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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Well this is right up there with "tech hoarding" and "people are not dining out enough"
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Well this is right up there with "tech hoarding" and "people are not dining out enough"
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I dunno man it just really seems like American universities have lost the plot over the past 30 years or so and while I too love college football and basketball, the people making key decisions at them don't seem to care about their educational mission at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I dunno man it just really seems like American universities have lost the plot over the past 30 years or so and while I too love college football and basketball, the people making key decisions at them don't seem to care about their educational mission at all
Going to go walk into the lake
one more cab calloway thing: he performed "minnie the moocher" in blues brothers, which was a 1931 song in a 1980 movie, the modern equivalent would be aerosmith performing "back in the saddle" in a movie released this year, you're all welcome
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Going to go walk into the lake
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my hot take based on nothing is: GOOP is part of why we landed here.
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
my hot take based on nothing is: GOOP is part of why we landed here.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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This isn't fucking speech and debate club, you fucking breadless breadstick. I don't want to talk to a piece of shit. Good luck getting the high score in this game no one is fucking playing with you, you consent deficient marshmallow
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This isn't fucking speech and debate club, you fucking breadless breadstick. I don't want to talk to a piece of shit. Good luck getting the high score in this game no one is fucking playing with you, you consent deficient marshmallow
Walking through portage park and all the paths are dry and clear of snow, thinking I would pay a few extra bucks per month (or whatever) to have all the sidewalks like this.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Walking through portage park and all the paths are dry and clear of snow, thinking I would pay a few extra bucks per month (or whatever) to have all the sidewalks like this.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
To the guy who honked his horn as he slid through the four-way stop while I stood there watching on the corner, thanks I guess. Slowing down and stopping probably would've been even better.
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
To the guy who honked his horn as he slid through the four-way stop while I stood there watching on the corner, thanks I guess. Slowing down and stopping probably would've been even better.
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She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
She was first in her family to go to college.
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
She’d been in the U.S. since she was seven.
They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving.
They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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Please stop and enjoy a few moments of our happy sheep munching a mountain of pumpkins. 🐑 🐏
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Please stop and enjoy a few moments of our happy sheep munching a mountain of pumpkins. 🐑 🐏
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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...