Mark
@markasbury22.bsky.social
Roll Tide '08, '11. MUFC.
Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
One of the most amazing places I've ever been. We can't wait to go back and take the boys.
The Quiraing, Isle of Skye, photo by Yorkshire-based landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One of the most amazing places I've ever been. We can't wait to go back and take the boys.
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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I think you can recognize that a lot of these hits should never happen in football again and also that Brian Dawkins is one of the coolest cartoon players to ever do it
August 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I think you can recognize that a lot of these hits should never happen in football again and also that Brian Dawkins is one of the coolest cartoon players to ever do it
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It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
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Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
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Just the President of the United States suggesting a federalized national concentration camp system.
Trump on DeSantis's new detention camp for migrants: "We'd like to see them in many states. And at some point they might morph into a system."
July 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just the President of the United States suggesting a federalized national concentration camp system.
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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Can’t stop watching Portnoy getting CLOCKED by a slice of pizza. It’s incredible.
June 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Can’t stop watching Portnoy getting CLOCKED by a slice of pizza. It’s incredible.
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He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
June 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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yeah I’m into home decor
June 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
yeah I’m into home decor
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☀️We're giving away 5 special edition mugs, plus a free copy of the Sunday Times bestseller Fall of Civilizations! ☀️
To enter, just repost this and follow the publisher @duckworthbooks.bsky.social!
Giveaway closes at midnight on Friday 23rd May. Good luck!
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Giveaway closes at midnight on Friday 23rd May. Good luck!
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
☀️We're giving away 5 special edition mugs, plus a free copy of the Sunday Times bestseller Fall of Civilizations! ☀️
To enter, just repost this and follow the publisher @duckworthbooks.bsky.social!
Giveaway closes at midnight on Friday 23rd May. Good luck!
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Giveaway closes at midnight on Friday 23rd May. Good luck!
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There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There is no hell deep enough to contain the people involved with this
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Looooooooool shared sacrifice ? The people who basically rioted and now harass other people over masking in a pandemic ?! The people who needed to go to Applebees more than keeping the kids and elderly safe ?
Rep. David Joyce on Trump saying girls should have fewer dolls: "The idea that the Christmas trade is already starting to slow down and there might be less around, I get it. I think the American people will understand that because the American people understand shared sacrifice."
May 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Looooooooool shared sacrifice ? The people who basically rioted and now harass other people over masking in a pandemic ?! The people who needed to go to Applebees more than keeping the kids and elderly safe ?
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The Ref went down due to a collision. Don’t worry Jamie Vardy blew the whistle to stop play for him.
May 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Ref went down due to a collision. Don’t worry Jamie Vardy blew the whistle to stop play for him.
My 1st grader's soccer team that's been together for a few seasons now finished their regular season undefeated today. I'm so proud of how hard they've worked and it's been really cool to watch them improve. They're all such good teammates to each other and have become good friends off the field too
April 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My 1st grader's soccer team that's been together for a few seasons now finished their regular season undefeated today. I'm so proud of how hard they've worked and it's been really cool to watch them improve. They're all such good teammates to each other and have become good friends off the field too
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Here's the secret of
"university indoctrination."
Professors aren't doing it.
Your little darlings are finally meeting a diverse group of people and realising that the stereotypes you've been feeding them are closed-minded garbage.
"university indoctrination."
Professors aren't doing it.
Your little darlings are finally meeting a diverse group of people and realising that the stereotypes you've been feeding them are closed-minded garbage.
April 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Here's the secret of
"university indoctrination."
Professors aren't doing it.
Your little darlings are finally meeting a diverse group of people and realising that the stereotypes you've been feeding them are closed-minded garbage.
"university indoctrination."
Professors aren't doing it.
Your little darlings are finally meeting a diverse group of people and realising that the stereotypes you've been feeding them are closed-minded garbage.
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You decide to charge your own settlement an extra wheat for every brick you buy to incentivize yourself to make your own bricks but your settlement hasnt made bricks in 50 years & the brick makers start looking for wheat elsewhere so you sell less wheat & bricks are now extra expensive for 100 turns
can someone explain this all in Settlers of Catan vocab
April 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You decide to charge your own settlement an extra wheat for every brick you buy to incentivize yourself to make your own bricks but your settlement hasnt made bricks in 50 years & the brick makers start looking for wheat elsewhere so you sell less wheat & bricks are now extra expensive for 100 turns
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Whether it's liberal students booing Charles Murray or conservative presidents sending innocent fathers to die in El Salvadoran torture prisons, there's been plenty of incivility on both sides of the political spectrum.
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Whether it's liberal students booing Charles Murray or conservative presidents sending innocent fathers to die in El Salvadoran torture prisons, there's been plenty of incivility on both sides of the political spectrum.
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Conservatism succumbed to fascism as easily and rapidly as conservatives long (and inaccurately) warned liberalism would succumb to communism.
the complete collapse of conservatism as an ideological formation in the west feels like it should probably be more remarked on.
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Conservatism succumbed to fascism as easily and rapidly as conservatives long (and inaccurately) warned liberalism would succumb to communism.
Really pleased with how my new pc setup came together. Went with a Skytech King 95, desk mat from Drop.
March 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Really pleased with how my new pc setup came together. Went with a Skytech King 95, desk mat from Drop.
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If they end up deleting the dollar and replacing it with Trumpcoin, I'm gonna feel pretty smug about pointing out that's what the Antichrist does in every Rapture book. I'll be executed or whatever, sure, but more importantly: smug
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If they end up deleting the dollar and replacing it with Trumpcoin, I'm gonna feel pretty smug about pointing out that's what the Antichrist does in every Rapture book. I'll be executed or whatever, sure, but more importantly: smug