Bill Marsh
@bcmearc.bsky.social
City prof (Chicago), country poet, essayist, union+, angling for truth in a big lie pond. Words here and there, a couple BAE notables, etc.
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Super happy to have the opening sequence from "Signatures" in petrichor #29, edited by Seth Copeland and team @petrichorlit.bsky.social.
hey neat is right!
hey neat is right!
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The sooner we accept this, the better
if we can be summarily murdered for responsibly exercising our most explicitly guaranteed constitutional rights, and if our exercise of those rights can be cited as the justification for our murder, we no longer have a constitution or a country
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The sooner we accept this, the better
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now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
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OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti was executed by a U.S. federal agent while trying to protect a woman.
That’s the headline.
That’s the headline.
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was executed by a U.S. federal agent while trying to protect a woman.
That’s the headline.
That’s the headline.
Happy and grateful to have this piece from my vispo/comic "Operation Bird Heads" in the latest issue of SONIC BOOM, edited by Shloka Shankar of Yavanika Press. Check out the complete lineup:
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #vispo
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #vispo
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Happy and grateful to have this piece from my vispo/comic "Operation Bird Heads" in the latest issue of SONIC BOOM, edited by Shloka Shankar of Yavanika Press. Check out the complete lineup:
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #vispo
sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #vispo
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If this sounds naively optimistic, don't worry, it's going to be hard, and it's going to take all of us.
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If this sounds naively optimistic, don't worry, it's going to be hard, and it's going to take all of us.
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Today welcome Seth Copeland to PROCESS series @icefloepress.bsky.social
coax out of the earth, burning it against
its will
a complex hybrid docupoetics work on geography/geology/ American history
#art #hybrid #poetics #documentary #imperialism #erasure
icefloepress.net/2026/01/23/f...
coax out of the earth, burning it against
its will
a complex hybrid docupoetics work on geography/geology/ American history
#art #hybrid #poetics #documentary #imperialism #erasure
icefloepress.net/2026/01/23/f...
from A Wichita Mountains Ontology (DocuPoetics) – SETH COPELAND
Notes Photographs on pages 1 and 5 by the author.Photograph on page 4 from Art Halloran’s The Nature Man’s Stories of the Wichita Mountains, independently published in 1972. Text from the House Sub…
icefloepress.net
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Today welcome Seth Copeland to PROCESS series @icefloepress.bsky.social
coax out of the earth, burning it against
its will
a complex hybrid docupoetics work on geography/geology/ American history
#art #hybrid #poetics #documentary #imperialism #erasure
icefloepress.net/2026/01/23/f...
coax out of the earth, burning it against
its will
a complex hybrid docupoetics work on geography/geology/ American history
#art #hybrid #poetics #documentary #imperialism #erasure
icefloepress.net/2026/01/23/f...
"They assume we're all selfish and cowardly and can be cowed into silence or submission or surrender, which is to say they seem to base their version of human nature partly on themselves and partly on their scorn for the rest of us. They're wrong." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/one-long-yea...
One Long Year Later: It's Not Over, and We Haven't Surrendered
I wrote an essay in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election, an essay to encourage people to not give up and not assume that the Trumpists had won. It follows, after this prelude about where we a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"They assume we're all selfish and cowardly and can be cowed into silence or submission or surrender, which is to say they seem to base their version of human nature partly on themselves and partly on their scorn for the rest of us. They're wrong." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/one-long-yea...
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Next Monday, Jan. 19th, MLK Day, Chicago RESISTS. 50+ local organizations are coming together at 1pm at Water Tower Park to demand
abolish ICE,
end the genocides,
stop the wars,
and tax the rich!
#jan19chicagoresists #chicago #protest #event #resist
abolish ICE,
end the genocides,
stop the wars,
and tax the rich!
#jan19chicagoresists #chicago #protest #event #resist
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Next Monday, Jan. 19th, MLK Day, Chicago RESISTS. 50+ local organizations are coming together at 1pm at Water Tower Park to demand
abolish ICE,
end the genocides,
stop the wars,
and tax the rich!
#jan19chicagoresists #chicago #protest #event #resist
abolish ICE,
end the genocides,
stop the wars,
and tax the rich!
#jan19chicagoresists #chicago #protest #event #resist
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/weak-violenc...
“The beautiful force behind the resistance is solidarity, which is by definition not self-defense but defense of something beyond the self, a reaching across difference to find common ground.”
Another gem from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
“The beautiful force behind the resistance is solidarity, which is by definition not self-defense but defense of something beyond the self, a reaching across difference to find common ground.”
Another gem from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Weak Violence, Strong Peace: Who We Are in This Crisis
It's getting more extreme out there, especially in Minnesota where the unaccountable army of the Trump regime has, in the wake of its murder, beaten up employees, ripped civilians from their cars, kid...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/weak-violenc...
“The beautiful force behind the resistance is solidarity, which is by definition not self-defense but defense of something beyond the self, a reaching across difference to find common ground.”
Another gem from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
“The beautiful force behind the resistance is solidarity, which is by definition not self-defense but defense of something beyond the self, a reaching across difference to find common ground.”
Another gem from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Super happy to have the opening sequence from "Signatures" in petrichor #29, edited by Seth Copeland and team @petrichorlit.bsky.social.
hey neat is right!
hey neat is right!
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Super happy to have the opening sequence from "Signatures" in petrichor #29, edited by Seth Copeland and team @petrichorlit.bsky.social.
hey neat is right!
hey neat is right!
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January 15, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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"Faith leaders, union representatives and community members are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, Jan. 23 — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school or go shopping"
Minnesota faith, union, community leaders call for economic blackout on Jan. 23
Faith leaders, union representatives and community members are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, Jan. 23 — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school or go shopping.
www.cbsnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"Faith leaders, union representatives and community members are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, Jan. 23 — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school or go shopping"
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Minnesota and Illinois have filed lawsuits seeking to block Homeland Security’s latest operations, arguing that Trump’s immigration crackdowns and ICE/Border Patrol surges trample their constitutional rights to self‑governance and control over local policing.
Minnesota, Illinois File Separate Lawsuits to Halt DHS Operations
Both lawsuits allege the Trump administration is violating the states’ and cities’ rights to self-governance.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Minnesota and Illinois have filed lawsuits seeking to block Homeland Security’s latest operations, arguing that Trump’s immigration crackdowns and ICE/Border Patrol surges trample their constitutional rights to self‑governance and control over local policing.
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“Get your neighbors organized, get your friends organized… ‘cause we outnumber the fascists completely, and if we all stick together, we can really stop this from getting worse.”
‘No fascist USA!': Baltimore marches against ICE
“Get your neighbors organized, get your friends organized… ‘cause we outnumber the fascists completely, and if we all stick together, we can really stop this from getting worse.”
therealnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“Get your neighbors organized, get your friends organized… ‘cause we outnumber the fascists completely, and if we all stick together, we can really stop this from getting worse.”
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👉 REMINDER: Listening session tonight (Thurs 1/8, 6:30 pm) at Thalia Hall in Pilsen, 1807 S. Allport
👉 TOPIC: Chicago Police Department interactions with ICE/immigration authorities
👉 TOPIC: Chicago Police Department interactions with ICE/immigration authorities
Chicago’s Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability is holding a special meeting next Thursday, January 8.
This is in response to a 2000+ signature petition asking CCPSA to hold a public hearing to “understand the extent of CPD's interactions with federal immigration authorities.”
This is in response to a 2000+ signature petition asking CCPSA to hold a public hearing to “understand the extent of CPD's interactions with federal immigration authorities.”
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
👉 REMINDER: Listening session tonight (Thurs 1/8, 6:30 pm) at Thalia Hall in Pilsen, 1807 S. Allport
👉 TOPIC: Chicago Police Department interactions with ICE/immigration authorities
👉 TOPIC: Chicago Police Department interactions with ICE/immigration authorities
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Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
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Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker...all the way down to Pete Hegseth and his belief that pushups are a top military strategy.
Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
"A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis Trump had created over Greenland," Anne Appelbaum said the other day on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter. "Danes told me tha...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker...all the way down to Pete Hegseth and his belief that pushups are a top military strategy.
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Performance without words
pdf: nathanandersonwriting.home.blog/wp-content/u...
You can purchase a print copy by emailing [email protected]
pdf: nathanandersonwriting.home.blog/wp-content/u...
You can purchase a print copy by emailing [email protected]
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Performance without words
pdf: nathanandersonwriting.home.blog/wp-content/u...
You can purchase a print copy by emailing [email protected]
pdf: nathanandersonwriting.home.blog/wp-content/u...
You can purchase a print copy by emailing [email protected]
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The director cries at the death of the singer by @njapoetry.bsky.social coming Jan 7th. Our first C22 Open Editions release of 2026. Get excited! Stay tuned!
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The director cries at the death of the singer by @njapoetry.bsky.social coming Jan 7th. Our first C22 Open Editions release of 2026. Get excited! Stay tuned!
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THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.
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Legal experts called for Trump’s impeachment as world leaders condemned the strikes as a violation of international law.
Experts Decry Illegal Aggression After Trump Says US Captured Maduro
Legal experts called for Trump’s impeachment as world leaders condemned the strikes as a violation of international law.
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Legal experts called for Trump’s impeachment as world leaders condemned the strikes as a violation of international law.