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Mark Blacknell
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 29d
This summer, we signed up for a week of dive lessons. I’d never really learned how to use a diving board.

It was an hour a day of throwing my body into the air and hoping I did it right. It was some of the most fun I’ve had in years, and I’m so glad we did it.

(First in a series of Good Things)
Diving into a pool
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4h
The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.
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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 15h
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 20h
a woman with curly hair is standing in front of a window with her arms outstretched
ALT: a woman with curly hair is standing in front of a window with her arms outstretched
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 21h
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 21h
But more seriously, this is *fantastic*. Mockery is an incredibly effective tool, and we should be channeling an ocean of it at these clowns. I'm all for a gentler kinder world, but in this case, mockery is the bare minimum of what these folks demand.

(Also, @theverge.com continues to be 10/10)
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d
I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...
American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Frog is owning the president.
www.theverge.com
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 21h
God bless every one of you who know the next line.
a woman in a red floral shirt is smiling in a room with plates on the wall .
ALT: a woman in a red floral shirt is smiling in a room with plates on the wall .
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 21h
It must be bunnies?
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 1d
I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...
American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming
The Frog is owning the president.
www.theverge.com
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 1d
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 1d
JFC, these goddamn vandals.
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Ned Wharton @nedwharton.bsky.social · 1d
They've chopped down the trees along the waterfront terrace at the Kennedy Center. washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/10/09/g...
Washington Classical Review
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 1d
Not sure who's hazing who, tho'
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, the income is restricted to $1B or more.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 1d
Always a good time, this.

(The wine and cheese and books part.)
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Capitol Hill Books @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social · 1d
Hey, DC: Are you poor and/or furloughed but looking for good times? This Saturday from 5pm to 7:30pm we’ll have free wine & cheese plus 10% off all purchases.
Books People in a bookstore having good times
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 1d
CBP/ICE has been garbage for years and years, with virtually no pushback from Dem administrations. We’re paying the price for the unwillingness to face that in the past. And that price can absolutely skyrocket.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL1N...
Rupert And The Frog Song - We All Stand Together
YouTube video by Cl04d
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
I assume it’s a building to house pilots here for training. But . . . Christ. (Also, the rest of the planet must be having a good laugh at our reaction to having foreign military facilities on our soil . . . ).
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
The good citizens of DC are ready for them. We're just busy being decent Americans, and they're . . . not.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
They’ve always been a bunch of of whiny little victims, mad that they’re not getting more sympathy for their imaginary slights.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d
Far from states' rights, the secession declarations were full of complaints federal power hadn't been used enough: against free states, to force slavery on the territories, to censor abolitionists. They wanted federal power but only in their hands. Opponents winning an election was unacceptable.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
You know, I hadn't planned to go to this, but clearing the calendar now.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
And that’s. . . the rest of the story.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
How do you get there? Is it bitterness? Being raised around a bunch of other people so coddled that they can't fathom failure? A desperate need for acceptance?

A whole lot of things to write about.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
Would be great to read some pieces (or even better, get some TikToks) about how absolutely fucked in the head you have to be to go "Hey, this is an open question. Maybe it should happen?"
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
Nothing matters?
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
Goddamnit. Now you have to hear this, too.

(👏👏👏)
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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2d
*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
You know, it's important to accept yourself. And I accept (I think), that there's a part of me that understood every part of this and thought "Well that sounds quite appealing."

(And just to balance things out, there's also a part of me that thought "Oh, Chloë Sevigny? Yes.")
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d
Like if you know this is going to happen you might be able to sit back and let it wash over you
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
Garbage human, garbage writer, garbage paper.
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Mark Blacknell @blacknell.bsky.social · 2d
Where you at, @agomezfcc.bsky.social?