The Right Pissed Off Mark A. Schmidt
@aravine.bsky.social
Hubby, Dad, Grampa, cook/homemaker, writer (not author), gamer, inactive gamemaster, SF&F fan, eclectic, ADHD, curmudgeon, honorary cat, technically but not effectively retired, poly, cancer survivor, he/him. NNITO. Not to scale. YMMV. YNCFT. Fnord.
Pinned
My main feed is now @aravine@mastodon.social.
My #earworm posts are at @earworms@musicworld.social.
My very minimal gaming content goes to @aravine@dice.camp.
I am also minimally on Discord and Reddit. I still have FB Messenger.
Watching the Internet gradually get Musked.
My #earworm posts are at @earworms@musicworld.social.
My very minimal gaming content goes to @aravine@dice.camp.
I am also minimally on Discord and Reddit. I still have FB Messenger.
Watching the Internet gradually get Musked.
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a cat is drinking water from a faucet .
Alt: a cat is drinking water from a faucet .
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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one reason it would be pro-capitalism and pro-innovation and yadda yadda to institute a wealth tax so no one could be worth more than like $10b maximum is its very obvious that once these guys reach truly mind-melting levels of wealth they get lazy, decadent, druggy, and just generally washed-up.
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
one reason it would be pro-capitalism and pro-innovation and yadda yadda to institute a wealth tax so no one could be worth more than like $10b maximum is its very obvious that once these guys reach truly mind-melting levels of wealth they get lazy, decadent, druggy, and just generally washed-up.
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
Investors: Start up a minimal newspaper.
As WaPo sheds people, hire them.
Seems simple.
As WaPo sheds people, hire them.
Seems simple.
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Investors: Start up a minimal newspaper.
As WaPo sheds people, hire them.
Seems simple.
As WaPo sheds people, hire them.
Seems simple.
If you remember Sgt Pinback, you're geeky enough to remember he was played by Dan O'Bannon.
Maybe... ;) #DarkStar
Maybe... ;) #DarkStar
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
If you remember Sgt Pinback, you're geeky enough to remember he was played by Dan O'Bannon.
Maybe... ;) #DarkStar
Maybe... ;) #DarkStar
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this may be the single most insufferable thing about the radical centrist caucus - not just extending good faith to obviously bad faith people but demanding everyone else do the same and chiding them when they don’t
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
this may be the single most insufferable thing about the radical centrist caucus - not just extending good faith to obviously bad faith people but demanding everyone else do the same and chiding them when they don’t
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
February 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
the miniature therapy horses that do hospital visits have little sneakers that they wear inside so they don't scuff up the floors
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
February 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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True statement.
February 6, 2026 at 4:28 AM
True statement.
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DAMON KEITH: I wrote "democracy dies in darkness" as a cautionary phrase.
JEFF BEZOS: We finally have the technology that can make democracy die in darkness, like in judge Keith's thing about not letting democracy die in darkness.
BARI WEISS: (pouts enviously)
JEFF BEZOS: We finally have the technology that can make democracy die in darkness, like in judge Keith's thing about not letting democracy die in darkness.
BARI WEISS: (pouts enviously)
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
DAMON KEITH: I wrote "democracy dies in darkness" as a cautionary phrase.
JEFF BEZOS: We finally have the technology that can make democracy die in darkness, like in judge Keith's thing about not letting democracy die in darkness.
BARI WEISS: (pouts enviously)
JEFF BEZOS: We finally have the technology that can make democracy die in darkness, like in judge Keith's thing about not letting democracy die in darkness.
BARI WEISS: (pouts enviously)
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It's a CON Check DORK TOWER THURSDAY! Original(list) new strip up now, at the Mothership!
www.dorktower.com/2026/02/04/c...
Repost/reblog/repeat, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2026/02/04/c...
Repost/reblog/repeat, please and thank you!
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It's a CON Check DORK TOWER THURSDAY! Original(list) new strip up now, at the Mothership!
www.dorktower.com/2026/02/04/c...
Repost/reblog/repeat, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2026/02/04/c...
Repost/reblog/repeat, please and thank you!
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Sometimes, you know a thing is right, just based on who gets mad about it.
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Sometimes, you know a thing is right, just based on who gets mad about it.
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Bad Bunny has now joined Taylor Swift as an artist that doesn't make music I am interested in listening to, but has my full support anyway.
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Bad Bunny has now joined Taylor Swift as an artist that doesn't make music I am interested in listening to, but has my full support anyway.
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Here ya go!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Here ya go!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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No particular reason.
![4 frame comic. First frame shows a set of keys, second shows the store Gummi with a banner reading, in German : Stamm und Bassermann / früher Gummi Weil. Third frame shows passersby looking at smashed storefront windows. Fourth shows a tweet by US homeland security that reads : Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.gov/cbphome . text reads :
according to the Berlin
Jewish museum, the nazi term
"aryanization" referred to
"the process of expropriation
or confiscating Jewish people's
property [businesses, stores,
homes, land, etc] and handing it
over to non-jewish ("aryan," in
Nazi usage) individuals or
companies, or to the state."
in his book "Holocaust justice,"
Shoah historian michael bazyler
estimates that between $230
and $320 billions (in 2005 u.s.
dollars) in properties were
stolen from Jews across
Europe in the different waves
of aryanization.
the first wave, starting in
1933, involved heavy pressure
on Jewish people to sell their
properties to non-jewish people
at a fraction of the price. after
the pogroms of November 1938
("Kristallnacht"), jewish owners
were outright evicted
and dispossessed.
thinking about this today
for no particular reason.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcmpg73bt2wudku3nqgx33yx/bafkreidsjmyo5xt2xqp5d3u7vinyesqnyqm3b4dnkqwbt3grdz3zr2eo34@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
No particular reason.