Mark Kille (he/him)
@markakille.bsky.social
Pacific NW via every continental US time zone. Working Families Party stan. Women's soccer, genre and queer romance, cephalopods, trains! Forever a librarian in my heart.
“Christopher Simmons has been incarcerated…for 30 years. During that time, he’s transformed…earning his college degrees, mentoring others, and dedicating himself to service and community leadership inside. His family and community are ready to welcome him home.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UZ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
“Christopher Simmons has been incarcerated…for 30 years. During that time, he’s transformed…earning his college degrees, mentoring others, and dedicating himself to service and community leadership inside. His family and community are ready to welcome him home.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UZ...
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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I’m just saying that there are a lot of non-violent and non-felony ways to make people so miserable that they will beg for it to stop
We gave them the victories they’ve been asking for and they turned around and gave up as soon as it was convenient. The carrot days of the Democratic base are over. Time for the stick. They’re not afraid enough of us. We can fix that (with votes).
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I’m just saying that there are a lot of non-violent and non-felony ways to make people so miserable that they will beg for it to stop
Every Democrat who voted for this— Senate now, and House soon enough— should be expelled from the Democratic caucus. There is literally no benefit to keeping them in. Strip them of their committee assignments. Punish them.
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Every Democrat who voted for this— Senate now, and House soon enough— should be expelled from the Democratic caucus. There is literally no benefit to keeping them in. Strip them of their committee assignments. Punish them.
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If you’ve made your Senate calls, time to start calling Dem Congressional representatives (both D.C. & local numbers) and telling them not to accept anything the Senate sends down that doesn’t include ACA subsidies.
Personal stories help. Tell them how much caving will cost YOUR family.
Personal stories help. Tell them how much caving will cost YOUR family.
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If you’ve made your Senate calls, time to start calling Dem Congressional representatives (both D.C. & local numbers) and telling them not to accept anything the Senate sends down that doesn’t include ACA subsidies.
Personal stories help. Tell them how much caving will cost YOUR family.
Personal stories help. Tell them how much caving will cost YOUR family.
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Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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my bar for Jeffries is pretty low so I think this means something
Hakeem is against the deal
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
my bar for Jeffries is pretty low so I think this means something
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November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Go Demon Deacs!!! Upset of UVA!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Go Demon Deacs!!! Upset of UVA!!!!!
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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This is a Frankenstein story, but the villainous scientist is conservatives
Adriana’s body was kept alive for months.
Chance had to try and grow inside someone who couldn’t eat, couldn’t regulate hormones, couldn’t move or breathe on her own.
The family was never asked if they wanted this, the hospital & state FORCED it.
Chance had to try and grow inside someone who couldn’t eat, couldn’t regulate hormones, couldn’t move or breathe on her own.
The family was never asked if they wanted this, the hospital & state FORCED it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is a Frankenstein story, but the villainous scientist is conservatives
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Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
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Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a Chicago Public Library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
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Daily bunny no.3133 is starting a garden
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Daily bunny no.3133 is starting a garden
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
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Esther González is officially questionable for tomorrow, the NWSL says.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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one of one
37.5% - In penalty shootouts in all competitions for #NWSL teams, Aubrey Kingsbury has saved 37.5% of the on-target penalties she has faced (9/24). All other goalkeepers have combined to save just 17.2% (20/116). Different.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
one of one
Seattle booted out of the NWSL playoffs early makes me very happy. Congrats Orlando!
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Seattle booted out of the NWSL playoffs early makes me very happy. Congrats Orlando!
“I, for one, find Justice Jackson’s behavior Friday night entirely understandable and defensible, even if I wish like hell it hadn’t come to this.”
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“I, for one, find Justice Jackson’s behavior Friday night entirely understandable and defensible, even if I wish like hell it hadn’t come to this.”
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf