Mark Wilkens's Avatar

Mark Wilkens

@markwilkens.bsky.social

Words on paper, sometimes words on screen.

280 Followers  |  197 Following  |  996 Posts  |  Joined: 19.09.2023  |  2.045

Latest posts by markwilkens.bsky.social on Bluesky

One team’s ace pitcher lives in a moldy Winnebago with an outdated Good Sam sticker, the other had his best friend killed to protect his billion dollar fortune. Baseball after this on FOX sports

27.10.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

It just very recently happened

27.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

26.10.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😭

26.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is trueβ€”Bessent owns $25 million of farmland in North Dakotaβ€”and a reminder of why farm bailouts are nothing more than a giveaway to feudal lords who demand the government grossly distort agricultural economics to make their tax haven "farms" even more valuable to them.

26.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2383    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 26

I do a lot within my power to support farmers. And this is what some of them do. It kills me.

26.10.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not sure when D politicians will come to understand that the base GOP voter will lower his own dick into a garbage disposal if it meant a lib had to watch

25.10.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

It’s a new day, friend

25.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I declare techxit

25.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

7UP slenderizing and smoking cool, says new HHS guidance

25.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️

25.10.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Outstanding

25.10.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

John Seidler silent, unblinking in front of the TV.

β€œWhat’s so fucking hard about hitting home runs?”

25.10.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hate me some Blake Snell

25.10.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lol Passan

25.10.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Easily 0.75 Santos on the shittiness scale

25.10.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I sometimes think that being a competent writer actually hurts your career prospects as a reporter because editors and publishers at major outlets consider clear, crisp descriptions of Republicans' actions more biased than muddled, passive-tense argle bargle.

24.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

24.10.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4849    πŸ” 1592    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 83

Who Bari’d NPR?

24.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Luis Campusano

24.10.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sign in Civic Center BART station reading β€œDon’t be a Dodger. Pay your fare.”

Sign in Civic Center BART station reading β€œDon’t be a Dodger. Pay your fare.”

The worst thing you can call someone in San Francisco

24.10.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Post image 24.10.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hates Cuomo and being told what to do by the same old NYC machine, but also needs to keep some oppositional cred so I’d think he stays in right?

24.10.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

AI doesn’t work but on the bright side it’s stealing jobs and destroying the planet

24.10.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
Anyone who says Al data centers are a bubble has revealed themself to be a Class A idiot.
Avoid people like this at all costs if you care about your future wealth. Early days.

Anyone who says Al data centers are a bubble has revealed themself to be a Class A idiot. Avoid people like this at all costs if you care about your future wealth. Early days.

Daniel Newman
@danielne...β€’ 21m
I'm too nice to call people Class A idiots. But he does it so well and is 100% correct.

Daniel Newman @danielne...β€’ 21m I'm too nice to call people Class A idiots. But he does it so well and is 100% correct.

When the bubble bursts I am going on the warpath

24.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1609    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 8

I lack the humiliation fetish necessary to be lectured by Jayson Stark

24.10.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Outlet that’s played a major role in ruining sports journalism:

24.10.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Atlantic

Headline: How β€˜Big Tent’ Are Democrats Willing to Go?

Subhed: Many in the party say it needs a wider range of candidates to run. Does that include people with Nazi tattoos?

By Tyler Austin Harper

The Atlantic Headline: How β€˜Big Tent’ Are Democrats Willing to Go? Subhed: Many in the party say it needs a wider range of candidates to run. Does that include people with Nazi tattoos? By Tyler Austin Harper

From 1941 to about 2015, this kind of headline/subhed combo would have gotten the writer and editor blacklisted from polite society. We need to find a way back.

24.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 591    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 9
β€œMaking Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

β€œMaking Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

24.10.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6494    πŸ” 2987    πŸ’¬ 354    πŸ“Œ 407

Shouting into the void here but in general, if an article is interesting enough to post a screenshot of, it's interesting enough to post a link to so the people you're sharing with can actually read it, tell who wrote it and where it's from, assess its credibility, etc.

24.10.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2039    πŸ” 336    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 42

@markwilkens is following 20 prominent accounts