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charlie
@chopcornpickens.bsky.social
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attorney with background in housing, immigration, human rights. i like books trains politics etc.
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chopcornpickens.bsky.social
“Have your tried ‘kill the poor’?” was supposed to be satirical youtu.be/s_4J4uor3JE?...
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Ward’s Berry Farm getting a lot of shoutouts in today’s Patriots broadcast
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Are we really supposed to get worked up over Trump’s bathroom renovations now? Who cares?
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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bogbird.bsky.social
if you don’t spend several hours a day on your phone you’ll miss all the Crap and Bullshit
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
As a former Waltham resident, I can confirm that Mayor McCarthy didn’t believe in the concept of people walking in the winter either… or in other seasons, really.
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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jesseltaylor.bsky.social
NYC Mayoral Debate

MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live

CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything

SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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veryimportant.lawyer
a lot of the electorate has questions about my gigantic back tattoo that says “it’s gay to be racist.” rest assured that I intend to answer most of them in due time.
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
I simply do not understand the people saying that the East Wing demolition gives them the same feeling they had on 9/11. Nobody is dead!
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I hate that it’s just normal now to pull a starting pitcher after two innings even if he hasn’t given up a run
October 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel

hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...
Air pollution linked with increased risk of autism in children | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Exposure to fine particulate air pollution has been linked with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children, particularly if exposure occurs during the third trimester of preg...
hsph.harvard.edu
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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theophite.bsky.social
i think one thing people have a hard time grasping is that the central figures of the trump administration are not bad as in "the worst republican blowhard you know," but bad as in "the worst people you have ever heard of." donald trump is a serial rapist whose best friend was a pedophile.
September 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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smotus.bsky.social
9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/on-jimmy-k...
On Jimmy Kimmel: It's Time to Destroy the Censorship Machine and Repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996
In 1996, Bill Clinton set the stage for what Donald Trump is doing now by creating a censorship machine of consolidated media, broadband, and tech firms. It's time to break it apart.
www.thebignewsletter.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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mcsweeneys.net
If a Democrat calls Republicans “fascists,” he basically just signed their death warrants.

If a Republican calls Democrats “Marxists,” or “the enemy from within,” or “vermin,” or “human scum,” he’s just trying to fire up the crowd.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf. If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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mothcub.bsky.social
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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thegogglesdonowt.bsky.social
"irrational madness dominates American society"
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Ah, I was completely correct
chopcornpickens.bsky.social charlie @chopcornpickens.bsky.social · Sep 10
Today’s events will probably have the same effect on policy as the past 1,000 shootings, that is, nothing
September 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Today’s events will probably have the same effect on policy as the past 1,000 shootings, that is, nothing
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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amcnal.bsky.social
letter@globe.com

if you would like to write a letter to the editor :)
September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
The most unfortunate aftermath of this violence (at least so far) is that we have to hear and think about Kirk
September 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Today’s events will probably have the same effect on policy as the past 1,000 shootings, that is, nothing
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
I see the “an armed-to-the-teeth society is a safe society” crowd are once again upset about the society they’ve created, vis-a-vis its safeness
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
chopcornpickens.bsky.social
Hillsdale’s Imprimis even worse than usual this month—just Victor Davis Hanson fellating the school at commencement. The usual gushing over Classics along with the incredible claim that Hillsdale is the only college where students on campus look happy
July 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM