Mark Mauer
@markmauer.bsky.social
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Northern California forest walker #Humboldt
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Bobby Briggs killed a man.
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Naturally the coolest.
And she was a great photographer.
So long Diane.
Diane Keaton in the 70s on a city street with a book and a Rolleiflex camera. Diane Keaton in a recent photo, looking as cool as ever.
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Wow - that eulogy Dan Aykroyd delivers for John Candy is beautiful.
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Marshall is so good.
Untitled (2014). Seen at North Carolina Museum of Art
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And - you know - killing millions of people too.
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Saw a strangely perfect copy of a 1978 paperback of Battlestar Galactica on the shelf at Eureka Books today for $5. Literally looked brand new. Even the silver lettering was spotless.
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Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."
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CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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Here’s video of the incident
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That Afghan Whigs / Motown logo is so damn cool.

My current listen:
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Kids today need to listen to more Galaxie 500.
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I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us
Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.
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Kennedy has spent decades advancing dangerous and discredited claims about vaccines — most notoriously, the thoroughly discredited theory that childhood vaccines cause autism. He has promoted misinformation about the HPV vaccine… and has misrepresented the risks of coronavirus vaccines. #GiftArticle
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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About 556,000 veterans receive disability benefits for eczema, 332,000 for hemorrhoids, 110,000 for benign skin growths, 81,000 for acne and 74,000 for varicose veins...
millions of the claims are for minor or treatable afflictions... such as hair loss, jock itch and toenail fungus. #GiftArticle
How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls
The Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on dubious and even fraudulent disabilities benefits. Meanwhile, some deserving cases wait.
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A WORLD OF SCIENCE!
AND SUPER SORCERY!

Or something like that. I loved this show.
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Bought a cheap telescope from a yard sale and it was kind of worth it.
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Beauty of a collection!
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You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.
 “[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”