Mark Jenkins
@choiceweb0pen0.bsky.social
Poet, Reader, Educator, traveler, outdoorsy.
Entering the US via LAX after living in Asia for awhile feels like getting a bucket of ice water dumped on your head especially having to walk on a sidewalk go between terminals. Where for art thou train or bus?
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Entering the US via LAX after living in Asia for awhile feels like getting a bucket of ice water dumped on your head especially having to walk on a sidewalk go between terminals. Where for art thou train or bus?
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JFC
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December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
JFC
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The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
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ahh man this one always hits
you jerk you didn’t call me up (bernadette mayer)
![Sonnet] You jerk you didn't call me up
BY BERNADETTE MAYER
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You jerk you didn't call me up
I haven't seen you in so long
You probably have a fucking tan
& besides that instead of making love tonight
You're drinking your parents to the airport
I'm through with you bourgeois boys
All you ever do is go back to ancestral comforts
Only money can get—even Catullus was rich but
Nowadays you guys settle for a couch
By a soporific color cable t.v. set
Instead of any arc of love, no wonder
The G.I. Joe team blows it every other time
Wake up! It's the middle of the night
You can either make love or die at the hands of the Cobra Commander](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5x4p5tgshfa7xef6f3jrv34h/bafkreidhkxophamwcijrapfjmi22albprvkbypkbsjhgx6n7njl4fpkiei@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
ahh man this one always hits
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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"Pardoned by George H. W. Bush, 1989. Currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Gobbler was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, both committed during a botched robbery in 1992."
Pardoned Turkeys: Where Are They Now?
Gobbler Pardoned by George H. W. Bush, 1989. Currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Gobbler was convicted of two counts of ...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Pardoned by George H. W. Bush, 1989. Currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Gobbler was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, both committed during a botched robbery in 1992."
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"I keep listening for boots in the hallway, even though I don’t even remember if they were wearing boots. All I remember is Penny and the way she stood and went with them so silently."
The Nickel Knows It’s Next
“With the end of the penny, is the clock ticking for the nickel?” — CNN - - -It keeps replaying in my head. It was a normal morning at a normal tim...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"I keep listening for boots in the hallway, even though I don’t even remember if they were wearing boots. All I remember is Penny and the way she stood and went with them so silently."
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"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
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November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight except Gawain spends the entire epic extremely hungover
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight except Gawain spends the entire epic extremely hungover
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Christian Nationalists:
QUESTION: How often is Jesus mentioned in the Constitution?
ANSWER: Zero times.
QUESTION: How often is Jesus mentioned in the Constitution?
ANSWER: Zero times.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Christian Nationalists:
QUESTION: How often is Jesus mentioned in the Constitution?
ANSWER: Zero times.
QUESTION: How often is Jesus mentioned in the Constitution?
ANSWER: Zero times.
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
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The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...
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Come on then, and remove him.
October 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Come on then, and remove him.
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
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i wrote about the art of making mix CDs for people you love, whether they like it or not (ft. @nikostratis.com whose writing on this very subject has been a huge inspiration)
www.patreon.com/posts/141463...
www.patreon.com/posts/141463...
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i wrote about the art of making mix CDs for people you love, whether they like it or not (ft. @nikostratis.com whose writing on this very subject has been a huge inspiration)
www.patreon.com/posts/141463...
www.patreon.com/posts/141463...
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Agatha Christie: “I bet I could murder them and get away with it.”
Ernest Hemingway: “For sale. Two testicles. Never used.”
George R. R. Martin: “Hold on, I’ll tell you later…”
Ernest Hemingway: “For sale. Two testicles. Never used.”
George R. R. Martin: “Hold on, I’ll tell you later…”
What Your Favorite Author Says About You (Behind Your Back)
Agatha Christie: “I bet I could murder them and get away with it.” Ernest Hemingway: “For sale. Two testicles. Never used.” George R. R. Martin: “H...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Agatha Christie: “I bet I could murder them and get away with it.”
Ernest Hemingway: “For sale. Two testicles. Never used.”
George R. R. Martin: “Hold on, I’ll tell you later…”
Ernest Hemingway: “For sale. Two testicles. Never used.”
George R. R. Martin: “Hold on, I’ll tell you later…”
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"This nation’s Young Republicans are more than just veteran political operatives and attorneys: they’re kids. And sometimes, kids say the wrong things. They can’t be held responsible for using slurs 251 times in just under 8 months."
Young Republican Kids Say the Darndest Things
“Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery, and rape…. Vice President JD Vance downplayed [the] bi...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"This nation’s Young Republicans are more than just veteran political operatives and attorneys: they’re kids. And sometimes, kids say the wrong things. They can’t be held responsible for using slurs 251 times in just under 8 months."
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"There is a good chance the pope is feeling the same way. Try to break the tension by finding some common ground. When you catch the pope’s eye, see if he happened to get his hat at the same place by gesturing at your head and asking, 'Kohl’s?'"
So, You and the Pope Both Showed Up to This Party Wearing the Same Hat
Anytime you arrive at an event dressed similarly to another guest, things can feel a bit awkward. But the Vatican is notoriously secretive. You had...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"There is a good chance the pope is feeling the same way. Try to break the tension by finding some common ground. When you catch the pope’s eye, see if he happened to get his hat at the same place by gesturing at your head and asking, 'Kohl’s?'"
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Oh my god, this McSweeney’s piece is so, so good.
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Oh my god, this McSweeney’s piece is so, so good.
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[i am spartacus voice] i am antifa's girlfriend
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
[i am spartacus voice] i am antifa's girlfriend