Mark D. White

@profmdwhite.bsky.social

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Professor, author, editor, and fan of comics, movies, and music

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-d-white-4a568730a/

See my books here: http://amzn.to/2aFC66M

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Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 24d

Say "yes chef" and join me on my latest project for the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series! andphilosophy.com/2025/10/01/t...

The Bear and Philosophy Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts The Bear and Philosophy Edited by Mark D. White The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross-posting. To propose ideas fo…

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Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · 14h

Eric Turkheimer (@ent3c.bsky.social) and I consider the paradoxical life of James Watson for @theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

(nonpaywalled link to come)

The Paradox of James Watson

The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.

www.theatlantic.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14h

News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.

But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia

My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia?
Anna Bower
Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 2:21 PM
Share On: f X in $ ₴ A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's election interference
indictment

Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Right now

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"

Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 19h

My former CSI colleague Barbara Montero on AI and intelligence in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...

Opinion | A.I. Is on Its Way to Something Even More Remarkable Than Intelligence

www.nytimes.com

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 19h

A new cartoon! It's an Ambulatory Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day miracle!

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: The aftermath

IMPORTANT NOTE TO KICKSTARTER BACKERS :�Your pledges were processed on October 31, and now we need to collect postage and sales tax, and also get your shipping address.�You should have received a ...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:

-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 3d

New at The Virtues of Captain America Blog:

thevirtuesofcaptainamerica.com/2025/11/07/a...

Avengers #36-37 and Black Panther #27 (January-February 2001)

These two issues of Avengers see Captain America continue his gradual and tentative return to the team what found him all those years ago. He doesn’t appear in these issues extensively, but w…

thevirtuesofcaptainamerica.com

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 4d

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4d

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

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Emily Kidd White @emilykiddwhite.bsky.social · 4d

As long as you are leaning into the fascist zeitgeist, it seems that you too can be invited on a New York Times podcast to espouse your utterly vacuous and historically and politically illiterate views on feminism.

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Jedidiah Carlson @jedidiahcarlson.com · 4d

bro are you fucking kidding me

quote from the Economist article which says "[study authors] are now looking at whether AI facial analysis can give lenders useful clues about a person’s propensity to repay loans. For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Medical emergency in the White House as someone collapses

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Dr Oz: "We've dropped the infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies I'm hoping by the midterms."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party."

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Kellee aka IrishJayhawk66 @kelleepratt.bsky.social · 5d

Gail Patrick and Carole Lombard. MY MAN GODFREY. (1936)
#classicfilm #filmsky #1930sfashion #screwballcomedy

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.

“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Package had quite a morning.

Mark D. White @profmdwhite.bsky.social · 7d

Meet this critter in the woods today.

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 7d

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris

60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris

60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is currently being described as “nuts.” There are all sorts of crazy moments to call out, but let’s start with the recursively meta nonsense. 60 Minutes edited out a segment where Donald Trump tells them to edit out a segment in which he brags about getting CBS to pay him because of them editing out part of an answer by Kamala Harris, and he notes that CBS clearly did the wrong thing in editing Harris in the same fucking sentence he tells them to edit out what he’s saying.

www.techdirt.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

NEW: Jury selection begins in the trial of sandwich guy today. The prosecutors are accusing him of "throwing a meat sandwich" at "point-blank range."

POINT-BLANK RANGE 💀 www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kathryn Bromwich @kathryn42.bsky.social · 10d

This was a painful piece to write. I love horror, but it doesn’t always love me back. I wish I didn’t have to write this, but it keeps happening, often from people who should know better

Tl;dr: we need more disabled writers/directors so we can tell our own stories 🙏 Please share

Screenshot of Guardian comment piece: Horror movies have an ableism problem. Isn’t it time we found new ‘monsters’? by Kathryn Bromwich.

Films such as Frankenstein still use disability as shorthand for moral depravity. But human behaviour is far scarier than human appearance

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10d

A 61-year-old Tennessee man posted a liberal meme on Facebook after Charlie Kirk's death. A conservative sheriff had him arrested. Bail was set at $2 million.

He spent nearly 40 days in jail before charges were dropped. Now he's planning to sue. Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.

The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

www.miamiherald.com

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Laura Petto @laurarpetto.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Halloween from kiriko and the warawara. The best ghibli masc

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10d

Such a good point here from @davekarpf.bsky.social: If Dems don't engage forcefully enough on Trump's terror raids, Trump/MAGA propaganda filters down to the "inattentive public" and risks persuading people this is normal and acceptable.

Check out our full exchange:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 10d

On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.