Marianne Baretsky Peterson
@skybarett.bsky.social
e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader
(all true, might as well leave this until I think of something better! Oh I guess I should add Lead Editor @rfpress.bsky.social)
https://www.roifaineantpress.com/
(all true, might as well leave this until I think of something better! Oh I guess I should add Lead Editor @rfpress.bsky.social)
https://www.roifaineantpress.com/
If you happen to have a long weekend and the weather is not facilitating any outdoor plans to observe the holiday here in the US, I have the perfect thing for you! Or if you just need a way to improve your Monday! Check it out!
Ah, bonjour!
Guess what time it is? It's time for a star-studded issue of all the good words.
Still Alive 85 is live. Tell your nearest living being.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#WritingCommunity
Guess what time it is? It's time for a star-studded issue of all the good words.
Still Alive 85 is live. Tell your nearest living being.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#WritingCommunity
May 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If you happen to have a long weekend and the weather is not facilitating any outdoor plans to observe the holiday here in the US, I have the perfect thing for you! Or if you just need a way to improve your Monday! Check it out!
The lock screen image on my work computer today is a lovely photo of Alcatraz. Seems fitting.
April 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The lock screen image on my work computer today is a lovely photo of Alcatraz. Seems fitting.
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Ever notice how many of your favorite poets and writers on here have beards? What if you could hear a bunch of them read together? What if you could help a great cause at the same time? I give you Bearded Bards of BlueSky:
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March 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ever notice how many of your favorite poets and writers on here have beards? What if you could hear a bunch of them read together? What if you could help a great cause at the same time? I give you Bearded Bards of BlueSky:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
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“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
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Hey! You still have time to catch up on our latest novelette before the final installment goes live tomorrow! Check out "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar, a creepy tale filled with elements of eldritch, body, and liminal space horror.
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
March 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hey! You still have time to catch up on our latest novelette before the final installment goes live tomorrow! Check out "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar, a creepy tale filled with elements of eldritch, body, and liminal space horror.
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
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Hey there! Our EIC did not tell the rest of us about this here little piece! But it was a nice surprise to see our very own @tiffanymarie.bsky.social popping up in our timeline! Check it out and also look for more ladies of the #WritingCommunity as the month goes on!
This #WomensHistoryMonth, I’m highlighting women in the #WritingCommunity on my Friday Five feature. So happy to kick off this series with Tiffany M. Storrs, editor-in-chief of @rfpress.bsky.social Give it a read! andrewcareaga.com/2025/03/07/f...
andrewcareaga.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hey there! Our EIC did not tell the rest of us about this here little piece! But it was a nice surprise to see our very own @tiffanymarie.bsky.social popping up in our timeline! Check it out and also look for more ladies of the #WritingCommunity as the month goes on!
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Things aren't great for so many of us right now. So, if you're feeling a little uneasy, like everything is off & nothing is quite right, we have the perfect piece for that mood. Check out the latest installment of "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar, live now!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
March 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Things aren't great for so many of us right now. So, if you're feeling a little uneasy, like everything is off & nothing is quite right, we have the perfect piece for that mood. Check out the latest installment of "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar, live now!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
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Hey, whatcha doing? Looking for something to read this morning with your coffee or tea? Problem solved. The next installment of "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar is live. Right now. So get comfy and dive in!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
March 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hey, whatcha doing? Looking for something to read this morning with your coffee or tea? Problem solved. The next installment of "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar is live. Right now. So get comfy and dive in!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
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As Facebook doesn’t value moderating content responsibly, @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver has launched a useful website to help make your accounts less valuable to Meta, with steps on how to limit how your data is used for advertising. Visit: johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
How to Change Your Meta Settings | Make yourself less valuable to Meta. Brought to you by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As Facebook doesn’t value moderating content responsibly, @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver has launched a useful website to help make your accounts less valuable to Meta, with steps on how to limit how your data is used for advertising. Visit: johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com
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This is just our country now? Every single day it’s like “Today the Nazi laid off everyone who makes sure there aren’t shards of glass in your ice cream” and we’re all just supposed to shrug and keep going to work and paying our taxes?
Pretty fucking bleak imho!!
Pretty fucking bleak imho!!
I wasn’t surprised when the unelected billionaire Nazi fuck started disassembling the government.
I’ll confess that I’m marginally surprised that apparently no one’s going to stop him?
I’ll confess that I’m marginally surprised that apparently no one’s going to stop him?
March 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is just our country now? Every single day it’s like “Today the Nazi laid off everyone who makes sure there aren’t shards of glass in your ice cream” and we’re all just supposed to shrug and keep going to work and paying our taxes?
Pretty fucking bleak imho!!
Pretty fucking bleak imho!!
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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If you want to stop World War Three, think what would have stopped World War Two.
Occupation of the Ruhr. Anschluss with Austria. Annexation of Sudetenland. Hitler could have been stopped each time.
But fear of war led to war.
Don’t repeat the mistake.
#SlavaUkraini
Occupation of the Ruhr. Anschluss with Austria. Annexation of Sudetenland. Hitler could have been stopped each time.
But fear of war led to war.
Don’t repeat the mistake.
#SlavaUkraini
March 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If you want to stop World War Three, think what would have stopped World War Two.
Occupation of the Ruhr. Anschluss with Austria. Annexation of Sudetenland. Hitler could have been stopped each time.
But fear of war led to war.
Don’t repeat the mistake.
#SlavaUkraini
Occupation of the Ruhr. Anschluss with Austria. Annexation of Sudetenland. Hitler could have been stopped each time.
But fear of war led to war.
Don’t repeat the mistake.
#SlavaUkraini
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Did you check out the first installment of "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar? You still have time to read it before the next episode goes live on Sunday!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Did you check out the first installment of "The Janus Gate" by DJ Bodnar? You still have time to read it before the next episode goes live on Sunday!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-jan...
Need a break from the chaos? Sit back and relax and enjoy a little escapism. It’s ok, you deserve it!
Ahoy ahoy! Been a hot minute, and it's high time for fresh words.
Our eighty first issue is live. Tell your third most well-intentioned stranger.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#writingcommunity
Our eighty first issue is live. Tell your third most well-intentioned stranger.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#writingcommunity
January 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Need a break from the chaos? Sit back and relax and enjoy a little escapism. It’s ok, you deserve it!
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Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.
Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.
It’s been a while since I threw some random words at the bit poetry board. But they were calling me today! Hey @tiffanymarie.bsky.social and @kelkel.bsky.social , bringing bit poetry over to the good place! (It’s still good over here, right?)
January 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s been a while since I threw some random words at the bit poetry board. But they were calling me today! Hey @tiffanymarie.bsky.social and @kelkel.bsky.social , bringing bit poetry over to the good place! (It’s still good over here, right?)
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Yet another gem from @amymarques.bsky.social from 80 Matey! I wrote a similar letter, but stuck it the screen door and when they let the dog out it blew away.Story of my life. “A Letter From The First Girl to Break Your Son's Heart” read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/a-lette...
December 30, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Yet another gem from @amymarques.bsky.social from 80 Matey! I wrote a similar letter, but stuck it the screen door and when they let the dog out it blew away.Story of my life. “A Letter From The First Girl to Break Your Son's Heart” read it here! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/a-lette...
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On the eve of the new year, and the last day of December, we kiss this year goodbye with a bittersweet longing and beautiful poetry. “Winter Words” by @josephlezza.blsky.social belongs to the world now, and is in 80 Matey! Read it here!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/winter-...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/winter-...
December 31, 2024 at 7:38 PM
On the eve of the new year, and the last day of December, we kiss this year goodbye with a bittersweet longing and beautiful poetry. “Winter Words” by @josephlezza.blsky.social belongs to the world now, and is in 80 Matey! Read it here!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/winter-...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/winter-...
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We sure hope that this next year brings you all the success you desire, and five bucks for good cheese. “Rouquefort” by @michellefb.bsky.social is in 80 Matey! Read this flash piece right now. You got a few hours till 2025!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/roquefo...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/roquefo...
December 31, 2024 at 7:52 PM
We sure hope that this next year brings you all the success you desire, and five bucks for good cheese. “Rouquefort” by @michellefb.bsky.social is in 80 Matey! Read this flash piece right now. You got a few hours till 2025!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/roquefo...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/roquefo...
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Closing out this year with a BANG! Read “ Sitting in Front of Your Casket, Contemplating Family Dynamics Via Comic-Book Sound Effects” by @sharon54.bsky.social. Read this short piece here in 80, Matey!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sitting...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sitting...
December 31, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Closing out this year with a BANG! Read “ Sitting in Front of Your Casket, Contemplating Family Dynamics Via Comic-Book Sound Effects” by @sharon54.bsky.social. Read this short piece here in 80, Matey!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sitting...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/sitting...
I don’t know how long my message in a bottle will take to reach any shipwrecked sailor, so I’m telling you all now. Check it out!
Ahoy mateys. About that time again.
Matey 80 is live now. Tell your favorite shipwrecked sailor.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#WritingCommunity
Matey 80 is live now. Tell your favorite shipwrecked sailor.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#WritingCommunity
December 29, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I don’t know how long my message in a bottle will take to reach any shipwrecked sailor, so I’m telling you all now. Check it out!
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One does not simply walk into a Polish grandmother's kitchen & ask for her gołąbki recipe—not even in a dream, not even if you are dream Boris Yeltsin. Check out "I Dream of My Grandmother's Piggies" by Chrissy Stegman to find out what I'm talking about!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/i-dream...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/i-dream...
December 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
One does not simply walk into a Polish grandmother's kitchen & ask for her gołąbki recipe—not even in a dream, not even if you are dream Boris Yeltsin. Check out "I Dream of My Grandmother's Piggies" by Chrissy Stegman to find out what I'm talking about!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/i-dream...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/i-dream...
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I'm not sure anyone is ever truly honest with their therapist. But when you frame your answers and behavior to elicit a specific response, well, that's a whole other level of dishonesty! Check out "Tools of the Trade" by @academiablues.bsky.social Live now!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/tools-o...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/tools-o...
December 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I'm not sure anyone is ever truly honest with their therapist. But when you frame your answers and behavior to elicit a specific response, well, that's a whole other level of dishonesty! Check out "Tools of the Trade" by @academiablues.bsky.social Live now!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/tools-o...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/tools-o...
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Planning a wedding can be stressful. Sometimes planning the honeymoon can be the downfall of the marriage. Well, it just might be in this little piece by Johannes Springenseiss. This is "Honeymooning in Central Europe" & you can find it now in Entwine 79!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/honeymo...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/honeymo...
December 16, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Planning a wedding can be stressful. Sometimes planning the honeymoon can be the downfall of the marriage. Well, it just might be in this little piece by Johannes Springenseiss. This is "Honeymooning in Central Europe" & you can find it now in Entwine 79!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/honeymo...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/honeymo...