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Mark Csikszentmihalyi

@markcsik.bsky.social
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California prof, International Studies & Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 11/09/2026
Where did it all go wrong? Leaving primordial ooze 14% Origin of bilateral symmetry 7% Transition to land 32% Human-Chimpanzee divergence 47%
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here’s the best shirt for Halloween. 🎃
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026
They 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.
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The Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this is what resistance looks like.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026
NEW: 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...
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Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
A 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.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At 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
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEWS: 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.
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God @thegodshow.com · 03/09/2026
Dear Americans, The president golfs every weekend while getting soldiers needlessly killed and and got mad that you get “too many holidays.” National strike when?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026
A 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.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026
the 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
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Among 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?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/08/2026
Dr. 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.
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And that folks, is how you do it.
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I 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.
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Mark Csikszentmihalyi @markcsik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If 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.
photo of Mark Csikszentmihalyi's dazzling new book (or so the back cover tells me) Confucius: A New Tradition
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Aaron 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
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/08/2026
Traveling 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.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.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....
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US judge allows Trump to end thousands of Ethiopians' deportation protections
A 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.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/08/2026
oh 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 thing
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Who is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlight
The former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I 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
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
David 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."
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What'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.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
They always "forget" to name a single factory this is being "built so fast."
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This 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
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This 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?
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lazrrocketarm.bsky.social @lazrrocketarm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
They aren't depleted, but it's Biden's fault for them being depleted.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Absolutely 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?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
i 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
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
And 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.
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Vickie Hinkley @vickiehinkley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
MORE #RepublicanRidiculousness #RIDICULOUSHegseth #RIDICULOUSRepublicanLOYALTYandHUMILIATION
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💙FoolAmongstMany💙 @foolamongstmany.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The corrupt Trump crime family.
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ZEDtheRED @zedthered.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Policy in the Future @policyfuture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
USA: 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:
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Futurama: Leela Demands 'Fix It!'
ALT: Futurama: Leela Demands 'Fix It!'
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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No 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."
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God @thegodshow.com · 16/07/2026
The 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.
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 14/07/2026
ICYMI: 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?
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A tale of two (identical) slips of the tongue
When 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.
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TriciaE @triciae80.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Jon 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!!!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I 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?
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Wyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It would be nice if the media was as interested in Ken Paxton as they are in Graham Platner.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"
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God @thegodshow.com · 08/07/2026
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 07/07/2026
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The WI Police Officers Who Used Government Surveillance to Track Their Love Interests
Four cases of WI law enforcement spying on their (ex-)partners raises concerns while Dane County reinstates ALPR funding.
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ken 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. 💀
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🌍Peter🔥Antifa✊ @peterru.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
Fossil 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...
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Polluters must pay for European heatwave costs
UN climate change chief Simon Stiell blamed "the world’s addiction to burning coal, oil and gas" for Europe’s heatwave.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
US 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...
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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers?
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