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John R. Marks, IV, Technically an attorney; practically I teach IT at FSU for a living. I run a nonprofit that teaches stem; for a while my company Vivergent […] [bridged from mastodon.social/@jrm4 on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Oh, nothing, just liking and boosting literally every reply I've gotten over the past few days that *didn't* involve a graphic, disgusting, terms of service violating other place, probably, (but admittedly childishly hilarious) personal insult here on the ol' Mastodon #socialmedia #mastodon

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

At the risk of getting blocked by even more snowflakes: Look, Richard Stallman absolutely is a weirdo; but y'all cancelling him (predictably) paved the way for worse weirdos like these Omarchy people. Bad Move. #linux #freesoftware #floss

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Ugh, twitter is now just getting observably worse and just silly. Like it is very obvious that someone is spending a LOT of bot money to support Kanye and Drake over Jay-Z And meanwhile, some loser clown first made a post about me vaguely defending RMS and then blocked me but I can still see […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Hey, it finally happened. Someone accused me of not being Black on twitter! Mastodon was way ahead of the curve on this one though (why do i keep hate posting on this place, about this place? I mean I know, it's because I wanted this place to be good) #blackmastodon #blacktwitter #socialmedia

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

It pains me to say, but I think useful political discourse cannot meaningfully exist on Mastodon. I don't wish this to be true, but the streets is the streets and, well, this is the closest thing to an HOA gated community I've seen in social media. #blackmastodon #uspol #blackfedi #socialmedia […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

It somewhat pains me to report that, for perhaps once, Elon Musk is absolutely on the right side of history; among many others he is *very* vocally against the UK "age verification" mess. #socialmedia

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Yeah y'all -- I don't WANT this to be true --I think I'm coming around to the idea that conversation and online discourse is just *better* (in terms of general world utility) on places like Twitter as opposed to here. Analagous to how roses grow in poop and dirt. #socialmedia #mastodon […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Every social media platform I'm on (Twitter, Threads, Bluesky) I'm seeing a very necessary and solid level of tough-but-important conversations and fights. about the clashes between (Far?) Leftism and real Black folks who actually participate in politics* Except here. Same ol same ol do-nothing […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

Ah, looks like another round of this: You can perhaps think what you want to think about Dave Chappelle, but please consider the massive *volume* of hate he is getting from the internet. Why -- precisely -- are you seeing that? He made a pretty good joke about this, only about Ja Rule […]

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Say Perhaps To Drugs T-shirt. No, I am not encouraging you to do drugs. That would be highly irresponsible of me. I am simply encouraging you to *consider* doing drugs. collabs.shop/q2rvzg

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Y'all, so sorry, but I gotta go full Hotep here. "The return of Kanye" is not being pushed by US. It's being pushed by THEM. #blackmastodon #blackfedi #music #uspol

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NaClKnight 🧂⚔️🥊 @naclknight.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

being Black is a roller coaster but i never wanna get off it #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

Idea I've floated over there (and on twitter) that I want to float here: ATProto / Bluesky for social media is *bad* actually. Worse than here and even Twitter, precisely for the reason people might think it's better. By "verifying" and rebroadcasting everything in a more precise way, you make […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

Today, tech people discovering what black voters already knew about Bernie Sanders #blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol #ai #technology

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026

Present thought Mastodon's the right model. But to be truly *useful* politcally - the Bluesky/Mastodonian idea of "we will make our safe space over here" might be pleasant for many and that's fine But they're not healthy for useful political discourse, which is often ugly, but generates the […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Again, I don't know how it's happening. But Twitter is presently absolutely the home of some amazing and difficult and definitely necessary discourse on the tension between "Epstein proves that all men are potential predators" and "All men are predators is extremely adjacent to, if not […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

@mackuba.eu @wjmaggos I come back here frequently because I know it's logically the best model. But it's also the most boring. By contrast, some cool interactions with classic hip-hop artists where I get to hand out flowers, that only happens over there. #blackmastodon #blackfedi

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

@wjmaggos I think "under his control" is carrying a lot of water there, in my experience. I don't think he's either smart nor powerful enough to render it unusable at this point. There is no "long-term" strategy that I think is *very likely or worth working very hard to* right now. Twitter is […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Again, I *want* this place, mastodon, to succeed. But right now, we gotta be real. Twitter is *the streets.* Bluesky and here are safe spaces and that's fine. But *us* being over there is still unfortunately probably important. #blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2025

@futurebird Only child here: Spouse has 3 siblings. We have 2 kids. I think I slightly *regret* deferring to the spouse on "MAKE SURE EVERYTHINGS EQUAL" ; I think it's a vicious cycle that I could have broken :)

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/11/2025

Let me follow up with this. What we do in the booth is what EVERYONE should do, which is *harm reduction* and NOTHING else. It ain't Burger King, you don't get it your way. If there is any difference AT ALL between the two candidates, you VOTE the one that does the least harm, period. That is […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

Now perhaps might be a good time for the reminder of a truth always obscured: Black People (not Black "women" -- ALL BLACK PEOPLE - you have to watch how they do black men dirty here) are the practical always-voting correctly BASE of the Democratic party -- which in turn makes them the moral […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

Enlightenment is understanding that "no hip-hop on the charts" is exactly what hip-hop needs #blackmastodon #blackfedi #hiphop #music

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

@librarymonster yeah, responding because I'm curious about all of this as well. I like to check out all of the social medias...and because I think Mastodon's the best model I'd love to figure this out. (and as I have commented before, I harbor a lot of skepticism on the […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2025

Theory: ATProto is pointless and it just hit me why. It's too complicated. Ok, so then your response will be "then we can educate and hold hands and explain and gain trust" You do THAT and *boom* you ALREADY just solved the problem with humans that you were just trying to solve with complex […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

@wjmaggos (oh wait, I meant twitters feed, not here)

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

@wjmaggos Since Elon, I noticed a sort of gradual decline (as well as a boosting of non-essentials, like lots of kendrick/drake opinions) -- but no MAJOR shift in "ideology" But literally over the last few days -- a near 180 with a FLOOD of right-leaning (And oddly, "pro-Drake? lol) stuff

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2025

If you know me, you know I've always thought that leaving twitter was 1) an absolutely fine personal individual choice but also 2) NOT something you should *insist* others do because it was *possible* that the good of speaking with others etc might outweigh the bad Saying this because in the […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

The comedians in saudi arabia feels like a stupid stupid distraction and a way for people to feel morally superior in one of the most pointless ways possible #uspol

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2025

Re: E.g. that Riyadh show etc. The way some of y'all are holding comedians to the moral standards that actual leaders should hold is *deeply* goofy. That's not their job. Their job is to point at the absurdity so people can see it. The more they do that, the better. #uspol #comedy #world

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2025

@wjmaggos I'd say it's worse than that; the main thing that makes this place suck and be not fun are all the vibes-not-policies server runners et all who do this all the time #mastodon #fediverse

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

I still presently have the least fun here, but I still think it's the best model, and bluesky seems to be pooping the bed with its guidelines #blackmastodon #blackfedi

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

@stefan You're speaking my language! I'm going to lead with what I consistently see as the biggest problem **here** which will likely fly in the face of most. CONFLICT IS GOOD. SPICY IS GOOD. CLEAR RULES, not mere vibes, on what is OFFENSIVE AND IMPERMISSBLE is GOOD. #blackmastodon #blackfedi

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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 13/09/2025

"soooo what else do we need to do to make this Blacktwitter, because I think we should do more of that" fire.asta.lgbt/notes/ackrs97gn2fb02… I'd say: follow Black folks who are active in the fediverse, lift up their voices, report any harassment you see in their replies. Make the […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2025

@Free_Press aw man we're no longer neighbors no for real, it's weird that she was like right across the street from my kids summer camp

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2025

UNPOPULAR OPINION Kendrick's 2nd half verse on Chains and Whips cements why he's inferior to the Clipse, and others*. Couldn't help but jump into the rappity-rap, but bad for THAT SONG. *obligatory "yes, i do hate drake much more than both of them" #hiphop #blackmastodon #blackfedi

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

@GhostOnTheHalfShell Me and every other Black voter I know? Not sure what you're fishing for here but --quite well, actually. Look, *we* see through the bullshit and we understand that NO SIDE can promise rainbows and perfection; you work with what you have and make incremental change.

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

Also, calling it now: Josh Johnson will 100% enter the pantheon of comedy greats. His name will go next to Carlin, Pryor, etc. #blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

@GhostOnTheHalfShell "Sits ATOP?" That's facially one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. He's a Black Man in AMERICA, fam. They're not letting him 'sit atop' anything. And that's most of my point. He's threading a needle. I feel like in these conversations about politicians people never […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

My current big picture view: Politics-wise -- Anti-Black racism is still Americas biggest problem -- only it literally harms EVERYONE ELSE proportionally much more because we're surviving, perhaps even thriving, AROUND it. #blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

@wjmaggos @GhostOnTheHalfShell Jefferies is (likely) between a rock and a hard place The thing is folks, we presently have *no clue* how good Mamdani is at "the rest of the job" One can be popular in one space and still be mostly a loser elsewhere, e.g. Bernie Sanders (who I voted FOR in the […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2025

@GhostOnTheHalfShell This sounds deep but is saying literally nothing controversial; yes if you dont get elected you cant do things

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

You don't need to *agree* with Hakeem Jeffries being lukewarm on Mamdani; but you do need to understand where it's coming from. Because if you think it's because *Jeffries* is some kind of corrupt old school insider, you're an idiot. It's a complex game and behind the scenes maneuvering […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

Florida Governor DeSantis refused to release names of people the state has forcibly interned in the Everglades, but today the Miami Herald released a list confirmed by DHS. archive.ph/2025.07.13-114542/https:… (archived […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

Reviewing old Clipse. I now *get* why Malice had to quit. He's *TOO* cold. Push is amazing, but he can handle his power. Malice basically did the Luke Skywalker thing; had to be DRAGGED back because he feared his own power then :):):) #hiphop #blackmastodon #blackmastodon

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2025

Okay, so while I don't like the "Democrats need to do more" because it's stupid I think there's room for "Democrats need to SAY more." Like the clip of Maxwell Frost. But y'all can go even harder. Call them names, remind the people of how absolutely scummy they are right now #uspol

jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2025

Unpopular opinion: Stop talking about how Black Women vote and start talking about how Black *People* vote. It's better to be UNITED here; and while it's true we are slightly worse at it -- still -- If everyone voted like Black *Men* we'd be also doing perfectly well. #blackmastodon […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2025

Look. The Zohran guy's got good words, and I for sure have no major love for Cuomo. But -- dammit -- when CLYBURN (or any elder Black Dem ,for that matters) talks, I know have to at least shut up for a little and listen. I have to take that VERY SERIOUSLY. My gut here is that Clyburn believes […]

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jrm4 @jrm4.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2025

I cannot stress enough the stupidity of e.g. "ACAB" and "ABOLISH THE POLICE" Get out of your feelings and get into your strategy -- it is undeniably true that there is a SEVERE need for police reform But, tell me, who escorted ICE away from Dodger Stadium? #uspol #blackmastodon #blackfedi