Kim Markel
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“Kamala warned us”
Fuck you
Palestinians warned you
Black people warned you
The Left warned you
Half the international community warned you
The US slide into fascism has been long and slow. Many have been falsely imprisoned or killed by it over decades.
It just finally came for you.
Fuck you
Palestinians warned you
Black people warned you
The Left warned you
Half the international community warned you
The US slide into fascism has been long and slow. Many have been falsely imprisoned or killed by it over decades.
It just finally came for you.
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
“Kamala warned us”
Fuck you
Palestinians warned you
Black people warned you
The Left warned you
Half the international community warned you
The US slide into fascism has been long and slow. Many have been falsely imprisoned or killed by it over decades.
It just finally came for you.
Fuck you
Palestinians warned you
Black people warned you
The Left warned you
Half the international community warned you
The US slide into fascism has been long and slow. Many have been falsely imprisoned or killed by it over decades.
It just finally came for you.
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Setting full moon through the window. (Too cold to go outside!)
February 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Setting full moon through the window. (Too cold to go outside!)
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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The Muhammad Ali stamps arrived! A great thing about a fabulous stamp is the challenge of writing letters worthy of your postage.
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The Muhammad Ali stamps arrived! A great thing about a fabulous stamp is the challenge of writing letters worthy of your postage.
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"Because if all the sudden ChatGTP or OpenAI has to disclose that 'we've lost 10% of our subscribers'--they'd have to disclose that to their investors...--it would immediately queer their financing round." Scott Galloway on quitting ChatGTP & OpenAI.
Let's queer their financing round.
Let's queer their financing round.
Happy to be included in this article with MIT Technology Review about the QuitGPT campaign.
www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/10/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/10/1...
A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions
Backlash against ICE is fueling a broader movement against AI companies’ ties to President Trump.
www.technologyreview.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"Because if all the sudden ChatGTP or OpenAI has to disclose that 'we've lost 10% of our subscribers'--they'd have to disclose that to their investors...--it would immediately queer their financing round." Scott Galloway on quitting ChatGTP & OpenAI.
Let's queer their financing round.
Let's queer their financing round.
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Moon rising tonight in Maine
February 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Moon rising tonight in Maine
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Mainers, I know ICE is hitting Portland right now. Maine's ICE Watch Hotline is ☎️ 207-544-9989. More info here:
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
WELCOME TO THE MAINE IMMIGRANT RESOURCE HUB & HOTLINE – Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition
maineimmigrantrights.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Mainers, I know ICE is hitting Portland right now. Maine's ICE Watch Hotline is ☎️ 207-544-9989. More info here:
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
maineimmigrantrights.org/mirc-resourc...
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Metal-roof icicles
January 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Metal-roof icicles
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They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
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Still snowing in Maine
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Still snowing in Maine
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I called Collins along with King, whose mailbox is full. King says in his message he will not vote for funding unless some "guardrails" are put in place, so I left a message here: www.king.senate.gov/contact
We know Renee Good's murderer was extensively trained. "Guardrails" are BS. NO FUNDING!
We know Renee Good's murderer was extensively trained. "Guardrails" are BS. NO FUNDING!
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I called Collins along with King, whose mailbox is full. King says in his message he will not vote for funding unless some "guardrails" are put in place, so I left a message here: www.king.senate.gov/contact
We know Renee Good's murderer was extensively trained. "Guardrails" are BS. NO FUNDING!
We know Renee Good's murderer was extensively trained. "Guardrails" are BS. NO FUNDING!
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Nekima Levy Armstrong, recently interviewed here by Amy Goodman, has been arrested. Incredibly brave and brilliant.
youtu.be/e8_8c4qYkAs
youtu.be/e8_8c4qYkAs
Minnesota Lawyer Defends Protest at Church Whose Pastor Is Top ICE Official
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Nekima Levy Armstrong, recently interviewed here by Amy Goodman, has been arrested. Incredibly brave and brilliant.
youtu.be/e8_8c4qYkAs
youtu.be/e8_8c4qYkAs
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
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Woke up to more texts that ICE is in Portland, Maine. According to a message I received, they are expected to be here for a week.
Stay safe, local friends.
Stay safe, local friends.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Woke up to more texts that ICE is in Portland, Maine. According to a message I received, they are expected to be here for a week.
Stay safe, local friends.
Stay safe, local friends.
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From The Third Reich of Dreams (Princeton UP, 2025), a collection of dreams of those living under Hitler collected by Charlotte Beradt:
“I…finally decided to file a formal complaint against the prevailing circumstances. I put a blank sheet of paper, with not a single word on it, into an envelope”
“I…finally decided to file a formal complaint against the prevailing circumstances. I put a blank sheet of paper, with not a single word on it, into an envelope”
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
From The Third Reich of Dreams (Princeton UP, 2025), a collection of dreams of those living under Hitler collected by Charlotte Beradt:
“I…finally decided to file a formal complaint against the prevailing circumstances. I put a blank sheet of paper, with not a single word on it, into an envelope”
“I…finally decided to file a formal complaint against the prevailing circumstances. I put a blank sheet of paper, with not a single word on it, into an envelope”
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"If a man of Musk’s low-intellect, addled brain, insipid humor, and gross, self-gratifying misogyny were not the richest person in the world, then the world would not be subject to his indignity. Then again, maybe it was wealth itself that made Musk this way..."
"Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak up," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social.
Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan
Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak up
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"If a man of Musk’s low-intellect, addled brain, insipid humor, and gross, self-gratifying misogyny were not the richest person in the world, then the world would not be subject to his indignity. Then again, maybe it was wealth itself that made Musk this way..."
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Greg and I were pretty close while at Morehouse. One of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. He truly doesn’t deserve this treatment. Please support if you are able to.
The resident dean who was fired was given only ten days to vacate his housing. @harvard.edu is putting a Black family — with a newborn baby — out on the street because of comments opposing white supremacy.
Please donate to their gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Please donate to their gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Greg and I were pretty close while at Morehouse. One of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. He truly doesn’t deserve this treatment. Please support if you are able to.
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Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
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"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
Zohran Mamdani inauguration | Inaugural poet Cornelius Eady recites "Proof"
YouTube video by CBS New York
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January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
youtu.be/5lSrb8nylOs?...
"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
"Though this is a New York Poem..., I'd like to dedicate this poem to my trans, queer, foreign students of color at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville."
Cornelius Eady, who just retired from UTK, sees Mamdani's win as a sign of hope, as "Proof" (the title of his poem).
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"Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said even the term 'billionaire' had become unfair and that 'people of wealth' would be better."
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
"Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said even the term 'billionaire' had become unfair and that 'people of wealth' would be better."
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
From Rob Larson's *Mastering the Universe* @haymarketbooks.org
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January 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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For a New Year’s Eve, a reading:
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
For a New Year’s Eve, a reading: