Marthine Satris
@msatris.bsky.social
Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
Pinned
I'm reading poems at Tamarack in downtown Oakland as part of the Tritone poetry series this Friday 11/14! New poems! Great hosts! Drinks and food! Doors at 6, reading at 6:30.
Local businesses are in business!!
I wrote a check today, so I guess I can at least make a semi-formal announcement here: EBB is going to be a sponsor of @oaklandreviewofbooks.org. What that means for them & for us, who’s to say! But it should be interesting figuring out.
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Local businesses are in business!!
My five year old had been proposed to by another kindergartener (her second proposal of the year, she has accepted both), they've decided to have 2 children, and one of them will be named Rumi Hangglider.
This is making up for having the KPDH soundtrack stuck in my head
This is making up for having the KPDH soundtrack stuck in my head
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My five year old had been proposed to by another kindergartener (her second proposal of the year, she has accepted both), they've decided to have 2 children, and one of them will be named Rumi Hangglider.
This is making up for having the KPDH soundtrack stuck in my head
This is making up for having the KPDH soundtrack stuck in my head
Ok it's no northern lights, but the sun coming in under the clouds in the Bay area right now and shining off the rain washed cities is pretty spectacular
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ok it's no northern lights, but the sun coming in under the clouds in the Bay area right now and shining off the rain washed cities is pretty spectacular
vibe report from a protest, from the threat of clash, from waiting to see what's going to happen. A pulse of dread, a pulse of boredom, and people in Oakland determined to throw grit in the gears.
"We have childcare until 9:30pm so we bundle up, and trundle our middle-aged asses off to Coast Guard Island. Date night in 2025 isn’t as relaxing as it used to be."
Date Night at Coast Guard Island
Date Night, Coast Guard Island, Before 9:30
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
vibe report from a protest, from the threat of clash, from waiting to see what's going to happen. A pulse of dread, a pulse of boredom, and people in Oakland determined to throw grit in the gears.
Reposted by Marthine Satris
What's going on in the Bay Area this week? Check out this snapshot of COYOTE's weekly calendar of hand-picked events to get you off the couch!
This week we've got wrestling lesbians, an anime convention, pop-up pastries, and more. To see the full listings, check out www.coyotemedia.org.
This week we've got wrestling lesbians, an anime convention, pop-up pastries, and more. To see the full listings, check out www.coyotemedia.org.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What's going on in the Bay Area this week? Check out this snapshot of COYOTE's weekly calendar of hand-picked events to get you off the couch!
This week we've got wrestling lesbians, an anime convention, pop-up pastries, and more. To see the full listings, check out www.coyotemedia.org.
This week we've got wrestling lesbians, an anime convention, pop-up pastries, and more. To see the full listings, check out www.coyotemedia.org.
Two Heyday books BANNED:
1) Dorsey Nunn's memoir What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: banned in all California state prisons. We are appealing; the CDRC has not responded.
2) Obi Kaufmann's The State of Water, about CA's water systems & rivers, can no longer be sold in national parks. Federal censorship!
1) Dorsey Nunn's memoir What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: banned in all California state prisons. We are appealing; the CDRC has not responded.
2) Obi Kaufmann's The State of Water, about CA's water systems & rivers, can no longer be sold in national parks. Federal censorship!
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Two Heyday books BANNED:
1) Dorsey Nunn's memoir What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: banned in all California state prisons. We are appealing; the CDRC has not responded.
2) Obi Kaufmann's The State of Water, about CA's water systems & rivers, can no longer be sold in national parks. Federal censorship!
1) Dorsey Nunn's memoir What Kind of Bird Can't Fly: banned in all California state prisons. We are appealing; the CDRC has not responded.
2) Obi Kaufmann's The State of Water, about CA's water systems & rivers, can no longer be sold in national parks. Federal censorship!
@bayareacurrent.bsky.social i love the events you are highlighting! Wish I could make the Vinelands concert, sounds funnnn (and love an afterparty...) bayareacurrent.com/email/ed8ac7...
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@bayareacurrent.bsky.social i love the events you are highlighting! Wish I could make the Vinelands concert, sounds funnnn (and love an afterparty...) bayareacurrent.com/email/ed8ac7...
more good bay area bookstore news! New bookstore for East San Jose! www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...
www.shelf-awareness.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
more good bay area bookstore news! New bookstore for East San Jose! www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
I'm delighted that the aurora borealis is bringing pink unity to my timeline and cleansing the everyone's mad at Chuck Schumer energy of the last couple days.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I'm delighted that the aurora borealis is bringing pink unity to my timeline and cleansing the everyone's mad at Chuck Schumer energy of the last couple days.
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Getting some nice #northernlights action in the #Oakland hills right now. Remember to add your photos to www.aurorasaurus.org #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Getting some nice #northernlights action in the #Oakland hills right now. Remember to add your photos to www.aurorasaurus.org #aurora
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Does anyone have photos from the coast guard Island protest that @oaklandreviewofbooks.org could publish alongside a vibe report from the conflict zone? #oakland #iceout
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Does anyone have photos from the coast guard Island protest that @oaklandreviewofbooks.org could publish alongside a vibe report from the conflict zone? #oakland #iceout
Thanks Nate!
Ty for compiling these they’re awesome!
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Thanks Nate!
Reposted by Marthine Satris
This week's calendar is up! You may un-bate your breath, un-clench your "scroll down the calendar" finger that you've been keeping limber, and cast your eyes upon the wonders that is the town's literary abundance: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/calendar/
Oakland Review of Books calendar of (not just) literary events, November 11 - November 16
this face in your dreams
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This week's calendar is up! You may un-bate your breath, un-clench your "scroll down the calendar" finger that you've been keeping limber, and cast your eyes upon the wonders that is the town's literary abundance: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/calendar/
Reposted by Marthine Satris
This is the greatest opportunity the skeptics movement has ever had.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is the greatest opportunity the skeptics movement has ever had.
Reposted by Marthine Satris
There’s no election
And no soccer practice so
The nights feel longer.
And no soccer practice so
The nights feel longer.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
There’s no election
And no soccer practice so
The nights feel longer.
And no soccer practice so
The nights feel longer.
Reposted by Marthine Satris
☀️🌧️The Bay Area Basks in the Sun, Before an Atmospheric River Rolls in This Week
“Folks should be prepared for a wet system, we’re only expecting minor flooding concerns. We don’t anticipate any major river flooding.”
@kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
“Folks should be prepared for a wet system, we’re only expecting minor flooding concerns. We don’t anticipate any major river flooding.”
@kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
The Bay Area Basks in the Sun, Before an Atmospheric River Rolls in This Week | KQED
After a streak of sunshine, forecasters said the skies will turn dramatically, with a 20% chance of thunderstorms across the entire Bay Area on Wednesday.
www.kqed.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
☀️🌧️The Bay Area Basks in the Sun, Before an Atmospheric River Rolls in This Week
“Folks should be prepared for a wet system, we’re only expecting minor flooding concerns. We don’t anticipate any major river flooding.”
@kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
“Folks should be prepared for a wet system, we’re only expecting minor flooding concerns. We don’t anticipate any major river flooding.”
@kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
Reposted by Marthine Satris
New blog post on one of Oakland's (actually Piedmont's) more dramatic rock quarries
Life and afterlife of the Dimond Canyon quarry
Park Boulevard sweeps through steep, rocky Dimond Canyon with just one isolated, incongruous building along the way: a big church in a space carved out of the cliff. That hole in the wall is a form…
oaklandgeology.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New blog post on one of Oakland's (actually Piedmont's) more dramatic rock quarries
Does anyone have photos from the coast guard Island protest that @oaklandreviewofbooks.org could publish alongside a vibe report from the conflict zone? #oakland #iceout
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Does anyone have photos from the coast guard Island protest that @oaklandreviewofbooks.org could publish alongside a vibe report from the conflict zone? #oakland #iceout
I'm reading poems at Tamarack in downtown Oakland as part of the Tritone poetry series this Friday 11/14! New poems! Great hosts! Drinks and food! Doors at 6, reading at 6:30.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I'm reading poems at Tamarack in downtown Oakland as part of the Tritone poetry series this Friday 11/14! New poems! Great hosts! Drinks and food! Doors at 6, reading at 6:30.
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Today's Featured Poem:
"The Last Sea Cow's Testimony" by Brandon Kilbourne from Natural History published by Graywolf Press
Read here:
poems.com/poem/the-las...
"The Last Sea Cow's Testimony" by Brandon Kilbourne from Natural History published by Graywolf Press
Read here:
poems.com/poem/the-las...
The Last Sea Cow's Testimony
every cow, otter, and seal had to learn survivor's
wisdom: trade your curiosity for fear.
poems.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"The Last Sea Cow's Testimony" by Brandon Kilbourne from Natural History published by Graywolf Press
Read here:
poems.com/poem/the-las...
"The Last Sea Cow's Testimony" by Brandon Kilbourne from Natural History published by Graywolf Press
Read here:
poems.com/poem/the-las...
Reposted by Marthine Satris
"We sell to the affluent business traveller and his vacationing wife in a billion, billion different futures. This is the most radical, dynamic and thrusting business venture in the entire multidimensional infinity of space/time/probability ever."
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"We sell to the affluent business traveller and his vacationing wife in a billion, billion different futures. This is the most radical, dynamic and thrusting business venture in the entire multidimensional infinity of space/time/probability ever."
Rented a ten year old car for a long drive tomorrow and I gotta say, I prefer dumb cars to smart cars by a mile. Maybe the back up camera is a win on the car tech front, but all the beeping and auto braking and wtf else they put in new cars drives me insane. I know how to drive! Stop interrupting!
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Rented a ten year old car for a long drive tomorrow and I gotta say, I prefer dumb cars to smart cars by a mile. Maybe the back up camera is a win on the car tech front, but all the beeping and auto braking and wtf else they put in new cars drives me insane. I know how to drive! Stop interrupting!
Reposted by Marthine Satris
🚨LA-based journalists/journos willing to relocate to the west coast:
We're looking for a senior news editor to help run our news operation in downtown LA!
If you're well-versed in breaking news and want to work with really wonderful humans, APPLY!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
We're looking for a senior news editor to help run our news operation in downtown LA!
If you're well-versed in breaking news and want to work with really wonderful humans, APPLY!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Senior News Editor, West Coast
The Guardian is a global news organization that delivers fearless, independent journalism. From breaking news and award-winning investigations, to in-depth coverage of technology, sports, film, cultur...
workwithus.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🚨LA-based journalists/journos willing to relocate to the west coast:
We're looking for a senior news editor to help run our news operation in downtown LA!
If you're well-versed in breaking news and want to work with really wonderful humans, APPLY!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
We're looking for a senior news editor to help run our news operation in downtown LA!
If you're well-versed in breaking news and want to work with really wonderful humans, APPLY!
workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Covering half of parking lots with solar canopies in the USA would generate ~1.4 terawatts. ☀️🇺🇸 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
South Korea (hey how about it PM #MarkCarney?) #Solar #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Covering half of parking lots with solar canopies in the USA would generate ~1.4 terawatts. ☀️🇺🇸 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Before breakfast, I successfully submitted an electronic application for an Indian visa, and now I feel like I can do anything.
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Before breakfast, I successfully submitted an electronic application for an Indian visa, and now I feel like I can do anything.