Mark X
@markmx.bsky.social
Veteran, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
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This behaves entirely as expected. This is your record in our lexicon domain, just as your profile bio is your profile in the app.bsky.actor.profile record. If you want to direct conversations for you to a domain of your choosing, you can.
February 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This behaves entirely as expected. This is your record in our lexicon domain, just as your profile bio is your profile in the app.bsky.actor.profile record. If you want to direct conversations for you to a domain of your choosing, you can.
This is why Reacher is a fantasy. I’m supposed to like this guy, who was an MP? Everyone hates MP’s.
Want to hear the dumbest encounter with military law enforcement and federal prosecution I ever came across in the Army
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is why Reacher is a fantasy. I’m supposed to like this guy, who was an MP? Everyone hates MP’s.
Many thanks to the Bluesky team for working with us on this experimental integration. Any atproto app can build this! Here's our developer guidance on the underlying atproto record and how to render a Germ DM button in your application!
mark-germ.leaflet.pub/3mem22lhe222t
mark-germ.leaflet.pub/3mem22lhe222t
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Many thanks to the Bluesky team for working with us on this experimental integration. Any atproto app can build this! Here's our developer guidance on the underlying atproto record and how to render a Germ DM button in your application!
mark-germ.leaflet.pub/3mem22lhe222t
mark-germ.leaflet.pub/3mem22lhe222t
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Seems the Pentagon is testing anti-drone high-energy lasers near Fort Bliss in El Paso, and didn't feel this was dangerous enough to close airspace over.
The FAA administrator disagreed.
Last week, these lasers successfully protected the American people from a sinister children's party balloon.
The FAA administrator disagreed.
Last week, these lasers successfully protected the American people from a sinister children's party balloon.
Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
Pentagon officials had undertaken planning to use military technology near Fort Bliss, in El Paso, to practice downing drones.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Seems the Pentagon is testing anti-drone high-energy lasers near Fort Bliss in El Paso, and didn't feel this was dangerous enough to close airspace over.
The FAA administrator disagreed.
Last week, these lasers successfully protected the American people from a sinister children's party balloon.
The FAA administrator disagreed.
Last week, these lasers successfully protected the American people from a sinister children's party balloon.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
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"Find lost dogs with Ring's new Search Party" is the tag line they're using.
"Lost dogs"
"Lost dogs"
a close up of a woman 's face with a disney logo on the bottom right
Alt: Woman winking
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
"Find lost dogs with Ring's new Search Party" is the tag line they're using.
"Lost dogs"
"Lost dogs"
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judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
Very excited that my councilmember @cd4losangeles.bsky.social is running for mayor!
"Nithya Raman, who has been compared to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass." NYT gets the scoop
Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Very excited that my councilmember @cd4losangeles.bsky.social is running for mayor!
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There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.
2 dead, 5 injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood
2 dead, 5 injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood
Two people were killed and five injured after a car crashed into the 99 Ranch Market in Westwood on Thursday.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
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This is, in fact, why "don't use Google search" is going to be one of the top three privacy improvement recommendations anyone knowledgeable will make for most people! Because when you combine "Google search query history" with "devices that ping nearby each other" --
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
This is, in fact, why "don't use Google search" is going to be one of the top three privacy improvement recommendations anyone knowledgeable will make for most people! Because when you combine "Google search query history" with "devices that ping nearby each other" --
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*sigh* here we go again. Your phone is not listening to everything around you 24/7 for advertising purposes. *If* you have voice activation on for the assistant, the mic is listening for the activation phrase: the processing power for listening for a single specific phrase is much lower.
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
*sigh* here we go again. Your phone is not listening to everything around you 24/7 for advertising purposes. *If* you have voice activation on for the assistant, the mic is listening for the activation phrase: the processing power for listening for a single specific phrase is much lower.
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hi, part of my job is being with grieving people and I want to say to you very gently
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
hi, part of my job is being with grieving people and I want to say to you very gently
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
DO NOT DO THIS, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THIS A THING
This is an irresponsible piece that blames the crash on a purportedly inexperienced Army crew, and briefly in a few sentences, the Army itself. These claims contravene the very safety hearing that Wise draws his material from.
1/9
1/9
Jeff Wise reports on what happened inside the cockpit of the Black Hawk helicopter that caused the Potomac air disaster. Two undertrained pilots went on an ill-conceived trip through the most dangerous airspace in America. 67 people died.
Inside the Cockpit of the Helicopter That Caused the Potomac Air Disaster
Jeff Wise reports on what happened inside the cockpit of the Black Hawk helicopter that caused the Potomac air disaster. Two undertrained pilots went on an ill-conceived trip through the most dangerous airspace in America. 67 people died.
nymag.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is an irresponsible piece that blames the crash on a purportedly inexperienced Army crew, and briefly in a few sentences, the Army itself. These claims contravene the very safety hearing that Wise draws his material from.
1/9
1/9
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As an expert in theoretical physics I can assure you that is not the case.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
As an expert in theoretical physics I can assure you that is not the case.
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At the moment these are all the CRJ, CR7 and CR9 Canadian made aircraft airborne in North America
January 30, 2026 at 12:43 AM
At the moment these are all the CRJ, CR7 and CR9 Canadian made aircraft airborne in North America
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the explosive says “letsa go!” before it reaches its target.
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
the explosive says “letsa go!” before it reaches its target.
@thisismissem.social been a valued consultant for us at @germnetwork.com, helping us with her deep knowledge of ATProto and OAuth.
You can hire her too and you should!
You can hire her too and you should!
Hey friends, did you know you can hire me either as a consultant or developer and I can help you build for AT Protocol? No? Well now you do!
I generally program in typescript, but I can usually advise & review implementations in a multitude of other languages, especially when it comes to OAuth.
I generally program in typescript, but I can usually advise & review implementations in a multitude of other languages, especially when it comes to OAuth.
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
@thisismissem.social been a valued consultant for us at @germnetwork.com, helping us with her deep knowledge of ATProto and OAuth.
You can hire her too and you should!
You can hire her too and you should!
The Battle of Midway was in June 1942, Yamamoto shot down April 1943 but IJN remained dangerous if on back foot.
Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa still remained ahead.
We have the momentum; the work of securing justice lies ahead of us.
Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa still remained ahead.
We have the momentum; the work of securing justice lies ahead of us.
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The Battle of Midway was in June 1942, Yamamoto shot down April 1943 but IJN remained dangerous if on back foot.
Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa still remained ahead.
We have the momentum; the work of securing justice lies ahead of us.
Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa still remained ahead.
We have the momentum; the work of securing justice lies ahead of us.
If you take someone with no ethical fiber and educate them you get J.D. Vance, YLS JD.
Opinion | To Avoid More Tragic Deaths, ICE Needs Higher Education and Training Standards
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed can play an important role in making federal immigration enforcement safer. https://bit.ly/4bRR5fx
#EDUSKy #HigherEd #AcademicSky
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
If you take someone with no ethical fiber and educate them you get J.D. Vance, YLS JD.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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bovinos convoy is driving towards mar a lago
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
bovinos convoy is driving towards mar a lago
I investigated aircraft crashes professionally. This is insane.
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I investigated aircraft crashes professionally. This is insane.
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Learning to eat hotdish with a knife
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Learning to eat hotdish with a knife