Charles Xavier
@charlesxavier.bsky.social
Nerd, Bostonian in exile, Catherine Wheel superfan.
“One half of my heart is Erin's, and the other half is America's. God bless America, and ever preserve her the asylum of all the oppressed of the earth, is the sincere prayer of my heart” - M. Corcoran
“One half of my heart is Erin's, and the other half is America's. God bless America, and ever preserve her the asylum of all the oppressed of the earth, is the sincere prayer of my heart” - M. Corcoran
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Charles Xavier
@charlesxavier.bsky.social
· Aug 26
I spent 20 minutes trying to force myself not to write a post that would have gotten me a visit from the FBI. So new plan, every time I feel the need to write one of these posts, I’m just putting an unpopular opinion in this thread. Ideally one of these will get me run off BlueSky so I stop posting.
If my dad was still around, I would get him this for Christmas.
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If my dad was still around, I would get him this for Christmas.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I was on board with the Covid stimulus checks, the economy was going to crater and we had to do something, BUT - it destroyed politics in a way that I did not forsee happening.
People got extremely angry that it was a one-time payment, even if the people angry wouldn't say that was the reason.
People got extremely angry that it was a one-time payment, even if the people angry wouldn't say that was the reason.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I was on board with the Covid stimulus checks, the economy was going to crater and we had to do something, BUT - it destroyed politics in a way that I did not forsee happening.
People got extremely angry that it was a one-time payment, even if the people angry wouldn't say that was the reason.
People got extremely angry that it was a one-time payment, even if the people angry wouldn't say that was the reason.
If 2000s NBA players had to play at the pace of today’s games their limbs would fly off their bodies. I’m a bit tired of people my age pretending the reason there are more injuries in today’s games is that older players were tougher. #NBASky
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If 2000s NBA players had to play at the pace of today’s games their limbs would fly off their bodies. I’m a bit tired of people my age pretending the reason there are more injuries in today’s games is that older players were tougher. #NBASky
Thinking about this more, I think all these people are all in a spiritual crisis. They have all the money in the world, and when they find out it doesn’t bring them what they want they think someone is preventing it, instead of realizing money won’t get them what they want.
Musk, Thiel, Trump, the founder of Overstock - a non trivial portion of why the US (and “the west” more broadly) feels like it’s backsliding is that the people with all the money are slowly going crazy.
this is not just right-wing conspiracy claptrap, this is next-level completely unhinged, like raving lunatic stuff
Byrne—who’s close to a billionaire, if not a billionaire—says he was in a top-secret spy agency called the League of Shadows which uncovered evidence the Bidens sought bribes from Iran
Byrne—who’s close to a billionaire, if not a billionaire—says he was in a top-secret spy agency called the League of Shadows which uncovered evidence the Bidens sought bribes from Iran
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thinking about this more, I think all these people are all in a spiritual crisis. They have all the money in the world, and when they find out it doesn’t bring them what they want they think someone is preventing it, instead of realizing money won’t get them what they want.
Day 3 #90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Guided By Voices, "Game of Pricks"
Drunkenly shouting G!B!V! at a show remains one of my favorite things to do.
youtu.be/MjZ6HL-8WK0?...
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Guided By Voices, "Game of Pricks"
Drunkenly shouting G!B!V! at a show remains one of my favorite things to do.
youtu.be/MjZ6HL-8WK0?...
Game Of Pricks
YouTube video by Guided by Voices - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Day 3 #90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Guided By Voices, "Game of Pricks"
Drunkenly shouting G!B!V! at a show remains one of my favorite things to do.
youtu.be/MjZ6HL-8WK0?...
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Guided By Voices, "Game of Pricks"
Drunkenly shouting G!B!V! at a show remains one of my favorite things to do.
youtu.be/MjZ6HL-8WK0?...
Reposted by Charles Xavier
You: this is stupid, people don’t care that everyone is in sweats, they care that flying has a ton of delays and cancellations
Me: why would you wear a suit with no tie if your message was that people should dress up?
Me: why would you wear a suit with no tie if your message was that people should dress up?
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You: this is stupid, people don’t care that everyone is in sweats, they care that flying has a ton of delays and cancellations
Me: why would you wear a suit with no tie if your message was that people should dress up?
Me: why would you wear a suit with no tie if your message was that people should dress up?
Just send RFK Jr and a station wagon, and he’ll make sure this whale is no longer on the beach.
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just send RFK Jr and a station wagon, and he’ll make sure this whale is no longer on the beach.
Day 2 #90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Jawbox, "Savory"
Lots of indie bands sign to a major and lose their way, but for Jawbox it just gave them enough of a production budget to really nail the sound they were going for.
youtu.be/xFvz1JQAPgQ?...
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Jawbox, "Savory"
Lots of indie bands sign to a major and lose their way, but for Jawbox it just gave them enough of a production budget to really nail the sound they were going for.
youtu.be/xFvz1JQAPgQ?...
Jawbox - Savory
YouTube video by Joey Zambrano
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Day 2 #90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Jawbox, "Savory"
Lots of indie bands sign to a major and lose their way, but for Jawbox it just gave them enough of a production budget to really nail the sound they were going for.
youtu.be/xFvz1JQAPgQ?...
#MusicChallenge
In reverse order, one song per artist.
Jawbox, "Savory"
Lots of indie bands sign to a major and lose their way, but for Jawbox it just gave them enough of a production budget to really nail the sound they were going for.
youtu.be/xFvz1JQAPgQ?...
What in the chicken fried fuck i this?!?
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What in the chicken fried fuck i this?!?
Reposted by Charles Xavier
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Day 1 #90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Not sure the rules here, but doing it in reverse order, one song per artist.
Alice In Chains, Would
youtu.be/Nco_kh8xJDs?...
The movie that defined the early 90s was Singles, because of that soundtrack. And “Would?”was the cornerstone of that album.
#MusicChallenge
Not sure the rules here, but doing it in reverse order, one song per artist.
Alice In Chains, Would
youtu.be/Nco_kh8xJDs?...
The movie that defined the early 90s was Singles, because of that soundtrack. And “Would?”was the cornerstone of that album.
Alice In Chains - Would? (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by AliceInChainsVEVO
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Day 1 #90sTop30
#MusicChallenge
Not sure the rules here, but doing it in reverse order, one song per artist.
Alice In Chains, Would
youtu.be/Nco_kh8xJDs?...
The movie that defined the early 90s was Singles, because of that soundtrack. And “Would?”was the cornerstone of that album.
#MusicChallenge
Not sure the rules here, but doing it in reverse order, one song per artist.
Alice In Chains, Would
youtu.be/Nco_kh8xJDs?...
The movie that defined the early 90s was Singles, because of that soundtrack. And “Would?”was the cornerstone of that album.
Musk, Thiel, Trump, the founder of Overstock - a non trivial portion of why the US (and “the west” more broadly) feels like it’s backsliding is that the people with all the money are slowly going crazy.
this is not just right-wing conspiracy claptrap, this is next-level completely unhinged, like raving lunatic stuff
Byrne—who’s close to a billionaire, if not a billionaire—says he was in a top-secret spy agency called the League of Shadows which uncovered evidence the Bidens sought bribes from Iran
Byrne—who’s close to a billionaire, if not a billionaire—says he was in a top-secret spy agency called the League of Shadows which uncovered evidence the Bidens sought bribes from Iran
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Musk, Thiel, Trump, the founder of Overstock - a non trivial portion of why the US (and “the west” more broadly) feels like it’s backsliding is that the people with all the money are slowly going crazy.
I think I somewhat disagree with the article's framing - many people view computers as an 'objective' source and will respond to it in a way they will not towards a human, despite the fact genAI is extremely biased (if not always in the ways their designers intended)
It turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments.
Chatbots are surprisingly effective at debunking conspiracy theories
Turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments.
www.technologyreview.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think I somewhat disagree with the article's framing - many people view computers as an 'objective' source and will respond to it in a way they will not towards a human, despite the fact genAI is extremely biased (if not always in the ways their designers intended)
“Grandmas don’t need slippers, but President Grandpa needs gold bars engraved with his name” might not need a winning electoral strategy
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Grandmas don’t need slippers, but President Grandpa needs gold bars engraved with his name” might not need a winning electoral strategy
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
This is a very niche post, but - there is simple no worse feeling than when you quickly pick a treasure in the treasure room in Slay the Spire, and then realize it was the last time to get the relic before the boss fight. An entire run, ruined!
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is a very niche post, but - there is simple no worse feeling than when you quickly pick a treasure in the treasure room in Slay the Spire, and then realize it was the last time to get the relic before the boss fight. An entire run, ruined!
My name is James Connolly, I didn’t come here to die
But to fight for the rights of the working man
And the small farmer too
Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws
So hold on to your rifles, boys, and don’t give up your dream
Of a Republic for the working class, economic liberty
But to fight for the rights of the working man
And the small farmer too
Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws
So hold on to your rifles, boys, and don’t give up your dream
Of a Republic for the working class, economic liberty
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My name is James Connolly, I didn’t come here to die
But to fight for the rights of the working man
And the small farmer too
Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws
So hold on to your rifles, boys, and don’t give up your dream
Of a Republic for the working class, economic liberty
But to fight for the rights of the working man
And the small farmer too
Protect the proletariat from the bosses and their screws
So hold on to your rifles, boys, and don’t give up your dream
Of a Republic for the working class, economic liberty
Reposted by Charles Xavier
Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Relating to Spider-Man at 19: I too am underemployed, unsure how to pursue girls, and trying to find my place in the adult world.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
Relating to Galactus at 42: I am from an unrecognizable previous millennium, hungry all the time, everything hurts and I live with a tiny person who won’t do what I ask.
"ibuprofen is useless, even after my wife takes some she still tells me she has a headache"
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"ibuprofen is useless, even after my wife takes some she still tells me she has a headache"
Why are all the headlines like this! The letters say that Trump was with underage girls at Epstein’s house. Not that he “knew about” them.
Even now the media spins this.
Even now the media spins this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Why are all the headlines like this! The letters say that Trump was with underage girls at Epstein’s house. Not that he “knew about” them.
Even now the media spins this.
Even now the media spins this.
Reposted by Charles Xavier
“Stigmatizing fascist beliefs is not at odds with the ideal of the open society because a commitment to that ideal is not a suicide pact.” www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
Liberalism's Positive Vision Must Be the Open Society
Liberalism is not just the mitigation of dangers. It is also an active striving towards a world that is truly free.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Stigmatizing fascist beliefs is not at odds with the ideal of the open society because a commitment to that ideal is not a suicide pact.” www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalisms-...
I enjoyed Luke Kornet on the Celtics the last couple of years, but him and Wemby being called “French vanilla” is such a good nickname I can’t be sad he’s gone.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I enjoyed Luke Kornet on the Celtics the last couple of years, but him and Wemby being called “French vanilla” is such a good nickname I can’t be sad he’s gone.
Reposted by Charles Xavier
tech company in 2000: kinda good news we have invented a way for you to talk to the whole world from your phone
tech company in 2025: INCREDIBLE NEWS in a revolutionary achievement that will change the world you can now use emojis in filenames!!! Nobel Prize for our CEO when?
tech company in 2025: INCREDIBLE NEWS in a revolutionary achievement that will change the world you can now use emojis in filenames!!! Nobel Prize for our CEO when?
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
tech company in 2000: kinda good news we have invented a way for you to talk to the whole world from your phone
tech company in 2025: INCREDIBLE NEWS in a revolutionary achievement that will change the world you can now use emojis in filenames!!! Nobel Prize for our CEO when?
tech company in 2025: INCREDIBLE NEWS in a revolutionary achievement that will change the world you can now use emojis in filenames!!! Nobel Prize for our CEO when?
Reposted by Charles Xavier
A fast food restaurant with great branding and design but the meals are made of whatever is found in the dumpster
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A fast food restaurant with great branding and design but the meals are made of whatever is found in the dumpster