Mark Cathey
@markcathey.bsky.social
Lawyer and book buyer (buys books but doesn’t read)
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This is, legitimately, one of the best books I've ever read, and whether you're reading along with us or not, I hope you check out "Unwomanly Face of War." It's an absolute banger.
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is, legitimately, one of the best books I've ever read, and whether you're reading along with us or not, I hope you check out "Unwomanly Face of War." It's an absolute banger.
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Jelly Roll where are you. What do I need to think about Politics
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Jelly Roll where are you. What do I need to think about Politics
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wait they got to ride the big plane too
Your World Champion @seahawksofficial.com have arrived! 💚💙
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
wait they got to ride the big plane too
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👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
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Just hire all the laid off reporters. Call it the Washington Citizen or something. Doesn’t seem that hard.
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Just hire all the laid off reporters. Call it the Washington Citizen or something. Doesn’t seem that hard.
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I think Jamelle is very good looking
kind of amazing to think that there are people who wake up in the morning, get mad at a fox news post and then send this stuff
February 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I think Jamelle is very good looking
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The Register — hardly an uncritical booster of tech companies! — has the number of ChatGPT users *alone* at 900 million PER WEEK, 35M of them paying. Tell me you think all of the billion people, across all of these platforms, are being forced to use these tools. www.theregister.com/2026/01/17/o...
ChatGPT will get ads. Free and Go users first
: Gotta pay for those datacenter buildouts somehow
www.theregister.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The Register — hardly an uncritical booster of tech companies! — has the number of ChatGPT users *alone* at 900 million PER WEEK, 35M of them paying. Tell me you think all of the billion people, across all of these platforms, are being forced to use these tools. www.theregister.com/2026/01/17/o...
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Wild how you can basically chart America’s course over the past two decades through Epstein emails
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Wild how you can basically chart America’s course over the past two decades through Epstein emails
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i mean, if your starting position is “they will not adhere to any restrictions on them whatsoever”, then i have some bad news about the process of abolishing ICE
January 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
i mean, if your starting position is “they will not adhere to any restrictions on them whatsoever”, then i have some bad news about the process of abolishing ICE
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[every Minnesotan standing one by one]: “I am Kent Hrbek 420.”
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements.
FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
FBI Director Kash Patel made the statement after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
nbcnews.to
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
[every Minnesotan standing one by one]: “I am Kent Hrbek 420.”
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there is not a single swing voter in NC or wherever who is deciding how to vote based on what chuck schumer said in january
January 21, 2026 at 1:09 AM
there is not a single swing voter in NC or wherever who is deciding how to vote based on what chuck schumer said in january
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2. ICE has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025. Last week, ICE posted a notice on an obscure government website announcing it will not begin processing such claims until at least April 30, 2026.
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
2. ICE has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025. Last week, ICE posted a notice on an obscure government website announcing it will not begin processing such claims until at least April 30, 2026.
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Yes. We need to do the hard work of changing the conversation around immigration.
Immigration is good. It strengthens our economy and enriches our culture. We need more of it — and an orderly, humane path for would-be immigrants to follow. Democratic politicians should embrace this task.
Immigration is good. It strengthens our economy and enriches our culture. We need more of it — and an orderly, humane path for would-be immigrants to follow. Democratic politicians should embrace this task.
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Yes. We need to do the hard work of changing the conversation around immigration.
Immigration is good. It strengthens our economy and enriches our culture. We need more of it — and an orderly, humane path for would-be immigrants to follow. Democratic politicians should embrace this task.
Immigration is good. It strengthens our economy and enriches our culture. We need more of it — and an orderly, humane path for would-be immigrants to follow. Democratic politicians should embrace this task.
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even cooler, if biden had just lost in 2020 trump would have been relatively constrained by the "adults" of his first term, and exiting the stage in 2024 spent and wearing covid inflation and the various wars. letting this fuck off the hook then running again with brain damage made it 100x worse
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 AM
even cooler, if biden had just lost in 2020 trump would have been relatively constrained by the "adults" of his first term, and exiting the stage in 2024 spent and wearing covid inflation and the various wars. letting this fuck off the hook then running again with brain damage made it 100x worse
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it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
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I was told this man was a once-in-a-generation talent who could deliver MAGA from its worse impulses while governing as a sensible right-centrist... Can't believe the "white rage and destroy UVA" platform didn't prove more durable... I will not learn any lessons from this outcome...
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was told this man was a once-in-a-generation talent who could deliver MAGA from its worse impulses while governing as a sensible right-centrist... Can't believe the "white rage and destroy UVA" platform didn't prove more durable... I will not learn any lessons from this outcome...
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[werner herzog voice] these prefabricated mortal pastries, dying for cheap spectacle
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
[werner herzog voice] these prefabricated mortal pastries, dying for cheap spectacle
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one serious answer? a lot of elites—including many liberals—absolutely lost their minds the one time our government asked them make the same mid-crisis sacrifices for the public good as everyone else. and they are happy to fund and publish damn near anything to prevent that from happening again
There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
one serious answer? a lot of elites—including many liberals—absolutely lost their minds the one time our government asked them make the same mid-crisis sacrifices for the public good as everyone else. and they are happy to fund and publish damn near anything to prevent that from happening again
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We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative
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Updating the "everyone is 12" theorem to add "everyone is 12 and can't read"
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Updating the "everyone is 12" theorem to add "everyone is 12 and can't read"
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For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
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Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas' answer to the SCOTUS ruling on Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas' answer to the SCOTUS ruling on Texas.