Chuck Groenink
@cgroenink.bsky.social
I draw pictures, I bake bread, I go for walks.
Columbia county, NY
Columbia county, NY
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Chuck Groenink
@cgroenink.bsky.social
· Apr 8
Hullo, it’s #portfolioday! I’m chuck, I make picture books. I like drawing animals, far away places, and light.
American exceptionalism is a cognitive distortion
February 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
American exceptionalism is a cognitive distortion
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Librarian here. We grant library cards to ALL residents, no matter their age or legal status. Our ID requirements pertain to establishing residency only. Do not invoke libraries, which embrace *everyone* in its civic fold, as a precedent for measures designed to *suppress* civic participation.
Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."
February 19, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Librarian here. We grant library cards to ALL residents, no matter their age or legal status. Our ID requirements pertain to establishing residency only. Do not invoke libraries, which embrace *everyone* in its civic fold, as a precedent for measures designed to *suppress* civic participation.
I could not resist drawing the horse
February 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I could not resist drawing the horse
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yeah man i LOVE technology*
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
“why do you hate technology” as though “technology” were some discrete entity divorced entirely from the context of what it does and what it creates, rather than a category so broad as to constitute reality itself
February 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
yeah man i LOVE technology*
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
*the implements by which the people of the "Corded Ware" culture (c. 3000-2350 BCE) applied the signature indentations to their ceramic pottery
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"the economy" is the language of modern politics. this is why reactionaries who are mad that a woman didn't smile at them tweet endlessly about how the economy will be so based and chad once we institute breeding camps
"I'm sad all the time and I don't know why" isn't a polling category and also doesn't sound serious, but "the economy is bad" does.
February 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
"the economy" is the language of modern politics. this is why reactionaries who are mad that a woman didn't smile at them tweet endlessly about how the economy will be so based and chad once we institute breeding camps
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'We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.' - Beautifully put.
February 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.' - Beautifully put.
Ultimately they see us as nothing but fertiliser for the world they think they’ll inherit.
‘A good way of dealing with overpopulation’: Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism | Article by @ktoussaint.bsky.social for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism
Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.
www.fastcompany.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Ultimately they see us as nothing but fertiliser for the world they think they’ll inherit.
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The short story of the 21st century in the United States is that out of malice or cowardice or some combination of both, every presidency contributed to building and expanding a federal secret police of goons and thugs, despite clear warning and obvious abuses, until we got to this point.
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The short story of the 21st century in the United States is that out of malice or cowardice or some combination of both, every presidency contributed to building and expanding a federal secret police of goons and thugs, despite clear warning and obvious abuses, until we got to this point.
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I’ve been having some fun exploring Earthsea lately.
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I’ve been having some fun exploring Earthsea lately.
I’ve been having some fun exploring Earthsea lately.
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I’ve been having some fun exploring Earthsea lately.
And this is why my greencard holding-ass has not risked leaving the US
"He said he has been locked in the same large, cold and damp room for 4½ months with more than 70 men. He said detainees are constantly hungry because meals served at tables in the centre of the room offer only child-sized portions." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
And this is why my greencard holding-ass has not risked leaving the US
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so many kidlit people use substack. may I suggest: don’t
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
so many kidlit people use substack. may I suggest: don’t
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Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
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If you're trying to find Waldo you're a cop
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If you're trying to find Waldo you're a cop
Strong Arrested Development vibes with this crowd.
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Strong Arrested Development vibes with this crowd.
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Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
The US immigration system is already a maliciously kafkaesque nightmare by design (even the relatively straightforward process I went through), and these chuds are now using it to throw more people into the wood chipper.
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The US immigration system is already a maliciously kafkaesque nightmare by design (even the relatively straightforward process I went through), and these chuds are now using it to throw more people into the wood chipper.
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BRAD, many of our fascists🤮 seem obsessed w/ their own mortality⚰️ & it's probably already occurred🤔to you🤯 how like they are to the once-proud Kings🤴 of Númenor🏝 driven mad🤪 through envy of the elves' immortality. Yet need I remind what came of their assault on Valinor...?🌊🌊🌊bluewave😏 Your donation,
February 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM
BRAD, many of our fascists🤮 seem obsessed w/ their own mortality⚰️ & it's probably already occurred🤔to you🤯 how like they are to the once-proud Kings🤴 of Númenor🏝 driven mad🤪 through envy of the elves' immortality. Yet need I remind what came of their assault on Valinor...?🌊🌊🌊bluewave😏 Your donation,
A book for all the ai-enthusiasts!
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A book for all the ai-enthusiasts!
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Childhood was a political project, centuries of activism carving out time and space for young people to grow and learn. It's an unfinished project, and the right wing wants it ended when it's barely even begun.
The Right has spent years trying to push a return to child labor and attacking age of consent laws. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re exposing us to mountains of the most horrendous stuff imaginable while also normalizing it.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Childhood was a political project, centuries of activism carving out time and space for young people to grow and learn. It's an unfinished project, and the right wing wants it ended when it's barely even begun.
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The Right has spent years trying to push a return to child labor and attacking age of consent laws. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re exposing us to mountains of the most horrendous stuff imaginable while also normalizing it.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The Right has spent years trying to push a return to child labor and attacking age of consent laws. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re exposing us to mountains of the most horrendous stuff imaginable while also normalizing it.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID
