Mordecai Martin
@mordecaimartin.net
He/him. Writer. איבערטייטשער. Fifth generation New Yorker. Mad man and Psychiatric Survivor. Hairy AND over-share-y. MFA from Randolph College. http://www.MordecaiMartin.net. https://fartaytshtundfarbesert.substack.com/
cop: did he send any texts around the time of the crash? cop 2: he sent a post that reads "padding my three track album with 26 skits and interludes" cop: not bad but it ain't going viral cop 2: posting isn't just about going viral cop: (sighs) not this shit again
Whitman, brah, you think YOU contain multitudes? @raxkingisdead.bsky.social 's dog is both a hilarious little gremlin being and the most beautiful princess in the world. SIMULTANEOUSLY! Maybe very well then, you contradict yourself, but Shug blows minds!
rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d agobest buds shit
I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have “broken his digester.”
She's a 10 but she doesn't own any physical media
Went to see the Odyssey but got lost on the way and the sidetracked by a bunch of mishaps and adventures that I had to overcome with only my wits. It was just like that classic story of the clever warrior-king wandering from island to island, Gargantua and Pantagruel.
that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."
Almost rather had I seen Moby Dick and fought him, than to have seen thee, thou white ghost!
Death to Claude Death to ChatGPT Death to Gemini
Johns Hopkins doctor recommends eating more Yiddish literature.
for the late night crowd (yes, I am aware it is only 10 pm on the east coast. Have you considered though: I am old, and you, my friend, are not getting any younger)
Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026
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Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026
Super delighted to see this out in the world! Put a lot of heart and thought into it.
Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026
We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026
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I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Sometimes, as I pass the morning or evening dog walkers, eyes grimly set on their charges, I wonder if there is a celestial intelligence somewhere in the universe logging those still, quiet, crepuscular hours we humans have spent in idle contemplation of the canine bowel movement.
CHASER BEASTIE BOYS : 🎤 puberty hit her not once but 🎤🎤🎤 TWICE 🎤 and after two rounds now she looks real 🎤🎤🎤 NICE 🎤 she got a pretty 🎤🎤🎤 FACE 🎤 she has nice 🎤🎤🎤 CANS 🎤 pull a chair boys we're 🎤🎤🎤 TALKIN BOUT TRANS
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱@susankayequinn.bsky.social · 2w agoYOU, A TOTAL DUMBASS: House of Leaves is soooo hard to read, what a challenging approach to printed text, how revolutionary and bold SAGE OF THE TALMUD: Huh? I wasn't listening to you, I was busy reading four layers of commentary in two different scripts on one page
Three years ago, almost to the second, on the tenth floor of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, my wife turned to me and said, “Mo, I am in labor on no pain killer and my stress back pain from my PhD was definitely way worse than this, what the fuck is wrong with the Academy?”
Seeing a trailer for a new Marvel movie is like running into an ex on the street and realizing the extent to which you’ve moved on.
Da Vinci Code, hands down. Spent the majority of the movie whispering furiously at the friend who insisted we come that he had lost all my trust. Great guy, seeing him today for a hang, actually
Defector@defector.com · 3w agoWhat's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...
Today on the blog: assistant editor Hafsa Zulfiqar interviews poet I. S. Jones about her new book BLOODMERCY: "I have always loved declarative lines in a poem, especially as a woman, there is a very strong and commanding power and being able to say something and then it is so."
Interview: I. S. Jones — EPOCH
This past November, I had the pleasure of speaking to the amazing I.S. Jones over the phone. I first discovered Jones in the summer of 2023 when I had the opportunity to study under her for a five-wee...
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if i were a man who was, you know, normal, well i'd be mad as hell every time some guy got on a microphone to talk about what a big stupid lunkheaded alcoholic rapist i am
Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 3w ago“'Most every guy I know did what he’s being accused of at one point or another with their girlfriend at some point after a night of drinking,' complained the Donald Trump-loving comedian Adam Carolla." www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
Mes amis, two days ago was the anniversary of the exoneration of Dreyfus. Today, Bastille Day. The revolution's promises must be constantly revisited, re-examined, renewed, and safe guarded. Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. Vive la Révolution. Vive la France.