Martyn Wendell Jones

@martynwendell

Associate Editor, . American expat, writer. Dad newsletter:

Toronto, Ontario
martynwendelljones.contently.com
Joined June 2011
Born 29 June
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 18

    I'm delighted to share some professional news: today is my first day as an associate editor with . It's an honor and a thrill to begin this new adventure with the brilliant , , and the rest of the team. Say hey! martyn@thebulwark.com

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    13 hours ago

    Love this from on the idea that all drama needs to stem from conflict.

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  3. May 14

    I once was given a tailored shirt package for my birthday and when I tried those bad boys on for the first time I felt as though it changed my experience of body consciousness

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  4. May 14

    Tbh I almost can’t imagine it

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  5. May 14

    I sometimes imagine what it would be like to be very wealthy. Mainly I imagine all my clothes would fit perfectly

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    May 13

    What is most difficult here is to put this indefiniteness, correctly and unfalsified, into words.

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  7. May 13

    [Trebek voice] what is

    It’s the breaking-up of the icebound stream of Time.
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    May 13
    Replying to

    Why Deneen Bailed

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  9. May 13

    please, Mr. Brightside is my father’s name

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  10. May 13

    starting to wonder if the real suffering is going to be all the mental "Footloose" we were subjected to along the way

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  11. May 12

    (and also that Daniel Berrigan wasn’t thrilled about it, although he does at least describe it as an “excellent college”)

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  12. May 12

    TIL that Philip Berrigan briefly studied at

    A prefatory note above an excerpt from a letter to Philip Berrigan from Daniel Berrigan that explains Daniel would here lament Philip’s decision to go to St. Michael’s rather than a Jesuit school
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  13. May 12

    Huge — SIDS is evidently caused by “a defect in the part of the brain that controls arousal from sleep and breathing.” The findings also open up new areas for research wrt screening and interventions

    This is momentous. Parents of babies lost to SIDS can now know it’s not their fault, despite being told it’s from blankets or belly sleeping or overheating. Relief finally for these already heartbroken families.
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    May 12

    Fuji from Senbon Beach, by Takahashi Shotei, 1929

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  15. May 12

    one of the best movies I’ve seen this year

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    Don't miss DRIVE MY CAR director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s other masterpiece from 2021! ✨ Now playing exclusively on , WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY is a collection of short stories bound together by memory, regret, deception, and fate.
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  16. May 12

    toddler keeps telling me my throat is bleeding but can’t say where

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  17. May 11

    [suffering] brain: that’s tough. well, here’s the chorus from “Footloose” on endless repeat

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  18. May 10

    no way out but etc.

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    May 9

    Astonishing! Imagine having to learn this script.

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    A previously unseen Two Ronnies sketch never broadcast on tv: Ponting & Punting
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    May 9

    Sea Boots

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  21. May 9

    God really ended up clocking me for this one

    A television from the movie "Children of Men" shows the text "the world has collapsed"
    A television from the movie "Children of Men" shows the text "Only Martyn soldiers on" (Martyn is a revision; originally it said "Only England soldiers on")
    Wife is sick. Toddler is sick. Baby is sick.
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