Neil Mackenzie
@nmackenzie.bsky.social
Books, music, technology.
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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HERE Jack Smith sets out Trump’s direct culpability and complicity in the federal election interference case, including January 6th:
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
HERE Jack Smith sets out Trump’s direct culpability and complicity in the federal election interference case, including January 6th:
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It took me about 15 months to type the history of the R&B charts into a spreadsheet so that I could organize by the date the song entered the charts.
3337 of 22,828
Stevie Wonder
"Blowin' in the Wind"
July 30, 1966
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km74...
3337 of 22,828
Stevie Wonder
"Blowin' in the Wind"
July 30, 1966
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km74...
Blowin' In The Wind
YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:03 AM
It took me about 15 months to type the history of the R&B charts into a spreadsheet so that I could organize by the date the song entered the charts.
3337 of 22,828
Stevie Wonder
"Blowin' in the Wind"
July 30, 1966
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km74...
3337 of 22,828
Stevie Wonder
"Blowin' in the Wind"
July 30, 1966
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=km74...
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lol they got a live mic on Zohran already www.youtube.com/live/zj4hZVx...
LIVE: Zohran Mamdani swearing-in ceremony for New York City mayor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:59 AM
lol they got a live mic on Zohran already www.youtube.com/live/zj4hZVx...
Grey over green
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Grey over green
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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Just great. You get a Kavanaugh stop & you get a Kavanaugh stop & you get a Kavanaugh stop… 🛑 ⚖️
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Just great. You get a Kavanaugh stop & you get a Kavanaugh stop & you get a Kavanaugh stop… 🛑 ⚖️
North Beach discoveries
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
North Beach discoveries
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And here is illustration number three million of why the GOP refused to allow Jack Smith's deposition to be carried live, on TV.
And here is illustration number three million of why the GOP refused to allow Jack Smith's deposition to be carried live, on TV.
December 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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And here is illustration number three million of why the GOP refused to allow Jack Smith's deposition to be carried live, on TV.
And here is illustration number three million of why the GOP refused to allow Jack Smith's deposition to be carried live, on TV.
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DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
Barbary Coast Trail marker
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
December 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Barbary Coast Trail marker
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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International aid organizations are under absolutely no obligation whatsoever, legally or morally, to provide information about their workers in a territory that Israel has no sovereignty over or any right to occupy.
If you read the articles, they are blocking 15% of the NGOs until they comply with vetting the way all the other NGOs did. Let’s all use what God and your mama gave you: your brain, common sense and the desire to share truth.
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
International aid organizations are under absolutely no obligation whatsoever, legally or morally, to provide information about their workers in a territory that Israel has no sovereignty over or any right to occupy.
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most of the 'wins' of the past year depended on people fighting for what's right. protest, litigate, organize, speak, write, argue, persuade. 2026 will be better than 2025 the more we do these things.
happy new year everyone. 🥂
happy new year everyone. 🥂
December 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
most of the 'wins' of the past year depended on people fighting for what's right. protest, litigate, organize, speak, write, argue, persuade. 2026 will be better than 2025 the more we do these things.
happy new year everyone. 🥂
happy new year everyone. 🥂
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📢NYE is coming up fast and BARTy is here to remind riders about Tap and Ride!
You can now pay for BART at the fare gates using contactless credit and debit cards, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.
It is a timesaver as you head out for New Year’s Eve. Zero registration or setup is required!
You can now pay for BART at the fare gates using contactless credit and debit cards, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.
It is a timesaver as you head out for New Year’s Eve. Zero registration or setup is required!
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
📢NYE is coming up fast and BARTy is here to remind riders about Tap and Ride!
You can now pay for BART at the fare gates using contactless credit and debit cards, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.
It is a timesaver as you head out for New Year’s Eve. Zero registration or setup is required!
You can now pay for BART at the fare gates using contactless credit and debit cards, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.
It is a timesaver as you head out for New Year’s Eve. Zero registration or setup is required!
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Reminder: We have extended late-night service, extra staffing, and additional event trains tonight for NYE!
BART will be providing extended service until 1am for late-night riders coming back from fireworks shows and celebrations.
Our 1am extended service will be as follows ⬇️
BART will be providing extended service until 1am for late-night riders coming back from fireworks shows and celebrations.
Our 1am extended service will be as follows ⬇️
December 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Reminder: We have extended late-night service, extra staffing, and additional event trains tonight for NYE!
BART will be providing extended service until 1am for late-night riders coming back from fireworks shows and celebrations.
Our 1am extended service will be as follows ⬇️
BART will be providing extended service until 1am for late-night riders coming back from fireworks shows and celebrations.
Our 1am extended service will be as follows ⬇️
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It says a lot about our political media environment that Democrats are called upon to defend things they never said and Republicans are allowed to emerge unscathed for things they're literally recorded saying.
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It says a lot about our political media environment that Democrats are called upon to defend things they never said and Republicans are allowed to emerge unscathed for things they're literally recorded saying.
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Y’all, I am so excited to bring you my new translation of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain soon. After years of work (beginning in 2019!), I have finally completed the translation, written my preface, and even finished translating the French dialogues for the appendix. 1/2
December 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Y’all, I am so excited to bring you my new translation of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain soon. After years of work (beginning in 2019!), I have finally completed the translation, written my preface, and even finished translating the French dialogues for the appendix. 1/2
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Another New Year's Eve drop that deserves to be pushed next week. This is a major climb-down by the administration on one of their highest-profile policies & highlights courts constraining the executive.
Legit major news that should be publicized when people are actually watching.
Legit major news that should be publicized when people are actually watching.
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Another New Year's Eve drop that deserves to be pushed next week. This is a major climb-down by the administration on one of their highest-profile policies & highlights courts constraining the executive.
Legit major news that should be publicized when people are actually watching.
Legit major news that should be publicized when people are actually watching.
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic December
#MusicChallenge
31. A song that defines your year
Heaven 17 - 1981 - (We Don't Need No) Fascist Groove Thang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5d...
#MusicChallenge
31. A song that defines your year
Heaven 17 - 1981 - (We Don't Need No) Fascist Groove Thang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5d...
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
YouTube video by Arhangel Gavril Bogovesnik
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic December
#MusicChallenge
31. A song that defines your year
Heaven 17 - 1981 - (We Don't Need No) Fascist Groove Thang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5d...
#MusicChallenge
31. A song that defines your year
Heaven 17 - 1981 - (We Don't Need No) Fascist Groove Thang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5d...
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“Would you be surprised if President Trump directs the DOJ to indict you?”
Jack Smith: “No.”
Jack Smith: “No.”
December 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Would you be surprised if President Trump directs the DOJ to indict you?”
Jack Smith: “No.”
Jack Smith: “No.”
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We will only really come out of this if we have some kind of de-Nazification program. Perhaps it’s truth and reconciliation model, or a prosecutorial model, or a hybrid. But if we don’t it will just fester and grow.
Exclusive: ICE officials plan to spend $100 million to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted ad campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy to hire thousands of officers, according to an internal document.
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We will only really come out of this if we have some kind of de-Nazification program. Perhaps it’s truth and reconciliation model, or a prosecutorial model, or a hybrid. But if we don’t it will just fester and grow.
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
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... one of the most wantonly disgusting. It's like the thugs in UK who cut down the 'Sycamore Gap' tree at Hadrian's Wall. Something that can't be undone.
Let's remember the private companies that accepted the contract for this "work": ACECO and Clark Construction.
/end
... one of the most wantonly disgusting. It's like the thugs in UK who cut down the 'Sycamore Gap' tree at Hadrian's Wall. Something that can't be undone.
Let's remember the private companies that accepted the contract for this "work": ACECO and Clark Construction.
/end
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
5/
... one of the most wantonly disgusting. It's like the thugs in UK who cut down the 'Sycamore Gap' tree at Hadrian's Wall. Something that can't be undone.
Let's remember the private companies that accepted the contract for this "work": ACECO and Clark Construction.
/end
... one of the most wantonly disgusting. It's like the thugs in UK who cut down the 'Sycamore Gap' tree at Hadrian's Wall. Something that can't be undone.
Let's remember the private companies that accepted the contract for this "work": ACECO and Clark Construction.
/end
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It is, simply, an unEnglish attitude and mocked for over three hundred years.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44081/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44081/...
December 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It is, simply, an unEnglish attitude and mocked for over three hundred years.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44081/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44081/...
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‘Tis the season of Norwegian arrivals. I’ve been told that Tarjei Vesaas only wrote masterpieces. Looking forward to reading his work in 2026.
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
‘Tis the season of Norwegian arrivals. I’ve been told that Tarjei Vesaas only wrote masterpieces. Looking forward to reading his work in 2026.
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Critic John-Paul Shiver hypes his favorite 2025 Bay Area sounds:
"Our creativity is always shifting, so there’s no way any type of evil SkyNet AI interference could completely compromise Bay inventiveness. Never has, never will."
"Our creativity is always shifting, so there’s no way any type of evil SkyNet AI interference could completely compromise Bay inventiveness. Never has, never will."
Year in Music 2025: The Bay made magical noise - 48 hills
SPELLLING's R&B wild-out, Orcutt Shelley Miller's moonlit jams, Spiritual Cramp's guerrilla punk... a watershed year for local ears
48hills.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Critic John-Paul Shiver hypes his favorite 2025 Bay Area sounds:
"Our creativity is always shifting, so there’s no way any type of evil SkyNet AI interference could completely compromise Bay inventiveness. Never has, never will."
"Our creativity is always shifting, so there’s no way any type of evil SkyNet AI interference could completely compromise Bay inventiveness. Never has, never will."