Garth Martens
@garthmartens.bsky.social
Poet | Palmero | Member of Palabra Flamenco | Producer of Dark Sounds | Author of Prologue for the Age of Consequence (Anansi) and Remediation (JackPine) | Pronouns: he / him. | 🇵🇸 🌈 🍉
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Garth Martens
@garthmartens.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Apartheid Israel has now killed 680,000 Palestinians.
380,000 under 5 years of age.
479,000 children total.
Do not be okay with that.
380,000 under 5 years of age.
479,000 children total.
Do not be okay with that.
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this is a good one, in my opinion and in rosy's
"Design" by Robert Frost
Introducing Rosy, my pet rock.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
this is a good one, in my opinion and in rosy's
Tomorrow, I join forces with Jan Zwicky to read Jan’s new long poem, Say It, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tomorrow, I join forces with Jan Zwicky to read Jan’s new long poem, Say It, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
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Planet Earth Poetry's 30 for 30 fundraiser link- please share and help keep Western Canada's longest running poetry series going for another 30 years (or more!)!
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gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
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gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
Donate to 30 for 30, organized by Steven Ross Smith
30 for 30 - $30 for 30 Years - Help us fund another 30 years of poetry!
Planet Earth Poetry invites y… Steven Ross Smith needs your support for 30 for 30
gofund.me
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Planet Earth Poetry's 30 for 30 fundraiser link- please share and help keep Western Canada's longest running poetry series going for another 30 years (or more!)!
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
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Next Saturday! Vancouver launch of new work poetry anthology 'I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis'! I'll be reading with other contributors.
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis
Poetry by and for working people making a living under conditions of climate disaster.
fernwoodpublishing.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Next Saturday! Vancouver launch of new work poetry anthology 'I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis'! I'll be reading with other contributors.
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
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NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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The current crisis at Heritage has been a long time in the making: a deep dive into the history of right-wing anti-Zionism -- and anti-Semitism. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Return of Right-Wing Anti-Zionism—and Antisemitism
For reasons both good and bad, Israel is dividing the Republican Party.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The current crisis at Heritage has been a long time in the making: a deep dive into the history of right-wing anti-Zionism -- and anti-Semitism. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
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🏆 The WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is ...
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🏆 The WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is ...
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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“Groundhog Day”: Israel Breaks Ceasefire to Attack Gaza, Killing 104 People Including 46 Children
“Groundhog Day”: Israel Breaks Ceasefire Again, Kills 104 People in Gaza Including 46 Children
Israel launched major airstrikes on Gaza, killing at least 104 people, including 46 children, in the deadliest attacks since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire was announced. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
www.democracynow.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Groundhog Day”: Israel Breaks Ceasefire to Attack Gaza, Killing 104 People Including 46 Children
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Such a miraculous universe with such a terrible handful of people without souls on earth destroying it
What would happen to a gaseous exoplanet if it was struck by a protoplanet? Recent research suggests that it would ring like a bell, and that just maybe, we’d be able to observe this ringing back on Earth. aasnova.org/2025/10/24/p... 🔭🧪
Planets Can Be Bells: The Aftermath of Major Mergers
New research suggests that giant planets likely ring like bells after they collide with other worlds.
aasnova.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Such a miraculous universe with such a terrible handful of people without souls on earth destroying it
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Amazing things are happening in Ireland, please God.
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Amazing things are happening in Ireland, please God.
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The reason Zionists want to end UNRWA is because it is a registry for Palestine refugees as well as their patrilineal descendants. It is the sole agency that officially considers someone like me Palestinian. This of course is a nightmare to an occupier who wants to pretend Palestinians don't exist
#BREAKING | An Israeli official told Kan public broadcaster that UNRWA “will not step foot in Gaza again,” despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to cooperate with the UN agency.
#BREAKING | ICJ Court Rules Israel Violated International Law
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s ban on UNRWA and restrictions on aid to Gaza and the West Bank breach international law.
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s ban on UNRWA and restrictions on aid to Gaza and the West Bank breach international law.
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The reason Zionists want to end UNRWA is because it is a registry for Palestine refugees as well as their patrilineal descendants. It is the sole agency that officially considers someone like me Palestinian. This of course is a nightmare to an occupier who wants to pretend Palestinians don't exist
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Tomorrow night! Don't miss one of Canada's best poets giving a free lecture, thanks to UVic Writing.
October 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tomorrow night! Don't miss one of Canada's best poets giving a free lecture, thanks to UVic Writing.
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Congrats to the finalists of the #ggbooks2025 awards,
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Congrats to the finalists of the #ggbooks2025 awards,
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
including LPG members Annick Press, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social,
@biblioasis.bsky.social, Freehand Books, @gooselane.bsky.social, @mawenzihouse.bsky.social, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, Scirocco, @talonbooks.bsky.social
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270. More than 270
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
270. More than 270
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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They don't make anti-depressants strong enough for this kind of a world
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
They don't make anti-depressants strong enough for this kind of a world
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Please join us for Victoria's inaugural reading of the DC Reid Book Prize Finalists on November 5th at Cafe Fantastico! Congratulations to Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Kayla Czaga! Hosted by the fabulous @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social Tickets are FREE on Eventbrite.
October 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Please join us for Victoria's inaugural reading of the DC Reid Book Prize Finalists on November 5th at Cafe Fantastico! Congratulations to Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Kayla Czaga! Hosted by the fabulous @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social Tickets are FREE on Eventbrite.
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Some 2,000 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire, but many thousands more remain locked up — often without charge or trial.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Some 2,000 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire, but many thousands more remain locked up — often without charge or trial.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi
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Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know: