Marcus Mauney
@marcusmauney.bsky.social
Scribbler. Working on Prosopography in the 3rd Century Roman Empire. Late Roman Empire/Late Antiquity/Early Middle Ages enjoyer. North Carolina expat in California. Appalachian and old man undergrad.
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Marcus Mauney
@marcusmauney.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I'm never going to be on anyone's starter pack, but I'm following so many of them I may as well give a little more info than can fit in my bio.
I work outside of academia as my 9-5 job and continue to work ponderously towards a previously abandoned undergrad degree in History at UC Berkeley, 1/3
I work outside of academia as my 9-5 job and continue to work ponderously towards a previously abandoned undergrad degree in History at UC Berkeley, 1/3
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what an unbelievably stupid time to be alive
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
what an unbelievably stupid time to be alive
I don't think people understand the scale at which AI is already taking jobs. Customer service, administrative jobs, entry level IT, etc. These are all fields that serve as entry points to a long term career and that pipeline is being severed for short term productivity gains and "growth".
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I don't think people understand the scale at which AI is already taking jobs. Customer service, administrative jobs, entry level IT, etc. These are all fields that serve as entry points to a long term career and that pipeline is being severed for short term productivity gains and "growth".
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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Shouldn’t every other elected Democrat be posting videos of them telling military members to refuse illegal orders?
Where TF are they? #TheBriefing
Where TF are they? #TheBriefing
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Shouldn’t every other elected Democrat be posting videos of them telling military members to refuse illegal orders?
Where TF are they? #TheBriefing
Where TF are they? #TheBriefing
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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There's a class of public intellectuals that got big on Twitter, who are slowly going through narcissistic collapse because Twitter is becoming (has become?) irrelevant, and they know they aren't charismatic enough to grow a following anywhere else, especially not on TikTok.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There's a class of public intellectuals that got big on Twitter, who are slowly going through narcissistic collapse because Twitter is becoming (has become?) irrelevant, and they know they aren't charismatic enough to grow a following anywhere else, especially not on TikTok.
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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YES
this is also my cry for apple to do a big glitzy miniseries of the shakespear war of the roses or the hollow crown
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
YES
Its fake but I'm still not getting any sleep tonight.
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Its fake but I'm still not getting any sleep tonight.
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I have never, ever meant this more
NO MORE. no one tell me anything else, i am done hearing things
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I have never, ever meant this more
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new breed of sleep paralysis demon has been imagined
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
new breed of sleep paralysis demon has been imagined
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I fell down a hole of "people who love wicked and picked up the book thinking it was going to be a fluffy fantasy romance story"
😂😂😂😂
I adored that book for a long time and was shocked when they made it into a family friendly musical.
It's dark and satirical and wonderful.
😂😂😂😂
I adored that book for a long time and was shocked when they made it into a family friendly musical.
It's dark and satirical and wonderful.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I fell down a hole of "people who love wicked and picked up the book thinking it was going to be a fluffy fantasy romance story"
😂😂😂😂
I adored that book for a long time and was shocked when they made it into a family friendly musical.
It's dark and satirical and wonderful.
😂😂😂😂
I adored that book for a long time and was shocked when they made it into a family friendly musical.
It's dark and satirical and wonderful.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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Did Twitter people not realize that putting country of origin on accounts without warning would reveal vast amounts of trickery and deception?
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did Twitter people not realize that putting country of origin on accounts without warning would reveal vast amounts of trickery and deception?
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Kristi and Kash’s taxpayer-funded travel adventures continue.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Kristi and Kash’s taxpayer-funded travel adventures continue.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up: