Steve Mark
@stevesdropper.bsky.social
Proud community college professor, ravenous reader, Little Free Librarian, poetry proponent, passionate progressive, yogi, certified yoga and meditation teacher, doting dog dad, happy husband 🏳️🌈
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
This amazing poem by @aracelisxgirmay.bsky.social , particularly these lines, has been on my mind and heart a lot lately. Full poem at
poets.org/poem/you-are...
#poems #poetry #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
poets.org/poem/you-are...
#poems #poetry #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This amazing poem by @aracelisxgirmay.bsky.social , particularly these lines, has been on my mind and heart a lot lately. Full poem at
poets.org/poem/you-are...
#poems #poetry #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
poets.org/poem/you-are...
#poems #poetry #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
@amandagorman.bsky.social, as always, with her clear-eyed vision and beautiful words that pierce and comfort all at once. #poetry #poems #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
@amandagorman.bsky.social, as always, with her clear-eyed vision and beautiful words that pierce and comfort all at once. #poetry #poems #hopeinthedark #resist #persist
Reading this just broke me this morning. The abject cruelty and misdirected hatred this man witnessed, the callous disregard for this man’s life is, at time when so much is so awful, still shocks and infuriates me, as it should anyone with an ounce of humanity.
Everything you need to know about ICE is here: "I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know." Instead they were standing around counting bullet wounds. This is from a medical eyewitness:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Declaration – #109 in Tincher v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:25-cv-04669) – CourtListener.com
DECLARATION of Witness No. 2 re 108 Declaration in Support by John Biestman, Alan Crenshaw, Janet Lee, Abdikadir Noor, Susan Tincher, Lucia Webb . (Fisher, Caitlinrose) (Entered: 01/24/2026)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Reading this just broke me this morning. The abject cruelty and misdirected hatred this man witnessed, the callous disregard for this man’s life is, at time when so much is so awful, still shocks and infuriates me, as it should anyone with an ounce of humanity.
Good reminder this morning at the train station. #resist #hopeinthedark
January 22, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Good reminder this morning at the train station. #resist #hopeinthedark
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A much needed reminder today.
Thank you, Dr. King.
Thank you, Dr. King.
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A much needed reminder today.
Thank you, Dr. King.
Thank you, Dr. King.
On this #MLKDay, every single Republican and enabler of the current chaos should keep Dr. King’s name out of their mouths. Spoiler alert: They won’t, cherry-picking quotations out of context to serve a white supremacist agenda that isn’t even bothering to hide in plain sight anymore.
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
On this #MLKDay, every single Republican and enabler of the current chaos should keep Dr. King’s name out of their mouths. Spoiler alert: They won’t, cherry-picking quotations out of context to serve a white supremacist agenda that isn’t even bothering to hide in plain sight anymore.
THIS.
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
THIS.
Relatable
damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Relatable
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Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
It's great to see something so good coming out of the wealth she helped Bezos amass.
The donation comes as recent studies show increasing mental health concerns among LGBTQ+ youth.
MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth mental health nonprofit the Trevor Project
www.out.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It's great to see something so good coming out of the wealth she helped Bezos amass.
They're not even trying to pretend a little that ICE is remotely serving its stated function, or that there will ever be a credible investigation of this murder.
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
They're not even trying to pretend a little that ICE is remotely serving its stated function, or that there will ever be a credible investigation of this murder.
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@thekatamusic says it quite well.
On Wednesday, Jan 7th, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The incident happened less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed 5 years ago. Growing up near the ...
TikTok video by Kata
www.tiktok.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
@thekatamusic says it quite well.
@amandagorman.bsky.social once again giving voice to our grief and anguish and offering clarity, hope, and inspiration #poetry #hopeinthedark #inspiration #resist
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
@amandagorman.bsky.social once again giving voice to our grief and anguish and offering clarity, hope, and inspiration #poetry #hopeinthedark #inspiration #resist
There are many of us who will NEVER forget this attack on our government, our free and fair elections, and those law enforcement officers who put themselves in harm's way to prevent an outcome that could have been far worse than the violence and destruction we saw with our own eyes on that day.
January 6, five years on: sustained effort by Trump to rewrite history
President and Republican allies have tried to make sure the deadly attack on the Capitol has been erased from memory
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There are many of us who will NEVER forget this attack on our government, our free and fair elections, and those law enforcement officers who put themselves in harm's way to prevent an outcome that could have been far worse than the violence and destruction we saw with our own eyes on that day.
So many terrific #poems in Poetry is Not a Luxury: Poems for All Seasons, like this beautiful little heartbreaker by Sophie Klahr #poetry #nowreading #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
So many terrific #poems in Poetry is Not a Luxury: Poems for All Seasons, like this beautiful little heartbreaker by Sophie Klahr #poetry #nowreading #booksky
It’s a fair question!
If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It’s a fair question!
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
Great start, and then let’s keep it going well beyond December 1st.
During this busiest shopping period of the year, we’re hitting pause on purchases from Home Depot, Target, and Amazon. Let’s make our dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great start, and then let’s keep it going well beyond December 1st.
I love them! I would loved this even more if the folks smiling and clapping turned around and returned everything they had bought.
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I love them! I would loved this even more if the folks smiling and clapping turned around and returned everything they had bought.
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We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea
You know all the countries that hate humans rights
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As a longtime community college professor and a state college grad, I co-sign on this idea!
Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As a longtime community college professor and a state college grad, I co-sign on this idea!
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Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.
Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Every regional public university should be blasting this message in every possible medium.