Reposted by Mark RakesRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes 8280371499 8K
Reposted by Mark RakesSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 844222123624 22.2K
Reposted by Mark RakesKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/07/2026There’s never been anyone whose involvement more completely and immediately poisons vibes and destroys joy. No good thing survives contact. 1065902713 5.9K
Reposted by Mark RakesNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026We wanted to understand why a Jewish candidate defeated another Jewish candidate in one of America's most Jewish congressional districts. So we talked to three Evangelical Christians at a gun show in northern Idaho. 433722703 3.7K
Mark Rakes @mrakes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026TIL when Siri reads a text message it will refer to "⚽️" as the "Football" or "Soccer" emoji depending on which Accent the voice is using. Nice work team. 000 0
Reposted by Mark RakesRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 09/06/2026If you think California is taking a while to count votes, wait until you hear how long the Trump Administration is taking to release the Epstein files… 5733561038 3.4K
Reposted by Mark RakesJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves. 3599503903 10K
Reposted by Mark RakesKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 18/05/2026Also the next somebody says reparations for black people is a ridiculous idea, remind them that we have a reparations program for trying to overthrow the government 172291664 2.3K
Reposted by Mark RakesAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/05/2026what do you call it when the president steals an unfathomable amount of wealth from the treasury and then declares it illegal to investigate him 63278332147 7.8K
Reposted by Mark RakesBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing 17583482259 8.3K
Reposted by Mark RakesAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Kash Patel looked senators in the eye today and said, under oath, that the FBI is “targeting and investigating no journalists.” Let’s check that against reality, shall we? 591791462 1.8K
Reposted by Mark RakesMerlin Mann @hotdogsladies.bsky.social · 07/04/2026github.com/merlinmann/w... 0347 34
Reposted by Mark RakesPost Season Betsy 💙 @baseballfrank.bsky.social · 31/03/2026In case you want to know how stupid this state is, Idaho is building a “system” that will auto unenroll people from SNAP if they have won more than $3K in the state lottery. To build this system we will spend more money we don’t have to address an issue we don’t have. 0164 16
Reposted by Mark RakesKathryn Salamander: Witches' Road or bust 🎃 @transsalamander.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Someone at the New York Times, possibly several someones, is deadset on forcing reality to bend to their bigoted beliefs about trans people in open defiance of the facts, and I feel like even cis people who don't give a shit about us should find that extremely worrying. 1051695 516
Reposted by Mark RakesPatrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 26/03/202620 states have seen average #gasprices jump by over $1/gal in the last month- Rockies pain at the high end. Biggest increases: UT +$1.43/gal AZ +$1.35/gal ID +$1.32/gal IN +$1.25/gal CA +$1.21/gal 0198 19
Reposted by Mark Rakesanniempeterson.bsky.social @anniempeterson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026In the end, the IOC rule will hurt ALL women. Look at 1996, when eight cis women didn't "pass" the genetic tests. And it's unclear what happens to folks who are intersex, or have conditions like Swyer's syndrome. It's all misogyny because we women need to fit into boxes we didn't create 04821 48
Reposted by Mark RakesReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 26/03/2026if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.comtested-podcast.comTESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports 181270758 1.3K
Reposted by Mark RakesBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026justice alito talmbout it "seriously undermines" voter confidence when a "big stash" of mail ballots arrives and changes the "apparent outcome" sir do you mean when all the votes are counted? bc it sounds like you're just describing when all the votes are counted 15061431541 6.1K
Reposted by Mark RakesACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Same-sex marriage is protected by the U.S. Constitution and supported by most Idahoans, yet Idaho lawmakers are pushing a toothless memorial targeting marriage equality: HJM 17. Idaho legislators need to stop targeting people who have built their lives here with the people they love. 0146 14
Reposted by Mark RakesAlexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I say this every year, but: The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better. With a new addition for 2026: They deeply hate AI. 543051388 3.1K
Reposted by Mark RakesThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026A budget is a moral document. 20675383000 7.5K
Reposted by Mark RakesBrent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Chat bots give the wrong medical advice more than half the time. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...nytimes.comHealth Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows 11406166 406
Reposted by Mark RakesRhi B 🏴 @rhib.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here... 5137371933 3.7K
Reposted by Mark RakesWill McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 31/01/2026SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods. S1: archive.org/details/sctv... S2: archive.org/details/sctv... S3: archive.org/details/19-m... S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s... S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky 6624691056 2.5K
Reposted by Mark RakesMike Masnick @masnick.com · 31/01/2026Pretty bold move by the WH to post this the day after Donald Trump demanded that the IRS just hand him $10 billion (more than his total net worth) of taxpayer funds for no real reason. 32508130 508
Reposted by Mark RakesACLU of Idaho @acluidaho.bsky.social · 29/01/2026⚠️ New bill alert: HB 557 was introduced in the Idaho legislature to ban city & county anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ folks. Currently, 12 Idaho cities and two counties have these protections. We oppose this government overreach that would harm thousands of LGBTQ+ Idahoans. 12110 21
Reposted by Mark RakesKerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social · 25/01/2026“Peace is what the powerful ask for when they don’t want to be interrupted.” 521849 218
Reposted by Mark RakesKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA? 307131303394 13.1K
Reposted by Mark RakesWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today 9534966214277 49.7K
Reposted by Mark RakesMike Masnick @masnick.com · 15/01/2026So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them 166109552585 11K
Reposted by Mark RakesAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I don't know what her religious views were and of course that's not the point, but this is what actual Christian martyrdom looks like. 121088181 1.1K
Reposted by Mark RakesIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Current DOJ use of force policy states that even if the ICE officer did what Trump, Vance and others are claiming he did, that's still not allowed. From the policy here: www.justice.gov/archives/ag/... 25906274 906
Reposted by Mark RakesMia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 07/01/2026A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead 7875792125 7.6K
Reposted by Mark RakesSteve Uncle @the-barely-jew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026We're going to be using this gif a lot in the coming weeksmedia.tenor.coma man in a military uniform says are we the baddiesALT: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies 0122 12
Reposted by Mark RakesA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it. 180105882079 10.6K
Reposted by Mark RakesCatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 29/12/2025As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.share.googleUSPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date SystemThe United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc. 23920561671 2.1K
Reposted by Mark RakesSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 20/12/2025This has been said a million different times and ways and it never seems to penetrate but I’ll try again: Using AI to “do” art isn’t possible. Art is not the process of coming up with a good idea to get started and then executing it flawlessly in the style of someone you admire. 3879105 879
Reposted by Mark RakesQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/11/2025Note—every time a Federal judge rules against Trump, Trump claims "the judge is usurping the President's power." That's a lie. Judge's don't "usurp" POTUS's power—they enforce Constitutional & Congressional limits on power. Wannabe kings don't like it, but that's how separation of powers works. 231633388 1.6K
Reposted by Mark Rakesdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/10/2025starting to realize how difficult it is to avoid all the nazi discourse i think it is because of all the nazis 1784796 847
Reposted by Mark RakesGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/10/2025This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will. 1410237017301 23.7K
Reposted by Mark RakesSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2025Reopening the government isn’t a Republican priority. Protecting Trump from the release of the Epstein files is. 48953339 953
Reposted by Mark RakesJoan McCarter @joanmccarter.com · 27/09/2025Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees. 832580724 2.6K
Reposted by Mark RakesAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2025The need to silence your critics only reveals how weak and fragile you are. 191131753017 13.2K
Reposted by Mark RakesAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 18/09/2025Disney learned nothing from Andor. 20496431731 9.6K
Reposted by Mark RakesEllen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Let ABC know how you feel about their bowing to the thugs in power and cancelling Jimmy Kimmel's show: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...support.abc.comSubmit a request – ABC 18418101002 1.8K
Reposted by Mark Rakessouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable. 12872421901 7.2K
