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Mike Martin

@realmpmartin.bsky.social
1.7K followers 1.7K following 738 posts

Infosec, not quite a CISO // Part Queer he/him // anarchist // Ex-oceanographer, neurobiologist and evolutionary biologist // Lover of hounds // Casual atheist // Disabled // Formerly in Utah, now in NC

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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 3h
YYYEEEEEEESSSSSSS!
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 18h
I want to see empty exhibits in British museums, that contain only the story about what they once contained, and why they had to be sent home. The space would be no less profound for me www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oxford ceremony marks return home of kiwi feather cloak
The kahu kiwi, given to a British doctor in 1900, was "crying to come home", Māori campaigners say.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 22h
Illustration by Badiucao
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 09/10/2026
a masterclass in alt text
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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
4-panel comic by War and Peas. Panel 1: A man reads in a cosy armchair surrounded by books. "I've read so much." Panel 2: He looks wistful. "But lived so little." Panel 3: He throws open the curtains excitedly. "I bet a world of wonders awaits me outside!" Panel 4: Outside is total chaos – atomic cloud, buildings on fire, UFOs in the sky, lightning, people fleeing. He stares blankly.
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@jesseduquette.bsky.social By Jesse Duquette.
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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It was only a matter of time until they rolled out public executions. Not much of a surprise they're starting with a Palestinian.
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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"For certain types of people" is always silently assumed when these guys say shit like this.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper. Congress can, in fact, say the court got the Constitution wrong, on such questions as: - Should there only be 9 Wizards in Robes, or 47, or 100, or 250? - Should the Wizards have a building? Clerks? Docket control? - Should they ride the circuit? On horses?
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The federal prison union is asking a judge to hold the BOP in contempt bc they say the agency ignored the court order to reinstate the union contract - and some of the things they're alleging in this motion are WILD
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Steve 52 NO KINGS, NO FASCISTS @radicalsenior52.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@9mmballpoint.bsky.social
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 05/10/2026
Ahh, unlucky mate. Turns out trans healthcare is still the scientifically and morally correct thing to do. I assume you'll be apologising now? Not sure why you thought the last 5 years would be different to the nearly 100 before that but ok
Some prick from Twitter exactly 5 years ago saying "I do hope in five years when this has been consigned to the rubbish heap that your apology to the legions of mutilated 20somethings will be fulsome and abject, Katy. You're going to have a LOT of explaining to do."

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you want to understand why schools didn’t revolutionize their sexual violence response to fix things, college presidents unilaterally deciding that it wasn’t worth the effort is a huge part of the story.
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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RANKED. COMPETITIVE. POOPING.
Royal Highland Show sign that says “Toilets For Competition use only”
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GoBigRev (he/him/his) @gobigrev.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suella Braverman, consider Walter Tull. Born in Folkestone to an English mother and a Barbadian father. A footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. A British Army officer who led soldiers into battle and was killed serving his country in 1918.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Count on it 👇
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Justin @jlentini09.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shared by a woman I would've used a steak knife
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No notes
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David Ambaras @borderlander62.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chris Rufo is your own personal wallet inspector, you fcking rubes
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No, but it would be such a shame if it started trending... 😉😏🤭
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FOULING
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/09/2026
ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard
“they don’t know” meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says “they don’t know this river burned 13 times”
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
skill up. know where you will get pills from if they are criminalized. join or build networks now.
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The magnificence of the mushroom
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I'm studying biotech and every time someone brings up mushrooms our current professeor will look either extremely excited or pained and go, "listen, mushrooms are neither plants nor animals nor something inbetween. We do not know what they are. Some are immortal. Some produce life-saving substances some are so closely related to humans that eating them may cause an allergic reaction against your own body. I cannot teach you about the mushrooms.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One, this hilariously outs who all got the talking points in advance and how blatantly they parrot those. Two, Schmitt really thought today he'd launch himself to the VP nomination and with that a decent shot at the presidency down the line. Instead this is the only thing he'll be remembered for.
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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT HAS ADVANCED DEMENTIA
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Tru_KaRMA.bsky.social @jm101.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve known people who thought You only learn at school When they stopped going to school They stopped learning Note to everyone That’s wrong Humans animals learn everyday If not You have a learning disability
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Introducing Gurpo
A drawing of a small blobby figure inside of an enclosure with string coming off it, with text saying "introducing Gurpo, the new wearable personal assistant. Gurpo is not a computer program, he's a real tiny guy who is trapped inside your medallion necklace. 
Gurpo hates you, but is incapable of doing anything about it, and he has to answer your questions or he gets electrocuted. It's non-lethal.
If you shake his enclosure hard enough, gurpo will throw up!"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was "gifted and talented" and my wife was "bright but bored." We are the same. And as far as I can tell not much about the education system has changed in 40 years.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026
Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”
Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.
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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As an alumni this fucking shattered me. The worst part of my time there way the Greek system (at the time the largest in the US). And I was a 6'3" man. Fuck the admin. I'm at least glad to see the Sun is still bringing it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
If we promise not to bring an iced coffee into a job interview, will you promise to pay us a living wage?
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can't think of a better reason to amplify a post. Also, we always knew the Twitter acquisition wasn't about "free speech" but now there's objective proof.
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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
porn is so deeply misogynistic. i just watched a video with dozens of performers going at it, and they literally hadn’t bothered to hire a single woman.
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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, I made it through the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl without being emotionally destroyed. Mostly.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Re cornell 7 My first long-term bf who was abusive, choked his college gf before me. She brought it to the college -- accusing him of assault (which he openly admitted to me that he did). He got his little bro bff to testify that he was actually a good person. His punishment? 6 weeks of therapy.
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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I forgot to name these people. The abuser/rapist was/is Aaron Cassidy, who is a prof in Hannover, Germany, and is a musician/composer. (Good luck, Germany.) The university was Northwestern. It was in the mid-90s. All the shitty men in my life have tenure and wikipedia pages.
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