Mark Mauer
@markmauer.bsky.social
Northern California forest walker #Humboldt
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
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Capital One bank has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Organization over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts back in 2021, arguing in new papers that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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Bright Saver, a CA nonprofit, began selling plug-in solar kits at cost - they make no profit on the sales. Its goal is to expand solar systems and push companies to drive down prices. Its 360-watt set is big enough to power a fridge and sells for $414. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b... #GiftArticle
Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards (Gift Article)
Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits or electricians.
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Glen Hansard talking about Jason Molina at the time of his EP of Molina’s songs; a record I still listen to often.
🔊 Listen Now: What Glen Hansard Learned From His Friend Jason Molina
Weekend Edition Sunday on NPR One | 7:06
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Plenty of volunteer opportunities in Humboldt Co. with Volunteer Trail Stewards. We meet Saturday mornings to clean, beautify and keep the Trails and community forests clean safe and accessible to everybody. Check out our calendar of events and join us humtrails.org/events/month...
The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
I know this goodwill don't mean anything I know we're judged only on the light that we bring
Glen Hansard - "Short Life" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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THE BAT'S A CUTE LITTLE ANIMAL: WIGGLES ITS EARS AND EATS WORMS (Evansville Press, Indiana, January 14, 1909)
🇺🇸😱ICE abducted a Ukrainian woman at San Francisco International Airport on July 22. In the video, she is terrified, begging them to talk to her, and begging the people around her for help as they try to handcuff her.
This is my new favorite English language phrase
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Chapterhouse and Global Communication. Slowdive and Seefeel. Music that was really pushing it at the time. Great look back at that period.
The Sine That Celebrates Itself: On Electronic Shoegaze | The Quietus
Seefeel photograph courtesy Light In The Attic Familiarity and admiration, as French author George Sand once explained, are strangers. And rarely has this adage proved more sadly applicable in the mus...
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A tribute to pirate radio stations of the North in the early 90s. Very cool sounds
Hardcore, Static: Pirate Transmissions From The North Of England, 1990-1994, by 36
4 track album
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Fascinating discussion of harm-reduction, addiction, pressure for treatment and more. #GiftArticle
Opinion | What America got wrong about drug addiction - The Washington Post
The drug crisis in the United States did not begin with fentanyl. It began with a series of choices that seemed compassionate at the time — prescribing opioids for people in pain, scaling back punishm...
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Wow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals
I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.
Concert t-shirt that says I WOULD CUT OFF A FINGER TO FUCK ROD STEWART ONCE and on the back it says BUT HE'S ONLY MADE ME DO IT TWO TIMES 🤟🤚
The National Park Service is seeking additional public comment through July 30 on President Trump’s plan to build a 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle, between the Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery. The proposal has advanced through federal reviews despite widespread opposition.
More public comment requested on Trump’s plan for a triumphal arch | ARLnow.com
The National Park Service is requesting more public input on a plan to build a triumphal arch on the Virginia side of Memorial Bridge. Respondents have until Thursday, July 30 to submit feedback on Pr...
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The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
Record of the morning: West of Rome by Vic Chesnutt. The older I get, the better his music is.
Very different from each other, but Possession and In the Mouth of Madness are two of my favorite films. Sam Neill is phenomenal in both. In the real world it seemed he was showing us all how to live a good life.