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Smarky Smarkles
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Music loving, trombone playing, roller coastering, scootering, hiking, (mostly) domestic traveling, always moving
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scottmarks.bsky.social
“you'll be visited by three spirits"

the three spirits:
The three Amigos
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
scottmarks.bsky.social
My October album listening was dominated by artists I saw live at FEST in Gainesville with a few other new ones and favorites
October album covers
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
scottmarks.bsky.social
Surprise @perennialtheband.bsky.social appearance at the @ekkoastral.bsky.social Pupstock show in Boston
September 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
scottmarks.bsky.social
I am advocating for due process for Kilmar and all immigrants disappeared to El Salvador
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Apr 17
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
This captures the vile, racist lawlessness and cruelty of the Trumpist regime so precisely.

Hard to come up with something that is further removed from the nobler aspirations in the country’s history - and more in line with the absolute worst version of what America has been.
drewharwell.com Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Mar 26
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
scottmarks.bsky.social
February 5x5
March 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
scottmarks.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
scottmarks.bsky.social
Low forever
open.spotify.com/track/3gikrg...
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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harrylitman.bsky.social
Strong rumor with credible sourcing: DOJ has put all of public integrity line attorneys in a room and told them they have an hour for someone to choose who will sign motion to dismiss and if nobody does, they will all be fired. The nastiest strong-arming in DOJ history by a long shot.
February 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
BY EMAIL Re: United States v. Eric Adams, 24 Cr. 556 (DEH) Mr. Bove, I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S. Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General. In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different U.S. attorneys is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse. No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives. There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know much i i red oril, in this ily. wing the perset arthro he Reside is ving to, give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me. Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Yours truly, Hagan Scotten Assistant United States Att…
February 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
The end of law?
The Trump regime is refusing to be bound by the federal courts. Where will this end?
robertreich.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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orengur.bsky.social
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania has indirect rate of 70%, but they probably didn’t want to list that atop Harvard because defunding a children’s hospital might be perceived as problematic.

This is devastating
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Feb 8
These overhead rates are negotiated. Lowering it unilaterally to 15% is another way to destroy science in the US. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Tweet from NIH: Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as "indirect costs." Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60%+ that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.
February 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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bransonreese.bsky.social
Sorry if it's cringe or virtue signaling or whatever but unqualified and unconditional love and support to every trans person on earth. You will win and I will help you.
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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jasonleopold.bsky.social
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
scottmarks.bsky.social
Last minute fork in the road delay. Thanks AFGE!!!
Federal judge pauses deadline for Trump administration's 'Fork' resignation offer until Monday — NPR
The Trump administration had given more than 2 million federal employees until today to decide whether to stay or go. A federal judge in Massachusetts has paused the effort until at least Monday.
apple.news
February 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Beyond. Parody.
February 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Okay, let's keep going. Got another one today looking at just how absolutely fucking crazy it is that an inexperienced Musk-lackey is apparently pushing untested live code to America's checkbook. Tried to contextualize all of it.

www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a...
A 25-Year-Old Is Writing Backdoors Into The Treasury’s $6 Trillion Payment System. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Just months after we learned Chinese hackers had compromised US telecom systems through government-mandated backdoors, an inexperienced developer from Musk’s DOGE unit is pushing untested cod…
www.techdirt.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
I can think of at least eight federal laws that have been broken by Musk and his goons over the last few days, and at least two provisions of the U.S. Constitution.

They must be stopped.

Some thoughts: robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-mu...
How the Muskrat is messing with your social security, your religion, and everything else
He and his goons must be stopped
robertreich.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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alielark.bsky.social
ah cool, an archive of all CDC data before they tampered with it
CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
scottmarks.bsky.social
Hey, the USA seems to be ending but here’s my January 5x5 anyway

While you’re at it, fight for trans rights!
February 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.
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January 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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wutangforchildren.bsky.social
So how’s it going so far?
January 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM