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Mark Turner

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#Raleigh geek. Tin can salty dog. #Opensource advocate. DevOps dude. #Democrat. Political junkie. #Experiencer (see @ETC.MarkTurner.Net). Aspiring rock star. #ncpol #usnavy #veteran #natsec #infosec #karaoke #dnrnc #antifa AF #blm #ncstate #NAFO He/him

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 4h

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 1d

Non-stop, relentless mocking!

Mark Turner @markturner.net · 1d

This is how you do it.

A photograph of a poster taped to a utility pole. The poster is an image of "Barney" the purple dinosaur of children's TV show fame. Above Barney is a slogan in uppercase, bold type urging you to "JOIN ANTIFA TODAY!"

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d

She adds that violations of ICE agents' rights can't be addressed if they won't identify themselves.

She concedes it can be "scary" to be followed home or harassed, but adds,

"That doesn't mean you get to do this job and be anonymous."

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 1d

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 2d

The TRO in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem:
- (mostly) no targeting of journalists or ordering crowds to disperse
- restrictions on use of less-lethal munitions
- two warnings before use of riot control weapons
- must wear ID and uniform (or similar)

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't this just make you crave #nachos?

(THIS is the blueprint for responding to provocations from the Orange Reich - bring a PARTY!!!!!)

A bright spot from a friend in Philly:

"The Proud Boys - a white supremacist group with a stupid name - planned a rally a block from my house today. The "belly of the beast" rally. Because apparently that's where I live - the belly of the antifa beast. Whatever the fuck that means.

2 hours before it was supposed to start, the park starts filling up with my neighbors. A drum line shows up. A brass band plays. The anarchists are giving away vegetables and nachos and some artists are selling jewelry. Black leaders give speeches. We chant Breonna Taylor's name. And all the other names.

No right-wing rally ever coalesces. There was never room for a critical mass to congregate. A lost-looking man or two walks to the park, doesn't see their people, turns around. A right-wing vlogger trying to debate people is surrounded and walked to the edge of the park. Someone spotted with a handgun is chased through the park, to their car, by over 100 people. The ice cream truck music plays the whole time.

The usual guys set their chess tables and start playing, the crowd of neighbors start to break up.

Nazis, we will replace you. We will displace you. We will louder and more numerous. We anti-fascists are full of music and love and nachos. We will always replace you."

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City of Raleigh Government @raleighgov.bsky.social · 2d

City staff and a consultant presented proposed amplified sound limits to Council on Oct. 7. The proposal includes categories of decibel limits and differentiates between different types of amplified sound. Council will hold a public hearing on the draft ordinance on Oct. 14 at 6 p.m.

Draft Amplified Sound Limits Presented to Council

raleighnc.gov

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 2d

Citations:
www.duke-energy.com/home/billing...

www.georgiapower.com/residential/...

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 2d

Duke Energy Progress put me on a new Time-Of-Use plan with a "Discount Period" when electricity costs $0.04347 per kWh. This sounded sweet until I learned of Georgia Power's "Super Off-Peak" rate of $0.022 per kWh, nearly HALF Duke's rate.

Duke Energy gouges North Carolinians yet again. #ncpol

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 2d

Brockman should immediately resign and tbh I will not miss him. #ncpol www.wral.com/news/state/n...

NC Democratic Party calls on Brockman to resign after sex charges

State Rep. Cecil Brockman of Guilford faces two courts of a statutory sex offense and two counts of indecent liberties with a child in Guilford County, court records show.

www.wral.com

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 2d

Eh.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 2d

No one - and I mean no one - keeps politicians on their toes like the live callers on C-SPAN.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

C-SPAN CALLER: What is your plan to fix Obamacare?

MIKE JOHNSON: Great question. There's a lot of improvement that's needed. Obamacare did not do what was promised. We gotta fix that. In the big beautiful bill we reformed Medicaid.

Mark Turner @markturner.net · 2d

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 4d

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 3d

Here in North Carolina with Duke Energy, electricity rates can be as low as $.04347 per kWh in the early morning "Discount" period.

Duke Energy Progress, LLC
(North Carolina Only)
NC Second Revised Leaf No. 501
Superseding NC First Revised Leaf No. 501
MONTHLY RATE
I.
For Single-Phase Service:
A.
Service used during calendar months
of May through September:
B.
Service used during calendar months
of October through April:
1.Basic Customer Charge:
$14.001.Basic Customer Charge:
$14.00
2.kW Billing Demand Charge:
$1.99 per On-Peak kW
$3.91 per Max kW2.kW Billing Demand Charge:
$1.99 per On-Peak kW
$3.91 per Max kW
3.kWh Energy Charge:
15.638¢ per On-Peak kWh
6.633¢ per Off-Peak kWh
4.347¢ per Discount kWh3.kWh Energy Charge:
15.638¢ per On-Peak kWh
6.633¢ per Off-Peak kWh
4.347¢ per Discount kWh

Mark Turner @markturner.net · 3d

If I were protesting in a city with lots of ICE activity, I would toss a few beach balls around about amongst protestors. Or host a dance party. The goal is to turn up the absurdity and thumb our noses at their show of power.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 3d

This is how you do it. The more absurd the better!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Mark Turner @markturner.net · 3d

Happy anniversary!

Mark Turner @markturner.net · 3d

Congratulations, Raleigh! Well done!

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.