Marcos Garcia
@soupless.bsky.social
Photography, Marketing, Being Sad About Things. Miami, Fl
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Thanks for the reminder, Gazlowe
(Audio is from a clip by Northernlion)
(Audio is from a clip by Northernlion)
May 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanks for the reminder, Gazlowe
(Audio is from a clip by Northernlion)
(Audio is from a clip by Northernlion)
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when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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obviously i am not glad that social media sites are pivoting to right wing bullshit, and tons of people are going to lose their audiences/networks -- i experienced this when we all left x the everything app. but god damn would i love it if this brought back Web Sites
January 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
obviously i am not glad that social media sites are pivoting to right wing bullshit, and tons of people are going to lose their audiences/networks -- i experienced this when we all left x the everything app. but god damn would i love it if this brought back Web Sites
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President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.
Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling
President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged u...
www.npr.org
January 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.
Looking back at the last 4 years it's kind of wild to think about how much Biden actually got done.
Between appointing judges, the infrastructure bill, inflation reduction, & chips he's accomplished a ton despite a hostile court and Congress.
I think opinion of him is going to climb over time.
Between appointing judges, the infrastructure bill, inflation reduction, & chips he's accomplished a ton despite a hostile court and Congress.
I think opinion of him is going to climb over time.
January 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Looking back at the last 4 years it's kind of wild to think about how much Biden actually got done.
Between appointing judges, the infrastructure bill, inflation reduction, & chips he's accomplished a ton despite a hostile court and Congress.
I think opinion of him is going to climb over time.
Between appointing judges, the infrastructure bill, inflation reduction, & chips he's accomplished a ton despite a hostile court and Congress.
I think opinion of him is going to climb over time.
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there is a 24/7 right-wing propaganda apparatus that operates across multiple mediums and it designed to do exactly this: smother any kind of local, material concern with cultural war signifiers and cultivate a “political affiliation as team sport” ethos
Montana is the clearest place to see the nationalization of US politics. Whole Dem ticket was multigenerational MT hunters & farmers in bolo ties. Dem gov candidate owned a gun manufacturer. GOP slate was outta state tech.
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
Whole race was dominated by natl culture war & southern border, GOP sweep
December 23, 2024 at 2:35 AM
there is a 24/7 right-wing propaganda apparatus that operates across multiple mediums and it designed to do exactly this: smother any kind of local, material concern with cultural war signifiers and cultivate a “political affiliation as team sport” ethos
It's funny, as a creative professional, it used to be when I got notes and made changes to what I worked on, I'd look at it and begrudgingly agree that it's an improvement.
But I've reached a turning point where now it usually feels like a lateral move, and very rarely a slide backwards
But I've reached a turning point where now it usually feels like a lateral move, and very rarely a slide backwards
November 23, 2024 at 11:28 AM
It's funny, as a creative professional, it used to be when I got notes and made changes to what I worked on, I'd look at it and begrudgingly agree that it's an improvement.
But I've reached a turning point where now it usually feels like a lateral move, and very rarely a slide backwards
But I've reached a turning point where now it usually feels like a lateral move, and very rarely a slide backwards
Anytime I see any story especially on tiktok that makes me feel a strong emotion good or bad, I immediately Google it and see if there's a trusted news source corroborating it.
There was a story about an HBCU building being burned down post election that had a lot of distorted facts too...
There was a story about an HBCU building being burned down post election that had a lot of distorted facts too...
The way dem tiktok latched onto the story of Fuentes’ house being burned down was kinda unsettling. People smugly laughing about something that never happened
November 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Anytime I see any story especially on tiktok that makes me feel a strong emotion good or bad, I immediately Google it and see if there's a trusted news source corroborating it.
There was a story about an HBCU building being burned down post election that had a lot of distorted facts too...
There was a story about an HBCU building being burned down post election that had a lot of distorted facts too...
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The fact that you don’t let me come into your house to annoy you is proof that you live in an echo chamber for babies
November 17, 2024 at 12:51 PM
The fact that you don’t let me come into your house to annoy you is proof that you live in an echo chamber for babies
I've seen this a few times and while people may feel this way it's not true.
Kamala's campaign offered solutions at the cost of the wealthy.
The problem is in this country a lot of people only have empathy for 3 groups: the rich, white men whose jobs can also be costumes, and dead blonde women.
Kamala's campaign offered solutions at the cost of the wealthy.
The problem is in this country a lot of people only have empathy for 3 groups: the rich, white men whose jobs can also be costumes, and dead blonde women.
It takes an exile from Putin’s Russia, writing about the theories of an exile from Orban’s Hungary, to cut through the noise about Trump’s America, from which we have nowhere left to run. Gift link to M. Gessen in NYT: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
November 16, 2024 at 4:40 PM
I've seen this a few times and while people may feel this way it's not true.
Kamala's campaign offered solutions at the cost of the wealthy.
The problem is in this country a lot of people only have empathy for 3 groups: the rich, white men whose jobs can also be costumes, and dead blonde women.
Kamala's campaign offered solutions at the cost of the wealthy.
The problem is in this country a lot of people only have empathy for 3 groups: the rich, white men whose jobs can also be costumes, and dead blonde women.
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Here's my attempt at a Florida starter pack. Mostly South Florida accounts but not exclusively so.
Check it out and if you have any more suggestions or if I left you out, let me know.
Check it out and if you have any more suggestions or if I left you out, let me know.
November 13, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Here's my attempt at a Florida starter pack. Mostly South Florida accounts but not exclusively so.
Check it out and if you have any more suggestions or if I left you out, let me know.
Check it out and if you have any more suggestions or if I left you out, let me know.
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Just to break up the horrors, photo from Matheson Hammock park will drop some of my favorite Miami photos from time to time.
November 13, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Just to break up the horrors, photo from Matheson Hammock park will drop some of my favorite Miami photos from time to time.
One of the striking things about Trump related announcements is I'm not surprised or shaken by any of it. 8 years ago it felt like every decision was a new low and a danger to democracy.
Today, it all feels obvious. "Well yeah he's gonna need to appoint someone like that to overthrow the govt."
Today, it all feels obvious. "Well yeah he's gonna need to appoint someone like that to overthrow the govt."
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
One of the striking things about Trump related announcements is I'm not surprised or shaken by any of it. 8 years ago it felt like every decision was a new low and a danger to democracy.
Today, it all feels obvious. "Well yeah he's gonna need to appoint someone like that to overthrow the govt."
Today, it all feels obvious. "Well yeah he's gonna need to appoint someone like that to overthrow the govt."
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South Florida starter pack, mostly profs, writers, journalists, eco folks.
I'm sure I missed people! Let me know if you want to be added, or removed.
I'm sure I missed people! Let me know if you want to be added, or removed.
November 12, 2024 at 11:25 PM
South Florida starter pack, mostly profs, writers, journalists, eco folks.
I'm sure I missed people! Let me know if you want to be added, or removed.
I'm sure I missed people! Let me know if you want to be added, or removed.
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Good evening from Chicago Union Station 🫡
Photographer Pat Nabong and I are on the very first run of Amtrak's Floridian for @suntimes.bsky.social.
If all goes well, we'll be in Miami Tuesday evening. I'll 🧵 updates here:
Photographer Pat Nabong and I are on the very first run of Amtrak's Floridian for @suntimes.bsky.social.
If all goes well, we'll be in Miami Tuesday evening. I'll 🧵 updates here:
November 11, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Good evening from Chicago Union Station 🫡
Photographer Pat Nabong and I are on the very first run of Amtrak's Floridian for @suntimes.bsky.social.
If all goes well, we'll be in Miami Tuesday evening. I'll 🧵 updates here:
Photographer Pat Nabong and I are on the very first run of Amtrak's Floridian for @suntimes.bsky.social.
If all goes well, we'll be in Miami Tuesday evening. I'll 🧵 updates here:
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elon very clearly thinks he is co-president
Elon, using Trump’s casual racism as a certificate of authenticity, warns Senators against confirming Biden nominated judges during the lame duck.
Do not sleep on the Elon thuggery.
Do not sleep on the Elon thuggery.
November 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
elon very clearly thinks he is co-president
I quit Twitter back when Elon first announced he wanted to buy it. What I miss is largely the endless scroll, but specifically by people I don't know.
Threads is too tied to my personal life.
Mastodon felt like only techy weirdos. Hope this strikes the right balance...
Threads is too tied to my personal life.
Mastodon felt like only techy weirdos. Hope this strikes the right balance...
November 11, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I quit Twitter back when Elon first announced he wanted to buy it. What I miss is largely the endless scroll, but specifically by people I don't know.
Threads is too tied to my personal life.
Mastodon felt like only techy weirdos. Hope this strikes the right balance...
Threads is too tied to my personal life.
Mastodon felt like only techy weirdos. Hope this strikes the right balance...
You can't underestimate the power of dickishness in winning over voters.
It makes you seem tough, and like you're smarter than whoever you're being a dick to.
People think you're more honest because well why else would you say something so dickish if it wasn't true?
It makes you seem tough, and like you're smarter than whoever you're being a dick to.
People think you're more honest because well why else would you say something so dickish if it wasn't true?
November 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
You can't underestimate the power of dickishness in winning over voters.
It makes you seem tough, and like you're smarter than whoever you're being a dick to.
People think you're more honest because well why else would you say something so dickish if it wasn't true?
It makes you seem tough, and like you're smarter than whoever you're being a dick to.
People think you're more honest because well why else would you say something so dickish if it wasn't true?
Tons of discourse about new media and building a left pipeline to mirror the one on the right.
Thing is 90% of the pipeline is not directly political. It's about gaming or anime or whatever, then it starts to slowly turn up, dating, wealth etc.
So basically you need to start a One Piece podcast.
Thing is 90% of the pipeline is not directly political. It's about gaming or anime or whatever, then it starts to slowly turn up, dating, wealth etc.
So basically you need to start a One Piece podcast.
November 11, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Tons of discourse about new media and building a left pipeline to mirror the one on the right.
Thing is 90% of the pipeline is not directly political. It's about gaming or anime or whatever, then it starts to slowly turn up, dating, wealth etc.
So basically you need to start a One Piece podcast.
Thing is 90% of the pipeline is not directly political. It's about gaming or anime or whatever, then it starts to slowly turn up, dating, wealth etc.
So basically you need to start a One Piece podcast.