Henry Gargan
@hankyjg.bsky.social
bird watcher, runner, bike rider, enviro lawyer, North Carolinian, embarrassing dad. Posting solely in personal capacity
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
We have to trust the free market to tell us if some people deserve to be poor but not to tell us if we were idiots for investing in an antisocial and generally flawed technology
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We have to trust the free market to tell us if some people deserve to be poor but not to tell us if we were idiots for investing in an antisocial and generally flawed technology
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With help from my @triangleblogblog.bsky.social friends, I wrote about Town Council’s fumble last Wednesday night on changes to the town’s land use regulations and why this may just be a brief setback.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
With help from my @triangleblogblog.bsky.social friends, I wrote about Town Council’s fumble last Wednesday night on changes to the town’s land use regulations and why this may just be a brief setback.
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
One reason for hope, as I am often observing, is that these people are not good at what they do and do not value being good at doing things
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One reason for hope, as I am often observing, is that these people are not good at what they do and do not value being good at doing things
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
Cancel culture strikes again
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Cancel culture strikes again
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The Bureau of Land Management proposed to overturn a rule that conservation is an official "use" of public lands.
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
Public Lands Rule a by Kate Groetzinger - Infogram
infogram.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Bureau of Land Management proposed to overturn a rule that conservation is an official "use" of public lands.
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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this is legit one of the saddest things i have ever seen
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
this is legit one of the saddest things i have ever seen
A tradition unlike any other. See you there, Carrboro!
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A tradition unlike any other. See you there, Carrboro!
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really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
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no there is not. the law is clear, the constitution is clear, the intent of the lawmakers who passed it all is clear. the end. tired of entertaining this sophomoric nonsense
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
no there is not. the law is clear, the constitution is clear, the intent of the lawmakers who passed it all is clear. the end. tired of entertaining this sophomoric nonsense
From @propublica.org’s profile of NC’s Chief Justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
From @propublica.org’s profile of NC’s Chief Justice www.propublica.org/article/paul...
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
The mainstream press’s bar for Trump is “poorly behaved dog”—lavishing praise for the occasional sentence that resembles typical politician-speak while exasperatedly sighing with their hands on their hips when he does or says something truly disgusting
The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The mainstream press’s bar for Trump is “poorly behaved dog”—lavishing praise for the occasional sentence that resembles typical politician-speak while exasperatedly sighing with their hands on their hips when he does or says something truly disgusting
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Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
Lanza’s is really out here selling a small drip coffee for $4 😭
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Lanza’s is really out here selling a small drip coffee for $4 😭
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I honestly can’t bring myself to read this but I do think it’s very important for people in the US to remember that this is happening right now because of our government.
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I honestly can’t bring myself to read this but I do think it’s very important for people in the US to remember that this is happening right now because of our government.
Reading books is so important
If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.
the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reading books is so important