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Mark Draughn from the Windy City. Talking classical liberalism, criminal justice, the drug war, free speech, free markets, sex work, technology, photography, immigration, and cats.
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Great reporting by @kerryhowley.bsky.social about despair and anger at the CDC under RFK Jr. It’s hard to see this as anything other than horrific vandalism of US health science. We will be a long time recovering.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Great reporting by @kerryhowley.bsky.social about despair and anger at the CDC under RFK Jr. It’s hard to see this as anything other than horrific vandalism of US health science. We will be a long time recovering.
I swear if I ever meet Trump, I’m going to look at him, and then look over his shoulder with really big eyes and yell “Oh my God, the Obamas are right behind you!”
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I swear if I ever meet Trump, I’m going to look at him, and then look over his shoulder with really big eyes and yell “Oh my God, the Obamas are right behind you!”
I’m a software engineer and, honestly, people almost never ask me questions after finding that out. Maybe “So you understand all this computer stuff?” is the worst question, and it’s not really bad, is it?
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I’m a software engineer and, honestly, people almost never ask me questions after finding that out. Maybe “So you understand all this computer stuff?” is the worst question, and it’s not really bad, is it?
Sigh. Before we get too excited, let's not forget that Trump will pardon *anything* if it help his side. So as long as Trump is in office, no one will be prosecuted for the boat strikes. The only Constitutional remedy for abuse of the pardon power is impeachment.
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Sigh. Before we get too excited, let's not forget that Trump will pardon *anything* if it help his side. So as long as Trump is in office, no one will be prosecuted for the boat strikes. The only Constitutional remedy for abuse of the pardon power is impeachment.
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An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
Alice v.s. Selene crossover.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Alice v.s. Selene crossover.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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I certainly hope so. They fucked around, and now...
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I certainly hope so. They fucked around, and now...
Hey @hal10000.bsky.social , that's great news! So, big parts start falling off at 100 km, and it blows apart at 80 km... so at what altitude does it start smashing into StarLink nodes?
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hey @hal10000.bsky.social , that's great news! So, big parts start falling off at 100 km, and it blows apart at 80 km... so at what altitude does it start smashing into StarLink nodes?
I can defend this a bit. Reporters are trained to avoid making themselves the story, and to avoid letting the subjects of their interviews control the story. Taking Trump‘s bait could easily violate both of those rules. Snapping back would feel good, but it’s not good reporting.
Who stands there and hears a female colleague called "Piggy" to her face and doesn't say anything?
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I can defend this a bit. Reporters are trained to avoid making themselves the story, and to avoid letting the subjects of their interviews control the story. Taking Trump‘s bait could easily violate both of those rules. Snapping back would feel good, but it’s not good reporting.
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New MRI, please.
Trump: "They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven. You want to wash your hands, or like me, you wash your hair. I lather up. There's no water. I won't mention the 3rd item in the bc I always get criticized. If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be owning a McDonalds"
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New MRI, please.
OR, traditionally the President’s signature policies aren’t wildly unconstitutional.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
OR, traditionally the President’s signature policies aren’t wildly unconstitutional.
Personally, I think blocking some AI legislation at the state level is a great idea, at least for interstate services. Implementing per-state policies for nation-wide websites is a huge burden.
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Personally, I think blocking some AI legislation at the state level is a great idea, at least for interstate services. Implementing per-state policies for nation-wide websites is a huge burden.
Sorry the alien space fleet zapped your town. We will avenge you!
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Sorry the alien space fleet zapped your town. We will avenge you!
Bah. Everyone at Marvel and DC knows how to solve this problem: Reboot! Start with young James Bond fresh out of training at MI6. They kinda already did this with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. Everyone will understand. We don't watch the Bond movies for the character arc.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Bah. Everyone at Marvel and DC knows how to solve this problem: Reboot! Start with young James Bond fresh out of training at MI6. They kinda already did this with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale. Everyone will understand. We don't watch the Bond movies for the character arc.
First of all, there’s no such thing as the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago. There is a shopping district called the Magnificent Mile. It’s not a high crime area, but like many central retail zones in the age of online commerce, it’s not doing very well.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
First of all, there’s no such thing as the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago. There is a shopping district called the Magnificent Mile. It’s not a high crime area, but like many central retail zones in the age of online commerce, it’s not doing very well.
It’s not just blatant crimes like this. I’ve seen rather a lot of sloppy gun handling by presumed ICE agents. I think most of them haven’t had much firearms training.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
It’s not just blatant crimes like this. I’ve seen rather a lot of sloppy gun handling by presumed ICE agents. I think most of them haven’t had much firearms training.
Has a shutdown *ever* worked? Has a minority party ever been able to leverage a shutdown to get legislative concessions from the majority? Not that I recall. I think the shutdown was always destined to end this way. Which is why it was a bad idea.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Has a shutdown *ever* worked? Has a minority party ever been able to leverage a shutdown to get legislative concessions from the majority? Not that I recall. I think the shutdown was always destined to end this way. Which is why it was a bad idea.
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I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
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It's amazing how as soon as video cameras became ubiquitous, the aliens stopped visiting and cops suddenly started violently attacking people.
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It's amazing how as soon as video cameras became ubiquitous, the aliens stopped visiting and cops suddenly started violently attacking people.
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For the curious, some commonly-used models for deaths due to USAID defunding can be found at the Impact Counter project: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard
I use approximations to those models, along with other data, to estimate the total death toll from the Trump administration here: mortality47.org
I use approximations to those models, along with other data, to estimate the total death toll from the Trump administration here: mortality47.org
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
For the curious, some commonly-used models for deaths due to USAID defunding can be found at the Impact Counter project: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard
I use approximations to those models, along with other data, to estimate the total death toll from the Trump administration here: mortality47.org
I use approximations to those models, along with other data, to estimate the total death toll from the Trump administration here: mortality47.org
Don’t worry Mr. Musk, thanks to the hundreds of thousands who have died because you destroyed USAID, and the millions more to follow, no one will ever accuse you of having empathy.
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Don’t worry Mr. Musk, thanks to the hundreds of thousands who have died because you destroyed USAID, and the millions more to follow, no one will ever accuse you of having empathy.