Mark Fitzpatrick
@fitzorhowl.bsky.social
Family, books, travel, sports, punk/punk-adjacent music, culture, academics, and politics.
He/him
Bay Stater. UMass-Amherst alum.
He/him
Bay Stater. UMass-Amherst alum.
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Mark Fitzpatrick
@fitzorhowl.bsky.social
· Jan 24
my name is Mark/Fitz/Fitzy. I attended UMass Amherst majoring in political science and minoring in philosophy with an interest in anthropology. After a short time in a master's program at UConn, I dropped out and now just do lay intellectual stuff. I like political theory, cultural anthro, + more!
Good tunes for 2025 here. Sims Hardin is a great go-to for punk music.
daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
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The Best Punk Music of 2025
Breaking down the most crucial punk albums and EPs released in 2024.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good tunes for 2025 here. Sims Hardin is a great go-to for punk music.
daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2025...
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United States commentators on the more progressive side should temper their cheerleading on European politics. Right wings and nativist forces in social democratic/center left circles exist at high levels, especially right now.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
EU countries back migration crackdown amid far-right surge
New measures will enable capitals to send asylum-seekers abroad for processing.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
United States commentators on the more progressive side should temper their cheerleading on European politics. Right wings and nativist forces in social democratic/center left circles exist at high levels, especially right now.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
I recommend this compilation
All proceeds after cost go to the Gaza Soup Kitchen
thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/poppy-...
All proceeds after cost go to the Gaza Soup Kitchen
thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/poppy-...
Poppy Seeds: An International Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza, by various
19 track album
thedissidents.bandcamp.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I recommend this compilation
All proceeds after cost go to the Gaza Soup Kitchen
thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/poppy-...
All proceeds after cost go to the Gaza Soup Kitchen
thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/poppy-...
This sounds interesting from Stanford University Press.
"Anthony Dest brings the contradictions of peacebuilding and organizing to life, and opens up critical space from which to imagine more liberatory forms of peace. "
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
"Anthony Dest brings the contradictions of peacebuilding and organizing to life, and opens up critical space from which to imagine more liberatory forms of peace. "
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
Dissident Peace | Stanford University Press
In 2016, the peace accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army (FARC–EP) and the Colombian government promised to bring an end to over fifty years of armed conflict. Yet, ...
www.sup.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This sounds interesting from Stanford University Press.
"Anthony Dest brings the contradictions of peacebuilding and organizing to life, and opens up critical space from which to imagine more liberatory forms of peace. "
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
"Anthony Dest brings the contradictions of peacebuilding and organizing to life, and opens up critical space from which to imagine more liberatory forms of peace. "
www.sup.org/books/anthro...
I really want to like this piece but I need to wrestle with this idea of tech helping deliberative democracy. Anyway, this piece was still interesting and this citation from Jim Fishkin really sounds like another book on my wishlist.
www.noemamag.com/a-new-govern...
www.noemamag.com/a-new-govern...
A New Governing Ecosystem Is Evolving | NOEMA
Institutions of citizen deliberation are a counterweight to partisan electoral politics.
www.noemamag.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I really want to like this piece but I need to wrestle with this idea of tech helping deliberative democracy. Anyway, this piece was still interesting and this citation from Jim Fishkin really sounds like another book on my wishlist.
www.noemamag.com/a-new-govern...
www.noemamag.com/a-new-govern...
I have barely watched TV this year. so I was happy to see this list to help me figure out what to watch.
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025
The 15 best TV shows of 2025, from 'The Studio' and 'The Pitt' to 'Severance,' 'Adolescence,' 'Pluribus' and more.
www.rollingstone.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I have barely watched TV this year. so I was happy to see this list to help me figure out what to watch.
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Been watching a lot more sports lately. It's been a good escape. Mostly a New England sports fan but I like some other teams
Professional/college:
-baseball : Red Sox
-hockey : Bruins, Fleet/UMass Minutemen
-basketball : Celtics, Sun/UConn Huskies (men, women)
-Football : Patriots/Oregon Ducks
Professional/college:
-baseball : Red Sox
-hockey : Bruins, Fleet/UMass Minutemen
-basketball : Celtics, Sun/UConn Huskies (men, women)
-Football : Patriots/Oregon Ducks
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Been watching a lot more sports lately. It's been a good escape. Mostly a New England sports fan but I like some other teams
Professional/college:
-baseball : Red Sox
-hockey : Bruins, Fleet/UMass Minutemen
-basketball : Celtics, Sun/UConn Huskies (men, women)
-Football : Patriots/Oregon Ducks
Professional/college:
-baseball : Red Sox
-hockey : Bruins, Fleet/UMass Minutemen
-basketball : Celtics, Sun/UConn Huskies (men, women)
-Football : Patriots/Oregon Ducks
One of the first craft beer breweries I tried when I turned 21 was Rogue. The local liquor store sold them in my college town. I bought the Dead Guy Ale from Rogue. Sad to see it go in such a way
www.brewbound.com/news/rogue-a...
www.brewbound.com/news/rogue-a...
Rogue Ales & Spirits Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Owes More Than $16.7 Million
Rogue Ales & Spirits, one of the country’s largest craft breweries by volume, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday, citing more than $16.7 million in debts.
www.brewbound.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
One of the first craft beer breweries I tried when I turned 21 was Rogue. The local liquor store sold them in my college town. I bought the Dead Guy Ale from Rogue. Sad to see it go in such a way
www.brewbound.com/news/rogue-a...
www.brewbound.com/news/rogue-a...
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Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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MSNBC Live coverage: @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social interviewing a pink unicorn on live television is giving me life. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MSNBC Live coverage: @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social interviewing a pink unicorn on live television is giving me life. #NoKings
I hardly look on Corey Robins page and undergrad was a lifetime ago but the one time I look at Robin's page I find out Nick Xenos, my undergrad advisor at UMass, died last March. Had no clue he passed. Very sad
October 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I hardly look on Corey Robins page and undergrad was a lifetime ago but the one time I look at Robin's page I find out Nick Xenos, my undergrad advisor at UMass, died last March. Had no clue he passed. Very sad
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Autism does not need to be cured
Ableism does
The end
Ableism does
The end
September 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Autism does not need to be cured
Ableism does
The end
Ableism does
The end
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As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:
September 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:
I like this website for news and analysis but I can't keep up with personally micro blogging stuff.
September 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I like this website for news and analysis but I can't keep up with personally micro blogging stuff.
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It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
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This really is the final expression of "libertarianism" as it is practiced in the US today.
September 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This really is the final expression of "libertarianism" as it is practiced in the US today.
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This is eliminationist, genocidal rhetoric. There’s nothing ambiguous about it. And it didn’t come from a random Bluesky account with 28 followers. It came from a sitting member of Congress.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is eliminationist, genocidal rhetoric. There’s nothing ambiguous about it. And it didn’t come from a random Bluesky account with 28 followers. It came from a sitting member of Congress.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
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Remember literally three years ago, when centrist pundits claimed that the trans backlash was really just a wonky debate over the correct medical standards for children?
Fast-forward to today and you have members of Congress calling for ALL trans people to be seized and held incommunicado
Fast-forward to today and you have members of Congress calling for ALL trans people to be seized and held incommunicado
Rep. Ronny Jackson calls to forcefully mass institutionalize trans people and calls them a cancer.
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/r...
September 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Remember literally three years ago, when centrist pundits claimed that the trans backlash was really just a wonky debate over the correct medical standards for children?
Fast-forward to today and you have members of Congress calling for ALL trans people to be seized and held incommunicado
Fast-forward to today and you have members of Congress calling for ALL trans people to be seized and held incommunicado
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"Respond" to what? Brazil applying its own laws to a Brazilian in a fair and transparent process?
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro reut.rs/4piCG0f
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would "respond accordingly to this witch hunt" after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Respond" to what? Brazil applying its own laws to a Brazilian in a fair and transparent process?
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Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
September 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.