Chuck, just Chuck
@ncstarguy.bsky.social
Retired IT Guy, painter, maker, amateur astronomer, and world traveler.
Practicing Buddhist, which means I haven’t got it right yet.
Part-time philosopher, full-time smart-ass.
Sometimes I just say stuff.
Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.
- Robert Caro
Practicing Buddhist, which means I haven’t got it right yet.
Part-time philosopher, full-time smart-ass.
Sometimes I just say stuff.
Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.
- Robert Caro
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Chuck, just Chuck
@ncstarguy.bsky.social
· Oct 11
My philosophy is simple: As long as there is coffee, it is time for more coffee.
#caffeinemustflow #coffee
#caffeinemustflow #coffee
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Honestly. Whenever I hear someone claim that Socialism doesn't work, or is somehow worse than the Capitalist system that's choking us to death, I know that I can safely disregard anything else they have to say.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Honestly. Whenever I hear someone claim that Socialism doesn't work, or is somehow worse than the Capitalist system that's choking us to death, I know that I can safely disregard anything else they have to say.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
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This is true, in the sense that it is a web of very real scandals reactionaries will try to claim are fake through the power of repetitive bare assertion
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is true, in the sense that it is a web of very real scandals reactionaries will try to claim are fake through the power of repetitive bare assertion
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Um. Did he forget what happened? The dementia is really, really bad.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Um. Did he forget what happened? The dementia is really, really bad.
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The Geiers were famous for using Lupron (a medical castration drug) on autistic boys to “ take the wolf out” as they put it in a long -vanished article that used to be on the NYT website. Vile and evil men.
The study in question was conducted by anti-vaxxers David Geier, who Kennedy hired to study vaccines and autism, and his father, Mark.
Neither one has a medical license. Mark is a former physician but his son, David, is not.
Both were disciplined for practicing medicine without a license in MD.
Neither one has a medical license. Mark is a former physician but his son, David, is not.
Both were disciplined for practicing medicine without a license in MD.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The Geiers were famous for using Lupron (a medical castration drug) on autistic boys to “ take the wolf out” as they put it in a long -vanished article that used to be on the NYT website. Vile and evil men.
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It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s never a bad time for this meme, but International Men’s Day might be the best time
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“Pam, I told the republicans to vote to release the Epstein files. You know what to do.”
“I’m on it, Mr. President.”
“I’m on it, Mr. President.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“Pam, I told the republicans to vote to release the Epstein files. You know what to do.”
“I’m on it, Mr. President.”
“I’m on it, Mr. President.”
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There were 92,400 Lego cutlasses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. This one was found in August by Laura Dale on a beach near Newquay some 28 years after it plummeted into the ocean.
Photo: Laura Dale
Photo: Laura Dale
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
There were 92,400 Lego cutlasses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. This one was found in August by Laura Dale on a beach near Newquay some 28 years after it plummeted into the ocean.
Photo: Laura Dale
Photo: Laura Dale
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For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
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Quality Community Note on Troy Nehls.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Quality Community Note on Troy Nehls.
Where would they be getting the money…also, I don’t think it’s illegal for foreign nationals to buy property in the US.
How else would Trump have been able to sell those apartments to Russians?
How else would Trump have been able to sell those apartments to Russians?
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Where would they be getting the money…also, I don’t think it’s illegal for foreign nationals to buy property in the US.
How else would Trump have been able to sell those apartments to Russians?
How else would Trump have been able to sell those apartments to Russians?
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I wrote about how if social media posting is Trump's art form, yesterday's post on the Epstein Files was his Magnus Opus. I title it: A man in full panic.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I wrote about how if social media posting is Trump's art form, yesterday's post on the Epstein Files was his Magnus Opus. I title it: A man in full panic.
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Hey Donald, I don't think Prince Andrew would've been stripped of all his royal titles and evicted from Windsor castle if the Epstein files were a "hoax"
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hey Donald, I don't think Prince Andrew would've been stripped of all his royal titles and evicted from Windsor castle if the Epstein files were a "hoax"
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Republicans spent the last 50 years shipping all our manufacturing jobs to Asia and now they wonder why so many people need SNAP
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Republicans spent the last 50 years shipping all our manufacturing jobs to Asia and now they wonder why so many people need SNAP
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[west wing 2025]
Stephen Miller busts into the oval, sweaty and out of breath, “they’re calling you “THROTUS”
Stephen Miller busts into the oval, sweaty and out of breath, “they’re calling you “THROTUS”
It’s required by law that all political thrillers have a scene where a young intern with piercings and a face tats says “ma’am this is blowing up on social media”
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
[west wing 2025]
Stephen Miller busts into the oval, sweaty and out of breath, “they’re calling you “THROTUS”
Stephen Miller busts into the oval, sweaty and out of breath, “they’re calling you “THROTUS”
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If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
I'd just like to point out that we spent an entire shipment of air defense interceptors' worth of money on new signs for a name change that isn't even legally the name of the DoD.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If the US system remains trapped in an endless knife fight between a party of good government and a party of nihilistic governance then Europeans need to accept that the US will no longer be a stable partner long after Trump is gone
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I can't help but notice those accounts whining loudest about "DEMS CAVING AGAIN AS USUAL" are mostly privileged white men, backed up by a bunch of privileged white women.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I can't help but notice those accounts whining loudest about "DEMS CAVING AGAIN AS USUAL" are mostly privileged white men, backed up by a bunch of privileged white women.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
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Can we all just come to terms with the fact that many large accounts on here need the Dems to "fail" to keep their content/engagement/likes up?
They pedal in outrage since their very capitalistic livelihoods depend on it.
Take that into account when listening to them...
They pedal in outrage since their very capitalistic livelihoods depend on it.
Take that into account when listening to them...
a man in a suit is standing in front of a building and looking at the camera .
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of a building and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Can we all just come to terms with the fact that many large accounts on here need the Dems to "fail" to keep their content/engagement/likes up?
They pedal in outrage since their very capitalistic livelihoods depend on it.
Take that into account when listening to them...
They pedal in outrage since their very capitalistic livelihoods depend on it.
Take that into account when listening to them...
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Perhaps it’s time for them to walk off the job. Travel stopping would be resolved faster than the government shut down.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Perhaps it’s time for them to walk off the job. Travel stopping would be resolved faster than the government shut down.
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Puzzled why reading something unusual is obviously something one only does to impress others whereas reading something everyone else is reading isn't
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Puzzled why reading something unusual is obviously something one only does to impress others whereas reading something everyone else is reading isn't
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November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I'm not saying this mysteriously appeared after the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen, but I'm also not saying it didn't.....
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I'm not saying this mysteriously appeared after the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen, but I'm also not saying it didn't.....