Chris Mangum
@ockapus.bsky.social
Following my feet, one day at a time. RPGs, Lego, media of all sorts consumed and appreciated here.
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Marge from the church breakfast committee is about to go John Brown on this fascist rent-a-cop and meanwhile Eric Swalwell and other Congressional and Senate Dems want "masks off and badges out", the nice middle ground.
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Marge from the church breakfast committee is about to go John Brown on this fascist rent-a-cop and meanwhile Eric Swalwell and other Congressional and Senate Dems want "masks off and badges out", the nice middle ground.
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Holy shit! This is what I'm talkin' about. David Clayton is running for congress in North Carolina's District 5 against MAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Holy shit! This is what I'm talkin' about. David Clayton is running for congress in North Carolina's District 5 against MAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
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Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Honestly, this makes every org and institution that folded at the merest threat of an attack on trans rights just look as pathetic as they are.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
It does the same for everyone that excused them.
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Some of you never paid enough attention to professional wrestling and it shows. A surprising “face turn” always, always, ALWAYS ends back in a return to “heel”.
This is of course a post about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
This is of course a post about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some of you never paid enough attention to professional wrestling and it shows. A surprising “face turn” always, always, ALWAYS ends back in a return to “heel”.
This is of course a post about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
This is of course a post about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Okay, let me take a moment here to laud the glory of a @sephiramy.bsky.social commission.
✨🎉 commissions now OPEN!! 🎉✨
shoot me an email at amyking.art@gmail.com along with the type of commission you're interested in and a brief overview (2-3 sentences max) of the subject, and I'll get back to you with info on the next steps!
spots are limited for holiday completion (around Dec 10th) ✨
shoot me an email at amyking.art@gmail.com along with the type of commission you're interested in and a brief overview (2-3 sentences max) of the subject, and I'll get back to you with info on the next steps!
spots are limited for holiday completion (around Dec 10th) ✨
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Okay, let me take a moment here to laud the glory of a @sephiramy.bsky.social commission.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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OH MY FUCK IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO TWICE SOLD TALES WHAT THE FUCK
hey, seattle, here's a bookstore to avoid
(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)
(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
OH MY FUCK IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO TWICE SOLD TALES WHAT THE FUCK
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Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
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We need the 5th wave of feminism right the fuck now and the absolute minimum viable project is an alliance of trans fems, sex workers, and healthcare workers fighting for personal, political, and workplace autonomy with the militancy of the revolution in Rojava
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
We need the 5th wave of feminism right the fuck now and the absolute minimum viable project is an alliance of trans fems, sex workers, and healthcare workers fighting for personal, political, and workplace autonomy with the militancy of the revolution in Rojava
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
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This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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Barack Obama, if he gives one single goddamn about his legacy, should announce tomorrow that he will endorse, fundraise for & campaign in person with any quality Democratic candidate (with no Nazi tattoos) who primaries one of the defectors who is not retiring.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Barack Obama, if he gives one single goddamn about his legacy, should announce tomorrow that he will endorse, fundraise for & campaign in person with any quality Democratic candidate (with no Nazi tattoos) who primaries one of the defectors who is not retiring.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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For The Seattle Times, I spoke with the fabulous @travisbaldree.bsky.social about the latest installment in his "Legends & Lattes" series, "Brigands & Breadknives," out Nov. 11 from @torbooks.bsky.social!
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
This Spokane author's book series is like a 'Hallmark fantasy' movie in writing
Spokane-based author and audiobook narrator Travis Baldree's new novel, “Brigands & Breadknives,” is a change of pace from the series' two previous books.
www.seattletimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For The Seattle Times, I spoke with the fabulous @travisbaldree.bsky.social about the latest installment in his "Legends & Lattes" series, "Brigands & Breadknives," out Nov. 11 from @torbooks.bsky.social!
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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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...
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
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...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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gotta say it's pretty ridiculous being governed by people who take testosterone supplements and boner pills but don't want anyone else to have gender affirming care
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
gotta say it's pretty ridiculous being governed by people who take testosterone supplements and boner pills but don't want anyone else to have gender affirming care
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The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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@governor.ca.gov Governor Newsom, given the abject failure of GOP transphobia tonight to get them absolutely any success whatsoever with voters, will you be reconsidering your policy of throwing transgender Californians under the bus to further your political ambitions?
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@governor.ca.gov Governor Newsom, given the abject failure of GOP transphobia tonight to get them absolutely any success whatsoever with voters, will you be reconsidering your policy of throwing transgender Californians under the bus to further your political ambitions?