Seth, The Gravy Beggar
@boozybeggarchi.bsky.social
Seth (he/him). Beer sales guy. Cocktails and spirits. Communitarian. Hockey. World-building. TTRPG DM. Occasional writer. Jazz, Rock, Electronic music and more. Queer and Poly. Has opinions.
STFU about Chicago. 🛑 AI🗑️
STFU about Chicago. 🛑 AI🗑️
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I am so floored by today and have so little to actually say. Remind people you love them and don't want to be in a world without them. Take care of your mental health and help people with their mental health too. Please remember there is 988 and suicide hotlines. R.I.P. Jessie Arcand Martinez.
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Probably should've predicted that our roving army of misfit fed goons would consist of the kind of men who subsist largely on Slim Jims and energy drinks in between beating immigrants
“.. Federal agents walk through a gas station market searching for undocumented immigrants during Operation Charlotte's Web in Charlotte, North Carolina.”
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November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Probably should've predicted that our roving army of misfit fed goons would consist of the kind of men who subsist largely on Slim Jims and energy drinks in between beating immigrants
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There's a lot going on here. The mayor is mischaracterizing protesters, and real threats have been made (America 2025). Whatever one's thoughts are on how this should be handled, the order itself is a tool for further restricting demonstrations and reporting outside the detention center.
Broadview’s mayor has declared a civil emergency following a series of “serious and credible” threats made against village officials and increasing protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the western suburb.
https://to.wttw.com/4oLUMY1
https://to.wttw.com/4oLUMY1
Broadview Mayor Issues Civil Emergency Order Amid Threats, Escalating Protests Outside ICE Facility
Broadview’s mayor has declared a civil emergency following a series of “serious and credible” threats made against village officials and increasing protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcem...
to.wttw.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There's a lot going on here. The mayor is mischaracterizing protesters, and real threats have been made (America 2025). Whatever one's thoughts are on how this should be handled, the order itself is a tool for further restricting demonstrations and reporting outside the detention center.
I've made so many work-related sighs today.
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I've made so many work-related sighs today.
Made a Korean burrito for dinner. Out of makgeolli so I drank it with a sake.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Made a Korean burrito for dinner. Out of makgeolli so I drank it with a sake.
I just called my cat a dick burger. I regret nothing. He won't leave us alone while cooking.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I just called my cat a dick burger. I regret nothing. He won't leave us alone while cooking.
Neighbors left a 2.5 oz bottle of hand cream in the lobby for free (in a bag with a small alcohol-free listerine and an unused toothbrush). I grabbed it, then looked it up. 82 dollar hand cream. Pamela: "this hand cream better cure my mental ilness if it costs 82 a bottle"
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Neighbors left a 2.5 oz bottle of hand cream in the lobby for free (in a bag with a small alcohol-free listerine and an unused toothbrush). I grabbed it, then looked it up. 82 dollar hand cream. Pamela: "this hand cream better cure my mental ilness if it costs 82 a bottle"
Back to back but very different 4.5 mile runs this weekend. Chilly today.
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Back to back but very different 4.5 mile runs this weekend. Chilly today.
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FWIW, I've reached out to the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty — groups that have long touted their support for religious freedom — about things such as the treatment of clergy, alleged inability of ICE detainees to access religious rites, etc.
No response yet.
No response yet.
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
FWIW, I've reached out to the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty — groups that have long touted their support for religious freedom — about things such as the treatment of clergy, alleged inability of ICE detainees to access religious rites, etc.
No response yet.
No response yet.
Anyone seen even one Democrat go on the news and criticize this push towards military activity against Venezuela? Considering there is no basis for an attack, you'd think they'd be pounding the pavement on the War Powers act and at least trying to propose legislation...
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anyone seen even one Democrat go on the news and criticize this push towards military activity against Venezuela? Considering there is no basis for an attack, you'd think they'd be pounding the pavement on the War Powers act and at least trying to propose legislation...
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
Mind you, this was done as an executive order I believe, therefore it has no force of law for a state or city govt. None at all. This is being done so they can display their capitulation.
Nothing is safe trom Trump:
The Buddy Holly crosswalk in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas will be removed to comply with a directive from the Trump regime to rid the public roadways of any political messages or artwork.
The Buddy Holly crosswalk in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas will be removed to comply with a directive from the Trump regime to rid the public roadways of any political messages or artwork.
Buddy Holly crosswalk in his Texas hometown to be removed following order on road safety
“It’s such a tasteful cross section and people like it. But what do you do?” City Council Member Christy Martinez-Garcia said of the crosswalk that depicts Holly's iconic glasses.
www.nbcnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mind you, this was done as an executive order I believe, therefore it has no force of law for a state or city govt. None at all. This is being done so they can display their capitulation.
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the society i want to see brought about is one in which adopting a child out to strangers and pronouncing them “legally and practically dead” to their families is understood as a war crime and not as a way for celebrities to advertise their compassion 🥚
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
the society i want to see brought about is one in which adopting a child out to strangers and pronouncing them “legally and practically dead” to their families is understood as a war crime and not as a way for celebrities to advertise their compassion 🥚
Kind of night where you get a little stoned and put on music to make a playlist to get high to listen to music too, but with someone else.
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Kind of night where you get a little stoned and put on music to make a playlist to get high to listen to music too, but with someone else.
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The Nuzzi story is just gross propaganda, an epic romance made of this grifter who breaks ethics on her social rise & a eugenicist dismantling public health in favor of mass death. They're humanizing, validating, offering it to us so it will be palatable. Obviously the paper is bought & sold.
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Nuzzi story is just gross propaganda, an epic romance made of this grifter who breaks ethics on her social rise & a eugenicist dismantling public health in favor of mass death. They're humanizing, validating, offering it to us so it will be palatable. Obviously the paper is bought & sold.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
I'd never heard of this person today. Milquetoast and shitty newsletter on substack + a weird hero complex. Unshocked.
The problems with moderation on this site are real. People should pay less attention to Sarah Kendzior, though, who has tried to turn her suspension into evidence she is being personally targeted by the people who run this site
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'd never heard of this person today. Milquetoast and shitty newsletter on substack + a weird hero complex. Unshocked.
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The excuse Trump, Vance, Bessent and every member of the admin constantly uses is things are so bad because of what “they inherited.” What about what Biden inherited? Has everyone forgotten Jan 2021? Economy in shambles, global supply chain a mess, global inflation, J6 aftermath.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The excuse Trump, Vance, Bessent and every member of the admin constantly uses is things are so bad because of what “they inherited.” What about what Biden inherited? Has everyone forgotten Jan 2021? Economy in shambles, global supply chain a mess, global inflation, J6 aftermath.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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LA:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
LA:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
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Michigan Republicans asking Trump to take over the 2026 election Michigan. (I know that this, in theory, references in 'monitoring'. But we're not obligated to accept bullshit cover stories.)
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Michigan Republicans asking Trump to take over the 2026 election Michigan. (I know that this, in theory, references in 'monitoring'. But we're not obligated to accept bullshit cover stories.)
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"Be clear: I blame the protectors of the predators just as much as the rapists themselves because without them, this cycle might’ve ended long ago with sexual abusers, especially those ensconced in politics and media, rooted out," MFP Founding Editor Donna Ladd wrote in August. "Maybe."
The Epstein Saga Is Not a Game. It’s About Protecting Women.
Donna Ladd reflects on her own story amid the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga of rape, retribution and the protection of sexual predators.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Be clear: I blame the protectors of the predators just as much as the rapists themselves because without them, this cycle might’ve ended long ago with sexual abusers, especially those ensconced in politics and media, rooted out," MFP Founding Editor Donna Ladd wrote in August. "Maybe."
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Was thinking of writing a takedown of Reformation Project for their anti-polyamory push for “biblical” same-sex marriage (that doesn’t exist lmao) with monogamy and premarital chastity, but honestly I can only pretty much come up with “fart noises, fuck you, Jesus loves me best”
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Was thinking of writing a takedown of Reformation Project for their anti-polyamory push for “biblical” same-sex marriage (that doesn’t exist lmao) with monogamy and premarital chastity, but honestly I can only pretty much come up with “fart noises, fuck you, Jesus loves me best”
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![Backpfeifengesicht n (strong, genitive
Backpfeifengesichtes or Backpfeifengesichts, plural Backpfeifengesichter)
1. (chiefly Germany, colloquial) a punchable face; a face "in need of a smack". [quotations ▼]
Der Mann hat ein richtiges Backpfeifengesicht.
The man has a real punchable face.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:llovslinz2hv4clmpqolaupu/bafkreicjvkwfr2o6k3sqridm2wmmvidlgnt64ozwgkbf2kzyzc7eft6wc4@jpeg)
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DON'T BUY STARBUCKS!!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
DON'T BUY STARBUCKS!!