Mark Valley @markvalley - Bluesky Profile

Surprised Hegger took a shot at hot yoga today; he's got strong Bikram Choudury vibes.

30.09.2025 16:17 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Possible one-off, but ChatGBT, Deepseek, and Gemini all estimate 5-20 given a medium level of oversight.

21.09.2025 18:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

Homan’s 63, statistically, what’s the likely number of times he didn’t get caught? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

21.09.2025 03:37 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

31.08.2025 22:53 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Nice one, Charlie Brown.

23.08.2025 04:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Intel agrees to 10% U.S. government stake. It may not be the last chip maker to do so. Intel has agreed to the U.S. government taking a stake in it, President Donald Trump and the company announced Friday, capping an extraordinary chapter between the White House and the computer-chip ma...

Sharktanking America... www.marketwatch.com/story/intel-...

22.08.2025 22:07 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Sad and exhausting, but now I get why monks signed up to just hand copy books all day during dark ages.

06.08.2025 02:54 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Should really boost morale. No respect…

17.06.2025 18:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New comfort with old silence I've returned to Los Angeles. My knees are still sore -- possibly more from the long flights than from walking. I'm not entirely at rest, but the house is quiet. The dog -- more of a silent pr

Early Christianity -- what became Catholicism -- spread not by rigidity but by accommodation. thebostonpilot.com/Opinion/arti...

14.06.2025 00:48 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

That this guy can just suit up as a fresh LTC is an indication of disrespect for the profession, and a tech-entitlement that knows anything can be bought in this administration. And you can bet his kids aren't enlisting, ever.

13.06.2025 20:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh yeah I get it now.

13.06.2025 01:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Paul Reubens?

12.06.2025 23:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I wonder if they are taking volunteers, like at Ft Bragg they only wanted supporters in the audience.

12.06.2025 19:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is sickening. It’s worse than I thought.

12.06.2025 05:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂😂

08.06.2025 19:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

feeling seen

08.06.2025 19:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Unite For Veterans Coalition

Veterans across the country are watching our institutions being chipped away. We've seen the power of veterans working together to make our country better. So we won’t sit it out. On D-Day, we’re taking a stand.
www.unite4veterans.org

10.04.2025 15:30 — 👍 183 🔁 89 💬 10 📌 26

Codex of a Lapsed Catholic - El Norté Part 5 - A Pilgrim’s Final Debrief on Arrival in Santiago de Compostela

My final dispatch along the Camino Norté - I reflect on christianity, nationalism, and myth making, a Bishop’s buried truth, and the lessons that kept me on the path. open.substack.com/pub/markvall...

29.05.2025 02:26 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

So sorry for your loss

21.05.2025 17:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thx TK almost home.

19.05.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Codex of a Lapsed Catholic - El Norté Part 4 Giving up the Ghost in Galicia

Codex of a Lapsed Catholic - El Norté Part 4 open.substack.com/pub/markvall...

18.05.2025 17:56 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Oh no…

17.05.2025 19:21 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Day of rest in Gijon It's hard to stop walking the Camino. The procession moves ever onward. Many are loners out here. At cafes, you'll see three or four pilgrims at separate tables, alone with their phones or tho

I have a column in a catholic newspaper? Who knew? www.thebostonpilot.com/article.php?...

17.05.2025 08:26 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Codex of a Lapsed Catholic - El Norté Part 3 - The New Pope, Property and These Bold Fresh Spaniards

My latest on the Camino on the northern coast of Spain. Part 3 the New Pope, Property and these Bold Fresh Spaniards. Their Civil War resonates everywhere, at least for me. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/markvall...

12.05.2025 21:49 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0