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Charis 🏳️‍⚧️
@charisfish.bsky.social
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Seattleite, software engineer, shaker of trees in the spring and fall
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charisfish.bsky.social
nice to see that the local news is having a perfectly normal day
headline and byline from komonews.com: 'No Kings' protests being funded by foundations run by George Soros: report by CHARLOTTE HAZARD | The National News Desk Fri, October 17th 2025 at 1:45 PM Updated Sat, October 18th 2025 at 7:46 AM WASHINGTON (TNND) — The “No Kings” protests that will be taking place on Saturday are being funded by foundations belonging to billionaire philanthropist George Soros. One of the groups is the Open Society Foundations, founded by the major Democratic donor. Through a fund, the foundation issued a $3 trillion grant to the Indivisible Organization that was good for two years "to support the grantee's social welfare activities.”
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
I hope the kid was able to get a much-needed cartoctomy.
a screenshot from the AI slop Walmart nostalgia video. a child is standing next to a smiley rollback sign while performing a monologue about why 2002 Walmart was amazing. a shopping cart intersects him at the belly button. he seems fine.
September 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
I'm doing my part
an envelope containing a request for the poster's data under FOIA, addressed to US Department of Government Efficiency 763 Jackson Place NW Washington DC 20503 with the return address strategically covered up
March 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
done and thanks for the reminder!
an envelope containing a request for the poster's data under FOIA, addressed to US Department of Government Efficiency 763 Jackson Place NW Washington DC 20503 with the return address strategically covered up
March 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
This is very relatable. I take heart that this was their starting point as well and that they succeeded in spite of it.
An excerpt from the article: Helene and Jordan expressed that AIDS activism saved the lives of activists in more ways than one. During the AIDS crisis, LGBTQ+ people faced a mental and physical health crisis at the hands of the government, similar to what the community faces today. Many people felt so overwhelmed they did not engage with activism at all, and chose to resign to their fates. (This last sentence is highlighted in the screenshot) But Jordan said that people who chose to fight and organize were believed to have had a better chance of surviving the disease. ACT UP was far more than just a protest movement—it was an entire community of marginalized people who organized to keep their chosen families alive.
March 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
my weird little birb apparently traveled all the way to Tokyo just to watch American cartoons
a screenshot of my birb from the Finch app with Tokyo in the background and the text "35th adventure completed! Squiggles discovered Looney Tunes today"
March 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
and then this happened
my phone's autocorrect trying to correct the random YouTube video url into the phrase "high-power bbq", which also happens to describe what the video does to my brain
February 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
I have a jelly bean like that from a bag of Belly Flops. I don't have the heart to eat it.
a mutant ur-jellybean composed of 15-20 normal jellybeans that fused together in the factory into a glorious lemon-flavored monstrosity
December 21, 2024 at 6:53 AM
charisfish.bsky.social
This doesn't seem promising.
a screenshot of a Seattle times article titled Three Washington Members of Congress Talk Strategy Ahead of Trump Presidency. The browser search is looking for the word "transgender", which does not appear anywhere in the article.
December 11, 2024 at 5:10 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
Sure it is. It means that they charge their cost for drugs (which they list) plus a small fixed overhead to cover running a company. They do this for all the drugs they carry. It's awesome.
a screenshot of a randomly selected drug, abiraterone, from costplusdrugs.com that compares its retail price of $1093.20 to their price of $26.90 and shows the company's manufacturing overhead cost of $18.90
November 12, 2024 at 6:39 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
time for some self care
November 5, 2024 at 4:32 PM
charisfish.bsky.social
I finally beat Carrot weather
Carrot weather's secret locations page showing 116/117 found locations and a toast titled No Active Missions and telling me to check back in in 1 hour, meatbag
October 1, 2024 at 1:12 AM
charisfish.bsky.social
I guess that this concept really needs strengthening.
a screenshot from Duolingo that says "Let's strengthen your weakest grammar concept!". The name of the grammar concept is written in Chinese. I am not learning Chinese.
September 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM