Charlie Sherpa
@fobhaiku.bsky.social
Read my books: http://amzn.to/36pzbf9 Freelance editor, writer, poet, humorist. OEF veteran by way of BFE. Admin: The Aiming Circle. Opinions & jokes my own. https://linktr.ee/randysherpabrown
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The best new & established voices from modern war eras! More than 60 prize-winning works of 21st century war poetry, fiction, and non-fiction!
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Pleased to have helped deliver today this 340-page chorus of quality prose & poetry!
Congratulations to editor Christopher Lyke, the Line of Advance, the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards, and the 50+ writer-veterans and mil-family members who crafted such stellar and timeless work!!!
Congratulations to editor Christopher Lyke, the Line of Advance, the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards, and the 50+ writer-veterans and mil-family members who crafted such stellar and timeless work!!!
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To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
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I think Rep Seth Moulton is correct
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I think Rep Seth Moulton is correct
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The media treated Biden's pardon of Hunter for trumped-up gun possession charges as more scandalous - far more scandalous - than Trump's pardon of war criminal serial killer Eddie Gallagher. And here we are:
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The media treated Biden's pardon of Hunter for trumped-up gun possession charges as more scandalous - far more scandalous - than Trump's pardon of war criminal serial killer Eddie Gallagher. And here we are:
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It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
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UPDATE | Attorneys for Jan “Jay” Carey, a former Army sergeant first class, cite video from police-worn body cameras to claim that he was the target of “vindictive prosecution” after engaging in protest protected by the First Amendment.
Attorneys for Army veteran who burned flag claim he is the target of ‘vindictive prosecution’
Attorneys for combat veteran Jay Carey are seeking to dismiss the case with video evidence collected from police-worn body cameras at the incident.
www.stripes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
UPDATE | Attorneys for Jan “Jay” Carey, a former Army sergeant first class, cite video from police-worn body cameras to claim that he was the target of “vindictive prosecution” after engaging in protest protected by the First Amendment.
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Hegseth's not the only war criminal here. "The [USSOCOM] commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Adm. Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley, told people on the secure conference call that the survivors were still legitimate targets... He ordered the second strike."
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hegseth's not the only war criminal here. "The [USSOCOM] commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Adm. Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley, told people on the secure conference call that the survivors were still legitimate targets... He ordered the second strike."
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W: “today we give thanks.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
What is it about holidays that makes Trump unleash so much ugly bile? What childhood trauma burbles up and comes out as pure hate?
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
W: “today we give thanks.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
Obama: “we have so much to be thankful for”
Biden: “on this day I’m thankful”
Trump: “we must purge all the non-white immigrants.”
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Does the President have the authority to unilaterally attack Venezuela?! www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcn...
Trump says US will 'very soon' take action to stop alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land
Even as he increases military pressure, Trump has said that he could still hold talks with Venezuela's president, suggesting a possible diplomatic off-ramp.
www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Does the President have the authority to unilaterally attack Venezuela?! www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcn...
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
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At what point will someone or something make this stop? And by “this,” I mean the whole damn thing. It’s unbearable, unsustainable, unAmerican.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
At what point will someone or something make this stop? And by “this,” I mean the whole damn thing. It’s unbearable, unsustainable, unAmerican.
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Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Thankful and proud to have worked with these poet-veterans, too!
RESILIENCE = RESISTANCE !!! For readers and writers of modern military life & what comes after! Great reads & gifts!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble,
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Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble,
@bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thankful and proud to have worked with these poet-veterans, too!
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
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Obviously each artist is different and there have been wealthy artists. But art isn't frivolous, even when it isn't obviously political. The act of creating because you need to create is, in fact, very subversive of the status quo.
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Obviously each artist is different and there have been wealthy artists. But art isn't frivolous, even when it isn't obviously political. The act of creating because you need to create is, in fact, very subversive of the status quo.
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
Proud and thankful to have worked with such great poet-veteran-citizens!!!
"ON WARS ... & AFTER-WARS!"
For readers and writers of modern military life! Great reads & gifts for those who serve, and those whose lives are touched by military service!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, @bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
For readers and writers of modern military life! Great reads & gifts for those who serve, and those whose lives are touched by military service!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, @bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Proud and thankful to have worked with such great poet-veteran-citizens!!!
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"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
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Admiral of the Fleet John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCM, OM, GCVO.
Oversaw the development of the first all modern battleship HMS Dreadnought.
Oversaw the development of the first battlecruiser HMS Invincible.
And the first known human to use "OMG" as shorthand for "Oh my God" in a letter.
Oversaw the development of the first all modern battleship HMS Dreadnought.
Oversaw the development of the first battlecruiser HMS Invincible.
And the first known human to use "OMG" as shorthand for "Oh my God" in a letter.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Admiral of the Fleet John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCM, OM, GCVO.
Oversaw the development of the first all modern battleship HMS Dreadnought.
Oversaw the development of the first battlecruiser HMS Invincible.
And the first known human to use "OMG" as shorthand for "Oh my God" in a letter.
Oversaw the development of the first all modern battleship HMS Dreadnought.
Oversaw the development of the first battlecruiser HMS Invincible.
And the first known human to use "OMG" as shorthand for "Oh my God" in a letter.
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'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Trump pressures Ukraine to accept peace deal: Early analysis from Chatham House experts
Chatham House analysts give their initial analysis after Zelenskyy was pressured by Trump to accept a White House plan to end the war with Russia.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
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Good @thenation.com piece by @benschwartz.bsky.social that lays bare Trump's agenda to transform our entire media system into a far right-wing echo chamber that never questions Trump.
Trump’s Quest for Total Media Control
Look beyond the petty celebrity feuds, and you'll see a plan to transform American media companies into outlets for MAGA agitprop.
www.thenation.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Good @thenation.com piece by @benschwartz.bsky.social that lays bare Trump's agenda to transform our entire media system into a far right-wing echo chamber that never questions Trump.