Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 10hThis, absolutely. And nice work by the podcast producers to let that moment play out; it was one of the best things in the interview and it came at the very end 000
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 13hThis is completely unrelated to anything (except it's fun to think about the White Whale as a Town agent) but at Rob Delaney's prompting I'm rereading Moby-Dick, and my Lord I'd forgotten this bit from Ahab: 010
Reposted by Mark CoatneyLance Ulanoff @lanceulanoff.com · 19hMajor report says it's now impossible to 'buy a new car that does not track you' — as Tesla is branded one of the worst offenders for privacy breaches www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech...techradar.com'Nearly every automaker sent data to outside companies': Worrying report says 28 of 30 car apps are sending personal info to data brokersYour vehicle might be sending your personally identifiable info to data brokers and Big Tech, new report finds. 033
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026roverai.cc/your-dark-ma...roverai.ccYour Dark MaterialsWhen a company takes a name from literature, it gives us a window into how the people who build the company think. 000
Reposted by Mark CoatneyJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/20261. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review: 13701407
Reposted by Mark CoatneyTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance... 1842426877
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Funny thing about this story @apnews.com is that there is no mention of the cause of these blackouts and shortages. Who is responsible for this? Elves? 000
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Some news: roverai.cc/its-been-a-m...roverai.ccIt's Been a MinuteRover is a daemon, a manifestation of your self, a separate entity that knows you and your tastes, remembers what you remember, a thing you can talk to and learn from. 000
Reposted by Mark CoatneyMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2026"Our internal polling indicates that football remains incredibly popular. Even the general idea of Charlie Brown successfully booting a football, which we concede has never come close to happening, nevertheless polls modestly well across most major neighborhood demographics." buff.ly/X2RjqP5buff.ly“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen... 311749
Reposted by Mark CoatneyAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 787178014765
Reposted by Mark CoatneyProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19595923527
Reposted by Mark CoatneyDan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Kansas Livestock Association comes out against the ICE Raids????!!!! 39471129
Reposted by Mark CoatneyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189092558
Reposted by Mark Coatneydrekarbt.bsky.social @drekarbt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026forward.com/news/836468/...forward.comMamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U.S. Jews, new poll showsThe Associated Press survey found growing dissatisfaction with Israel's wartime leadership, even as the New York mayor remains divisive over his views on Israel 10972127
Reposted by Mark CoatneyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026Breaking News: Massachusetts is investigating how DraftKings and other gambling sites use A.I. The inquiry follows a New York Times report that showed how DraftKings has deployed the technology to target losing gamblers with promotions that encouraged more betting.nyti.msMassachusetts Is Investigating Gambling Companies’ Use of A.I.In response to a New York Times report on DraftKings, the state’s gaming commission said it would evaluate how each company deployed the technology. 1115849
Reposted by Mark CoatneyMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 685248925505
Reposted by Mark CoatneyStatus @status.news · 23/09/2026The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, we have learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...status.newsThe Source Behind The BanThe anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. 23505175
Reposted by Mark CoatneyMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 256143746795
Reposted by Mark CoatneyScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The victim's lawyer is furnishing details: His name is Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, and he's a DoorDash delivery man. He was making a delivery when ICE agents attacked him, riddling his car with bullets and shooting him in the back. Don't believe a word that DHS says about this incident.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 44823445
Reposted by Mark CoatneyMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Here’s another “Trump Says …” headline in the New York Times. Headlines like this translate to: “World’s Biggest Liar Says Something.” Not exactly news. 761513294
Reposted by Mark Coatneynytimesguild.bsky.social @nytimesguild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yesterday, this company told our members we have to "dig deeper" to cover the costs of our health care. Today, its executives rang the opening bell at the the NYSE. 24521
Reposted by Mark CoatneyNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Americans did not declare independence from a king only to submit to the supremacy of a different court. @daphnarenan.bsky.social and I are in today’s Globe. Gift link:bostonglobe.comThe Constitution belongs to ‘We the People,’ not nine justices - The Boston GlobeThe Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government. 829095
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 I think @jayrosen.bsky.social will have better thoughts on this but is it possible that Trump just decided that those outlets were losing their usefulness as hate objects for him? 000
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Honestly did not know that Susan Collins was leading the @nytimes.com coms dept 100
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you’re a news org that isn’t getting banned from the White House you should reevaluate your coverage 021
Reposted by Mark CoatneyHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 17/09/2026The pace and size of these police settlements are continuing under the administration of Zohran Mamdani. So far in 2026, the City has paid more than $53 million to settle some 500 lawsuits, with a median payout of $25,000. hellgatenyc.com/nypd-settlem... 410035
Reposted by Mark CoatneyBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Editor: I'd like a story that combines Americans' hatred of artificial intelligence, their fears about the environment, their antipathy toward data centers, and their angst over inflation driven by dwindling fuel supplies. Reporter: Got ya covered, boss. Need anything else? 16917315
Reposted by Mark CoatneyAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 362827764
Reposted by Mark CoatneyKen Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026While Sen. Katie Britt was publicly defending Trump's tariffs, she was privately seeking exemptions for 4 companies operating in Alabama that could be hurt by tariffs, according to emails between her staff & Trump's US Trade Representative, obtained via FOIA by @wsj.com. www.wsj.com/opinion/kati... 28493221
Reposted by Mark CoatneyAlex Segura @alexsegura.com · 16/09/2026The KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic I created with @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social is spotlighted in this @nytimes.com by @georgegustines.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/a... @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social @nycschools.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.govnytimes.comA New York City Comic Book Offers Tips on Rights and ICE Encounters“Know Your Rights” is the latest publication from the public schools’ educational comics program Civics for All. 113982
Reposted by Mark CoatneyUsman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ted Chiang's fav writing quote is from her essay 'Write till you drop' "There is something you find interesting, for a reason hard to explain. It is hard to explain because you have never read it on any page; there you begin. You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment." 015065
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026 Listened to The Daily on the midterms. In a 20 minute discussion on how Trump is going to attack Dems (GOP has $1 billon they’re going to use on Islamophobia and saying Dems are commies) and no where in that discussion is there any mention of Trump very visible efforts to cheat. Why @nytimes.com ? 100
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am begging even one journalist to look into Donald Trump’s history with the USFL 010
Reposted by Mark CoatneyLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Iran War Has Cost U.S. Nearly $40 Billion and Fueled Inflation, CBO Finds time.com/article/2026...time.comIran War Has Cost U.S. Nearly $40 Billion and Fueled Inflation, CBO FindsThe report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the war will cost the country another $2 billion to $3 billion each month it continues. 264
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026‘White, Black, Puerto Rican Everybody Talafreakin’ 000
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Looks like those young dbs are going to work out for KC... 000
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just a note to say that there is only one truly great space game, and this is it: 000
Reposted by Mark CoatneyThe Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 12/09/2026After federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the Trump admin reset its strategy. Flashy, made-for-media operations in big cities? Out. Quiet, widespread, hard-to-track enforcement? In. New data shows immigration arrests are surging as a result. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/10/i...themarshallproject.orgInside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New HeightsFlush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests. 16754
Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I really think the @nytimes.com should stop trying to make JD Vance happen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...nytimes.comBehind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran WarVice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly. 000
Reposted by Mark CoatneyBolts @boltsmag.org · 10/09/2026A call center is employing prisoners to make political calls for a conservative super PAC, Oklahoma Watch reports:oklahomawatch.orgWho’s Calling? - Oklahoma WatchOklahoma prison inmates are working in call centers placing political calls and insurance telemarketing on behalf of outside companies, earning $2 an hour while a Virginia super PAC paid nearly $600,000 to the vendor for calls supporting conservative candidates — including calls made during Oklahoma's primary election season. 511468
Reposted by Mark CoatneyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026theonion.comTrump Claims He Was Falling ManWASHINGTON—Saying America could frankly be more grateful for the enduring image he provided, President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he was the previously unidentified Falling Man captured midai... 412021316
Reposted by Mark CoatneyPaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026TRUMP'S TOP 10 9/11 LIES Trump has lied incessantly about 9/11 over the years, above all glorifying himself. We shouldn't let his lies obscure the truth, or desecrate the day. And so, on Sept 10, here's a list of his top 10 9/11 lies over the years. 1/12 www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/202...randomlengthsnews.comTrump’s Top 10 9/11 Lies -Trump’s Top 10 9/11 Lies - Until retreating to Florida in the face of criminal prosecution, Donald Trump was a lifelong New Yorker, and no event shook the city more than the 9/11 attacks that destroye... 2185119
Reposted by Mark CoatneyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“.. The Atlanta Fed calculates that as of May, a household would need income of $124,674 a year to afford a median-priced home … that is 45% more than the median household makes.” - Schwab 8822841027
Reposted by Mark CoatneyThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/09/2026Gov. Jim Pillen of Nebraska has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. But for more than a decade, his hog business has employed undocumented laborers, The New York Times and The Flatwater Free Press found. nyti.ms/3VmHFCv 2515269
Reposted by Mark CoatneyChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.” 12561131622