Matthew Murrey
@mytwords.bsky.social
Poet (BULLETPROOF - Jacar Press in 2019 and LITTLE JOY - Cornerstone Press in 2026), retired school librarian, and Midwest transplant from Florida long, long ago. he/him/his
More at https://www.matthewmurrey.net/
#poetsonbluesky
More at https://www.matthewmurrey.net/
#poetsonbluesky
Studies in contrasts.
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Studies in contrasts.
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
• "That'll do, pig." vs. "Quiet, Piggy"
• Charlotte's Web vs. US Gestapo's "Charlotte's Web"
My second poetry collection - LITTLE JOY - is coming out from Cornerstone Press in January! I'm so happy about this. Click on the link to pre-order.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My second poetry collection - LITTLE JOY - is coming out from Cornerstone Press in January! I'm so happy about this. Click on the link to pre-order.
secure.payconex.net/paymentpage/...
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If only there were some way to set this aright. 🤔
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#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
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#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If only there were some way to set this aright. 🤔
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
@jacobinmag.bsky.social Good article, AND I hope you'll reach out to @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social, a veteran who is running to defeat our awful center-right Democrat, Nikki Budzinski, here in the Illinois 13th. jacobin.com/2025/11/mili...?
The Left-Leaning Military Veterans Eyeing Congress
A crop of progressive-minded veteran congressional candidates say they are aiming to break from the mold of military service candidates — hawkish, corporate-friendly, and weak on labor questions — fav...
jacobin.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@jacobinmag.bsky.social Good article, AND I hope you'll reach out to @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social, a veteran who is running to defeat our awful center-right Democrat, Nikki Budzinski, here in the Illinois 13th. jacobin.com/2025/11/mili...?
That Dog That Hasn't Barked
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That Dog That Hasn't Barked
This is my best wordle ever. Wordle 1,604 4/6
Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is my best wordle ever. Wordle 1,604 4/6
Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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Three rows, 15 different letters, no match!
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@npr.org & @steveinskeep.bsky.social give a helpful platform for the genocide-defending & slanderous head of the Zionist-promoting ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. No push-back against his propaganda about why Israel is denoucnced - genocide, prisoner-rape, land theft, etc. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
ADL creates new 'Mamdani Monitor' project to track his administration policies
After the ADL announced its scrutiny of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect told reporters, "I take the issue of antisemitism incredibly seriously."
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
@npr.org & @steveinskeep.bsky.social give a helpful platform for the genocide-defending & slanderous head of the Zionist-promoting ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. No push-back against his propaganda about why Israel is denoucnced - genocide, prisoner-rape, land theft, etc. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
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This is the facility where masked thugs put our neighbors, friends, and community members after they snatch them off the street. Please note that they are doing this to long-term residents, too. This is not targeted at criminals. They are grabbing tamale vendors, landscapers, preschool teachers.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is the facility where masked thugs put our neighbors, friends, and community members after they snatch them off the street. Please note that they are doing this to long-term residents, too. This is not targeted at criminals. They are grabbing tamale vendors, landscapers, preschool teachers.
Gonna be some serious ketchup cleanup needed tonight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Gonna be some serious ketchup cleanup needed tonight at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
It's obviously horrible that SNAP benefits are being stopped. But, it's obscene to have to live in a country like the US where (in 2024) 12.3% of the population needed food assistance to just get by. About 42 million of us, or 1 in 8 people!
www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...
www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...
Percent of population receiving SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2024 | Economic Research Service
In fiscal year 2024, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) served an average of 41.7 million people per month, or 12.3 percent of U.S. residents. The share of residents receiving SNAP b...
www.ers.usda.gov
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's obviously horrible that SNAP benefits are being stopped. But, it's obscene to have to live in a country like the US where (in 2024) 12.3% of the population needed food assistance to just get by. About 42 million of us, or 1 in 8 people!
www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...
www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...
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Historian here. Tony, there are a *lot* of things history won't forgive you for
‘History won’t forgive us’ if UK falls behind in quantum computing race, says Tony Blair
‘History won’t forgive us’ if UK falls behind in quantum computing race, says Tony Blair
Exclusive: Former PM and ex-Tory leader William Hague warn UK lacks high-risk capital and infrastructure to harness benefits of powerful technology
Tony Blair has said “history won’t forgive us” if the UK falls behind in the race to harness quantum computing, a frontier technology predicted to trigger the next wave of breakthroughs in everything from drug design to climate modelling.
The former British Labour prime minister, whose thinktank and consultancy, the Tony Blair Institute, is backed by tech industry leaders including the Oracle founder, Larry Ellison, warned: “The country risks failing to convert its leadership in quantum research.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Historian here. Tony, there are a *lot* of things history won't forgive you for
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Public financing of campaigns turned NYC from the Tammany Hall capital of corruption into a city where a candidate like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can run a competitive campaign against oligarch money trying to buy City Hall.
NYC’s public financing system can be replicated everywhere.
Pass it on.
NYC’s public financing system can be replicated everywhere.
Pass it on.
How Zohran Mamdani Fought The Master Plan
The key factor isn’t his ads or charisma — it is a public campaign finance system that can be replicated across the country.
www.levernews.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Public financing of campaigns turned NYC from the Tammany Hall capital of corruption into a city where a candidate like @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can run a competitive campaign against oligarch money trying to buy City Hall.
NYC’s public financing system can be replicated everywhere.
Pass it on.
NYC’s public financing system can be replicated everywhere.
Pass it on.
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oh just straight up gutter racism!
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
oh just straight up gutter racism!
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
At least Pride Day here in Urbana, Illinois was a lovely event. Big crowd, joyful participants and observers. It was wonderful to march with the @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social contingent. He's running as a Democrat to defeat Democrat @budzinski.house.gov a neoliberal supporter of the genocide.
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
At least Pride Day here in Urbana, Illinois was a lovely event. Big crowd, joyful participants and observers. It was wonderful to march with the @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social contingent. He's running as a Democrat to defeat Democrat @budzinski.house.gov a neoliberal supporter of the genocide.
Oh look! They're dressing up for Halloween as Nazi Brownshirts and Gestapo enforcers. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...
Feds Tear Gas Northwest Side Street, Disrupting Halloween Parade For Kids
Two neighbors, including a 70-year-old man, were arrested after allegedly interfering in the arrest of another man by immigration agents, neighbors said. Agents also threw a woman, 67, to the ground.
blockclubchicago.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Oh look! They're dressing up for Halloween as Nazi Brownshirts and Gestapo enforcers. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/f...
My @newyorker.com poetry submission turned 2 this weekend 🎂. I would have pulled it months ago, but now I'm just curious how old it will get. Many other journals have figured out how to deal with the deluge of submissions (monthly caps, periodic closures, etc) but not the New Yorker. Sigh...
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My @newyorker.com poetry submission turned 2 this weekend 🎂. I would have pulled it months ago, but now I'm just curious how old it will get. Many other journals have figured out how to deal with the deluge of submissions (monthly caps, periodic closures, etc) but not the New Yorker. Sigh...
It appears that Border Patrol agents' shirts have shifted from green to more brown these days. Seems about right. #brownshirts #fascism #fascists
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.
truthout.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It appears that Border Patrol agents' shirts have shifted from green to more brown these days. Seems about right. #brownshirts #fascism #fascists
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
What's the best name for the gaudy and offensive ballroom that Trump is having set up on the ruins of the historic East Wing of the White House which he is having demolished?
a) The Speer Ballroom
b) The Flight 93 Ballroom
c) The Epstein Ballroom
a) The Speer Ballroom
b) The Flight 93 Ballroom
c) The Epstein Ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What's the best name for the gaudy and offensive ballroom that Trump is having set up on the ruins of the historic East Wing of the White House which he is having demolished?
a) The Speer Ballroom
b) The Flight 93 Ballroom
c) The Epstein Ballroom
a) The Speer Ballroom
b) The Flight 93 Ballroom
c) The Epstein Ballroom
I think this is my best Wordle ever!
I like seeing how many guesses I can make (using no repeating letters in each guessed word) before getting a letter. Today I managed three guesses, hitting on only one letter in guess 3.
Woot!
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I like seeing how many guesses I can make (using no repeating letters in each guessed word) before getting a letter. Today I managed three guesses, hitting on only one letter in guess 3.
Woot!
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⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
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October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I think this is my best Wordle ever!
I like seeing how many guesses I can make (using no repeating letters in each guessed word) before getting a letter. Today I managed three guesses, hitting on only one letter in guess 3.
Woot!
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I like seeing how many guesses I can make (using no repeating letters in each guessed word) before getting a letter. Today I managed three guesses, hitting on only one letter in guess 3.
Woot!
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
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ballast issue 3.4 (our last of 2025) is officially unleashed 🛸
www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-tab...
With Daniel Barbiero, Jerome Berglund, Joel Chace, Michael Daley, @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social, Connor Fisher, J. Freeborn, G Timothy Gordon, Vivian Ia, Jenna Jaco, Ted Jean, David Koehn…1/2
www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-tab...
With Daniel Barbiero, Jerome Berglund, Joel Chace, Michael Daley, @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social, Connor Fisher, J. Freeborn, G Timothy Gordon, Vivian Ia, Jenna Jaco, Ted Jean, David Koehn…1/2
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ballast issue 3.4 (our last of 2025) is officially unleashed 🛸
www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-tab...
With Daniel Barbiero, Jerome Berglund, Joel Chace, Michael Daley, @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social, Connor Fisher, J. Freeborn, G Timothy Gordon, Vivian Ia, Jenna Jaco, Ted Jean, David Koehn…1/2
www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-tab...
With Daniel Barbiero, Jerome Berglund, Joel Chace, Michael Daley, @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social, Connor Fisher, J. Freeborn, G Timothy Gordon, Vivian Ia, Jenna Jaco, Ted Jean, David Koehn…1/2
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Unraveled Press and other sources are documenting violent attacks by Illinois State Troopers against protesters at the Broadview Illinois ICE facility. We ask our governor, @govpritzker.illinois.gov, to step in!
Protesters are reporting today that state troopers at Broadview were exceptionally violent last night, lots of baton strikes including at heads and faces. Everyone arrested has been released.
Chaos. ISP just made a charge, pushing people back east toward 25th Ave., right into cars pulling out of the parking lot. I hear people talking about arrests but it's too dark to see. People panic, run.
October 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Unraveled Press and other sources are documenting violent attacks by Illinois State Troopers against protesters at the Broadview Illinois ICE facility. We ask our governor, @govpritzker.illinois.gov, to step in!