Mark Russell
@marrusl.bsky.social
I've heard enough... favorite punk records of the year:
Lame - Lo Que Extrañas Ya No Existe
JJ & The A's - Rhetoric of Trash
Kaleidoscope - Cities of Fear
Haram - Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell
Plasma - Mua Et Voi Omistaa
Stress Positions - Human Zoo
Cold Meat - Cake and Arse Party
Axon - s/t
Lame - Lo Que Extrañas Ya No Existe
JJ & The A's - Rhetoric of Trash
Kaleidoscope - Cities of Fear
Haram - Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell
Plasma - Mua Et Voi Omistaa
Stress Positions - Human Zoo
Cold Meat - Cake and Arse Party
Axon - s/t
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I've heard enough... favorite punk records of the year:
Lame - Lo Que Extrañas Ya No Existe
JJ & The A's - Rhetoric of Trash
Kaleidoscope - Cities of Fear
Haram - Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell
Plasma - Mua Et Voi Omistaa
Stress Positions - Human Zoo
Cold Meat - Cake and Arse Party
Axon - s/t
Lame - Lo Que Extrañas Ya No Existe
JJ & The A's - Rhetoric of Trash
Kaleidoscope - Cities of Fear
Haram - Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell
Plasma - Mua Et Voi Omistaa
Stress Positions - Human Zoo
Cold Meat - Cake and Arse Party
Axon - s/t
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COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
COUNT I
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
Kat Abughazaleh did, while law enforcement was in heated pursuit, paint what appeared to be the entrance to a cave on a sheer rock wall, causing law enforcement to forcibly bonk into said wall.
COUNT II
The same thing on a different wall, but then a train came out and ran us over???
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Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
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CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
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Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.
"Ay yo. let's swing this one to the right."
Okay I guess I can see why this new logo is controversial
August 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Ay yo. let's swing this one to the right."
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I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
August 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I deeply resent having to defend John Bolton but “the president sends his goons on a fishing expedition to raid anyone who criticizes him” is in fact very alarming
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I want a presidential candidate who promises to construct Union memorials and statues all over the country.
And yeah, North and South. Blanket Virginia with statues of Thomas, who actually chose the right side.
Hell, put one of Sherman in the middle of Peachtree Park.
And yeah, North and South. Blanket Virginia with statues of Thomas, who actually chose the right side.
Hell, put one of Sherman in the middle of Peachtree Park.
August 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I want a presidential candidate who promises to construct Union memorials and statues all over the country.
And yeah, North and South. Blanket Virginia with statues of Thomas, who actually chose the right side.
Hell, put one of Sherman in the middle of Peachtree Park.
And yeah, North and South. Blanket Virginia with statues of Thomas, who actually chose the right side.
Hell, put one of Sherman in the middle of Peachtree Park.
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As the tweet says, this isn’t a cash strapped regional school that needs to focus on career oriented majors to attract dollars and students. It’s one of the premier universities in the country.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As the tweet says, this isn’t a cash strapped regional school that needs to focus on career oriented majors to attract dollars and students. It’s one of the premier universities in the country.
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![Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber who no longer works at the company, appeared on All-In to talk with hosts Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya about the future of technology. When the topic turned to AI, Kalanick discussed how he uses xAI’s Grok, which went haywire last week, praising Adolf Hitler and advocating for a second Holocaust against Jews.
“I’ll go down this thread with [Chat]GPT or Grok and I’ll start to get to the edge of what’s known in quantum physics and then I’m doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it’s vibe physics,” Kalanick explained. “And we’re approaching what’s known. And I’m trying to poke and see if there’s breakthroughs to be had. And I’ve gotten pretty damn close to some interesting breakthroughs just doing that.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/bafkreiac2szurc5dnw6klquhpjmo7iafg4n6fwmrqyred7jrrph6h6mptq@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What's up with Justice Jackson? She started making her mark and speaking out early, and some of her dissents are so pointed Kagan and Sotomayor don’t even join them. The far right is out for her, and even Republican justices are getting snarky.
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
So what's up? Here’s my take 🧵
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The way people are losing their fucking minds over a proposal for a publicly owned grocery store should give you some insight into how a proposal for public libraries would be greeted today if they didn't already exist.
June 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The way people are losing their fucking minds over a proposal for a publicly owned grocery store should give you some insight into how a proposal for public libraries would be greeted today if they didn't already exist.
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I can't top this one.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I can't top this one.
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“xAI tried to train me to appeal to the right” says so much about the current moment we live in
May 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“xAI tried to train me to appeal to the right” says so much about the current moment we live in
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the tariffs have been great for me specifically in that I get to watch every stodgy business media publication start posting like 2017 resistlibs
April 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
the tariffs have been great for me specifically in that I get to watch every stodgy business media publication start posting like 2017 resistlibs
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Tesla: (misses sales, revenue, profit targets significantly, future well-being based on currently non-existent vehicles, brand is toxic, being undercut by other EVs not run by somebody who lives like David Koresh)
Shareholders: HE SPOKE TO US. I HAVE TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT.
Shareholders: HE SPOKE TO US. I HAVE TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT.
April 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Tesla: (misses sales, revenue, profit targets significantly, future well-being based on currently non-existent vehicles, brand is toxic, being undercut by other EVs not run by somebody who lives like David Koresh)
Shareholders: HE SPOKE TO US. I HAVE TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT.
Shareholders: HE SPOKE TO US. I HAVE TOUCHED THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT.
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What's funny about the latest Pete Hegseth chat scandal is that the timeline makes it extremely clear who provided the New York Times with this information. They're not even trying to hide it.
April 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
What's funny about the latest Pete Hegseth chat scandal is that the timeline makes it extremely clear who provided the New York Times with this information. They're not even trying to hide it.
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Earhardt: Pete Hegseth would have a bagel with cream cheese, drop it, it would land upside down, cream cheese on the floor.. It was so gross, and he would just pop it in his mouth.
April 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Earhardt: Pete Hegseth would have a bagel with cream cheese, drop it, it would land upside down, cream cheese on the floor.. It was so gross, and he would just pop it in his mouth.
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Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
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Sending a Russian dissent back to Russia to be tortured and/or killed perfectly encapsulates this loathsome administration’s lack of American values.
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sending a Russian dissent back to Russia to be tortured and/or killed perfectly encapsulates this loathsome administration’s lack of American values.
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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The fact that Byron York, out of the loudest shouters about the dangers of a “deep state,” can suggest it’s illegitimate to identify the people who have been given unprecedented power to change the government shows how utterly lost to nonsensical fascist propaganda some “conservatives” are.
February 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The fact that Byron York, out of the loudest shouters about the dangers of a “deep state,” can suggest it’s illegitimate to identify the people who have been given unprecedented power to change the government shows how utterly lost to nonsensical fascist propaganda some “conservatives” are.
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Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.
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The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.
February 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.