@markhamc.bsky.social
It’s true, I rarely post. Mostly likes and re-skeet.
I am, nevertheless, a real person.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0003899/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
I am, nevertheless, a real person.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0003899/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
―F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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It's a very short walk from here to "Anne Frank died of typhus, thus there were no gas chambers."
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's a very short walk from here to "Anne Frank died of typhus, thus there were no gas chambers."
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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That said, it would be really cool if in this year of our lord two thousand and twenty five people could express their distaste for the Israeli regime without sounding like they’re writing op-eds for Der Stürmer.
June 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
That said, it would be really cool if in this year of our lord two thousand and twenty five people could express their distaste for the Israeli regime without sounding like they’re writing op-eds for Der Stürmer.
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Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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May 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Blue Night by Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1953 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137804
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137804
May 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Blue Night by Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1953 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137804
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137804
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you will never look back on art you've made as time wasted
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
you will never look back on art you've made as time wasted
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i cannot make the world around us less dark,
but i will lend you what light
and warmth
i have to remind you that the darkness has edges,
seams,
that it cannot swallow
everything
but i will lend you what light
and warmth
i have to remind you that the darkness has edges,
seams,
that it cannot swallow
everything
January 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
i cannot make the world around us less dark,
but i will lend you what light
and warmth
i have to remind you that the darkness has edges,
seams,
that it cannot swallow
everything
but i will lend you what light
and warmth
i have to remind you that the darkness has edges,
seams,
that it cannot swallow
everything
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"Hannah Arendt eulogised John XXIII as a pope who was also a Christian. Francis was, at his best, an even stranger prodigy: a pope who was also a human being. But whether this was a good thing depended on who you asked." @madoc.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/rel...
Pope Francis’s illusions
The controversial liberaliser brought humanity to the Vatican – but his flaws only hastened its decline.
www.newstatesman.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Hannah Arendt eulogised John XXIII as a pope who was also a Christian. Francis was, at his best, an even stranger prodigy: a pope who was also a human being. But whether this was a good thing depended on who you asked." @madoc.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/rel...
Human beings have rights. Thats it, that’s all, that’s everything.
April 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Human beings have rights. Thats it, that’s all, that’s everything.
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Though the Rabbis & later commentators crafted a narrative in which the Exodus was one of "just us,"-- for, by Israelites-- a closer look reveals that this was never the case.
Our liberation has always been collective, has always been about who else comes with us.
On solidarity in the seder:
Though the Rabbis & later commentators crafted a narrative in which the Exodus was one of "just us,"-- for, by Israelites-- a closer look reveals that this was never the case.
Our liberation has always been collective, has always been about who else comes with us.
On solidarity in the seder:
It Was Never "Just Us"
Resisting Xenophobia in the Seder Narrative
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New:
Though the Rabbis & later commentators crafted a narrative in which the Exodus was one of "just us,"-- for, by Israelites-- a closer look reveals that this was never the case.
Our liberation has always been collective, has always been about who else comes with us.
On solidarity in the seder:
Though the Rabbis & later commentators crafted a narrative in which the Exodus was one of "just us,"-- for, by Israelites-- a closer look reveals that this was never the case.
Our liberation has always been collective, has always been about who else comes with us.
On solidarity in the seder:
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I feel like this has somehow become an unpopular opinion, but The Great Gatsby is a brilliant novel (and also very funny). One of five or six books that are collectively the Great American Novel.
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I feel like this has somehow become an unpopular opinion, but The Great Gatsby is a brilliant novel (and also very funny). One of five or six books that are collectively the Great American Novel.
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Chronique | De la nécessité — et de la joie — d’unir nos voix pour dénoncer les actions du président #Trump.
Cœurs inquiets à l’unisson
www.ledevoir.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Chronique | De la nécessité — et de la joie — d’unir nos voix pour dénoncer les actions du président #Trump.
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On this trans day of visibility, I'd like to re-submit this piece: the most heartening responses I have gotten have been from parents of trans kids, and how much it means to see how much courage Harriette displayed. It was an honour to tell the story.
Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...
Bullying, basketball and an online firestorm: How B.C. college star Harriette MacKenzie stood up to anti-trans hate — and won
Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie has been ostracized most of her life. One violent play during a Pac West basketball game pushed her to fight back.
www.thestar.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On this trans day of visibility, I'd like to re-submit this piece: the most heartening responses I have gotten have been from parents of trans kids, and how much it means to see how much courage Harriette displayed. It was an honour to tell the story.
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Abortion bans kill women
My dear friend’s niece, who in October developed sepsis when a Georgia hospital refused her a D&C after a miscarriage, will be taken off life support tomorrow.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Abortion bans kill women
The Andy Warhol of sewer districts.
also considering a 12-hour version
1 hour of clean water flowing after treatment at a sewage plant
YouTube video by Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Andy Warhol of sewer districts.
Lawmakers use haka to protest in New Zealand's parliament
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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After being removed from the chamber, Rep. Al Green told the White House press pool: "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump.
Rep. Al Green was removed from the chamber on an order from Speaker Johnson after he was standing and shouting too much at Trump's lies.
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
After being removed from the chamber, Rep. Al Green told the White House press pool: "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump.
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51% of Canadians believe the government should approach the United States as a threat or as an enemy. Far fewer now see it as a friend or ally.
Canadians have a less favourable view of the US than India, a country which murdered Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.
Canadians have a less favourable view of the US than India, a country which murdered Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.
March 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
51% of Canadians believe the government should approach the United States as a threat or as an enemy. Far fewer now see it as a friend or ally.
Canadians have a less favourable view of the US than India, a country which murdered Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.
Canadians have a less favourable view of the US than India, a country which murdered Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.
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This speech is just murdering irony over and over again
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This speech is just murdering irony over and over again