Mark Z
@onlymarkzilbert.bsky.social
Realtor by trade
Wine enthusiast 🍷
USA / Latvian / Canadian
Usually reading something interesting
Wine enthusiast 🍷
USA / Latvian / Canadian
Usually reading something interesting
Pinned
Just joined Bluesky after leaving X.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
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I had long tried to avoid using term Gestapo to refer to ICE. Now I'd be lying not to use it. This is from today. Look at how ICE agents try to block media from taking photos of their assault of the woman
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I had long tried to avoid using term Gestapo to refer to ICE. Now I'd be lying not to use it. This is from today. Look at how ICE agents try to block media from taking photos of their assault of the woman
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ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
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BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
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House Democrats’ legislation to extend the ACA tax credits is awaiting action in the Senate.
We urge our Senate Republican colleagues to take up this bill immediately to help bring health care costs down for millions of Americans.
We urge our Senate Republican colleagues to take up this bill immediately to help bring health care costs down for millions of Americans.
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
House Democrats’ legislation to extend the ACA tax credits is awaiting action in the Senate.
We urge our Senate Republican colleagues to take up this bill immediately to help bring health care costs down for millions of Americans.
We urge our Senate Republican colleagues to take up this bill immediately to help bring health care costs down for millions of Americans.
Spinach Risotto 🤤
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Spinach Risotto 🤤
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You’ll notice that the American state media have completely ignored the fact that bribe for hire Pam Bondi hasn’t released a single Epstein file in 2026. They have deliberately and continuously failed humanity.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 AM
You’ll notice that the American state media have completely ignored the fact that bribe for hire Pam Bondi hasn’t released a single Epstein file in 2026. They have deliberately and continuously failed humanity.
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Kristi Noem stated over the weekend that Americans deserve what they get if they get in the way of law enforcement operations, including the murder of Renee Good. If people get injured or killed, it's on them. Then she is sending more agents to Minneapolis. This Regime wants us killed.
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Kristi Noem stated over the weekend that Americans deserve what they get if they get in the way of law enforcement operations, including the murder of Renee Good. If people get injured or killed, it's on them. Then she is sending more agents to Minneapolis. This Regime wants us killed.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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Abolish ICE.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
January 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Abolish ICE.
Release the Epstein files.
Release the Epstein files.
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New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
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‘Yes, She Did’: Megyn Kelly Disputes That Renee Good ‘Didn’t Deserve To Be Shot in the Face’ I keep repeating that Trump regime could literally kill your family for no reason and MAGA would defend it. www.mediaite.com/media/news/y...
‘Yes, She Did’: Megyn Kelly Disputes That Renee Good ‘Didn’t Deserve To Be Shot in the Face’
Megyn Kelly took issue with the idea that Renee Good did not deserve to be fatally shot, stating, "Yes, she did."
www.mediaite.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
‘Yes, She Did’: Megyn Kelly Disputes That Renee Good ‘Didn’t Deserve To Be Shot in the Face’ I keep repeating that Trump regime could literally kill your family for no reason and MAGA would defend it. www.mediaite.com/media/news/y...
Back to high protein and Whole Foods diet. Holiday is over 😃
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Back to high protein and Whole Foods diet. Holiday is over 😃
Just joined Bluesky after leaving X.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Just joined Bluesky after leaving X.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
The constant toxicity, outrage bait, and bad-faith engagement finally wore me down.
Hoping for healthier conversations here.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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I can't believe we have to deal with Less Wrong idiots and Moldbug in 2026.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I can't believe we have to deal with Less Wrong idiots and Moldbug in 2026.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
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Mamdani setting up a permitting reform and land inventory task force is some real sickos yes stuff.
January 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Mamdani setting up a permitting reform and land inventory task force is some real sickos yes stuff.
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They spent months and months insisting he was an antisemite, with zero evidence, and then he chooses to get sworn in as mayor by America’s most famous and beloved Jewish politician.
His critics are a mix of liars and fools.
His critics are a mix of liars and fools.
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
They spent months and months insisting he was an antisemite, with zero evidence, and then he chooses to get sworn in as mayor by America’s most famous and beloved Jewish politician.
His critics are a mix of liars and fools.
His critics are a mix of liars and fools.
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A street scene from the '90s (see Alt txt for more info). This detailed watercolour drawing of mine from >30 yrs ago of King's Parade, #Cambridge was completed on the spot in about 3 hours. I was sitting on a metal box that controlled the rising bollards. Sold ages ago. #watercolour #enpleinair
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
A street scene from the '90s (see Alt txt for more info). This detailed watercolour drawing of mine from >30 yrs ago of King's Parade, #Cambridge was completed on the spot in about 3 hours. I was sitting on a metal box that controlled the rising bollards. Sold ages ago. #watercolour #enpleinair
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Off to a good start
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Off to a good start
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York