Mark Hurty

I’m not an immunologist, but there appears to be a strong positive correlation between vaccine skepticism and being an insufferable asshole.

@gruber.foo This hypothesis seems to get at a possible explanation for Claude’s watermark: youtu.be/QZ9MsAwKnLk?...

Honestly, we’re at the point with the tragic consequences of Trump and Netanyahu’s aggressive war in the Middle East that it might be a good move by the DOJ to release the full, unredacted Epstein files to shift Americans’ attention off of Trump’s massive foreign policy and military fuckup.

@gruber.foo — I appreciated your thoughts on the iPhone Sports app. The thing that I dislike about the app, even more than the confusing zero sum stats pane, is that the betting odds pane is at the top of the screen, above the stats. I wish I could move that (useless to me) content to the bottom.

Steyer is an election buyer. Beware Californians. Vote wisely: It’s the Becerra era!

If only there were effective leaders of the Democratic Party in congress who would offer legislation to make automatic federal voter ID available to every American citizen. Of course Republicans would block such legislation, but the purpose would be to make Americans aware of the feasibility.

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

Mike Johnson is a heretic.

Next time someone says "Freedom isn't Free" I'm going to barf in their face. Nobody in this stupid "war" is fighting for our freedom. Our freedom was not in danger. At least not from Iran.

I look through my timeline and think "Nuremberg II" can't come soon enough.

"Fascist" and "Nazi" weren't slurs applied to the Italians and Germans by their political or military opponents. That's what they called themselves. This madness will not end until we make the names Trump's regime calls themselves universally acknowledged slurs. daringfireball.net/2026/01/th...

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” -Wilhoit's Law

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

But President Diapers McMumble said we're more respected around the world than ever before

Will Norway, Denmark, and/or Sweden offer asylum to American refugees if Trump attacks Minneapolis? Asking for a friend.

The problem was not labeling Trump correctly as a fascist. The problem was not treating him as one. They still aren’t! That creates a gap where you’re warning people that things are on fire, but instead of evacuating or getting water, you’re casually sitting down with a cup of tea.

This is not a paraphrasing. This is the transcript:

“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

Number of people shot by Trump's secret police so far: 43. www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

Trump and Noem are lying about the murder of Renee Good committed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Nope.

Sincere question: Can the next administration de-classify the videos of Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes and charge him with a war crime? I understand that there’s no statute of limitations on murder. Is the same true of war crimes?

The Wall Street Journal says this investigation led Instacart’s stock price to fall.

Do Donald Trump’s obvious learning disabilities make him a DEI president?

I can’t stop laughing at these beta dudes like Rubio who can’t handle sans serif fonts.

What a concept!

As news broke that Donald Trump won the FIFA peace prize, bookies are predicting that Trump is the front runner for WWE’s peace prize as well.

Public service announcement: If you’re a restaurant owner and your website is a Facebook page I will never patronize your business.

Trump is killing people he claims are drug runners at the same time as he pardons a convicted drug trafficker. How stupid is he? Not a rhetorical question — I’m actually asking. Can IQ be expressed as a negative number?

I am humbly requesting that lawmakers in every Democratic-controlled state spend every waking hour between now and Christmas cooking up new congressional district maps that draw Republicans out of electoral existence

Pete Hegseth is a liar.

John Roberts is the worst Supreme Court chief Justice in history, presiding over some of the most corrupt associate justices ever to sit on the bench.

Republicans approved a stone cold killer to be Trump’s Secretary of Defense. Is that who they are? Haters and killers? If not they should impeach and remove Pete Hegseth.

one thing that receives almost no attention is that the only reason he ran for president again is because he had to to avoid prosecution for a litany of crimes, the whole plan was: 1). Take shelter in SCOTUS-granted immunity. 2). Loot.

The number of times that this president says he doesn’t know about something so he can’t be held responsible for it, and everyone just lets it go, is unbelievable. And, of course, this is all exponentially worse when he does this about something wholly illegal.

Just a reminder that Whamageddon-- where we all try to avoid hearing the original Wham! song "Last Christmas" from December 1st until midnight on Christmas Eve-- begins tomorrow. Good luck and Happy Holidays, everyone.

Make this make sense. He’s pardoning a drug trafficker while killing drug traffickers.

All of this RIGHT HERE!👇🏼👇🏼🔥🔥

This sounds very plausible. And it explains a lot.

If I were Patrick Fitzgerald (one of Jim Comey’s lawyers) I’d be a little picky about which reason to get the case dismissed. There are multiple options, but I think I’d lean into the selective/vindictive prosecution.

Looking forward to the next D president when we can have a Department of Justice and and Attorney General again.