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Charlie Wilde 🫧

@factsimile23.bsky.social

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musician, historian, educator - chicago, oakland, tampa - punk jazz enthusiast - 17th century obsessive - natural intelligence programmer - Walter Duranty or Gareth Jones, pick a side

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · Aug 22

Maybe the Smithsonian’s African-American history museum really is unfairly committed to telling the story of the trans-Atlantic human trafficking cataclysm perpetrated by centuries of Europeans.

There should be a Museum of Whites in the New World (1492 - 1859). We can focus on slavery over there.

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 15m

Speaking as a fellow Gulf Coast resident, it’s wild you’d say that out loud, but I suppose we’re almost through the season

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balrogfury.bsky.social @balrogfury.bsky.social · 13h

The US jumped into the space age because we were afraid of being beaten. Now someone else is rushing to the front and we let a crazy felon drag us back to the coal age.

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

www.nytimes.com

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b҉ @b.convo.casa.ap.brid.gy · 13h

the current crop of young GOP staffers are like 75% groyper Nazis, exhibit 1,276

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/swastika-flag-congressional-office.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tk8.bsNl.940Qspe4uvuE&smid=url-share

> “A photo of the flag, which was obtained and reported by Politico, shows […]

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 18h

I’m pretty sure you couldn’t teach Leaves of Grass in a Florida high school and keep your job

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 18h

Bots on Facebook keep demanding to know why we’d need a No Kings Day seeing as we already have a 4th of July.

Here’s a reason why:

Debra Johnson @debj11.bsky.social · 19h

Let's go to war & destabilize another country! Free Read
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 18h

Indeed. And the one you get college credit for is much more demanding.

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 18h

call it Crow Nuevo, it was always the plan

Yes, It's Really 💙 Ted Diamond 💙 @ted-diamond.bsky.social · 19h

Republicans have been redrawing congressional districts this year at President Trump’s behest, but so far (not) enough to deny Democrats a reasonable path to control of the House of Representatives.

That might change if the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 18h

Profiles in integrity, Blagojevich and Giuliani

corruption is a fungus, it’s vast and it’s fruiting

The approach reflects Mr. Trump's status as the leader of a right-wing populist wave sweeping the globe, said former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, who was elected as a Democrat. Mr.
Blagojevich's conviction for political corruption was wiped away by a Trump pardon in February, and he signed a contract with Mr.
Dodik's government in March.
"I can recognize it when it's happening in other places, so it was very obvious to me when I was sitting in prison: I'd watch what they were doing to President Trump," Mr. Blagojevich said.
"The same thing is being done in Europe now, and not just Dodik and the Republic of Srpska, which is a tiny little place in this big world we live in. But it's being done in France, it's being done in Brazil, it's being done in Romania."

As part of his contract, Mr. Blagojevich has written a barrage of social media posts and opinion essays decrying the prosecution of Mr.
Dodik in the Bosnian court system for disobeying the international entity overseeing the peace agreement ending bloody sectarian fighting in the 1990s between Bosnians, Serbs and Croats in the former Yugoslavia.
Mr. Blagojevich has compared what he calls the
"weaponized persecution" of Mr. Dodik and other right-wing populist politicians around the world to the corruption cases against himself, Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Trump.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19h

Selecting US immigrants based on their race, or on their (Left or Right) political views, is illegal and a betrayal.

Our refugee program is an expression of our humanitarian values and, for many sponsors, a profound expression of their faith. It is not a plaything for ethno-nationalist extremists.

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 22h

Anti-DEI reform really does amount to “we will no longer spend money or attention on people who aren’t white, rich, or both”

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 1d

Before disastrous floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant “essential to prevent environmental and cultural catastrophe.”

Kipnuk flooded at least 30 times between 1979 and 2022. Gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 22h

your imaginary friend agrees that she’s being a total bitch - also, your smart-mouthed kid is being crazy - join us in the fellowship hall

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Chappell Roan is the new Chappell Roan

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Michael vs. the Living Dead @thepmann.bsky.social · 2d

The unexamined life may not be worth living, but it sure is lucrative.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 5d

The Trump administration has slashed hundreds of thousands of jobs this year, leaving many vital federal functions un- or under-staffed, and they don’t seem to be letting up. We updated our Equality at Work timeline this week, and here’s what we saw: unbreaking.org/issues/equal...

Equality at Work: Timeline — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 2d

Really enjoying watching you get skewered on John Oliver 🥰

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d

the boys who landed at Normandy or fought in Stalingrad couldn't have imagined the horrors of 21st century war

A picture and headline from an article: Unicorn bride marries Kenny from south park at Portland ICE protest

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe Merrick Garland’s DOJ should have done something about him when they still had a chance

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

A miracle they’re still alive. Elated for their families. Can’t help but think of all the hostages who would have also come home two years ago had Netanyahu chosen his own people over his thirst for war.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages.

The Israeli military says it has taken custody of them and will transport them onward to Israel. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel says Hamas hands over first 7 hostages to Red Cross as part of Gaza ceasefire

The key exchange follows a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. U.S. President Donald Trump was also arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal and postwar plans.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine, if you will, fifty protesters in inflatable animal costumes converging on ICE agents while blowing Aztec Death Whistles.

(You can 3D print death whistles and there’s tons of free designs - we have already printed off a few and are printing more for No Kings).

Aztec Death Whistle: The Sound That Terrifies

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 3d

Sure

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 3d

So undercover you are. Don’t worry, I won’t tell.