Mark Kowal
@chemobaby1976.bsky.social
Location: splitting time between Indianapolis and 35th & Shields
When I watch Hoosiers, I root for South Bend.
When I watch Hoosiers, I root for South Bend.
"Go out there & win one for the Diddler!"
- Curt Cignetti's halftime speech
- Curt Cignetti's halftime speech
December 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"Go out there & win one for the Diddler!"
- Curt Cignetti's halftime speech
- Curt Cignetti's halftime speech
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
I had my vasectomy this morning, and my scrotum has not blown up like a blimp, so posting photos seems anticlimactic. Apologies to anyone who is disappointed.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I had my vasectomy this morning, and my scrotum has not blown up like a blimp, so posting photos seems anticlimactic. Apologies to anyone who is disappointed.
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
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If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
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My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
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I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
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Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
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And wait until he hears what Reagan said praising immigration in I think was his last speech as president. Trump’s head might *literally* explode.
Wait. Someone please roll the tape.
Wait. Someone please roll the tape.
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And wait until he hears what Reagan said praising immigration in I think was his last speech as president. Trump’s head might *literally* explode.
Wait. Someone please roll the tape.
Wait. Someone please roll the tape.
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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![tweet from @headfallsoff.com
third amendment continues to pull its weight as the secret funniest load bearing cog in america's stupid machine
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soldiers are shown not finding quarters and sleeping on the floor in an industrial setting
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Actually, their guilt or innocence was NOT unknown: they were all innocent under US law until proven guilty in a proper court of law.
Trump is murdering legally-innocent people, period. There is no grey there at all.
Legally. Innocent.
Trump is murdering legally-innocent people, period. There is no grey there at all.
Legally. Innocent.
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Actually, their guilt or innocence was NOT unknown: they were all innocent under US law until proven guilty in a proper court of law.
Trump is murdering legally-innocent people, period. There is no grey there at all.
Legally. Innocent.
Trump is murdering legally-innocent people, period. There is no grey there at all.
Legally. Innocent.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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You can only truly enjoy baseball if you have no rooting interest. Otherwise it's the most miserable fuckin' experience going.
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
You can only truly enjoy baseball if you have no rooting interest. Otherwise it's the most miserable fuckin' experience going.
Boiler the fuck up!
Way to go, Purdue!
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Boiler the fuck up!
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Congratulations to the new commander of SOUTHCOM, Admiral George Santos.
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Congratulations to the new commander of SOUTHCOM, Admiral George Santos.
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The most interesting about Trump springing George Santos from prison is that Trump is still in the Epstein Files.
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The most interesting about Trump springing George Santos from prison is that Trump is still in the Epstein Files.
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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
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The only reporters left in there are those who have no shame.
It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The only reporters left in there are those who have no shame.
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The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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I remember when I was a little kid, “fuck” was the worst thing you could say. Now it’s the most sensible response to everything.
April 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I remember when I was a little kid, “fuck” was the worst thing you could say. Now it’s the most sensible response to everything.
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No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.
Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.
October 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.