Mark Csikszentmihalyi
@markcsik.bsky.social
California prof, International Studies
& Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad
NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.
& Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad
NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.
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Is the antifa in the room with you right now?
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Is the antifa in the room with you right now?
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Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
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"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
“You’re the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. A terrible reporter.”
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
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Look, I was in the lie business then. It's a craft you and I love but I had to take another position. I'll be back. Don't worry.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Look, I was in the lie business then. It's a craft you and I love but I had to take another position. I'll be back. Don't worry.
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i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this
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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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Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
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Billionaires Trying to kill us all, part 80
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Billionaires Trying to kill us all, part 80
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This #GildedAge is playing out as scheduled. 🥇
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This #GildedAge is playing out as scheduled. 🥇
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
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Just think: If his dad hadn’t been such a sociopathic dick, Trump would be happily developing real estate in Boca Raton right now, boring his clients with stories from the 90’s.
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Just think: If his dad hadn’t been such a sociopathic dick, Trump would be happily developing real estate in Boca Raton right now, boring his clients with stories from the 90’s.
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“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
www.bostonreview.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
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I hadn’t seen the very beginning part of this coverage before I don’t think - familiar ICE Goons‼️⤵️ bsky.app/profile/laur...
Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I hadn’t seen the very beginning part of this coverage before I don’t think - familiar ICE Goons‼️⤵️ bsky.app/profile/laur...
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🚨👀 {𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿} ProPublica tallied 170+ U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents in 2025 sweeps — many dragged, tased, or held >1 day w/o calls; ~130 arrests often dropped. Kavanaugh said citizens are ❝promptly❞ released; DHS denies profiling. The cases tell a different story.
October 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨👀 {𝙖𝙅𝙎𝘿} ProPublica tallied 170+ U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents in 2025 sweeps — many dragged, tased, or held >1 day w/o calls; ~130 arrests often dropped. Kavanaugh said citizens are ❝promptly❞ released; DHS denies profiling. The cases tell a different story.
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
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This man left Costa Rica in Dec 2024 to look for work.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This man left Costa Rica in Dec 2024 to look for work.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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Thanks John Roberts!
Q: On the pardon of Changpeng Zhao, Binance has significant business interests with World Liberty Financial, the president family's crypto company. How do you respond to criticisms that this is a corrupt act?
LEAVITT: I would respond and say the president is exercising his constitutional authority
LEAVITT: I would respond and say the president is exercising his constitutional authority
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thanks John Roberts!
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Mamdani is already reducing crime in New York.
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Mamdani is already reducing crime in New York.
Given their free time, House Dems should find a venue, invite citizen replacements for their GOP counterparts, and rent a venue where they can start writing and debating the bills that they promise to pass in 2027. Begin with progressive tax reform. It will end the shutdown in a week.
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Given their free time, House Dems should find a venue, invite citizen replacements for their GOP counterparts, and rent a venue where they can start writing and debating the bills that they promise to pass in 2027. Begin with progressive tax reform. It will end the shutdown in a week.
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So much coverage these days seems like the media wishcasting a return to "politics as usual," like they see this shit and say "wow these guys don't know how bad this looks, I'll fix it" when those guys know exactly how it looks and just don't care and in fact want it to look bad.
“The ousting comes amid a critical dispute within academia about how to rebuild confidence in higher education in a politically polarized moment.”
This is such a tortured story frame it is functionally a lie. Greg Abbott is not trying to rebuild confidence, he is proudly conducting a purge.
This is such a tortured story frame it is functionally a lie. Greg Abbott is not trying to rebuild confidence, he is proudly conducting a purge.
Texas professor ousted from admin role over "ideological differences"
Art Markman had served as a senior vice provost for academic affairs since 2021.
www.axios.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
So much coverage these days seems like the media wishcasting a return to "politics as usual," like they see this shit and say "wow these guys don't know how bad this looks, I'll fix it" when those guys know exactly how it looks and just don't care and in fact want it to look bad.
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This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland