Mark Cathey
@markcathey.bsky.social
Lawyer and book buyer (buys books but doesn’t read)
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even cooler, if biden had just lost in 2020 trump would have been relatively constrained by the "adults" of his first term, and exiting the stage in 2024 spent and wearing covid inflation and the various wars. letting this fuck off the hook then running again with brain damage made it 100x worse
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 AM
even cooler, if biden had just lost in 2020 trump would have been relatively constrained by the "adults" of his first term, and exiting the stage in 2024 spent and wearing covid inflation and the various wars. letting this fuck off the hook then running again with brain damage made it 100x worse
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it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
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I was told this man was a once-in-a-generation talent who could deliver MAGA from its worse impulses while governing as a sensible right-centrist... Can't believe the "white rage and destroy UVA" platform didn't prove more durable... I will not learn any lessons from this outcome...
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was told this man was a once-in-a-generation talent who could deliver MAGA from its worse impulses while governing as a sensible right-centrist... Can't believe the "white rage and destroy UVA" platform didn't prove more durable... I will not learn any lessons from this outcome...
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[werner herzog voice] these prefabricated mortal pastries, dying for cheap spectacle
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
[werner herzog voice] these prefabricated mortal pastries, dying for cheap spectacle
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one serious answer? a lot of elites—including many liberals—absolutely lost their minds the one time our government asked them make the same mid-crisis sacrifices for the public good as everyone else. and they are happy to fund and publish damn near anything to prevent that from happening again
There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
one serious answer? a lot of elites—including many liberals—absolutely lost their minds the one time our government asked them make the same mid-crisis sacrifices for the public good as everyone else. and they are happy to fund and publish damn near anything to prevent that from happening again
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We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative
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Updating the "everyone is 12" theorem to add "everyone is 12 and can't read"
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Updating the "everyone is 12" theorem to add "everyone is 12 and can't read"
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For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
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Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas' answer to the SCOTUS ruling on Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas' answer to the SCOTUS ruling on Texas.
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Just realized tonight’s Anti-ICE community training is at the catholic church attached to the Jesuit college and, furthermore, it is done in the style of design that drives the American fash trads insane
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Just realized tonight’s Anti-ICE community training is at the catholic church attached to the Jesuit college and, furthermore, it is done in the style of design that drives the American fash trads insane
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This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
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This isn't a subtle point. It's not a matter of opinion. It's a fact & should be reported as such: Trump says racist things & his regime pursues racist policies. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This isn't a subtle point. It's not a matter of opinion. It's a fact & should be reported as such: Trump says racist things & his regime pursues racist policies. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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cow tools for killing waffles
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
cow tools for killing waffles
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sorry, i was looking at the engagement numbers for my chapter between here and the hitler website and it's depressingly and distressingly true that the hitler website still has better engagement for the left in a lot of segments
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
sorry, i was looking at the engagement numbers for my chapter between here and the hitler website and it's depressingly and distressingly true that the hitler website still has better engagement for the left in a lot of segments
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I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Charges dropped!!!
MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting
A Middle Tennessee sheriff is defending the arrest of a man for posting an online meme quoting President Donald Trump.
www.newschannel5.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Charges dropped!!!
@kaine.senate.gov Why?
and yet still, TODAY, Democrats in the Senate are voting in favor of Trump's judicial nominees
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@kaine.senate.gov Why?
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
why the hell are they confirming trump's judges when trump's speaker of the house won't swear in Grijalva?
By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM