Murray Silverstein
@mosilverstein.bsky.social
Man, g-pa, retired architect, poet. 2024 book: RED STUDIO, Sixteen Rivers Press.
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We had a brilliant time this past Thursday listening to the Da Vinci Junior High School students read from TO THE HUMAN RACE, their latest chapbook of poems. Such passionate poems about their place in the world as they face the tragedy of the climate crisis. Bravo! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetnews
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We had a brilliant time this past Thursday listening to the Da Vinci Junior High School students read from TO THE HUMAN RACE, their latest chapbook of poems. Such passionate poems about their place in the world as they face the tragedy of the climate crisis. Bravo! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetnews
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"I co-wrote Trump's first anti-
terrorism plan in 2017-2018. He's not
trying to stop "left wing" terrorism.
He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false
flag - meant to provoke a response
in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious."
Miles Taylor
terrorism plan in 2017-2018. He's not
trying to stop "left wing" terrorism.
He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false
flag - meant to provoke a response
in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious."
Miles Taylor
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"I co-wrote Trump's first anti-
terrorism plan in 2017-2018. He's not
trying to stop "left wing" terrorism.
He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false
flag - meant to provoke a response
in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious."
Miles Taylor
terrorism plan in 2017-2018. He's not
trying to stop "left wing" terrorism.
He is staging it.
His troop deployments are a false
flag - meant to provoke a response
in order to justify harsh crackdowns.
This is now very obvious."
Miles Taylor
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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Donald Trump is AGAIN suing to avoid sending food to hungry children and seniors.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Donald Trump is AGAIN suing to avoid sending food to hungry children and seniors.
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If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
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November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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If they didn't have bad faith, they'd have no faith at all.
While Stephen Miller claims that Democrats calling him a fascist constitutes incitement, there are hundreds of examples of Miller publicly calling Democrats fascists.
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If they didn't have bad faith, they'd have no faith at all.
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Good News! @nytimes.com lawsuit waged by #47 for $15 billion defamation suit...Florida judge tosses it out!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
BREAKING: A federal judge in Florida tosses President Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Federal judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation lawsuit against New York Times
A federal judge in Florida has tossed President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against New York Times.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Good News! @nytimes.com lawsuit waged by #47 for $15 billion defamation suit...Florida judge tosses it out!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
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ICE arrested the husband of a Dem candidate, a disabled U.S. Army vet in a wheelchair, at his own naturalization hearing.
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has lived here 25+ yrs, earned multiple medals, & served with Veterans for Peace. He has a green card.
This is racist political persecution.
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has lived here 25+ yrs, earned multiple medals, & served with Veterans for Peace. He has a green card.
This is racist political persecution.
August 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I am so damn proud to be a California Democrat today. Who’s with me?
Vote YES on Prop 50.
Let’s win this 🔥
Vote YES on Prop 50.
Let’s win this 🔥
August 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I am so damn proud to be a California Democrat today. Who’s with me?
Vote YES on Prop 50.
Let’s win this 🔥
Vote YES on Prop 50.
Let’s win this 🔥
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MFG! Close to home. And the ICE goon repeating, “It’s fine. it’s fine.” It’s NOT fine! This administration—Trump, Miller, Bondi, Homan, Rubio, the whole lot—are criminals. Share this post far and wide. #criminals #ICE #resist
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
MFG! Close to home. And the ICE goon repeating, “It’s fine. it’s fine.” It’s NOT fine! This administration—Trump, Miller, Bondi, Homan, Rubio, the whole lot—are criminals. Share this post far and wide. #criminals #ICE #resist
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This poem by Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson who died this past week reminds us that we are magnificently mortal. Thank you, Andrea, for your life’s work, and thank you @chenchenwrites.bsky.social for posting this poem today. #poetrysky #poetry #beauty
July 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This poem by Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson who died this past week reminds us that we are magnificently mortal. Thank you, Andrea, for your life’s work, and thank you @chenchenwrites.bsky.social for posting this poem today. #poetrysky #poetry #beauty
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A ray of hope in a dark time.
@billmckibben.bsky.social delivers.
@billmckibben.bsky.social delivers.
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A ray of hope in a dark time.
@billmckibben.bsky.social delivers.
@billmckibben.bsky.social delivers.
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Why isn’t anything going on in the senate?
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?
Because the barbarians are coming today.
What’s the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.
(Keeley and Sherrard translation)
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?
Because the barbarians are coming today.
What’s the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.
(Keeley and Sherrard translation)
July 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why isn’t anything going on in the senate?
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?
Because the barbarians are coming today.
What’s the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.
(Keeley and Sherrard translation)
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?
Because the barbarians are coming today.
What’s the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.
(Keeley and Sherrard translation)
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It shouldn't be called Alligator Alcatraz. It's not a prison. Alacatraz was a prison, housing people convicted by juries, after a trial, sentenced by a judge, after arguments, due process, and with legal representation.
Again, it's not a prison. It's a concentration camp. It's Alligator Auschwitz.
Again, it's not a prison. It's a concentration camp. It's Alligator Auschwitz.
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It shouldn't be called Alligator Alcatraz. It's not a prison. Alacatraz was a prison, housing people convicted by juries, after a trial, sentenced by a judge, after arguments, due process, and with legal representation.
Again, it's not a prison. It's a concentration camp. It's Alligator Auschwitz.
Again, it's not a prison. It's a concentration camp. It's Alligator Auschwitz.
bsky.app
June 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Sixteen Rivers poets Murray Silverstein, Alice Templeton, and Christina Lloyd will be spreading laughter and wonder tonight in Petaluma. Aqus Cafe, 6:15. #PoetrySky #poetry #Petaluma #BookSky @mosilverstein.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sixteen Rivers poets Murray Silverstein, Alice Templeton, and Christina Lloyd will be spreading laughter and wonder tonight in Petaluma. Aqus Cafe, 6:15. #PoetrySky #poetry #Petaluma #BookSky @mosilverstein.bsky.social
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The North Bay Bohemian’s Kary Hess wrote a sweet little piece on Terry Ehret & Nancy J. Morales’ translation of Plagios/Plagiarisms by Ulalume Gonzalez de Leon.
A Trilogy in Verse: ‘Plagios, Volume III’ Released By Local Translators | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties
Translator and educator Nancy Morales didn’t expect a former student’s invitation to join a literary translation project to blossom into a multi-book endeavor. But it did—and over the next several ye...
bohemian.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The North Bay Bohemian’s Kary Hess wrote a sweet little piece on Terry Ehret & Nancy J. Morales’ translation of Plagios/Plagiarisms by Ulalume Gonzalez de Leon.
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The same kind of folks who spent years complaining about masks that slowed the spread of disease are now wearing masks to facilitate the spread of fascism
May 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The same kind of folks who spent years complaining about masks that slowed the spread of disease are now wearing masks to facilitate the spread of fascism
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Percival Everett’s JAMES blew my mind—beautiful, shattering, gorgeous. I cannot begin to convey how deeply I was moved by it. To live in Everett’s prose and in James’ story is to be forever changed. #literature #writingcommunity #percivaleverett
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Percival Everett’s JAMES blew my mind—beautiful, shattering, gorgeous. I cannot begin to convey how deeply I was moved by it. To live in Everett’s prose and in James’ story is to be forever changed. #literature #writingcommunity #percivaleverett
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This post is the closest I’ve gotten to being able to put together a master theory for Why This Is All Happening: why Trump could get elected, why Biden never got any credit, and why certain stuff never seems to break through open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
April 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This post is the closest I’ve gotten to being able to put together a master theory for Why This Is All Happening: why Trump could get elected, why Biden never got any credit, and why certain stuff never seems to break through open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
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Elon Musk has committed a blatant felony by offering money for votes in order to help Brad Schimel. This is a chainsaw attack on democracy and the rule of law. Musk should be brought to justice immediately. 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Elon Musk has committed a blatant felony by offering money for votes in order to help Brad Schimel. This is a chainsaw attack on democracy and the rule of law. Musk should be brought to justice immediately. 🧵
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."