Mark Curnell
@books4maphead.bsky.social
Books are Life. Everything is mere details.
I’m the book blogger your mother warned you about.
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I’m the book blogger your mother warned you about.
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Mark Curnell
@books4maphead.bsky.social
· May 21
BBC World Service - World Book Club, Anne Holt: 1,222
Norwegian crime writer Anne Holt discusses her novel 1,222
www.bbc.co.uk
Listen to me ask an international best-selling author a question and hopefully not sound like an idiot. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
One of the best yet.
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
One of the best yet.
“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them. "
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them. "
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Our first evening protest in Independence, Oregon. Lots of great signs. Even some live acoustic guitar. Plenty of appreciative honks. A good time was had by all.
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Our first evening protest in Independence, Oregon. Lots of great signs. Even some live acoustic guitar. Plenty of appreciative honks. A good time was had by all.
Our first evening protest in Independence, Oregon. Lots of great signs. Even some live acoustic guitar. Plenty of appreciative honks. A good time was had by all.
January 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Our first evening protest in Independence, Oregon. Lots of great signs. Even some live acoustic guitar. Plenty of appreciative honks. A good time was had by all.
Our first evening protest in Independence, Oregon. Lots of great signs. Even some live acoustic guitar. Plenty of appreciative honks. A good time was had by all.
January 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Our first evening protest in Independence, Oregon. Lots of great signs. Even some live acoustic guitar. Plenty of appreciative honks. A good time was had by all.
This morning with coffee it’s Gordon Corera’s 2020 book Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies. #booksky
January 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This morning with coffee it’s Gordon Corera’s 2020 book Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies. #booksky
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When you grovel before Trump and give him your Nobel medal and thank him for invading Venezuela you're pretty much guaranteeing you won't ever lead the country, right? In other news, pissed-off CBS staff are leaking like crazy.
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 AM
When you grovel before Trump and give him your Nobel medal and thank him for invading Venezuela you're pretty much guaranteeing you won't ever lead the country, right? In other news, pissed-off CBS staff are leaking like crazy.
Reposted by Mark Curnell
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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To a fucking Honey Badger toddler like Trump, there is no difference between winning a prize or extorting it.
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
To a fucking Honey Badger toddler like Trump, there is no difference between winning a prize or extorting it.
To quote Tyler Durden from Fight Club “Sticking feathers up your butt doesn't make you a chicken.” Machado on the other hand could now work at Chickens for KFC.
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
To quote Tyler Durden from Fight Club “Sticking feathers up your butt doesn't make you a chicken.” Machado on the other hand could now work at Chickens for KFC.
Reposted by Mark Curnell
33 fmr prosecutors in MN ask Trump Administration to reconsider its decision to exclude the MN BCA from investigating Good shooting, saying the legitimacy of any investigation turns on whether the public believes it was comprehensive and unbiased.
33 ex-federal prosecutors ask Trump to reconsider excluding state from Renee Good investigation
Former prosecutors said recent departures from the U.S. Attorney’s Office will hamper future fraud investigations.
www.startribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
33 fmr prosecutors in MN ask Trump Administration to reconsider its decision to exclude the MN BCA from investigating Good shooting, saying the legitimacy of any investigation turns on whether the public believes it was comprehensive and unbiased.
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Don't worry everyone, Karoline Leavitt promised that Trump was just joking about cancelling the midterm elections.
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Don't worry everyone, Karoline Leavitt promised that Trump was just joking about cancelling the midterm elections.
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This is fucking insane and the kind of thing that could only happen under a corrupt, idiotic tyrant.
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
This is fucking insane and the kind of thing that could only happen under a corrupt, idiotic tyrant.
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Yeah right, tell me another one. CBS is nothing more than state-controlled media thanks to Trumpist oligarch David Ellison and his minion Bari Weiss.
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Yeah right, tell me another one. CBS is nothing more than state-controlled media thanks to Trumpist oligarch David Ellison and his minion Bari Weiss.
It was never about deporting violent criminals. It's simply ethnic cleansing. MAWA = Make America White Again. www.fox9.com/news/oglala-...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says 3 members arrested in Minneapolis remain in ICE custody
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is calling for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained by ICE and remain in custody at the Whipple Federal Building.
www.fox9.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It was never about deporting violent criminals. It's simply ethnic cleansing. MAWA = Make America White Again. www.fox9.com/news/oglala-...
