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MarkG

@markggarcia.bsky.social
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This one's ours, let's take another. Chicago. Mostly nonsense about stuff. Learning to live with the void. Always an idiot. Same handle on MSTDN

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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 6h
I assume that this dickhead is so isolated and wealthy enough that he's not even sure what Social Security is and who it mostly serves. 
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
America has a thing called Trunk or Treat where people dress up, drive to a parking lot, and pretend it's ok we don't have walkable communities anymore.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 10h
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 8h
Heating oil costs are expected to jump 50% this winter. That's $878 MORE out of working families' pockets just to stay warm. We could do something to make things easier for working people. But instead we just give billionaires more tax breaks and expect it to "trickle down."
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Tampa Bay Times @tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 8h
Shooter who killed Tampa teen looking for phone won’t be criminally charged
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Shooter who killed Tampa teen looking for phone won’t be criminally charged
The shooter, a man in his 20s, told police he shot Heitor Amaral, 15, during a struggle on the man’s back patio.
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Seth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 8h
She went to the cops. She reported she was raped. They didn't bother writing that part down in the report. 🤬🤬🤬
At the center of the criticism has been the revelation that the woman, in her statements to the police at the time, said that she could say “with 100 percent confidence I was raped.” While the six-page statement explained that she felt some of the night’s events were a crime, it omitted the more definitive language detailed in an transcription of her interview with investigators.
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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 8h
"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, which leads … you get the idea."
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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 9h
What a badass.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h
Over 90 percent of Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign funds have come from just three donors. trib.al/5ZG9tqb
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The Three Billionaires Trying to Buy Wisconsin’s Governor’s Race
Over 90 percent of Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign funds have come from just three donors.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h
El-Sayed responds to JD Vance clip: Low T JD. It's always funny, man. He just brings the energy down every time you hear him talk.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 30/09/2026
here's an example from last week
chicagotribune.com
CPS enrollment falls by 11,500 students, continuing decades-long decline
Chicago Public Schools enrollment dropped 11,537 students this year, continuing a decades-long decline amid a shrinking number of school-age children.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 11h
jfc
During the execution attempt, they added, Ms. Pike even tried to help the staff place the two IV lines.
"She over and over again said, 'Please, try up on my shoulder higher, please try here, please try here," Randy Spivey, another of her lawyers, said. He added that Ms. Pike thanked them once staff members thought they had established the two lines.
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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 11h
We'll see about that
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sundene 🇳🇴 📎 @sundene.bsky.social · 12h
JFC. They'll do anything to obstruct our votes. Make sure your family members overseas are aware of this.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 12h
Almost doing the right thing and then not doing it just makes it worse. Biden had plenty of opportunities to change course and his failure to do so was catastrophic for the entire planet.
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 12h
Mayoring, in Richmound, SK www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Saskatchewan mayor stepping down now that 'Queen of Canada' cult is gone | CBC News
When Brad Miller signed up to be mayor of Richmound, Sask., he never imagined his tiny southwestern village would be overrun by a cult. After three years and many sleepless nights, the cult is finally...
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 14h
"The system was rigged so that billionaires got rich, even in a national disaster. People felt preyed upon by the super wealthy." sojo.net/magazine/dec...
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Billionaires Are a National Disaster
Chuck Collins on how income inequality undermines everyone’s quality of life—even the most wealthy.
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 16h
How the police defund cities: Part infinity
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h
“The White House defunded cancer research so they could spend your tax dollars rehabilitating Nixon” writes itself.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16h
Oof: The cover of @economist.com this week is devoted to Effective Altruism, which they describe as “the 21st century’s most important social movement.”
The
Economist
Time to overhaul tax
Two cheers for China's "six networks"
The nightmare of mirror life
Hit lit: Hollywood's novel obsession
OCTORER 3RD-9TH 2026
THE CENTURY'S BIGGEST IDEA
Effective altruism and the battle over Al
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 16h
BREAKING: Chicago taxpayers should pay more than $260.8 million to 17 men who spent decades in prison after they were coerced into confessing to crimes by a disgraced former Chicago police detective, city lawyers recommended. @wttw.bsky.social
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City Lawyers Propose Spending $260.8M to Settle 16 Cases Tied to Disgraced Ex-CPD Detective Guevara
Chicago taxpayers should pay more than $260.8 million to 17 men who spent decades in prison after they were coerced into confessing to crimes by a disgraced former Chicago police detective, city lawye...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
In what promises to be the most consequential showdown over reproductive rights since the end of Roe v. Wade, three states with near-total abortion bans asked SCOTUS to strike down blue-state laws that have enabled tens of thousands of abortions every year across state lines.
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Shield laws are working. Now red states want the Supreme Court to end them.
The long-expected constitutional showdown over states' rights and abortion rights is here.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 18h
#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
Recalled electric bikes.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 18h
State department : we took all that money that was paying for aids antivirals and malaria treatments and put it into a limited edition calfskin envelope for ur passport
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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 18h
My dad would do this at times.
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 19h
Yeah man good idea
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 19h
Read this thread
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h
lis smith failed running presidential campaigns for pete buttigieg and martin omalley and then pivoted to becoming andrew cuomo's bag man and the dem establishment and the media still love her. this is the whole fucking problem.
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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 19h
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 19h
i reiterate:
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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 19h
Views on the state killing aside, why did they decide to switch to these clinical forms of execution anyway? If anything, I assume it is to save the observer from unpleasantness. But if it is an ineffective form of killing, isn't it even more unpleasant?
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The Conversationalist @conversationalist.org · 19h
Unfortunately, still relevant. Story by founder @alindguzik.bsky.social.
conversationalist.org
Why Do So Many Men Destroy What They Can’t Control?
And why do so many people support them?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21h
A lot of independent college daily newspapers show what journalism could be in the absence of corporate control.
nytimes.com
Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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AFT @aft.org · 21h
October is #BullyingPreventionMonth, and we are committed to making our schools, workplaces, and communities spaces where all feel safe and supported. Do your part to stand up to bullying by showing kindness and care to those around you.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21h
I understand and share the impulse to blame university administrators. I have written plenty about them. But right now I’d like us to turn the focus to Minnesota politicians and Minnesota voters and ask what functions of the university do you want to see cut? What don’t you care about Amy Klobuchar?
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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Our firm has developed some alternative concepts for the near-future of your transit network! Read all about it here: humantransit.org/2026/09/milw...
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Milwaukee: Transit Options for the "Fiscal Cliff" — Human Transit
It is a difficult year for transit agencies all over the US, as a range of converging problems is pushing budgets out of balance.  I discussed the problems in more detail in this post on Portland, but...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Men Explain Rape to Me.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I almost forgot that it’s cow parade season
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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Simpsons Apu "such a mighty wallop"
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
an important thing to know about these llm pervs is they think they can get a winning grade in things other people simply do because they enjoy it, like buying records
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
startribune.com
Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million
"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...
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Abandoned America @abandonedamerica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of my favorite abandoned spots, the Phillipsburg Mall in NJ opened in 1989 and closed in 2020. It sat in limbo until it was demolished in 2024. I've photographed a lot of dead/dying malls; the fact that this one still had power made it eerily beautiful. More at www.abandonedamerica.us/dead-malls
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just saw Naza at IFC in the Village. Still processing, but would encourage you to watch it when you have the opportunity.
theguardian.com
Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Jim Margalus @soxmachine.com · 01/10/2026
I accept my victory in naming the series X factor, @josh.soxmachine.com.
Throughout two games against the Astros in their own building, the Sox were up throughout. They scored in the first inning of each game, and turned the home crowd into boo-birds with an energetic brand of play that forced defensive mistakes from what was supposed to be a battle-tested opponent with more experience.

“Sammy [Antonacci] setting the tone was really indicative of that fearlessness and the guys responded behind him,” said manager Will Venable, of his rookie leadoff man, who both scored and drove in a pair of runs in his first postseason action.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a righteous woman. bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 01/10/2026
I think the craziest part is that these are planned and staged by the White House staff and they know he's falling asleep on camera but they keep doing it because they know the media is not even reporting on it.
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QuadCityPat @quadcitypat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sign the petition, fuck Georgia. The kids in her school voted KNOW SHE IS TRANS. Fuck their parents and the administrators who did this
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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're already monetizing everything, and we're already doing corruption in everything, but what I propose to you is this: what if we monetize the corruption
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MarkG @markggarcia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OK, I saw my first Christmas tree. Nope nope nope.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
another incredible Murakami champagne celebration interview (via CHSN White Sox)
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