Reposted by Mark DeryDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145881297
Reposted by Mark DeryDan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...jewishcurrents.orgWhat PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in PublishingMisleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression… 821781
Reposted by Mark DeryHarper’s Magazine @harpers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Years of propaganda had prepared Americans to accept invasive state surveillance as a necessary evil. Since the jihadis were so widely hated, it was easy to manufacture consent.” Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru.bsky.social) on art and censorship after 9/11. buff.ly/Bh7iV5cbuff.lyStargazing, by Hari KunzruArt and censorship after 9/11 0145
Reposted by Mark DeryKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...nytimes.comWashington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen AttiahAn arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. 1196326716246
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just when you thought the craven, capitulating, parasitic managerial class at Columbia couldn't get any more loathsome: 121
Reposted by Mark DeryHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists. 132194548
Reposted by Mark DeryJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Artificial Intelligence and Creative Writing: A Policy of Sorts. I've posted versions before, but I update this each term following conversations with students. Here's my Fall '26 edition. In no way definitive! Learning as I go. 316235
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thanks, Matt. Generous of you to say. Hope you're still hurling Molotovs of the Mind. 001
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026John: Is there a non-paywalled version of this anywhere online? If not, I'll just subscribe to NYMag (whose fulsome, Page 6 fawning over the Sag Harbor 1% is odious, but whose cultcrit is, in this case, worth my dime). BTW, tried to check in/catch up by email but the pvt address you gave me bounced. 000
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I've *got* to grab this; thanks for the heads-up. Ever since I read Heidegger on this ontological brain-teaser ("Why are there beings at all, and why not rather nothing?"), I've been fascinated (and unsettled) by it. It *weirds* the world. 020
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That's nice. Where did MbS plant Jamal Khashoggi's dismembered remains? 030
Reposted by Mark DeryRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach. 61176972548
Reposted by Mark DeryKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422928966
Reposted by Mark DeryNewshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history. 67086463809
Reposted by Mark DeryMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026“There may come a time where we are one of the only, if not the only, option for the nation.”motherjones.comInside the clandestine network of abortion-pill mules“There may come a time where we are one of the only, if not the only, option for the nation.” 09025
Reposted by Mark DeryDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830761178
Reposted by Mark DeryMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 304169115014
Reposted by Mark DeryBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22997133093
Reposted by Mark DeryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. 36958232426
Reposted by Mark DeryRebekah Modrak @rebekahmodrak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026U-M has posted Orwellian signs on the public square this semester, cautioning against public protest. This week, the real leaders of U-M are GEO, @reprashida.govpeeps.us, and Amir Makled, speaking loud and clear on our Diag: “you can’t policy us from free speech” www.facebook.com/share/v/1Euj...facebook.com 071
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Add to that "hails from," "helmed," and "the likes of." Public advisory: All three will be classified as Class A Literary Felonies when I become God Emperor of the Universe (any day now). 010
Reposted by Mark DeryChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026the experience of COVID really drove this home for me. It wans't the apocalypse, life went on, but a million people died and there were enormous social costs, some of which continue to this day and then when it was done most people were like "let's never think about that again" 792365392
Reposted by Mark DeryJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026On a walk this morning, my kid and I watched from the sidewalk as an unmarked car cut off a driver, another unmarked car behind, three masked ICE agents got out, removed the driver from his car and put him in theirs, left his car on the side of the road. As if nothing had happened in five minutes. 242
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Mind Cleanse for Summer's End. Edward Gorey, Cape Cod, July 1961. In my Gorey bio Born to Be Posthumous, I note that he began summering on the Cape in the 50's, "having great fun observing Old New England in the person of my fantastically typical relatives." Photo (c) Ken Morton. #EDWARDGOREY #GOREY 040
Reposted by Mark Dery𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/09/2026Even the crickets were embarrassed. 692252865421
Reposted by Mark DeryJoan Hawkins @joanh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My book on 68 is out! Wounded Galaxies 1968 Geopolitics and Culture Wars by Joan Hawkins now out via IU Press iupress.org/978025307607... 151
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see." - John Lennon, "Working Class Hero" (1970) Happy Labor Day, comrades. Class War Now! #LABORDAY #WORKERSOFTHEWORLD #WORKINGCLASS 030
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026New post on my Insta channel, markderywritingcoach: www.instagram.com/p/Dc6GlwiEfC... #PAULWILLIAMS #PHANTOMOFTHEPARADISE #WRITING #WRITERS #WRITINGCOACH 010
Reposted by Mark DeryDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026If you're wondering what the actual crux of the article is, it's this. "The administration regularly sends the influencers memos on the mayor’s priorities" The mayor sends out press releases... That's it. That's where taxpayer money is going supposedly. On writing press releases. How terrible. 82823301
Reposted by Mark DeryAllison 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. 811119066503
Reposted by Mark DeryCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?” Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.” Fetterman: “Well I’m not.” @wsj.com #PAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 76794863846
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Exploring Sir John Soane's Museum, London, is like walking around in his head. Full up to the rafters with Greek, Roman, and Egyptian antiquities; works by Hogarth, Turner, Fuseli, and Piranesi; and Soane's collection of some 30,000 architectural drawings, it's a cabinet of wonders. #SOANEMUSEUM 000
Reposted by Mark DeryMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/09/2026The right claims Abdul El-Sayed's past comments constitute evidence of him being a “terrorist” and “radical Islamist” or a “jihadist sympathizer” who is “infiltrating from within”. It has also targeted El-Sayed’s family.motherjones.comThe right is targeting Abdul El-Sayed's family membersThe war on "woke" never ends. 2171670677
Reposted by Mark DeryForbes @forbes.com · 01/09/2026“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.forbes.comUSPS Whistleblower Warns New Rule Could Keep Voters From Getting Ballots—What To Know“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned. 46867123882
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Your Daily Negatiion. #DailyNegation #DailyAffirmation 021
Reposted by Mark DeryMargot Mifflin @mmifflin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“At the Harvards and Yales of the world, mostly wealthy students earn degrees that help them mostly stay wealthy. But with its quarter of a million students—many of whom come from households that earn less than $30,000 a year—CUNY is a one-of-a-kind mobility machine.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/n...nytimes.comCan America’s Best Engine of Social Mobility Weather a Bad Job Market?New York City’s public universities propel young graduates into the middle class. But some worry that a bleaker early career job market has added hurdles. 022
Reposted by Mark DeryDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+ 21920551
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Baffling the masses isn't the *goal* of art (after modernism), though trolling the bourgeoisie is a fringe benefit of the avant-garde's mission to challenge the status quo. Sometimes, that mission needs explaining (as in Duchamp's readymades, Beckett's Godot, Basquiat's hi/low hybrids, etc.). 000
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Yes, when art exclusively adorned cathedrals and the pleasure domes of the rich; when its role was to serve power, not baffle the masses with avant-garde self-expression. In public museums, texts provide context essential to public understanding. Which is why they shouldn't be encrypted in artspeak. 110
Mark Dery @markdery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Angela Su, "Wicked Wiccan Wicker Wish" (2019), ink on drafting film. "New Humans" show at the New Museum, NYC, 2026. Fascinating work, irritating wall text. The curatorial class really does need to jackhammer the baroque bric-a-brac of artspeak off its prose. #ANGELASU #NEWMUSEUM 131
Reposted by Mark DeryAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk. A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID to see his identity. 7830881384
Reposted by Mark DeryProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.propublica.orgListen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ... 487109606252