Mark Orbiter
@markorbiter.bsky.social
Singer/guitarist for Mpls spacerock combo Dallas Orbiter (and spontaneous composition alter ego group Laser Bats From Mars).
https://dallasorbiter.bandcamp.com/album/spaceman-things-2
Loving husband of an awesome breast cancer survivor. he/him
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https://dallasorbiter.bandcamp.com/album/spaceman-things-2
Loving husband of an awesome breast cancer survivor. he/him
#MusicSky
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Mark Orbiter
@markorbiter.bsky.social
· Sep 13
Spaceman Things, by Dallas Orbiter
12 track album
dallasorbiter.bandcamp.com
Vinyl orders & downloads now available for the new Dallas Orbiter record! Release party at Mortimer's in Mpls tonight! Music starts at 9:30.
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
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January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
Amazing. Hell yeah
Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Amazing. Hell yeah
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He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
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"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire"
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN, however, show nuance. What took place prior to the shooting remains unclear. | Analysis
DHS says woman attempted to run over ICE officers before being shot in Minneapolis. Here’s what the videos show. | CNN
Three videos taken of the scene and reviewed by CNN show nuance. What took place prior to the shooting remains unclear.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM
"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire"
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we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
we’re never returning to “normal “
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
that world is dead and gone
we create a new one, or we live in hell
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
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This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 AM
This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
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Minnesota will not surrender to ICE terrorism.
They hate us because we are a free people who love our neighbors and exercise our inalienable rights.
But we will win because our American values are more resilient than their basest hatreds.
They hate us because we are a free people who love our neighbors and exercise our inalienable rights.
But we will win because our American values are more resilient than their basest hatreds.
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Minnesota will not surrender to ICE terrorism.
They hate us because we are a free people who love our neighbors and exercise our inalienable rights.
But we will win because our American values are more resilient than their basest hatreds.
They hate us because we are a free people who love our neighbors and exercise our inalienable rights.
But we will win because our American values are more resilient than their basest hatreds.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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The amazing notion conservatives have, that racist kidnapping thugs should never feel unsafe for a single moment while they are kidnapping, and if they do decide they feel unsafe they are authorized to murder any of us.
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The amazing notion conservatives have, that racist kidnapping thugs should never feel unsafe for a single moment while they are kidnapping, and if they do decide they feel unsafe they are authorized to murder any of us.
Fuck ICE & anyone who supports any of this shit.
I am outside Roosevelt now, my daughter goes there. Talked to staff, ICE was in a car pursuit of someone and they crashed and went up on school property. Teachers formed a circle around the person to protect them. Ice releases tear gas and took two people
We are getting reports of Border Patrol activity near Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis that happened during dismissal time today. Bystanders say officers shoved, tackled bystanders and handcuffed 2 school staff
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Fuck ICE & anyone who supports any of this shit.
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A 6-year-old just lost his mother. A woman was shot in the face in front of her wife.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A 6-year-old just lost his mother. A woman was shot in the face in front of her wife.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
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This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed:
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
www.cbsnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.
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ICE shoots into vehicles because nobody's actually pulling weapons on them. But they know a vehicle can be considered a deadly weapon in court, and it's the only justification they're gonna find for what they're obviously itching to do.
This is the ninth shooting by ICE since September (I did not know that). All of them were into vehicles.
Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
ICE shoots into vehicles because nobody's actually pulling weapons on them. But they know a vehicle can be considered a deadly weapon in court, and it's the only justification they're gonna find for what they're obviously itching to do.
!!!!
Big Heavenly news day. First of all, we are announcing a new album, Highway To Heavenly!
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Heavenly - Highway To Heavenly (album)
***PREORDER FOR 27 FEBRUARY RELEASE*** Fifth Heavenly LP, released almost 30 years after the band's fourth. Includes optional MP3 downloads. On CD/White vinyl. Both include a colour 12" insert featur...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
!!!!
This whole record is great imo
Gerry Rafferty died 15 years ago today. This is the most beautiful song & I listen to it regularly. His famous sax song Baker Street is great of course. But this is sublime.
Gerry Rafferty - The Ark (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gerry Rafferty
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January 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
This whole record is great imo
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
I'm no political director of anything and probably for good reason, but I humbly think this ascribes more intellectual rigor to Trump than he has ever applied to anything. He's a black hole of self-enrichment and aggrandizement. How hard is this?
Trump's hatred of the institutions of liberal internationalism never made him an isolationist. He's always been an imperialist.
He is someone who sees the hypocrisy of liberal internationalism and addresses it by abandoning any semblance of liberalism, instead of making it real.
He is someone who sees the hypocrisy of liberal internationalism and addresses it by abandoning any semblance of liberalism, instead of making it real.
January 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I'm no political director of anything and probably for good reason, but I humbly think this ascribes more intellectual rigor to Trump than he has ever applied to anything. He's a black hole of self-enrichment and aggrandizement. How hard is this?
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Dear neighbor,
We’re only a few days into 2026, and this federal administration continues to tear families apart.
There’s been an uptick in ICE activity and immigration enforcement today in our neighborhoods. Including the staging of ICE at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center, … 1/
We’re only a few days into 2026, and this federal administration continues to tear families apart.
There’s been an uptick in ICE activity and immigration enforcement today in our neighborhoods. Including the staging of ICE at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center, … 1/
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Dear neighbor,
We’re only a few days into 2026, and this federal administration continues to tear families apart.
There’s been an uptick in ICE activity and immigration enforcement today in our neighborhoods. Including the staging of ICE at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center, … 1/
We’re only a few days into 2026, and this federal administration continues to tear families apart.
There’s been an uptick in ICE activity and immigration enforcement today in our neighborhoods. Including the staging of ICE at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center, … 1/
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So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.
Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them?
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
So it sounds like "we're" going to run Venezuela now? How? That's likely gonna require an occupation of some sort, which would necessitate an invasion, right?
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
So it sounds like "we're" going to run Venezuela now? How? That's likely gonna require an occupation of some sort, which would necessitate an invasion, right?
It's been kind of a long journey getting this guitar to forgive me after having the Bigsby put on, but I think we finally understand each other. A lotta careful nut shaving (heh) involved. Wasn't sure we'd ever get here.
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
It's been kind of a long journey getting this guitar to forgive me after having the Bigsby put on, but I think we finally understand each other. A lotta careful nut shaving (heh) involved. Wasn't sure we'd ever get here.
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The Muppet Show | Teaser Trailer | Disney+
YouTube video by Disney Plus
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January 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM