Charlie Thomsen
@thomsec.bsky.social
Geographer. Happiness, climate change, human rights.
“What appears to be coming at you is really coming from you.”
“What appears to be coming at you is really coming from you.”
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*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
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Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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The GI Bill (putting returning soldiers in college instead of breadlines), building suburbs, federally financed mortgages, and cars & refrigerators made the US boom. FDR & those around him didn't need to imagine what happens when returning soldiers don't have jobs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The GI Bill (putting returning soldiers in college instead of breadlines), building suburbs, federally financed mortgages, and cars & refrigerators made the US boom. FDR & those around him didn't need to imagine what happens when returning soldiers don't have jobs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
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Article ends w/ a quote by me:
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Article ends w/ a quote by me:
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“I've seen the Punisher decal on the bumper, the stylized American flag denoting the thin blue line: *I'm an outlaw; also, anyone who disobeys the cops deserves to be killed.*”
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“I've seen the Punisher decal on the bumper, the stylized American flag denoting the thin blue line: *I'm an outlaw; also, anyone who disobeys the cops deserves to be killed.*”
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Sick to my stomach that the President being mixed up with a horrifying global network of pedophiles is considered a 'voter issue' and not something the whole world needs to know about and people need to be prosecuted for.
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sick to my stomach that the President being mixed up with a horrifying global network of pedophiles is considered a 'voter issue' and not something the whole world needs to know about and people need to be prosecuted for.
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
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*The wife and I agree that pulling a Robert Louis Stevenson and dropping dead while making mayonnaise is an ideal island writerly fate
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
Ibizan mosquito-borne malaria would be a sad way for Bruce Sterling to pass. One would prefer something like an F-6 tornado. In Ibiza.
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
*The wife and I agree that pulling a Robert Louis Stevenson and dropping dead while making mayonnaise is an ideal island writerly fate
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
*"Mayonnaise" sounds French but is actually Balearic #alioli
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big "the sound of his horn" hours
Chat, is "the rich are doing the 'fox' hunts again where the fox is a person" a recession indicator www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
big "the sound of his horn" hours
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Mondegreens will never not be splendid.
i used to think the lyric was ‘i wanna rock and roll all night / and part of every day’ and i remember thinking, honestly that sounds reasonable
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Mondegreens will never not be splendid.
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![Advertising poster promoting cycling for transport featuring four people in a row on bikes. At the top the text says, "You'd be better on a bicycle", and then in a bubble it says "Still [emphasized with big, red, italicized letters] the cheapest, handiest, healthiest way of getting about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vpdxcialxa6j5s7yh5g5jhf/bafkreihcp247ahol26isqxpjmh54kczqp6ieyycvhakzjug6ysgeqndpb4@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Everyone in the Epstein files need to be rounded up and dropped off on a remote island and left there to battle it out for survival like Lord of the Flies. And their riches should be redistributed to Epstein’s victims.
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Everyone in the Epstein files need to be rounded up and dropped off on a remote island and left there to battle it out for survival like Lord of the Flies. And their riches should be redistributed to Epstein’s victims.
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
This is the kindest fate I can imagine for them.
And fuck Alan Dershowitz
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•Megyn Kelly—Raping a 15-year-old isn't really rape
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
•Megyn Kelly—Raping a 15-year-old isn't really rape
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
•Matt Gaetz—Raped homeless 17-year-old
•SC Judge Gosnell—Caught with child pornography
•OK Judge Worthington—Freed Jesse Butler despite video of him raping 2 teen girls
But let’s fear Trans folks & Immigrants?🧐Every MAGA Accusation Is A Confession
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
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🥸 “In an attempt to unfuck Pam Bondi’s Halloween attempt to ratify Lindsey Halligan’s attempt to indict Jim Comey, the blondes from Florida have fucked things worse.”
Gotta love it.
Gotta love it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🥸 “In an attempt to unfuck Pam Bondi’s Halloween attempt to ratify Lindsey Halligan’s attempt to indict Jim Comey, the blondes from Florida have fucked things worse.”
Gotta love it.
Gotta love it.
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I'm less concerned about the polygraph and more concerned about the thought process that led to letting Dan Bongino skip the polygraph. If FBI agents normally had to pass a oujia board and Dan Bongino didn't, I'd still wonder what they didn't want him to have to answer.
As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm less concerned about the polygraph and more concerned about the thought process that led to letting Dan Bongino skip the polygraph. If FBI agents normally had to pass a oujia board and Dan Bongino didn't, I'd still wonder what they didn't want him to have to answer.
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If GOP senators think they deserve 500K minimum for having their phone privacy invaded how much should citizens and legal residents detained by ICE for being Brown get? 10 million? 100 million?
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If GOP senators think they deserve 500K minimum for having their phone privacy invaded how much should citizens and legal residents detained by ICE for being Brown get? 10 million? 100 million?
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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A CAP spokesperson tells Dan Boguslaw: "Larry Summers is a non-resident, uncompensated fellow at CAP. We are reviewing this week's disclosures to determine appropriate next steps."
lmao
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lmao
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Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A CAP spokesperson tells Dan Boguslaw: "Larry Summers is a non-resident, uncompensated fellow at CAP. We are reviewing this week's disclosures to determine appropriate next steps."
lmao
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lmao
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This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
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Fascinating & foreboding that the mammal-contagious variant of bird flu that's killed thousands of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere hasn't made its way north yet. I guess birds aren't carrying that strain & the tropical oceans are a mammal migratory barrier? 🦊🪶🧪🌎
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Bird flu slams seals and sea lions at the bottom of the world but spares Pacific Coast so far
The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fascinating & foreboding that the mammal-contagious variant of bird flu that's killed thousands of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere hasn't made its way north yet. I guess birds aren't carrying that strain & the tropical oceans are a mammal migratory barrier? 🦊🪶🧪🌎
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
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A mammoth-sized discovery for #FossilFriday! 🦣
Researchers extracted the world's oldest RNA from Yuka, a 39,000-year-old juvenile mammoth mummy from Siberia!
Very excited to write this up for @nationalgeographic.bsky.social: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Researchers extracted the world's oldest RNA from Yuka, a 39,000-year-old juvenile mammoth mummy from Siberia!
Very excited to write this up for @nationalgeographic.bsky.social: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
World’s oldest RNA found in 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth
These rare molecules provide insights into the final moments of the young mammoth’s life.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A mammoth-sized discovery for #FossilFriday! 🦣
Researchers extracted the world's oldest RNA from Yuka, a 39,000-year-old juvenile mammoth mummy from Siberia!
Very excited to write this up for @nationalgeographic.bsky.social: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Researchers extracted the world's oldest RNA from Yuka, a 39,000-year-old juvenile mammoth mummy from Siberia!
Very excited to write this up for @nationalgeographic.bsky.social: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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The more layers we peel away the more we see that most of our problems have the same root cause.
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The more layers we peel away the more we see that most of our problems have the same root cause.