Mark A Thompson, MRNY
@mrnycom.bsky.social
Author and travel journalist, member of Authors Guild, Society of American Travel Writers, New York Travel Writers, PEN America, and former artist-in-residency at MacDowell, Yaddo, Blue Mountain Center, with Ph.D. in American Studies
"Good job. Now, bring on 2026."
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Good job. Now, bring on 2026."
October 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Love reigns — not kings. No Kings Since 1776. No Kings Today.
#NoKings #NoKingsDay #Indivisible @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
#NoKings #NoKingsDay #Indivisible @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Love reigns — not kings. No Kings Since 1776. No Kings Today.
#NoKings #NoKingsDay #Indivisible @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
#NoKings #NoKingsDay #Indivisible @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
Each year on the last Sunday in June, we March with Pride down Fifth Ave, and one thing we’ve learned in more than four decades together is that you can’t outlaw queer joy—and when you March on the last Sunday in June, you’re surrounded with joy and love, and you realize anew that Pride is Power.
July 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Each year on the last Sunday in June, we March with Pride down Fifth Ave, and one thing we’ve learned in more than four decades together is that you can’t outlaw queer joy—and when you March on the last Sunday in June, you’re surrounded with joy and love, and you realize anew that Pride is Power.
The power of the people was out in force in Manhattan. No dictators, no kings. Protect democracy. #RiseAndResist @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The power of the people was out in force in Manhattan. No dictators, no kings. Protect democracy. #RiseAndResist @50501movement.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social
Not since the Women’s March in 2017 have we seen such an outpouring of support and community in the name of resistance against tyranny and cruelty. Here’s to all of us who marched in the name of equality and justice; here’s to all of us who marched in peace.
#HandsOff #Indivisible #RiseAndResist
#HandsOff #Indivisible #RiseAndResist
April 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Not since the Women’s March in 2017 have we seen such an outpouring of support and community in the name of resistance against tyranny and cruelty. Here’s to all of us who marched in the name of equality and justice; here’s to all of us who marched in peace.
#HandsOff #Indivisible #RiseAndResist
#HandsOff #Indivisible #RiseAndResist
From Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow: "Because the Bolsheviks, who were so intent upon recasting the future from a mold of their own making, would not rest until every last vestige of his Russia had been uprooted, shattered, or erased.”
#AmorTowles #autocracy #democracy #ReadBooks #LearnHistory
#AmorTowles #autocracy #democracy #ReadBooks #LearnHistory
February 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow: "Because the Bolsheviks, who were so intent upon recasting the future from a mold of their own making, would not rest until every last vestige of his Russia had been uprooted, shattered, or erased.”
#AmorTowles #autocracy #democracy #ReadBooks #LearnHistory
#AmorTowles #autocracy #democracy #ReadBooks #LearnHistory
On Cape Cod, in Falmouth, even the dogs are angry enough to protest. #Indivisible #IndivisibleCapeCod (James Baldwin painting by the incredible Molly Crabapple)
February 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
On Cape Cod, in Falmouth, even the dogs are angry enough to protest. #Indivisible #IndivisibleCapeCod (James Baldwin painting by the incredible Molly Crabapple)
Today's my b'day; here's what happened today. Nothing to see here, nothing but the snow.
January 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today's my b'day; here's what happened today. Nothing to see here, nothing but the snow.
My kind of heaven.
January 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
My kind of heaven.
Unfolding amidst the carnage of WWI, Alice Winn’s brilliant debut novel In Memoriam weaves a tender and beautifully romantic love story between two young men—and it haunts me still. #InMemoriam #AliceWinn #Booksky #BooksIRead #Novelsfor2025
January 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Unfolding amidst the carnage of WWI, Alice Winn’s brilliant debut novel In Memoriam weaves a tender and beautifully romantic love story between two young men—and it haunts me still. #InMemoriam #AliceWinn #Booksky #BooksIRead #Novelsfor2025
If you need a break from the travesty in D.C., consider reading Enter the Aardvark, Jessica Anthony’s rollicking satire about a closeted Republican congressman that brilliantly fuses humor & tenderness with astute political savvy. #JessicaAnthony #EnterTheAardvark #Booksky #BooksIRead #Novelsfor2025
January 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you need a break from the travesty in D.C., consider reading Enter the Aardvark, Jessica Anthony’s rollicking satire about a closeted Republican congressman that brilliantly fuses humor & tenderness with astute political savvy. #JessicaAnthony #EnterTheAardvark #Booksky #BooksIRead #Novelsfor2025
For some reason, I waited until now to read Jessica Hagedorn’s incendiary and cinematic novel Dogeaters—but maybe 2025 is as good as any to remind us of dictatorship's savagery and the innocents caught in its crossfire. #Dogeaters #JessicaHagedorn #Booksky #BooksIRead #Novelsfor2025
January 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For some reason, I waited until now to read Jessica Hagedorn’s incendiary and cinematic novel Dogeaters—but maybe 2025 is as good as any to remind us of dictatorship's savagery and the innocents caught in its crossfire. #Dogeaters #JessicaHagedorn #Booksky #BooksIRead #Novelsfor2025