Mark Shellenberger
@m-shellenberger.bsky.social
Husband, Father, XML Enthusiast, local election official, technical generalist, life-long Democrat
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer | Full Comedy Special
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Guarantee that Leavitt knows this is happening and knows why. Her brother is using these authoritarian tactics to remove his son's mother from his life.
She was brought here as a child. This is her home. Make no mistake this administration has weaponized the government against us all.
She was brought here as a child. This is her home. Make no mistake this administration has weaponized the government against us all.
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew detained by ICE in Revere; Brazil native came to US as a child - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Guarantee that Leavitt knows this is happening and knows why. Her brother is using these authoritarian tactics to remove his son's mother from his life.
She was brought here as a child. This is her home. Make no mistake this administration has weaponized the government against us all.
She was brought here as a child. This is her home. Make no mistake this administration has weaponized the government against us all.
Another step toward 'proving' the government can't be trusted. These sites vaccines.gov, covid.gov worked and helped countless people find the tools they needed to stay healthy.
This administration is tearing down the point of government...to serve the people of this country.
This administration is tearing down the point of government...to serve the people of this country.
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Another step toward 'proving' the government can't be trusted. These sites vaccines.gov, covid.gov worked and helped countless people find the tools they needed to stay healthy.
This administration is tearing down the point of government...to serve the people of this country.
This administration is tearing down the point of government...to serve the people of this country.
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
The comments in this thread are gold.
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The comments in this thread are gold.
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
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This right here.
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This right here.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
My core belief about capitalism. In fields where working with other humans (healthcare, retail, food service, education, etc) is the main task, the pay and prestige is greater the further you are removed from those human beings.
Think EMS and Nurses vs Surgeons and Hospital Admins.
Think EMS and Nurses vs Surgeons and Hospital Admins.
September 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My core belief about capitalism. In fields where working with other humans (healthcare, retail, food service, education, etc) is the main task, the pay and prestige is greater the further you are removed from those human beings.
Think EMS and Nurses vs Surgeons and Hospital Admins.
Think EMS and Nurses vs Surgeons and Hospital Admins.
This dude, standing in front of the White House is starting to make the rounds on Bluesky.
Here's the full version of the song. It has verses!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHo...
Here's the full version of the song. It has verses!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHo...
Trump's A Punk Ass Bitch (TPAB)
YouTube video by Steven Wilhelm
www.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This dude, standing in front of the White House is starting to make the rounds on Bluesky.
Here's the full version of the song. It has verses!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHo...
Here's the full version of the song. It has verses!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHo...
It is an odd experience when new breaks and I know enough about it to immediately realize it isn't what it seems.
Earlier this week the Library of Congress's (LoC) webpage of the Constitution was found to have Articles 8-10 removed. Immediately the internet was awash in people claiming fascism.
Earlier this week the Library of Congress's (LoC) webpage of the Constitution was found to have Articles 8-10 removed. Immediately the internet was awash in people claiming fascism.
August 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It is an odd experience when new breaks and I know enough about it to immediately realize it isn't what it seems.
Earlier this week the Library of Congress's (LoC) webpage of the Constitution was found to have Articles 8-10 removed. Immediately the internet was awash in people claiming fascism.
Earlier this week the Library of Congress's (LoC) webpage of the Constitution was found to have Articles 8-10 removed. Immediately the internet was awash in people claiming fascism.
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Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
May 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
Irving, Texas - 'They' are coming for you.
Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309
May 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Irving, Texas - 'They' are coming for you.
I saw this and said 'of course they did', then I saw who posted it.
The Onion, riding the razor edge between satire and our current reality.
The Onion, riding the razor edge between satire and our current reality.
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
theonion.com/u-s-mil...
theonion.com/u-s-mil...
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that all men with girl names would now be forbidden from serving in combat roles. The ban, which goes into effect immediately, prohibits male personnel with clearly […]
theonion.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I saw this and said 'of course they did', then I saw who posted it.
The Onion, riding the razor edge between satire and our current reality.
The Onion, riding the razor edge between satire and our current reality.
Why would Walmart pass through the cost of the tariffs? I thought China was paying them.
I'd be surprised by this attack on the largest retailer in the US except this guy is always inconsistent in his "reasoning" about his actions.
I remember when leaders took responsibility for their actions.
I'd be surprised by this attack on the largest retailer in the US except this guy is always inconsistent in his "reasoning" about his actions.
I remember when leaders took responsibility for their actions.
The pivot to blaming companies for the obvious consequence of your tariffs has begun
May 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Why would Walmart pass through the cost of the tariffs? I thought China was paying them.
I'd be surprised by this attack on the largest retailer in the US except this guy is always inconsistent in his "reasoning" about his actions.
I remember when leaders took responsibility for their actions.
I'd be surprised by this attack on the largest retailer in the US except this guy is always inconsistent in his "reasoning" about his actions.
I remember when leaders took responsibility for their actions.
I visited Monticello 25+ years ago. The guide talked about how Jefferson was a farmer. I LOLed, for real. Got a dirty look.
Went back just after Covid vaccines. The "Jefferson was a farmer" crap was gone and a significant exhibit about slavery was in place.
Anyway, I love a good bonfire.
Went back just after Covid vaccines. The "Jefferson was a farmer" crap was gone and a significant exhibit about slavery was in place.
Anyway, I love a good bonfire.
one hour of nottoway plantation fire ASMR for your listening pleasure: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrAw...
ASMR Nottoway Plantation Fire - 1 Hour
YouTube video by Korrupt Komedy
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May 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I visited Monticello 25+ years ago. The guide talked about how Jefferson was a farmer. I LOLed, for real. Got a dirty look.
Went back just after Covid vaccines. The "Jefferson was a farmer" crap was gone and a significant exhibit about slavery was in place.
Anyway, I love a good bonfire.
Went back just after Covid vaccines. The "Jefferson was a farmer" crap was gone and a significant exhibit about slavery was in place.
Anyway, I love a good bonfire.
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
I say this many times a day, but WTF!? $8.25 million is couch change in the Federal government. Not that this has ever been about efficiency or waste, but it feels like just random darts at this point.
Trump's proposed 2026 budget would dramatically cut federal funding for traumatic brain injury research.
The proposal would eliminate all of the $8.25 million at the CDC marked for brain injury research and public education about the dangers of concussions.
www.espn.com/espn/story/_...
The proposal would eliminate all of the $8.25 million at the CDC marked for brain injury research and public education about the dangers of concussions.
www.espn.com/espn/story/_...
Trump plan cuts funding for brain injury research
The Trump administration's budget request eliminates major federal funding for traumatic brain injury research and education, potentially undercutting efforts to address head injuries in sports.
www.espn.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I say this many times a day, but WTF!? $8.25 million is couch change in the Federal government. Not that this has ever been about efficiency or waste, but it feels like just random darts at this point.
"But I get my weather from The Weather Channel." I have news for you Sparky....they get their weather from governments, then they package it up all pretty and send some idiot to stand by the ocean in a hurricane for your amusement.
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"But I get my weather from The Weather Channel." I have news for you Sparky....they get their weather from governments, then they package it up all pretty and send some idiot to stand by the ocean in a hurricane for your amusement.