A. Naomi Martin
@anaomimartin.bsky.social
She / they
SFF author.
Teacher.
Chronically ill plant mom.
SFF author.
Teacher.
Chronically ill plant mom.
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When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
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Seriously, it's a good time to log off. Reading all these old emails and headlines isn't activism. Please take care of yourselves.
also if you find child sexual assault triggering for Whatever Reason, holy shit the news and bluesky are extremely brutal right now
take care of yourselves. much love.
take care of yourselves. much love.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Seriously, it's a good time to log off. Reading all these old emails and headlines isn't activism. Please take care of yourselves.
In #KodakJacket, a college student’s photographic acts of resistance cost him more than just film. Increasingly entangled in conspiracy and heartache, will the photographer reject or perpetuate the system he sought to criticize?
If this sounds like your kind of movie, we’d love your support!
If this sounds like your kind of movie, we’d love your support!
Kodak Jacket - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
When a film photographer takes the wrong photo of the wrong person, he becomes involved with conspiracies, breakups, coverups and more! He soon realizes that his side hobby, one started as a minor act...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In #KodakJacket, a college student’s photographic acts of resistance cost him more than just film. Increasingly entangled in conspiracy and heartache, will the photographer reject or perpetuate the system he sought to criticize?
If this sounds like your kind of movie, we’d love your support!
If this sounds like your kind of movie, we’d love your support!
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Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
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Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think
Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
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No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.
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a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.
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May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
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incredible, they cop-tensed the possible beginning of the next world war
The U.S., notoriously passive and bombing another country because someone made us do it
June 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
incredible, they cop-tensed the possible beginning of the next world war
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Don’t let anyone convince you that change comes via “waiting it out” or bending the knee to oppressive power. There’s only one way forward, only one way out. You have to find a way to fight.
June 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Don’t let anyone convince you that change comes via “waiting it out” or bending the knee to oppressive power. There’s only one way forward, only one way out. You have to find a way to fight.
I love live theater so much #hadestown is wonderful
June 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love live theater so much #hadestown is wonderful
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"ChatGPT isn't its own, unique problem. It's a symptom of a totalizing cultural paradigm in which passive consumption and regurgitation of content becomes the status quo."
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"ChatGPT isn't its own, unique problem. It's a symptom of a totalizing cultural paradigm in which passive consumption and regurgitation of content becomes the status quo."
Kroger’s marketing team, seeing that it’s June: what if we advertised kombucha and rainbow sprinkles, neither of which we will put on sale
June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Kroger’s marketing team, seeing that it’s June: what if we advertised kombucha and rainbow sprinkles, neither of which we will put on sale
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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being a writer feels slightly insane right now. "oh time to hallucinate a bit and write it down in a document in case we're still publishing books about chaotic bisexuals in 2026" 🤣
just told the group chat that this job requires the relentless belief that anything will matter in 12-18 months.
just told the group chat that this job requires the relentless belief that anything will matter in 12-18 months.
February 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
being a writer feels slightly insane right now. "oh time to hallucinate a bit and write it down in a document in case we're still publishing books about chaotic bisexuals in 2026" 🤣
just told the group chat that this job requires the relentless belief that anything will matter in 12-18 months.
just told the group chat that this job requires the relentless belief that anything will matter in 12-18 months.
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may every trans child grow into a trans adult
February 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
may every trans child grow into a trans adult
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Langston Hughes
February 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Langston Hughes
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So far the war on so-called "DEI" - has come for
- women at the CIA who want to get together and celebrate women spies
- people at the Defense Intelligence Agency who want to observe...Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- apparently, any federal celebration of...Black History Month.
- women at the CIA who want to get together and celebrate women spies
- people at the Defense Intelligence Agency who want to observe...Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- apparently, any federal celebration of...Black History Month.
January 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So far the war on so-called "DEI" - has come for
- women at the CIA who want to get together and celebrate women spies
- people at the Defense Intelligence Agency who want to observe...Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- apparently, any federal celebration of...Black History Month.
- women at the CIA who want to get together and celebrate women spies
- people at the Defense Intelligence Agency who want to observe...Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- apparently, any federal celebration of...Black History Month.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
January 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other
November 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other