MarkG 🎄🎉🎅🏽
@markggarcia.bsky.social
This one's ours, let's take another. Chicago. Mostly nonsense about stuff.
Always an idiot. Same handle on MSTDN
Always an idiot. Same handle on MSTDN
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As someone accustomed to making deals with murderers to personally profit himself and his father in law, they figured it was right up his alley
I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
As someone accustomed to making deals with murderers to personally profit himself and his father in law, they figured it was right up his alley
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There's an important lesson to be learned.
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There's an important lesson to be learned.
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
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Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
If I was working at OU, I would just start handing out 100's to every student and stop writing comments.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Condolences to the students at OU who *were* working hard, doing the course work and earning good grades long before the administration there decreed that you only need to say "as the Bible teaches" and be done with it.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
I'm sorry your university hates you and hope you can transfer somewhere good.
The vikings are so fucked at quarterback.
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The vikings are so fucked at quarterback.
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TPUSA brands itself as “guiding citizens through development of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation so they can meaningfully engage in their communities to restore traditional American values like patriotism” but what it really does is it finds the biggest crybabies and snitches in your area
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TPUSA brands itself as “guiding citizens through development of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation so they can meaningfully engage in their communities to restore traditional American values like patriotism” but what it really does is it finds the biggest crybabies and snitches in your area
He should be happy to only be taxed more.
According to Jeff Bezos' WaPo editorial page, the most horrific thing that could ever happen to America would be for billionaires to pay the same effective rate of taxation as their chaffeurs.An inheritance tax that prevents them from passing on their massive wealth to offspring would be still worse
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
He should be happy to only be taxed more.
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It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
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meet the new Secretary of Henhouses, Mr. Reynard Fox
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
meet the new Secretary of Henhouses, Mr. Reynard Fox
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Lots of smart stuff here =>
US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Lots of smart stuff here =>
Shoveled the bus stop at the end of my block (it was irritating me).
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Shoveled the bus stop at the end of my block (it was irritating me).
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Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
Sounds perfect.
I guess my only problem with the "strong floor, no ceiling" thing as a political slogan is it makes no sense, conveys no message, does not translate to anyone, and does not mean anything.
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sounds perfect.
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I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
I think the scams at issue are phone and email scams, phishing, identity theft etc. Most people I know are actually quite familiar with those, worry about them and wish government would do more to stop them. A promise to do something about that sort of scam might resonate with voters.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
I would be interested to see a sociological profile of someone who only shovels enough to get to their car, and nothing more, including their front steps if they don't use them. Added points if that person is also a big proponent of dibs.
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I would be interested to see a sociological profile of someone who only shovels enough to get to their car, and nothing more, including their front steps if they don't use them. Added points if that person is also a big proponent of dibs.
Wait until they shoot down a passenger plane.
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wait until they shoot down a passenger plane.
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The best slogans are the ones that require an explanation that trails off into an ellipsis
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The best slogans are the ones that require an explanation that trails off into an ellipsis
What the hell?
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What the hell?
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just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
I don't know how I should feel about this. In the end it's just shuffling around cruel and awful people. I suppose there will be some sort of breaking point some time, but who knows. People suffer, at the hands of ice or in prison. Both are shit.
“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.”
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I don't know how I should feel about this. In the end it's just shuffling around cruel and awful people. I suppose there will be some sort of breaking point some time, but who knows. People suffer, at the hands of ice or in prison. Both are shit.
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indeed, it's very very hard to sell even middling aspirations for a party/faction that works so hard to keep constituent expectations in the cellar
the reason everyone is making fun of jeffries and the slogan is not because the slogan is particularly bad or anything — it’s solid mid. it’s because no one trusts or likes jeffries
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
indeed, it's very very hard to sell even middling aspirations for a party/faction that works so hard to keep constituent expectations in the cellar
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The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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Andy McCarthy in National Review: if the WaPo account is accurate, then Hegseth committed either a grave war crime or an unprivileged homicide, that is, ordinary murder. www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Andy McCarthy in National Review: if the WaPo account is accurate, then Hegseth committed either a grave war crime or an unprivileged homicide, that is, ordinary murder. www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...