Beatrice Motamedi
@bymotamedi.bsky.social
Poet > journalist > teacher > @JSKstanford. Trying to make sense of the world at seaofmarble.substack.com. Tracking immigration news during Trump 2.0's first 100 days at seaofmarble.substack.com/s/greencards
Dreams, hauntings, experimental theater, hungry ghosts and melting pigs in Paris — @sarahstoneauthor.bsky.social's "Marriage To The Sea" makes the case for art that delights and feeds the soul. It launched yesterday — I can't wait to read it! @fourwaybooks.bsky.social @thebackstoryabove
March 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Dreams, hauntings, experimental theater, hungry ghosts and melting pigs in Paris — @sarahstoneauthor.bsky.social's "Marriage To The Sea" makes the case for art that delights and feeds the soul. It launched yesterday — I can't wait to read it! @fourwaybooks.bsky.social @thebackstoryabove
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A black rain falls; he rubs it off his face.
—Beatrice Motamedi
—Beatrice Motamedi
Miracle by Beatrice Motamedi - Rattle: Poetry
The people need to get their power back.
All of this anger is beside the point.
So what else can he do but mount the joints
Of the electric pole that’s still intact
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March 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A black rain falls; he rubs it off his face.
—Beatrice Motamedi
—Beatrice Motamedi
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base
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March 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
Move fast and break things
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Move fast and break things
The U.S. strikes Iran, with no plan for tomorrow. Remind you of anything?
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March 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Move fast and break things
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Trump Wants You to Get Used to This. Don’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
Opinion | Trump Wants You to Get Used to This. Don’t.
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March 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Trump Wants You to Get Used to This. Don’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
If you read only one story today, make it this one: 40 Iranian Doctors and Nurses Describe a Massacre www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | 40 Iranian Doctors and Nurses Describe a Massacre
We surveyed medical workers across 14 cities and 11 provinces in Iran about their experiences treating wounded protesters.
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February 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If you read only one story today, make it this one: 40 Iranian Doctors and Nurses Describe a Massacre www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Kudos to ProPublica for shining the light on kids in ICE detention, and for letting them tell the story in their own words.
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2.10.2026
DO IT NOW: Tell Katie Britt about ICE kids
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February 11, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Kudos to ProPublica for shining the light on kids in ICE detention, and for letting them tell the story in their own words.
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Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
My newest — and now #nationalshutdown open.substack.com/pub/seaofmar...
1.30.2026
On anger, activism and losing your political virginity
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January 30, 2026 at 7:19 PM
My newest — and now #nationalshutdown open.substack.com/pub/seaofmar...
Noting that he has a five-year-old son, JD Vance expressed empathy today for Liam Conejo Ramos, detained by ICE in Minneapolis:
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What if it was Vance's son sleeping tonight at the ICE prison in Dilley, Texas, in a "beige trailer"?
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What if it was Vance's son sleeping tonight at the ICE prison in Dilley, Texas, in a "beige trailer"?
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5-year-old asylum seeker detained as ICE expands enforcement in Minnesota
A 5-year-old boy was detained with his father by ICE agents in Minnesota in what some local officials say is the latest instance of heightened immigration enforcement.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Noting that he has a five-year-old son, JD Vance expressed empathy today for Liam Conejo Ramos, detained by ICE in Minneapolis:
abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-as...
What if it was Vance's son sleeping tonight at the ICE prison in Dilley, Texas, in a "beige trailer"?
www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/u...
abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-as...
What if it was Vance's son sleeping tonight at the ICE prison in Dilley, Texas, in a "beige trailer"?
www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/u...
Gen Z on the line in #iran: apple.news/Auch-tp7rTNy...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
‘You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searchin...
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January 18, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Gen Z on the line in #iran: apple.news/Auch-tp7rTNy...
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Here is a ‘clean’ copy of the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment originating from the Global TV app.
This version is 15:04 minutes long, because it includes the full introduction for the (original) entire 60 minutes episode, the Inside CECOT segment starts at 1:25 :)
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This version is 15:04 minutes long, because it includes the full introduction for the (original) entire 60 minutes episode, the Inside CECOT segment starts at 1:25 :)
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Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Here is a ‘clean’ copy of the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment originating from the Global TV app.
This version is 15:04 minutes long, because it includes the full introduction for the (original) entire 60 minutes episode, the Inside CECOT segment starts at 1:25 :)
archive.org/details/60mi...
This version is 15:04 minutes long, because it includes the full introduction for the (original) entire 60 minutes episode, the Inside CECOT segment starts at 1:25 :)
archive.org/details/60mi...
Honored to be published today by Image Journal, a good place to turn for spiritual solace in turbulent times. Click here for "The Boy In The Road": imagejournal.org/issue-125
Image journal issue 125
Loss & Solace: During Molly McCully Brown’s tenure as editor in chief, we’re developing loosely themed issues that highlight connections across pieces and genres. In her editorial, she writes: “Togeth...
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July 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Honored to be published today by Image Journal, a good place to turn for spiritual solace in turbulent times. Click here for "The Boy In The Road": imagejournal.org/issue-125
05.12.2025
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05.12.2025
Afrikaners are in, Afghans out. For shame
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May 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
05.12.2025
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