Mark Dery
@markdery.bsky.social
Cultural critic. Author. Coined "Afrofuturism." Theorized "culture jamming." Antifascist AF. Editor/writing coach for hire: https://coaching.markdery.com/. Read me: https://www.markdery.com/articles/
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Anti-Fascism, FUCK YEAH. #Antifascist #Antifascism
January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Anti-Fascism, FUCK YEAH. #Antifascist #Antifascism
Ah, the obscure objects of intellectual obsession. How can you not love scholarship so devoted to something so microniche you can count its audience on one hand, a demographic synonymous with its only living specialists?
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Ah, the obscure objects of intellectual obsession. How can you not love scholarship so devoted to something so microniche you can count its audience on one hand, a demographic synonymous with its only living specialists?
My feelings, exactly.
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
My feelings, exactly.
Great Moments in Post-Literacy: It's the match that lights the fire. You want a metaphor in which the match, having been lit, starts a conflagration. You know, like the proverbial spark in the tinderbox. Or the match in the gas tank. Or... Oh, never mind. Forget it, Jake: it's Idiocracy.
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Great Moments in Post-Literacy: It's the match that lights the fire. You want a metaphor in which the match, having been lit, starts a conflagration. You know, like the proverbial spark in the tinderbox. Or the match in the gas tank. Or... Oh, never mind. Forget it, Jake: it's Idiocracy.
The objective correlative to the experience of watching cable news in Year 2 of the Unspeakable Horror of Trump's Fascist Kakistocracy.
(Images: The Filth by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Gary Erskine; The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, art by Chris Weston.)
#GRANTMORRISON
(Images: The Filth by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Gary Erskine; The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, art by Chris Weston.)
#GRANTMORRISON
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The objective correlative to the experience of watching cable news in Year 2 of the Unspeakable Horror of Trump's Fascist Kakistocracy.
(Images: The Filth by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Gary Erskine; The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, art by Chris Weston.)
#GRANTMORRISON
(Images: The Filth by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Gary Erskine; The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, art by Chris Weston.)
#GRANTMORRISON
The publisher's blurb describes Benjamin Fondane as "a metaphysical anarchist." Not quite sure what that is, exactly, but it sounds like something to be. #benjaminfondane #metaphysicalanarchy
January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The publisher's blurb describes Benjamin Fondane as "a metaphysical anarchist." Not quite sure what that is, exactly, but it sounds like something to be. #benjaminfondane #metaphysicalanarchy
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People will say "What are the Democrats supposed to do? They're not in power!" And it's not about what they can do now, it's about what they should have done when they did have power.
Many scholars of authoritarianism saw ICE & CBP as a likely source of secret police if Trump returned to power.
Biden responded by increasing their funding and ranks.
Pro tip for ruling parties facing authoritarian opposition: don’t fund your opponent’s secret police while they’re out of power.
Biden responded by increasing their funding and ranks.
Pro tip for ruling parties facing authoritarian opposition: don’t fund your opponent’s secret police while they’re out of power.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Supplemental Funding Request | Homeland Security
President Biden continues to implement a migration strategy focused on enforcement, deterrence, and diplomacy.
www.dhs.gov
January 8, 2026 at 6:29 AM
People will say "What are the Democrats supposed to do? They're not in power!" And it's not about what they can do now, it's about what they should have done when they did have power.
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Jesus.
Need to be careful about sharing photos, but these were taken by Chris Juhn, a photojournalist in Minneapolis.
You can find them on his FB page below. The officer is firing a pepperball.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Need to be careful about sharing photos, but these were taken by Chris Juhn, a photojournalist in Minneapolis.
You can find them on his FB page below. The officer is firing a pepperball.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
ICE++ the CBP, and judging from the patches — BORTAC.
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Jesus.
Need to be careful about sharing photos, but these were taken by Chris Juhn, a photojournalist in Minneapolis.
You can find them on his FB page below. The officer is firing a pepperball.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Need to be careful about sharing photos, but these were taken by Chris Juhn, a photojournalist in Minneapolis.
You can find them on his FB page below. The officer is firing a pepperball.
www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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The resident dean who was fired was given only ten days to vacate his housing. @harvard.edu is putting a Black family — with a newborn baby — out on the street because of comments opposing white supremacy.
Please donate to their gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Please donate to their gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The resident dean who was fired was given only ten days to vacate his housing. @harvard.edu is putting a Black family — with a newborn baby — out on the street because of comments opposing white supremacy.
Please donate to their gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Please donate to their gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.”
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
All MPLS schools now closed for the week.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Turned on CNN just to see what the what and there's Scott Jennings, "was no angel-ing" the mother of a toddler who got shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Turned on CNN just to see what the what and there's Scott Jennings, "was no angel-ing" the mother of a toddler who got shot in the face.
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This obviously secondary, but why are government agents talking like this to a person who, at most, was passively causing them a temporary inconvenience? I'm supposed to believe she was the aggressor here?
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This obviously secondary, but why are government agents talking like this to a person who, at most, was passively causing them a temporary inconvenience? I'm supposed to believe she was the aggressor here?
NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE: On Jan 6 2021, a white-supremacist mob sacked the Capitol & hunted the “traitors” on their lynch-mob bucket list. Trumpism—a tribal bellow of white rage & reaction—was their common bond. History will revile them, Trump, & the GOP as a confederacy of dunces. #january62021
January 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE: On Jan 6 2021, a white-supremacist mob sacked the Capitol & hunted the “traitors” on their lynch-mob bucket list. Trumpism—a tribal bellow of white rage & reaction—was their common bond. History will revile them, Trump, & the GOP as a confederacy of dunces. #january62021
Maduro was a monster of authoritarianism. So is Trump. Exercising the rule-by-fiat privileges of a dictator to remove a dictator is a burnt offering to the God of Irony, not to mention a leading indicator of America’s slide into terrifyingly batshit, Idi Amin-level totalitarianism. #MADURO
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Maduro was a monster of authoritarianism. So is Trump. Exercising the rule-by-fiat privileges of a dictator to remove a dictator is a burnt offering to the God of Irony, not to mention a leading indicator of America’s slide into terrifyingly batshit, Idi Amin-level totalitarianism. #MADURO
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Historical revisionism about COVID-19 and the public health response is now mainstream. The next pandemic will likely be even harder to manage due to a relentless propaganda campaign to weaken public support for masking, vaccines, social distancing, etc.
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Historical revisionism about COVID-19 and the public health response is now mainstream. The next pandemic will likely be even harder to manage due to a relentless propaganda campaign to weaken public support for masking, vaccines, social distancing, etc.
Utterly devastated to hear Ashley Crawford—cultural critic, arts writer, and founding editor of the hugely influential 1990’s cyberculture magazine 21.C and boundary-shattering World Art—died. He published my edgiest essays of the '90's and was a dear friend. Can't believe he's gone. #ashleycrawford
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Utterly devastated to hear Ashley Crawford—cultural critic, arts writer, and founding editor of the hugely influential 1990’s cyberculture magazine 21.C and boundary-shattering World Art—died. He published my edgiest essays of the '90's and was a dear friend. Can't believe he's gone. #ashleycrawford
@mmifflin.bsky.social on "Marriage and the Maiden Name": daily.jstor.org/marriage-and...
“A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.”
“A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.”
Marriage and the Maiden Name - JSTOR Daily
While many women trade surnames they had at birth for their husbands’, some hold on tightly to the former, a tradition famously established by Lucy Stone.
daily.jstor.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@mmifflin.bsky.social on "Marriage and the Maiden Name": daily.jstor.org/marriage-and...
“A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.”
“A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.”
DECK THE HALLS WITH DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: My Edward Gorey bio is the perfect blunt object for bludgeoning trolls, brainless critics, & that odious relative in the red hat. Buy one to read and another to drop, from a lethal height, on pestiferous carolers. www.markdery.com/books/born-t... #EdwardGorey
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Genius and Mysterious Life of Edward Gorey
The writer and illustrator Edward Gorey, who died in 2000 at 75, was the unequaled master of gothic whimsy, camp-macabre melodrama, and morbid nonsense. His obsessively crosshatched, amusingly lugubri...
www.markdery.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
DECK THE HALLS WITH DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: My Edward Gorey bio is the perfect blunt object for bludgeoning trolls, brainless critics, & that odious relative in the red hat. Buy one to read and another to drop, from a lethal height, on pestiferous carolers. www.markdery.com/books/born-t... #EdwardGorey
They left out the eat-the-rich hardhat sawing off the beam these parasitic capitalist xenomorphs are sitting on. Class war now.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
They left out the eat-the-rich hardhat sawing off the beam these parasitic capitalist xenomorphs are sitting on. Class war now.
And being a "good Catholic" doesn't make you a good person. Can we consign to Dr. Evil's incinerator chute the Dark Ages fiction that god-bothering makes you a better human being? Religiosity doesn't remotely equate to ethical behavior. Ask a survivor of Catholic-priest abuse.
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And being a "good Catholic" doesn't make you a good person. Can we consign to Dr. Evil's incinerator chute the Dark Ages fiction that god-bothering makes you a better human being? Religiosity doesn't remotely equate to ethical behavior. Ask a survivor of Catholic-priest abuse.
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What could go wrong?
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
What could go wrong?
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The assault on vaccines gets real.
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
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Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
This RFK Jr.-founded group demands the FDA kill the COVID vaccine
An anti-vaccine organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a petition to remove the shots from the market.
www.axios.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The assault on vaccines gets real.
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
Children's Health Defense, founded by Kennedy filed a citizen's petition asking Marty Makary to deem Moderna & Pfizer COVID vaccines "misbranded" & revoke their licenses "due to a lack of compliance with FDA regulations."
#SacktheQuack
🧪 archive.today/3CSVr
"Enigmatic, allusive, silly, somber, haunted by 'the miseries of childhood'”: My review of a new coffee-table tome on Edward Gorey (whom I biographized: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mark-...) is live @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1... #EdwardGorey #Gorey
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1... #EdwardGorey #Gorey
Review | A centennial look back at Edward Gorey’s macabre art and guarded life
In “E Is for Edward,” a sumptuously illustrated coffee table book, Gregory Hischak wears his extensive knowledge lightly
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Enigmatic, allusive, silly, somber, haunted by 'the miseries of childhood'”: My review of a new coffee-table tome on Edward Gorey (whom I biographized: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mark-...) is live @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1... #EdwardGorey #Gorey
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1... #EdwardGorey #Gorey
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HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."