Marthine Satris
@msatris.bsky.social
Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
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Read this now. The gumption, the work, the true community engagement that makes the alt weekly so important is all in Memo Torres
He spent almost a whole day with me. I divulged more than I usually do, things about my personal life I don’t talk about. I appreciated him taking a sincere interest. So just want to say thank you @gustavoarellano.bsky.social for this feature.
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Commentary: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted
“Daily Memo” has become the diary Los Angeles never asked for but which is now indispensable, documenting in real time one of the most terrifying chapters in the region's history.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Read this now. The gumption, the work, the true community engagement that makes the alt weekly so important is all in Memo Torres
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My grand unified theory of suburbia is that camera doorbells are like SUVs, they provide an illusion of security while making you more paranoid
“Camera doorbells are social cancer as a technology, breaking down social solidarity and further encouraging people to see strangers with suspicion.”
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My grand unified theory of suburbia is that camera doorbells are like SUVs, they provide an illusion of security while making you more paranoid
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Medina and Trevino joined Academy staff to scatter seeds of native bunchgrass on the mound, providing a food source and nesting material for new life. Shellmounds underscore that humans are not separate from nature, but are a part of it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Medina and Trevino joined Academy staff to scatter seeds of native bunchgrass on the mound, providing a food source and nesting material for new life. Shellmounds underscore that humans are not separate from nature, but are a part of it.
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Created in partnership with cultural leaders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino from Cafe Ohlone @makamham, the garden features plants that hold significance to the East Bay Ohlone community, and is adorned with abalone and oyster shells.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Created in partnership with cultural leaders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino from Cafe Ohlone @makamham, the garden features plants that hold significance to the East Bay Ohlone community, and is adorned with abalone and oyster shells.
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Shellmounds, sacred Ohlone sites used as burial places and gathering areas, were constructed by Indigenous people to connect with their ancestors, each other, and the land. Shellmounds can be found throughout the Bay Area & helped inspire the design of the Ohlone garden on the Academy’s Living Roof.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Shellmounds, sacred Ohlone sites used as burial places and gathering areas, were constructed by Indigenous people to connect with their ancestors, each other, and the land. Shellmounds can be found throughout the Bay Area & helped inspire the design of the Ohlone garden on the Academy’s Living Roof.
Great news for the climate, terrible news for data center fetishists.
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Great news for the climate, terrible news for data center fetishists.
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The bracket finals are here! “Cat Person” and Joyce Carol Oates square off in the fight to officially be named the most iconic moment of the literary internet.
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Championship Round*
We’ve reached the finals, after a week of nostalgia and a weekend of quarterfinal voting. The final two are a fitting last pairing, though we were sad to see Should writers read? and @GuyInYourMFA …
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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The bracket finals are here! “Cat Person” and Joyce Carol Oates square off in the fight to officially be named the most iconic moment of the literary internet.
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It's not just the Klamath River where salmon are making a triumphant return. Nice success story in Alameda Creek, too: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
‘Epic’: Salmon seen far upstream in Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years
After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It's not just the Klamath River where salmon are making a triumphant return. Nice success story in Alameda Creek, too: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
As an alum who, at her 20 year reunion, chose to go learn about and celebrate this place based, interdisciplinary initiative that I wish I'd had access to during my years on campus, I'm very disappointed.
With zero explanation, Wellesley College closing down a beloved and successful (and donor-funded) environmental justice program that (among other things) helps Indigenous students. thewellesleynews.com/22287/news-i...
Paulson Initiative to close, Suzanne Langridge dismissed
Wellesley College rejected Paulson Initiative donor Wendy Judge Paulson ’69’s renewed offer of donation, prompting the Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative to close at the end of the academic year. Pro...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
As an alum who, at her 20 year reunion, chose to go learn about and celebrate this place based, interdisciplinary initiative that I wish I'd had access to during my years on campus, I'm very disappointed.
On day 2 with a sick kindergartener: made it to 9:30 am before turning the TV on.
Mary Poppins is the greatest nanny, so that movie counts as decent childcare right?
Mary Poppins is the greatest nanny, so that movie counts as decent childcare right?
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On day 2 with a sick kindergartener: made it to 9:30 am before turning the TV on.
Mary Poppins is the greatest nanny, so that movie counts as decent childcare right?
Mary Poppins is the greatest nanny, so that movie counts as decent childcare right?
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Sunday, 11/23 TOMORROW
En Plein Air: A Generative Writing Walk
1:00 PM
The Last Straw (San Francisco)
Step outside and gather material directly from the landscape. Over the afternoon you’ll move through both cityscape and nature, using what you notice to spark new ideas.
luma.com/6pets032
Sunday, 11/23 TOMORROW
En Plein Air: A Generative Writing Walk
1:00 PM
The Last Straw (San Francisco)
Step outside and gather material directly from the landscape. Over the afternoon you’ll move through both cityscape and nature, using what you notice to spark new ideas.
luma.com/6pets032
En Plein Air: A Generative Writing Walk · Luma
Writing En Plein Air is a generative writing walk led by Alex Wolfe in collaboration with The Last Straw. This walk invites you to step outside and gather…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Sunday, 11/23 TOMORROW
En Plein Air: A Generative Writing Walk
1:00 PM
The Last Straw (San Francisco)
Step outside and gather material directly from the landscape. Over the afternoon you’ll move through both cityscape and nature, using what you notice to spark new ideas.
luma.com/6pets032
Sunday, 11/23 TOMORROW
En Plein Air: A Generative Writing Walk
1:00 PM
The Last Straw (San Francisco)
Step outside and gather material directly from the landscape. Over the afternoon you’ll move through both cityscape and nature, using what you notice to spark new ideas.
luma.com/6pets032
Oh I definitely needed this
You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Oh I definitely needed this
OAKLAND, does anyone need help eating all their ripe hachiya persimmons? Offering my services.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
OAKLAND, does anyone need help eating all their ripe hachiya persimmons? Offering my services.
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Here's one of them...
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Here's one of them...
Nature facts I've recently learned that make me go WOW (so far I only have 2, but that's enough for a thread):
1. Beavers have cloaca (and in the males, penis bones)! They are extremely unusual in being a mammal with a cloaca (some marsupials do too but they're already unhinged).
Source: Goldfarb
1. Beavers have cloaca (and in the males, penis bones)! They are extremely unusual in being a mammal with a cloaca (some marsupials do too but they're already unhinged).
Source: Goldfarb
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Nature facts I've recently learned that make me go WOW (so far I only have 2, but that's enough for a thread):
1. Beavers have cloaca (and in the males, penis bones)! They are extremely unusual in being a mammal with a cloaca (some marsupials do too but they're already unhinged).
Source: Goldfarb
1. Beavers have cloaca (and in the males, penis bones)! They are extremely unusual in being a mammal with a cloaca (some marsupials do too but they're already unhinged).
Source: Goldfarb
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in its heyday, Literary Twitter made me feel like I was walking into a giant exuberant snowglobe full of other writers, readers, & editors
The Lit Hub brackets are making me miss Literary Twitter a lot tbh. Ever since that hellsite became… whatever it is now, and I eventually deactivated, I haven’t really felt connected to the lit communities. A couple years before that idiot bought Twitter, I was just
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
in its heyday, Literary Twitter made me feel like I was walking into a giant exuberant snowglobe full of other writers, readers, & editors
Devon has found some GREAT arts happenings from now through the weekend in the Bay -- most of which are not in the other events calendars! She's doing an amazing job surfacing gems, definitely recommend subscribing: open.substack.com/pub/devonyou...
The Lady Doth [Protest] Too Much
Protest music for creative resistance, risograph prints, and a gramophone concert with DJ GrampaPhone
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November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Devon has found some GREAT arts happenings from now through the weekend in the Bay -- most of which are not in the other events calendars! She's doing an amazing job surfacing gems, definitely recommend subscribing: open.substack.com/pub/devonyou...
Good to see this review, though I think this collection offers a TON more to talk about. This is such a beautifully crafted book, weaving a crisis of conscience into questions of what we hope to find when we seek out beauty, when we turn away fr OR toward politics. It's also clever, funny, and true!
NBCC member Christopher Kempf reviewed Juliana Spahr's poetry collection "Ars Poeticas" for the online reviews magazine Preposition:
Spahr // ARS POETICAS | PREPOSITION
PREPOSITION
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November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Good to see this review, though I think this collection offers a TON more to talk about. This is such a beautifully crafted book, weaving a crisis of conscience into questions of what we hope to find when we seek out beauty, when we turn away fr OR toward politics. It's also clever, funny, and true!
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Only eight remain in our What Was Literary Twitter? bracket. What will the final four look like? Vote here to find out!
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 4*
It’s day four, and only 8 out of original 64 are left after yesterday’s voting! The polls today will determine who wins their quadrant (or is it “region”? Or “zone”? We’re not sports people) …
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Only eight remain in our What Was Literary Twitter? bracket. What will the final four look like? Vote here to find out!
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We’ve got 20 free passes to preview new Chloé Zhao movie Hamnet, with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, on Monday, November 24, 7pm at AMC Kabuki, SF—but act fast! [GIVEAWAY]
Score a free pass to new movie 'Hamnet'! - 48 hills
We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Chloé Zhao's new movie imagining Shakespeare's world—but act fast!
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November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We’ve got 20 free passes to preview new Chloé Zhao movie Hamnet, with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, on Monday, November 24, 7pm at AMC Kabuki, SF—but act fast! [GIVEAWAY]
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
This is exactly the work of criticism that I love. Taking both the lyric & the critique of it seriously, while also noticing the emotional resonance that writing can have and valuing that too. By Maggie Millner for @yalereview.bsky.social
Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing? longreads.com/2025/09/03/i...
Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing? longreads.com/2025/09/03/i...
Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing? - Longreads
"Shame seemed like an obstacle to appreciating the poet. Instead, it became the key to understanding her work."
longreads.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This is exactly the work of criticism that I love. Taking both the lyric & the critique of it seriously, while also noticing the emotional resonance that writing can have and valuing that too. By Maggie Millner for @yalereview.bsky.social
Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing? longreads.com/2025/09/03/i...
Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing? longreads.com/2025/09/03/i...
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On day three of our What was Literary Twitter? bracket, some top seeds remain in the game, but the upsets haven’t stopped. Vote here to help your favorite literary internet moments keep climbing!
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 3*
Welcome to the third day of voting! We’re down to just 16, and it’s getting harder for me to discern how this thing will shake out, to be honest. Unsurprisingly, a few top seeds remain—bad art frie…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On day three of our What was Literary Twitter? bracket, some top seeds remain in the game, but the upsets haven’t stopped. Vote here to help your favorite literary internet moments keep climbing!