@marksrq1971.bsky.social
Former academic librarian.
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NB: For safety, I block unknown follow requests (or just any accounts that seem sketchy, tbh.)
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"Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?"
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes Prem Thakker for Zeteo.
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes Prem Thakker for Zeteo.
Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset.
zeteo.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"Why Is the Media Not Touching Jeffrey Epstein’s Clear Connection to Israel?"
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes Prem Thakker for Zeteo.
They’re instead focusing on the possibility that Epstein was a Russian asset, writes Prem Thakker for Zeteo.
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Perfection
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Perfection
Imperialism's boomerang:
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Imperialism's boomerang:
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
They're bored of peace.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House announces Gaza ‘board of peace’ with Tony Blair, Jared Kushner and Marco Rubio
Body chaired by Trump tasked with overseeing reconstruction of Gaza and transitional administration
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
They're bored of peace.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It should be revoked. She's clearly using it as a transactional political tool. Disgusting.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Venezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 AM
It should be revoked. She's clearly using it as a transactional political tool. Disgusting.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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"Let her absence roar." With the unending graciousness of the Poet, Amanda Gorman has given you a phrase. Use this, don't co-opt others.
Let her absence roar, indeed.
Let her absence roar, indeed.
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"Let her absence roar." With the unending graciousness of the Poet, Amanda Gorman has given you a phrase. Use this, don't co-opt others.
Let her absence roar, indeed.
Let her absence roar, indeed.
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
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ICE is a "rogue organization" and it should be "disbanded," says Democratic Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social in an interview with me today, for 'Mehdi Unfiltered', reacting to the shocking killing in Minneapolis.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
ICE is a "rogue organization" and it should be "disbanded," says Democratic Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social in an interview with me today, for 'Mehdi Unfiltered', reacting to the shocking killing in Minneapolis.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/joaquin-ca...
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good time to read this.
Marco Rubio is the Trump administration’s most formidable liar and is dead set on placing drug cartel bosses at the top of every Latin American government. Maureen Tkacik reports on Rubio’s long narco-terrorist history:
trib.al/1qSYY7J
trib.al/1qSYY7J
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
trib.al
January 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
good time to read this.
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@timothysnyder.bsky.social reacts to Jack Smith's deposition youtu.be/JfULCl243F0?...
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 AM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social reacts to Jack Smith's deposition youtu.be/JfULCl243F0?...
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The “America” they want to bring back again is literally pre-1860s, complete with the old-timey racism, misogyny, diseases, and GDP. Expect the quality of life to follow.
Brilliant from @adamserwer.bsky.social: the Roberts Court's attack on the Reconstruction Amendments are "consistent with the Antebellum Constitution’s narrow definition of who “We the People” are."
Here are some legal historians exploring the Antebellum Const.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Here are some legal historians exploring the Antebellum Const.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The “America” they want to bring back again is literally pre-1860s, complete with the old-timey racism, misogyny, diseases, and GDP. Expect the quality of life to follow.
