Martha Bayne
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
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Wait, I’m sorry. Carmen de Lavallade passed yesterday?
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wait, I’m sorry. Carmen de Lavallade passed yesterday?
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
A dancer said this, natch. The worst-paid but perhaps most free of all art forms.
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating” is one of the greatest quotes of defiance I can think of. May we all have such moral clarity in the face of facism.
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
A dancer said this, natch. The worst-paid but perhaps most free of all art forms.
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my predictions for 2026:
in: physical media, dogs with human names
out: pickles, billionaires
in: physical media, dogs with human names
out: pickles, billionaires
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
my predictions for 2026:
in: physical media, dogs with human names
out: pickles, billionaires
in: physical media, dogs with human names
out: pickles, billionaires
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
😍
Tonight I made Helen Rosner’s Tangy Chicken Tortilla Soup from the @marthabayne.bsky.social Soup & Bread Cookbook and it was so good. “Add to the repertoire for the remainder of my life” good.
December 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
😍
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Growing into an adult is a constant series of discovering that every level you rise is populated by even stupider people who are even more morally repugnant.
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Growing into an adult is a constant series of discovering that every level you rise is populated by even stupider people who are even more morally repugnant.
Also Bari Weiss is a craven idiot
Pro tip: Don't schedule a 9 am meeting during Xmas week on the day you are technically still "working," as you will lie around drinking coffee and eating breakfast until 9:30 in blissful ignorance of the person waiting on the zoom
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Also Bari Weiss is a craven idiot
Pro tip: Don't schedule a 9 am meeting during Xmas week on the day you are technically still "working," as you will lie around drinking coffee and eating breakfast until 9:30 in blissful ignorance of the person waiting on the zoom
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pro tip: Don't schedule a 9 am meeting during Xmas week on the day you are technically still "working," as you will lie around drinking coffee and eating breakfast until 9:30 in blissful ignorance of the person waiting on the zoom
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A writer publishing under the byline “Earnest Graham” fabricated a restaurant to ask food influencers about how much they charge for posts they purport to be honest reviews. Twenty-four influencers took the bait.
thehunger.substack.com/p/eat-pay-love
thehunger.substack.com/p/eat-pay-love
Eat, Pay, Love!
A story of how food influencers are committing legal fraud
thehunger.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A writer publishing under the byline “Earnest Graham” fabricated a restaurant to ask food influencers about how much they charge for posts they purport to be honest reviews. Twenty-four influencers took the bait.
thehunger.substack.com/p/eat-pay-love
thehunger.substack.com/p/eat-pay-love
see prev post
Trump: "Trump RX dot gov. Trump RX dot gov. And I didn't name it that. Somebody named it that. And I guess they assumed that was--- did you name it Oz?"
Oz: "We all named it together"
Trump: "Ok. Well, I'm honored to have the name."
Oz: "We all named it together"
Trump: "Ok. Well, I'm honored to have the name."
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
see prev post
The level of unhinged the WH is giving this week is actually giving me hope this house of crappy off-brand cards is about to collapse
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The level of unhinged the WH is giving this week is actually giving me hope this house of crappy off-brand cards is about to collapse
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Paul Vallas — the perennial candidate who normally loves to talk — has no comment on this one www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/j...
Judge rules against Paul Vallas in suit over payments to shore up Black vote
Paul Vallas alleged that Chimaobi Enyia ripped him off by doing little work in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars to build support for Vallas with Black voters.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Paul Vallas — the perennial candidate who normally loves to talk — has no comment on this one www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/j...
scared to google "what is the Kennedy Center thing"
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
scared to google "what is the Kennedy Center thing"
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See yall tonight @ the Hideout
Less than two weeks to go. Get yr tickets now Chicago ❤️ www.etix.com/ticket/p/912...?
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
See yall tonight @ the Hideout
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ICE just moved through Rogers Park, headed north into Evanston. The RP community response has not gotten slower in the winter. A lot of folks were out in the streets the moment they got off Lake Shore Drive. Everyone on the North Side is on high alert today. Stay ready.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ICE just moved through Rogers Park, headed north into Evanston. The RP community response has not gotten slower in the winter. A lot of folks were out in the streets the moment they got off Lake Shore Drive. Everyone on the North Side is on high alert today. Stay ready.
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What is the role of the copyeditor? https://bit.ly/3npKz6P
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Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What is the role of the copyeditor? https://bit.ly/3npKz6P
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
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instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Life is short and it is precious. A lot of us do not act accordingly.
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Life is short and it is precious. A lot of us do not act accordingly.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
I'm not surprised nobody is buying. But I am stunned that we have only been subjected to this nonstop garbage for a week. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book—With RFK Revelation—Sells Just Over 1,000 Copies
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm not surprised nobody is buying. But I am stunned that we have only been subjected to this nonstop garbage for a week. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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I kind of love this. And potatoes 🥔
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I kind of love this. And potatoes 🥔
All of these books - and so many more! - are 40% off through Dec at the @illinoispress.bsky.social website. Use code HOLIDAY40 at checkout www.press.uillinois.edu
December 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
All of these books - and so many more! - are 40% off through Dec at the @illinoispress.bsky.social website. Use code HOLIDAY40 at checkout www.press.uillinois.edu
Year in review, acquisitions editor edition. Here are a bunch of books I published this year! First up: Don Zminda's JUSTICE BATTED LAST (March), a deeply researched exploration of the belated midcentury integration of the Cubs & the White Sox.
Justice Batted Last
www.press.uillinois.edu
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Year in review, acquisitions editor edition. Here are a bunch of books I published this year! First up: Don Zminda's JUSTICE BATTED LAST (March), a deeply researched exploration of the belated midcentury integration of the Cubs & the White Sox.
This reminded me that 2025 was the year something I wrote about Matt Taibbi in 2000 was entered into the congressional record. Now if I could just find it ...
my 2025 wrapped if I had one would be "places where my work was cited" and so far that includes both a letter dick durbin wrote to kristi noem and in a crimethinc zine
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This reminded me that 2025 was the year something I wrote about Matt Taibbi in 2000 was entered into the congressional record. Now if I could just find it ...