Chris Seggerman
@chrisseggerman.bsky.social
He/Him. Kept man in Vermont, late of Arizona. Sometime writer; calligrapher; fountain pen enthusiast.
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Bio fact: I worked about 16 years for the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, as newspaper clerk, library associate at the Genealogy Collection, and in the State Archives building post July 2015. 1/
Bio fact: I worked about 16 years for the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, as newspaper clerk, library associate at the Genealogy Collection, and in the State Archives building post July 2015. 1/
ADHD "fun"-- been researching a long-term interest in a writer who wrote smut under a pseudonym. I thought he was an academic first, then a writer, but his biography reads a lot more like Gerald Kersh (he is not Kersh.) 1/
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
ADHD "fun"-- been researching a long-term interest in a writer who wrote smut under a pseudonym. I thought he was an academic first, then a writer, but his biography reads a lot more like Gerald Kersh (he is not Kersh.) 1/
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
The smell of the Putney Road can redemption center takes me back to my youth collecting cans at Turf Paradise racetrack collecting cans for extra money. I was probably 9-10 years old.
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The smell of the Putney Road can redemption center takes me back to my youth collecting cans at Turf Paradise racetrack collecting cans for extra money. I was probably 9-10 years old.
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When I say I stand on business this what I mean.
February 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
When I say I stand on business this what I mean.
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I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I’m currently writing a book about the attempted Nazi demonstration in Skokie in 1977. This is indistinguishable from how American Nazis talked in public.
Parenting trope I loathe: "I had to change your diapers/you embarrassed me when you were a child, so now I get to *take my revenge* now that you're a teen/young adult."
(Usual example is showing embarrassing childhood pictures to dates).
Would be a vicious cycle if it weren't so petty.
(Usual example is showing embarrassing childhood pictures to dates).
Would be a vicious cycle if it weren't so petty.
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Parenting trope I loathe: "I had to change your diapers/you embarrassed me when you were a child, so now I get to *take my revenge* now that you're a teen/young adult."
(Usual example is showing embarrassing childhood pictures to dates).
Would be a vicious cycle if it weren't so petty.
(Usual example is showing embarrassing childhood pictures to dates).
Would be a vicious cycle if it weren't so petty.
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
Drag them for filth!
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Drag them for filth!
I have an axe to grind: I can't find my sharpening stone.
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I have an axe to grind: I can't find my sharpening stone.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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This. So much this. This is why we always warn you about the sexualization of queer existence when they label queer media as inherently sexual.
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 AM
This. So much this. This is why we always warn you about the sexualization of queer existence when they label queer media as inherently sexual.
Magical thinking is going to get us all killed. There's a whole swath of people rejecting empirical, physical reality as unprovable due to epistemic limitations because they don't like the downstream metaphysics and this "according to your worldview" dodge has wrought much misery.
During oral args for Gill v Whitford, the SCOTUS case on Wisconsin’s gerrymandered maps, Roberts referred to the empirical evidence as “sociological gobbledygook” he couldn’t be bothered to understand.
Awful.
Worse?
Three minutes later, Breyer does an I-agree “gobbledygook” callback.
Awful.
Worse?
Three minutes later, Breyer does an I-agree “gobbledygook” callback.
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Magical thinking is going to get us all killed. There's a whole swath of people rejecting empirical, physical reality as unprovable due to epistemic limitations because they don't like the downstream metaphysics and this "according to your worldview" dodge has wrought much misery.
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This is rather special. Marc Bloch was a titan of modern historiography, and a big influence on me as a young history student. He was a brilliant French medievalist murdered by the Gestapo for both his Jewishness and his contribution to French resistance, but they couldn’t kill his work
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This is rather special. Marc Bloch was a titan of modern historiography, and a big influence on me as a young history student. He was a brilliant French medievalist murdered by the Gestapo for both his Jewishness and his contribution to French resistance, but they couldn’t kill his work
We would be in a better place if everyone said "Oh come on!" about 50 years ago to all of this nonsense.
BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We would be in a better place if everyone said "Oh come on!" about 50 years ago to all of this nonsense.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
It's always weird to me how discussions about age and maturity sometimes veer into weird territory where people lament mistakes where they *didn't* know better but say they were *incapable* of knowing better, and they'll retcon other people's lives in all sorts of ways about it.
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
It's always weird to me how discussions about age and maturity sometimes veer into weird territory where people lament mistakes where they *didn't* know better but say they were *incapable* of knowing better, and they'll retcon other people's lives in all sorts of ways about it.
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
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Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore
Hi! Before we get started… Right now, you can get a Humble Bundle including everything Annalee Newitz and I have published with Tor for just $18 (plus...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
I GOT IT FIXED! With only two trips to the hardware store in Newfane and slightly filing/sawing down the fender washers I got to compensate for the sheared bracket.
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I GOT IT FIXED! With only two trips to the hardware store in Newfane and slightly filing/sawing down the fender washers I got to compensate for the sheared bracket.
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‘As Irish as the pigs of Drogheda’ – Frank McNally on rise and fall of street singer Mary Connolly
‘As Irish as the pigs of Drogheda’ – Frank McNally on rise and fall of street singer Mary Connolly
After the Easter Rising, her patriotic ballads struck a chord with the public
www.irishtimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
‘As Irish as the pigs of Drogheda’ – Frank McNally on rise and fall of street singer Mary Connolly
A few days ago a local, probably private snow plow truck took out our bank of mailboxes. They didn't tell us. A guy working on the lines nearby in a bucket truck did. Two are wood and vacant, dating to when there were separate apartments here 1/
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A few days ago a local, probably private snow plow truck took out our bank of mailboxes. They didn't tell us. A guy working on the lines nearby in a bucket truck did. Two are wood and vacant, dating to when there were separate apartments here 1/
We've known their sort for years and limned them clear,
Forgetting playwrights' wisdom cost us dear.
Forgetting playwrights' wisdom cost us dear.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
We've known their sort for years and limned them clear,
Forgetting playwrights' wisdom cost us dear.
Forgetting playwrights' wisdom cost us dear.
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Blumenthal, running through a list of proposed reforms, says that the right to seek redress agents violating their rights can be accomplished with four words added to current U.S. code, and adds:
"Rights without remedies are empty promises."
"Rights without remedies are empty promises."
February 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Blumenthal, running through a list of proposed reforms, says that the right to seek redress agents violating their rights can be accomplished with four words added to current U.S. code, and adds:
"Rights without remedies are empty promises."
"Rights without remedies are empty promises."