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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Making up a cite from the seminal “making up cites” case, you simply love to see it
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Making up a cite from the seminal “making up cites” case, you simply love to see it
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This response to Trump announcing the Kennedy Center shut down is everything. A true tour de force.
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 AM
This response to Trump announcing the Kennedy Center shut down is everything. A true tour de force.
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Free speech in America continues its death spiral—just like Trump and MAGAs wanted.
Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Free speech in America continues its death spiral—just like Trump and MAGAs wanted.
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Trump's "you can't carry guns" statement might mean we're finally be ready to talk about how the very first gun control laws targeted the Black Panthers and how badly tyrants would like their people disarmed and helpless
And how MAGA isn't pro gun, they're pro themselves having guns
And how MAGA isn't pro gun, they're pro themselves having guns
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Trump's "you can't carry guns" statement might mean we're finally be ready to talk about how the very first gun control laws targeted the Black Panthers and how badly tyrants would like their people disarmed and helpless
And how MAGA isn't pro gun, they're pro themselves having guns
And how MAGA isn't pro gun, they're pro themselves having guns
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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This guy became a hero to MAGA world. The police gave him a bottle of water after he killed people.
In a state he didn't live in, with a gun that was illegally purchased.
All charges dropped!
In a state he didn't live in, with a gun that was illegally purchased.
All charges dropped!
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This guy became a hero to MAGA world. The police gave him a bottle of water after he killed people.
In a state he didn't live in, with a gun that was illegally purchased.
All charges dropped!
In a state he didn't live in, with a gun that was illegally purchased.
All charges dropped!
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Liam Ramos. 5 years old. Photographed here being kidnapped by DHS/ICE/CPB on his way home from school.
Now held prisoner in Texas in a "detention center".
Alone. No family. No friends. A baby. We are committing unredeemable acts in the US.
Now held prisoner in Texas in a "detention center".
Alone. No family. No friends. A baby. We are committing unredeemable acts in the US.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Liam Ramos. 5 years old. Photographed here being kidnapped by DHS/ICE/CPB on his way home from school.
Now held prisoner in Texas in a "detention center".
Alone. No family. No friends. A baby. We are committing unredeemable acts in the US.
Now held prisoner in Texas in a "detention center".
Alone. No family. No friends. A baby. We are committing unredeemable acts in the US.
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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
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Let this radicalize you.
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Let this radicalize you.
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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About god damn time.
Furious Democrats threaten government shutdown after Minneapolis shooting
"We can't just keep authorizing money for these illegal killers," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
About god damn time.
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Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive blow to global warming effort
Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive blow to global warming effort
The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change underpins global efforts to address rising temperatures.
dlvr.it
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive blow to global warming effort
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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So, they’re basically just making messes and fomenting as much chaos as possible, so that they can claim that there are too many messes to clean up and too much chaos to deal with for them to actually do what they’re legally required to do.
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
So, they’re basically just making messes and fomenting as much chaos as possible, so that they can claim that there are too many messes to clean up and too much chaos to deal with for them to actually do what they’re legally required to do.
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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.