Mark Kolpack
@kolpackcreations.bsky.social
Director, DGA / VFX Supervisor, VES
Taking individual pixels and turning them into fanciful imagery.
Taking individual pixels and turning them into fanciful imagery.
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Live from "war ravaged" Portland
September 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Live from "war ravaged" Portland
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“Fascism is a political system built on control, fear, and loyalty to a strong leader. Fascism attacks democracy.”
A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:
A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:
September 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“Fascism is a political system built on control, fear, and loyalty to a strong leader. Fascism attacks democracy.”
A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:
A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:
I just watched "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey". This film is a wonderful romantic tale that emotionally grabs you by the heart and sweeps you away. It deserves an audience. It is so well done.
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I just watched "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey". This film is a wonderful romantic tale that emotionally grabs you by the heart and sweeps you away. It deserves an audience. It is so well done.
Gee -- Really? No. Getting preferential treatment for favorable testimony surrounding Trump with Epstein has become expected with this administration.
Didn’t have room to tag him in the original post, but Mike is on Bluesky at @michael-feinberg.bsky.social. Give him a follow!
Former FBI agent Mike Feinberg:
“When I last looked at the issue…there were not a ton of vacancies at the Club Fed category of prisons.”
“The fact that she’s getting some sort of preferential treatment to presumably jump the line..makes the hairs on the back of one’s neck stick up a little bit.”
“When I last looked at the issue…there were not a ton of vacancies at the Club Fed category of prisons.”
“The fact that she’s getting some sort of preferential treatment to presumably jump the line..makes the hairs on the back of one’s neck stick up a little bit.”
August 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Gee -- Really? No. Getting preferential treatment for favorable testimony surrounding Trump with Epstein has become expected with this administration.
Insanity.
I can’t stress this enough
These rates are the result of magic “math”
And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
These rates are the result of magic “math”
And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
New tariff executive order just released, and the official start date for tariffs was pushed to next week from instead of tomorrow, but we're raising tariffs for roughly 68 countries plus the EU, with some tariffs now as high as 41%. Literally Liberation Day 2 Electric Boogaloo.
August 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Insanity.
Interesting video. Too many questions with the reality of that moment and this video now only adds to those questions.
Well.
We all knew because we felt it in our bones but.
Turns out we were right.
We all knew because we felt it in our bones but.
Turns out we were right.
July 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Interesting video. Too many questions with the reality of that moment and this video now only adds to those questions.
I can't even wrap my head around what universe we're living in anymore. I swear this has to be a simulation and the designers have changed the settings to absurd lunacy with a side of moronic idiocy.
How else do you get a criminal president with a decoy first lady?
How else do you get a criminal president with a decoy first lady?
You know it’s Fake Melania when she doesn’t immediately recoil like she smelled a raccoon carcass.
May 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I can't even wrap my head around what universe we're living in anymore. I swear this has to be a simulation and the designers have changed the settings to absurd lunacy with a side of moronic idiocy.
How else do you get a criminal president with a decoy first lady?
How else do you get a criminal president with a decoy first lady?
Saw this.
Everyone knows but too many chose to believe the facade. From Mad Magazine 1992.
Everyone knows but too many chose to believe the facade. From Mad Magazine 1992.
May 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Saw this.
Everyone knows but too many chose to believe the facade. From Mad Magazine 1992.
Everyone knows but too many chose to believe the facade. From Mad Magazine 1992.
This new PC form of reporting rocket launch failure should be reported as it is -- Fuel leaked caused it to blow up. That's what happened.
May 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This new PC form of reporting rocket launch failure should be reported as it is -- Fuel leaked caused it to blow up. That's what happened.
When one lands within a form of the film Idiocy I have to laugh.
A college professor caught a student who had used AI to write an assignment. He apologized to the professor with an email written by? Yep.
A college professor caught a student who had used AI to write an assignment. He apologized to the professor with an email written by? Yep.
May 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When one lands within a form of the film Idiocy I have to laugh.
A college professor caught a student who had used AI to write an assignment. He apologized to the professor with an email written by? Yep.
A college professor caught a student who had used AI to write an assignment. He apologized to the professor with an email written by? Yep.
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'This is extortion': Former Harvard president blasts Trump’s act of 'madness' https://twp.ai/4immZb
www.alternet.org
'This is extortion': Former Harvard president blasts Trump’s act of 'madness'
twp.ai
May 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
'This is extortion': Former Harvard president blasts Trump’s act of 'madness' https://twp.ai/4immZb
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After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
May 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
Clueless.
May 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Clueless.
Perfection.
We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
May 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Perfection.
Anyone surprised?
May 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Anyone surprised?
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The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, “the president is not immune” etc.
And get the money out
And get the money out
May 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, “the president is not immune” etc.
And get the money out
And get the money out
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Putin suggested holding direct negotiations in Turkey on May 15.
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
May 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Putin suggested holding direct negotiations in Turkey on May 15.
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey.
Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate.
Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
You're not a genius if you take an economic structure, tear it apart and then begin to put all the pieces back together where they once were. It's not even a good slight of hand.
NEWS: U.S. and China agree to a 90-day pause on new tariffs after shipping to U.S. ports plummeted.
Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%.
If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?
Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%.
If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?
May 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You're not a genius if you take an economic structure, tear it apart and then begin to put all the pieces back together where they once were. It's not even a good slight of hand.
As if we don't have enough issues within the FAA and commercial aircraft, now the Navy. Just saying, this stuff didn't happen prior to Jan 20th.
May 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As if we don't have enough issues within the FAA and commercial aircraft, now the Navy. Just saying, this stuff didn't happen prior to Jan 20th.
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Aside from the obvious law violation here, it will take the US gov’t months to dismantle this plane and try to find all the embedded bugs and trackers: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Aside from the obvious law violation here, it will take the US gov’t months to dismantle this plane and try to find all the embedded bugs and trackers: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
Then it's a good thing we have a man leading the fight for vaccinations to rid this...oh wait. Sorry he's from Earth 29 while we're on Earth 01. Never mind.
May 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Then it's a good thing we have a man leading the fight for vaccinations to rid this...oh wait. Sorry he's from Earth 29 while we're on Earth 01. Never mind.
The hypocrisy is beyond belief or understanding. How is a country built upon laws, rules and procedures turning such an abhorrent blind eye to all of this?
The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?
May 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The hypocrisy is beyond belief or understanding. How is a country built upon laws, rules and procedures turning such an abhorrent blind eye to all of this?
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If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention
May 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention
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(🎁) GIFT LINK to a stunning but also inarguable New York Times piece that says in no uncertain terms that America is no longer a democracy but an autocracy.
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
(🎁) GIFT LINK to a stunning but also inarguable New York Times piece that says in no uncertain terms that America is no longer a democracy but an autocracy.