Poet (LITTLE JOY - Cornerstone Press, 2026 and BULLETPROOF - Jacar Press, 2019), retired school librarian, and Midwest transplant from Florida long, long ago. he/him/his More at https://www.matthewmurrey.net/ #poetsonblueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mrpjniaees2sTip of the day: NEVER let Sam Ezersky take you through an old war zone! https://www.army.mil/article/83702/Researchers__officials_collaborate_for_global_demining_efforts/ #spellingbee #spellingbeeiswhack28 Jul 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpjniaees2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mqiohyvmns2a@nytimes.com “like a knife to the back,” one expert said. An apt description of his so-called service to the country.13 Jul 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqiohyvmns2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mqa66qytsk23Dante spoke with Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes...09 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa66qytsk23https://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mpvt2o37722lA signature @npr.org move: tech oligarchs have captured power & impose their racist, greedy & dystopian rule on us, so NPR gives 7 mins air time to a pop-fiction, bestselling author who basically blames you and I for ills of big data/AI. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/05/nx-s1-5797444/gregg-hurwitz-discusses-his-new-thriller-the-delivery (He also both-sides polarization)05 Jul 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvt2o37722lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mpuluwndfc2dThe Foggy Confines. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuluwndfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mps336mfnk2paje.news/b1uu74 I have NEVER understood the horror of inflicting pain, suffering and death on defenseless prisoners. If you can't bear to watch this you can also read B’Tselem harrowing report "Living Hell" which I link in the 2nd part of this post. https://aje.news/b1uu7404 Jul 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mps336mfnk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mp7v67ajhs24Hard not to see images of destruction from the Venezuela earthquake and think of Israel's intentional destruction of civilian life and infrastructure in Gaza and Lebanon 😢. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/delcy-rodriguez-interim-president-venezuela-earthquake-death-toll26 Jun 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7v67ajhs24https://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mp7c7wbshk2aLatest losses in the "war on empathy" - https://theconversation.com/magas-war-on-empathy-might-not-be-original-but-it-is-dangerous-255300 - are two 6-3 #SCOTUS defeats. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-tps-asylum-seekers/26 Jun 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7c7wbshk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mp6ta2c5b226"'The sentences handed down today make clear that Antifa terrorists who attack law enforcement and federal facilities will face swift and uncompromising justice,' Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said" [commenting on the Hans and Sophie Scholl case]. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced26 Jun 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6ta2c5b226https://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mp4lwm5uyc2hIf the @democrats.org were an actual opposition party, its leaders would AT LEAST publicly denounce this case & commit to: 1-Post-midterm investigations of the judges/prosecutors 2-Demanding pardons / commutation 3-Overturning every "terrorism" law used against these people. @kenmartin.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4lwm5uyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mov7xpmow22k"You and I stand bare beneath the sky." https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/06/major-oak.html22 Jun 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov7xpmow22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3motuofqe6k2fThis poem of mine came out yesterday in Under a Warm Green Linden. www.greenlindenpress.com/issue20-murrey22 Jun 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3motuofqe6k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mongluk4es2bA good time to post this friendly reminder. https://jacobin.com/2023/03/george-w-bush-iraq-war-crimes-lies-accountability-reparations-violence/19 Jun 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mongluk4es2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mnupmc57yk2gWe don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote-skeet with yours (if you feel like it) [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnupmc57yk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mnridvjt522vThe Special Relativity of HADtime Usual drill: "Hmmm, it's been 6 months since I submitted to that magazine, I'd better check and see what their usual response time is." But with @havehashad.com it's like, "OMG, it's been 4 DAYS! I hope the editor is okay..."08 Jun 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnridvjt522vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mnpduj6ww22qIf the side that got invaded on D-Day could have sent a speaker to the ceremony, they couldn't have done better than Whiskey Pete. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/pete-hegseth-d-day-speech-immigration-grotesque-stupidity07 Jun 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpduj6ww22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mngalhw3xc2eNot one single word about the thousands of civilian deaths in Iran, that it is a war of aggression, that it further destroys international law, and that the US launched this war in partnership with a rogue, genocidal state. https://jeffries.house.gov/2026/06/03/joint-leadership-statement-on-successful-war-powers-resolution-vote/03 Jun 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mngalhw3xc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mnfouyti4k2a [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfouyti4k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mlt2raqu5226Tell me you have no interest in unsolicited poetry submissions without telling me you have no interest in unsolicited poetry submissions. October 24, 2023 - May 14, 2026 = 933 days = 2 years, 6 months and 20 days @newyorker.com #poetry #submission #pobiz14 May 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt2raqu5226https://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mljljj6l4k2eI got to be at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social in Chicago yesterday for a screening of @stealthisstory.bsky.social and met Amy Goodman and the filmmakers - Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. GO SEE "Steal This Story, Please" if you get the chance and - if you can afford to - support Democracy Now!10 May 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljljj6l4k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mlbbiwlhe22cNo excuse for this, Sam Ezersky, especially given the rampant Islamophobia in the US. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muezzin #nytspellingbee #spellingbee #bias07 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbbiwlhe22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mkw47pb2gk2vThe NL Central is smoking. .529 lands you in last place! #mlb #competivie #baseball #gocubs03 May 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkw47pb2gk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mytwords.bsky.social/post/3mkjidph2y22yhttps://www.npr.org/2026/04/27/nx-s1-5800165/nprs-michel-martin-on-shooting-at-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner Seriously @npr.org why on earth do you have your reporters attending a "festive" occasion between this grotesque POTUS and the press who he has called "scum" "enemies of the people" etc? Maybe your pool reporter who covers the prez - ok - but why others like Martin there?28 Apr 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:ictui65v6o5pheginwvuladn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjidph2y22y