Charlenerd
@cfhirsch.bsky.social
Software developer by trade. I enjoy music, mathematics, playing piano, studying quantum computing and history. And also procrastinating. A lot of procrastinating.
Prejudiced against antivaxxers.
Work in progress.
He/Him
Prejudiced against antivaxxers.
Work in progress.
He/Him
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The constitutional right for Republicans to win elections no matter how hostile the electorate is against them
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The constitutional right for Republicans to win elections no matter how hostile the electorate is against them
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No "two different realities" bullshit. One side is calling for release of the video, and the other is not.
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No "two different realities" bullshit. One side is calling for release of the video, and the other is not.
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Shipwrecked and not using any communications equipment.
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Shipwrecked and not using any communications equipment.
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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Doing war crimes the right way
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Doing war crimes the right way
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They want us to be appalled, because caring about rules of war and human lives and the law all mark us out as inferior to them in their sick worldview.
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
They want us to be appalled, because caring about rules of war and human lives and the law all mark us out as inferior to them in their sick worldview.
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𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬, by Marian Kamensky
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬, by Marian Kamensky
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Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again
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I think national security is serious business, and life or death decisions should be taken seriously, rather than treated as entertainment for anti-speech activists on social media.
I also know that, for the regime and its fans, people like me objecting to gleeful war crimes adds to their enjoyment.
I also know that, for the regime and its fans, people like me objecting to gleeful war crimes adds to their enjoyment.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I think national security is serious business, and life or death decisions should be taken seriously, rather than treated as entertainment for anti-speech activists on social media.
I also know that, for the regime and its fans, people like me objecting to gleeful war crimes adds to their enjoyment.
I also know that, for the regime and its fans, people like me objecting to gleeful war crimes adds to their enjoyment.
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The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
ALT: Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
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Republicans can gerrymander all they want. They’re not going to retain control of the House. Maybe they can turn a 30 seat Dem majority into a 15 seat majority though.
BTW if three of the newly gerrymandered red TX seats swing the way TN-07 swung Tuesday, Dems will win them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Republicans can gerrymander all they want. They’re not going to retain control of the House. Maybe they can turn a 30 seat Dem majority into a 15 seat majority though.
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The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
The Supreme Court is allowing the challenged Texas congressional redistricting plan to be used in next year’s election, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of r...
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The constitution is colorblind unless you want to discriminate against nonwhites. Then it’s fine apnews.com/article/supr...
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My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
Mehdi Pays Tribute To His Late Father
YouTube video by Zeteo
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December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My tribute to my dad, who passed away last month in the UK.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
He was a proud Indian immigrant *and* a proud British citizen.
His life story is one long rebuttal to the nativists, bigots and xenophobes.
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Building muscle is mostly about diet. If you want to get big you have to eat other people at the gym
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Building muscle is mostly about diet. If you want to get big you have to eat other people at the gym
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In WHITE FLIGHT, I detailed how segregationists moved from the overt racism of the KKK to subtler and stronger forms of discrimination rooted in a language of race-neutral rights … and then MAGA just picked up the tiki torch and lit a cross again.
Social scientists spent the last 50 years arguing that racism is still prevalent in US even if it's covert (racism w/ a veneer), unconscious (racism w/out intent), or systemic (racism w/out racists).
Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.
Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In WHITE FLIGHT, I detailed how segregationists moved from the overt racism of the KKK to subtler and stronger forms of discrimination rooted in a language of race-neutral rights … and then MAGA just picked up the tiki torch and lit a cross again.
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Hey, champ, maybe you should stop talking for a little while.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hey, champ, maybe you should stop talking for a little while.
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must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Will repeat the notion that If you go on a podcast or talk show with a Nazi *and* talk nice to the Nazi, you are endorsing the Nazi. Full stop.
This should destroy one's credibility and yet...
This should destroy one's credibility and yet...
Grim called me “insane” for saying Democrats shouldn’t recruit candidates with Nazi tattoos and now that I see who he takes seriously, that take makes a lot of sense
Ryan Grim: I think the posse will find a lot useful there.
Steve Bannon: You’re an intrepid reporter, sir, and a voice of truth. Sometimes people love it and sometimes people love it less, but you’re you’re a warrior.
Grim: No doubt about it.
Bannon: Let's welcome on Raw Egg Nationalist!
Steve Bannon: You’re an intrepid reporter, sir, and a voice of truth. Sometimes people love it and sometimes people love it less, but you’re you’re a warrior.
Grim: No doubt about it.
Bannon: Let's welcome on Raw Egg Nationalist!
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Will repeat the notion that If you go on a podcast or talk show with a Nazi *and* talk nice to the Nazi, you are endorsing the Nazi. Full stop.
This should destroy one's credibility and yet...
This should destroy one's credibility and yet...
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Really letting the hood slip, here.
BERMAN: How many of the 40,000 people born in Somalia living in Minnesota do you consider to be garbage?
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Really letting the hood slip, here.
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Pardon?
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pardon?
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Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Execution Of Central Park Five
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This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.