Charlenerd
@cfhirsch.bsky.social
Software developer by trade. I enjoy music, mathematics, playing piano, studying quantum computing and history. And also procrastinating. A lot of procrastinating.
Prejudiced against antivaxxers.
Work in progress.
He/Him
Prejudiced against antivaxxers.
Work in progress.
He/Him
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There was amazing restraint and heroism by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 6, 2021. They were viciously attacked by rightwing extremists and rioters incited by Trump.
Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
There was amazing restraint and heroism by the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department on Jan. 6, 2021. They were viciously attacked by rightwing extremists and rioters incited by Trump.
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It’s gonna be hard to top this one folks
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
It’s gonna be hard to top this one folks
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If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths.
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths.
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An important thing we can do right now is to say it’s unacceptable to have people on the news who are paid to performatively lie, even if the lie looks foolish. This guy is not actually speaking an opinion, he is doing community theater.
ABBY PHILLIP: “Scott, do you really think she meant to kill him?”
SMUG SCOTT JENNINGS: “I don’t know, Abby.”
ABBY PHILLIP: “Don’t you think that’s important?
SMUG SCOTT JENNINGS: “Actually, no. I don’t.” 🤔
(They know their “domestic terrorist” narrative has been shattered)
SMUG SCOTT JENNINGS: “I don’t know, Abby.”
ABBY PHILLIP: “Don’t you think that’s important?
SMUG SCOTT JENNINGS: “Actually, no. I don’t.” 🤔
(They know their “domestic terrorist” narrative has been shattered)
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
An important thing we can do right now is to say it’s unacceptable to have people on the news who are paid to performatively lie, even if the lie looks foolish. This guy is not actually speaking an opinion, he is doing community theater.
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Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
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DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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Anything that inconveniences a right wing populist is censorship, part 1000.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Anything that inconveniences a right wing populist is censorship, part 1000.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
This depraved prick uses that term bc it puts his enemies on the defensive. They cower.
Fact-checking is censorship. Labeling is censorship. TRANSPARENCY is censorship.
Now, “no nonconsensual nudes” is censorship.
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
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Frey: "I think the initial impetus to come to MN was to arrest & deport a bunch of Somali people. They got here & realized the Somali people that would be deported are all citizens. Then they turned their ire toward our Latino community & others. These are communities that make Mpls a better place."
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Frey: "I think the initial impetus to come to MN was to arrest & deport a bunch of Somali people. They got here & realized the Somali people that would be deported are all citizens. Then they turned their ire toward our Latino community & others. These are communities that make Mpls a better place."
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Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"
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what do you call it when a rogue armed government agency tells an elected official they dont care if theyre breaking the law
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
what do you call it when a rogue armed government agency tells an elected official they dont care if theyre breaking the law
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I’m noticing that Trumpers talking — on Facebook, or other social media, or interviews, etc. — are increasingly picking up on the administration’s stupid and censorial “libs are provoking this” narrative. Their support for free speech was always bullshit.
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I’m noticing that Trumpers talking — on Facebook, or other social media, or interviews, etc. — are increasingly picking up on the administration’s stupid and censorial “libs are provoking this” narrative. Their support for free speech was always bullshit.
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
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Honestly, so much of the anger (not all but much of it) directed at the NYT should go to the editorial side who direct the coverage, the placement, the attention, and the terrible headlines. Yet they get to hide while they put the reporters out front to get yelled at.
Copy editors and all other headline writers should have bylines so people can scream at whoever actually wrote the headline instead of the reporter(s) who wrote the story
“Racy”
January 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Honestly, so much of the anger (not all but much of it) directed at the NYT should go to the editorial side who direct the coverage, the placement, the attention, and the terrible headlines. Yet they get to hide while they put the reporters out front to get yelled at.
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an american city is fully under siege by an occupying army that is supposedly an arm of its own government
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
an american city is fully under siege by an occupying army that is supposedly an arm of its own government
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
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Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in the face, is local. Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd's neck, is local.
State and local law enforcement know the communities they serve. They’ve built the trust and know how to keep us safe.
As Minnesotans express their first amendment rights, I encourage you to remain peaceful and know that local law enforcement has one goal in mind: your safety.
As Minnesotans express their first amendment rights, I encourage you to remain peaceful and know that local law enforcement has one goal in mind: your safety.
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in the face, is local. Derek Chauvin, who knelt on George Floyd's neck, is local.
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The scale of how many ICE agents there are in Minnesota right now is something that seems to be getting lost in the discourse. It’s why they seem to be everywhere.
There are twice as many ICE agents in town as there are cops in Minneapolis and St. Paul combined. How do they imagine it would go down, exactly
January 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The scale of how many ICE agents there are in Minnesota right now is something that seems to be getting lost in the discourse. It’s why they seem to be everywhere.
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Every once in a while some bootlicker toad will pop up with some shitty claim like "none of this would have happened if ONLY they had been POLITE" and aside from the fact that this is appeasement bullshit, it's not true.
January 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Every once in a while some bootlicker toad will pop up with some shitty claim like "none of this would have happened if ONLY they had been POLITE" and aside from the fact that this is appeasement bullshit, it's not true.
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As a reminder, here are texts Charles Exum wrote bragging abt shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago on 10/4.
Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
As a reminder, here are texts Charles Exum wrote bragging abt shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago on 10/4.
Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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If you're not willing to arrest the killer, don't arrest the demonstrators.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If you're not willing to arrest the killer, don't arrest the demonstrators.
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If there are *any* Democrats in Congress who will still vote to keep funding this administration when it is using that money to terrorize our cities and refusing to allow congressional representatives their clear right to observe their activities, then those reps need to be primaried into retirement
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If there are *any* Democrats in Congress who will still vote to keep funding this administration when it is using that money to terrorize our cities and refusing to allow congressional representatives their clear right to observe their activities, then those reps need to be primaried into retirement
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Johnson: It is equally inappropriate for ICE agents to just throw teargas out of a window because people are yelling at them. It is unacceptable for ICE agents to go up and threaten to arrest and harm people because they are honking a horn or exercising a protest, that is unacceptable.
January 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Johnson: It is equally inappropriate for ICE agents to just throw teargas out of a window because people are yelling at them. It is unacceptable for ICE agents to go up and threaten to arrest and harm people because they are honking a horn or exercising a protest, that is unacceptable.
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Not a novel observation, obviously, but these guys sincerely love to threaten and put their hands on women.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Not a novel observation, obviously, but these guys sincerely love to threaten and put their hands on women.