dear Community, As Jewish clergy, we write to affirm—unequivocally—the dignity, belonging, and sacred humanity of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary
www.keshetonline.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"As Jewish clergy, we write to affirm—unequivocally—the dignity, belonging, and sacred humanity of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people."
Amen.
www.keshetonline.org/jewish-clerg...
Amen.
www.keshetonline.org/jewish-clerg...