Mark Lauman
@marklauman.bsky.social
Photography, bouldering, video gaming, gunpla building.
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Miss Rachel continues to have more of a moral backbone than 99% of public figures
July 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Miss Rachel continues to have more of a moral backbone than 99% of public figures
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
"If President Donald Trump decides that you are to rot in a foreign prison, then that is his right. You, you have no rights. And if he is capable of that, if he wants that; then what else is he capable of, what else does he want?"
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The Emergency Is Here | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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April 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"If President Donald Trump decides that you are to rot in a foreign prison, then that is his right. You, you have no rights. And if he is capable of that, if he wants that; then what else is he capable of, what else does he want?"
youtu.be/JN1oBfg0fwI?...
youtu.be/JN1oBfg0fwI?...
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Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
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Opinion: Corey Booker's Speech Could Have Been Longer (Guest Column by Hideo Kojima)
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Opinion: Corey Booker's Speech Could Have Been Longer (Guest Column by Hideo Kojima)
All speech is — metaphorically and literally — code. By this, I mean it is a message you must decipher using clues and context, yes,…
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April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Opinion: Corey Booker's Speech Could Have Been Longer (Guest Column by Hideo Kojima)
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It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
April 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
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As the U.S. revokes hundreds of visas to suppress activism, Kaveh Akbar writes beautifully and the pervasive fear--and the need to protect the rights of the most vulnerable. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
What Will You Do?
What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list?
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March 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As the U.S. revokes hundreds of visas to suppress activism, Kaveh Akbar writes beautifully and the pervasive fear--and the need to protect the rights of the most vulnerable. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Some photos from my 2019 trip to Japan. Glad we got a chance to visit before so much changed.
#photography #photograph #sonya7ii #travelphotography
#photography #photograph #sonya7ii #travelphotography
February 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Some photos from my 2019 trip to Japan. Glad we got a chance to visit before so much changed.
#photography #photograph #sonya7ii #travelphotography
#photography #photograph #sonya7ii #travelphotography
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
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this appears to be based entirely on subscriptions for Politico Pro that many govt agencies pay for. but it doesn't matter, this is now fact for roughly half the country for eternity and will be used to do whatever they want.
February 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
this appears to be based entirely on subscriptions for Politico Pro that many govt agencies pay for. but it doesn't matter, this is now fact for roughly half the country for eternity and will be used to do whatever they want.
Some favorite shots from my trip to Japan last year. Curious to see how Bluesky handles colors
November 27, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Some favorite shots from my trip to Japan last year. Curious to see how Bluesky handles colors