Mark Arnest
@marnest.bsky.social
Composer, Pianist, Servant to Several Cats. He/him. 💙 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Born 312.4 ppm CO2
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Mark Arnest
@marnest.bsky.social
· Jun 14
"Fascist regimes are doomed to lose their wars, because they are constitutionally incapable of making an objective assessment of the enemy’s strength."
–Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism, pub. in Five Moral Pieces
–Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism, pub. in Five Moral Pieces
Rest in peace, dear Charlie Brown. You were the noblest of cats. What will Fizgig do without you? Who will protect Gonzo?
Sombtimes i just needtu be in a boks by myselve
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Rest in peace, dear Charlie Brown. You were the noblest of cats. What will Fizgig do without you? Who will protect Gonzo?
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“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Theory: Mike Johnson believes Trump is the Antichrist, and that by supporting Trump he is helping to bring about the End Times
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Theory: Mike Johnson believes Trump is the Antichrist, and that by supporting Trump he is helping to bring about the End Times
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it is darkly humorous that after all these years, the Republican health insurance plan ends up being to end health insurance
Trump: "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE."
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
it is darkly humorous that after all these years, the Republican health insurance plan ends up being to end health insurance
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Texas Republicans built their new maps on the myth of permanent Latino support for Trump. Now that support’s collapsing, and their gerrymander could become a DUMMYMANDER. 2026 might be payback time.
Uh-oh, the GOP’s Texas gerrymander suddenly looking shakier
It’s one of the biggest tragedies of the 2025 presidential election: Donald Trump did exceedingly well with Latino voters.� The very communities he mocked and demonized as “criminal” turned ...
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Texas Republicans built their new maps on the myth of permanent Latino support for Trump. Now that support’s collapsing, and their gerrymander could become a DUMMYMANDER. 2026 might be payback time.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
Also "The Misdemeanor"!
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Also "The Misdemeanor"!
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I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
Eight Famous Poems Rewritten by Your Asshole Cat
“This is Just to Say” I have eaten the eggs that were on the counter which you were probably saving for breakfast. They weren’t moist or savory lik...
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
That perches in the cage –
And sings the taunting songs –
That never stop –
Yet, tonight, tonight –
When you sleep –
I will eat it.
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I've smelled things you people wouldn't believe. Submarines on fire off the shoulder of Onion. I sniffed hoagies toasting in the dark near the Mustard Gate. All those scents will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to cry.
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I've smelled things you people wouldn't believe. Submarines on fire off the shoulder of Onion. I sniffed hoagies toasting in the dark near the Mustard Gate. All those scents will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to cry.
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
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“We are not in an armed conflict with these cartels. And so this is just murder.”
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
interc.pt
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“We are not in an armed conflict with these cartels. And so this is just murder.”
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Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
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People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
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This is so on point it is painful.
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is so on point it is painful.
The final nail in the coffin of 2020 election conspiracies is the 2024 election. Wouldn't Harris have tried just as hard as Biden to steal the election? The fact that Harris lost is irrelevant – it's fraud no matter which candidate wins. And yet there have been no allegations.
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The final nail in the coffin of 2020 election conspiracies is the 2024 election. Wouldn't Harris have tried just as hard as Biden to steal the election? The fact that Harris lost is irrelevant – it's fraud no matter which candidate wins. And yet there have been no allegations.
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Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.
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Liberals say that Trump has turned our democracy into a fascist dictatorship. They're wrong—he's turned our republic into a fascist dictatorship.
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Liberals say that Trump has turned our democracy into a fascist dictatorship. They're wrong—he's turned our republic into a fascist dictatorship.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
