Mark Csikszentmihalyi

@markcsik.bsky.social

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California prof, International Studies & Emily, Henry, Kinga, Aschalew, and Zofia's dad NB: I am here for public conversation, not private ones.

Fake bible quote screengrab

Bullwinkle

Cover of “Pierre” by Sendak

I see clips of those press conferences where they prop him up, newly infused with platelets via the back of his hand, painted to look lifelike as if by some funeral home intern, wisps of fake hair swirled on his head from a soft-serve machine, sound asleep in his chair as a flunky drones on, and ask myself, *who is responsible for desecrating this corpse*?

The 2026 Fellowships competition will only accept projects for research in American history and culture and Western civilization. Competitive applications must focus on topics in the history, culture, and government of the United States in any period from the Colonial Era to the present, or topics in Western civilization from antiquity to the present.

Living through this administration is like being an extra in an adaptation of "1984" that was directed by Michael Bay.

Mother’s contemporaneous immigration documents show her family’s journey from Poland to Dachau to Augsburg after the war ended. From their they came to the U.S. on a refugee relocation program.

Keep your masked goons and princess puppy killer out of our peaceful city

Image of Hugh J. Grant

Front page of four page booklet "Weakening Our Democratic Process"

"Iron Monkey" guards

Sign at SF No Kings march. Map of California: "STOP ICE TERROR" Map of Minnesota: "STOP RIGHT WING TERROR"

The Merced Manor Reservoir on Sloat in SF

ORDERED that the plaintiff's Motion for a TRO is GRANTED; and it is further...

Mvsevm

Screenshot of The Atlantic article saying 53 people died followed by Michael Waltz’s Signal post of three emojis: fist, American Flag, and fire

CNN headline: “Trump wants to ‘abolish’ the ORS and replace it with tariffs. Can it work?”

Exchange about whether the press Secretary is lying about sending ICE detainees to Guantanamo and how due process could ever be guaranteed. The final perspective sums up the problem: “There’s the rub. How can we verify if it’s true or not?”