Reposted by Mark PullenBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 6hThere was an artist who painted annual self portraits after he got diagnosed with Alzheimer's and you can see his mind going over time. Haunting stuff. Just thought of that for no reason 141515176
Reposted by Mark PullenBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 13hSeveral weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 4043621925
Reposted by Mark PullenDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 11hHope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 15369451795
Reposted by Mark PullenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16hHis vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist 25449621073
Reposted by Mark Pullendarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8htrump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end” 1532905470
Reposted by Mark PullenPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8hYeah, I'm sure this is going to make folks extra "amiable." 18413
Reposted by Mark PullenJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15hSomehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9448811974
Reposted by Mark PullenHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15hApparently attacking a random streamer that 99% of us have never heard of wasn’t working very well. So they’re switching up. 1121227
Reposted by Mark PullenDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is just state barbarism. Nothing less. 29762160
Reposted by Mark PullenAlex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Quite a remarkable map, table, and diagram from a 1971 report on launch-on-warning, showing the implications of Soviet submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) on detection, reaction, deliberation, and response time. All numbers are in SECONDS, which is what I find the most wild about it. 913443
Reposted by Mark PullenBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2247681105
Reposted by Mark PullenKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill. 542987733
Reposted by Mark PullenBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026They gave her two syringes of pentobarbital and she's alive...as far as I'm concerned, God granted a stay Sign from the universe to call the execution off 1440967
Reposted by Mark PullenRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/202625th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president. 981175515226
Reposted by Mark PullenJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 11946591155
Reposted by Mark PullenClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“cowboys” here really reminds me of a brilliant post I saw on Twitter that I’ve never stopped thinking about, which is how the manosphere brand of toxic patriarchy isn’t about MEN, it’s about BOYS. everything is a 12-year-old’s fantasy. Pete is playing G.I. Joe on a trillion-dollar budget 1777183
Reposted by Mark PullenEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026This is now a sycophancy test. Joking about it I’ll accept, barely, but anyone who even remotely indulges this is a coward 951804341
Reposted by Mark PullenEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing 202925543
Reposted by Mark PullenWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026there literally is no system that is abuse proof, so at a certain point you’re just against the abstract concept of authority or power in general. I think about this when it comes to ALPRs for traffic enforcement. Like if you want to have laws at all, you have to give someone power. 1450649
Reposted by Mark PullenFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026idk if it would alleviate my long term fears BUT i will say, if there's a pricing squeeze coming as the top AI companies scramble for profit, it's gonna be *very* funny to observe from the sidelines as my life is strictly improved and my work is completely unaffected 525212
Reposted by Mark PullenChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 832194986140
Reposted by Mark PullenPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 30/09/2026Gas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 1342887
Reposted by Mark PullenDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 30/09/2026CORNELL KEPT HER GODDAMN TUITION. 27036
Reposted by Mark PullenCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I just realized that Eric Schmitt absolutely used AI to write this shit up. He absolutely did. Lol. Hell yeah 1340045
Reposted by Mark Pullenkottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder has released four additional songs from that recording session. “We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it.” [pitchfork.com]pitchfork.comStevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks“We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it,” says Wonder 8483167
Reposted by Mark Pullenghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026this is about LoTR Lore and appendices, and I think it’s pretty much right, but also Tolkien is the ~only person who got Lore right because he understood that it has to be tedious. 131805
Reposted by Mark PullenJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think we lucked out a bit here in that a lot of what Trump does falls into the bucket of “so jaw-droppingly vulgar or corrupt that it’s not technically illegal because it was inconceivable that someone would attempt it.” Like why restaurants rarely post “no defecating on the tables” signs. 222949
Reposted by Mark PullenMicah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026great! I’m sure everyone in the state will cover this with an eye towards how awful these false allegations are, which of course means they’ll first have to explain in detail what the allegations contain and the factual truth of the matter and oh dear 1544762
Reposted by Mark PullenCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 29/09/2026The student journalists are showing more courage and leadership than the Administrators. 210116
Reposted by Mark PullenSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275272472
Reposted by Mark Pullenpolitiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Talking about why Rahm Emanuel is a bad candidate on the merits and actually going into his record is giving way too much credit to Rahm Emanuel. When your 5 year old says he's going to drive a car to Saturn you don't explain why cars can't achieve space travel. You say "cool, sounds fun!" 748856
Reposted by Mark PullenSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him 2958821387
Reposted by Mark PullenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is absolutely correct, but I worry that "truth and reconciliation" will sound too foreign to Americans who have long been allergic to truth and/or reconciliation. I'd just say "we're finally going to hold people who broke the law and violated the Constitution accountable for their crimes" 1152663529
Reposted by Mark PullenDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 11041771441
Reposted by Mark PullenNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What's a good way to visualize how the AI boom/bubble is propping up the economy? Ah, thanks. 12706190
Reposted by Mark PullenSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So is he just going to keep running ads until election day and then courts rule they are illegal sometime in December? 711311253
Reposted by Mark Pullenryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12352921369
Reposted by Mark PullenBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This company just radiates predator energy 673872605
Reposted by Mark PullenNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This extraordinary image was created by reprocessing & merging 16 frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979. Just right of center, you can see the Great Red Spot, a huge storm system. ➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20062... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/A. Tranchandon 🔭🧪⚛️ #histsci #planetsci 510944
Reposted by Mark Pullen💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026💖🤎🧡 love is love 💖💚💛 19756131092
Reposted by Mark PullenSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins. 791623694
Reposted by Mark PullenLiz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026JFC Sheri Mecklenberg's resignation letter says USA Boutros made her charge the Broadview 6 as a felony conspiracy, when she wanted to charge them as misdemeanors. "you cannot buy my silence by dangling continued leave" s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28... 18350109
Reposted by Mark PullenGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It has been a brutal and protracted slugfest. But I think we can finally declare a winner in the long-running "Who is the dumbest United States Senator?" competition. 3173346688
Reposted by Mark Pullenderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026some pilots are part of the furry community 745269591
Reposted by Mark PullenRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 441758686
Mark Pullen @mlpullen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Gift link if needed… www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says (Gift Article)The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 120
Reposted by Mark PullenEric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/20268 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy SaysThe aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 21536253