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Emma Allmann

@emryal91.bsky.social

Right? Write. Write? Right! Stories in @EllipsisZine @inkinthirds @EcoTheo Review and shortlisted by @SmokeLong MFA @UofAlabama https://www.emmaallmann.com/ (she/her)

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Asher HELLbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.*

Hope For The Planet@h4tp.bsky.social · 2w ago

We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews

Mat Johnson@matjohnson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I...worked on this novel for eight years...and... they just...they tweeted it out. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/202659...

Pym: A Novel by Mat Johnson: 9780812981766 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“THE SHARPEST AND MOST UNUSUAL STORY I READ LAST YEAR . . . [Mat] Johnson’s satirical vision roves as freely as Kurt Vonnegut’s and is colored with the same sort of passionate humanitarianism.”—Maud.....

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Daniel Aldrich@danielaldrich.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Unmanned submarine mapping West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf reported strange under-ice structures, then went silent after traveling underwater roughly ten miles towards the ice shelf’s center. www.earth.com/news/ran-rob...

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Sending our condolences to and appreciation of @jygravley.bsky.social and @emryal91.bsky.social for their excellent essays and deep March Sadness runs. We salute you and your work!

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 FINAL SCORES: BUSH 142, Blink-182 97 ANI DIFRANCO 137, Nirvana 113 Congrats to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social & @susannadonato.bsky.social! Taking the weekend off from games; expect an announcement a little later about Next Year’s Xness Theme however!

Emma Allmann@emryal91.bsky.social · 7mo ago

What whirlwind! This has been so fun and I'm delighted to have made it to the sweet sixteen. Kind of can't believe this is what has got me playing the uke again! Congratulations to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social I'm so excited to cheer for you in the next round!

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 FINAL SCORES: BUSH 142, Blink-182 97 ANI DIFRANCO 137, Nirvana 113 Congrats to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social & @susannadonato.bsky.social! Taking the weekend off from games; expect an announcement a little later about Next Year’s Xness Theme however!

Melissa Faliveno@mlfaliveno.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This Blink/Bush matchup is the heartbreaker of my Xennial dreams. Sixteen Stone was one of my favorite albums as a thirteen-year-old, but Adam’s Song was my saddest 90s pop punk anthem, and when I saw Blink for the first time a couple years ago man did I weep. Blink forever!

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 SCORES, 120’ to go: Glycerine 131, Adam’s Song 91 You Had Time 119, Sappy 92 Nirvana and Blink-182 on the ROPES Read, listen, vote by 9am today at marchxness.com to register your preferred sadness!

Emma Allmann@emryal91.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Feels very meta to tear up a bit at this! If I go out this round (and it sure is looking like it) how lovely to get to cheer for @thejasonthayer.bsky.social and Bush!

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As a sad 90s middle schooler I'd have been so stoked to hear my essay on Bush would one day resonate with future sad middle schoolers of the PNW. Great match today against @emryal91.bsky.social's moving musing on the sadness punctuating our lives. Bush v. Blink-182! marchxness.com#/sweet16-bus...

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Also just need to say this: the best television show the Selection Committee has seen in the last 10 years is probably Deadloch (streaming on Prime for free). Plus bonus March Sadness 90s Edition content. Don't sleep on it. New season comes out this month!

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Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 7mo ago

For real! What a gift to be able to debate which of these excellent essays and memorable songs hit us squarely in the right soft spot to pull one ever-so-slightly ahead of another ... I learn so much about the songs, the artists, and how people engage with them every year.

Kathleen Rooney@kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Dang. I have now read all 64 essays for this year's @marchxness.bsky.social tournament for the saddest song of the 90s & I am sad & impressed in the most excellent way & grateful that this annual event gives us some of the best writing, reading, & community available on this godforsaken internet.

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 8mo ago

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text. Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

"I'm proud to be here to represent Team USA, and to represent our country. But we'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been for everybody. This stuff is happening right, right around where we live""I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution," Ruohonen continued, "and it allows us to (have) freedom of press, freedom of speech, protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures, and makes it that we have to have probable cause to be pulled over. And what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of grey. It's clear.""I really love what's been happening there now with people coming out, showing the love, the compassion, integrity and respect for others that they don't know, and helping them out," Ruohonen said. "And we love Minnesota for that. "And I want to make it clear that we are out here, we love our country. We're playing for the U.S. We're playing for Team USA. And we're playing for each other, and we're playing for our family and our friends that sacrificed so much to be here today. And that doesn't change anything. "Because what the Olympics means is excellence, respect, friendship, and we all, I think, exemplify that. And we are playing for the people of Minnesota and the people around the country who share those same values. That compassion, that love and that respect."
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 8mo ago

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Arizona Right Watch@azrww.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”