Mark Shore
@markshore.bsky.social
interests are politics, how states collapse, the media, and science, especially climate change, astronomy and geosciences
"A Republic, if you can keep it." Ben Franklin
photo: red sunset over the Pacific from the coast of Hawai'i
"A Republic, if you can keep it." Ben Franklin
photo: red sunset over the Pacific from the coast of Hawai'i
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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I spoke to CNN about how demoralizing it was to watch Stanford leadership stay silent while contrarians on campus launched unscientific attacks to stifle Stanford researchers. Now, those attacks have gone nationwide and much of MAHA leadership have ties to Stanford.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
The Trump-MAHA-Stanford nexus of US health policy | CNN Politics
In early 2022, Stanford medical student Santiago Sanchez set out to organize a campus debate with Jay Bhattacharya — a professor at the university whose outspoken denunciations of pandemic lockdowns m...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I spoke to CNN about how demoralizing it was to watch Stanford leadership stay silent while contrarians on campus launched unscientific attacks to stifle Stanford researchers. Now, those attacks have gone nationwide and much of MAHA leadership have ties to Stanford.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/p...
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I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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“Appearing to close his eyes”
MODERN MAINSTREAM JOURNALISM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
MODERN MAINSTREAM JOURNALISM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“Appearing to close his eyes”
MODERN MAINSTREAM JOURNALISM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
MODERN MAINSTREAM JOURNALISM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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With advancements in computational science, high-resolution spectroscopy, and sophisticated sky surveys, astronomers are observing new puzzles and correcting the older diagnoses about the mysterious and invisible objects of the sky. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪
How to detect hidden stars using elemental signatures
Chasing the invisible
cen.acs.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
With advancements in computational science, high-resolution spectroscopy, and sophisticated sky surveys, astronomers are observing new puzzles and correcting the older diagnoses about the mysterious and invisible objects of the sky. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪
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The thing is … when Trump has stupid ideas that might be ok in fact, his viziers stop it from happening. He is a senile old ruler, evil and corrupt and venal, led around by even worse men.
seriously someone pitch him on single payer trumpcare
once in place however bad it can hopefully be improved later
once in place however bad it can hopefully be improved later
I mean, if he wants to attack the Affordable Care Act from the left and go full single-payer…
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The thing is … when Trump has stupid ideas that might be ok in fact, his viziers stop it from happening. He is a senile old ruler, evil and corrupt and venal, led around by even worse men.
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New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱
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PLURIBUS is fucking excellent so far.
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
PLURIBUS is fucking excellent so far.
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your occasional reminder that if a police officer wants you to stop by the station and help them complete some paperwork, call an attorney and do. not. go.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
your occasional reminder that if a police officer wants you to stop by the station and help them complete some paperwork, call an attorney and do. not. go.
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he ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Hideous Symbol of MAGA Corruption
The ballroom can trigger long overdue reforms
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
he ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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I wrote this article! 🙂
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all
These Cosmic Outbursts Normally Last for Minutes. This One Went on for Hours—And Nobody Knows Why
A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all
www.scientificamerican.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I wrote this article! 🙂
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
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Police are defunding cities.
NEW: The Chicago Police Department spent more than its City Council-approved budget in five of the last six years, costing Chicago taxpayers more than $501.2 million in unanticipated expenses, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
Chicago Police Department Overspent Its Budget By $501M Over 5 Years: Data
Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of...
news.wttw.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Police are defunding cities.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
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"Only 19.75% of Washington's 5.1 million voters have cast a ballot so far in the 2025 general election. That's fewer than voted at this juncture two years ago, when the Evergreen State set the record for the worst general election turnout in its recorded history."
And we have mail in voting!
And we have mail in voting!
With 24 hours left to vote, 2025 voter turnout in Washington is slightly behind 2023 turnout - which was the worst of all time - NPI's Cascadia Advocate
Only 19.75% of Washington's 5.1 million voters have cast a ballot so far in the 2025 general election. That's fewer than voted at this juncture two years ago, when the Evergreen State set the record f...
www.nwprogressive.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Only 19.75% of Washington's 5.1 million voters have cast a ballot so far in the 2025 general election. That's fewer than voted at this juncture two years ago, when the Evergreen State set the record for the worst general election turnout in its recorded history."
And we have mail in voting!
And we have mail in voting!
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[Dick Cheney on his way to hell] My belief is I will, in fact, be greeted as a liberator
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
[Dick Cheney on his way to hell] My belief is I will, in fact, be greeted as a liberator
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Credit: Robert Barsa www.instagram.com/rob.barsa/
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Credit: Robert Barsa www.instagram.com/rob.barsa/
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Credit: Robert Barsa www.instagram.com/rob.barsa/
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak
Credit: Robert Barsa www.instagram.com/rob.barsa/
www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
#APOD 🧪🔭
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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From the House Oversight Committee report published last week: “The authority to grant pardons is not provided to the president’s inner circle. ... The president must make the decisions, and the courts can hold pardons void if the decisions are made by others.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
From the House Oversight Committee report published last week: “The authority to grant pardons is not provided to the president’s inner circle. ... The president must make the decisions, and the courts can hold pardons void if the decisions are made by others.”
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could not find a pumpkin to carve down here so I present to you:
the Hallowatermelon
the Hallowatermelon
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
could not find a pumpkin to carve down here so I present to you:
the Hallowatermelon
the Hallowatermelon
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Something that jumped out to me about ProPublica's exposé on Paul Newby, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was not just the extremes Republicans go to in order to capture the courts but the extremes to *keep the media from talking about it!*
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Republicans Really Don’t Want Journalists Talking About How They’ve Captured the Courts
Conservative judges love talking to friendly media outlets. They don’t like talking to anyone who might actually try and hold them accountable.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Something that jumped out to me about ProPublica's exposé on Paul Newby, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was not just the extremes Republicans go to in order to capture the courts but the extremes to *keep the media from talking about it!*
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...