Mark Powell🇨🇦🇬🇧🇰🇾
@markjnpowell.bsky.social
Nearsighted, grumpy, voracious consumer of news. Canada
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Happy Stanislav Petrov day!
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Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
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September 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy Stanislav Petrov day!
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On the blatant double standards the media - BBC included - deploys while showcasing Nigel Farage. He is constantly given a free pass not granted to other politicians. bylines.scot/news/the-far...
The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics
It is time that the media fulfils its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth
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September 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
On the blatant double standards the media - BBC included - deploys while showcasing Nigel Farage. He is constantly given a free pass not granted to other politicians. bylines.scot/news/the-far...
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All headlines just from today 🇺🇸
September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
All headlines just from today 🇺🇸
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You’d think after their cult leader tried to hang his own VP for not helping him steal an election, they’d be familiar with the notion of right on right crime.
Yet it befuddles them to this day.
Yet it befuddles them to this day.
September 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
You’d think after their cult leader tried to hang his own VP for not helping him steal an election, they’d be familiar with the notion of right on right crime.
Yet it befuddles them to this day.
Yet it befuddles them to this day.
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Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
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Andrew Cuomo was the US Secretary of Housing and is now running for mayor, where one of the largest agencies they manage is NYC's Housing Authority.
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Andrew Cuomo was the US Secretary of Housing and is now running for mayor, where one of the largest agencies they manage is NYC's Housing Authority.
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
And yet Cuomo literally had ChatGPT write his campaign housing policy.
This is who the media and establishment want you to think is "serious"
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I don’t want to say Andrew Cuomo’s political career is dead, but it just checked into a nursing home run by Andrew Cuomo
June 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I don’t want to say Andrew Cuomo’s political career is dead, but it just checked into a nursing home run by Andrew Cuomo
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Oliver North on Fox News complaining that Iran has missiles is... I mean, do they even know who the fuck he is and what he did? He sold Iran missiles!
June 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Oliver North on Fox News complaining that Iran has missiles is... I mean, do they even know who the fuck he is and what he did? He sold Iran missiles!
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Excluding don't knows, 62.2% of voters would support rejoining the EU, against 37.8% who would oppose it. That is a crushing majority.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
June 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excluding don't knows, 62.2% of voters would support rejoining the EU, against 37.8% who would oppose it. That is a crushing majority.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
Please repost if you agree that the government must respect the democratic will of the majority and permit a referendum on rejoining the EU.
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Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
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I still think it's pretty wild that corrupt oligarchs destroyed the entirety of U.S. consumer protection and corporate oversight and it's barely written about by journalists or policy folks
just not really of any serious interest
just not really of any serious interest
June 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I still think it's pretty wild that corrupt oligarchs destroyed the entirety of U.S. consumer protection and corporate oversight and it's barely written about by journalists or policy folks
just not really of any serious interest
just not really of any serious interest
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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
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Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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Pretty incredible that Jeff Bezos' Amazon announced a "$5 billion-plus" partnership w/ a Saudi AI co launched by Mohammed Bin Salman and sent CEO Andy Jassy to meet with him less than 7 years after MBS murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for Bezos' Washington Post.
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AWS enters into 'strategic partnership' with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain | TechCrunch
Amazon says it'll work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, to invest '$5 billion-plus' in a strategic partnership.
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May 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Pretty incredible that Jeff Bezos' Amazon announced a "$5 billion-plus" partnership w/ a Saudi AI co launched by Mohammed Bin Salman and sent CEO Andy Jassy to meet with him less than 7 years after MBS murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for Bezos' Washington Post.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/a...
techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/a...
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We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we?
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we?
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
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could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
could someone check with John Roberts whether accepting a $400 million plane for your personal use is a core executive power that congress may not constitutionally regulate or merely an action for which the president is presumptively immune from any accountability?
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🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
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May 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
May 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
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The BBC:
It's the 80th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Europe.
We'll have a week of programming celebrating this momentous occasion
Also the BBC:
Here's Nigel Farage for the 4000th time telling us why immigrants are subhuman scum
It's the 80th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Europe.
We'll have a week of programming celebrating this momentous occasion
Also the BBC:
Here's Nigel Farage for the 4000th time telling us why immigrants are subhuman scum
May 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The BBC:
It's the 80th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Europe.
We'll have a week of programming celebrating this momentous occasion
Also the BBC:
Here's Nigel Farage for the 4000th time telling us why immigrants are subhuman scum
It's the 80th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Europe.
We'll have a week of programming celebrating this momentous occasion
Also the BBC:
Here's Nigel Farage for the 4000th time telling us why immigrants are subhuman scum
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Labour must take responsibility for a battering caused by legitimising far right Reform rhetoric and culture war bullshit.
They have the majority to stop it, they need to find their balls, fast. If they carry on they’re not just bending themselves over the barrel, but all of us.
They have the majority to stop it, they need to find their balls, fast. If they carry on they’re not just bending themselves over the barrel, but all of us.
May 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Labour must take responsibility for a battering caused by legitimising far right Reform rhetoric and culture war bullshit.
They have the majority to stop it, they need to find their balls, fast. If they carry on they’re not just bending themselves over the barrel, but all of us.
They have the majority to stop it, they need to find their balls, fast. If they carry on they’re not just bending themselves over the barrel, but all of us.