Mark Cathey

Mark Cathey

@markcathey.bsky.social

Lawyer and book buyer (buys books but doesn’t read)

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The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

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any system that makes Elon Musk the wealthiest person alive, and Donald Trump the most powerful persona alive, isn't running on "respectable arguments" and should stop pretending otherwise

The Economist@economist.com

There is a respectable argument for slowing down AI research, but it rests on the danger to all humanity of the technology being abused or going rogue—not the local harms of data centres

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That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

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when people say "do your own research" they generally mean "do not trust anyone with any relevant training or experience"

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$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Homan on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."

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Replying to @lostreflector.bsky.social

"find your city, find yourself a city to live in" feels like a directive here akin to saying "screw it, I'm moving to a new place and leaving this shit behind" the jam funks in approval of this mental clarity but our narrator still has troubles ahead... 9/

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Replying to @mtsw.bsky.social

Just as another point of comparison to give you an idea of the numbers we're talking about here: The most watched UFC event *ever* - in history! - drew TV ratings that are around what The Preakness gets ever year. (around 5M total viewers)

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Devastating, borderline definitive evidence against the existence of a just and loving god

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Wow, the flat concrete rectangle they fill with water is longer than a building that stretches into the sky and includes the homes and offices tens of thousands of people? Wow. That's really cool. Oh, hey, I've got your action figures here. Wanna go play with them while the grown-ups talk?

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Replying to @mtsw.bsky.social

Yes. An example of how you can't actually "win" this competition even if you superficially hold all the cards. Media will emphasize "gay" characteritstics of Democrats while portraying prep school male cheerleader draft dodger Bush as a tough cowboy bsky.app/profile/drpe...

riding hell for leather@drpepsi.bsky.social

They framed Kerry (combat vet, motorcyclist) as an effete academic and Bush (American royalty with a hobby ranch) as the salt-of-the-earth people’s candidate.

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Pour one out for Tulsi Gabbard.

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

Can't believe how fast this site is growing. Sharing a thread of my writing, starting with this piece on my Substack about last year's Rage Against the War Machine Rally. It's some of the most fun I've ever had writing.

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they like trump and want to help him. tallarico winning a senate seat would hurt trump so they want to run stories that make it harder for tallarico to win a senate seat, by emphasizing his perceived weaknesses with the electorate (SECRET VEGETARIAN!?) and downplaying his strengths

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com

Ken Paxton is historically corrupt, John Cornyn is a MAGA traffic cone, and Talarico might be a SECRET VEGETARIAN WITH MID TACO ORDERS. Which one has the best case to be elected to the Senate? WHO CAN SAY?

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I really can’t state strongly enough how utterly stupid this is. Once you eliminate taxes for a class you will never be able to bring them back. And it WILL domino. Eliminating taxes and privatizing everything is the republicans’ end goal. Do not help them!!!

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

Peltola gets on the "no tax" train that Cory Booker, Chris Van Hollen and Katie Porter are hawking, calling to axe "federal income tax entirely for working Alaskans earning less than $92,000 per year." #AKSen

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Any Dem who runs on a platform of ending every single government contract with Palantir, then hiring a team of experts to undo the damage these fascist dorks have done to our infrastructure, communications and personnel, not only has my vote, but has my donation checks and volunteer hours as well.

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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

if the right is successful, it must be because the liberals possess some fatal shortcoming or overreached in a way that mechanically produced backlash. the idea that the political right is its own thing with its own aims, can harness discontent and take advantage of contingency is verboten i guess

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Gonna spend the next two years spamming every elected Dem about the concept of "damnatio memoriae." Chisel his name off every inscription. Build over the various Trump Towers like they're Nero's Golden House. Remove him from physical memory, not to forget but as a sign of disrespect to the man.

NPR@npr.org

The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller. n.pr/3O5czfK

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"A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess." A. Philip Randolph, born on this day in 1889

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happy Opening Day, everyone (the Yankees winning yesterday doesn’t count) let’s go Red Sox, Crochet for Cy Young and Roman Anthony for MVP, I believe

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Replying to @davidleheny.bsky.social

And let’s face it - all of the other race cars, street racers, and cops in the larger movie world almost certainly did too

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If you tried to invent the most depraved US foreign policy it would look like this. No ideological principles, no geopolitical strategy, just corrupt interest & a bottomless appetite for Content

Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social

NEW: The Trump administration is seeking to oust the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in its talks with Cuban political leaders. It plans to allow the Castro family to keep power if they agree to economic changes, creating a client state for the US. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/w...

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This isn’t normal and we have to say that out loud.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

JUST IN: Trump unleashes two big rants against #SCOTUS & Boasberg, judge who blocked the Powell grand jury subpoena. Trump makes clear a deep-seated grudge against the justices, particularly for not intervening in 2020 election

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I was forced to watch TV news when I had breakfast in a diner recently and I strongly resonated with the sentiment that being an intelligent person in America today is like being awake during a surgery.

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UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.