Charlie Close
@charlieclose.bsky.social
Writer. Very short stories. Progressive politics. Progressive rock. Progress. Michigan USA.
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If you know anyone reasonable who has fallen victim to the trans panic, this is worth the time.
Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If you know anyone reasonable who has fallen victim to the trans panic, this is worth the time.
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We will be in D.C. on November 22 for our first in-person event!
If you can't be there in person, join us here:
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November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We will be in D.C. on November 22 for our first in-person event!
If you can't be there in person, join us here:
citizensimpeachment.com/sign-up-to-h...
If you can't be there in person, join us here:
citizensimpeachment.com/sign-up-to-h...
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An ICE agent carrying an AR-15 stole a U.S. citizen’s car keys and wallet, then abandoned her vehicle in the middle of Portland Road NE and Ward Drive NE in Salem, Oregon.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
An ICE agent carrying an AR-15 stole a U.S. citizen’s car keys and wallet, then abandoned her vehicle in the middle of Portland Road NE and Ward Drive NE in Salem, Oregon.
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Solar and wind are covering ALL new power demand worldwide in the first three quarters of 2025 electrek.co/2025/11/13/s...
#upshift 🔌💡
#upshift 🔌💡
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Solar and wind are covering ALL new power demand worldwide in the first three quarters of 2025 electrek.co/2025/11/13/s...
#upshift 🔌💡
#upshift 🔌💡
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Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Let’s fight for a Democratic Party that will actually fight for us: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky
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"Nothing undermines the subservient worker-drone hierarchies they want to impose more than suggesting that men and women might not always be deeply and fundamentally different, with clear power differentials—or that society might not be able to arbitrarily place human beings in assigned silos."
"... by focusing on policies that benefit everyone and standing up very deliberately for the most marginalized groups, you can show that you are strong enough to stand up for everyone."
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Nothing undermines the subservient worker-drone hierarchies they want to impose more than suggesting that men and women might not always be deeply and fundamentally different, with clear power differentials—or that society might not be able to arbitrarily place human beings in assigned silos."
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"... by focusing on policies that benefit everyone and standing up very deliberately for the most marginalized groups, you can show that you are strong enough to stand up for everyone."
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"... by focusing on policies that benefit everyone and standing up very deliberately for the most marginalized groups, you can show that you are strong enough to stand up for everyone."
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
Andrea Pitzer on how both Mamdani and Spanberger showed Democrats how to fight back against the trans panic.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.
Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
Silos for Sunshine: we've mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger | Ember
The shift to renewables represents an agricultural revolution for energy, moving from searching and extracting scarce fuels to harvesting abundant sunlight in place.
ember-energy.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
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YES: Democrats have this horrible habit of not asking for things they can't get. Which means there is no opportunity to ever build expectation that those things should happen.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
YES: Democrats have this horrible habit of not asking for things they can't get. Which means there is no opportunity to ever build expectation that those things should happen.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
But Trump is now implicitly implicated in child sex trafficking, either as a client or a trafficker. He should be removed.
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
Fetterman should explain what’s so extreme about everyone being able to get medical treatment without going broke that the people of Pennsylvania will reject it.
The guy who literally survived a stroke because of accessible healthcare now parrots GOP talking points that healthcare is extreme. Fuck off, Fetterman.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Fetterman should explain what’s so extreme about everyone being able to get medical treatment without going broke that the people of Pennsylvania will reject it.
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WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
This could be America too if we pulled our head out.
NEW from me: CO2 emissions in China have now been flat or falling for 18 months, the first time that energy demand growth at or above historical averages doesn't drive emissions up, thanks to the clean energy boom. 🧵👇
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This could be America too if we pulled our head out.
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I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
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At the Broadview ICE facility, an ICE agent tried to run dozens of protesters over with an SUV as we walked on a public crosswalk.
He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At the Broadview ICE facility, an ICE agent tried to run dozens of protesters over with an SUV as we walked on a public crosswalk.
He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
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A 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed through the window of a moving vehicle by ICE agents in Chicago. She was briefly hospitalized.
The dad said a masked agent pointed pepper-spray at a Sam's parking lot when they were hit.
#ProudBlue
Video Credit: NowThisImpact/IG
The dad said a masked agent pointed pepper-spray at a Sam's parking lot when they were hit.
#ProudBlue
Video Credit: NowThisImpact/IG
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed through the window of a moving vehicle by ICE agents in Chicago. She was briefly hospitalized.
The dad said a masked agent pointed pepper-spray at a Sam's parking lot when they were hit.
#ProudBlue
Video Credit: NowThisImpact/IG
The dad said a masked agent pointed pepper-spray at a Sam's parking lot when they were hit.
#ProudBlue
Video Credit: NowThisImpact/IG
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this sh*t is insane
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
this sh*t is insane
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Pike Place Market. Seattle, WA.
@mia_pinhole_cameras 6x6 20mm.
Ilford HP5. Rodinal 1+25
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #stairs #bnw #bnwphotography #6x6club #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #film #filmphotography #ishootfilm #sometimesishootdigital #filmisalive #filmisnotdead
@mia_pinhole_cameras 6x6 20mm.
Ilford HP5. Rodinal 1+25
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #stairs #bnw #bnwphotography #6x6club #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #film #filmphotography #ishootfilm #sometimesishootdigital #filmisalive #filmisnotdead
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Pike Place Market. Seattle, WA.
@mia_pinhole_cameras 6x6 20mm.
Ilford HP5. Rodinal 1+25
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #stairs #bnw #bnwphotography #6x6club #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #film #filmphotography #ishootfilm #sometimesishootdigital #filmisalive #filmisnotdead
@mia_pinhole_cameras 6x6 20mm.
Ilford HP5. Rodinal 1+25
#photography #pinhole #pinholephotography #stairs #bnw #bnwphotography #6x6club #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #film #filmphotography #ishootfilm #sometimesishootdigital #filmisalive #filmisnotdead
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Man are you serious @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov
How dare you call this a “dark day,” and then give unanimous consent. How dare you?
How dare you call this a “dark day,” and then give unanimous consent. How dare you?
Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Man are you serious @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov
How dare you call this a “dark day,” and then give unanimous consent. How dare you?
How dare you call this a “dark day,” and then give unanimous consent. How dare you?
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Their consultants have told all of them to sprinkle "FIGHT" into their sentences. lol
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Their consultants have told all of them to sprinkle "FIGHT" into their sentences. lol