mathew yates
@mathewyates.bsky.social
queer poet & painter | from Paducah, KY w roots in MS & Appalachia | in IN | hermit | disabled | cptsd | survivor | fluid | non-binary| trans | they/she/he 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
✍️ in Protean, Malarkey, Ghost City, Stone Circle, & others
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mathew yates
@mathewyates.bsky.social
· May 24
i have a new poem out this week in issue 19 of @beestung.bsky.social grateful to the amazing & caring @sarahclark.bsky.social ! 💛💛🐝
beestungmag.com/issue19/one-...
beestungmag.com/issue19/one-...
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I have zero desire to be rich. My big dream in life is the means to sustain a literary life with my partner, writing, running the bookstore, doing the work ourselves. But books cost money and great indie publishers like @malarkeybooks.bsky.social + Deep Overstock deserve compensation for their work
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I have zero desire to be rich. My big dream in life is the means to sustain a literary life with my partner, writing, running the bookstore, doing the work ourselves. But books cost money and great indie publishers like @malarkeybooks.bsky.social + Deep Overstock deserve compensation for their work
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Chris Thile was on @npr.org's All Things Considered to talk with @doperle.bsky.social from @wkmsfm.bsky.social in Murray, KY, about his new album, 'Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2,' which he recorded in multiple locations of personal significance including Murray: www.nonesuch.com/journal/list...
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Chris Thile was on @npr.org's All Things Considered to talk with @doperle.bsky.social from @wkmsfm.bsky.social in Murray, KY, about his new album, 'Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2,' which he recorded in multiple locations of personal significance including Murray: www.nonesuch.com/journal/list...
not quite done but finished for the night and feel like sharing
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
not quite done but finished for the night and feel like sharing
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
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the only thing musk should be remembered for
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the only thing musk should be remembered for
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
it is kinda interesting that enki, zeus, and amun all have four letters. i wonder if the ancients were like wow 4 letters is holy as shit.
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
it is kinda interesting that enki, zeus, and amun all have four letters. i wonder if the ancients were like wow 4 letters is holy as shit.
to er is human, to house divine
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
to er is human, to house divine
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Li Bai, tr. Arthur Cooper
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Li Bai, tr. Arthur Cooper
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Israel is bombing Gaza again. The so-called ceasefire has only made it harder to draw attention to ongoing violence, but Sama'a and her family need us now more than ever.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Israel is bombing Gaza again. The so-called ceasefire has only made it harder to draw attention to ongoing violence, but Sama'a and her family need us now more than ever.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
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icymi in 1937 Leadbelly wrote the couplet "Home of the brave, land of the free / don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie"
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
icymi in 1937 Leadbelly wrote the couplet "Home of the brave, land of the free / don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie"
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This was the worst way to find out Keith Olbermann is on bluesky.
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This was the worst way to find out Keith Olbermann is on bluesky.
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This is tomorrow night!
Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social
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Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social
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November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is tomorrow night!
Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social
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WILL IS FREE!!!!
will kim is still in ICE detention
will taeheung kim, a korean american scientist and doctoral candidate with a green card, is still being detained by ICE. he's been in detention since July 21, first at SFO for over a week and then in various ICE facilities all over the country.
November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
WILL IS FREE!!!!
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As a queer Kentuckian, I am honestly so fucking sick of hearing “fuck the South” from liberals and progressives. It’s a shit take and incredibly essentializing about one of the country’s most diverse and gerrymandered regions. Ppl need to get their hearts right
You seem to think I’m talking about MAGA. I am not. I am talking about the Black and queer and immigrant and Democratic voters who live in the South too. I think it IS sneering condescension to characterize everyone in the South as “Hitlerville” especially in light of Jim Crow
"you don't understand, it has to be okay for people from hitlerville Alabama to try to kill and torture people because it's sneering condescension if you decide you don't like them for it"
Our society would be infinitely better if liberals hated conservatives as much as they hate us.
Our society would be infinitely better if liberals hated conservatives as much as they hate us.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As a queer Kentuckian, I am honestly so fucking sick of hearing “fuck the South” from liberals and progressives. It’s a shit take and incredibly essentializing about one of the country’s most diverse and gerrymandered regions. Ppl need to get their hearts right
“talks about”
First I’m sorry that you had such tragic experiences. That’s horrific.
1) if a person on the news, such as a female journalist talks about a topic, does she deserve threats in a joking way?
2) would you believe those acceptable to receive on your account?
1) if a person on the news, such as a female journalist talks about a topic, does she deserve threats in a joking way?
2) would you believe those acceptable to receive on your account?
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“talks about”
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Dems should probably be running ads about how Republicans are gutting health coverage and SNAP to pay themselves.
They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dems should probably be running ads about how Republicans are gutting health coverage and SNAP to pay themselves.
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