Martin Rock
@infinite-scroll.bsky.social
Poet | Editor | Translator | Designer | Collaborator
Author RESIDUUM (CSU Poetry Center) & DEAR MARK (Brooklyn Arts Press). Co-Editor OTHER LEGACIES (Wesleyan).
Co-Director unsungmasters.org
Lecturer climate justice UC San Diego. martinrock.us
Author RESIDUUM (CSU Poetry Center) & DEAR MARK (Brooklyn Arts Press). Co-Editor OTHER LEGACIES (Wesleyan).
Co-Director unsungmasters.org
Lecturer climate justice UC San Diego. martinrock.us
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Martin Rock
@infinite-scroll.bsky.social
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TUPELO PRESS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 BERKSHIRE PRIZE - Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, Carolyn Forché, has selected INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California as the winner of the 2025 Berks...
www.tupelopress.org
I’m deeply honored to share that my manuscript Infinite Scroll / Infinite Eye has been awarded the Berkshire Prize from Tupelo @tupelopress.bsky.social, selected by Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social.
So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!
So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!
A poem for our times; a spell to trap and temper the Chaos Cheeto.
From The Making of a Sonnet, edited by Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland
From The Making of a Sonnet, edited by Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A poem for our times; a spell to trap and temper the Chaos Cheeto.
From The Making of a Sonnet, edited by Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland
From The Making of a Sonnet, edited by Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland
Troubleshooting the US government: "Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?"
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Troubleshooting the US government: "Have you tried turning it off and turning it back on again?"
We’ve completely moved into a 1984 timeline, where the DOE is concerned.
The only rule about climate change is you can’t talk about climate change.
The only rule about climate change is you can’t talk about climate change.
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We’ve completely moved into a 1984 timeline, where the DOE is concerned.
The only rule about climate change is you can’t talk about climate change.
The only rule about climate change is you can’t talk about climate change.
We'd love to see your proposals for excellent, little-known, and unjustly neglected authors. Reach out for more info!
We're seeking proposals for future Unsung Masters volumes!
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
Send your proposal to unsung.masters.series[at]gmail[dot]com by October 15.
For more info, visit unsungmasters.org or reach out to series editors @kevinprufer.bsky.social, @infinite-scroll.bsky.social, or @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social.
September 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We'd love to see your proposals for excellent, little-known, and unjustly neglected authors. Reach out for more info!
I’m deeply honored to share that my manuscript Infinite Scroll / Infinite Eye has been awarded the Berkshire Prize from Tupelo @tupelopress.bsky.social, selected by Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social.
So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!
So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!
TUPELO PRESS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 BERKSHIRE PRIZE - Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, Carolyn Forché, has selected INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California as the winner of the 2025 Berks...
www.tupelopress.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’m deeply honored to share that my manuscript Infinite Scroll / Infinite Eye has been awarded the Berkshire Prize from Tupelo @tupelopress.bsky.social, selected by Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social.
So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!
So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!
Reposted by Martin Rock
Tupelo Press is delighted to announce that INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California is the winner of the 2025 Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry.
Congratulations @infinite-scroll.bsky.social
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
Congratulations @infinite-scroll.bsky.social
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
TUPELO PRESS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 BERKSHIRE PRIZE - Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, Carolyn Forché, has selected INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California as the winner of the 2025 Berks...
www.tupelopress.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tupelo Press is delighted to announce that INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California is the winner of the 2025 Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry.
Congratulations @infinite-scroll.bsky.social
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
Congratulations @infinite-scroll.bsky.social
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
“You have to like what time does.”
This poem by Carmen Giménez Smith.
This poem by Carmen Giménez Smith.
Poem: Entanglement (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“You have to like what time does.”
This poem by Carmen Giménez Smith.
This poem by Carmen Giménez Smith.
Reposted by Martin Rock
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
“In April, Elon Musk’s X supercomputing center near Memphis was found, via satellite imagery, to be using dozens of methane gas generators that the Southern Environmental Law Center alleges are not approved by energy regulators to supplement grid power and are violating the Clean Air Act."
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“In April, Elon Musk’s X supercomputing center near Memphis was found, via satellite imagery, to be using dozens of methane gas generators that the Southern Environmental Law Center alleges are not approved by energy regulators to supplement grid power and are violating the Clean Air Act."
Green and Brown on Blue, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Green and Brown on Blue, 2025
Reposted by Martin Rock
No one will believe this, but:
When I was a kid, the top income tax bracket was MORE THAN 90%.
Corporate tax rate was 450% of what it is now.
That was under Dwight Eisenhower.
When I was a kid, the top income tax bracket was MORE THAN 90%.
Corporate tax rate was 450% of what it is now.
That was under Dwight Eisenhower.
Effective Corporate Tax Rates
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
April 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
No one will believe this, but:
When I was a kid, the top income tax bracket was MORE THAN 90%.
Corporate tax rate was 450% of what it is now.
That was under Dwight Eisenhower.
When I was a kid, the top income tax bracket was MORE THAN 90%.
Corporate tax rate was 450% of what it is now.
That was under Dwight Eisenhower.
Reposted by Martin Rock
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
“Elon Musk has [saved] the United States less than 1 percent of its budget. If those savings are put toward renewing or expanding Trump’s tax cut, which seems likely, those billions will flow directly from the mouths of the world’s poorest into the pockets of the world’s richest.”
The Influence of Foreign Aid
America is losing a diplomatic tool the government has relied on for decades.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Elon Musk has [saved] the United States less than 1 percent of its budget. If those savings are put toward renewing or expanding Trump’s tax cut, which seems likely, those billions will flow directly from the mouths of the world’s poorest into the pockets of the world’s richest.”
Musk + Trump = The Mumps
February 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Musk + Trump = The Mumps
Reposted by Martin Rock
Reposted by Martin Rock
Reposted by Martin Rock
I still don't know if Musk doesn't understand that USAID is a huge government handout to U.S. companies, especially farmers, or if he just doesn't care.
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I still don't know if Musk doesn't understand that USAID is a huge government handout to U.S. companies, especially farmers, or if he just doesn't care.
Reposted by Martin Rock
Ok can someone please ask him who he thinks Congress is because I’m beginning to get the feeling he doesn’t know it’s him
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Ok can someone please ask him who he thinks Congress is because I’m beginning to get the feeling he doesn’t know it’s him
Reposted by Martin Rock
Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
Aspiring dictator move right here. Let’s keep him limited to the first syllable.
BREAKING: Trump has signed an executive order creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund- popular with Middle East monarchies - so the U.S. can buy TikTok. That’s state-run media, folks. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
Trump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fund
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Aspiring dictator move right here. Let’s keep him limited to the first syllable.
Reposted by Martin Rock
With respect, suspending electric building codes for homes that burned down in LA so people can rebuild with highly flammable fossil gas is a terrible policy. This doesn't protect neighbors next time. And it worsens the climate crisis.
Do better, Mayor Bass.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Do better, Mayor Bass.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Column: The Los Angeles fires are no excuse to slow down on clean energy
State and local officials seem to be rushing to rethink climate policies. It's a terrible idea.
www.latimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
With respect, suspending electric building codes for homes that burned down in LA so people can rebuild with highly flammable fossil gas is a terrible policy. This doesn't protect neighbors next time. And it worsens the climate crisis.
Do better, Mayor Bass.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Do better, Mayor Bass.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Reposted by Martin Rock
what's wrong babe, you've hardly touched today's heap of apocalyptic news headlines
February 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
what's wrong babe, you've hardly touched today's heap of apocalyptic news headlines
These tariffs hit the auto industry hard — but guess what company doesn’t manufacture in Mexico? Tesla.
These tariffs give Musk further advantage over Tesla’s competitors. How else will they fuck over the American people to benefit the billionaires?
These tariffs give Musk further advantage over Tesla’s competitors. How else will they fuck over the American people to benefit the billionaires?
February 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
These tariffs hit the auto industry hard — but guess what company doesn’t manufacture in Mexico? Tesla.
These tariffs give Musk further advantage over Tesla’s competitors. How else will they fuck over the American people to benefit the billionaires?
These tariffs give Musk further advantage over Tesla’s competitors. How else will they fuck over the American people to benefit the billionaires?
“The first two weeks into his second tour in the White House have seen so many lines crossed […] that anyone who believes in the Constitution and honest governance should be worried: Many of Mr. Trump’s first assertions of executive power blatantly exceed what is legally granted.”
Opinion | Trump’s Test of the Constitution
Two weeks in, the president is quickly moving to eliminate tools of accountability.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“The first two weeks into his second tour in the White House have seen so many lines crossed […] that anyone who believes in the Constitution and honest governance should be worried: Many of Mr. Trump’s first assertions of executive power blatantly exceed what is legally granted.”