Charlie Awerbuch
@chazman.bsky.social
Nerd, geek, dork. Trans rights are human rights.
"When I voted for the leopard that said it would eat people's faces, I didn't think it would want to eat MY face."
“.. He led me into the Hilltop, where half the people inside knew his name, to a corner where we sat drinking diner coffee. ‘You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,’ Zink said.”
@politico.com #DOGE
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@politico.com #DOGE
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December 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"When I voted for the leopard that said it would eat people's faces, I didn't think it would want to eat MY face."
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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Seventy years have passed since Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, and her legacy is often shrunk into that single moment.
Detroit, the city where she chose to continue her life, insists on remembering her differently.
Detroit, the city where she chose to continue her life, insists on remembering her differently.
Rosa Parks’ story didn’t end in Montgomery. These students are proof of that.
The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation aims to tell the story of Parks' life beyond the bus while helping Michigan students devoted to service and social change.
19thnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Seventy years have passed since Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, and her legacy is often shrunk into that single moment.
Detroit, the city where she chose to continue her life, insists on remembering her differently.
Detroit, the city where she chose to continue her life, insists on remembering her differently.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I remember Joe Manchin being absolutely effusive that the Inflation Reduction Act would bring millions of dollars to create jobs for renewable energy in West Virginia.... now Trump is killing these opportunities.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I remember Joe Manchin being absolutely effusive that the Inflation Reduction Act would bring millions of dollars to create jobs for renewable energy in West Virginia.... now Trump is killing these opportunities.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
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For people unaware and playing/streaming Where Winds Meet, it uses GenAI for NPC chat bots, and let's you import a photo of yourself and a voice clip for character creation, which I'm sure I don't need to explain why that is fucked up
And no AI disclosure on Steam 🙃
And no AI disclosure on Steam 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
For people unaware and playing/streaming Where Winds Meet, it uses GenAI for NPC chat bots, and let's you import a photo of yourself and a voice clip for character creation, which I'm sure I don't need to explain why that is fucked up
And no AI disclosure on Steam 🙃
And no AI disclosure on Steam 🙃
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ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
The only people who didn't already know this are people who haven't been paying attention.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen revealed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knew the entire time about the plan for a few Democrats to capitulate to Republicans on the government shutdown. trib.al/rgKrsJC
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The only people who didn't already know this are people who haven't been paying attention.
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Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
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October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast.
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Jamaica #Weather #Climate
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Jamaica #Weather #Climate
How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast
As the storm threatens Jamaica, "the role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."
grist.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast.
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Jamaica #Weather #Climate
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."
grist.org/extreme-weat...
#HurricaneMelissa #Hurricane #Jamaica #Weather #Climate
Please let him quit.
Tesla chair warns Musk could quit if shareholders reject $1tn pay deal
www.ft.com/content/81fe...
www.ft.com/content/81fe...
Tesla chair warns Musk could quit if shareholders reject $1tn pay deal
Robyn Denholm urges investors to support billionaire chief’s package ahead of crucial November 6 vote
www.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Please let him quit.
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
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I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
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Never again means right now.
ICE needs to be stopped.
ICE needs to be stopped.
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Never again means right now.
ICE needs to be stopped.
ICE needs to be stopped.
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"Muslim Americans have a long and proud history of service to this country, and when we allow people like Mr. Cuomo to endorse such a racist ideology, we dishonor not only Muslims Americans but the central idea of what we want America to be."
This Shit Has Got to Stop
Now.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"Muslim Americans have a long and proud history of service to this country, and when we allow people like Mr. Cuomo to endorse such a racist ideology, we dishonor not only Muslims Americans but the central idea of what we want America to be."
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The photo:
The comments you will laugh at:
The comments you will laugh at:
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The photo:
The comments you will laugh at:
The comments you will laugh at:
If you play music or videos on your phone in public without headphones, thereby ensuring that everyone around you has to hear whatever it is you are listening to/watching, we should be allowed to punch you in the face.
Its the only way to teach common courtesy again.
Its the only way to teach common courtesy again.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If you play music or videos on your phone in public without headphones, thereby ensuring that everyone around you has to hear whatever it is you are listening to/watching, we should be allowed to punch you in the face.
Its the only way to teach common courtesy again.
Its the only way to teach common courtesy again.