Charlie Thomsen
@thomsec.bsky.social
Geographer. Happiness, climate change, human rights.
“What appears to be coming at you is really coming from you.”
“What appears to be coming at you is really coming from you.”
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maaaaaan
(I was diagnosed a year ago, and my parents are--well The Husband just showed me this post and said 'I immediately thought of your mother')
(I was diagnosed a year ago, and my parents are--well The Husband just showed me this post and said 'I immediately thought of your mother')
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
maaaaaan
(I was diagnosed a year ago, and my parents are--well The Husband just showed me this post and said 'I immediately thought of your mother')
(I was diagnosed a year ago, and my parents are--well The Husband just showed me this post and said 'I immediately thought of your mother')
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Another great talk today was on women in volcanology by @volcanologist.bsky.social who’s unearthing some wonderful, previously unrecognised contributions and observations by women travellers and others. Lots more to be learnt here such as who are the women in Tempest Anderson’s volcano photos?
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Another great talk today was on women in volcanology by @volcanologist.bsky.social who’s unearthing some wonderful, previously unrecognised contributions and observations by women travellers and others. Lots more to be learnt here such as who are the women in Tempest Anderson’s volcano photos?
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Pedophilia: sexual attraction to c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ under 11yo
Hebephilia: sexual attraction to early-pubescent c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 11-14)
Ephebophilia: sexual attraction to c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 15-17)
All under 18yo are considered minors. Minors are c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟.
Ch͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ cannot consent.
It. Is. Rape.
Hebephilia: sexual attraction to early-pubescent c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 11-14)
Ephebophilia: sexual attraction to c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 15-17)
All under 18yo are considered minors. Minors are c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟.
Ch͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ cannot consent.
It. Is. Rape.
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pedophilia: sexual attraction to c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ under 11yo
Hebephilia: sexual attraction to early-pubescent c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 11-14)
Ephebophilia: sexual attraction to c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 15-17)
All under 18yo are considered minors. Minors are c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟.
Ch͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ cannot consent.
It. Is. Rape.
Hebephilia: sexual attraction to early-pubescent c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 11-14)
Ephebophilia: sexual attraction to c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ (ages 15-17)
All under 18yo are considered minors. Minors are c͟h͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟.
Ch͟i͟l͟d͟r͟e͟n͟ cannot consent.
It. Is. Rape.
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Spain, once again, showing the way.
Combining a democratic vision of energy access and an involved narrative of climate ambition + EU Next Gen fund and government’s Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE) money, 🇪🇸 is growing a heart-warming amount of clean energy communities.
Combining a democratic vision of energy access and an involved narrative of climate ambition + EU Next Gen fund and government’s Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE) money, 🇪🇸 is growing a heart-warming amount of clean energy communities.
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Spain, once again, showing the way.
Combining a democratic vision of energy access and an involved narrative of climate ambition + EU Next Gen fund and government’s Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE) money, 🇪🇸 is growing a heart-warming amount of clean energy communities.
Combining a democratic vision of energy access and an involved narrative of climate ambition + EU Next Gen fund and government’s Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE) money, 🇪🇸 is growing a heart-warming amount of clean energy communities.
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First off. Hell yes to this man because he understands how powerful his platform is and made sure to call something out many people would have not seen otherwise.
And I love that the Athletic made sure to find the most serious Bron photo art they could lol
And I love that the Athletic made sure to find the most serious Bron photo art they could lol
LeBron James voiced his opinion on the incident involving a Texas state trooper at the Gamecocks-Aggies game.
The state trooper was "relieved of his game day assignment.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
The state trooper was "relieved of his game day assignment.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
First off. Hell yes to this man because he understands how powerful his platform is and made sure to call something out many people would have not seen otherwise.
And I love that the Athletic made sure to find the most serious Bron photo art they could lol
And I love that the Athletic made sure to find the most serious Bron photo art they could lol
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*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
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Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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The GI Bill (putting returning soldiers in college instead of breadlines), building suburbs, federally financed mortgages, and cars & refrigerators made the US boom. FDR & those around him didn't need to imagine what happens when returning soldiers don't have jobs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The GI Bill (putting returning soldiers in college instead of breadlines), building suburbs, federally financed mortgages, and cars & refrigerators made the US boom. FDR & those around him didn't need to imagine what happens when returning soldiers don't have jobs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
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Article ends w/ a quote by me:
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Article ends w/ a quote by me:
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“I've seen the Punisher decal on the bumper, the stylized American flag denoting the thin blue line: *I'm an outlaw; also, anyone who disobeys the cops deserves to be killed.*”
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“I've seen the Punisher decal on the bumper, the stylized American flag denoting the thin blue line: *I'm an outlaw; also, anyone who disobeys the cops deserves to be killed.*”
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Sick to my stomach that the President being mixed up with a horrifying global network of pedophiles is considered a 'voter issue' and not something the whole world needs to know about and people need to be prosecuted for.
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sick to my stomach that the President being mixed up with a horrifying global network of pedophiles is considered a 'voter issue' and not something the whole world needs to know about and people need to be prosecuted for.
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
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*The wife and I agree that pulling a Robert Louis Stevenson and dropping dead while making mayonnaise is an ideal island writerly fate
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
Ibizan mosquito-borne malaria would be a sad way for Bruce Sterling to pass. One would prefer something like an F-6 tornado. In Ibiza.
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
*The wife and I agree that pulling a Robert Louis Stevenson and dropping dead while making mayonnaise is an ideal island writerly fate
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
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big "the sound of his horn" hours
Chat, is "the rich are doing the 'fox' hunts again where the fox is a person" a recession indicator www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
big "the sound of his horn" hours
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Mondegreens will never not be splendid.
i used to think the lyric was ‘i wanna rock and roll all night / and part of every day’ and i remember thinking, honestly that sounds reasonable
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Mondegreens will never not be splendid.
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![Advertising poster promoting cycling for transport featuring four people in a row on bikes. At the top the text says, "You'd be better on a bicycle", and then in a bubble it says "Still [emphasized with big, red, italicized letters] the cheapest, handiest, healthiest way of getting about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vpdxcialxa6j5s7yh5g5jhf/bafkreihcp247ahol26isqxpjmh54kczqp6ieyycvhakzjug6ysgeqndpb4@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Everyone in the Epstein files need to be rounded up and dropped off on a remote island and left there to battle it out for survival like Lord of the Flies. And their riches should be redistributed to Epstein’s victims.
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Everyone in the Epstein files need to be rounded up and dropped off on a remote island and left there to battle it out for survival like Lord of the Flies. And their riches should be redistributed to Epstein’s victims.
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
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•Megyn Kelly—Raping a 15-year-old isn't really rape
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
•Megyn Kelly—Raping a 15-year-old isn't really rape
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
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🥸 “In an attempt to unfuck Pam Bondi’s Halloween attempt to ratify Lindsey Halligan’s attempt to indict Jim Comey, the blondes from Florida have fucked things worse.”
Gotta love it.
Gotta love it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🥸 “In an attempt to unfuck Pam Bondi’s Halloween attempt to ratify Lindsey Halligan’s attempt to indict Jim Comey, the blondes from Florida have fucked things worse.”
Gotta love it.
Gotta love it.
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I'm less concerned about the polygraph and more concerned about the thought process that led to letting Dan Bongino skip the polygraph. If FBI agents normally had to pass a oujia board and Dan Bongino didn't, I'd still wonder what they didn't want him to have to answer.
As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm less concerned about the polygraph and more concerned about the thought process that led to letting Dan Bongino skip the polygraph. If FBI agents normally had to pass a oujia board and Dan Bongino didn't, I'd still wonder what they didn't want him to have to answer.
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If GOP senators think they deserve 500K minimum for having their phone privacy invaded how much should citizens and legal residents detained by ICE for being Brown get? 10 million? 100 million?
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If GOP senators think they deserve 500K minimum for having their phone privacy invaded how much should citizens and legal residents detained by ICE for being Brown get? 10 million? 100 million?
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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A CAP spokesperson tells Dan Boguslaw: "Larry Summers is a non-resident, uncompensated fellow at CAP. We are reviewing this week's disclosures to determine appropriate next steps."
lmao
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lmao
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Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A CAP spokesperson tells Dan Boguslaw: "Larry Summers is a non-resident, uncompensated fellow at CAP. We are reviewing this week's disclosures to determine appropriate next steps."
lmao
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
lmao
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...