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Mark Jenkins

@choiceweb0pen0.bsky.social
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Poet, Reader, Educator, traveler, outdoorsy.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 18h
Simply caring about victims can change everything.
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String Bass Theory @stringbasstheory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
4% are sitting congressmen and SCOTUS justices.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 8h
"Here we are, back in this terrible place, just forty-one years after Brett Kavanaugh became a Delta Kappa Epsilon Deke, and eight years after his confirmation to the Supreme Court. How did we get here?" buff.ly/K3eqEvg
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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?
“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
there are only three narratives in fiction: 1) the hero's journey 2) a stranger comes to town 3) a greedy developer is going to tear down our beloved community center...UNLESS we put on the greatest breakdance show this town's ever seen
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026
"Could you go rowdy into that good night? Make a ruckus. Bounce around, cause a scene. That might be fun. Sort of the opposite of gentle; really show how psyched you are to go into that good night. There is no shame in showing your emotions." buff.ly/atMd0Cg
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Ways Other Than “Gentle” You Could Go into That Good Night
“What if you started going into that good night in a rambunctious manner, really going nuts, but then, once you got into that good night, you switched to goi...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m just saying Billie Joe MacAllister should’ve survived that jump.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/09/2026
The next No Kings on October 17 is all about promoting unprecedented early voting for the midterms. We’re expecting millions of participants — which means hundreds of moving parts, recruitment, supplies, and thousands of local events that can only come together with a lot of grassroots support.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today marks 50 days until the election and 10 days until ballots drop. Your task today is to make sure you and your friends and family are registered to vote. abdulforsenate.com/vote
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/09/2026
Calling AI companies “labs” gives them an air of scientific rigor—but it's time to call them what they really are, Matthew Sun argues.
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There's No Such Thing as an AI 'Lab'
The term lends an air of scientific rigor to what are really billion-dollar corporations.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This country was built on the opposition to tyranny...so ICE must be abolished.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/09/2026
Wendell Berry, a writer and farmer, died this week at age 92. Joe Fassler writes about the simple, clarifying idea that informed his life:
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Why Wendell Berry Didn’t Worry About the Future
His life as a writer and farmer was informed by a simple, clarifying idea: Forget tomorrow, and work toward what is good today.
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Concise, clearly-written explainer re: "agent swarms," U+1F917, Swarm Ethics or evident lack thereof, etc. etc.
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Angry Byrd @tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On Page 1, taking the entire page in this book called "How to not die like a peasant during the Dark Ages" Weird, there is no other pages in this book.
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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Questionnaire by Wendell Berry
Questionnaire by Wendell Berry

1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade?
Please name your preferred poisons.

2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do?
Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred.

3. What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization? Please list the monuments, shrines, and works of art you would most willingly destroy.

4. In the name of patriotism and the flag, how much of our beloved land are you willing to desecrate? List in the following spaces the mountains, rivers, towns, farms you could most readily do without.

5. State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes, the energy sources, the kinds of security, for which you would kill a child. Name, please, the children whom you would be willing to kill.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is what a real leader says.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Almost 30,000 pounds of raw, frozen beef imported from Argentina has been recalled after being sold in Florida and Texas. Good luck, everyone.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mike Dodgers doesn't want to talk about what people are ACTUALLY worried about: Can I afford my gas? Can I see a doctor when I get sick? How am I going to keep my job?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Let’s talk about Medicare for All. What would it mean for the individual American? ⬇ The day you’re born you get a card that gives you health insurance with no premium, co-pay, or deductible. Doesn’t matter if you get a job, lose a job, turn 26 or 65, get married or divorced — it's there for you.
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DoctorTheopolis @drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A film about the Epstein files would make Malcolm McDowell’s Caligula look like Mary Poppins.
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Here's the beauty of hitting $40T. It happened under a GOP/Trump administration, and I hear Bessent say it's not some magic number, meaning not really that big a deal. Do you think any republican would say that if a Dem was in the White House? It's never a big deal to Rs because they're super rich.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22/08/2026
“Bookstores are like trees. They grow by themselves.” Amid raids and arrests, Hong Kong’s independent bookshops are still making room for ideas and expression.
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Hong Kong’s Bookshops Are Refusing to Go Quietly
A wave of raids and arrests is raising the pressure on independent bookstores that have become important spaces for connection and exchange.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/08/2026
Anyone telling an author not to mention their books here can go fuck themselves Also anyone telling anyone else how to run their own social media accounts can go fuck themselves too If the way someone does their thing here bothers you, unfollow/mute/block them, but you don't get a vote otherwise
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It’s not radical to believe you should be able to afford groceries, see a doctor, breathe clean air, and drink clean water. There’s nothing more American than fighting for a government of, by, and for the people.
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Some good news. The world's first Alzheimer's vaccine is making progress. Researchers in Bhaskar’s lab and a spinout company are developing an experimental vaccine that trains the immune system to generate antibodies against toxic tau proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s. 🔄
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Scientists discover a protein that protects the brain from Alzheimer’s damage
A protein called SORLA may act as a powerful defense against the toxic tau tangles involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Mice with extra SORLA had less tau accumulation, less brain atrophy, and healthier c...
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Mark Jenkins @choiceweb0pen0.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just another day on the Fantasy of Writing uninterrupted Island
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today, on everyone’s screen.
Movie poster a black figure holding a cell phone, a road at night below and the McConnells.
Text: I KNOW
THAT YOU DIED
THIS SUMMER
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/08/2026
Federal prosecutors just dropped charges against 3 MORE defendants who were falsely accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I Remember, Hope you do….
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026
Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sleepy Don dozing off again in public in the middle of the afternoon at Lindsey’s service.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Big Ernie McCracken @bigerniemccracken.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
You would think Potus falling into a deep slumber, every day, on TV, would be a bigger story.... ....but Sleepy Joe.... Our media is hopelessly broken.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/07/2026
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
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Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests Organic eggs are twice as bad for the climate as eggs from chickens living in cages, research suggests. According to the study, switching the UK’s entire egg production to an organic free-range model would lead to greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2 (tCO2e), while production through a fully caged system would emit 1,184,000 tCO2e. Continue reading...
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"please keep giving us all the money"
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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
but they already made a historically accurate version of the odyssey?
three men, grinning, stand in front of an old timey microphone in a still from O Brother Where Art Thou
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 22/07/2026
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/
This is a screenshot of an Instagram post from a rescue organization featuring a bearded animal protection officer with a tiny rescued heron baby on his handThis is a close up of the heron baby and it's like if you stuck a novelty beak and some regular bird-sized feet on a wad of cat hair
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Simon Osborne Pitt the Younger @pitt-the-younger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Remembering the great Robin Williams, born on this day in 1951!
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
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'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
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