Charlie
@cdirksen.bsky.social
Co-founder @Mbird.org; Keeper of the Gates, and Executive Vice President of Anti-Social Media, @Phish.net; Interests include: virulent misandry, irony, the darkest of humor, paradigms of non-toxic masculinity. Reposts must be considered endorsements.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Regrettably, this is the most attention this lovely tune has ever received. A YouTube link to hear it is within its history cc @tommarshall111.bsky.social phish.net/song/backwar...
January 29, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Regrettably, this is the most attention this lovely tune has ever received. A YouTube link to hear it is within its history cc @tommarshall111.bsky.social phish.net/song/backwar...
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The killer is still at large and still working for the government, but here is some information irrelevant to the victim’s killing, provided by the killer’s accomplices.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The killer is still at large and still working for the government, but here is some information irrelevant to the victim’s killing, provided by the killer’s accomplices.
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This is one of the 7 Democrats who voted for ICE funding this week. Look at his face. He is not having a good time.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
This is one of the 7 Democrats who voted for ICE funding this week. Look at his face. He is not having a good time.
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MELANIA has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the FIFA Oscars
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
MELANIA has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the FIFA Oscars
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40 years ago today, STS-51-L, the Space Shuttle Challenger, was boarded by
Francis R. Scobee, Commander
- Michael J. Smith, Pilot
- Donald McNair, Mission Spec
- Ellison Onizuka, Mission Spec
- Judith Resnik, Mission Spec
- Gregory Jarvis, Payload Spec
- Christa McAuliffe, Payload Spec
Francis R. Scobee, Commander
- Michael J. Smith, Pilot
- Donald McNair, Mission Spec
- Ellison Onizuka, Mission Spec
- Judith Resnik, Mission Spec
- Gregory Jarvis, Payload Spec
- Christa McAuliffe, Payload Spec
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 AM
40 years ago today, STS-51-L, the Space Shuttle Challenger, was boarded by
Francis R. Scobee, Commander
- Michael J. Smith, Pilot
- Donald McNair, Mission Spec
- Ellison Onizuka, Mission Spec
- Judith Resnik, Mission Spec
- Gregory Jarvis, Payload Spec
- Christa McAuliffe, Payload Spec
Francis R. Scobee, Commander
- Michael J. Smith, Pilot
- Donald McNair, Mission Spec
- Ellison Onizuka, Mission Spec
- Judith Resnik, Mission Spec
- Gregory Jarvis, Payload Spec
- Christa McAuliffe, Payload Spec
So @phish.net still doesn’t have an attendee recapper of either tonight’s or Saturday’s Mexico show, and we don’t even have a backup couchtour recapper for tonight (!) so if no one steps up #GeminiAI will (it should be hilarious) pls email charlie at dot net if you’re competent to help #phish
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January 28, 2026 at 1:13 PM
So @phish.net still doesn’t have an attendee recapper of either tonight’s or Saturday’s Mexico show, and we don’t even have a backup couchtour recapper for tonight (!) so if no one steps up #GeminiAI will (it should be hilarious) pls email charlie at dot net if you’re competent to help #phish
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US contemporary quilt artist Sally Manke #womensart
January 28, 2026 at 3:11 AM
US contemporary quilt artist Sally Manke #womensart
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in berkeley, the 2nd show & 1st (live) tape with the new keith & donna godchaux lineup. a nice soundboard, with a bunch of songs appearing for the 1st time. tape, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 AM
50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in berkeley, the 2nd show & 1st (live) tape with the new keith & donna godchaux lineup. a nice soundboard, with a bunch of songs appearing for the 1st time. tape, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #garciafreaksunite
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This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who
www.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Whoever came up with "penny for your thoughts," "don't nickel and dime me," and "another day another dollar" sure knew how to coin a phrase.
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Whoever came up with "penny for your thoughts," "don't nickel and dime me," and "another day another dollar" sure knew how to coin a phrase.
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Were they out of Maxell II s?
January 27, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Were they out of Maxell II s?
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This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.
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“ICE will accompany the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy next month, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday,” the NYT reports. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM
“ICE will accompany the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy next month, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday,” the NYT reports. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
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👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The right-wing mind cannot imagine the spontaneous logistics of like five bored punks around a pot of lentils and are thus spooked by what is literally just an average zine.
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The right-wing mind cannot imagine the spontaneous logistics of like five bored punks around a pot of lentils and are thus spooked by what is literally just an average zine.
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we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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You see, what has to happen here is that Pretti’s family HAS to sue Miller for $100 million for defamation of their son’s character.
They’d win hands down, Miller would be bankrupted, and a serious message would be sent to all the other liars and criminals in this administration.
They’d win hands down, Miller would be bankrupted, and a serious message would be sent to all the other liars and criminals in this administration.
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
You see, what has to happen here is that Pretti’s family HAS to sue Miller for $100 million for defamation of their son’s character.
They’d win hands down, Miller would be bankrupted, and a serious message would be sent to all the other liars and criminals in this administration.
They’d win hands down, Miller would be bankrupted, and a serious message would be sent to all the other liars and criminals in this administration.
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And here I am thinking that these are inalienable rights, not considerations
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
And here I am thinking that these are inalienable rights, not considerations