Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
@defyingbrevity.bsky.social
@ thinwhitedork on Twitter, watching it crumble. CisHet Leftist Menace in Middle-Canadia. Chaotic Good in a Lawful Evil world. Still not a cat. Ally to 🏳️🌈,🏳️⚧️, #BLM, #MMIW, T&R, & more. He/Him.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
Strike down Media Matters and it will become the Pope
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Strike down Media Matters and it will become the Pope
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
Either Peter Thiel knows nothing about branding or he wants us to associate him almost exclusively with the Antichrist.
October 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Either Peter Thiel knows nothing about branding or he wants us to associate him almost exclusively with the Antichrist.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News
OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...
www.cbc.ca
October 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
*getting kicked in the head by a masked
cop for asking what their badge number is*
“what happened to ‘serve and protect?’ Remember your oath, sir!”
cop for asking what their badge number is*
“what happened to ‘serve and protect?’ Remember your oath, sir!”
September 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
*getting kicked in the head by a masked
cop for asking what their badge number is*
“what happened to ‘serve and protect?’ Remember your oath, sir!”
cop for asking what their badge number is*
“what happened to ‘serve and protect?’ Remember your oath, sir!”
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
September 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
Weird how this *remains relevant*
September 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Weird how this *remains relevant*
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in
The movement is gaining popularity among Democrats, a left-leaning group found.
www.politico.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”
September 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
If the folks marching in London today got their wish and a Reform UK government deported everyone not born in the UK, here’s what would happen. Instantly, over 15% of the population and 20% of employees would be gone overnight. The shock would hit GDP, tax revenues and public services hard. 🧵
September 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If the folks marching in London today got their wish and a Reform UK government deported everyone not born in the UK, here’s what would happen. Instantly, over 15% of the population and 20% of employees would be gone overnight. The shock would hit GDP, tax revenues and public services hard. 🧵
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
There are still good, kind, decent people in the world
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
Florida locals defy Ron DeSantis by restoring Pulse rainbow crosswalk
People took matters into their own hands after the commemorative crosswalk was removed, and drew it back onto the ground.
www.newsweek.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
There was an SNL sketch from the '92 campaign that featured the Democratic candidates in a town hall taking questions from low-information voters. The questions were inane and nonsensical, but the candidates all took them seriously, much to the moderator's annoyance.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
August 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There was an SNL sketch from the '92 campaign that featured the Democratic candidates in a town hall taking questions from low-information voters. The questions were inane and nonsensical, but the candidates all took them seriously, much to the moderator's annoyance.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
If you're National Guard or any other service member being deployed against people in the US and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status or have any other concerns whatsoever, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
BREAKING via Reuters
The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If you're National Guard or any other service member being deployed against people in the US and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status or have any other concerns whatsoever, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
1-877-447-4487
girightshotline.org
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
“The radical right thinks that only white men of European descent should have any rights. The radical left thinks that everyone should have rights. It is only I, the enlightened moderate, who understands that we must meet in the middle and give many people rights - but surely not everyone."
It really is. Instead of having a commons where a moderate position is reached through interaction and consensus, we now have blobs separating to the far poles, and more extreme ideology proliferates on both sides. It's 'elective' polarization because the platform doesn't stop hate speech.
July 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“The radical right thinks that only white men of European descent should have any rights. The radical left thinks that everyone should have rights. It is only I, the enlightened moderate, who understands that we must meet in the middle and give many people rights - but surely not everyone."
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
That's a very good question for Scott Moe .
@saskndp.bsky.social
@alexanderquon.bsky.social
@jeffwalterssask.bsky.social
@saskndp.bsky.social
@alexanderquon.bsky.social
@jeffwalterssask.bsky.social
Coal-fired power generation is a 19th century technology that the rest of the world is quickly moving away from. So why is the Sask. gov't extending the life of all of its coal-fired power plants? This move goes against federal clean electricity regulations. @stephenjwt.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
That's a very good question for Scott Moe .
@saskndp.bsky.social
@alexanderquon.bsky.social
@jeffwalterssask.bsky.social
@saskndp.bsky.social
@alexanderquon.bsky.social
@jeffwalterssask.bsky.social
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
one of the hardest plot points for me to reconcile when The Watchmen first came out in the '80s was the idea that America would allow the repeal the 22nd amendment so that Nixon of all people could serve multiple terms but hfs look where we at - Alan Moore, I owe you an apology, boo
May 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
one of the hardest plot points for me to reconcile when The Watchmen first came out in the '80s was the idea that America would allow the repeal the 22nd amendment so that Nixon of all people could serve multiple terms but hfs look where we at - Alan Moore, I owe you an apology, boo
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
Today I learned that LLMs must struggle to understand black people too. Because like the people who built them, they steal from us without any attempt to truly learn what they are taking.
June 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today I learned that LLMs must struggle to understand black people too. Because like the people who built them, they steal from us without any attempt to truly learn what they are taking.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
What the hell is WRONG with you, @housedemocrats.bsky.social?
You just planning on letting him destroy everything because maybe you might win the midterms?
Primary every last one.
You just planning on letting him destroy everything because maybe you might win the midterms?
Primary every last one.
Full list of Democrats who voted alongside Republicans to table the impeachment motion:
June 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What the hell is WRONG with you, @housedemocrats.bsky.social?
You just planning on letting him destroy everything because maybe you might win the midterms?
Primary every last one.
You just planning on letting him destroy everything because maybe you might win the midterms?
Primary every last one.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
I cannot emphasize this enough that for YEARS:
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
June 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I cannot emphasize this enough that for YEARS:
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
“Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes of U.S.A.I.D. cuts in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Opinion | The Waste Musk Created
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes of U.S.A.I.D. cuts in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
Just some new thoughts percolating: The idea that we shouldn’t elect someone who wants to make life materially better for ALL New Yorkers and spreading a rumor that he hates Jews because he doesn’t support an enthnostate is vicious. Literally depriving your own neighbors of care.
My latest — The accusations of antisemitism against NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have been some of the most appalling smears I’ve seen in my years covering politics.
I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:
I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:
The appalling smearing of Zohran Mamdani as 'anti-semitic'
It's Islamophobic. It's racist. It's also completely untrue.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just some new thoughts percolating: The idea that we shouldn’t elect someone who wants to make life materially better for ALL New Yorkers and spreading a rumor that he hates Jews because he doesn’t support an enthnostate is vicious. Literally depriving your own neighbors of care.
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
i obviously don’t live in new york but i mean these two things should be all everyone needs
June 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
i obviously don’t live in new york but i mean these two things should be all everyone needs
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
My latest — The accusations of antisemitism against NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have been some of the most appalling smears I’ve seen in my years covering politics.
I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:
I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:
The appalling smearing of Zohran Mamdani as 'anti-semitic'
It's Islamophobic. It's racist. It's also completely untrue.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My latest — The accusations of antisemitism against NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have been some of the most appalling smears I’ve seen in my years covering politics.
I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:
I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:
Reposted by Carol Channing Tatum (He/Him)
A lot of yall are secretly hoping you'll be able to be the one to take down the next chili lady or the coffee with my husband lady.
And then you wonder why everything is so bland and passionless
You made it too hard to share joy and silliness but somehow yall still mad about the results
And then you wonder why everything is so bland and passionless
You made it too hard to share joy and silliness but somehow yall still mad about the results
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A lot of yall are secretly hoping you'll be able to be the one to take down the next chili lady or the coffee with my husband lady.
And then you wonder why everything is so bland and passionless
You made it too hard to share joy and silliness but somehow yall still mad about the results
And then you wonder why everything is so bland and passionless
You made it too hard to share joy and silliness but somehow yall still mad about the results