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Mark Coatney

@mcoatney.bsky.social
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I am part of the problem. Working on a solution with Roverai: roverai.cc . Founder, CounterMeasure. Ex Tumblr, Forbes, Al Jazeera, Time, Nwk, etc.

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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 3h
Someone help me this seems bad
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 10h
This, 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
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 13h
This 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:
Text from The Quarterdeck chapter of "Moby-Dick" that reads:

"All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event⁠—in the living act, the undoubted deed⁠—there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there’s naught beyond. But ’tis enough. He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him."
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Lance Ulanoff @lanceulanoff.com · 19h
Major 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...
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'Nearly every automaker sent data to outside companies': Worrying report says 28 of 30 car apps are sending personal info to data brokers
Your vehicle might be sending your personally identifiable info to data brokers and Big Tech, new report finds.
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
roverai.cc/your-dark-ma...
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Your Dark Materials
When a company takes a name from literature, it gives us a window into how the people who build the company think.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ken 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...
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Funny 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?
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some news: roverai.cc/its-been-a-m...
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It's Been a Minute
Rover 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.
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McSweeney'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/X2RjqP5
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“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...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here'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.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, 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. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kansas Livestock Association comes out against the ICE Raids????!!!!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol 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?"
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drekarbt.bsky.social @drekarbt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
forward.com/news/836468/...
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Mamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U.S. Jews, new poll shows
The Associated Press survey found growing dissatisfaction with Israel's wartime leadership, even as the New York mayor remains divisive over his views on Israel
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
Breaking 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.
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Massachusetts 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.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never 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.
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Status @status.news · 23/09/2026
The 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...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The 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.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 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
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Finally! Good to see some action
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The 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.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A 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.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Here’s another “Trump Says …” headline in the New York Times. Headlines like this translate to: “World’s Biggest Liar Says Something.” Not exactly news.
Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party
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nytimesguild.bsky.social @nytimesguild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yesterday, 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.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Americans 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:
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The Constitution belongs to ‘We the People,’ not nine justices - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government.
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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?
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Honestly did not know that Susan Collins was leading the @nytimes.com coms dept
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you’re a news org that isn’t getting banned from the White House you should reevaluate your coverage
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘TP on the damn table’
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ah. So it’s going to be death by plague then, huh
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 17/09/2026
The 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...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Editor: 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?
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The New York Times

GIVE THE TIMES

Data Center's Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.

Listen • 5:15 min
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Who is responsible for this terrible state of affairs? The opposition party and immigrants, apparently. Vance went on to say, “The Democrat legacy of the last few years was that they bankrupted our country and left us poor. They left our country weaker. They left our border wide open and our communities less safe.”

But this account represents a preposterous inversion. Almost every problem Vance lists, the Trump administration has made worse.

The administration’s environmental policies have made American water and air dirtier. Its health-care, tariff, and tax policies have worsened inflation and increased the financial burden on most American households, even as incomes have grown. And its public-health policies have led to outbreaks of contagious disease.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While 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...
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 16/09/2026
The 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.gov
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A 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.
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I love this so much
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ted 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."
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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 ?
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am begging even one journalist to look into Donald Trump’s history with the USFL
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Iran War Has Cost U.S. Nearly $40 Billion and Fueled Inflation, CBO Finds time.com/article/2026...
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Iran War Has Cost U.S. Nearly $40 Billion and Fueled Inflation, CBO Finds
The report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the war will cost the country another $2 billion to $3 billion each month it continues.
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘White, Black, Puerto Rican Everybody Talafreakin’
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Looks like those young dbs are going to work out for KC...
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just a note to say that there is only one truly great space game, and this is it:
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 12/09/2026
After 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...
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Inside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New Heights
Flush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests.
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Mark Coatney @mcoatney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I really think the @nytimes.com should stop trying to make JD Vance happen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War
Vice 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.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 10/09/2026
A call center is employing prisoners to make political calls for a conservative super PAC, Oklahoma Watch reports:
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Who’s Calling? - Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma 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.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Trump Claims He Was Falling Man
WASHINGTON—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...
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TRUMP'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...
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Trump’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...
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Carl 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
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/09/2026
Gov. 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
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’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.”
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