Mark Turner
@markturner.net
#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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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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Nice coverage of the current status and current caretaker of ibiblio, @palmerforcarrboro.com , from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
ibiblio at 25: One of the internet’s oldest sites is increasingly relevant today
As ibiblio celebrates its 25th anniversary, its mission to host and preserve open-source content is increasingly relevant in today’s information landscape.
its.unc.edu
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nice coverage of the current status and current caretaker of ibiblio, @palmerforcarrboro.com , from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
its.unc.edu/2025/11/18/i...
Yup.
A lot of the people lamenting Marjorie Taylor Greene’s departure from Congress—and celebrating her as some kind of principled maverick—are going to end up eating their words when she reemerges in 2028 to help lead a pro-groper, pro-Fuentes “America First” faction of the GOP.
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yup.
Y'all, I just cannot make Marjorie Taylor Greene into a hero. I'm happy she has atoned for some of her behavior but the hole she has to dig out of rivals the Grand Canyon.
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Y'all, I just cannot make Marjorie Taylor Greene into a hero. I'm happy she has atoned for some of her behavior but the hole she has to dig out of rivals the Grand Canyon.
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Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Find you somebody who looks at you like Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
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And @paleofuture.bsky.social captured the reax over at Truth Social — it's a painful day to recognize their God King Grandpa Chaos got steamrolled by the commie-socialist-terrorist (insert addl preposterous insults here), destroying MAGA's carefully crafted plot.
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Truth Social users are not happy with Trump on this one.
“A Great Fuck'n Honor??? Have you lost your fucking mind?????”
“A Great Fuck'n Honor??? Have you lost your fucking mind?????”
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
And @paleofuture.bsky.social captured the reax over at Truth Social — it's a painful day to recognize their God King Grandpa Chaos got steamrolled by the commie-socialist-terrorist (insert addl preposterous insults here), destroying MAGA's carefully crafted plot.
🦋 bsky.app/profile/pale...
🦋 bsky.app/profile/pale...
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When someone says:
"and you was keekee-ing all in his face..."
"and you was keekee-ing all in his face..."
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
When someone says:
"and you was keekee-ing all in his face..."
"and you was keekee-ing all in his face..."
This story is absolutely BONKERS, y'all.
ICE tried to haul away a courthouse intern and nearly busted into the car of the judge who drove him home. Absolutely no respect for the law! www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
ICE tried to haul away a courthouse intern and nearly busted into the car of the judge who drove him home. Absolutely no respect for the law! www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This story is absolutely BONKERS, y'all.
ICE tried to haul away a courthouse intern and nearly busted into the car of the judge who drove him home. Absolutely no respect for the law! www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
ICE tried to haul away a courthouse intern and nearly busted into the car of the judge who drove him home. Absolutely no respect for the law! www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
For many years I was an invited speaker to Raleigh's Digital Connectors. It is a wonderful program!
Last call for spring 2026 Digital Connectors! Get your teen involved in this great program!
Our amazing Digital Connectors program provides technology and leadership training for Raleigh youth in 9th-12th grade. Apply before Nov. 21! raleighnc.gov/community/se...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For many years I was an invited speaker to Raleigh's Digital Connectors. It is a wonderful program!
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This. Yesterday was a new low in a series of lows.
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This. Yesterday was a new low in a series of lows.
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A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
With all the chaos that lawless federal agents created in my city Tuesday, I neglected to share that evening's stunner of a sunset.
Despite all the craziness, we still live on a beautiful planet, y'all. #ncwx
Despite all the craziness, we still live on a beautiful planet, y'all. #ncwx
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
With all the chaos that lawless federal agents created in my city Tuesday, I neglected to share that evening's stunner of a sunset.
Despite all the craziness, we still live on a beautiful planet, y'all. #ncwx
Despite all the craziness, we still live on a beautiful planet, y'all. #ncwx
HERO
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HERO
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We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ended, sheriff's office says
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
If President Piggy has a problem with this then he has a problem with ME. 🇺🇸⚓
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If President Piggy has a problem with this then he has a problem with ME. 🇺🇸⚓
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It's not that George Soros is funding protestors, it's that the funding hasn't kept pace with the rate of inflation. We're out here in the streets but still getting paid at George W. Bush rates.
You seen the price of frog costumes? Posterboard? Sub sandwiches? These things ain't cheap, bro.
You seen the price of frog costumes? Posterboard? Sub sandwiches? These things ain't cheap, bro.
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's not that George Soros is funding protestors, it's that the funding hasn't kept pace with the rate of inflation. We're out here in the streets but still getting paid at George W. Bush rates.
You seen the price of frog costumes? Posterboard? Sub sandwiches? These things ain't cheap, bro.
You seen the price of frog costumes? Posterboard? Sub sandwiches? These things ain't cheap, bro.
Goddamn how I hate being on the same side as Dick Cheney.
Absolute perfection that all four living American Presidents are attending Cheney’s funeral but Russia’s assets JD Vance and El Taco Gordo weren’t even invited. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending | CNN Politics
Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Goddamn how I hate being on the same side as Dick Cheney.
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This is very exciting. Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine substantially outperformed the traditional/control vaccine. This cumulative incidence graph is remarkable. Again, they’re comparing the mRNA flu vaccine to an existing flu vaccine, not to a placebo @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is very exciting. Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine substantially outperformed the traditional/control vaccine. This cumulative incidence graph is remarkable. Again, they’re comparing the mRNA flu vaccine to an existing flu vaccine, not to a placebo @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Whenever I watch the (1988) movie "The Naked Gun," I am shocked by the smog blanketing the LA skyline. We are all SO much better off now because we began taking some action to clean up our climate messes.
Let's celebrate our wins and keep up the good work!
Let's celebrate our wins and keep up the good work!
Growing up in LA in the 1970s and 1980s, we routinely had smog alert days when we weren’t allowed to have lunch or recess outside. Your eyes would sting all the time and if I played outside my lungs would burn at the end of the day. It’s vastly better now. But I guess that’s woke?
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Whenever I watch the (1988) movie "The Naked Gun," I am shocked by the smog blanketing the LA skyline. We are all SO much better off now because we began taking some action to clean up our climate messes.
Let's celebrate our wins and keep up the good work!
Let's celebrate our wins and keep up the good work!
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Using networks of hidden cameras and plate readers, Big Brother really is watching you and “predicting” your “crimes”.
Associated Press investigative story.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Associated Press investigative story.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Using networks of hidden cameras and plate readers, Big Brother really is watching you and “predicting” your “crimes”.
Associated Press investigative story.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Associated Press investigative story.
apnews.com/article/immi...