Marc
@marc4marc.bsky.social
Policy wonk and nostalgia expert
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Marc
@marc4marc.bsky.social
· Feb 23
1/ This might be obvious but if you followed me over from twitter because I used to talk a lot about policy and politics it’s not likely that I’m going to do that here. Probably more of a thirst traps and writing vibe tbh. If you want my politics more regularly my Substack is probably for you.
Friend: Have you seen The Residence?
Me: No, is it good?
F: It’s so good and the main character reminds me of you.
M: Oh?
F: Yeah, she’s autistic. …and SO smart.
Me: No, is it good?
F: It’s so good and the main character reminds me of you.
M: Oh?
F: Yeah, she’s autistic. …and SO smart.
April 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Friend: Have you seen The Residence?
Me: No, is it good?
F: It’s so good and the main character reminds me of you.
M: Oh?
F: Yeah, she’s autistic. …and SO smart.
Me: No, is it good?
F: It’s so good and the main character reminds me of you.
M: Oh?
F: Yeah, she’s autistic. …and SO smart.
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BREAKING: Everyone at the Department of Health and Human Services who sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for programs like Medicaid, food assistance, child care, and more, has been fired.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for 80 Million People - KFF Health News
Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more.
kffhealthnews.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING: Everyone at the Department of Health and Human Services who sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for programs like Medicaid, food assistance, child care, and more, has been fired.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Hotel lighting and sleepy
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hotel lighting and sleepy
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you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
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Wait so the plan is literally to take government workers researching kidney disease and keeping the water clean and have them make iPhone cases instead
I'm sorry, but isn't this just the Cultural Revolution 2.0? Why on earth would fired aid workers and NIH medical researchers go to work on assembly lines for worse salaries in jobs they don't know how to do? Why are they getting their economic policy from Mao?
April 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Wait so the plan is literally to take government workers researching kidney disease and keeping the water clean and have them make iPhone cases instead
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Hooooooly shit.
April 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hooooooly shit.
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The money is going to what now
April 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The money is going to what now
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The current systems housing all your tax info- your income, employers, your SSN, your DOB, your addresses, your banking info, your children's names, SSNs and DOB - is on a system so old that its unhackable. It has never been breached by an external actor, ever.
So ofc they want to change it.
So ofc they want to change it.
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The current systems housing all your tax info- your income, employers, your SSN, your DOB, your addresses, your banking info, your children's names, SSNs and DOB - is on a system so old that its unhackable. It has never been breached by an external actor, ever.
So ofc they want to change it.
So ofc they want to change it.
Let’s go punch our problems
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Let’s go punch our problems
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i may be unserious, hysterical and woke, but my strategy of “taking trump seriously no matter how insane he sounds” has paid more analytical dividends than the alternatives
Think part of the problem with describing Trump seriously is that no one actually seems to actually ever take his entire ideological outlook seriously, so absurdist means tend be be more effective at evoking political affect
April 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
i may be unserious, hysterical and woke, but my strategy of “taking trump seriously no matter how insane he sounds” has paid more analytical dividends than the alternatives
3 months sober. Well technically 3 months and five days but it’s never too late to celebrate a cool thing, right?
April 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
3 months sober. Well technically 3 months and five days but it’s never too late to celebrate a cool thing, right?
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lmao. lol. hahahahahah
As his candidate is defeated in Wisconsin, Elon Musk hasn't posted in 21 minutes. This is the longest he's gone without posting in over three years.
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
lmao. lol. hahahahahah
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
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Inside me there are two wolves. So it seems like I put on some weight. But it’s just the wolves.
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Inside me there are two wolves. So it seems like I put on some weight. But it’s just the wolves.
Happy eclipse day 🌕. Cast some spells.
March 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy eclipse day 🌕. Cast some spells.
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The brutal, beautiful irony of this happening after Schumer spent 18 months supporting genocide and disavowing the humanity of Palestinians, truly Homeric
Donald Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I am concerned. He has become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He is not Jewish anymore. He is a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The brutal, beautiful irony of this happening after Schumer spent 18 months supporting genocide and disavowing the humanity of Palestinians, truly Homeric
Anyway I saw a cyber truck last night and briefly considered going to jail
March 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Anyway I saw a cyber truck last night and briefly considered going to jail
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