Marc Singer
@theothermarcsinger.bsky.social
Not that one. Not that one, either. Writer and English professor at Howard University in Washington DC. Author of Breaking the Frames (2018) and Grant Morrison (2012).
Also if he were running in the Democratic primary but didn't present himself as the scruffy populist working-class oyster whisperer.
My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Also if he were running in the Democratic primary but didn't present himself as the scruffy populist working-class oyster whisperer.
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This is another reason why I said yesterday that people need to begin making their peace with and hardening their hearts to the fact that the consequences for participants in this administration will need to be *shockingly severe.*
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is another reason why I said yesterday that people need to begin making their peace with and hardening their hearts to the fact that the consequences for participants in this administration will need to be *shockingly severe.*
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I teach a lot of working class first generation students at Nicholls in South Louisiana. I will never give up my conviction that my students deserve Homer and Sappho and Sophocles and Ovid and Dante too. It's not too good for them.
(3) But the Democrat view is also bad: while it's fine for people at Princeton and Harvard to study Latin and Sanskrit, public higher education is about job training and $ ROI. There is no room for the idea that curiosity-driven inquiry is a good that should be supported by the public.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I teach a lot of working class first generation students at Nicholls in South Louisiana. I will never give up my conviction that my students deserve Homer and Sappho and Sophocles and Ovid and Dante too. It's not too good for them.
And we will learn from the lessons of Reconstruction by doing what Reconstruction would not do.
These people need to go to prison. Every last one of them.
These people need to go to prison. Every last one of them.
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
And we will learn from the lessons of Reconstruction by doing what Reconstruction would not do.
These people need to go to prison. Every last one of them.
These people need to go to prison. Every last one of them.
Also, universities.
hot take: newspapers should not be run by people who dislike reading and thinking
February 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Also, universities.
It's true: my dad's Democrats don't have Nazi tattoos.
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
It's true: my dad's Democrats don't have Nazi tattoos.
Worth remembering that when Audre Lord coined this phrase, the "master's tools" in question were racism and homophobia. You really won't dismantle the house with them!
Generations of students heard the quote without the context and assumed she meant *actual tools* and wrecked themselves ever since.
Generations of students heard the quote without the context and assumed she meant *actual tools* and wrecked themselves ever since.
the master's tools rule. you should steal them. if you don't, you had better hope whoever does likes you and your cause
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Worth remembering that when Audre Lord coined this phrase, the "master's tools" in question were racism and homophobia. You really won't dismantle the house with them!
Generations of students heard the quote without the context and assumed she meant *actual tools* and wrecked themselves ever since.
Generations of students heard the quote without the context and assumed she meant *actual tools* and wrecked themselves ever since.
So many different ways to chart our national shame.
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
So many different ways to chart our national shame.
The Marshall McLuhan scene from Annie Hall, except the guy is already talking to Marshall McLuhan.
Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The Marshall McLuhan scene from Annie Hall, except the guy is already talking to Marshall McLuhan.
Great job, America
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Great job, America
This is how you do it.
Restoring liberal democracy means defeating the wreckers. And that applies just as much to deceptive lobbyists and dark money groups as it does to abstainers and whataboutists and third-party dead-enders. Good for Malinowski.
Restoring liberal democracy means defeating the wreckers. And that applies just as much to deceptive lobbyists and dark money groups as it does to abstainers and whataboutists and third-party dead-enders. Good for Malinowski.
BIG NEWS FROM NJ-11: former Rep. Tom Malinowski concedes, congratulates Analilia Mejia on a positive and well-run campaign, blames AIPAC for his loss, and promises to vigorously oppose anyone AIPAC backs against Mejia in June
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is how you do it.
Restoring liberal democracy means defeating the wreckers. And that applies just as much to deceptive lobbyists and dark money groups as it does to abstainers and whataboutists and third-party dead-enders. Good for Malinowski.
Restoring liberal democracy means defeating the wreckers. And that applies just as much to deceptive lobbyists and dark money groups as it does to abstainers and whataboutists and third-party dead-enders. Good for Malinowski.
Seems like this would be a really good time for observers and activists to maintain good contacts with national media.
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Seems like this would be a really good time for observers and activists to maintain good contacts with national media.
Wonder Man is good--really, shockingly good. The depiction of the process of acting and the development of Simon and Trevor's friendship is so good that it almost doesn't need any genre elements at all.
I genuinely didn't think Marvel had it in them.
I genuinely didn't think Marvel had it in them.
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Wonder Man is good--really, shockingly good. The depiction of the process of acting and the development of Simon and Trevor's friendship is so good that it almost doesn't need any genre elements at all.
I genuinely didn't think Marvel had it in them.
I genuinely didn't think Marvel had it in them.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
One movie 🎥 — Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese
One album 💿 — Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones
One TV show 📺 — The Wire by David Simon
One book 📚 — Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
One movie 🎥 — Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese
One album 💿 — Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones
One TV show 📺 — The Wire by David Simon
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny
One movie 🎥 — "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" (2017)
One album 💿 — "Kick Death's Ass" by Andreas Mattsson
One TV show 📺 — "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
One book 📚 — "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny
One movie 🎥 — "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" (2017)
One album 💿 — "Kick Death's Ass" by Andreas Mattsson
One TV show 📺 — "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — The Man In The High Castle
One movie 🎥 — The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
One album 💿 — OK Computer
One TV show 📺 — Star Trek TNG
One book 📚 — The Man In The High Castle
One movie 🎥 — The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
One album 💿 — OK Computer
One TV show 📺 — Star Trek TNG
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 — Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
One movie 🎥 — Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese
One album 💿 — Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones
One TV show 📺 — The Wire by David Simon
One book 📚 — Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
One movie 🎥 — Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese
One album 💿 — Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones
One TV show 📺 — The Wire by David Simon
Some folk'll never shank a bitch
But then again some folk'll
Like New York gov. Kathy Hochul
But then again some folk'll
Like New York gov. Kathy Hochul
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Some folk'll never shank a bitch
But then again some folk'll
Like New York gov. Kathy Hochul
But then again some folk'll
Like New York gov. Kathy Hochul
MAGA fascists self-appointed "activists"
🤝
despising tactics that work
🤝
despising tactics that work
Trump supporters are claiming that whistles should be “considered a violent weapon,” that their use constitutes “interference” with immigration enforcement operations or even “assault.”
In other words—the rapid response networks are working. The whistles are working.
Let no one tell you otherwise.
In other words—the rapid response networks are working. The whistles are working.
Let no one tell you otherwise.
Right-wing media figures are furious at activists for using whistles during ICE activity
Right-wing media figures are lashing out at community members in Minnesota for using whistles to alert others of federal immigration enforcement in the area, asserting that whistles should be “conside...
www.mediamatters.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
MAGA fascists self-appointed "activists"
🤝
despising tactics that work
🤝
despising tactics that work
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Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
February 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
Read the whole thread.
we’ve known Chomsky was a piece of shit since he tried to downplay and deny the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 70s, but I’m glad more people are *finally* figuring this out
February 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Read the whole thread.
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NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
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Link:
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Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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When this crash happened, Trump and Vance et al immediately came out to blame the crash on affirmative action.
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A teddy bear, an ice skate, a wife’s note: DCA crash relics return home
A year after the deadly plane crash, first responders and families reflect on the moments after disaster, the grueling recovery effort and the toll it took.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
When this crash happened, Trump and Vance et al immediately came out to blame the crash on affirmative action.
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
"We promise never again to go down the darkest path," says man encouraging nation to go down the darkest path.
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"We promise never again to go down the darkest path," says man encouraging nation to go down the darkest path.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
It's not well regarded, but Captain America: Brave New World came so close to getting this tone right again...
...and then flubbed it by suggesting the president with a raging monster inside him actually had a conscience that could be appealed to.
...and then flubbed it by suggesting the president with a raging monster inside him actually had a conscience that could be appealed to.
it’s funny to remember that MCU movies used to kind of be about something, though. like the whole first sequence or so was an extended critique of US foreign policy in the Bush and Obama eras! it was not deeply sophisticated but i reflected a particular worldview about the US & power!
January 27, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It's not well regarded, but Captain America: Brave New World came so close to getting this tone right again...
...and then flubbed it by suggesting the president with a raging monster inside him actually had a conscience that could be appealed to.
...and then flubbed it by suggesting the president with a raging monster inside him actually had a conscience that could be appealed to.
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Decades of restrictive housing policies by liberal cities and states are finally coming back to bite us in a major way.
If we can't create the conditions for a massive blue state housing construction boom as soon as possible, we're cooked.
If we can't create the conditions for a massive blue state housing construction boom as soon as possible, we're cooked.
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026).
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Decades of restrictive housing policies by liberal cities and states are finally coming back to bite us in a major way.
If we can't create the conditions for a massive blue state housing construction boom as soon as possible, we're cooked.
If we can't create the conditions for a massive blue state housing construction boom as soon as possible, we're cooked.
The newsroom is being punished because the owner gutted its coverage and alienated readers to secure favorable contracts for Amazon Web Services.
News organizations cannot thrive if their owners have other businesses that are dependent upon a corrupt government.
News organizations cannot thrive if their owners have other businesses that are dependent upon a corrupt government.
"The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher."
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has reporting from inside The Washington Post as staffers brace for major cuts.
Details in the (free) Sunday edition of @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has reporting from inside The Washington Post as staffers brace for major cuts.
Details in the (free) Sunday edition of @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
www.status.news
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The newsroom is being punished because the owner gutted its coverage and alienated readers to secure favorable contracts for Amazon Web Services.
News organizations cannot thrive if their owners have other businesses that are dependent upon a corrupt government.
News organizations cannot thrive if their owners have other businesses that are dependent upon a corrupt government.