Mark M. Evans
@markmevans.bsky.social
Software Engineer, music appreciator, old dude that thinks we can work to making the world a better place for everyone.
I blocked the New York Times.
My profile picture is Monkey the Cat. The banner is a photo of a lovely day at the beach.
I blocked the New York Times.
My profile picture is Monkey the Cat. The banner is a photo of a lovely day at the beach.
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I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
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True fact: 100% of the murders in Minneapolis in 2026 so far were committed by ICE agents
January 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
True fact: 100% of the murders in Minneapolis in 2026 so far were committed by ICE agents
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You can read the full account here. It’s heartbreaking.
Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. Justice for Renee Good. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. Justice for Renee Good. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You can read the full account here. It’s heartbreaking.
Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. Justice for Renee Good. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. Justice for Renee Good. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
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Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One https://theonion.com/every-trait-disqualifying-ice-agent-from-previous-jobs-ideal-for-current-one/
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One https://theonion.com/every-trait-disqualifying-ice-agent-from-previous-jobs-ideal-for-current-one/
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The people employing whataboutism today are literally dangerous people.
Do not engage.
Do not engage.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The people employing whataboutism today are literally dangerous people.
Do not engage.
Do not engage.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
Apropos of nothing:
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Apropos of nothing:
It’s hilarious (in a terrifying and sad way) that a year into the presidency that Mar-a-Lago does not have a proper SCIF.
the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
It’s hilarious (in a terrifying and sad way) that a year into the presidency that Mar-a-Lago does not have a proper SCIF.
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We don’t need “good immigrants “ etc stories
We need a place where people get to be people and we don’t become cops and regulators monitoring everybody’s everything for signs or authenticity
We need a place where people get to be people and we don’t become cops and regulators monitoring everybody’s everything for signs or authenticity
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
We don’t need “good immigrants “ etc stories
We need a place where people get to be people and we don’t become cops and regulators monitoring everybody’s everything for signs or authenticity
We need a place where people get to be people and we don’t become cops and regulators monitoring everybody’s everything for signs or authenticity
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Here is a convicted sexual predator sat next to a king at a banquet .
Here is a peaceful pensioner protesting against genocide being arrested.
Just working on the words for the learning to read series I am developing for children (reading words and reading a society’s priorities)
Here is a peaceful pensioner protesting against genocide being arrested.
Just working on the words for the learning to read series I am developing for children (reading words and reading a society’s priorities)
December 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Here is a convicted sexual predator sat next to a king at a banquet .
Here is a peaceful pensioner protesting against genocide being arrested.
Just working on the words for the learning to read series I am developing for children (reading words and reading a society’s priorities)
Here is a peaceful pensioner protesting against genocide being arrested.
Just working on the words for the learning to read series I am developing for children (reading words and reading a society’s priorities)
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Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”
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Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
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i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i say this with nothing but love for all of you to whom this applies, but the moral rot in elite journalism is because journalism is a trade and it should be done by tradespeople and instead it's been professionalized in a way that makes it cozy to capital instead
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We have *never* been a “Christian” nation and we certainly aren’t one now.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We have *never* been a “Christian” nation and we certainly aren’t one now.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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"Kennedy and Oz and O'Neill and Trump and everybody else involved in this horrific crusade against trans people has blood on their hands. They have already killed many trans kids, and now they are poised to kill countless more. ... I can only hope they'll face some sort of justice."
The HHS moves to ban gender affirming care for minors in the most soulless way possible.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this week's TWIBS.
@alyssaur.bsky.social brings you this week's TWIBS.
TWIBS: Transition, You Coward! — Assigned
The Department of Health and Human Services is trying to genocide trans children, and Jim O’Neill needs to come out of the closet.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Kennedy and Oz and O'Neill and Trump and everybody else involved in this horrific crusade against trans people has blood on their hands. They have already killed many trans kids, and now they are poised to kill countless more. ... I can only hope they'll face some sort of justice."
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If you're espousing pro Hitler and pro Nazi stuff, you can just not. As David Lynch said, fix your hearts. And then make amends for being pro Nazi. But if you're going to keep being pro Nazi, fuck off.
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you're espousing pro Hitler and pro Nazi stuff, you can just not. As David Lynch said, fix your hearts. And then make amends for being pro Nazi. But if you're going to keep being pro Nazi, fuck off.
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They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.