Chris Caran
@bayonetchris.bsky.social
Software, hockey, dad, world traveler, fan of fantasy, Sci fi, TTRPGs, and more.
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This SHOULD be part of every Dem's platform.
Dems should loudly let it be known right now that anyone who is carrying out corrupt orders—or illegal ones—will not be able to hide behind bureaucratic obscurity later. They will be held accountable—politically, or if needed, legally as well.
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
July 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This SHOULD be part of every Dem's platform.
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And let me put an even sharper point on this:
Oppressed people have lived OFTEN with the TOTALITY of formal information coming directly from their oppressors.
And they have STILL fought for liberation, again and again and again.
Oppressed people have lived OFTEN with the TOTALITY of formal information coming directly from their oppressors.
And they have STILL fought for liberation, again and again and again.
You know, social media sucks and all, but I am very tired of all this doomer shit I'm seeing everywhere that's like "oh well can't counter social media misinformation, it's too hard, the world is over"
Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships
Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships
February 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
And let me put an even sharper point on this:
Oppressed people have lived OFTEN with the TOTALITY of formal information coming directly from their oppressors.
And they have STILL fought for liberation, again and again and again.
Oppressed people have lived OFTEN with the TOTALITY of formal information coming directly from their oppressors.
And they have STILL fought for liberation, again and again and again.
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You know, social media sucks and all, but I am very tired of all this doomer shit I'm seeing everywhere that's like "oh well can't counter social media misinformation, it's too hard, the world is over"
Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships
Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships
February 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
You know, social media sucks and all, but I am very tired of all this doomer shit I'm seeing everywhere that's like "oh well can't counter social media misinformation, it's too hard, the world is over"
Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships
Bad guy domination of mass media is not historically unprecedented. Go build relationships
Spirit is helping me work today.
January 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Spirit is helping me work today.
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Do not
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
January 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Do not
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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The Transgender Law Centre works on supporting trans rights in areas like healthcare, employment, and immigration. They're trans-led and provide legal assistance, policy advocacy, public education. I've just donated and, if you can, I would recommend you do too <3 transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Transgender Law Centre works on supporting trans rights in areas like healthcare, employment, and immigration. They're trans-led and provide legal assistance, policy advocacy, public education. I've just donated and, if you can, I would recommend you do too <3 transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
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My 3 y/o was reading Meta’s new community standards when she turned to me, gravely, and asked: “Daddy, why don’t people like the nice tech bro man with the fro and the bling?” And when I told her “because woke America has been neutered of its masculine energy,” she started crying.
January 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My 3 y/o was reading Meta’s new community standards when she turned to me, gravely, and asked: “Daddy, why don’t people like the nice tech bro man with the fro and the bling?” And when I told her “because woke America has been neutered of its masculine energy,” she started crying.
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Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
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How do we ALREADY have 2025 in a single image
JUST IN: Tesla Cybertruck explodes at the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas
January 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How do we ALREADY have 2025 in a single image
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🇸🇾🇹🇷 Syrian refugees are returning to the country en masse after the fall of the Assad regime. There are many kilometers of traffic jams on the border with Turkey.
December 9, 2024 at 2:38 PM
🇸🇾🇹🇷 Syrian refugees are returning to the country en masse after the fall of the Assad regime. There are many kilometers of traffic jams on the border with Turkey.
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A portion of the US Declaration of Independence. Lest we forget...
December 8, 2024 at 1:02 PM
A portion of the US Declaration of Independence. Lest we forget...
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"If I'm guilty of this, every cop in the nation's going to jail”
This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 5, 2024 at 1:55 PM
"If I'm guilty of this, every cop in the nation's going to jail”
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“I was very concerned about President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law. I had a very stern conversation with him, and I believe he learned his lesson.”
December 4, 2024 at 8:13 PM
“I was very concerned about President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law. I had a very stern conversation with him, and I believe he learned his lesson.”
Does anyone else have the Ewok yub-nub song stuck in their head this morning? Just me? Cool, cool, cool.
I haven't even watched Return of the Jedi in a while, so it's not like I've heard it recently.
I haven't even watched Return of the Jedi in a while, so it's not like I've heard it recently.
December 5, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Does anyone else have the Ewok yub-nub song stuck in their head this morning? Just me? Cool, cool, cool.
I haven't even watched Return of the Jedi in a while, so it's not like I've heard it recently.
I haven't even watched Return of the Jedi in a while, so it's not like I've heard it recently.
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Being a God-fearing evangelical Christian family man, who forces his girlfriend to get an abortion and then spends decades jacking it at the local porn outlet after work, is the sort of principled conservatism I expect from my Republican leaders
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It.
Six men say gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson frequented Greensboro's video-porn shops in the ’90s and early 2000s, which he denies.
www.theassemblync.com
September 4, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Being a God-fearing evangelical Christian family man, who forces his girlfriend to get an abortion and then spends decades jacking it at the local porn outlet after work, is the sort of principled conservatism I expect from my Republican leaders
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
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A copy of “Twelfth Night” just spontaneously combusted
A Texas high school has told a student he can't play the male lead in "Oklahoma!" because he's transgender, citing a new school policy requiring all roles in student productions to be cast based on the gender assigned at birth.
Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy
The district said for this specific show, the gender of the role as identified in the script will be used for casting.
www.kxii.com
November 7, 2023 at 4:42 PM
A copy of “Twelfth Night” just spontaneously combusted
I saw some discourse on toasted PB&J sandwiches. Tried it today. I'm sold.
October 17, 2023 at 9:29 PM
I saw some discourse on toasted PB&J sandwiches. Tried it today. I'm sold.
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The Hurricanes are hiring an entry-level or early-career Software Developer to work on the web app that provides data and analysis to management, coaches, and scouts.
If you are fluent in Python and think that sounds like fun, click here to learn more: www.teamworkonline.com/hockey-jobs/...
If you are fluent in Python and think that sounds like fun, click here to learn more: www.teamworkonline.com/hockey-jobs/...
October 2, 2023 at 5:42 PM
The Hurricanes are hiring an entry-level or early-career Software Developer to work on the web app that provides data and analysis to management, coaches, and scouts.
If you are fluent in Python and think that sounds like fun, click here to learn more: www.teamworkonline.com/hockey-jobs/...
If you are fluent in Python and think that sounds like fun, click here to learn more: www.teamworkonline.com/hockey-jobs/...