Mark Csikszentmihalyi
@markcsik.bsky.social
California prof, International Studies
& Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad
NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.
& Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad
NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.
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FOER: “This is one of those moments in Trump’s presidency when an event that would otherwise be recognized as a death knell for democracy somehow fails to elicit the outrage it deserves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
FOER: “This is one of those moments in Trump’s presidency when an event that would otherwise be recognized as a death knell for democracy somehow fails to elicit the outrage it deserves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
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NEW: Rep. Cory Mills owns a defense company that appears to have been illegally exporting weapons to Ukraine—while Mills sits on the committee with oversight of those sales. This has gone unreported and for a long time unknown in Congress. My latest here:
sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
‘George Santos with a Gun,’ Pt. III: Up In Arms
Cory Mills appears to be the first active arms dealer to serve in Congress. That's probably because companies owned by members of Congress aren't legally allowed to export weapons—but his does.
sollenbergerrc.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: Rep. Cory Mills owns a defense company that appears to have been illegally exporting weapons to Ukraine—while Mills sits on the committee with oversight of those sales. This has gone unreported and for a long time unknown in Congress. My latest here:
sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/george-san...
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Is the White House letting Trump do all these crazy things, and dumping most of the Epstein files, because they know he is close to death, and they are hoping that death gives them a reset?
They know most Americans buy into the idea of not speaking ill of the dead.
They know most Americans buy into the idea of not speaking ill of the dead.
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Is the White House letting Trump do all these crazy things, and dumping most of the Epstein files, because they know he is close to death, and they are hoping that death gives them a reset?
They know most Americans buy into the idea of not speaking ill of the dead.
They know most Americans buy into the idea of not speaking ill of the dead.
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Trump is definitely invading Venezuela, on the eve of the deadline to release the Epstein files.
The President of the United States of America is gonna send Americans to die in an entirely unnecessary and unprovoked war, because he’s a pedophile who is trying to hide his crimes.
The President of the United States of America is gonna send Americans to die in an entirely unnecessary and unprovoked war, because he’s a pedophile who is trying to hide his crimes.
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Trump is definitely invading Venezuela, on the eve of the deadline to release the Epstein files.
The President of the United States of America is gonna send Americans to die in an entirely unnecessary and unprovoked war, because he’s a pedophile who is trying to hide his crimes.
The President of the United States of America is gonna send Americans to die in an entirely unnecessary and unprovoked war, because he’s a pedophile who is trying to hide his crimes.
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HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
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Brendan Carr booted Jimmy Kimmel for making a statement that wasn't even offensive about Kirk, while Trump is throwing a party over Reiner's death.
One country, yet different rules for different parties?
Enough of that noise
One country, yet different rules for different parties?
Enough of that noise
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Brendan Carr booted Jimmy Kimmel for making a statement that wasn't even offensive about Kirk, while Trump is throwing a party over Reiner's death.
One country, yet different rules for different parties?
Enough of that noise
One country, yet different rules for different parties?
Enough of that noise
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Is the antifa in the room with you right now?
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Is the antifa in the room with you right now?
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Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
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"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
“You’re the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. A terrible reporter.”
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"First he came for the female reporters, and I said nothing because I wasn't a female reporter."
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
The silence of media bosses is an embarrassing scandal.
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Look, I was in the lie business then. It's a craft you and I love but I had to take another position. I'll be back. Don't worry.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Look, I was in the lie business then. It's a craft you and I love but I had to take another position. I'll be back. Don't worry.
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i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i strangely find myself admiring Rand Paul on this
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Blending family and governance
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Blending family and governance
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Billionaires Trying to kill us all, part 80
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Billionaires Trying to kill us all, part 80
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This #GildedAge is playing out as scheduled. 🥇
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This #GildedAge is playing out as scheduled. 🥇
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?
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Just think: If his dad hadn’t been such a sociopathic dick, Trump would be happily developing real estate in Boca Raton right now, boring his clients with stories from the 90’s.
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Just think: If his dad hadn’t been such a sociopathic dick, Trump would be happily developing real estate in Boca Raton right now, boring his clients with stories from the 90’s.
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“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
www.bostonreview.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
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I hadn’t seen the very beginning part of this coverage before I don’t think - familiar ICE Goons‼️⤵️ bsky.app/profile/laur...
Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her.
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released without charges.
Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I hadn’t seen the very beginning part of this coverage before I don’t think - familiar ICE Goons‼️⤵️ bsky.app/profile/laur...