Marc Alan Di Martino
@marcadimartino.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, translator, dad. Support 🇺🇦 Pro-democracy. Atheist. Reader at @baltimorereview.bsky.social | Translation: https://worldpoetrybooks.com/books/day-lasts-forever | Web: marcalandimartino.com
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Day Lasts Forever shortlisted for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation 2025! pen.org/announcing-t...
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What to Make of That Mamdani-Trump Meeting? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...
What to Make of That Mamdani-Trump Meeting?
So Trump didn’t rendition Mamdani. They appear to be huge friends now....
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
What to Make of That Mamdani-Trump Meeting? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...
A selection of poems of Mario dell'Arco in Trafika Europe: www.trafikaeurope.org/day-lasts-fo...
Poems from Day Lasts Forever by Mario dell’Arco, translated from the Romanesco by Marc Alan di Martino - Trafika Europe
www.trafikaeurope.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A selection of poems of Mario dell'Arco in Trafika Europe: www.trafikaeurope.org/day-lasts-fo...
Perp walk his ass.
Envious
"’Brazil's democracy has reached sufficient maturity to steer away and prosecute pathetic illegal initiatives to defend the criminal organization that is responsible for a coup d'etat attempt in Brazil,’ he added.”
"’Brazil's democracy has reached sufficient maturity to steer away and prosecute pathetic illegal initiatives to defend the criminal organization that is responsible for a coup d'etat attempt in Brazil,’ he added.”
Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, with a judge claiming the former president was intent on escaping as he was set to begin his prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Perp walk his ass.
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BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
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November 21, 2025
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
November 21, 2025
You must refuse illegal orders.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You must refuse illegal orders.
There is a tribunal awaiting these criminals in some future world.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There is a tribunal awaiting these criminals in some future world.
Two poems from On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/another-gree...
“Another Green World” and “Wild” – On the Seawall
www.ronslate.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Two poems from On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/another-gree...
This sounds good.
tuna salad with pear and guacamole on toasted sourdough
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This sounds good.
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Breaking WaPo:
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.
The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned.
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.
The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Breaking WaPo:
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.
The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned.
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.
The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned.
He's flailing. At what point does he just implode?
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
He's flailing. At what point does he just implode?
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I’m sorry but this seems bad
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m sorry but this seems bad
Almost a haiku: haikuniverse.com/heredity-by-...
Heredity by Marc Alan Di Martino
Ancient litigious bone stuck in my craw.
haikuniverse.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Almost a haiku: haikuniverse.com/heredity-by-...
I have to say I think this is a snobbish position. Sagan would likely disagree. Other people are just as complex as we are.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I have to say I think this is a snobbish position. Sagan would likely disagree. Other people are just as complex as we are.
I suspect what we don't yet know is likely much more sickening than what we do.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I suspect what we don't yet know is likely much more sickening than what we do.
How long will Johnson last as Speaker?
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
How long will Johnson last as Speaker?
'Lame duckness' is the word of the moment.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
'Lame duckness' is the word of the moment.
Germany went through denazification after the war. America will have to go through demagaization after trump.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Germany went through denazification after the war. America will have to go through demagaization after trump.
Bunga-bunga is what ended Berlusconi's political career.
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bunga-bunga is what ended Berlusconi's political career.
Something will happen today.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Something will happen today.
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If you want a _very_ brief poem this morning, @havehashad.com and I can provide.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you want a _very_ brief poem this morning, @havehashad.com and I can provide.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...
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19 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Benjamin Vischschoonmaker, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with his mother Sara.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with his mother Sara.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
19 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Benjamin Vischschoonmaker, was born in Amsterdam.
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with his mother Sara.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with his mother Sara.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
We've become so accepting of the idea that nothing can touch him that many are looking at what's happening here as 'la di da'. I think it's significant.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We've become so accepting of the idea that nothing can touch him that many are looking at what's happening here as 'la di da'. I think it's significant.
Yes.
that feeling when you’re writing and the words just lock together is priceless. AI could never.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Yes.