Martha Spong
@marthaspong.bsky.social
Leadership Coach. Enneagram practitioner. Pastor. Author/editor. Elder Swiftie. Love my family, cats & dogs, knitting, baking, Mah Jongg, the Nationals, and most of all @kathrynzj.bsky.social.
Web: marthaspong.com
Web: marthaspong.com
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
A breathtaking banger!
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A breathtaking banger!
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From a former colleague of new Nationals manager Blake Butera:
“He developed in Tampa, they are progressive and inclusive. He has experience translating metrics and data to players from different backgrounds and ages. Perfect for this diverse roster.”
“He developed in Tampa, they are progressive and inclusive. He has experience translating metrics and data to players from different backgrounds and ages. Perfect for this diverse roster.”
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
From a former colleague of new Nationals manager Blake Butera:
“He developed in Tampa, they are progressive and inclusive. He has experience translating metrics and data to players from different backgrounds and ages. Perfect for this diverse roster.”
“He developed in Tampa, they are progressive and inclusive. He has experience translating metrics and data to players from different backgrounds and ages. Perfect for this diverse roster.”
Buddy, your job is law-maker.
Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Buddy, your job is law-maker.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Like a lot of us here, the Lock 'Em Up-est comments I see on social media are coming from, well, extremely normal people. So I wanted to explain how extremely helpful it would be this weekend if they scared the shit out of everyone driving them nuts.
Dear Normies: Time to Stand Up - Truthdig
For people who’ve never been to a protest in their lives, Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rally is a good place to start.
www.truthdig.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Like a lot of us here, the Lock 'Em Up-est comments I see on social media are coming from, well, extremely normal people. So I wanted to explain how extremely helpful it would be this weekend if they scared the shit out of everyone driving them nuts.
Should have left Max in.
October 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Should have left Max in.
Never. Ever.
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Never. Ever.
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
I’m starting a rewatch of DS9 , after many, many years. It’s so awkward and tender, like meeting old friends you never expected to see again. Little Jake! Odo! Baseball! Dear Kai Opaka. And Garak introducing himself to Bashir is everything.
September 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’m starting a rewatch of DS9 , after many, many years. It’s so awkward and tender, like meeting old friends you never expected to see again. Little Jake! Odo! Baseball! Dear Kai Opaka. And Garak introducing himself to Bashir is everything.
Watching SNW’s “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail,” and even though I saw it coming when La’an transported back, when Spock, Uhura, Scotty, and Chapel came into the ready room, and Spock said, “Captain Kirk,” well… 🥹
August 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Watching SNW’s “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail,” and even though I saw it coming when La’an transported back, when Spock, Uhura, Scotty, and Chapel came into the ready room, and Spock said, “Captain Kirk,” well… 🥹
I saved it for a few days at the beach, and it was so good!
My next book is set in the world of podcasts, dogs, influencers and sketchy dating advice. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720444...
Back After This by Linda Holmes: 9780593599259 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating—but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love? From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I saved it for a few days at the beach, and it was so good!
Furthest I’ve been
N: Oban, Scotland
E: Chennai, India
S: Chennai, India
W: Bainbridge Island, WA
N: Oban, Scotland
E: Chennai, India
S: Chennai, India
W: Bainbridge Island, WA
Furthest I’ve been
N: St. Petersburg, Russia
E: Moscow, Russia
S: Roatan, Honduras
W: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
N: St. Petersburg, Russia
E: Moscow, Russia
S: Roatan, Honduras
W: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
August 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Furthest I’ve been
N: Oban, Scotland
E: Chennai, India
S: Chennai, India
W: Bainbridge Island, WA
N: Oban, Scotland
E: Chennai, India
S: Chennai, India
W: Bainbridge Island, WA
Same, girl, same.
August 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Same, girl, same.
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All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
My coping mechanism: friends gave us their KiitchenAid ice cream maker attachment, and I am perfecting my ice cream technique. Flavors thus far: banana with vanilla wafers, bourbon, strawberry, caramel pretzel, fresh mint. So many egg yolks; so much heavy cream.
every day I am a little surprised I haven't started drinking, doing drugs, gambling, buying things I don't need online, or texting exes for attention as a way of dealing with my ongoing levels of stress but it helps that I am very frugal and I would rather be single forever than see 95% of my exes
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My coping mechanism: friends gave us their KiitchenAid ice cream maker attachment, and I am perfecting my ice cream technique. Flavors thus far: banana with vanilla wafers, bourbon, strawberry, caramel pretzel, fresh mint. So many egg yolks; so much heavy cream.
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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.
They are in charge.
They are in charge.
Who are humans, that God decided to give us the responsibility to care for creation?
Sunday’s Coming: The responsibility of care
mailchi.mp
June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Who are humans, that God decided to give us the responsibility to care for creation?
Artificial intelligence when I was a kid
May 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Artificial intelligence when I was a kid
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ceci n’est c’est pas un pope
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Pope
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Popes
April 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
ceci n’est c’est pas un pope
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It’s always weird realising that people will pay more for a blank Moleskine notebook than for a novel.
April 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It’s always weird realising that people will pay more for a blank Moleskine notebook than for a novel.