Mark X
@markmx.bsky.social
Veteran, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
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They’re literally acting like fucking Russians
take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
They’re literally acting like fucking Russians
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
At first glance the Apple-Google Gemini partnership seems more analogous to Apple-ARM partnership (custom implementer of a foundation technology) than the search or maps deals folks are reaching for out of familiarity.
The implications and prognosis are vastly different.
The implications and prognosis are vastly different.
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
At first glance the Apple-Google Gemini partnership seems more analogous to Apple-ARM partnership (custom implementer of a foundation technology) than the search or maps deals folks are reaching for out of familiarity.
The implications and prognosis are vastly different.
The implications and prognosis are vastly different.
Putting yourself in dangerous situations (in defense of your community) and crying when bad things happen is the definition of courage and sacrifice.
Mourn our fallen, hold the line, keep showing up.
Mourn our fallen, hold the line, keep showing up.
There’s a non-zero possibility that this sort of epistemic closure is a big piece of the male crisis in America.
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Putting yourself in dangerous situations (in defense of your community) and crying when bad things happen is the definition of courage and sacrifice.
Mourn our fallen, hold the line, keep showing up.
Mourn our fallen, hold the line, keep showing up.
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
Liquid Glass hate has reached sportsball discourse
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Liquid Glass hate has reached sportsball discourse
The Minstrel fell!—but the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The Minstrel fell!—but the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder
Seems like Hampton Inn Lakeville was pretty fuckin' justified.
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Seems like Hampton Inn Lakeville was pretty fuckin' justified.
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my friend @manzirae.bsky.social's not online cousin is out in minneapolis right now, and sent this image of a makeshift memorial from the site of the protest
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
my friend @manzirae.bsky.social's not online cousin is out in minneapolis right now, and sent this image of a makeshift memorial from the site of the protest
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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"Although it would be reasonable to assume that Border Patrol agents would not expose themselves to needless danger, the PERF report uncovers instances in which Border Patrol agents intentionally jeopardize their safety in order to manufacture a pretext for using lethal force."
– March 11, 2014
– March 11, 2014
Context: A decade ago, Border Patrol agents had to be ordered not to put themselves in front of moving vehicles as a pretext to use deadly force
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/new-dir...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/new-dir...
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"Although it would be reasonable to assume that Border Patrol agents would not expose themselves to needless danger, the PERF report uncovers instances in which Border Patrol agents intentionally jeopardize their safety in order to manufacture a pretext for using lethal force."
– March 11, 2014
– March 11, 2014
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Solidarity with all of my friends and comrades in MN. My deep condolences to the loved ones of the person who was murdered.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Solidarity with all of my friends and comrades in MN. My deep condolences to the loved ones of the person who was murdered.
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This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
Love it when my mouse driver stops working because a certificate expired
Logitech, a nearly 16 BILLION dollar company, let their developer certificate with Apple expire, which has caused a loss of ability for users to administer their own mice and keyboards on their own devices.
All of my custom keybindings went away, and all of my mouse shortcuts are gone too 🥲
All of my custom keybindings went away, and all of my mouse shortcuts are gone too 🥲
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Love it when my mouse driver stops working because a certificate expired
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Quite a bit of reporting now suggests VP Delcy Rodiriguez used our military to coup Maduro. We are not powerful; we were chumps. The best military coup is when you don’t have to use the your military.
remarkable amount of talk abt how Trump is going to administer Venezuela when he pretty clearly hasn't overthrown the current govt yet
Venezuela Regime Change and the Theater of the Absurd talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/venez...
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Quite a bit of reporting now suggests VP Delcy Rodiriguez used our military to coup Maduro. We are not powerful; we were chumps. The best military coup is when you don’t have to use the your military.
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And that's why the Taliban are no longer in power.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
And that's why the Taliban are no longer in power.
Our lawmakers must be clear and firm that Venezuela is not ours to occupy and run.
Not only is it unjust, we’ve demonstrated beyond a doubt that even with honest intentions (which these are far from), we are incompetent at it.
Not only is it unjust, we’ve demonstrated beyond a doubt that even with honest intentions (which these are far from), we are incompetent at it.
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Our lawmakers must be clear and firm that Venezuela is not ours to occupy and run.
Not only is it unjust, we’ve demonstrated beyond a doubt that even with honest intentions (which these are far from), we are incompetent at it.
Not only is it unjust, we’ve demonstrated beyond a doubt that even with honest intentions (which these are far from), we are incompetent at it.
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
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Uniformed military are involved in this shambolic behavior and they all need to be held to account
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Uniformed military are involved in this shambolic behavior and they all need to be held to account
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
A primary goal of the discussion now on dragging dem pols to do the right thing has to be on widespread accountability and where appropriate prosecutions of significant numbers of servicemembers
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No one reads theory these days
January 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
No one reads theory these days
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Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Camping is cheaper
Are your kids glued to their screens? For just under $8,000, your teenager can live in a college dorm for four weeks with no tech access.
The first week is rough, but eventually the kids relearn how to spend time offline, said the camp’s executive director.
The first week is rough, but eventually the kids relearn how to spend time offline, said the camp’s executive director.
Frazzled parents turn to screen-time coaches, $8,000 detox camps to rein in kids’ tech
Parents trying to raise their kids in a tech-saturated world are getting overwhelmed with the amount of work and fighting it takes to protect kids, which can be a full-time job.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Camping is cheaper
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Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
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I normally hate it when ppl cite ancient Chinese wisdom, but as children we’re taught 揠苗助长, a parable about a smartass who pulled up his sprouts in the field to help them grow taller faster, only to kill them.
Slow thoroughness of a process often can’t be hacked without destroying them altogether.
Slow thoroughness of a process often can’t be hacked without destroying them altogether.
What about this is controversial? Beginning an inquiry by using AI to survey material is a very normal and appropriate use.
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I normally hate it when ppl cite ancient Chinese wisdom, but as children we’re taught 揠苗助长, a parable about a smartass who pulled up his sprouts in the field to help them grow taller faster, only to kill them.
Slow thoroughness of a process often can’t be hacked without destroying them altogether.
Slow thoroughness of a process often can’t be hacked without destroying them altogether.