Mary Peelen
@ohmary.bsky.social
Poet, author of QUANTUM HERESIES. Writing in Massachusetts Review, Colorado Review, MQR, AQR, Beloit Poetry Journal, Poetry Daily, Poetry Review (UK) Website: marypeelen.com
I have played 1000 Wordles ! Huzzah.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I have played 1000 Wordles ! Huzzah.
Hello and very many thanks to @themassreview.bsky.social
My poem "Emergency"--on a fraught trip to a Parisian hospital--is online now :
My poem "Emergency"--on a fraught trip to a Parisian hospital--is online now :
Project MUSE - Emergency
muse.jhu.edu
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hello and very many thanks to @themassreview.bsky.social
My poem "Emergency"--on a fraught trip to a Parisian hospital--is online now :
My poem "Emergency"--on a fraught trip to a Parisian hospital--is online now :
Reposted by Mary Peelen
X’s decision to show where its accounts are based “is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency”—yet Elon Musk may have instead revealed that the platform is “just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
X’s decision to show where its accounts are based “is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency”—yet Elon Musk may have instead revealed that the platform is “just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
I have a new poem in The Massachusetts Review !! a piece called "Emergency" about a very creepy evening at an eye hospital in Paris.
Many thanks to the very excellent @themassreview.bsky.social
Many thanks to the very excellent @themassreview.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have a new poem in The Massachusetts Review !! a piece called "Emergency" about a very creepy evening at an eye hospital in Paris.
Many thanks to the very excellent @themassreview.bsky.social
Many thanks to the very excellent @themassreview.bsky.social
Diane Seuss working her genius in Blackbird:
Read "In every religion, a purifying" by the legendary Diane Seuss in our latest Flight 23.4. Link in bio and below! 🐦⬛
blackbird.vcu.edu/in-every-rel...
blackbird.vcu.edu/in-every-rel...
September 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Diane Seuss working her genius in Blackbird:
I just got permanent residency !!
July 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I just got permanent residency !!
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Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.
June 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.
No Kings at la Bastille, Paris
June 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
No Kings at la Bastille, Paris
I have a new website!! and I'd love to know what you think :
marypeelen.com
Many thanks to the very excellent digital designer/editor/poet @kristindsanders.bsky.social
marypeelen.com
Many thanks to the very excellent digital designer/editor/poet @kristindsanders.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I have a new website!! and I'd love to know what you think :
marypeelen.com
Many thanks to the very excellent digital designer/editor/poet @kristindsanders.bsky.social
marypeelen.com
Many thanks to the very excellent digital designer/editor/poet @kristindsanders.bsky.social
I keep rereading this poem by Jane Zwart, finding amazement each time.
Every peach / a geode.
@poetryfoundation.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social
Every peach / a geode.
@poetryfoundation.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social
Feeling grateful (also floored) to turn to a page in Poetry Magazine & find this poem I wrote, with all admiration, after Mary Oliver's "When Death Comes."
Thank you, Adrian, Lindsay, Holly, et al.
Thank you, Adrian, Lindsay, Holly, et al.
May 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I keep rereading this poem by Jane Zwart, finding amazement each time.
Every peach / a geode.
@poetryfoundation.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social
Every peach / a geode.
@poetryfoundation.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social
RIP Martha Silano, fine poet.
You will be remembered.
You will be remembered.
May 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
RIP Martha Silano, fine poet.
You will be remembered.
You will be remembered.
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Astrophysicist Joan Feynman was born #OTD in 1927.
She explained the origin of auroras, discovered that coronal mass ejections could be identified by the amount of helium in the solar wind, and elucidated the structure of Earth's magnetosphere. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Charles Hirshberg
She explained the origin of auroras, discovered that coronal mass ejections could be identified by the amount of helium in the solar wind, and elucidated the structure of Earth's magnetosphere. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Charles Hirshberg
March 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Astrophysicist Joan Feynman was born #OTD in 1927.
She explained the origin of auroras, discovered that coronal mass ejections could be identified by the amount of helium in the solar wind, and elucidated the structure of Earth's magnetosphere. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Charles Hirshberg
She explained the origin of auroras, discovered that coronal mass ejections could be identified by the amount of helium in the solar wind, and elucidated the structure of Earth's magnetosphere. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Image: Charles Hirshberg
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#OnThisDay in 1942, Bainbridge Island's Japanese American residents, the first to be incarcerated under Executive Order 9066, were removed from their homes. historylink.org/File/8277
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#OnThisDay in 1942, Bainbridge Island's Japanese American residents, the first to be incarcerated under Executive Order 9066, were removed from their homes. historylink.org/File/8277
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Vive la France.
PARIS (AP) — French judge rules far-right leader Marine Le Pen is barred from seeking public office with immediate effect
March 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Vive la France.
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Lettre de l’ambassade américaine aux entreprises françaises : « Les leçons de probité ont longtemps constitué un excellent business pour les Etats-Unis »
Lettre de l’ambassade américaine aux entreprises françaises : « Les leçons de probité ont longtemps constitué un excellent business pour les Etats-Unis »
Donald Trump défend une vision rétrograde du mérite, qu’il veut désormais nous imposer. Pourtant, l’inclusion des minorités relève tout autant d’un impératif éthique que d’efficacité économique, constate Isabelle Chaperon, journaliste économique au « Monde ».
www.lemonde.fr
March 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Lettre de l’ambassade américaine aux entreprises françaises : « Les leçons de probité ont longtemps constitué un excellent business pour les Etats-Unis »
Certains de ces organes ont
Une tendance naturelle de ne
Plus vouloir leurs propensions.
from Poème du stérilet by Carrie Chappell @chapp010.bsky.social
Une tendance naturelle de ne
Plus vouloir leurs propensions.
from Poème du stérilet by Carrie Chappell @chapp010.bsky.social
Poème du stérilet
Ce poème porte une
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Certains de ces organes ont
Une tendance naturelle de ne
Plus vouloir leurs propensions.
from Poème du stérilet by Carrie Chappell @chapp010.bsky.social
Une tendance naturelle de ne
Plus vouloir leurs propensions.
from Poème du stérilet by Carrie Chappell @chapp010.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations to @fionalarkin.bsky.social on her UK National Poetry Competition win. Richly deserved for a fine, affecting poem.
bit.ly/41Tsq3K
bit.ly/41Tsq3K
‘Impressive, ingenious and affecting’ poem about missing an absent son wins National Poetry Competition
Fiona Larkin’s poem uses Finnish grammar to explore her feelings about her son’s move from the UK to Brisbane
bit.ly
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Huge congratulations to @fionalarkin.bsky.social on her UK National Poetry Competition win. Richly deserved for a fine, affecting poem.
bit.ly/41Tsq3K
bit.ly/41Tsq3K
Wow: this poem. "Pentimento" by Jenny Molberg on Verse Daily today. @jennymolberg.bsky.social www.versedaily.org/2025/pentime...?
March 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Wow: this poem. "Pentimento" by Jenny Molberg on Verse Daily today. @jennymolberg.bsky.social www.versedaily.org/2025/pentime...?
Czarlink
A Musk lieutenant ventured onto a roof to install Starlink. The Secret Service didn’t know he was there. The incident triggered a confrontation over conflicts of interest & cyber and physical security www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex (Gift Article)
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Czarlink
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The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
guides.lib.virginia.edu
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
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Appel pour un accueil des chercheurs américains : « Notre devoir en Europe est de réagir collectivement et de proposer des solutions »
Appel pour un accueil des chercheurs américains : « Notre devoir en Europe est de réagir collectivement et de proposer des solutions »
La censure de la recherche américaine affecte l’ensemble de la planète puisque nombre de projets internationaux incluent des chercheuses et chercheurs américains, alerte, dans une tribune au « Monde », un collectif scientifique, qui appelle les universités françaises et européennes à la solidarité.
www.lemonde.fr
March 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Appel pour un accueil des chercheurs américains : « Notre devoir en Europe est de réagir collectivement et de proposer des solutions »
They don't want women to vote.
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
They don't want women to vote.