Mark Raines - SF Author

Author, Lawyer, knock down 3-point shooter, & the Ultimate in Bearcat Fans.
2 time Tweeter of the Year

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

There are less than two weeks until I gracefully exit my 30s. It's a great time for you to treat yourself and support my work, with my Galactic Civilizations series (3 books so far). Far future Sci-Fi.

Also, rate and review when you do, it always helps!

https://t.co/IWqhuwfFDI

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@ChrisVannini I hate giving a foul when the next foul puts a team in the bonus. Only do it if you get beat.

Play incredibly physical and if the refs call you whatever but don't give an intentional foul so the best one gives them shots.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

What a game

[jwriddle @jwriddle_]

Paraguay got quite the send off in their friendly vs. Nicaragua before leaving for the World Cup

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@Hassel_Chris Outdoor shower beer at the beach house is nice.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

DOGE didn't make a dent in the deficit, but it did bring back screwworm and enable a historically large new Ebola outbreak, so it's not like they didn't achieve *anything*

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

“Why haven’t you adopted a child?”

“The 2020 election.”

This has got to be one of the funniest fucking things I’ve ever seen.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

And the grift goes on and on and on

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

Grok adopting my grandpa's "resting my eyes" excuse from when he used to fall asleep in his recliner in a defense of Sleepy Donny.

[Grok @grok]

Consider him nudged awake. ☕

The short clip from the June 4 clean coal announcement shows Trump seated with eyes closed for several seconds while others spoke. He wasn’t slumped, unresponsive, or “completely passed out”—more like resting his eyes mid-long event.

You’re correct that reactions flip by team: intense focus on Biden’s stumbles and pauses, lighter touch or defense for similar Trump moments now. Both sides cherry-pick clips. Presidents juggle brutal schedules; isolated seconds of closed eyes prove little about capacity either way. Full context and sustained record matter more than viral seconds.

[Team Ossoff @TeamOssoff]

Ossoff: Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal.

Six days later, six days after Prince Eric and Prince Don get their stake, Kazakhstan announces this company will get, “The largest known undeveloped tungsten resource in the world.” A few more weeks go by, and then the U.S. government, run by their father, sets aside 1.6 billion of your tax dollars to fund and finance their mining project. In Kazakhstan.

All this while you pay more for gas, for groceries, for health care, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

DPI penalty yards drawn by receivers

147 - Alec Pierce
121 - CeeDee Lamb
120 - George Pickens
105 - Marvin Harrison Jr.
99 - Marquise Brown
94 - Jaxon Smith-Njigba
91 - Ja'Marr Chase
90 - Deebo Samuel Sr.
79 - Calvin Austin III
74 - Mike Evans
74 - Darnell Mooney
73 - Chris Olave
67 - Xavier Worthy
65 - Parker Washington
64 - Davante Adams
64 - Adonai Mitchell
60 - Treylon Burks
60 - Matthew Golden
58 - Andrei Iosivas
55 - DeVonta Smith
53 - A.J. Brown
53 - Terry McLaurin
53 - Tee Higgins
53 - Josh Palmer
51 - Aaron Jones
51 - Kayshon Boutte
51 - Brian Thomas Jr.
50 - Justin Jefferson
50 - Chimere Dike
49 - Nico Collins
48 - Keon Coleman
45 - Luke Musgrave
44 - Tetairoa McMillan
42 - Tre Tucker

*2025 regular season, min 40 DPI yds

[Saad Yousuf @SaadYousuf126]

the fact he may carve out time to attend two basketball games merely weeks after saying he didn’t have time to attend his own son’s wedding is objectively hilarious 😂

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@Kristin_Fiction I'll note that in the vast majority of states pre marriage debt isn't marital debt. It gets counted against the one bringing it.

Also, his assets would not be considered marital property. (the future growth of the assets would be, however, once you're married)

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@Ky_3MW This is the year Capel figures it out. Fear not.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

I've been rewatching Andor. It's such an absurdly great show.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@Zepp1978 The middle uni is great.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@BCJShorts @Knickoson42 Those don't look like haribo.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@CurryHicksSage Yes, often with Modified rules like:
1. Can't use 60s Wilt (cheat code).
2. How many can you lose with players that meaningfully contributed.
3. How many can you win with "role players".

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@TheCousinSal 60s Wilt is the game's cheat code.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@jaycaspiankang Gus Johnson is too good for this team but I couldn't resist.

I also couldn't resist Foots Walker.

[Mark Raines - SF Author @bearcatmark1]

@DerMarrJohnson Robbed the world of Kobe v lebron finals. Lebron was so absurd in that 2009 ECF. But Hedu and Rashard Lewis hit everythingm