Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyilauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 11/09/2026Where did it all go wrong? Leaving primordial ooze 14% Origin of bilateral symmetry 7% Transition to land 32% Human-Chimpanzee divergence 47% 47880122
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSecret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new filmTestimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian 064
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here’s the best shirt for Halloween. 🎃 239148203888
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026They capitulate to the party that’s against stem cell research and gender affirming care for kids, but they want to hack children’s brains with chips before the age of 7 because that’s when they’re the most pliable. Makes sense. 451076278
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiThe Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 04/09/2026this is what resistance looks like. 0122
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...cbsnews.comFederal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources sayA federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. 810119006499
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton 994988866
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiMike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026NEWS: Status is reporting Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she leaked internal texts to the White House showing the network had told staff to stop amplifying Trump's latest election conspiracy theories. 861127391
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiGod @thegodshow.com · 03/09/2026Dear Americans, The president golfs every weekend while getting soldiers needlessly killed and and got mad that you get “too many holidays.” National strike when? 564139873563
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September. 1937176636975
Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026the press has gotten completely habituated to the ugly and hateful behavior of the people in this government so i will be surprised if anyone ever asks hegseth why he thinks it is appropriate to mock children for wanting to learn, grow and maybe serve their country 13873151166
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Among other things, Elon Musk now makes clear his belief that women must be disenfranchised. And he's now the sole source funder of the Texas GOP. Shouldn't Texas GOP candidates who are running with his money be asked about this? 961206549
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/08/2026Dr. Vin Gupta, an actual health expert, just dismantled RFK Jr.’s entire health agenda piece by piece. Medicaid cuts. NIH trials canceled. Environmental protections gutted. "Lots of marketing, little substance" on food policy. 223108154033
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiDaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026And that folks, is how you do it. 16677482779
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiKate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I went to West Point for two years and - by far - it was a better education than I got from two years at Penn. No more, it seems. 24110
Mark Csikszentmihalyi @markcsik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026If you've ever wanted to know more about Chinese thought, my new book -- Confucius: A New Tradition -- just came out! Part of a series called "Ancient Lives," it uses a Han dynasty biography discovered in 2015, the oldest extant one, as a taking off point to talk to introduce his life and thought. 110
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"We watched it on TV. And it's like, 'That's our son. That's Alex. And they killed him' ... trying to help someone" -- Alex Pretti's dad 344123744008
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/08/2026Traveling from Texas to Cali is revelatory just because the contrast is so obvious. You know what California doesn’t do? Put big ol’ California flags all over because it doesn’t need to insist on itself. 3558537
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAndrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 18/08/2026www.reuters.com/world/us-jud... A federal judge allowed trump's administration on Tuesday to end legal protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that have allowed them to live and work in the United States....reuters.comUS judge allows Trump to end thousands of Ethiopians' deportation protectionsA federal judge allowed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to end legal protections granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians that have allowed them to live and work in the United States. 1178
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/08/2026oh look, dems can easily leverage messaging to hijack, create, or redirect entire newscycles by exploiting the infotainment media's obsession with scaled ad engagement, who could have possibly imagined such a thingnbcnews.comWho is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlightThe former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term. 15255691140
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them 952916656
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026David Crowley: "I especially want to thank Rep. Francesca Hong. Her campaign reminded people across Wisconsin that there are no long shots when it comes to believing in a better future and fighting to expand opportunities to every family ... the real opponent has always been Tom Tiffany." 613414555
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026What's funny is that when I call on the NYT to adopt a pro-democracy, pro-truth agenda, they say: We don't do agendas here. 37420
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026They always "forget" to name a single factory this is being "built so fast." 107449130
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing. 896267805397
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778512570
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This should be another aspect of immediate journalistic inquiry: What has happened to other world leaders who have suffered from similar psychiatric issues in their decompensating end stages? How did that turn out for themselves and the people they govern? 21242651465
Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyilazrrocketarm.bsky.social @lazrrocketarm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026They aren't depleted, but it's Biden's fault for them being depleted. 21115
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiMike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime? 5723201000
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/07/2026i think this is really important point — if you take the arguments for capitalism at face value (you shouldnt but thats a whole other discussion) what we have right now is distinctly not that 8594101
Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyimigas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026And the fraudsters (we know them), who say they are looking for fraud, insist fraud only happens in blue states so they can try to extort those states while real, convicted fraudsters get pardons from President Fraudster. 407111714351
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiVickie Hinkley @vickiehinkley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026MORE #RepublicanRidiculousness #RIDICULOUSHegseth #RIDICULOUSRepublicanLOYALTYandHUMILIATION 122
Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyi💙FoolAmongstMany💙 @foolamongstmany.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The corrupt Trump crime family. 063
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiPolicy in the Future @policyfuture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026USA: We don't want to take climate change seriously Canada: We would like to take it somewhat seriously. If the world doesn't stop temp rises, our massive forests will turn into savannah one fire at a time. USA: More climate change please! Canada's Trees: OK, fires it is USA:static.klipy.comFuturama: Leela Demands 'Fix It!'ALT: Futurama: Leela Demands 'Fix It!' 1168
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiMarie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money." 299127333823
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiGod @thegodshow.com · 16/07/2026The treasury just ended plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill but they’re currently printing Trump’s face on a $1 gold coin while he’s still alive. All racist fascists go to Hell. 993539795
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiArieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 14/07/2026ICYMI: We rarely get to compare DIRECTLY how the media covers Trump vs other people, but last week he made precisely the same gaffe as Biden, in the same meeting with the same person. How come nobody cared?open.substack.comA tale of two (identical) slips of the tongueWhen Joe Biden called Zelenskyy "Putin" it was a global story that helped end his 2024 run. When Trump did the same this week, it barely registered. 620589
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiTriciaE @triciae80.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Jon Ossoff just responded to reports that Trump plans to declare him an “illegitimate” senator because of nonexistent voter fraud. Every word of this is spot on. Spread it everywhere and support Ossoff!!! 491771774
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I don't know, man, I think if Joe Biden had kept confusing Zelenskyy with Putin and Iran with Japan, the media might have made a pretty big deal about it? 18383681638
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiWyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It would be nice if the media was as interested in Ken Paxton as they are in Graham Platner. 614164274257
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan" 165780372801
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 07/07/2026redmadison.com/2026/07/07/t...redmadison.comThe WI Police Officers Who Used Government Surveillance to Track Their Love InterestsFour cases of WI law enforcement spying on their (ex-)partners raises concerns while Dane County reinstates ALPR funding. 312241
Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyinullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Ken Paxton hanging out with his mistress, Tracy Duhon, a Christian influencer, grief counselor, and mother of seven kids. Together, they own a two-million-dollar secret property, and his wife is just hearing about this along with the rest of us. Not the first time he's cheated biblically. 💀 74426
Reposted by Mark Csikszentmihalyi🌍Peter🔥Antifa✊ @peterru.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026Fossil fuel companies must be held responsible for the extreme heatwave gripping Europe. Campaigners from 350.org say they should pay permanent windfall taxes to help cover the mounting health costs. - The Canary, 30 June 2026 www.thecanary.co/global/world...thecanary.coPolluters must pay for European heatwave costsUN climate change chief Simon Stiell blamed "the world’s addiction to burning coal, oil and gas" for Europe’s heatwave. 02216
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026US looks increasingly like a captured petro island in the world economy: "You wouldn't know it if you live in the USA or consume US media and politics, but the fight between EVs & ICEs is basically over...ALL the growth globally is in EVs" Our Polycrisis Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... 1209
Reposted by Mark CsikszentmihalyiNatty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers? 33287692331