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Mark Sanders

@citizen-sanders.bsky.social
1.2K followers 518 following 2.5K posts

Philosopher, civic engager, education advocate, pragmatic pluralist, boom bap enthusiast, sports watcher, suboptimal day sizer

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brought some real “old man yelling at clouds” energy today in my class.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@surber.bsky.social @itsfelder.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social Great Fullcast After Dark. I too have a big head & wear glasses & have not been able to find sunglasses that fit over them despite trying brands that advertise as XL or for big heads. Any help would be appreciated. The Struggle is Real!
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
John Mateer is John Mateering like he has never John Mateered before!
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s about time!
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Replacing it with @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Delaware wins the Battle of the Blue Birds! Hens > Chants 🐓 🦅
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As a life long Yankee fan who has always held Derek Jeter in high regard and thought much of the criticism of him was unfair, I can unequivocally say that he has irrevocably tarnished his image by promoting polymarket.
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Snot Boogie🌲👽🇵🇸🛸🏴‍☠️ @snotboogie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Any athlete being paid by polymarket should be kicked out of their sport.
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...
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Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]
Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A duck riding out on a motorcycle followed by a team dressed in lime green and lemon yellow may be the least intimidating entrance possible. #collegefootball #fullcast
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Rutgers needs to get relegated to the ACC #Fullcast
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Shoresy: So Dumb
ALT: Shoresy: So Dumb
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ashley Sanchez is unstoppable! #courage #nwsl
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Aaron Boone’s leadership will surely get the Yankees through their injury issues. Unrelated Fun fact: no Yankees manager in their 100+ year history has ever managed the team for more than 3 seasons w/o winning a World Series, except Aaron Boone who is in his 9th season as Yankees manager
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Restore PBS and NPR Funding Now. Sign here: act.commoncause.org/petitions/re...
act.commoncause.org
Tell Congress: Restore PBS and NPR Funding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has officially closed after Trump slashed $1.1 billion from public media. I just signed a Common Cause petition urging Congress to restore funding for PB...
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self” -Walt Whitman
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13/08/2026
I think we are well past the point where we can assume feckless corporate press coverage of authoritarianism is an accident, or that asking them nicely to do better is going to fix the rot in our information systems
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‘Trump Said A Thing’ Journalism Must Stop
One obvious byproduct of letting what's left of U.S. journalism consolidate in the hands of a bunch of giant corporations is the end result winds up being a feckless mess. Generally corporations don't want to upset advertisers, ownership (usually Conservative, white, and male), event sponsors, or potential advertising targets, so their journalism winds up being...
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This essay from @brockm.bsky.social got me thinking about myth and meaning in new ways. I don’t think myth is meaning, but I’m not sure it’s not . . . #philsky open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
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True Myths
On meaning, love, and the truths that only exist from inside
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
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A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants
And we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
So ESPN fires a bunch of folks so that they can pay Pat McAfee a gazillion dollars to have Aaron Rogers on his show give idiotic self righteous diatribes. It’s almost like they don’t really wanna keep politics out of sports, just a certain kind of politics.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I was really digging the new Homeboy Samdman & Jack Splash album until he decided to . . . question the veracity of the claims against Bill Cosby?
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Man's Confused 'Wait What?' Reaction
ALT: Man's Confused 'Wait What?' Reaction
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is a dizzying story to read. I relish that Rufo has fallen out of favor but it’s hard to find much solace in any of the characters involved in this drama.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fixing what Republicans break is better than nothing. But making Republicans regret breaking things should be the lodestar of the entire Democratic Party at this point. This gluttony for punishment is demoralizing. www.offmessage.net/p/obamacare-...
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Post a character you think is cool and give no explanation why:
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Shoresy: So Dumb
ALT: Shoresy: So Dumb
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Leila Walker @lwalker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The president of my college is finally resigning in disgrace, but the situation remains bleak. Our search for a chief librarian was canceled and the adjuncts we hired as stop-gaps when we couldn't replace retired faculty have all been cut. How are we supposed to support students in these conditions?
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Save Queens College: deep cuts hurting campus - PSC CUNY
Devastating cuts at Queens College are impacting workloads, services and education. PSC members are fighting back.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I wasn’t planning on seeing the Odyssey, but now I kind of want to see what all the fuss is about. (And by fuss I mean Elon’s hissy fit and the deranged response from his ilk)
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is the look Nala gives me when I stop petting her for a moment.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Stop WOKE has been stopped in Florida!
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Philosophy and other humanities degrees are prudential not because AI companies are hiring, but because in a world with a lot of unknowns, it’s good to have intellectual flexibility and adaptability. Majors that focus more on job skills lack that.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“I think the demand for philosophers with A.I. training is, if anything, outstripping the supply right now” . . . “Most of the hiring has been concentrated at DeepMind and Anthropic, each of which employs at least a half-dozen philosophers.”
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Arrested Development: There Are Dozens Of Us
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cabo Verde still undefeated in regulation in the World Cup! Salute to the team, their fans, and the entire nation! #worldcup
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I am large. I contain multitudes.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This is the way.
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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 17/06/2026
Voting rights advocacy groups warned Wednesday that a North Carolina House bill proposing extensive changes to state election laws is “harmful” to voting rights. ncnewsline.com/2026/06/17/a... #ncpol
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Advocates say a sweeping elections bill moving through the NC House undermines voting rights • NC Newsline
House Republican leaders did not advance the measure Wednesday after Tuesday's protests at the legislature, saying it needs additional work.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Cape Verde is still the only team to have never lost a game World Cup history
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Trump appeared at the Libertarian National Convention in 2024 in front of a sign that said this, it was the convention's theme
Trump at the Libertarian Convention in 2024
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James Tyler @jamestylerespn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
CAPE VERDE WIN 0-0
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
BING BONG! #NYKnicks #NBAFinals #NBACHAMPS #nbasky
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Don’t tell me the refs aren’t helping the Spurs. #NBAFinals
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
THAT’S TWO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF FOR TEAM USA
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Wrong. Choosing to do your own footnotes when you have the option to automate the process is workmaxxing actually.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Knicks win 13 playoff games in a row and then Trump shows up and they lose. He literally ruins everything.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
John Oliver did a great piece on the fiasco of what has happened to my alma mater and it’s worth checking put. youtu.be/jFMc07F1UUU
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New College of Florida: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Post an album you have listened to 100 times.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This post did not get the respect it rightfully deserved. Justice is hiding behind a veil of ignorance.
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Mark Sanders @citizen-sanders.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The River Bottom Nightmare Band have dropped out of the Freedom 250 Concert
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