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Mark Aldrich

@markaldrich.bsky.social

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The NY Post called me a "writer" once, with quotes. NYPA award-winning humorist. Comedy performer once a week. Writer with Yokel. Sober: 7/15/2010. Disabled: SMA IV. New Paltz, NY. https://linktr.ee/Mark.Aldrich

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · Nov 19

Remembering with fondness the day @nigella.bsky.social wished me a happy birthday on the other social media platform, because that's how kind she is. Today's the first anniversary.

A tweet reply from 2023 to me from Nigella Lawson that wished me a Happy Birthday.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 2h

Republicans claim we can't afford Social Security and Medicare.

They're giving a $40,000,000,000 bailout to Argentina.

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 23h

Autumn's autumning. My road today, 10/14/25. #NewPaltz, #NewYork. #Autumn.

Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 23h

www.instagram.com/p/DPzakhBEUp...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1d

There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

How to: Use Signal

Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...

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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 1d

Agree with Dave here that AI is giving Enron vibes but maybe even more than that it's Madoff for me. I think this goes along just fine until someone needs to be liquid and then...

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

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AltFDA @altfda.altgov.info · 1d

I absolutely love how the inflatable costume is taking off for protest! It offers protection in so many fucking ways but if they go into battle, we will need to level the costumes up for extended dancing in tear gas smoke. Let’s talk 🧵🧵🧵🧵

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 1d

If Monty Banjs had become more famous, the late Jon Polito could have played him.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 2d

The fundamental narrative challenge the fascist faces is proving there is some "enemy among us" AND he is eliminating said enemy. He requires the scapegoat to have someone to blame but must eliminate the scapegoat to prove his efficacy. So, he must keep adding to enemy list.

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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · 2d

"Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as a result of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work..."

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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 4d

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

A poster for "Amphifa: amphibians against fascism" showing a black and green flag with a green frog

Three protestors dressed in inflatable frog costumes holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 2d

$190 million

That's how much money SOMEONE made shorting crypto.

Which means they basically gambled huge sums, tens of tens of millions, against crypto

less than a day before Trump's 100%+ new tariffs maybe against China were announced.

$190,000,000.00

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 2d

2/ ISW continues to assess that Russia has recently intensified its covert and overt attacks against Europe and that Russia has entered “Phase Zero” — the informational and psychological condition-setting phase — of its campaign to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war in the future.

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 15d

He wants to be Adolphe Thiers so much. (He doesn't know who that was.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 3d

It's really great that we have a mad-king who thinks he's going to hell no matter what he does and is in charge of a humanity-ending nuclear arsenal.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 3d

America 2025

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 4d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 3d

More CDC Cuts 💣💥

Gone is the Employee Assistance Program. They help staff deal with many things, among them coping with the trauma of being the victim of a terrorist attack 2 months ago.

Also gone, every policy and communications role left, eliminating any communication function at CDC.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

In the last week, Donald Trump has insisted that there are no more stores left in war-ravaged Portland, asserted that Joe Biden was president during the January 6th insurrection, hosted conspiracy theorists for an "Antifa" summit, and said he'd consider pardoning his good friend the sex trafficker.

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davidbowman17.bsky.social @davidbowman17.bsky.social · 4d

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 4d

Gutted, and I only saw her on screen. You have that personal, working memory, so I know "gutted" doesn't begin to work. My condolences, @nicholehiltz.bsky.social, and I know her memory is a blessing.

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 4d

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMD6vwKL/

Timeline cleanse. If this is on your #FYP, I'm as baffled as you are. I'm on a radio comedy show Wednesday nights. The Magnificent Glass Pelican. Do you want the house tour?

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 4d

can you imagine half-assing a last-minute ceasefire that won't last a week and still not getting the Nobel Peace Prize

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