Christopher 'Smokeyandyouknowthis' Chik, MFA
@g1mpy.bsky.social
He/him. I write things. I read things. Sometimes, it rains. #disabledrights activist. #autistic SNHU MFA '14 #Romanistan #TeamGracie
PFP alt text: my headshot from the back with a 1961 style LA Angels cap on backwards.
PFP alt text: my headshot from the back with a 1961 style LA Angels cap on backwards.
Pinned
I'm Romani.
My family came here ~1911 fleeing this kind of sh*t.
The dream of a place that would finally be safe for us didn't even last til the third generation born here.
My family came here ~1911 fleeing this kind of sh*t.
The dream of a place that would finally be safe for us didn't even last til the third generation born here.
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Imagine how different the planet would be today if Republicans and their Supreme Court hadn’t stolen the 2000 election from then Clinton VP and “global warming” activist Al Gore.
Current Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were ALL lawyers for Bush during the 2000 FL recount. ⚖️ 🇺🇸
Current Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were ALL lawyers for Bush during the 2000 FL recount. ⚖️ 🇺🇸
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Imagine how different the planet would be today if Republicans and their Supreme Court hadn’t stolen the 2000 election from then Clinton VP and “global warming” activist Al Gore.
Current Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were ALL lawyers for Bush during the 2000 FL recount. ⚖️ 🇺🇸
Current Supreme Court Justices Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were ALL lawyers for Bush during the 2000 FL recount. ⚖️ 🇺🇸
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And unsung hero of Pearl Harbor who has never gotten his full due.
department.va.gov/history/feat...
department.va.gov/history/feat...
Doris Miller - Above and beyond the call of duty - VA History
Doris Miller joined the Navy in 1939, on the eve of World War II, as a mess attendant. He was assigned to a battleship at Pearl Harbor, and on Dec. 7, 1941, performed acts of gallantry that earned him...
department.va.gov
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
And unsung hero of Pearl Harbor who has never gotten his full due.
department.va.gov/history/feat...
department.va.gov/history/feat...
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The accuracy of this is breathtaking.
This is ✨exactly✨ how white people treat their fellow customers who happen to be Black.
And please, please don’t chime in, swearing you never have; y’all do this without even knowing it. Trust.
This is ✨exactly✨ how white people treat their fellow customers who happen to be Black.
And please, please don’t chime in, swearing you never have; y’all do this without even knowing it. Trust.
December 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The accuracy of this is breathtaking.
This is ✨exactly✨ how white people treat their fellow customers who happen to be Black.
And please, please don’t chime in, swearing you never have; y’all do this without even knowing it. Trust.
This is ✨exactly✨ how white people treat their fellow customers who happen to be Black.
And please, please don’t chime in, swearing you never have; y’all do this without even knowing it. Trust.
Clearly, I woke up on my sh*t today.
December 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Clearly, I woke up on my sh*t today.
Actual culprits are billionaires.
They shouldn't exist.
They shouldn't exist.
We wrap our affordability series with a look at the hidden economic culprits of the cost of living crisis: middlemen. They sit in between transactions and take their profit, raising costs for everyone else. And their interventions can even turn deadly. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports:
Meet the Connectors - The American Prospect
Middlemen, our economy’s most shadowy characters, sit in between buyers and sellers and get rich in the process. It can even be a matter of life or death.
prospect.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Actual culprits are billionaires.
They shouldn't exist.
They shouldn't exist.
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Please check in on the people you care about. Cannot stress this enough, as our nation continues to descend into fascism, and particularly as mental health and other health and social services continue to be eliminated under Project 2025.
Please prioritize this.
Please prioritize this.
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Please check in on the people you care about. Cannot stress this enough, as our nation continues to descend into fascism, and particularly as mental health and other health and social services continue to be eliminated under Project 2025.
Please prioritize this.
Please prioritize this.
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Many of these movies are out of circulation.
There was a robust movie industry for Black stories during the 1920’s-1950’s.
The movies weren’t shown in whites only theaters and many were banned from majority white cities.
But they existed & explored real world issues in our communities.
There was a robust movie industry for Black stories during the 1920’s-1950’s.
The movies weren’t shown in whites only theaters and many were banned from majority white cities.
But they existed & explored real world issues in our communities.
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Many of these movies are out of circulation.
There was a robust movie industry for Black stories during the 1920’s-1950’s.
The movies weren’t shown in whites only theaters and many were banned from majority white cities.
But they existed & explored real world issues in our communities.
There was a robust movie industry for Black stories during the 1920’s-1950’s.
The movies weren’t shown in whites only theaters and many were banned from majority white cities.
But they existed & explored real world issues in our communities.
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White America doesn’t have the collectivity to effectively “boycott” a political decision.
Sad thing is, it would only take 3% or so of white Americans, 7 million or so, to bring about change.
Sad thing is, it would only take 3% or so of white Americans, 7 million or so, to bring about change.
Good day for a boycott.
Give the parks a rest.
Give the parks a rest.
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
White America doesn’t have the collectivity to effectively “boycott” a political decision.
Sad thing is, it would only take 3% or so of white Americans, 7 million or so, to bring about change.
Sad thing is, it would only take 3% or so of white Americans, 7 million or so, to bring about change.
Those fingerling potatoes hit my neurodivergence just right, too.
I maintain, early 2000s Boston Market was unmatched.
The bird was done right and the mac, fingerling potatoes, and creamed spinach were on point.
The bird was done right and the mac, fingerling potatoes, and creamed spinach were on point.
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Those fingerling potatoes hit my neurodivergence just right, too.
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Lung cancer is taking another family member from me.
Don’t smoke.
If you are a smoker, quit.
Logging out for a while. What a garbage day.
Don’t smoke.
If you are a smoker, quit.
Logging out for a while. What a garbage day.
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Lung cancer is taking another family member from me.
Don’t smoke.
If you are a smoker, quit.
Logging out for a while. What a garbage day.
Don’t smoke.
If you are a smoker, quit.
Logging out for a while. What a garbage day.
Represent, represent!
🎵🎶
Proud to be Jay's homie.
🎵🎶
Proud to be Jay's homie.
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Represent, represent!
🎵🎶
Proud to be Jay's homie.
🎵🎶
Proud to be Jay's homie.
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People need to be heeding my warnings!
Project 2025 is now 50% implemented.
It was 48% yesterday.
Project 2025 is now 50% implemented.
It was 48% yesterday.
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
People need to be heeding my warnings!
Project 2025 is now 50% implemented.
It was 48% yesterday.
Project 2025 is now 50% implemented.
It was 48% yesterday.
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A friend just texted me that her son used her cardboard cutout of Danny Devito to pass age verification on Google
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A friend just texted me that her son used her cardboard cutout of Danny Devito to pass age verification on Google
Help the WeHo Superhero
Headed to DHS to try to reunite a family kidnapped by I.C.E. ⚖️
This is my 5th attempt with this same family. I’m close.
Wish me luck. It didn’t have to be this way.
Venmo: @JohnathanPerk
CashApp: $JohnathanPerk
This is my 5th attempt with this same family. I’m close.
Wish me luck. It didn’t have to be this way.
Venmo: @JohnathanPerk
CashApp: $JohnathanPerk
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Help the WeHo Superhero
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I think about this exchange whenever a white person exclaims that we both have the last name Perkins. This happens relatively often.
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I think about this exchange whenever a white person exclaims that we both have the last name Perkins. This happens relatively often.
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My father didn't know his last name 🗣️
Lmaooo he stayed on crakahs necks I know they called him all kinds of slurs after they picked themselves up from the walk down.
Lmaooo he stayed on crakahs necks I know they called him all kinds of slurs after they picked themselves up from the walk down.
I think about this exchange whenever a white person exclaims that we both have the last name Perkins. This happens relatively often.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My father didn't know his last name 🗣️
Lmaooo he stayed on crakahs necks I know they called him all kinds of slurs after they picked themselves up from the walk down.
Lmaooo he stayed on crakahs necks I know they called him all kinds of slurs after they picked themselves up from the walk down.
Sh*t. I ain't even rap without using my diaphragm.
Hardly any of the new singers use their diaphragm and it speaks directly to how the lack of influence from the church has caused a decline in musical prowess.
SZA sounds like she sings with her mouth closed. Summer sounds like Fischer Price my first chorus class. Most of the men are nasally/whiny. If their voices are nice the songs are boring or poorly produced.
Occasionally I’ll find things I like but the vast majority is a no thank you.
Occasionally I’ll find things I like but the vast majority is a no thank you.
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sh*t. I ain't even rap without using my diaphragm.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The biggest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing white people all racism must be intentional—when, in reality, most of it is not.
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The biggest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing white people all racism must be intentional—when, in reality, most of it is not.
THAT part.
White people truly believe they could NOT have just said or done something racist, because they did not INTEND the KKK-level horrors they think define all “racism.”
They put “racism” in the same mental category as criminal acts. Most racism is much more covert—way less “hateful” and more systemic.
They put “racism” in the same mental category as criminal acts. Most racism is much more covert—way less “hateful” and more systemic.
The biggest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing white people all racism must be intentional—when, in reality, most of it is not.
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
THAT part.
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Non-white ppl who experience racism, use the term as an adjective.
“That was racist.”
“That Karen was racist.”
White ppl use “racist” as a noun:
“I’m not a racist! I have a Black husband!”
“Trump’s a racist!”
It’s a distancing mechanism for terms they view pejoratively: “illegals,” “Blacks,” etc.
“That was racist.”
“That Karen was racist.”
White ppl use “racist” as a noun:
“I’m not a racist! I have a Black husband!”
“Trump’s a racist!”
It’s a distancing mechanism for terms they view pejoratively: “illegals,” “Blacks,” etc.
Agree. I notice white people think of racism as some indelible trait. In this conception racist is something you are, vs. racism is something you do. I think this is a reason why we fail to acknowledge the racism we are already doing or benefiting from, for fear of a Mark on Our Permanent Record.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Non-white ppl who experience racism, use the term as an adjective.
“That was racist.”
“That Karen was racist.”
White ppl use “racist” as a noun:
“I’m not a racist! I have a Black husband!”
“Trump’s a racist!”
It’s a distancing mechanism for terms they view pejoratively: “illegals,” “Blacks,” etc.
“That was racist.”
“That Karen was racist.”
White ppl use “racist” as a noun:
“I’m not a racist! I have a Black husband!”
“Trump’s a racist!”
It’s a distancing mechanism for terms they view pejoratively: “illegals,” “Blacks,” etc.
When Luka got low 5s from the Pelicans' bench after that corner 3 in front of em tho.
The. Don.
The. Don.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
When Luka got low 5s from the Pelicans' bench after that corner 3 in front of em tho.
The. Don.
The. Don.
Broke my whole foot off in them beans today.
And when your level 9000 Latina SO repeatedly has you make them?
Roma WifeGuyTM sh*t.
And when your level 9000 Latina SO repeatedly has you make them?
Roma WifeGuyTM sh*t.
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Broke my whole foot off in them beans today.
And when your level 9000 Latina SO repeatedly has you make them?
Roma WifeGuyTM sh*t.
And when your level 9000 Latina SO repeatedly has you make them?
Roma WifeGuyTM sh*t.
Hahaha the snork I just snorked.
Keeping Guy Fieri in my thoughts. By which I mean I have trapped his soul in my mind prison and he’ll have to solve twelve riddles to escape
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Hahaha the snork I just snorked.
Luda said
"So feel a tingle in yo' spine by the way I talk;
And it's pimpin' in my blood; you can tell by the way I walk.
Ooh lawd, more styles than a barber shop--call the cops"
And I felt that.
"So feel a tingle in yo' spine by the way I talk;
And it's pimpin' in my blood; you can tell by the way I walk.
Ooh lawd, more styles than a barber shop--call the cops"
And I felt that.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Luda said
"So feel a tingle in yo' spine by the way I talk;
And it's pimpin' in my blood; you can tell by the way I walk.
Ooh lawd, more styles than a barber shop--call the cops"
And I felt that.
"So feel a tingle in yo' spine by the way I talk;
And it's pimpin' in my blood; you can tell by the way I walk.
Ooh lawd, more styles than a barber shop--call the cops"
And I felt that.