Mark Patterson
@serfac.bsky.social
Writer, rank amateur photographer, former cult member, tech veteran, imposter syndrome survivor.
Publishes “Things to Realize” on Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/markpatterson
Publishes “Things to Realize” on Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/markpatterson
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Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
July 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
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Same
June 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Same
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If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.
June 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.
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Hear, hear.
Those of us in the pro-democracy movement can and should hold both of these positions.
1. We unequivocally reject violence.
2. We will unequivocally oppose efforts by this administration to use last night as an excuse to try to suppress criticism and criminalize dissent.
1. We unequivocally reject violence.
2. We will unequivocally oppose efforts by this administration to use last night as an excuse to try to suppress criticism and criminalize dissent.
April 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Hear, hear.
This is so great.
“Shot with long lens & intentional guesswork”
📷 Jim McCrary
Courtesy Lou Adler / Ode Records
📷 Jim McCrary
Courtesy Lou Adler / Ode Records
April 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This is so great.
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this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
April 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
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if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated
March 31, 2026 at 10:11 PM
if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated
Angine de Poitrine - Mata Zyklek (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
March 20, 2026 at 1:47 AM
So true
Couple at the next table on what appears to be a first date:
Man: There's no team I've spent more time hating than the Mariners
Woman: You're an Astros fan?
Man: Mariners fan.
Man: There's no team I've spent more time hating than the Mariners
Woman: You're an Astros fan?
Man: Mariners fan.
March 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
So true
Trump is a stupid, evil motherfucker. Cuba, now?
March 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Trump is a stupid, evil motherfucker. Cuba, now?
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
A culture that considers itself the only true “heritage” of a society is a culture that is inbred and diseased. It needs to go.
A culture that protects affluent powerful perps over the victims they assaulted, abused, and/or killed is a culture that must die.
Is that culture being replaced? Yes.
A culture that protects affluent powerful perps over the victims they assaulted, abused, and/or killed is a culture that must die.
Is that culture being replaced? Yes.
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A culture that considers itself the only true “heritage” of a society is a culture that is inbred and diseased. It needs to go.
A culture that protects affluent powerful perps over the victims they assaulted, abused, and/or killed is a culture that must die.
Is that culture being replaced? Yes.
A culture that protects affluent powerful perps over the victims they assaulted, abused, and/or killed is a culture that must die.
Is that culture being replaced? Yes.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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Read it all please.
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Read it all please.
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It’s time to tap into your internal lesbian anger! Even if you’re straight. Now is the time to fight for your 1st Amendment rights! Let’s go!
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It’s time to tap into your internal lesbian anger! Even if you’re straight. Now is the time to fight for your 1st Amendment rights! Let’s go!
Weak people with guns.
Hello I’m the ubermensch, my one weakness is whistles
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Weak people with guns.
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The only president to keep the Patriots out of the Super Bowl this century? Joe Biden
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The only president to keep the Patriots out of the Super Bowl this century? Joe Biden
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...