Reposted by Mark DonovanTammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 10/10/2026Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs. 971558584
Reposted by Mark DonovanCivic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"And when push comes to shove, seems the people down below have power over those they place above, but only if they vote!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayWi...youtube.com2026: Time for the MidtermsYouTube video by Hamilton 05231
Reposted by Mark DonovanJack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Suck it, other book collectors. 2458370
Reposted by Mark DonovanKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A functioning press would be pointing this out non-stop, and making them defend it in every interview. 10456183
Reposted by Mark DonovanClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Fuck this shit. Vote early. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comDHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in carFederal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside. 9515178
Reposted by Mark DonovanLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4103505310562
Reposted by Mark DonovanJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do 982829413
Reposted by Mark DonovanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this. 21677140
Reposted by Mark DonovanAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture. 11246211322
Reposted by Mark DonovanMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks likebloomberg.comA Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at StakeThe battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats. 172055581
Reposted by Mark DonovanJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026as a jew who cares a lot about these issues, the fact that the worlds richest and perhaps most powerful man routinely spouts nazi propaganda is very bad and the main story here. But I'd note there's a bit of a gender story in this "poll" as well. 26768190
Reposted by Mark DonovanTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/08/2026what if Canada just declared this America's flag, and started using it on their literature and websites 271544247
Reposted by Mark DonovanGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226394957139
Reposted by Mark DonovanDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Why is all the food being recalled now? Last year: 23413
Reposted by Mark DonovanTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism 5546801398
Reposted by Mark DonovanKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026ICE agents give contradictory orders on purpose. “You f*cking move I’ll f*cking tase you! Get out of the f*cking car!” It’s a no win situation. The person being violently accosted in this video is a disabled veteran. Imagine if the agents had been wearing shock gloves? Abolish & prosecute ICE 15124041048
Reposted by Mark DonovanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective. 1455038927
Reposted by Mark DonovanConstant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better. 4094283313
Reposted by Mark DonovanKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you're curious about how the right is going to try to frame the horrific fires in Spokane Washington, it looks like they plan to blame them on homeless people, local (DEM) city leadership, and state (DEM) mismanagement of forests. So, many of the same frames as the LA fires. 1625786
Reposted by Mark DonovanAaron Hedge @aaronhedge.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Spokesman is doing incredible reporting on this story. Follow them for critical info. @alexdugganreports.bsky.social www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...spokesman.com'Never seen it this bad': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into cityA wildfire driven by high winds jumped the Spokane River Saturday afternoon, burning homes and quickly moving into the Indian Trail Neighborhood. 3244122
Reposted by Mark DonovanSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget. 404155696444
Reposted by Mark DonovanEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0... 501919639
Reposted by Mark DonovanWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026A majorly sci-fi moment, not to mention a first in human history! 1126759
Reposted by Mark DonovanJason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving. 8883364512530
Reposted by Mark DonovanKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Two years ago, my colleagues and I were sued by Stephen Miller's America First Legal. The Hines v Stamos case — built atop a number of false allegations — was a central element of the "censorship industrial complex" myth. Today, that case was dismissed (by a Trump judge in LA). We won. 16270621656
Reposted by Mark DonovanElizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Feelies' 'The Good Earth' LP walks a mesmerizing tight rope between the pastoral and panicked, joyful and sad. The carefully calibrated and the utterly unhinged. Their freakiest trick: they might sound like other bands, but no other bands can ever sound like them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTnd...youtube.comThe Feelies - The Good Earth 1986 Full Album VinylYouTube video by luis german lombo 48011
Reposted by Mark DonovanHeather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool 502243365590
Reposted by Mark DonovanJosh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Two defendants who received 50 years each, Savanna Batten and Elizabeth Soto, were never accused of helping plan the demonstration here. They arrived separately, left the protest when guards asked them to, and were not accused of any act of violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/prairie...talkingpointsmemo.comPrairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ ChargesFederal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people... 9617961082
Reposted by Mark DonovanAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168237551
Reposted by Mark DonovanSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026there's something remarkable how on a scientific level we're performing what would essentially be miracles and on a cultural/political level, we're going in reverse 3058801287
Reposted by Mark Donovanjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"My goal is to recall my past lives and be free in each. My strength is being scattered and rooted at the same time.... My kink is a copless land where no one hoards anything." A belated Solstice picture, poem and song to you and yours. homemadejam.org/mix/summerso...homemadejam.orgSummer Solstice 2026I want this job because it sounds like something I could do and I’m hungry, physically. 0161
Mark Donovan @joygantic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I am a fan of the Kasa smart plug. You connect it to wifi with an app and then can manually turn off/on or set on a schedule (time-based or “sunrise”/“sunset”). Doesn’t require you to buy into large tech ecosystem and works great. (It’s how I turn on my coffee maker before I get out of bed) 020
Reposted by Mark DonovanPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Released 43 years ago today 'Mommy's Little Monster', the debut studio album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, featuring the opening track The Creeps Social Distortion - The Creeps - Peer Records Anaheim, 1983 #punk #punks #punkrock #socialdistortion #history #punkrockhistory #otd 317424
Reposted by Mark DonovanElder Skunk of the North @loranskunky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...youtube.comMister Rogers’ NeighborhoodWelcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ... 5589554141
Reposted by Mark DonovanSpencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 05/06/2026“Unitarian Universalists and Deists, who were reportedly excluded from the latest list, are among two categories represented among signers of the Declaration of Independence.” religionnews.com/2026/06/04/d...religionnews.comDefense Department to drop atheists, pagans, 175 others from list of military faiths(RNS) — The new list includes 31 recognized faiths, most of them Christian denominations. 34666311
Reposted by Mark DonovanMaggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE 176113853795
Mark Donovan @joygantic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026❤️ Also: sodium percarbonate … aka oxygen bleach. Magic laundry tweak. 010
Reposted by Mark DonovanAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville. 19635941786
Reposted by Mark DonovanDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It’s depressing how things that were seen as KKK-level racism when I was in college are mundane government policies and Supreme Court decisions today. 81511311
Reposted by Mark DonovanJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 08/05/2026Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean www.tennessean.com/picture-gall... 5358002224
Reposted by Mark DonovanSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/05/2026We live in a time dominated by deeply unserious people making deeply unserious arguments in support of tragically serious results that serious people would have both avoided and known to avoid. 7044611023
Reposted by Mark Donovanonion person @junlper.beer · 06/05/2026funniest thing i’ve ever seen 433241365344
Reposted by Mark Donovansouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Having all the cards is, famously, not the goal in Uno. 172105131860
Reposted by Mark DonovanPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/05/2026It’s amazing how hardened we’ve gotten to this ludicrous, offensive, deeply un-American assertion. 762477428
Reposted by Mark DonovanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026The National Science Foundation is the main source of funding for basic sciences in the US. For decades, they have supported a scientific R&D ecosystem in the US that has been an engine of economic growth and competitive advantage. Destroying the agency is no less than an act of sabotage. 13854290
Mark Donovan @joygantic.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Man, life happens people get sick, people die, plans don’t work out, if you’re not enjoying life along the way, you’re squandering the only asset you really have. 0101
Reposted by Mark DonovanKaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I never considered ballrooms as the solution to mass shootings but it makes sense if you think about it. Grocery stores. Schools. None of these places have ballrooms! Clearly we’ve been thinking about this like a bunch of plebs. 2202