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Stranger In My Own Land

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Emily's Husband. Pet Dad: 1 Dog, 3 cats. Navy veteran (ETN CVN72 Operation Southern Watch, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom). Cancer survivor (3x BEP). Red state refugee. Bitcoin is the future of freedom (cashapp tip jar $chuckberry32)

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Know your rights!

Community Defense

Community Defense - IDP works to build the capacity of advocates and directly-impacted individuals to respond to criminal-immigration issues

www.immigrantdefenseproject.org

Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 1h

Republicans learned long ago that stacking the courts was their only path.

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 1h

Give her 50k and I'll bet she changes her tune.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h

It’s long past time for Speaker Johnson to do his job and swear in Arizona Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. She won on September 23rd that’s 26 days ago.

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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 1h

#nokings

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2h

Always take sentences using “the Cloud” or “the Internet” and try replacing those phrases with “A shed in Virginia” to see how they hold up. “Our service is fully based in a shed in Virginia”; “All my files are in a shed in Virginia”; “A shed in Virginia was designed to survive a nuclear war”, etc.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3h

Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 3h

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 2d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 3h

Make this make sense.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

With City Cast Las Vegas

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Kafka @pkafka.bsky.social · 5h

Up until the last year I was really skeptical that left-leaning folks would vote with their credit cards. But first Wapo, now Disney are changing my mind.

www.businessinsider.com/disney-hulu-...

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 4h

Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 5h

At least he moved on from not having seen it.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 6h

The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 6h

“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.

Curtis Yarvin & David Starkey - The End of the End of History
By Oakeshott (formerly Scruton)
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The second Oakeshott Lecture of 2025 - with perennially viral tech philosopher Curtis Yarvin and eminent historian David Starkey

In the second Oakeshott (formerly Scruton) Lecture, Curtis Yarvin will address the End of the End of History in the Post-Cold War Era.

A former software developer, Curtis Yarvin came to international prominence under the pen-name Mencius Moldbug as a critic of contemporary democracy. An avid promoter of technocracy and critic of ‘the Cathedral’, Yarvin has become an influential figure on the American right - a reliably controversial voice and a confidante of JD Vance and Peter Thiel.

Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 5h

ICES Gestapo is armed, unaccountable, and bloodthirsty.
FUCK ICE
Ching La Mingra

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 7h

1. ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal gov't data by Popular Information.

Records reveal ICE has increased spending on “small arms" — a category that includes guns, armor, chemical weapons, and explosives — by 700% compared to 2024 levels

Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 6h

The problem is that TV shows have have made themselves irrelevant with their refusal to descend into the banality of our reality.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7h

Probably not great to have pretty much every major site on the internet running through Amazon’s Virginia infrastructure. downdetector.com

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 1d

The ICE ads running on Spotify, “some of which specifically target disgruntled police officers in major cities such as Chicago or Seattle, offer recruits a $50,000 signing bonus, generous benefits and even student loan forgiveness.”

#Spotify #RiskManagement

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

ICE recruitment ads appearing on Spotify, HBO Max and other streaming services

DHS says the ad blitz has led to more than 175,000 applications and 18,000 tentative job offers

www.independent.co.uk

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 1d

For the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social about the administration’s new-found love of content moderation as the DOJ has been pressuring Apple, Google, and Meta to remove apps and groups decided to helping people document ICE activity:

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 1d

The more he tightens his grip, the more cities will slip through his fingers.

Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 1d

This is what they want.

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Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s the same picture”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Can’t say I’ve seen too many palm trees here in Illinois.

Maybe in the President’s home state of Florida though.

Trump and White House Busted Using Red State Footage to Show ‘Chaos’ in Chicago

The president posted the deceptive high-octane ICE raid video to his own social media account.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

For those asking after the woman who was arrested for wearing a penis costume to a No Kings protest in Fairhope, Alabama, @gambleganders.bsky.social says she was released after being charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

I told her I bet Bluesky could find her a lawyer!

Threads post by gambleganders:

Hey, looking for Antifa 800# so I can find a Civil Rights Attorney after my arrest at the Fairhope, AL No Kings protest.
Anyone have those digits?

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Stranger In My Own Land @chuckberry.bsky.social · 1d

I am the American way!

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

❌👑

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