Mark Arnest
@marnest.bsky.social
Composer, Pianist, Servant to Several Cats. He/him. 💙 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Born 312.4 ppm CO2
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Mark Arnest
@marnest.bsky.social
· Jun 14
"Fascist regimes are doomed to lose their wars, because they are constitutionally incapable of making an objective assessment of the enemy’s strength."
–Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism, pub. in Five Moral Pieces
–Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism, pub. in Five Moral Pieces
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A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining a laser pointer at Trump's helicopter was acquitted in 35 minutes
Man Charged With Shining Laser Pointer At Trump’s Helicopter Acquitted In 35 Minutes
It's another embarrassing outcome for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to "make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
www.huffpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining a laser pointer at Trump's helicopter was acquitted in 35 minutes
I’d rather be in the ICE database than in the Epstein files.
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I’d rather be in the ICE database than in the Epstein files.
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The World Meteorological Organization said 2025 had continued a three-year streak of “extraordinary global temperatures” during which surface air temperatures averaged 1.48C above preindustrial levels. Current rates could breach 1.5C before the end of the decade”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say
Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“The World Meteorological Organization said 2025 had continued a three-year streak of “extraordinary global temperatures” during which surface air temperatures averaged 1.48C above preindustrial levels. Current rates could breach 1.5C before the end of the decade”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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💰Money Quote:
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
💰Money Quote:
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
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Wif softy fur
And airplane ears
Yor hamsum jet
It be rite heers
So wear yor belt
And hang on tite
Cuz we about to
Zoom in flite
#CheddarPoetry #CheddarAir #CheezPlane #LofePlane #IGotInTrubbleForBitingFiggysBumbum #ItWasJusLiddleBiteTho
And airplane ears
Yor hamsum jet
It be rite heers
So wear yor belt
And hang on tite
Cuz we about to
Zoom in flite
#CheddarPoetry #CheddarAir #CheezPlane #LofePlane #IGotInTrubbleForBitingFiggysBumbum #ItWasJusLiddleBiteTho
January 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Wif softy fur
And airplane ears
Yor hamsum jet
It be rite heers
So wear yor belt
And hang on tite
Cuz we about to
Zoom in flite
#CheddarPoetry #CheddarAir #CheezPlane #LofePlane #IGotInTrubbleForBitingFiggysBumbum #ItWasJusLiddleBiteTho
And airplane ears
Yor hamsum jet
It be rite heers
So wear yor belt
And hang on tite
Cuz we about to
Zoom in flite
#CheddarPoetry #CheddarAir #CheezPlane #LofePlane #IGotInTrubbleForBitingFiggysBumbum #ItWasJusLiddleBiteTho
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this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
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We're utterly desensitized at this point, but I still remember when the richest man in the world retweeting "white solidarity is the only way to survive" would've caused major controversy. The type of blood-curdling white nationalism we used to only see on Stormfront
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
We're utterly desensitized at this point, but I still remember when the richest man in the world retweeting "white solidarity is the only way to survive" would've caused major controversy. The type of blood-curdling white nationalism we used to only see on Stormfront
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once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated'
Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was “unfair i...
www.rawstory.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
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I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
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I don't think their policy of murdering innocent mothers in the street is having the intended effect.
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I don't think their policy of murdering innocent mothers in the street is having the intended effect.
Wait for it: A protester is going to get run down, and the same people saying the ICE agent was in danger are going to say, well, the protester shouldn't have been in front of the car.
January 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Wait for it: A protester is going to get run down, and the same people saying the ICE agent was in danger are going to say, well, the protester shouldn't have been in front of the car.
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Despite everything, my small, retired, gray-haired mother in Minnesota got in her car to go observe ICE agents today. Her friend, also retired, was teargassed. My dad bought her a gas mask. They have lived in Minnesota before ICE existed, and they'll be there after ICE is gone.
January 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Despite everything, my small, retired, gray-haired mother in Minnesota got in her car to go observe ICE agents today. Her friend, also retired, was teargassed. My dad bought her a gas mask. They have lived in Minnesota before ICE existed, and they'll be there after ICE is gone.
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Job growth has stopped (and may even be in decline).
It stopped right around "Liberation Day."
It stopped right around "Liberation Day."
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Job growth has stopped (and may even be in decline).
It stopped right around "Liberation Day."
It stopped right around "Liberation Day."
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One year of Trump 2.0, and "Ruby Ridge was good, actually" is the right's new credo.
JD Vance accuses the slain Renee Good of perpetrating "an attack on federal law enforcement, an attack on law and order, and attack on the American people"
"That woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation," he adds, repeatedly referring to her as "that woman"
"That woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation," he adds, repeatedly referring to her as "that woman"
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
One year of Trump 2.0, and "Ruby Ridge was good, actually" is the right's new credo.
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There is absolutely no theory or philosophy of US government where it is appropriate for the Department of Homeland Security to taunt, mock, and terrorize the citizenry of the Homeland. It's pure evil - an authoritarian campaign of vindictive terror.
January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
There is absolutely no theory or philosophy of US government where it is appropriate for the Department of Homeland Security to taunt, mock, and terrorize the citizenry of the Homeland. It's pure evil - an authoritarian campaign of vindictive terror.
An average loss of nearly $50,000 per day for 20 years is difficult to take seriously.
NEW: Publishers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announce they are shutting down the newspaper on May 3, 2026.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
An average loss of nearly $50,000 per day for 20 years is difficult to take seriously.
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COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
It’s clear that Big Broccoli got to RFK Jr.
January 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It’s clear that Big Broccoli got to RFK Jr.
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It throws away decades of effort that was stunningly successful where we took it seriously, i.e. in Europe. A world that works this way is a terrifying place, and we and the Europeans somehow managed to replace it in a large and previously violent continent. And this idiot wants to throw it away.
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM
It throws away decades of effort that was stunningly successful where we took it seriously, i.e. in Europe. A world that works this way is a terrifying place, and we and the Europeans somehow managed to replace it in a large and previously violent continent. And this idiot wants to throw it away.
Happy New Year … NOT!
Smol Paul has been hanging out under the Christmas tree for the last six weeks.
He's just found out we took it down 😬
He's just found out we took it down 😬
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Happy New Year … NOT!
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I can’t remember if I posted this story before, but our dog Saoirse has saved two peoples lives.
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I can’t remember if I posted this story before, but our dog Saoirse has saved two peoples lives.
Once again The Simpsons is prescient.
The English teacher in me loves this cartoon…
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
From Benjamin Slyngstad.
January 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Once again The Simpsons is prescient.