Mike Mark

Musk says millions of dead people get Social Security. That's a lie. Here's the truth: 30,000 people die a year waiting for an understaffed Social Security to approve disability benefits. Musk's plan to cut Social Security's staff by 50% will make this tragic reality even worse.

Trump and Musk are going after Social Security, Medicaid, the VA, and public education.

In what universe, in what world, in what religion is it morally acceptable to cut programs for hungry children in order to reward the wealthy?

Tokyo has been awesome. Any tips for Kyoto?

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

I'm looking for Queers, Geeks, Politics addicts, Science Enthusiasts, Human rights activists and artists to follow.
Any ideas?

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?

Must watch
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The worst thing today is that we have no excuse saying that we don't know how to do something. All the info is there; just a search away.

Trump is going to create such a chaos with immigration that will leave no other option to the next government (whenever that will be) that they will have to make legal immigration a lot easier then.

Panti Bliss: If These Wigs Could Talk, at Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne - 70 minutes Ah, don’t we just love the Irish … and with good reason. You don’t have to look too far to appreciate their sense of humour. That is reinforced when erudite, evocative and entertaining yarn spinner Pa...

My show continues at the Melbourne Arts Centre till Sunday and then we head to Brunswick, Auckland, and Sydney, and according the the reviews from last night, you’d be silly to miss it

High school students doing a better job than most of the Democrats

As long as I live, I will never forgive Mitch McConnell for both causing irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, and not voting to convict Donald Trump.

Bullies shouldn't get their ways, they should break their heads.

The Smartest politicians find what they have in common with their biggest enemies and work with them to achieve the middle ground.

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell Optimistic Nihilism

A beautiful video for Optimistic Nihilism
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100% Tarriffs on all Elon Musk's in Europe.

30M users 1B posts
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Choosing the dumbest to lead has never been a great strategy.

And yes, that's a selfie.

We miss you

This is a BlueSky exclusive. Last Saturday I went to the beach with @conor-x-c.bsky.social. We didn't touch the water

I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.

Are you coming for my audience?

Anyone doing a Nazi salute, having a Nazi tattoo or displaying allegiance to anything related to Nazism should go to prison.

Every time

Or penises

What has DeepSeek done for you today?

a man is wearing a black jacket and a necklace and has the words think about it on his face . ALT: a man is wearing a black jacket and a necklace and has the words think about it on his face .

Every time someone says that something isn't or shouldn't be a human right, they secretly say that they can afford something you shouldn't.