Michael Marten
@mmarten.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Photographer. 🏴 and 🇩🇪
I spend most days trying to reimagine life in all its fullness, hoping to resist and subvert the impending dystopian doom that threatens to engulf us.
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I spend most days trying to reimagine life in all its fullness, hoping to resist and subvert the impending dystopian doom that threatens to engulf us.
Eat the rich (in a vegetarian-friendly way). Free 🇵🇸
Honestly, if #Israeli soldiers are worried about being prosecuted abroad for war crimes, the answer is very simple: don’t commit war crimes in the first place! #Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
Israeli soldier flees Brazil amid investigation into Gaza war crimes
A Brazilian court ordered a probe into a soldier's involvement in the large-scale demolition of civilian homes
www.middleeasteye.net
January 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Honestly, if #Israeli soldiers are worried about being prosecuted abroad for war crimes, the answer is very simple: don’t commit war crimes in the first place! #Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
Attended this with @axmthompson.bsky.social last night: www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/the.... It was a lot of fun, though six drams later (actually seven, Alex gave me one she didn’t like!) I feel the need for a hearty brunch today…
The Science of Whisky | Glasgow Science Centre
www.glasgowsciencecentre.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Attended this with @axmthompson.bsky.social last night: www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/whats-on/the.... It was a lot of fun, though six drams later (actually seven, Alex gave me one she didn’t like!) I feel the need for a hearty brunch today…
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Thank you to @hermangrech.bsky.social & the Times of Malta for re-publishing my talk on the threats to freedom of the press & for Malta's leadership in understanding where this leads. The brutal murder of the brilliant investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is a warning to the world.
"This is the kind of propaganda machine that Joseph Goebbels couldn’t even dream of." - fantastic keynote by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about the real threat to #media, #democracy and common decency.
There is a new kind of darkness facing the world
Award-winning writer's stark warning: a propaganda machine has been created that Goebbels couldn’t even dream of
timesofmalta.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Thank you to @hermangrech.bsky.social & the Times of Malta for re-publishing my talk on the threats to freedom of the press & for Malta's leadership in understanding where this leads. The brutal murder of the brilliant investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is a warning to the world.
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Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
Preaching to The Choir, by Rebecca Solnit
harpers.org
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
November 23, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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@robhudson.bsky.social hello! Long time away from social media, gradually finding my way back in. This seems like quite a nice space…? I hope you are well!
November 23, 2024 at 1:12 AM
@robhudson.bsky.social hello! Long time away from social media, gradually finding my way back in. This seems like quite a nice space…? I hope you are well!
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Friends, if you're looking for people to follow here, please consider @nancyforde.bsky.social — We met on Twitter years ago and she has become a pen pal and inspiration. Nancy is soulful and sensitive and a wonderful writer. She loves pictures too! Please check her out.
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Friends, if you're looking for people to follow here, please consider @nancyforde.bsky.social — We met on Twitter years ago and she has become a pen pal and inspiration. Nancy is soulful and sensitive and a wonderful writer. She loves pictures too! Please check her out.
@nancyforde.bsky.social Hello Nancy. We knew each other from Twitter years ago, but I’ve been a bit off social media in recent years. Saw @flakphoto.bsky.social mention you, and thought it would be good to reconnect here!
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
@nancyforde.bsky.social Hello Nancy. We knew each other from Twitter years ago, but I’ve been a bit off social media in recent years. Saw @flakphoto.bsky.social mention you, and thought it would be good to reconnect here!
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gazaunderattack
#palestine
#israel
#gaza
#palestineday
#lebanon
#racism
#genocide
#freepalestine
#palestinewillbefree
#savepalestine
#westbank
#jerusalem
#holocaust
#islamaphobia
#palestine
#israel
#gaza
#palestineday
#lebanon
#racism
#genocide
#freepalestine
#palestinewillbefree
#savepalestine
#westbank
#jerusalem
#holocaust
#islamaphobia
November 22, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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poetry is
for everyone
do not gatekeep
your words
set them free
without rules
limits
syllables
punctuation
for everyone
do not gatekeep
your words
set them free
without rules
limits
syllables
punctuation
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
poetry is
for everyone
do not gatekeep
your words
set them free
without rules
limits
syllables
punctuation
for everyone
do not gatekeep
your words
set them free
without rules
limits
syllables
punctuation
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Asma Barakat reports on the International Criminal Court's decision: Israel's Netanyahu & Gallant can now be arrested in 124 countries that are signatories to the Rome Statute as obliged for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Over Gaza War Crimes
Palestine Square
www.palestine-studies.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Asma Barakat reports on the International Criminal Court's decision: Israel's Netanyahu & Gallant can now be arrested in 124 countries that are signatories to the Rome Statute as obliged for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...