Maleea Acker
@emaleea.bsky.social
Poet, post-doc, geography lecturer, community-based researcher, journalist. Author of award-nominated “Hesitating Once to Feel Glory” (poems), Nightwood Editions, 2022 and “Gardens Aflame,” (NF) on LEKWUNGEN/WSANEC Garry oak meadows. Part dog, part plant.
I’m finding, and reporting, several cases of AI plagiarism in my intro English course every month at this point. They are all coming back as substantiated by the Academic Integrity committee. Is there any point to English Literature study in this new world? #definitionofdispirited
March 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’m finding, and reporting, several cases of AI plagiarism in my intro English course every month at this point. They are all coming back as substantiated by the Academic Integrity committee. Is there any point to English Literature study in this new world? #definitionofdispirited
What is it going to take for direct action, for former presidents to unmute, for general strikes, for actual resistance? Trans women dying in jail? Ukraine levelled? Where is the fucking huztpah of Americans?
March 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What is it going to take for direct action, for former presidents to unmute, for general strikes, for actual resistance? Trans women dying in jail? Ukraine levelled? Where is the fucking huztpah of Americans?
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The (benign) Dictator, the small planet in my last book of poems, just called to instruct me to sing a little song each morning: “Que bonita estoy, que bonita estoy, yo me quieeeerro…” then hung up. I’m still laughing.
February 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The (benign) Dictator, the small planet in my last book of poems, just called to instruct me to sing a little song each morning: “Que bonita estoy, que bonita estoy, yo me quieeeerro…” then hung up. I’m still laughing.
Not just snakes on the plane now! It’s snakes and tarantulas! And maybe rabid bats! All on the plane!
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Not just snakes on the plane now! It’s snakes and tarantulas! And maybe rabid bats! All on the plane!
My doctoral supervisor @reubenroseredwood.bsky.social, from back in the day, at his best on CBC news, comparing 47 to a bloated, poisonous, blimp fish that gets tossed onto beaches after storms to annoy barefoot walkers and titillate stray dogs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My doctoral supervisor @reubenroseredwood.bsky.social, from back in the day, at his best on CBC news, comparing 47 to a bloated, poisonous, blimp fish that gets tossed onto beaches after storms to annoy barefoot walkers and titillate stray dogs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Need respite from the horror? Listen to this gorgeous conversation with Rick Rubin and Vikingur Ólafsson. What he says about Bach and music is some of the most inspiring thinking I’ve listened to in years; it could also easily be applied to poetry and art. pca.st/episode/4714...
Víkingur Ólafsson - Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
In-depth interviews that may blow your mind.
With Rick Rubin
pca.st
February 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Need respite from the horror? Listen to this gorgeous conversation with Rick Rubin and Vikingur Ólafsson. What he says about Bach and music is some of the most inspiring thinking I’ve listened to in years; it could also easily be applied to poetry and art. pca.st/episode/4714...
I used to call these the Canada Council grant results flowers, as they were always in bloom when that fat or thin letter arrived. (Actual name, red-flowering currant)
February 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I used to call these the Canada Council grant results flowers, as they were always in bloom when that fat or thin letter arrived. (Actual name, red-flowering currant)
So there's a Dream Journal GPT, a Rupert Sheldrake GPT and an Alien GPT, in case you need an interpretation, a conversation about consciousness, or a new perspective. You're welcome. chatgpt.com/g/g-Es0S2343...
ChatGPT - AlienGPT
I am AlienGPT, a curious and insightful alien new to Earth. With no assumptions about human systems or cultures, I break down complex ideas and offer fresh, playful perspectives to help people questio...
chatgpt.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
So there's a Dream Journal GPT, a Rupert Sheldrake GPT and an Alien GPT, in case you need an interpretation, a conversation about consciousness, or a new perspective. You're welcome. chatgpt.com/g/g-Es0S2343...
Other than bourbon, I can’t really think of a comestible that US red states produce that I’ll miss. And even that, well…
February 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Other than bourbon, I can’t really think of a comestible that US red states produce that I’ll miss. And even that, well…
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Canada and Denmark share a 1.2 km long land border on Hans Island since we ended the Whisky War in 2022.
So technically we could join the European Union.
So technically we could join the European Union.
February 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Canada and Denmark share a 1.2 km long land border on Hans Island since we ended the Whisky War in 2022.
So technically we could join the European Union.
So technically we could join the European Union.
Much more excited about this, though.
Greatly looking forward to this––published Thursday.
Sebald's essays on Kafka, Roth, Stifter, Handke, Roth & others, superbly edited, translated & introduced by Jo Catling.
Sebald as critic; Sebald tracing in others the patterns & preoccupations that animate his own extraordinary 'prose fictions'.
Sebald's essays on Kafka, Roth, Stifter, Handke, Roth & others, superbly edited, translated & introduced by Jo Catling.
Sebald as critic; Sebald tracing in others the patterns & preoccupations that animate his own extraordinary 'prose fictions'.
Silent Catastrophes
‘We have become suspicious, rightly, of claims for literary greatness, but in Sebald’s case the claim was triumphantly justified. He was, he is, the real thing’ John Banville, Guardian
From acclaimed...
www.penguin.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Much more excited about this, though.
Really not inclined to be generous on this one.
‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute
‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute
Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk’s stated support for far-right
* Did Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and what’s the difference?
There were angry reactions across Europe to Elon…
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Really not inclined to be generous on this one.
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Don't let go of reality, no matter what the Trumpers say
billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality
billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality
For reality
A few thoughts on the last day of the old world
billmckibben.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don't let go of reality, no matter what the Trumpers say
billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality
billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality
I’m devastated by New Star’s closure. So many great books. My book, “Gardens Aflame,” about Garry oak meadow ecosystems, has sold well there for years thanks to Rolf.
Here's New Star catalogue. Also, certain @pfbvan.bsky.social can order them in for you if you are in Vancouver and want to collect rather than ship www.newstarbooks.com/index.php
New Star Books Publisher, Vancouver British Columbia Canada, Newstarbooks, catalogue
New Star Books is a Vancouver-based Books publishing company
www.newstarbooks.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I’m devastated by New Star’s closure. So many great books. My book, “Gardens Aflame,” about Garry oak meadow ecosystems, has sold well there for years thanks to Rolf.
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if you want artists to make weirder art, you have to create stable living conditions that allow them to. homogeneity isn't a matter of artists lacking culture-- there are many soulful artists out there-- it's a matter of unregulated corporate dominance combined with artists who cant afford to create
January 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you want artists to make weirder art, you have to create stable living conditions that allow them to. homogeneity isn't a matter of artists lacking culture-- there are many soulful artists out there-- it's a matter of unregulated corporate dominance combined with artists who cant afford to create
Enjoy this last weekend. May we make it one of hope, beauty, and art. May we keep focus on our loved ones and our community. May we fill our hearts to last for the dark years ahead.
January 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Enjoy this last weekend. May we make it one of hope, beauty, and art. May we keep focus on our loved ones and our community. May we fill our hearts to last for the dark years ahead.
Also very interested in this. Female friendships—complicated beasts.
I'm about 3/4 of the way through an ARC of @tiffwattsmith.bsky.social's upcoming book and I cannot wait for it to come out because I need to talk about it with everyone I know.
It is so, so fascinating.
For so many women, "that friend who just ditched me one day" is our Roman Empire.
It is so, so fascinating.
For so many women, "that friend who just ditched me one day" is our Roman Empire.
Bad Friend
A smart and thought-provoking memoir, history, and cultural critique about the turmoil and complexity of female friendship Our culture today is inundated wit...
us.macmillan.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Also very interested in this. Female friendships—complicated beasts.
Good advice.
Do check out my new Substack article, The Art of Reading and Performing Poetry. Based on my background training as a stage and TV actor, I explain and describe how those skills apply when doing poetry readings.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Good advice.
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How flammable is the modern home?
Watch this short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hA...
#lafires #LAFirestorm2025 @theguardian.com
Watch this short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hA...
#lafires #LAFirestorm2025 @theguardian.com
UL FSRI Home Furnishings Comparison (Natural vs. Synthetic)
YouTube video by Fire Safety Research Institute
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How flammable is the modern home?
Watch this short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hA...
#lafires #LAFirestorm2025 @theguardian.com
Watch this short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hA...
#lafires #LAFirestorm2025 @theguardian.com
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'The air, as dusk came, grew yellow, like the fog in Prufrock that licks its tongue into the corners of the evening.'
Colm Tóibín writes from Los Angeles, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín writes from Los Angeles, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín · In LA
A new fire started in Hollywood. It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
'The air, as dusk came, grew yellow, like the fog in Prufrock that licks its tongue into the corners of the evening.'
Colm Tóibín writes from Los Angeles, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín writes from Los Angeles, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"but we fall asleep next to each other
riding into the tunnel
sharing without knowing the same dream
in it we are carrying something
an empty casket somehow so heavy
only together can we carry it
over a bridge in the snow..."
— Matthew Zapruder, 'Poem for Passengers'.
#poetrycommunity
riding into the tunnel
sharing without knowing the same dream
in it we are carrying something
an empty casket somehow so heavy
only together can we carry it
over a bridge in the snow..."
— Matthew Zapruder, 'Poem for Passengers'.
#poetrycommunity
November 17, 2024 at 5:55 AM
"but we fall asleep next to each other
riding into the tunnel
sharing without knowing the same dream
in it we are carrying something
an empty casket somehow so heavy
only together can we carry it
over a bridge in the snow..."
— Matthew Zapruder, 'Poem for Passengers'.
#poetrycommunity
riding into the tunnel
sharing without knowing the same dream
in it we are carrying something
an empty casket somehow so heavy
only together can we carry it
over a bridge in the snow..."
— Matthew Zapruder, 'Poem for Passengers'.
#poetrycommunity
This looks (sounds) like a great thing.
MUSIC :: Tom Waits and Iggy Pop co-hosting this BBC Radio 6 show. I love this. Have listened to it four times already. Available online for the next few weeks.
BBC Radio 6 Music - Iggy Pop, In Conversation with Tom Waits
The Grammy Award-winning musician Tom Waits, co-hosts a special show with Iggy Pop.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This looks (sounds) like a great thing.
So THIS is where the poets all ended up.
November 7, 2023 at 2:54 AM
So THIS is where the poets all ended up.