Mark Shatraw
@markshatraw.bsky.social
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Mark Shatraw
@markshatraw.bsky.social
· Nov 5
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Hi friend! My friend Sierra has a birthday today and I'd like to get her some cat pictures. May I borrow some of your power?
BlueSky's Strategic Cat Picture Reserve:
Amazon Web Services exists because Amazon needed something to do with all of the compute power they had built out to handle Black Friday traffic
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Amazon Web Services exists because Amazon needed something to do with all of the compute power they had built out to handle Black Friday traffic
One does not carry that Pyroblast around in their pocket by accident lol - she knows her stuff
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM
One does not carry that Pyroblast around in their pocket by accident lol - she knows her stuff
I'm going to need you to respect Yahoo Anime rules on this one but, in honor of the legendary John Williams, please enjoy some of the best jazz piano playing you're ever going to hear: youtu.be/TzxzH-0rlG8?...
As Time Goes By - Audra McDonald and John Williams
YouTube video by MoreOrLes1
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I'm going to need you to respect Yahoo Anime rules on this one but, in honor of the legendary John Williams, please enjoy some of the best jazz piano playing you're ever going to hear: youtu.be/TzxzH-0rlG8?...
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Happy birthday to John Williams, now 94!
"In this rare TV documentary originally aired only once by BBC on May 18, 1980, witness John Williams composing the legendary score for The Empire Strikes Back and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra."
"In this rare TV documentary originally aired only once by BBC on May 18, 1980, witness John Williams composing the legendary score for The Empire Strikes Back and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra."
Star Wars: Music by John Williams | 1980 BBC Documentary
YouTube video by Film Score Media
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Happy birthday to John Williams, now 94!
"In this rare TV documentary originally aired only once by BBC on May 18, 1980, witness John Williams composing the legendary score for The Empire Strikes Back and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra."
"In this rare TV documentary originally aired only once by BBC on May 18, 1980, witness John Williams composing the legendary score for The Empire Strikes Back and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra."
I don't have the extra right now but please jump in here if you can - the Ukraine bureau in particular is going to have a *very* difficult trip home
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I don't have the extra right now but please jump in here if you can - the Ukraine bureau in particular is going to have a *very* difficult trip home
The American experience abroad:
Generally cool with Americans.
Not fans of the American government.
Generally cool with Americans.
Not fans of the American government.
LOUD cheers for Team USA
Boos as JD Vance is shown on the in-arena screens
Attaway, Italia 🇮🇹✊
Boos as JD Vance is shown on the in-arena screens
Attaway, Italia 🇮🇹✊
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The American experience abroad:
Generally cool with Americans.
Not fans of the American government.
Generally cool with Americans.
Not fans of the American government.
The news is bad but the treats are good - orders close Sunday 2/8
Our Valentine's Day shipping menu is here 💕🫶🏻
We have so many fun new (and returning) flavors, I can't wait to tell you all about them!
Shop Here: flourpowerny.com/collections/...
We have so many fun new (and returning) flavors, I can't wait to tell you all about them!
Shop Here: flourpowerny.com/collections/...
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The news is bad but the treats are good - orders close Sunday 2/8
Potluck dinner
When ICE murders you, how would you like the community to honor you? Vigil? Bike ride? Sit in? Something else?
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Potluck dinner
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Reposted by Mark Shatraw
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
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oh fuck, I have the lathe
Just once I’d like to see donald trump shit himself on national TV
February 1, 2026 at 10:09 PM
oh fuck, I have the lathe
Between this and Weird Al doing "Killing In The Name," I think we're done with moderation
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello play ‘Ghost of Tom Joad’ together at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: Jon Bream
🎥: Jon Bream
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Between this and Weird Al doing "Killing In The Name," I think we're done with moderation
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You are allowed to skip ahead to the malted chocolate chip cookie bar if you come back and read the rest afterwards
Our Valentine's Day shipping menu is here 💕🫶🏻
We have so many fun new (and returning) flavors, I can't wait to tell you all about them!
Shop Here: flourpowerny.com/collections/...
We have so many fun new (and returning) flavors, I can't wait to tell you all about them!
Shop Here: flourpowerny.com/collections/...
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You are allowed to skip ahead to the malted chocolate chip cookie bar if you come back and read the rest afterwards
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Im not sure where this came from. Someone sent it to me. It sure did make me smile, though.
January 25, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Im not sure where this came from. Someone sent it to me. It sure did make me smile, though.
"Thank you for your attention to this matter" is a very funny twist of the rhetorical knife from Sen. Paul
I have been waiting for this signal from Senator Rand Paul.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"Thank you for your attention to this matter" is a very funny twist of the rhetorical knife from Sen. Paul
BREAKING: Greg Bovino seen in his Hot Wheels car trying to find a supercharger powerful enough to propel him back to Texas
Trying to confirm a story that the hippo that Greg Bovino grooms in a symbiotic relationship is currently wading down the Mississippi River toward warmer climes
I'm getting reports that Greg Bovino has placed a crisp dollar on a toothpick and is now sailing out of town on a leaf
January 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
BREAKING: Greg Bovino seen in his Hot Wheels car trying to find a supercharger powerful enough to propel him back to Texas
Nobody's ever seen Eric Adams with a shovel and, if they did, they can't prove it in court
❄️ VIDEO: Mayor Mamdani seen with a shovel assisting a car stuck in the snow in the Hasidic-populated neighborhood of Williamsburg.
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Nobody's ever seen Eric Adams with a shovel and, if they did, they can't prove it in court
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Reposted by Mark Shatraw
Do you all know the joys of the Danish Voice Actor for Starscream in the original Transformers cartoon? I promise you aren't ready for it.
November 26, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Do you all know the joys of the Danish Voice Actor for Starscream in the original Transformers cartoon? I promise you aren't ready for it.
TFW my final paper is still short a page and it's due in six hours
January 18, 2026 at 6:32 AM
TFW my final paper is still short a page and it's due in six hours
