Markus Alexander
@markus1001.bsky.social
Radio DJ https://www.mixcloud.com/mjalexander/
Music of all kinds
Fierce civil libertarian
Geography is cool; Math is cool; Animals are awesome
Ein bisschen Deutsch & un poco de Español
Music of all kinds
Fierce civil libertarian
Geography is cool; Math is cool; Animals are awesome
Ein bisschen Deutsch & un poco de Español
Attention all those who have WAY more money than @ricksteves.bsky.social ---
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Attention all those who have WAY more money than @ricksteves.bsky.social ---
Mr. Hogg has some points
December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Mr. Hogg has some points
"Unto us a manchild is born"
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Unto us a manchild is born"
This exact description of undocumented workers in Korea could have been written about the US.
The 25-year-old from Vietnam had graduated from college and was looking for a job in her field when she started working at a factory to make ends meet — fear of being found out for working outside the scope allowed by her visa led to tragedy.
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
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[Column] Tu Anh deserved better than to die in fear of immigration raid
The 25-year-old from Vietnam had graduated from college and was looking for a job in her field when she started working at a factory to make ends meet — fear of being found out for working outside…
english.hani.co.kr
December 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This exact description of undocumented workers in Korea could have been written about the US.
A nice touch, indeed.
It would be a nice touch if it turned out to be Hegseth who was recalled to active duty (assuming he can be) and then court-martialed. As well as impeached and removed from office. (And it's still not "Department of War.")
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A nice touch, indeed.
I enjoyed this short video from Corey. Funny how things work out.
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I enjoyed this short video from Corey. Funny how things work out.
Amazing story:
U.S. plans for a coup in Venezuela go back to a 2013 program to “increase acts of sabotage that affect services to the population.” While Trump plots to remove Maduro, the Venezuelan people are caught in the middle. From Maureen Tkacik: trib.al/IFgWPax
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
trib.al
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Amazing story:
Re the FBI scrubbing the Epstein Files, this is abs true and is a much bigger deal than you might think. Should the dems retake the House and start investigations...
But the overtime creates records - which means we can find out which agents, and get them to testify about both the orders they were given and the details of what they were told to do.
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Re the FBI scrubbing the Epstein Files, this is abs true and is a much bigger deal than you might think. Should the dems retake the House and start investigations...
Great & illuminating discussion here with Dr. Rasmussen. Listen and learn! Thank you @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
Clip #1 from Dr. Angela Rasmussen’s masterclass on pandemic preparedness (and the takedown of the NIH leadership’s anti-scientific essay on the topic).
Know the facts.
Full interview is here👇
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/nih-pandem... @angierasmussen.bsky.social
Know the facts.
Full interview is here👇
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/nih-pandem... @angierasmussen.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Great & illuminating discussion here with Dr. Rasmussen. Listen and learn! Thank you @jeremyfaust.bsky.social
Lots of concerning things in this analysis, particularly this:
"The NYPD responded to an open records request...by claiming that it could not release information about test results or audits from its Palantir-powered predictive policing system because of a nondisclosure agreement with the company."
"The NYPD responded to an open records request...by claiming that it could not release information about test results or audits from its Palantir-powered predictive policing system because of a nondisclosure agreement with the company."
Without oversight and transparency measures in place, the growing use of AI-powered tools in policing risks infringing on civil rights and civil liberties by amplifying bias and chilling free speech. Our new analysis details the risks and the needed safeguards needed to address them. bit.ly/44nxPlx
The Dangers of Unregulated AI in Policing
New data fusion tools risk embedding biases and chilling free speech.
www.brennancenter.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Lots of concerning things in this analysis, particularly this:
"The NYPD responded to an open records request...by claiming that it could not release information about test results or audits from its Palantir-powered predictive policing system because of a nondisclosure agreement with the company."
"The NYPD responded to an open records request...by claiming that it could not release information about test results or audits from its Palantir-powered predictive policing system because of a nondisclosure agreement with the company."
For your Sunday morning enjoyment:
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For your Sunday morning enjoyment:
Those wings
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Those wings
Required reading:
"The background to Trump’s ability to act so tyrannically is that, as Medeiros stated, the US believes Korea does not have a plan B."
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[Column] Korea: The country without a plan B
Trump’s ability to act so tyrannically comes from the belief that Korea has no other choice but to rely on the US
english.hani.co.kr
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Required reading:
Great discussion here with @heather4dems.bsky.social & @gregsargent.bsky.social. Williams points out that "the idea that all of these gerrymanders are unreachable for Democrats or that there is not a path to the majority is just fundamentally not true.” Dems won in many places Trump carried in '24
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Great discussion here with @heather4dems.bsky.social & @gregsargent.bsky.social. Williams points out that "the idea that all of these gerrymanders are unreachable for Democrats or that there is not a path to the majority is just fundamentally not true.” Dems won in many places Trump carried in '24
Israel just wants to kill Palestinians, no matter where they are.
An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
Israeli air attack on refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people
An Israeli air attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded several.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Israel just wants to kill Palestinians, no matter where they are.
As @nogorobo.bsky.social says in comments below, this should be made into a PSA.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As @nogorobo.bsky.social says in comments below, this should be made into a PSA.
What this regime apparently wants is for most of our income to be eaten up by housing, healthcare, and food, leaving little $ for much else. But if it were to get to that point & ppl weren't able to afford the "unnecessary" things, you'd see a major disruption to the economy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What this regime apparently wants is for most of our income to be eaten up by housing, healthcare, and food, leaving little $ for much else. But if it were to get to that point & ppl weren't able to afford the "unnecessary" things, you'd see a major disruption to the economy.
And counting:
At least 188 Christian & Republican leaders have been accused of child abuse this year - buff.ly/nhagSI3
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
And counting:
Reposted by Markus Alexander
Real antisemitism is on the rise in the country, and alongside it, self-inflicted antisemitism that endangers the Jewish community. Robert Kuttner reports on the difference:
trib.al/23RAmPP
trib.al/23RAmPP
Antisemitism Real and Fake - The American Prospect
Both kinds are on the rise, and feed on each other. But real antisemitism is growing—and the prime minister of Israel and the military policies of that nation are the prime source of its revival.
trib.al
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Real antisemitism is on the rise in the country, and alongside it, self-inflicted antisemitism that endangers the Jewish community. Robert Kuttner reports on the difference:
trib.al/23RAmPP
trib.al/23RAmPP
"...the increasingly transparent absurdity of the Republican position..."
An apt descriptor of basically the past 9 months. I don't see how these people live with themselves.
An apt descriptor of basically the past 9 months. I don't see how these people live with themselves.
"Because Trump and his fellow GOP 'leaders' have made their refusal to negotiate with Democrats a bizarre 'principle,' when — as seems increasingly certain — they’re forced to make a deal to reopen the government, Trump, the self-styled dictatorial strongman, will end up substantially diminished."
Mike Johnson's lies keep getting lost in the facts
The shutdown is exposing the speaker's slimy disingenuousness.
www.publicnotice.co
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"...the increasingly transparent absurdity of the Republican position..."
An apt descriptor of basically the past 9 months. I don't see how these people live with themselves.
An apt descriptor of basically the past 9 months. I don't see how these people live with themselves.
UTK violating its own policy on free speech. And so it continues...
Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech
Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, denouncing the suspension pending termination of Professor Tamar Shirinian Donde Plowman Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville [email protected] Dear Chancellor Plowman: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North […]
dlvr.it
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
UTK violating its own policy on free speech. And so it continues...
It isn't only scientists who are looking to leave...
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It isn't only scientists who are looking to leave...
A lot to like here. Check it!
𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞
October 29, 2025
Featuring new additions from: Sex Mask, Jerkcurb, Bee Bee Sea, Lemondaze, DITTER, Liz Cooper, Ratboys, Just Mustard, Josaleigh Pollett, Florence + The Machine, and... The Twilight Sad!!
Stream the full playlist on YouTube, Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer
October 29, 2025
Featuring new additions from: Sex Mask, Jerkcurb, Bee Bee Sea, Lemondaze, DITTER, Liz Cooper, Ratboys, Just Mustard, Josaleigh Pollett, Florence + The Machine, and... The Twilight Sad!!
Stream the full playlist on YouTube, Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A lot to like here. Check it!
I would choose to have permanent standard time.
If it were up to you, would you abandon daylight saving time? Take our poll on livescience.com and let us know what you think in the comments
https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/would-you-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time
https://www.livescience.com/health/sleep/would-you-get-rid-of-daylight-saving-time
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I would choose to have permanent standard time.
Whatever happened to "states rights?"
🚨BREAKING: Trump is issuing a directive blocking states from wiping medical debt from consumers' credit reports, according to an unpublished document reviewed by @levernews.com.
As Americans drown in medical debt, the directive is a huge win for Wall Street firms and debt collection companies.
As Americans drown in medical debt, the directive is a huge win for Wall Street firms and debt collection companies.
Trump Aims To Infect Your Credit
Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to stop states from wiping medical debt from your credit report.
www.levernews.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Whatever happened to "states rights?"