Chris Baltz
@angrywookiee.bsky.social
Writer, possibly 137 squirrels in a trenchcoat.
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shit is scary right now, but i have no intention of shutting up or shutting down.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
shit is scary right now, but i have no intention of shutting up or shutting down.
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NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
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Preacher Boy wanted you to know the talent was all him, all live. We waiting for the album.
May 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Preacher Boy wanted you to know the talent was all him, all live. We waiting for the album.
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“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
Hey Wisconsinites. This is what cultural appropriation feels like.
April 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Hey Wisconsinites. This is what cultural appropriation feels like.
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Now THAT is how you do a filibuster, Senator. Respect.
April 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Now THAT is how you do a filibuster, Senator. Respect.
I’ll die on this hill. We’ve killed ourselves with the branding on “misinformation.” It’s not misinformation. It’s lies.
March 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’ll die on this hill. We’ve killed ourselves with the branding on “misinformation.” It’s not misinformation. It’s lies.
Remember in middle school "Careers" class when the Occupation Outlook Handbook told us all that being a marine biologist making 80k a year was a viable career path, and we all did a report on it?
March 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Remember in middle school "Careers" class when the Occupation Outlook Handbook told us all that being a marine biologist making 80k a year was a viable career path, and we all did a report on it?
This may be Mississippi specific, but I grew up around people who had no problem understanding, “I may hate what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it,” when it came to the KKK and neo-Nazis, but we apparently can’t apply that logic to people protesting bombing Palestinian civilians.
March 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This may be Mississippi specific, but I grew up around people who had no problem understanding, “I may hate what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it,” when it came to the KKK and neo-Nazis, but we apparently can’t apply that logic to people protesting bombing Palestinian civilians.
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Cutting scientific research funding is far reaching and worse for the population than most people realize.
theconversation.com/nih-funding-...
theconversation.com/nih-funding-...
NIH funding cuts will hit red states, rural areas and underserved communities the hardest
The majority of the 23 states disproportionately affected by the cuts are red states.
theconversation.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Cutting scientific research funding is far reaching and worse for the population than most people realize.
theconversation.com/nih-funding-...
theconversation.com/nih-funding-...
Done with entertaining arguements that “America is Back,” in good faith. From now on I’m asking everyone what their 5 favorites parts of the Grover Cleveland administration were.
March 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Done with entertaining arguements that “America is Back,” in good faith. From now on I’m asking everyone what their 5 favorites parts of the Grover Cleveland administration were.
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Via rainbrolly on Goodreads: What an amazing, immersive read.
Everything about The Resistant: Desert Sun was captivating, visceral, and totally attention grabbing. I struggled to put it down, always able to talk myself into “just one more chapter.”
Interested? 👀 🔗 below!
a.co/d/iLTwqke
Everything about The Resistant: Desert Sun was captivating, visceral, and totally attention grabbing. I struggled to put it down, always able to talk myself into “just one more chapter.”
Interested? 👀 🔗 below!
a.co/d/iLTwqke
February 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Via rainbrolly on Goodreads: What an amazing, immersive read.
Everything about The Resistant: Desert Sun was captivating, visceral, and totally attention grabbing. I struggled to put it down, always able to talk myself into “just one more chapter.”
Interested? 👀 🔗 below!
a.co/d/iLTwqke
Everything about The Resistant: Desert Sun was captivating, visceral, and totally attention grabbing. I struggled to put it down, always able to talk myself into “just one more chapter.”
Interested? 👀 🔗 below!
a.co/d/iLTwqke
Forget traditional conservative media, there’s an entire demographic whose only news source is AI generated FB posts of billboards with text boxes laid over them. We might be in trouble…
February 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Forget traditional conservative media, there’s an entire demographic whose only news source is AI generated FB posts of billboards with text boxes laid over them. We might be in trouble…
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There's no cut-off date for now. In lieu of feedback, I'd be happy to instead send you a free copy of CHURN, signed illustration postcards, or a personalized micro. Read more at my SubStack: chloeseim.substack.com/p/channeling...
February 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's no cut-off date for now. In lieu of feedback, I'd be happy to instead send you a free copy of CHURN, signed illustration postcards, or a personalized micro. Read more at my SubStack: chloeseim.substack.com/p/channeling...
get why journalists can’t do it, but everyone else, including politicians, you’re allowed to just say the word “lies,” instead of “misinformation.” (For now.)
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
get why journalists can’t do it, but everyone else, including politicians, you’re allowed to just say the word “lies,” instead of “misinformation.” (For now.)
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Can’t wait to see how US tech companies are going to try to convince people not to use the cheaper Chinese LLM. What are they going to say, that it just hallucinates information and pads everything with pointless corporate speak filler text?
January 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Can’t wait to see how US tech companies are going to try to convince people not to use the cheaper Chinese LLM. What are they going to say, that it just hallucinates information and pads everything with pointless corporate speak filler text?
Wizards can perfectly season cast iron cookware in seconds by casting Grease followed by Fireball. That’s only 2 spell slots.
January 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Wizards can perfectly season cast iron cookware in seconds by casting Grease followed by Fireball. That’s only 2 spell slots.