Mark J. Knippel

Mark J. Knippel

@swellsort.bsky.social

Musician, writer, composer, dog person, food person

640 followers818 following579 posts

Mark J. Knippel
@swellsort.bsky.social

Regulated?! Ban that shit already

Brennan Center@brennancenter.org

A new survey supported by the Brennan Center finds that prediction market odds shift voters’ views of which candidates are electable, regardless of the polls. bit.ly/4yC9uVB

brennancenter.orgNew Study Finds Prediction Markets Are Influencing Voters — and Voters Want Them RegulatedA new survey supported by the Brennan Center finds that prediction market odds shift voters’ views of which candidates are electable.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

the important thing to know about every republican candidate who is pretending they will be an independent voice and not a rubber stamp for trump is that they're all lying

OPB@opb.org

When asked if she’s MAGA, the Republican standard bearer in Oregon said she’s an Oregon Republican and her own person regardless of who’s in the White House.

opb.orgChristine Drazan says she’s her own person, but will it matter? Drazan has tried to walk a fine line all Republicans running for statewide office in Oregon must overcome: To get elected, she can’t alienate her base but she must also appeal to more moderate voters who are persuadable.
Mark J. Knippel
@swellsort.bsky.social

Look I know this is probably an automated account, but seems like there is something of more local concern happening today... ktvz.com/news/2026/10...

ktvz.comBREAKING NEWS: Multiple Victims Following Shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, Including ChildrenUpdate: From Bend Police: At approximately 12:59 p.m., Bend Police responded to Silver Rail Elementary on reports of an active shooter. The first call indicated that an unknown man had shot into a car...
Central Oregon Daily News@codaily.bsky.social

Selena Gomez raves about 'wonderful' year of marriage with Benny Blanco

centraloregondaily.comSelena Gomez raves about 'wonderful' year of marriage with Benny BlancoLOS ANGELES – Selena Gomez has taken some lessons to heart in her first year of marriage.
Mark J. Knippel
@swellsort.bsky.social
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

Guy literally is delusional: Reporter: You said Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire but both sides say they have not. Trump: They agree. You know why? Because I said you agree. That’s why. They agreed because I said they agreed.

Mark J. Knippel
@swellsort.bsky.social

Yale isn't sending their best

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports

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David_j_roth
@davidjroth.bsky.social

I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

defector.comWe're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | DefectorIn a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

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Will Bunch
@willbunch.bsky.social

ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

inquirer.comICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will BunchSalgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.

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mtsw
@mtsw.bsky.social

elderly council of wizards mandates child gential inspections.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF IDAHO, WEST VIRGINIA LAWS BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING ON FEMALE SPORTS TEAMS

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Metal-Aged Mom
@metalagedmom.bsky.social

Watching episode of ER from 2001. Dr. Chen & Dr. Carter are trying to diagnose an unconscious preschooler. Carter: “Could be measles.” Chen: “Measles? Have you ever seen measles?” Carter: “No, have you?” Chen: “Of course not, nobody’s seen measles.” So far backwards in such a short time.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

I think it’s extremely helpful to have Mayor Pete out there setting these markers for what the debate is going to look like I do not think he wins but he’ll have a presence in the race and to have someone outside the left lane pushing for SC expansion and DC statehood is important

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US

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Ed Zitron
@edzitron.com

Decided to pull out an important part of the interview. Generative AI is often justified with comparisons to the cost of Amazon Web Services ($57bn) or Uber's ($32bn) in losses, when its costs and losses are hundreds of billions of dollars worse. And there's no post-bubble redemption story.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

youtube.comAnthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed ZitronYouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts

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Acyn
@acyn.bsky.social

Ossoff: He settled the suit with himself to create a $1.8 billion slush fund so he can cut checks to cronies and Jan 6th foot soldiers. The same men who sacked the Capitol. Donald Trump's brown shirts . He pardoned them, and now he wants you to pay them.