Mark Russell
markrussell.bsky.social
Mark Russell
@markrussell.bsky.social
Former journalist. Sometimes writer. Usually in Korea
When I got to the end, I think I actually cackled.

I mean, how can South Park keep up with this morass reality has turned into?
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I like how FP’s top point in their last article on SK proliferation was how if SK wanted nukes, they’d probably need subs too, but getting subs is really hard.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/22/s...
South Korea Goes Nuclear. Then What?
Five questions to ask before welcoming Seoul to the nuclear weapons club.
foreignpolicy.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Korean sweet potato chips too, it seems.
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Celebrity culture, especially from the past, had so much shittiness, it’s almost expected. It’s when you look up an old mentor or great humanitarian and discover the same thing that life gets really depressing.
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I keep looking at the minutes column on the far right and think wow that’s a lot of well-rounded scoring, before I remember that points are now on the left.
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The thing is, if you hang out with classical musicians, you quickly discover that a lot of them are worse behaved than the craziest rock stars.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Trump and Musk both transferred into UPenn for their 3rd year — the mark of a real dumb-dumb (usually a rich dumb-dumb).

Neither has released their transcripts, so we only have rumors about what crap students they were (and there are plenty of rumors).
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Fortunately, Korea’s conservatives are as bad at propaganda as they are shameless.
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Otoh, the University of Pennsylvania gave us Trump and Elon, so the cosmic asshole ranking is quite competitive.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Did BI apologize? I saw the clip, but never heard a follow up (even a PR-boilerplate “oops”).
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Nice to know not all UPenn graduates are total assholes.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Oh yeah, for sure.

Weird that Battle hasn’t gotten much run since his 20-point, 7-7 night.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
3-4 from 3 isn’t nothing.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM