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Mark Aldrich

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The NY Post called me a "writer" once, w/ quotes. NYPA award-winning humorist. Comedy performer once a week. Author of essay about my Dad's Covid death in book, 'Who We Lost.' Sober: 7/15/2010. Disabled: SMA4. New Paltz, NY. linktr.ee/Mark.Aldrich

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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 8h
A little while ago, we were a "question." We've been upgraded (or down-) to a "problem" now. Problems require solutions, and I recall a guy in history who offered a "solution" to the "Jewish problem." It was a big hit for a while, so I guess Yarvin is at work on its comeback.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 8h
Seems bad that one of the innovations of this century is “lazier Nazis”
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 11h
Bezos likes artificial skin colors, though.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 12h
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 12h
Today is Septidi the 17th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate pumpkins. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Pumpkins.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h
In the presidential immunity case, the court considered a hypothetical of a president ordering Navy Seals to assassinate an American political rival. Trump's lawyer argued unambiguously yes, since it'd be an "official act." The Roberts Court ruled in his favor, 6-3. Why wouldn't Trump believe this?
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 06/10/2026
Today is Sextidi the 16th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate four o'clock flowers. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Four o'clock flowers.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Giants QB is available to introduce him again, though.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Nearly $100," Mr. President? Why, I'll almost be able to afford this month's Medicare buy-in with that.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A+
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Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Me: oh god it’s the Hellman’s horseman Him: you mean the headless horseman? Man covered in mayonnaise atop a horse: No
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
student newspaper, Cornell Sun: "Activists Smash Windows, Graffiti Day Hall ‘for Jane Doe’" "Shards of glass [littered]...the entryway and the floor of Day Hall. The messages, which read “SMASH THE PATRIARCHY” and “AT CORNELL RAPISTS ARE PROTECTED PROTESTORS ARE EXPELLED,” were written in red."
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Activists Smash Windows, Graffiti Day Hall ‘for Jane Doe’
A group of anonymous activists vandalized Day Hall early Monday morning by smashing windows, writing graffiti and covering up a camera in protest of the University’s response to the alleged 2024 Chi P...
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 05/10/2026
Today is Quintidi the 15th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate donkeys. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Donkeys.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Sold out?" He sells tickets? Any political event I've been to has been free--in 2003-04 in Iowa before the caucuses one didn't even need to know in advance there was an event, there were so many events one needed to put in work to NOT attend a rally, and they were free.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Farage is Britain's Harold Stassen.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“We’ve got a president who’s no stranger to the Epstein files leading a Gestapo campaign to round up our most vulnerable population of children, driving profits off their lives. It’s human trafficking.” - Founder of group protesting new ICE facility in Louisiana www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 04/10/2026
Today is Quartidi the 14th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate mignonette. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Mignonette.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's easy to see the "386" aspirin in your local drug store: it's a huge bottle (one per customer since there's only one on the shelf at any time) with nothing more than "386" stamped on the label. Doesn't even say aspirin. There's only one pill in the container. Like a model ship in a bottle.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"I guess" on my t-shirt answers all the questions raised by "I guess" on my t-shirt.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hottest: it was 80+ degrees here in upstate New York today, Oct. 3.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He's playing his greatest hits tonight. They love it when he insults them: "I shouldn't be here with you peons. I should be someplace glamorous, instead of this dump." MAGAts think he's telling them how much he sacrifices to be their ruler, that he gets what it is to sacrifice things. He hates them.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"I guess" on my t-shirt answers all the questions raised by "I guess" on my t-shirt.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hottest: it was 80+ degrees here in upstate New York today, Oct. 3.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Get rid of 9 out of 10 people every ten people and that's how unemployment goes up.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And yet every Oval Office press conference, he has 9 people standing behind him all doing the same thing.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's easy to see the "386" aspirin in your local drug store: it's a huge bottle (one per customer since there's only one on the shelf at any time) with nothing more than "386" stamped on the label. Doesn't even say aspirin. There's only one pill in the container. Like a model ship in a bottle.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He's playing his greatest hits tonight. They love it when he insults them: "I shouldn't be here with you peons. I should be someplace glamorous, instead of this dump." MAGAts think he's telling them how much he sacrifices to be their ruler, that he gets what it is to sacrifice things. He hates them.
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 03/10/2026
Today is Tridi the 13th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate winter squash. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Winter squash.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/10/2026
What do you get when @Negativlandland.bsky.social brings its sound collage, sampling and cultural mischief to the Internet Archive? 🎛️📚 KQED’s Gabe Meline reviews the collision of experimental music, technology, fair use and the strange business of preserving culture. www.kqed.org/arts/1399397...
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At the Internet Archive, Negativland Reminds the World Why They Matter | KQED
Two Bay Area institutions came together for a night of soundscapes, sampling and discussion about art.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And yet they'll win, since fear works.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I lived in Iowa years ago, so I've watched Hawkeyes games on Paramount this season--all the ads have been Republican ads; today anti-Turek and anti-Sherrod Brown ads. Are the Democrats conceding the ad space?
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.
Four black and white panels of a boy and girl sitting on steps.
1st panel: Charlie Brown is approaching and the boy says:
"Well! Here comes ol' Charlie Brown!" 
2nd panel: As Charlie Brown passes, he says "Good ol' Charlie Brown...yes, sir!" 
3rd panel: "Good ol' Charlie Brown..." 
4th panel: Once Charlie is gone, "How I hate him!"
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 03/10/2026
In response to Michael Tracey's request for Jane Doe's name, this image was created by Brittany Alexander for anyone who would wish to use it as their profile picture on any social media account. Medusa is often seen as the ultimate archetypal victim of institutional betrayal. #WeAreJaneDoe
B&W image of Medusa with the words We Are Jane Doe
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 02/10/2026
Today is Duodi the 12th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate strawflower. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Strawflower.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hochul has been underwhelming a lot of the time (James is a rock star), but this is all just an important reminder of why we need women equally represented in leadership. The anger that Hochul and James brought to this was refreshing and few men could get there. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Hochul Rebukes Prosecutor’s Handling of Cornell Case
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🧊✈️ These are all ICE flights 👀
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael Tracey, turned to X on 29 September and asked people to help him identify Jane Doe, so he could publish it online. I thought you might want to know this piece of shit is here on Bluesky! @m-tracey.bsky.social His email is: mtracey@protonmail.com Also substack.com/@mtracey
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 01/10/2026
Today is Primidi the 11th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate potatoes. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Potatoes.
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 30/09/2026
Today is Décadi the 10th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate vats. #JacobinDay See today's page
An old time-y illustration of a Vats.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nobody knows how deeply he hopes we're that dumb.
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another big win for Newsom: helping abusers and governments escape the consequences of child sexual abuse
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Stephanie Allen @socalstephanie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reich Ministry for Church Affairs
(Reichsministerium für die Kirchliche Angelegenheiten)
also sometimes referred to as the Reich Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs, existed in Nazi Germany from 1935 until 1945 under the leadership of Hanns Kerrl and Hermann Muhs and attempted to unify the churches and align them with the goals of National Socialism.
Reich Ministry for Church Affairs
Reichsministerium für die Kirchliche
Angelegenheiten
Agency overview
Background [edit]
Formed
Dissolved
Jurisdiction
16 July 1935
8 May 1945
Government of Nazi
As part of the Nazi approach to controlling all aspects of
Germany
German society (Gleichschaltung) the regime's initial plan
Ministers
Hanns Kerrl+
was to "coordinate" all 28 separate Protestant regional
responsible
Hermann Muhs
churches (Landeskirchen) into a single and unitary Reich
(as State Secretary)
Church (Reichskirche) under the leadership of a Reich
Bishop. On 27 September 1933, the Nazis installed Ludwig Müller in this position. However, many of the German Protestant clergy supported the dissenting Confessing Church movement, formed in May 1934 under the leadership of theologian Martin Niemöller, which resisted state interference into Church affairs and affirmed that the German Church was not an "organ of the State." Müller was ultimately unsuccessful in establishing a unified Church or in completely Nazifying the Protestant congregations.
Therefore, Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler determined that the government itself would have to take over the direction of this effort.!1]
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But I thought we shouldn't regulate A.I.?
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bill Maher is our Secretary of Defense?
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bill Maher is our Secretary of Defense?
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This nation wants me (a "radical" who can grow a beard) dead. Period.
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