johnmark @johnmark.org · 28/09/2026What is your favorite condiment and why is it chipotle mayo? #condimentcontroversy #howtolosefriends #chipotle #chipotlemayo 001
Reposted by johnmarkJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey New England friends. I'll be giving a talk about my book, Hot Type, at @historicnewengland.bsky.social in Haverhill, MA, then a dem of the beloved Linotype up the hill at the Museum of Printing, on Saturday, Oct. 10. It's free. Please come! Details here: my.historicnewengland.org/26403/hot-typemy.historicnewengland.orgJeff Jarvis, Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Made | Historic New England 0163
johnmark @johnmark.org · 27/09/2026We don't need a kill switch. What we need is accountability. Jail time is appropriate. 000
johnmark @johnmark.org · 27/09/2026At first I was incensed to read this, but after reading more of the commentary, I think there's a gap between the UK and US educational systems. But still... I am concerned that a great number of our engineering/STEM students have very little use for or interest in humanities coursework 100
Reposted by johnmarkAlistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026If someone contends they've never heard Ponyboy by SOPHIE, it may say more about the listener than the song. 0133
Reposted by johnmarkJohn Mark :blobcatverified: ☑️ @johnmark.freeradical.zone.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026It's been a nonstop week. Time to reward myself; 111
johnmark @johnmark.org · 26/09/2026Our big dumb AI gods were wrong - it's time to usher in the age of UNIX primitives for AI news.massopen.ai/our-big-dumb...news.massopen.aiOur Big Dumb AI Gods Were WrongI, for one, welcome our new UNIX primitive AI overlords 000
johnmark @johnmark.org · 25/09/2026If there's a "worst of SF" list somewhere this should definitely go on it Seen at the corgi cafe.. 000
johnmark @johnmark.org · 24/09/2026I remember watching the MTV VMAs live in 1989 as a teenager. When i saw it was Axl Rose sashaying out for a duet with Tom Petty, every hair on my body stood on end. You have to understand, Axl was my absolute hero. He also had a strict evangelical background and was filled with rage. 100
Reposted by johnmarkScripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A new survey found many Americans are financially unprepared for unexpected expenses as credit card debt and serious delinquencies continue to rise.scrippsnews.comCredit Karma survey finds Americans struggling with emergency costsA new survey found many Americans are financially unprepared for unexpected expenses as credit card debt and serious delinquencies continue to rise. 041
Reposted by johnmarkMolly White @molly.wiki · 14/09/2026I dig through these 600+ page bills so you don’t have to. If you find that valuable, Citation Needed is 100% reader-funded, and you can support my work with a pay-what-you-want subscription. www.citationneeded.news/signup/citationneeded.newsCitation Needed 017129
Reposted by johnmarkMolly White @molly.wiki · 14/09/2026Newsletter: The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions in the industry-written Clarity Act exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists. Senators must vote no on cloture tomorrow.citationneeded.newsThe Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charadeThe supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists 4429149
johnmark @johnmark.org · 12/09/2026Dear media: if you're not very knowledgeable about a particular subject, you can, oh I don't know, maybe choose not to say anything at all? Maybe don't take the word of people who are hopelessly compromised and not objective? 000
johnmark @johnmark.org · 12/09/2026We haven't reached recursive self-improvement and we aren't close. Why are the press so gullible that they take these people at face value? 000
johnmark @johnmark.org · 12/09/2026Noah kicks ass and does amazing journalism - you should support him! 000
Reposted by johnmarkOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026“But rather than attacking the D.S.A. as the enemy, Democrats should ask themselves why so many voters are siding with insurgents. When you have lost all national power to a right-wing populist movement, it is obtuse to slam the door on your own populist insurgents.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Democratic Party Is Afraid of Its Own VotersLess than two years after a catastrophic election, the Democratic brand remains unpopular, and the party is still in the grip of a divisive identity crisis. 89025
johnmark @johnmark.org · 04/09/2026We just opened up registration for the agentic 101 workshop in Boston! It will be grand - massopen.ai/agenda/oct01... All the things you need to get started with open source agentic engineeringmassopen.aiAgentic 101 - Boston, MA (Glasswing Ventures) — Mass OpenAgenda for Agentic 101 - Boston, MA (Glasswing Ventures). 021
Reposted by johnmarkAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 04/09/2026No one is fooled by JD Vance pretending to be outraged at Abdul El-Sayed on his wife's behalf. It's not just that El-Sayed was right that JD is a racist. It's that everyone knows JD doesn't like or respect his wife. He makes sure we know it. www.salon.com/2026/09/04/j...salon.comJD Vance's chivalry to his wife Usha fools no one - Salon.comMichigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has the vice president’s number 2437485
Reposted by johnmarkNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026just a reminder that elon musk is a nazi who has put in motion an ongoing genocide against Black people, expected to kill 14 million. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/elon-musk-...everythingishorrible.netElon Musk is committing a genocideThe worst is not really covered as the worst. 4320124
Reposted by johnmarkNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026well this is going nowhere...but here's one thing I've written recently which I'm proud of and maybe you'd be interested in supporting? www.everythingishorrible.net/p/schindlers...everythingishorrible.netSchindler’s ZionismJews have become a fetish of American liberalism. That’s not good. 55518
Reposted by johnmarkMolly White @molly.wiki · 27/08/2026if you're wondering how this is likely to shake out, the name "Gulf of America" isn't mentioned in the lead of this Wikipedia article at all, and out of the three sentences it earns later on, one is about how stupid people think it is 1479192
johnmark @johnmark.org · 27/08/2026I don't recall voting for by-the-minute updates of the Clancy trial. 000
Reposted by johnmarkAnne @aegtx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Happy Elizabeth Freeman Ends Slavery In Massachusetts Day to all who celebrate! PS: Hollywood, WHERE IS THE MOVIEmassmoments.orgJury Decides in Favor of ElizabethOn this day in 1781, a jury in Great Barrington found in favor of Mum Bett, a black woman who had been a slave in the home of Colonel John Ashley for at least 30 years. Listening to her master's frien... 411342
johnmark @johnmark.org · 15/08/2026I did not think we would actually go back to that old saw "it's about ethics in gaming journalism" "It's about academic integrity!" How many times do we have to fall for this??? 010
Reposted by johnmarkKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/08/2026For my Sick Burns Friday post, I argued that centrists should welcome DSA candidates as a much-needed counterweight to the growing extremism of today's Republican parties. www.burnsnotice.com/actually-cen...burnsnotice.comActually Centrists Should Love the DSAIn the age of conservative extremism, it's about time a lefty counterweight gets some traction. True centrists should welcome this. 826447
johnmark @johnmark.org · 12/08/2026We need to reframe the "wealth tax" - it's basically a refund of the tax we all pay to support these people in the first place. 052
Reposted by johnmarkJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026When Crimethinc, no weak tea liberals, call bullshit on a political symbol of violence… 76018
Reposted by johnmarkben chambers 🏴 @benjaminchambers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/a...crimethinc.comAgainst the Logic of the GuillotineFetishizing the guillotine is like fetishizing the state: it means celebrating an instrument of murder that will always be used chiefly against us. 0236
Reposted by johnmarkBeth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is inside baseball, but: It is a lot easier to get on relevant committees as the 1st working software engineer in Congress, instead of the 45th MBA. Or the 180th lawyer. 1397
johnmark @johnmark.org · 03/08/2026Giving serious "don't threaten me with a good time" energy I don't even support Piker, but I will if it means we can ditch this lossr 010
Reposted by johnmarkJonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026“You have to make people dream. The space that’s taken by a single car can be used for so much more.” @milesperhoward.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/02/o...bostonglobe.comWhat Boston can learn from Montreal’s car-free summer - The Boston GlobeMiles of city roadway become places for gardens, art, outdoor dining, and unhurried discovery. 03110
Reposted by johnmarkJohn Mark :blobcatverified: ☑️ @johnmark.freeradical.zone.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026Starting the morning with fresh biryani and ghugni (yellow pea curry) - the-calcutta-kitchen.blogspot.com/2…the-calcutta-kitchen.blogspot.comYellow peas curry - Ghugni from the traditional Bengali kitchenYellow peas curry - Ghugni from the traditional Bengali kitchen 131
johnmark @johnmark.org · 02/08/2026First time I tried making ghugni and am really happy with the results. 010
Reposted by johnmarkNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026if you want to stick it to aipac, worth donating to cori bush, whose election looks a lot closer and where there's a lot less money in the race. www.coribush.orgcoribush.orgCori Bush for Congress: St. LouisJoin the Cori Bush campaign for Congress to bring real change to Missouri's 1st District and strengthen our community together. 1017860
Reposted by johnmarkStatus Is Down @statusisdown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Google Fi Wireless is reportedly down for hundreds of users at the moment. Are you one of them? #GoogleFi #GoogleFiDown #GoogleFiWireless #GoogleFiWirelessDown #Google #GoogleDown community.designtaxi.com/topic/3406… 021
johnmark @johnmark.org · 28/07/2026Hug ops to @tmobilesupport.bsky.social #tmobile and #GoogleFi folks right now. Will probably be burning the midnight oil on RCA and solutioning #hugops 001
![Wikipedia article about "Gulf of Mexico": The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean,[3] mostly surrounded by the North American continent.[4] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the southeast by Cuba.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreicweg4g3vc4n5ogvw4ummjhsy3y7q4wmvgdqsagystal5vbs6np2u)
