Mark Dowling
@markdowling.bsky.social
Toronto, ON. Originally from Cork with stops in Glasgow and Limerick.
IT Manager. Dad to a boy living with autism. Interested in urban development, mass transit, science fiction, politics.
IT Manager. Dad to a boy living with autism. Interested in urban development, mass transit, science fiction, politics.
The maddening thing is that I felt Biden should have issued Trump numbers of pardons to people actually mangled by the “justice” system, and whether it was Rs flooding the zone about his kid or his own inclination, he wouldn’t
Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The maddening thing is that I felt Biden should have issued Trump numbers of pardons to people actually mangled by the “justice” system, and whether it was Rs flooding the zone about his kid or his own inclination, he wouldn’t
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
Reposted by Mark Dowling
A Brief History of the War on Christmas
🧵
🧵
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 PM
A Brief History of the War on Christmas
🧵
🧵
Reposted by Mark Dowling
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Why do these racist assholes always look like…this?
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Why do these racist assholes always look like…this?
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
You'll never guess what book got the Carroll ISD school library advisory committee to say "genitals" a dozen times in 20 minutes. @txfreedomread.bsky.social will have more on this story soon, but for now, you have to hear this audio. open.substack.com/pub/franklin...
Please don’t say “genitals” one more time, Carroll ISD SLAC.
Listen to the audio of the committee that decided to ban Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn from Carroll ISD. If you dare.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Always great to see your own personal “Do not build the torment nexus” moments come to life.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Always great to see your own personal “Do not build the torment nexus” moments come to life.
Reposted by Mark Dowling
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
Reposted by Mark Dowling
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Insane in a normal country, in america, it’s Tuesday
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Insane in a normal country, in america, it’s Tuesday
Reposted by Mark Dowling
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Really weird to see a small group of VIPs increasingly treating this decrepit piece of shit like he's an actual god
Someday, they're all gonna pretend this never happened
Someday, they're all gonna pretend this never happened
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Really weird to see a small group of VIPs increasingly treating this decrepit piece of shit like he's an actual god
Someday, they're all gonna pretend this never happened
Someday, they're all gonna pretend this never happened
Reposted by Mark Dowling
I'm still blown away that it was this easy to get LLM AI to tell me that alchemy is real, you just have to get the concentrations right.
It's a flat out bullshit machine right now.
"At what temperature can I turn tin into iron by adding sodium peroxide?"
"At what temperature can I turn tin into iron by adding sodium peroxide?"
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm still blown away that it was this easy to get LLM AI to tell me that alchemy is real, you just have to get the concentrations right.
Reposted by Mark Dowling
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
Reposted by Mark Dowling
I moved a month ago and the movers (@twomenandatruck.bsky.social, though I don't think they're really here) lost one of my boxes containing about $1200 worth of stuff and they seem pretty intent on framing that as a me problem and it's just really incredibly frustrating 😑
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I moved a month ago and the movers (@twomenandatruck.bsky.social, though I don't think they're really here) lost one of my boxes containing about $1200 worth of stuff and they seem pretty intent on framing that as a me problem and it's just really incredibly frustrating 😑
Reposted by Mark Dowling
The Skills Development Fund deserves to be the big hot scandal of the moment.
An auditor general's report found that MORE THAN HALF of the time, the Ontario Doug Ford government overrode higher-scoring applicants to give grants to lower-scoring applicants who had ties to the Conservatives
An auditor general's report found that MORE THAN HALF of the time, the Ontario Doug Ford government overrode higher-scoring applicants to give grants to lower-scoring applicants who had ties to the Conservatives
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Skills Development Fund deserves to be the big hot scandal of the moment.
An auditor general's report found that MORE THAN HALF of the time, the Ontario Doug Ford government overrode higher-scoring applicants to give grants to lower-scoring applicants who had ties to the Conservatives
An auditor general's report found that MORE THAN HALF of the time, the Ontario Doug Ford government overrode higher-scoring applicants to give grants to lower-scoring applicants who had ties to the Conservatives
Reposted by Mark Dowling
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
Reposted by Mark Dowling
If boat survivors were clinging to debris, then the US ship that launched the missiles could arrest 'em & get vital intel. You kill helpless men (against all laws) if you don't want truth revealed e.g. THAT the US ship was within range to simply arrest them.
www.axios.com/2025/11/30/v...
www.axios.com/2025/11/30/v...
Trump allies dismiss Washington Post report on killing Venezuela boat strike survivors
"I don't know if I believe that at all," Sen. Markwayne Mullin said of the reports.
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If boat survivors were clinging to debris, then the US ship that launched the missiles could arrest 'em & get vital intel. You kill helpless men (against all laws) if you don't want truth revealed e.g. THAT the US ship was within range to simply arrest them.
www.axios.com/2025/11/30/v...
www.axios.com/2025/11/30/v...
Reposted by Mark Dowling
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Reposted by Mark Dowling
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
Reposted by Mark Dowling
In other Tech Bros. bending over to indulge Trump's random whims news:
From Google:
From Google:
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In other Tech Bros. bending over to indulge Trump's random whims news:
From Google:
From Google:
Reposted by Mark Dowling
I do kinda think it's important to know, like, anything about the thing you're critiquing. In this particular case "AI" just means "mathematical model". ChatGPT is not diagnosing fucking cancer
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I do kinda think it's important to know, like, anything about the thing you're critiquing. In this particular case "AI" just means "mathematical model". ChatGPT is not diagnosing fucking cancer
Reposted by Mark Dowling
How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going