Marcus
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Unconventional Weirdo| @WeAreStillCrew Managing Editor | Writer for @cagesideseats | Bylines at @BDisgusting x @Consequence x @Andscape | ‘91 Spelling Bee Champ
@screendrafts.bsky.social finally listening to the WS Anderson draft. As always, Jordan is my spirit animal. BUT i vehemently disagree with the boosters. Mortal Kombat is number one. With a fireball
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
@screendrafts.bsky.social finally listening to the WS Anderson draft. As always, Jordan is my spirit animal. BUT i vehemently disagree with the boosters. Mortal Kombat is number one. With a fireball
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The first US sale of Venezuelan crude was to a company whose senior oil trader donated to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and attended a White House meeting with the president last week.
www.ft.com/content/da74...
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Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions of dollars to his re-election campaign
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The first US sale of Venezuelan crude was to a company whose senior oil trader donated to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and attended a White House meeting with the president last week.
www.ft.com/content/da74...
www.ft.com/content/da74...
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Born on this day in 1948, Happy Birthday, JOHN CARPENTER! 🎉
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Born on this day in 1948, Happy Birthday, JOHN CARPENTER! 🎉
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A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
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I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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Never get so old that you can’t scream "I need an adult."
July 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Never get so old that you can’t scream "I need an adult."
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Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
May 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.
Bingo what’s his name o
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Bingo what’s his name o
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Wanna give a shout out to Roman Reigns for declaring his support for Donald Trump, followed immediately by getting low blowed and curb stomped and looking like he wanted to cry as he hobbled out of the ring dejectedly #wrestlemania
April 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Wanna give a shout out to Roman Reigns for declaring his support for Donald Trump, followed immediately by getting low blowed and curb stomped and looking like he wanted to cry as he hobbled out of the ring dejectedly #wrestlemania
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FFS I got death threats about making Optimus Prime the wrong kind of truck when I wrote the TRANSFORMERS movie. Do the job or get out of the way.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."
April 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FFS I got death threats about making Optimus Prime the wrong kind of truck when I wrote the TRANSFORMERS movie. Do the job or get out of the way.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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I'm a one-issue voter in the 2028 presidential election (besides that I'd like to have one), and that's: You will solemnly swear to put these Nazis on trial. All of them.
April 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm a one-issue voter in the 2028 presidential election (besides that I'd like to have one), and that's: You will solemnly swear to put these Nazis on trial. All of them.
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72 years ago on April 13th 1953, Ian Fleming’s CASINO ROYALE is first published.
In 2023 I gathered the top Fleming minds and creatives to herald their best Fleming books and moments for Yahoo Entertainment UK...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/james...
#CasinoRoyale #IanFleming #JamesBond #Bond26
In 2023 I gathered the top Fleming minds and creatives to herald their best Fleming books and moments for Yahoo Entertainment UK...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/james...
#CasinoRoyale #IanFleming #JamesBond #Bond26
James Bond experts share their favourite Ian Fleming books and quotes
As Casino Royale - and James Bond - turns 70, we asked the publishers and authors who have kept the name alive to name their favourite Fleming books and quotes.
uk.movies.yahoo.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
72 years ago on April 13th 1953, Ian Fleming’s CASINO ROYALE is first published.
In 2023 I gathered the top Fleming minds and creatives to herald their best Fleming books and moments for Yahoo Entertainment UK...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/james...
#CasinoRoyale #IanFleming #JamesBond #Bond26
In 2023 I gathered the top Fleming minds and creatives to herald their best Fleming books and moments for Yahoo Entertainment UK...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/james...
#CasinoRoyale #IanFleming #JamesBond #Bond26
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Art of the deal!
TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.
So the White House says the 10% baseline tariff also applies to Canada & Mexico. It has not said whether that's the effective new rate itself; whether it adds to the 25% fentanyl tariff, making the new rate 35%; or whether it kicks in only if the fentanyl tariff falls away
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Art of the deal!
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Elections have consequences
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Elections have consequences
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I don’t do this often and promise not to make a habit of it, but just this once: WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!!!!!
April 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don’t do this often and promise not to make a habit of it, but just this once: WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!!!!!
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Totally agree with you, Emily.
Call me Little Mary Sunshine, but I think this tariff fiasco is going to fuck him up. That plus the risk to Social Security/Medicaid. People *should* care about extralegal kidnappings, attacks on universities & law firms, all the fascist sickness, but they don’t. Financial chaos can break through
April 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Totally agree with you, Emily.
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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New York's crooked mayor won't be held accountable for likely criminal violations because the U.S.'s crooked president tried to leverage that accountability to do his own crooked shit and a court had to intervene. Democracy at its finest.
April 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New York's crooked mayor won't be held accountable for likely criminal violations because the U.S.'s crooked president tried to leverage that accountability to do his own crooked shit and a court had to intervene. Democracy at its finest.
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I truly believe that if James Dean had lived longer, he would’ve been Val Kilmer. A dedicated artist who felt deeply, thirsted for truth, & devoted himself completely to his art. My first real comprehension of the idea of a movie star. Farewell to a real genius. #RIPValKilmer
April 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I truly believe that if James Dean had lived longer, he would’ve been Val Kilmer. A dedicated artist who felt deeply, thirsted for truth, & devoted himself completely to his art. My first real comprehension of the idea of a movie star. Farewell to a real genius. #RIPValKilmer
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I told ChatGPT that I wanted to be a philosopher as a kid.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I told ChatGPT that I wanted to be a philosopher as a kid.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.
And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??
God, we are fucked.