Marthea
@martheawebber.bsky.social
I write things, love NBA dog fans, and read weird shit online. Find my writing linked at Marthea.com
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Marthea
@martheawebber.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Finished my mini-banner and it’s up! Stay strong Charlotte and fuck ICE! #fuckice #charlotte
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While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
I’ve never doubted my marriage until tonight. My husband asked if I knew the couple with the corgi that lived down the street and I said, “do you mean Wally?” And he admitted he didn’t know the corgi’s name. The corgi who has lived on our street for two years who has a heart and a soul and a song.
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I’ve never doubted my marriage until tonight. My husband asked if I knew the couple with the corgi that lived down the street and I said, “do you mean Wally?” And he admitted he didn’t know the corgi’s name. The corgi who has lived on our street for two years who has a heart and a soul and a song.
Okay it’s been 18 years, now you can be honest: how much did you pay for In Rainbows when it came out? #radiohead
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Okay it’s been 18 years, now you can be honest: how much did you pay for In Rainbows when it came out? #radiohead
Finished my mini-banner and it’s up! Stay strong Charlotte and fuck ICE! #fuckice #charlotte
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Finished my mini-banner and it’s up! Stay strong Charlotte and fuck ICE! #fuckice #charlotte
On my bike ride into work this morning a hawk swept over me in the sky, landed on a lamppost, and then took a dump. I never realized I held assumptions about what hawk poop would look like, but this moment absolutely defied them. If this wasn’t the Kantian sublime, I don’t know what is.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On my bike ride into work this morning a hawk swept over me in the sky, landed on a lamppost, and then took a dump. I never realized I held assumptions about what hawk poop would look like, but this moment absolutely defied them. If this wasn’t the Kantian sublime, I don’t know what is.
this thread will record my first watch ever of Dawson’s Creek with my husband, a long time fan
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
this thread will record my first watch ever of Dawson’s Creek with my husband, a long time fan
On the one hand, I have a delightful stack of books still to read. So it’s good I only need one free hand to order this essay collection on @bookshop.org immediately!
Tochi Onyebuchi's amazing essay collection, out now on my imprint, is NPR's book of the day!!!! www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
Tochi Onyebuchi’s 'Racebook' is a 'personal history' of a less serious time online : NPR's Book of the Day
Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a “skinless, raceless entity” until he experienced a shift around 2012. ...
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On the one hand, I have a delightful stack of books still to read. So it’s good I only need one free hand to order this essay collection on @bookshop.org immediately!
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
My neighborhood fishmonger just called me “kid” and i felt like i was in Newsies! #shoplocal
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My neighborhood fishmonger just called me “kid” and i felt like i was in Newsies! #shoplocal
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
I’m very excited this video essay I made just went up on Graywolf Lab! It’s about who we become in online spaces and also a bit of a diss track against Q*Bert
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
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Marthea Webber Marthea Webber (she/her) writes and teaches in Goleta, California. She is an expert at loving dogs and ointmenting their eyes. Her writing has appeared in Bending Genres, Hearth &…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I’m very excited this video essay I made just went up on Graywolf Lab! It’s about who we become in online spaces and also a bit of a diss track against Q*Bert
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
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Everybody is looking back at tapes like Nick Nolte in Blue Chips
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Everybody is looking back at tapes like Nick Nolte in Blue Chips
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Why are we so drawn to stories and art? Because they’re our insides turned out for everyone to see — the darkness and the confetti in equal measure. 🌤️
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Why are we so drawn to stories and art? Because they’re our insides turned out for everyone to see — the darkness and the confetti in equal measure. 🌤️
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
October 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
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t's hot pynchon fall, where almost everyone in the news has a stupid name, the grift is on, and we're all either deteriorating from paranoia or seeing reality in all its firework against a night sky sharpness
September 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
t's hot pynchon fall, where almost everyone in the news has a stupid name, the grift is on, and we're all either deteriorating from paranoia or seeing reality in all its firework against a night sky sharpness
It’s been four years since Gaby passed on the equinox, but she is often in my thoughts and her magic still touches me. She was my Kira of Xanadu. I wish we could have another skate at Moonlight, another song at the Smog Cutter, another all night hang with another flip of a record.
Gabrielle Ader Obituary (1975 - 2021) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times
View Gabrielle L. Ader's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
www.legacy.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s been four years since Gaby passed on the equinox, but she is often in my thoughts and her magic still touches me. She was my Kira of Xanadu. I wish we could have another skate at Moonlight, another song at the Smog Cutter, another all night hang with another flip of a record.
I finally caught the sourdough bug! my starter is named Luka Doughcic 🏀
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I finally caught the sourdough bug! my starter is named Luka Doughcic 🏀
SO looking forward to @opensecretsmag.bsky.social Book Club with @athenadixon.bsky.social on September 30th.
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September 2025 Open Secrets Book Club Pick: 'The Loneliness Files' by Athena Dixon
Join us as we explore loneliness as we read Athena Dixon's memoir
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September 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
SO looking forward to @opensecretsmag.bsky.social Book Club with @athenadixon.bsky.social on September 30th.
opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre...
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I love to preorder 2-4 books on @bookshop.org whilst tipsy to keep myself guessing.
August 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I love to preorder 2-4 books on @bookshop.org whilst tipsy to keep myself guessing.
Con: my doomsayer bard character, Metanoia, just rolled a nat 1 on a death saving roll
Pro: I get to make a joke about Weekend at Bernie’s
#dnd #dungeondudes
Pro: I get to make a joke about Weekend at Bernie’s
#dnd #dungeondudes
August 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Con: my doomsayer bard character, Metanoia, just rolled a nat 1 on a death saving roll
Pro: I get to make a joke about Weekend at Bernie’s
#dnd #dungeondudes
Pro: I get to make a joke about Weekend at Bernie’s
#dnd #dungeondudes
Currently at a library event where a group of children are leading a mutiny since the performer isn’t playing Taylor Swift songs.
July 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Currently at a library event where a group of children are leading a mutiny since the performer isn’t playing Taylor Swift songs.
big lizard in my backyard, busting down my neighbor’s door
July 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
big lizard in my backyard, busting down my neighbor’s door