charlie
@chopcornpickens.bsky.social
attorney with background in housing, immigration, human rights. i like books trains politics etc.
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Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
Of course the “club baby seals” rep is on here
7 Dems are:
—Jared Golden (ME): retiring
—Henry Cuellar (TX): pardoned by Trump, targeted by new GOP map
—Vicente Gonzalez (TX): targeted by new GOP map
—Don Davis (NC): targeted by new GOP map
—Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): running
—Laura Gillen (NY): running in Long Island
—Tom Suozzi (NY): same
—Jared Golden (ME): retiring
—Henry Cuellar (TX): pardoned by Trump, targeted by new GOP map
—Vicente Gonzalez (TX): targeted by new GOP map
—Don Davis (NC): targeted by new GOP map
—Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): running
—Laura Gillen (NY): running in Long Island
—Tom Suozzi (NY): same
DHS funding bill passes w/ 7 Democratic votes
January 22, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Of course the “club baby seals” rep is on here
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the president slowly physically decaying and manifesting what appears to be some kind of stigmata on his hand while becoming more insane and evil would be dismissed as a hacky writing device
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM
the president slowly physically decaying and manifesting what appears to be some kind of stigmata on his hand while becoming more insane and evil would be dismissed as a hacky writing device
If Star Fleet Academy is going to feature gratuitous closeups of Caleb’s insanely ripped body, it should also feature gratuitous closeups of the rest of the cast’s bodies
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
If Star Fleet Academy is going to feature gratuitous closeups of Caleb’s insanely ripped body, it should also feature gratuitous closeups of the rest of the cast’s bodies
The ungentlemanly urge to post really mean comments on negative Goodreads reviews of books I enjoyed
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 AM
The ungentlemanly urge to post really mean comments on negative Goodreads reviews of books I enjoyed
I keep seeing this ad for Avatar that shows the motion capture side by side with the finished product. It looks…terrible? Like, really bad?
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I keep seeing this ad for Avatar that shows the motion capture side by side with the finished product. It looks…terrible? Like, really bad?
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 AM
stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem
RIP to Bob Weir, who I was fortunate to see go off on conservative bullshit nearly a decade ago:
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
RIP to Bob Weir, who I was fortunate to see go off on conservative bullshit nearly a decade ago:
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
If you believed an SUV was about to run you over, seems like common sense would compel you to simply step out of the path of the car, as shooting the driver in the face in no way would guarantee that the car would stop. In fact, the car might accelerate uncontrollably as the driver slumps forward.
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
If you believed an SUV was about to run you over, seems like common sense would compel you to simply step out of the path of the car, as shooting the driver in the face in no way would guarantee that the car would stop. In fact, the car might accelerate uncontrollably as the driver slumps forward.
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Waltham, Massachusetts
Pop: 62,495
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts
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Pop: 62,495
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham,_Massachusetts
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53889257
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15864272
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January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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anyhoo the only surprise here is Musk's pivot from a long standing belief of his, specifically that he has historically been very pro running-people-over-with-cars
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
anyhoo the only surprise here is Musk's pivot from a long standing belief of his, specifically that he has historically been very pro running-people-over-with-cars
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The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
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it's twin peaks the return and I don't even think it's particularly close.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 1:51 AM
it's twin peaks the return and I don't even think it's particularly close.
Trump showing no interest in Machado is pretty funny
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trump showing no interest in Machado is pretty funny
The November issue of Hillsdale’s Imprimis hits every key point of modern conservative thought: lavish praise of every act of the Trump administration while warning about the dangers of concentrated power, evocations of obscure Roman history, and repeated used of the phrase “with a full throat”
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The November issue of Hillsdale’s Imprimis hits every key point of modern conservative thought: lavish praise of every act of the Trump administration while warning about the dangers of concentrated power, evocations of obscure Roman history, and repeated used of the phrase “with a full throat”
“Have your tried ‘kill the poor’?” was supposed to be satirical youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“Have your tried ‘kill the poor’?” was supposed to be satirical youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE?...
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Ward’s Berry Farm getting a lot of shoutouts in today’s Patriots broadcast
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ward’s Berry Farm getting a lot of shoutouts in today’s Patriots broadcast
Are we really supposed to get worked up over Trump’s bathroom renovations now? Who cares?
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Are we really supposed to get worked up over Trump’s bathroom renovations now? Who cares?
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if you don’t spend several hours a day on your phone you’ll miss all the Crap and Bullshit
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
if you don’t spend several hours a day on your phone you’ll miss all the Crap and Bullshit