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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 · 22h

Chappell Roan is the new Chappell Roan

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Michael vs. the Living Dead @thepmann.bsky.social · 1d

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

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

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 · 4d

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.

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 1d

Really enjoying watching you get skewered on John Oliver 🥰

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

Sure

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

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

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

Would that we could!

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

may she be light

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Everybody scream | Emmanuel @monotypebug.bsky.social · 4d

México necesita cerrar su frontera 🙂

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

Came here to say this

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

O, si vas actuar en el Super Bowl, “publiquen los archivos de epstein”

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

I’d love to talk to someone who does know a lot about domestic Venezuelan politics, but that’s not me. I remain confident nonetheless that politics is awful and people looking to succeed in it, especially now, are likely to support things no decent person should. There are nothing but bad options.

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for sharing that. Try not to bust a vein, I’m not on the Nobel committee.

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

Could you say more about that?

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

Find me a moral cause and I’ll tell you how politics will ruin it.

Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

Is that what she’s doing?

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

She has a goal and limited alternatives. Politics is awful.

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Charlie Wilde 🫧 @factsimile23.bsky.social · 4d

if only that myocarditis business were real

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

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