Victoria K Martin
@victoriakmartin.bsky.social
she/her | settler on unceded Anishinaabe territory | writer, editor, owner of a very large dog | 💗💜💙
Every time I listen to the Dragon Age: Inquisition soundtrack (currently on the Dark Solas theme, and Lost Elf is next!), I so desperately want to play it again. Top-tier score from Trevor Morris; he should have been asked to come back for Veilguard.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Every time I listen to the Dragon Age: Inquisition soundtrack (currently on the Dark Solas theme, and Lost Elf is next!), I so desperately want to play it again. Top-tier score from Trevor Morris; he should have been asked to come back for Veilguard.
I thought I had lost Whamageddon already, but I just checked the rules, and I guess it doesn't start until December, so I'm still in it! Here's hoping the person in charge of the music at my daughter's gymnastics classes gets it together!
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I thought I had lost Whamageddon already, but I just checked the rules, and I guess it doesn't start until December, so I'm still in it! Here's hoping the person in charge of the music at my daughter's gymnastics classes gets it together!
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I see the book piracy discourse is going around again and all I can say is I know more than one writer producing acclaimed work that is considering jacking it in or reducing the amount they write because they don't make to justify it vs a job job.
It's not only piracy, but piracy is costing us art.
It's not only piracy, but piracy is costing us art.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I see the book piracy discourse is going around again and all I can say is I know more than one writer producing acclaimed work that is considering jacking it in or reducing the amount they write because they don't make to justify it vs a job job.
It's not only piracy, but piracy is costing us art.
It's not only piracy, but piracy is costing us art.
The office ice cream is now gone (fair enough, as there is snow on the ground). But if there was some, I would definitely have had at least one by now because toddler was awake at 3am until nearly 5. At least it's peppermint mocha season.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The office ice cream is now gone (fair enough, as there is snow on the ground). But if there was some, I would definitely have had at least one by now because toddler was awake at 3am until nearly 5. At least it's peppermint mocha season.
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It hits different reading this whole thread.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It hits different reading this whole thread.
Signs my two-week long cold is finally getting better: I can now hit the A5 in Golden!
No promises for how good it actually sounds, but I can get to it.
No promises for how good it actually sounds, but I can get to it.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Signs my two-week long cold is finally getting better: I can now hit the A5 in Golden!
No promises for how good it actually sounds, but I can get to it.
No promises for how good it actually sounds, but I can get to it.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Could we sneak Joe Carter into this game somehow?
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Could we sneak Joe Carter into this game somehow?
Come on, best Bieber!
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Come on, best Bieber!
Gonna need at least one more extra hour tonight to recover from that 9th inning.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Gonna need at least one more extra hour tonight to recover from that 9th inning.
Baseball is stressful.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Baseball is stressful.
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Country with massive housing shortage not sure what to do with all these empty office buildings
Country with massive housing shortage not sure what to do with all these empty office buildings
OTTAWA - As employees continue to express their desire to work from home, owners of downtown office buildings aren't sure what they will do with all this unused space. Also in unrelated news Canada ha...
thebeaverton.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Country with massive housing shortage not sure what to do with all these empty office buildings
Back at work after an unexpected 4-day weekend (it was supposed to be 3-day because of real Thanksgiving, but then I had to take Friday too because kiddo had a mild fever) and already had my first ice cream. Off to a great start!
Not looking forward to when the office's ice cream stock runs out.
Not looking forward to when the office's ice cream stock runs out.
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Back at work after an unexpected 4-day weekend (it was supposed to be 3-day because of real Thanksgiving, but then I had to take Friday too because kiddo had a mild fever) and already had my first ice cream. Off to a great start!
Not looking forward to when the office's ice cream stock runs out.
Not looking forward to when the office's ice cream stock runs out.
Home today with a toddler who had a fever yesterday, but today is back to just being all snotty, which has been the case since *checks calendar* the beginning of September, when she started a new daycare.
The glamourous life of a SMBC of a toddler.
The glamourous life of a SMBC of a toddler.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Home today with a toddler who had a fever yesterday, but today is back to just being all snotty, which has been the case since *checks calendar* the beginning of September, when she started a new daycare.
The glamourous life of a SMBC of a toddler.
The glamourous life of a SMBC of a toddler.
I am going to have a really hard time choosing my favourite book of the year. I have fallen in love with a lot of great ones.
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I am going to have a really hard time choosing my favourite book of the year. I have fallen in love with a lot of great ones.
So happy that I finally picked up my copy of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches because I love it. I recently wrote a modern-day witch story (on sub to Tales & Feathers) and this is really inspiring me to turn it into something longer ... at some point when I have time (ha ha ... ha).
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So happy that I finally picked up my copy of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches because I love it. I recently wrote a modern-day witch story (on sub to Tales & Feathers) and this is really inspiring me to turn it into something longer ... at some point when I have time (ha ha ... ha).
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If you can get past the paywall, this article is very beautiful and also very sad. CW dementia and medical-assisted end of life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
The Paperbag Princess and Love You Forever were absolute staples of my childhood.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
The Paperbag Princess and Love You Forever were absolute staples of my childhood.
When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you can get past the paywall, this article is very beautiful and also very sad. CW dementia and medical-assisted end of life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
The Paperbag Princess and Love You Forever were absolute staples of my childhood.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
The Paperbag Princess and Love You Forever were absolute staples of my childhood.
I'm really happy to have found a system for getting myself to write that is, at least for the time being, working pretty well. I've been using Pacemaker Planner to create plans for various projects, but the daily goal is never bigger than 500 words.
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'm really happy to have found a system for getting myself to write that is, at least for the time being, working pretty well. I've been using Pacemaker Planner to create plans for various projects, but the daily goal is never bigger than 500 words.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
This series gives me such joy. I particularly love how each one has centered on a different type of mystery, totally ready for Rian Johnson's take on a locked room mystery.
The morning’s bright the sky is blue and we have a teaser trailer! WAKE UP DEAD MAN the new Benoit Blanc mystery, in theaters Thanksgiving and on Netflix 12/12
September 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This series gives me such joy. I particularly love how each one has centered on a different type of mystery, totally ready for Rian Johnson's take on a locked room mystery.