Mark Kille (he/him)
@markakille.bsky.social
Pacific NW via every continental US time zone. Working Families Party stan. Women's soccer, genre and queer romance, cephalopods, trains! Forever a librarian in my heart.
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Mass market paperbacks are my favorite format. They're small, easy to carry, fit into pockets and bags, and just easier to use if I don't want to read the ebook. I don't love the larger formats and I do like a break from screens.
Mass market paperbacks are my favorite format. They're small, easy to carry, fit into pockets and bags, and just easier to use if I don't want to read the ebook. I don't love the larger formats and I do like a break from screens.
The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once filled airport bookstores and supermarket media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Mass market paperbacks are my favorite format. They're small, easy to carry, fit into pockets and bags, and just easier to use if I don't want to read the ebook. I don't love the larger formats and I do like a break from screens.
Mass market paperbacks are my favorite format. They're small, easy to carry, fit into pockets and bags, and just easier to use if I don't want to read the ebook. I don't love the larger formats and I do like a break from screens.
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Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.
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Letting illness run rampant in prisons is just one kind of genocide.
“Amalia had been healthy before immigration officers arrested her family… Amalia’s health quickly deteriorated [in Dilley]. On Jan. 18, she was rushed to a children’s hospital where doctors treated her for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.”
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Letting illness run rampant in prisons is just one kind of genocide.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
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Shouts to @womensgamemib.bsky.social for their support of trans and non-binary athletes. #TransPeopleBelong
Happy National Girls & Women in Sports Day ✨
Today is about celebrating all the women & girls who inspire us in sports—including trans & non-binary athletes. For those who paved the way and those that will follow, we continue the fight for inclusivity and community in sports 💛
Today is about celebrating all the women & girls who inspire us in sports—including trans & non-binary athletes. For those who paved the way and those that will follow, we continue the fight for inclusivity and community in sports 💛
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Shouts to @womensgamemib.bsky.social for their support of trans and non-binary athletes. #TransPeopleBelong
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DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND… AGAIN NEXT WEEK!! Same time, same place. #BAONPDX #RCTID
Graphics updates tomorrow when the 14% beer wears off…
Graphics updates tomorrow when the 14% beer wears off…
Come by on Wednesday to help us clear the lines and fundraise for local organizations! All drink sales will be going to PIRC and OJRC and all drinks are $3. 6-9pm @ Legends. #RCTID
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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2026 marks a double milestone: 100 years of celebrating Black history and 50 years of Black History Month 💚🖤
We’re kicking off our Friday features with the "Father of Black History," Carter G. Woodson. ✍🏾
📖 Read more about his lasting legacy:
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We’re kicking off our Friday features with the "Father of Black History," Carter G. Woodson. ✍🏾
📖 Read more about his lasting legacy:
naacp.org/find-resourc...
February 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
2026 marks a double milestone: 100 years of celebrating Black history and 50 years of Black History Month 💚🖤
We’re kicking off our Friday features with the "Father of Black History," Carter G. Woodson. ✍🏾
📖 Read more about his lasting legacy:
naacp.org/find-resourc...
We’re kicking off our Friday features with the "Father of Black History," Carter G. Woodson. ✍🏾
📖 Read more about his lasting legacy:
naacp.org/find-resourc...
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"Using our platforms to inspire Black girls to aspire to high positions in sports and society." #BlackHistoryMonth
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"Using our platforms to inspire Black girls to aspire to high positions in sports and society." #BlackHistoryMonth
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"We are focusing on looking on this new season and we want to achieve more."
Barbra Banda is healed and ready to compete. Read what she said at NWSL media day in @anniempeterson.bsky.social's latest:
www.theixsports.com/the-ix-socce...
Barbra Banda is healed and ready to compete. Read what she said at NWSL media day in @anniempeterson.bsky.social's latest:
www.theixsports.com/the-ix-socce...
Barbra Banda anxious to return for Orlando Pride - The IX Soccer
After missing half of the 2025 campaign, Barbra Banda is "fully back" and looking forward to rejoining the Orlando Pride.
www.theixsports.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"We are focusing on looking on this new season and we want to achieve more."
Barbra Banda is healed and ready to compete. Read what she said at NWSL media day in @anniempeterson.bsky.social's latest:
www.theixsports.com/the-ix-socce...
Barbra Banda is healed and ready to compete. Read what she said at NWSL media day in @anniempeterson.bsky.social's latest:
www.theixsports.com/the-ix-socce...
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The phrase "most racist" implies there have been other things that aren't quite as racist, but still pretty racist.
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The phrase "most racist" implies there have been other things that aren't quite as racist, but still pretty racist.
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All of life in the Age of Techbros seems like this over and over again.
February 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
All of life in the Age of Techbros seems like this over and over again.
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E pluribus unum
Portland has inflatable animals. BYU was hymns. WWE audiences shout "Fuck ICE." We all protest in our own way.
And here is an anti-ICE protest just outside of BYU
And in perfect BYU fashion theyre singing hymns
And in perfect BYU fashion theyre singing hymns
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
E pluribus unum
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I love when I see a picture, and I think, “well who the fuck is that?” and then the alt text tells me who the fuck it is
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I love when I see a picture, and I think, “well who the fuck is that?” and then the alt text tells me who the fuck it is
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The masks aren't the cause of their violent behavior. The masks are the result of a system that has uplifted law enforcement despite their open radicalization to the right. Where we are politically with federal police is the result of a failure to take seriously the problem of police power.
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The masks aren't the cause of their violent behavior. The masks are the result of a system that has uplifted law enforcement despite their open radicalization to the right. Where we are politically with federal police is the result of a failure to take seriously the problem of police power.
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This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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If Mamdani actually figures out a way to get safe, clean, usable public toilets built in NYC, they're going to call him the greatest mayor of all time.
More public restrooms across our city?
Relief for all New Yorkers.
Relief for all New Yorkers.
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
If Mamdani actually figures out a way to get safe, clean, usable public toilets built in NYC, they're going to call him the greatest mayor of all time.
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Urgent: Tell OR Representatives to Support 1.25% for Wildlife (HB 4134)!
Now is our first chance in the legislative session to urge our representatives to vote “yes” on HB 4134 - 1.25% for Wildlife Bill! Please ask members of the House Revenue Committee to support HB 4134,...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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I can’t see an ICE facility, especially based on what little we know, having the capacity to treat a severe case of measles, never mind multiple cases.
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I can’t see an ICE facility, especially based on what little we know, having the capacity to treat a severe case of measles, never mind multiple cases.
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FUCK YEAH GULLAH-GEECHEE!!
The ONLY surviving Gullah-Geechee community in Georgia just stopped developers with an 85% vote on Sapelo Island. They protected their language, culture, and ancestral land from gentrification. When Black communities unite, we win. This is power.
Gullah-Geechee People Stopped Gentrification Dead in its Tracks
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
www.theroot.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
FUCK YEAH GULLAH-GEECHEE!!