M. K. Martin
@mkmartinwriter.com
#Writer - mostly #SFF * #Editor * #Veteran * SJW * Linguistics * Will work for tea, but not before 9:30 am
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M. K. Martin
@mkmartinwriter.com
· Dec 30
Are you excited about civilization's end?
Do you yearn for survival tips, flash fiction, cat pictures, and random observations about Ireland from an American living abroad?
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Do you yearn for survival tips, flash fiction, cat pictures, and random observations about Ireland from an American living abroad?
If you said, "Meh, why not?" have I got a newsletter for you!
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Want to stop supporting Amazon but not ready to buy direct? Try @bookshop.org! Every purchase helps an #indiebookstore
📙 PETITION
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February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Want to stop supporting Amazon but not ready to buy direct? Try @bookshop.org! Every purchase helps an #indiebookstore
📙 PETITION
Ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/0/0?...
Print: bookshop.org/p/books/peti...
📘 SUPPLICANT
Ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/0/0?...
Print: bookshop.org/p/books/supp...
💙📚🌎📚🪐
📙 PETITION
Ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/0/0?...
Print: bookshop.org/p/books/peti...
📘 SUPPLICANT
Ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/0/0?...
Print: bookshop.org/p/books/supp...
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10/ We’re not done reporting. Please get in touch with us via Signal at 917-512-0201 if you or someone you know:
• Has worked at an immigration detention facility
• Has been detained at such a facility
• Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services
• Has worked at an immigration detention facility
• Has been detained at such a facility
• Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services
February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
10/ We’re not done reporting. Please get in touch with us via Signal at 917-512-0201 if you or someone you know:
• Has worked at an immigration detention facility
• Has been detained at such a facility
• Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services
• Has worked at an immigration detention facility
• Has been detained at such a facility
• Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services
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Sorry, Isaac.
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Sorry, Isaac.
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''Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.''
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
my.uplift.ie
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
''Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.''
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
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The Trump regime is an illegitimate, evil, corrupt, fascist enterprise.
Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible.
I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable.
bit.ly/StandNow
Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible.
I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable.
bit.ly/StandNow
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The Trump regime is an illegitimate, evil, corrupt, fascist enterprise.
Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible.
I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable.
bit.ly/StandNow
Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible.
I will speak out against the regime every single day until they are held accountable.
bit.ly/StandNow
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"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
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tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 AM
tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
It’s a 3 way tie between
* ‘Band on the Run’ by Paul McCartney (played on repeat where I worked)
* ‘Drops of Jupiter’ by Train (profoundly stupid song about a redneck manic pixie dream girl)
* ‘The Dog Days’ by Florence + the Machine (incredibly annoying non-lexical vocables)
* ‘Band on the Run’ by Paul McCartney (played on repeat where I worked)
* ‘Drops of Jupiter’ by Train (profoundly stupid song about a redneck manic pixie dream girl)
* ‘The Dog Days’ by Florence + the Machine (incredibly annoying non-lexical vocables)
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It’s a 3 way tie between
* ‘Band on the Run’ by Paul McCartney (played on repeat where I worked)
* ‘Drops of Jupiter’ by Train (profoundly stupid song about a redneck manic pixie dream girl)
* ‘The Dog Days’ by Florence + the Machine (incredibly annoying non-lexical vocables)
* ‘Band on the Run’ by Paul McCartney (played on repeat where I worked)
* ‘Drops of Jupiter’ by Train (profoundly stupid song about a redneck manic pixie dream girl)
* ‘The Dog Days’ by Florence + the Machine (incredibly annoying non-lexical vocables)
From Ireland - the great hunger (AKA potato famine for those accepting British propaganda. There was plenty of food in Ireland, but most people couldn’t access it)
From Norway - not sure but probably poor economy and a big family
From Norway - not sure but probably poor economy and a big family
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
From Ireland - the great hunger (AKA potato famine for those accepting British propaganda. There was plenty of food in Ireland, but most people couldn’t access it)
From Norway - not sure but probably poor economy and a big family
From Norway - not sure but probably poor economy and a big family
Guess taking dating advice from hateful misogynists isn’t working.
Interesting how quick these “alpha males” are to demand communist redistribution of women.
Interesting how quick these “alpha males” are to demand communist redistribution of women.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Guess taking dating advice from hateful misogynists isn’t working.
Interesting how quick these “alpha males” are to demand communist redistribution of women.
Interesting how quick these “alpha males” are to demand communist redistribution of women.
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Spread disturbing rumors that sound like inside dope.
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Spread disturbing rumors that sound like inside dope.
Ye gods I wish I had some spare money lying around at the moment, but alas!
Anyway #WritingCommunity here's an amazing opportunity to get one-on-one feedback from one of the living greats of #SFF.
Anyway #WritingCommunity here's an amazing opportunity to get one-on-one feedback from one of the living greats of #SFF.
Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Ye gods I wish I had some spare money lying around at the moment, but alas!
Anyway #WritingCommunity here's an amazing opportunity to get one-on-one feedback from one of the living greats of #SFF.
Anyway #WritingCommunity here's an amazing opportunity to get one-on-one feedback from one of the living greats of #SFF.
Say, @governorwalz.mn.gov and @amyklobuchar.com anything either of you can do to protect Minnesotans from this kind of kidnapping?
#DefundICE
#DefundICE
I want people to stare long and hard at this photo. All three, guns drawn, less than a week after feds killed Alex Pretti in the street and less than a month after they shot Renee Good in her car.
They are not de-escalating or drawing down.
They are not de-escalating or drawing down.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 31, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Say, @governorwalz.mn.gov and @amyklobuchar.com anything either of you can do to protect Minnesotans from this kind of kidnapping?
#DefundICE
#DefundICE
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Things you can do today:
Call/email your electeds
Strike: no work, no purchases, no school
Protest
Be a protester's safe check in call
Offer a protester childcare
Donate to a mutual aid fund, bail fund, or immigration find
Talk to your centrist/right wing family about the situation
Call/email your electeds
Strike: no work, no purchases, no school
Protest
Be a protester's safe check in call
Offer a protester childcare
Donate to a mutual aid fund, bail fund, or immigration find
Talk to your centrist/right wing family about the situation
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Things you can do today:
Call/email your electeds
Strike: no work, no purchases, no school
Protest
Be a protester's safe check in call
Offer a protester childcare
Donate to a mutual aid fund, bail fund, or immigration find
Talk to your centrist/right wing family about the situation
Call/email your electeds
Strike: no work, no purchases, no school
Protest
Be a protester's safe check in call
Offer a protester childcare
Donate to a mutual aid fund, bail fund, or immigration find
Talk to your centrist/right wing family about the situation
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dangit Mamdani I can't even vote for you why do you keep making me want to vote for you even more
Mamdani Targets ‘Unusable’ AI Chatbot for Termination
Mamdani Targets ‘Unusable’ AI Chatbot for Termination
Reporting from The Markup and THE CITY exposed how the bot, touted by the Adams administration, repeatedly served up false and damaging information.
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
dangit Mamdani I can't even vote for you why do you keep making me want to vote for you even more
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"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.“
— Ursula K. Le Guin
— Ursula K. Le Guin
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.“
— Ursula K. Le Guin
— Ursula K. Le Guin
JKR, the ‘feminist’ so pro-woman that she praises the Taliban.
Never mind that actual women and children in Afghanistan are dying from pregnancy complications and untreated miscarriages.
Never mind that actual women and children in Afghanistan are dying from pregnancy complications and untreated miscarriages.
'at least the taliban know what a woman is' — jk rowling
( this is not a cheap shot. julia hartley-brewer tweeted it and jk rowling liked it )
( this is not a cheap shot. julia hartley-brewer tweeted it and jk rowling liked it )
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 AM
JKR, the ‘feminist’ so pro-woman that she praises the Taliban.
Never mind that actual women and children in Afghanistan are dying from pregnancy complications and untreated miscarriages.
Never mind that actual women and children in Afghanistan are dying from pregnancy complications and untreated miscarriages.
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hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 AM
hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
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Standing offer: I'll give feedback (after Feb 15 only) on up to 25 pages to anyone who donates any amount to an org/fundraiser/wishlist in the link. I'm a former journalist, current novelist, and writing teacher. Synopses, queries, chapters, op-eds, all good. Honour system: DM and tell me where/what
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Standing offer: I'll give feedback (after Feb 15 only) on up to 25 pages to anyone who donates any amount to an org/fundraiser/wishlist in the link. I'm a former journalist, current novelist, and writing teacher. Synopses, queries, chapters, op-eds, all good. Honour system: DM and tell me where/what
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If you go to a protest, bring hearing protection and keep your eyes peeled for LRADs. They can be either hand carried or mounted on vans, and keep in mind the ones on vans can sometimes swivel and change where they're pointed. Stay safe out there y'all.
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
If you go to a protest, bring hearing protection and keep your eyes peeled for LRADs. They can be either hand carried or mounted on vans, and keep in mind the ones on vans can sometimes swivel and change where they're pointed. Stay safe out there y'all.
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Merc is a phenomenal writer. This is the perfect time for a collection of their stories.
hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Merc is a phenomenal writer. This is the perfect time for a collection of their stories.
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Gan Tíoránaigh, Gan Ríthe, Gan ICE
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Gan Tíoránaigh, Gan Ríthe, Gan ICE
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Good. We hate you. Everyone hates you. Even you hate yourselves.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Good. We hate you. Everyone hates you. Even you hate yourselves.
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Inspired by @minnmax.com, I just gave $26.05 (that includes fees) to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
If you want to donate, here you go
www.ilcm.org/donate/
If you want to donate, here you go
www.ilcm.org/donate/
Donate to ILCM
Every dollar donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota goes to support our mission of providing the highest quality legal services, education, and advocacy to meet the needs of low-income immig...
www.ilcm.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Inspired by @minnmax.com, I just gave $26.05 (that includes fees) to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
If you want to donate, here you go
www.ilcm.org/donate/
If you want to donate, here you go
www.ilcm.org/donate/