mvpNM
@mvpnm.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Former Foreign Service. New Mexico transplant.
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very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
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"It was f—king gross. All of it. These people are gross, and they deserve none of the shine they spend all day basking in. They deserve tribunals, and soon."
Good news, we got @drewmagary.bsky.social to review the 'Melania' movie: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Good news, we got @drewmagary.bsky.social to review the 'Melania' movie: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
'Melania' is so, so, so bad
"It has no journalistic value and even less entertainment value."
www.sfgate.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
"It was f—king gross. All of it. These people are gross, and they deserve none of the shine they spend all day basking in. They deserve tribunals, and soon."
Good news, we got @drewmagary.bsky.social to review the 'Melania' movie: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Good news, we got @drewmagary.bsky.social to review the 'Melania' movie: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
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Why the *^%# is there a picture of Chuck Schumer here, & why do John Thune & Mike Johnson keep getting 24/7 passes for not fulfilling their oaths of office & constitutional responsibilities????
The Republican-led Congress has has broadly declined to pull the political and legal levers that could apply tangible pressure on the Trump administration to show it’s in compliance
rollcall.com/2026/02/05/s...
rollcall.com/2026/02/05/s...
Senate GOP blocks push for legal action over Epstein law
Senate Republicans blocked a Democrat-backed measure Thursday seeking to take legal action over the DOJ's release of Epstein documents.
rollcall.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Why the *^%# is there a picture of Chuck Schumer here, & why do John Thune & Mike Johnson keep getting 24/7 passes for not fulfilling their oaths of office & constitutional responsibilities????
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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Now the Catholic bishop are joining the cardinals.
Bishop Tyson is clearly saying if Alex Pretti was a terrorist, then Jesus was a terrorist.
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
Bishop Tyson is clearly saying if Alex Pretti was a terrorist, then Jesus was a terrorist.
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
Bishop Tyson: Not all are called to be martyrs like Alex Pretti. But we can be witnesses.
People of faith are being called to view politics through the lens of faith, not the other way around.
www.americamagazine.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Now the Catholic bishop are joining the cardinals.
Bishop Tyson is clearly saying if Alex Pretti was a terrorist, then Jesus was a terrorist.
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
Bishop Tyson is clearly saying if Alex Pretti was a terrorist, then Jesus was a terrorist.
www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
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BAM Artist Spotlight today is poet Robbie Hood. This is powerful... take a minute and watch.
youtube.com/shorts/7y6JA...
youtube.com/shorts/7y6JA...
BAM Artist Spotlight: Robbie Hood, Poet
In this chilling spoken word, poet Robbie Hood walks through a terrifying hypothetical that feels more prescient than psychic. What is your future if you look the other way and pretend nothing's…
youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
BAM Artist Spotlight today is poet Robbie Hood. This is powerful... take a minute and watch.
youtube.com/shorts/7y6JA...
youtube.com/shorts/7y6JA...
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Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
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It was only a matter of time before the mom from last week's SNL skit called in to CSPAN
Three-time Trump voter: I'm looking at this awful picture of the Obamas. What an embarrassment to our country. He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly, and now he's being a racist blatantly. He's pathetic as a president, and I want to apologize for supporting this rotten man.
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
It was only a matter of time before the mom from last week's SNL skit called in to CSPAN
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Now that Trump has deleted the post, the defenses will shift from "stop the fake outrage" to "see he deleted it, not a big deal"
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Now that Trump has deleted the post, the defenses will shift from "stop the fake outrage" to "see he deleted it, not a big deal"
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trump has deleted the racist post showing the obamas as apes, which leaves karoline leavitt out to dry for defending it to the hilt earlier.
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
trump has deleted the racist post showing the obamas as apes, which leaves karoline leavitt out to dry for defending it to the hilt earlier.
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It’s telling that one of the most compelling AI-related movies is Minority Report, which is almost 25 years old and based on a story that’s significantly older
Published my first piece at @wired.com today, about a string of AI thrillers that have bombed (most recent being the hopelessly naive Chris Pratt vehicle 'Mercy'), the backlash to Darren Aronofsky's YouTube slop take on the American Revolution, and a grotesque nostalgia-bait Super Bowl ad:
Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue
Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
It’s telling that one of the most compelling AI-related movies is Minority Report, which is almost 25 years old and based on a story that’s significantly older
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One would hope that media outlets eventually understood that many of their readership woes stem from having no standards for conservatives.
But the reality is that management prioritizes right-wing propaganda over profits, so they're not going to change.
But the reality is that management prioritizes right-wing propaganda over profits, so they're not going to change.
👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it.
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
One would hope that media outlets eventually understood that many of their readership woes stem from having no standards for conservatives.
But the reality is that management prioritizes right-wing propaganda over profits, so they're not going to change.
But the reality is that management prioritizes right-wing propaganda over profits, so they're not going to change.
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If you won’t say this, you should not hold public office
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
If you won’t say this, you should not hold public office
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Danez Smith wrote something really worthwhile about being out here.
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
Minnesota Goddam
In the Twin Cities, the hand of a polluted country reaches to choke the future out of us.
jewishcurrents.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Danez Smith wrote something really worthwhile about being out here.
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
jewishcurrents.org/minnesota-go...
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Oh boy. “The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Measles exposure reported in two University of Florida classes, university says
The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
www.news4jax.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Oh boy. “The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
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Over on X, the Everything App, serious conservative thinker Dinesh D'Souza shared a video of an AI-generated woman on a fake podcast he seemingly thought was real, telling the audience that young women should get with older men. Dude, wtf?
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Over on X, the Everything App, serious conservative thinker Dinesh D'Souza shared a video of an AI-generated woman on a fake podcast he seemingly thought was real, telling the audience that young women should get with older men. Dude, wtf?
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We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as “a community preventative thing”
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as "a community preventative thing"
www.mediamatters.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post.
I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them.
I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
timmeko.com
I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them.
I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
timmeko.com
Tim Meko - Visual Journalist & Graphics Editor - Tim Meko
timmeko.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post.
I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them.
I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
timmeko.com
I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them.
I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
timmeko.com
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@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
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In my latest investigation for @columjournreview.bsky.social, I found that a network of 1,200 news-appearing websites isn’t just publishing slanted articles wrapped as journalism, it’s filing FOIAs to get personal data— 1,000s of them.
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In my latest investigation for @columjournreview.bsky.social, I found that a network of 1,200 news-appearing websites isn’t just publishing slanted articles wrapped as journalism, it’s filing FOIAs to get personal data— 1,000s of them.
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This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This morning at the Minnesota State Capitol.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
An ice sculpture that reads "PROSECUTE ICE". I'm told the organization behind the sculpture is Common Defense.
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My friend Richard Prince notes the Washington Post, based in a city which is an important Mecca for Black folks, now has no Black journalists on its masthead, w/the highest ranking Black journalist leaving and its race/identity reporter also laid off. https://loom.ly/m2NtaSk
Journalists of Color in WaPo’s ‘Bloodbath’ - journal-isms.com
’Race and Identity’ Reporter Among 300 Laid Off
www.journal-isms.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
My friend Richard Prince notes the Washington Post, based in a city which is an important Mecca for Black folks, now has no Black journalists on its masthead, w/the highest ranking Black journalist leaving and its race/identity reporter also laid off. https://loom.ly/m2NtaSk
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For fuck's sake this is not "how men behave" it's how abusers behave. To whatever extent it's how too many men behave, it's because those men are abusers.
And people who cater to abusers ... are also abusers. David Gelernter should never be allowed near students again.
And people who cater to abusers ... are also abusers. David Gelernter should never be allowed near students again.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
For fuck's sake this is not "how men behave" it's how abusers behave. To whatever extent it's how too many men behave, it's because those men are abusers.
And people who cater to abusers ... are also abusers. David Gelernter should never be allowed near students again.
And people who cater to abusers ... are also abusers. David Gelernter should never be allowed near students again.
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This is an important point.
Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist.
The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes.
So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.
Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist.
The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes.
So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.
The war on empathy and the war on the arts are part of the same project.
www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is an important point.
Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist.
The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes.
So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.
Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist.
The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes.
So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.