Mark Bowen
@aratusofsicyon.bsky.social
Intelligence history student. Covert action, counterintelligence and HUMINT tradecraft. Sometimes Classics.
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“Well, Russell, I’m proud of you. This has been a really productive session. And you’re telling me you see what this conflict is all about!”
“Mostly, yeah. I think I do.”
“That you don’t identify with your peers? Trying so hard, getting so far?”
“That’s right.”
“And-“
“Don’t-”
“In the end…”
“Mostly, yeah. I think I do.”
“That you don’t identify with your peers? Trying so hard, getting so far?”
“That’s right.”
“And-“
“Don’t-”
“In the end…”
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
“Well, Russell, I’m proud of you. This has been a really productive session. And you’re telling me you see what this conflict is all about!”
“Mostly, yeah. I think I do.”
“That you don’t identify with your peers? Trying so hard, getting so far?”
“That’s right.”
“And-“
“Don’t-”
“In the end…”
“Mostly, yeah. I think I do.”
“That you don’t identify with your peers? Trying so hard, getting so far?”
“That’s right.”
“And-“
“Don’t-”
“In the end…”
Why is Robert Hanssen on the BBC YouTube channel?
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Why is Robert Hanssen on the BBC YouTube channel?
The declassified files are fascinating for other reasons though. The Mexico City cables are probably the best publicly available window into the day-to-day function of a CIA Station, excepting perhaps the reconstructed Iranian Embassy files.
I guess, having waded into the JFK assassination mire, I should produce some Discourse on it.
The event was excruciatingly investigated and the answer is the boring answer that a random nut shot people. Which is disconcerting because everything leading to the boring answer is very weird
The event was excruciatingly investigated and the answer is the boring answer that a random nut shot people. Which is disconcerting because everything leading to the boring answer is very weird
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The declassified files are fascinating for other reasons though. The Mexico City cables are probably the best publicly available window into the day-to-day function of a CIA Station, excepting perhaps the reconstructed Iranian Embassy files.
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The Feliks Edmundovich Fitzgerald
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Feliks Edmundovich Fitzgerald
Sy Hersh in the big 2025
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sy Hersh in the big 2025
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“sometimes, the old ways are the best.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“sometimes, the old ways are the best.”
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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do you think the iranian saudi emirati chinese israeli german russian and french spies in mar a lago have a groupchat
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
do you think the iranian saudi emirati chinese israeli german russian and french spies in mar a lago have a groupchat
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Jeff Epstein? The Never-Trump guy?
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jeff Epstein? The Never-Trump guy?
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Irish antimilitarism is funny because the core premise is that Ireland‘s history of British exploitation is exactly why defense of Ireland‘s airspace and sea lanes should be mostly outsourced to the United Kingdom.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Irish antimilitarism is funny because the core premise is that Ireland‘s history of British exploitation is exactly why defense of Ireland‘s airspace and sea lanes should be mostly outsourced to the United Kingdom.
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epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
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“real homies take this opportunity to tell their weird internet contemporaries what really happened to vitaly churkin“
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“real homies take this opportunity to tell their weird internet contemporaries what really happened to vitaly churkin“
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" It was 2016. It's always 2016 with us. In our lives together, which are sweet in the way of rotting things, it is somehow permanently 2016."
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
" It was 2016. It's always 2016 with us. In our lives together, which are sweet in the way of rotting things, it is somehow permanently 2016."
LONG 2016!
GIVE IT UP FOR LOOOOOOONG 2016!
GIVE IT UP FOR LOOOOOOONG 2016!
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
LONG 2016!
GIVE IT UP FOR LOOOOOOONG 2016!
GIVE IT UP FOR LOOOOOOONG 2016!
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Folks, it’s excellent.
Happy new Mountain Goats Album Day to those observed and condolences to those forced to observe by enthusiastic husbands
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Folks, it’s excellent.
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12 dollars. Having an eBay account is men’s mental health
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
12 dollars. Having an eBay account is men’s mental health
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The 2028 Dem downballot field is going to be populated by 30-something DSA members and 40-something "accountants" with thousand yard stares whose opponents' search history and private communications keep mysteriously getting leaked online.
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The 2028 Dem downballot field is going to be populated by 30-something DSA members and 40-something "accountants" with thousand yard stares whose opponents' search history and private communications keep mysteriously getting leaked online.
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Crazy day for your natsec lib friends who also understand the differences between Twelver and non-Twelver Shi'a Islam.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Crazy day for your natsec lib friends who also understand the differences between Twelver and non-Twelver Shi'a Islam.
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new NoVA winemom yard sign just dropped
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
new NoVA winemom yard sign just dropped
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
In This House We Believe:
-Black Lives Matter
-No Human Is Illegal
-Women's Rights Are Human Rights
-Science Is Real
-[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871]
-Love Is Love
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Baseball is like if the Book of Job was a sport.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Baseball is like if the Book of Job was a sport.