Juniper
@juniper-writing.bsky.social
writer, editor, and high-desert dweller
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Juniper
@juniper-writing.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Recently gave myself a new name, which means creating a new profile. My old feed was too much politics. Now it's time to create!
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"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
June 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
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The fact that the person who was head of intelligence for the MPD was working giving information to the head of the Proud Boys as they were running around trying to menace people around the city has only merited the most cursory of attention is frankly amazing to me.
A former D.C. police lieutenant convicted of leaking information about a police investigation to the leader of the Proud Boys group on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was sentenced Friday to 18 months behind bars.
D.C. police lieutenant sentenced to 18 months for leaking to Proud Boys
Shane Lamond said he was merely gathering intelligence from Enrique Tarrio, but a judge convicted him of obstructing justice.
wapo.st
June 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The fact that the person who was head of intelligence for the MPD was working giving information to the head of the Proud Boys as they were running around trying to menace people around the city has only merited the most cursory of attention is frankly amazing to me.
This is great. But a strange choice for accompanying photo!
BREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government
(RNS) — In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the pr...
religionnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is great. But a strange choice for accompanying photo!
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newsrooms of the world did u know that when Rümeysa Öztürk gets out you can pay her to write an editorial, and then publish it? did u know that if all of you did this it would be a whole thing and a good one
May 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
newsrooms of the world did u know that when Rümeysa Öztürk gets out you can pay her to write an editorial, and then publish it? did u know that if all of you did this it would be a whole thing and a good one
Excited that my new flash fiction story, "Yoke," is now published in the Dystopia issue of Punk Noir Magazine! punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/y...
Yoke — a Dystopia Story by Juniper Martineau
Yoke by Juniper Martineau He does not shrug it off; it seeps into his shoulder. Through the layers of dermis, into the flesh, its journey continues, obeying gravity an…
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Excited that my new flash fiction story, "Yoke," is now published in the Dystopia issue of Punk Noir Magazine! punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/y...
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remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
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“I built this throne for you and for myself
I built these wings”
new poem @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/this...
I built these wings”
new poem @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/this...
Camille Rankine: “This Is What I Do Instead of Dying”
A poem by Camille Rankine: “I check the news to tell me / what I know”
yalereview.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I built this throne for you and for myself
I built these wings”
new poem @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/this...
I built these wings”
new poem @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/this...
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"I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift." ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
January 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift." ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
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I am not watching one single thing produced by or orchestrated by that administration. That's their propaganda. Why would I make it easy on them?
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I am not watching one single thing produced by or orchestrated by that administration. That's their propaganda. Why would I make it easy on them?
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
Inviting everyone to join me on Jan 20th in doing one thing you love, and one thing they would hate.
Joy & spite, y'all. Joy and spite.
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"What a lucky sack of stars."
January 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"What a lucky sack of stars."
Such an amazing writer. Thank you, @swordsjew.bsky.social
Subscribe to @swordsjew.bsky.social. You won't regret it.
"...now is a good time to know how to grow, even unnourished; how to flourish, in inhospitable places; how to become a hammered shield, and turn to dust, and grow from it."
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
"...now is a good time to know how to grow, even unnourished; how to flourish, in inhospitable places; how to become a hammered shield, and turn to dust, and grow from it."
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
On Moss, Rock, Lichen, and Survival
“Moss. Roots” by Ivan Shishkin Lately, I’ve been looking at the life cycle of moss. I found myself instantly lost in a thicket of botanical terminology—from...
buttondown.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Such an amazing writer. Thank you, @swordsjew.bsky.social
Delighted to be included in @sleetmagazine's Resistance Edition! Thanks to Rebecca Tiger for the encouragement and creative inspiration. www.sleetmagazine.com/selected/mar...
Sleetmagazine.com
Sleetmagazine.com, aka Sleet Magazine, is an online literary journal.
www.sleetmagazine.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Delighted to be included in @sleetmagazine's Resistance Edition! Thanks to Rebecca Tiger for the encouragement and creative inspiration. www.sleetmagazine.com/selected/mar...
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the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
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We must must must resist the idea that generative AI is inevitable. It is not inevitable. People don't really like it. It doesn't do its job well. It removes the humanity from one of the most human-forward things. Not to mention it is an environmental nightmare. Keep banging the drum. Say no to AI.
November 18, 2024 at 7:55 PM
We must must must resist the idea that generative AI is inevitable. It is not inevitable. People don't really like it. It doesn't do its job well. It removes the humanity from one of the most human-forward things. Not to mention it is an environmental nightmare. Keep banging the drum. Say no to AI.
Spend a minute on this evocative and piercing braided story by my friend Rebecca Tiger--just awarded the Grand Prize from Does It Have Pockets? www.doesithavepockets.com/features/202...
2024 Pocket Change Creative Nonfiction Contest — Does It Have Pockets
2024 Pocket Change Prize for Creative Nonfiction
www.doesithavepockets.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Spend a minute on this evocative and piercing braided story by my friend Rebecca Tiger--just awarded the Grand Prize from Does It Have Pockets? www.doesithavepockets.com/features/202...
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It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
BlueSky for Beginners
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM
It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
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I checked with an editor at the NYT Magazine this week and they just… don’t publish poems anymore.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I checked with an editor at the NYT Magazine this week and they just… don’t publish poems anymore.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
the power of refusal
Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”
November 15, 2024 at 6:35 PM
the power of refusal
Love this, esp. "a swarm of still might bees"
From Saeed Jones (@theferocity.bsky.social)'s book, Alive at the End of the World: bookshop.org/a/862/978156...
#poem #poetry #poems #authors #writers #saeedjones #books #booklovers
#poem #poetry #poems #authors #writers #saeedjones #books #booklovers
November 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Love this, esp. "a swarm of still might bees"
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I start my day by reading an article about climate change by Rachel Abbey McCafferty
maudlinhouse.net/i-start-my-d...
maudlinhouse.net/i-start-my-d...
I start my day by reading an article about climate change,
and then I apply sunscreen, SPF 120, and get in my boat to row to work. The sun shines harshly, the former shifting of seasons done, leaves permanently burnt on twisted limbs, green growth relegated t...
maudlinhouse.net
November 13, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I start my day by reading an article about climate change by Rachel Abbey McCafferty
maudlinhouse.net/i-start-my-d...
maudlinhouse.net/i-start-my-d...
This is beautiful, loved this line especially: "the layered ground gathering and decomposing to feed itself."
"At night, in the deep-woods darkness, it feels as if there is no time. There is only mind. Only the present"
Always wonderful to discover a flash fiction from a few years back. Sometimes, flash can feel all too ephemeral.
Always wonderful to discover a flash fiction from a few years back. Sometimes, flash can feel all too ephemeral.
It’s so nice to suddenly meet so many writers! Here’s a micro I wrote a while back, seems apropos of the current moment, in its way. spelkfiction.com/2019/11/18/g...
November 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This is beautiful, loved this line especially: "the layered ground gathering and decomposing to feed itself."
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Welcome to Bluesky 💙🦋
November 11, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Welcome to Bluesky 💙🦋
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This beautiful story goes live today and you should give it a read! Congratulations, @dawnwriter.bsky.social !
Our story of the week is the winner of our 2024 Flash Fiction Competition: Mother of Pearl by Dawn Miller. Congratulations, Dawn! @dawnwriter.bsky.social
Mother of Pearl - The Forge Literary Magazine
2024 Flash Fiction Competition Winner by Dawn Miller
forgelitmag.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM
This beautiful story goes live today and you should give it a read! Congratulations, @dawnwriter.bsky.social !
Yes, this is my mood!
Let’s stop doomscrolling and get some writing done.
November 11, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Yes, this is my mood!
Recently gave myself a new name, which means creating a new profile. My old feed was too much politics. Now it's time to create!
November 11, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Recently gave myself a new name, which means creating a new profile. My old feed was too much politics. Now it's time to create!