Mark Z
@onlymarkzilbert.bsky.social
Realtor by trade
Wine enthusiast 🍷
USA / Latvian / Canadian
Usually reading something interesting
Wine enthusiast 🍷
USA / Latvian / Canadian
Usually reading something interesting
Pinned
Just joined Bluesky after leaving X.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
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“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
Makes you think about accountability at home as well as abroad.
For Trump to say theres a need to change leadership in other countries I'd say it's time to say the same for the United States.
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Makes you think about accountability at home as well as abroad.
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For Trump to say theres a need to change leadership in other countries I'd say it's time to say the same for the United States.
January 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
For Trump to say theres a need to change leadership in other countries I'd say it's time to say the same for the United States.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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If ICE is stopping and detaining people based on their skin color and/or accent, what they are doing is essentially an ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
If ICE is stopping and detaining people based on their skin color and/or accent, what they are doing is essentially an ethnic cleansing campaign.
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I'm hoping the EU goes "the full Carney" on the USA. Enough of this bullsh*t.
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I'm hoping the EU goes "the full Carney" on the USA. Enough of this bullsh*t.
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Ain't even mad about that loss. Hell of a game, incredible season. That CW touchdown pass to take it to overtime was an all-timer.
This team has something truly special brewing. 🐻⬇️
This team has something truly special brewing. 🐻⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Ain't even mad about that loss. Hell of a game, incredible season. That CW touchdown pass to take it to overtime was an all-timer.
This team has something truly special brewing. 🐻⬇️
This team has something truly special brewing. 🐻⬇️
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A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
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A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
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When ICE fires multiple chemical rounds directly at the head of a praying, priest, DOJ concludes it is completely justified.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor | CNN
The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:38 AM
When ICE fires multiple chemical rounds directly at the head of a praying, priest, DOJ concludes it is completely justified.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
When protestors make noise during a sermon by a right-wing ICE pastor, DOJ announces a major investigation.
It's not about immigration; it's about control.
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Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
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I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
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Protecting people is my job. No one—not this administration, not ICE—will keep me from doing it.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Protecting people is my job. No one—not this administration, not ICE—will keep me from doing it.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
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Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
It’s Sunday and the world is burning, but you can’t fight if you’re burned out, so take care of yourself. Read. Create. Check on your friends and family. Spend time with your pet. Go for a walk. Watch a movie. Eat tacos. Hope you have a good one.
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It’s Sunday and the world is burning, but you can’t fight if you’re burned out, so take care of yourself. Read. Create. Check on your friends and family. Spend time with your pet. Go for a walk. Watch a movie. Eat tacos. Hope you have a good one.
ICE agents gunning down an unarmed Minneapolis woman in the street isn't "enforcement", it's state-sanctioned murder that demands abolition.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
ICE agents gunning down an unarmed Minneapolis woman in the street isn't "enforcement", it's state-sanctioned murder that demands abolition.
The January food challenge continues. This protein rich breakfast has 400 calories, easily contributing to my calorie deficit. I ate this this morning 😉
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The January food challenge continues. This protein rich breakfast has 400 calories, easily contributing to my calorie deficit. I ate this this morning 😉
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Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Also
men cannot get pregnant.
I cannot get pregnant
men cannot get pregnant.
I cannot get pregnant
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Also
men cannot get pregnant.
I cannot get pregnant
men cannot get pregnant.
I cannot get pregnant
So the FBI just did what they normally do and expect? What about arresting Walz and Omar? I am speaking on behalf of most Americans, we're not impressed. Clintons skipped their hearings, I guess Congress will issue a strongly worded rebuke?
January 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
So the FBI just did what they normally do and expect? What about arresting Walz and Omar? I am speaking on behalf of most Americans, we're not impressed. Clintons skipped their hearings, I guess Congress will issue a strongly worded rebuke?
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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I had long tried to avoid using term Gestapo to refer to ICE. Now I'd be lying not to use it. This is from today. Look at how ICE agents try to block media from taking photos of their assault of the woman
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I had long tried to avoid using term Gestapo to refer to ICE. Now I'd be lying not to use it. This is from today. Look at how ICE agents try to block media from taking photos of their assault of the woman
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ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
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BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.