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Charles King

@cfk1.bsky.social
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Writer, editor. Former (Pund-IT) tech industry analyst. Interests include reading (mysteries, sci-fi/fantasy, poetry, history and science), woodworking, cooking and travel.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13/09/2026
neither the story or the study examines what happens if the pre-merger promises are complete bullshit and the deal ends like most of them do: higher prices and thousands of layoffs to pay off debt
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Paramount Leaving California Could Mean Up to $21 Billion in Lost Annual Economic Output, Leaked Study Finds
If Paramount moves out of California, as CEO David Ellison has said he might do, it would devastate the state economically with lost income and jobs
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Don't fret. Six weeks between washes isn't problematic for jeans.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Has anyone else lost $300B+ in less than two months?
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Fleecing The Rubes 101. Nearly half of that $1.5B reportedly came from Trump licensing his name to a group specializing in meme coins. Meanwhile, the official Trump coin has lost 98% of its value since launching. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump’s financial disclosure lists $1.4 billion in crypto earnings, powered largely by meme coins
The annual report also includes $80 million in income from settlements tied to his lawsuits against companies like ABC, CBS, Meta and YouTube.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Excellent thread.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Expect Bari Weiss to resume her Reign of Mendacity after that one hour is up: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/b...
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Paramount C.E.O. Promises Editorial Independence for ‘60 Minutes,’ Lesley Stahl Says
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Great places to visit but Mt Whitney and Olympic National Park are nearly 1,000 miles apart...
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The struggle is real
Scientific literacy
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thanks for this. "Entertainer" was a common superlative in the music industry but lost significant credence when singers/songwriters became a force. That said, I remember seeing the bits the Beatles did on British variety shows early in their careers.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/06/2026
It's never not bonkers that human life expectancy was ~34 in 1870 and then* someone was like "maybe water should be clean" and someone else was like "let's…wash our hands?" and someone else was like "vaccines tho!" and someone else was like "uh, mold kills bacteria?" and now we mostly live past 70.
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uppaalaska.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @uppaalaska.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Noticed them catching on at about the same time most people understood that crypto coins are ponzi schemes...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026
Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Friends — We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate but cannot. Trump's looming failure in Iran is not just a serious geopolitical defeat for the United States; it’s a personal crisis. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-b…
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Thinking again about how Mackenzie Scott has given away $19 billion of her $38b and still seen her net worth increase, these are some weird little pissbabies
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Welcome to the Administration of Unintended Consequences.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Nothing wrong with this that a couple of hundred pounds of dynamite couldn't fix... 😬
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Not a Catholic and not religious but, geez, Leo is so much saner and compassionate than Graham and similar Protestant morons.
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please stop forgetting how elections work i beg of you @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
...God DAMN this is good.
You people said both sides were the same. So why does every measurable thing now feel more punitive, more expensive, more cruel?

Kamala was the available off-ramp from catastrophe, and many people rejected that off-ramp because they preferred to feel righteous rather than be responsible. And for an entire year, these dishonest grifters used every available lie in the book.

Kamala was a cop. Kamala was a fraud. Kamala was “basically Trump.” Both sides were the same.

This was repeated, endlessly, with the confidence of people who believed their words existed in a vacuum. As though posting were a private act. As though saying something publicly, over and over again, had no effect on the people who saw it. And now, in the aftermath, those same people retreat into a series of convenient fictions.

“My vote didn’t matter.” Then what, exactly, did your voice matter for?

Why spend months speaking if speech is inert? Why post if posting does nothing? Why argue, persuade, signal, and perform if none of it carries consequence? You do not get to believe in influence when it flatters you and deny it when it implicates you.

“I was taking a stand.” Against what? The available reality?

Elections are not moral thought experiments. You are not grading the candidates on a curve for personal satisfaction. You are selecting between outcomes. Real ones. Material ones. The kind that determine whether people can afford groceries, whether rights are enforced, whether the state is actively hostile to its own citizens.

You did not reject Kamala Harris in favor of a better option. You rejected her in favor of nothing. And “nothing,” as it turns out, votes.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hell of a vote of confidence for AI...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
feels like this also would be a slam dunk impeachment
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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 03/03/2026
Really masterful how he softens you up with a joke and then goes in for the gut punch
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If this report is correct, Hegseth and his crew need to be dismissed and ushered to the door.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/02/2026
Trump Invites Victims Of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation As SOTU Guests
Trump Invites Victims Of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation As SOTU Guests
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is the kind of thing that happens when a deluded POTUS takes his Commander on Chief title literally.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
That seems reasonable though Kelly never achieved that level of command. Also somewhat similar to Kennedy but without the benefits of class/wealth.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Expect Kelly to continue climbing up the list.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is what happens when you populate an administration with people whose greatest accomplishments are participation trophies.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Billionaire donors telling fave candidates that they have nothing to fear should now be called "Wambsganss-lighting."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
In case you missed it, a Republican in *checks notes* … Texas — who Trump endorsed — just underperformed Trump by 30 points and lost a special election. The panic is going to be delicious.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week. No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media. Now imagine if this were done to Republicans. The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
What he said
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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Pro tip for any Hill journos, the Speaker can approve 24hr protection for Members who are under heightened threat. Omar used to have this, but Mike Johnson took it away. You should ask him about that
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/01/2026
if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
FBI agent: "I did not go to law school, go to Quantico and work counterterrorism operations overseas to be doing traffic control for arrest-a-brown-person day" FBI agent 2: "I was working an undercover operation on a neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity... they'd have to close"
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Any relation to Clippy?
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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enderle.bsky.social @enderle.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
www.technewsworld.com/story/jeff-c...
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Jeff Clarke's Mission to Save Dell PCs
Jeff Clarke is taking over Dell’s PC business as the company tries to reverse years of drift, restore the XPS halo, and compete in an AI era where fundamentals still win.
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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
So the scales fell from Denmark's eyes in a matter of weeks, and Trump supporters are still fooled after ten years.
Bleak times in Copenhagen: Danes feel betrayed and bewildered by Trump
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/01/2026
You joined the band in your teens. At this point you’ve seen so many of your brothers go. What has that been like for you?
Every day, things change. I’ll say this: I look forward to dying. I tend to think of death as the last and best reward for a life well-lived. That’s it. I’ve still got a lot on my plate, and I won’t be ready to go for a while.
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Amy Swift @aswiftceramics.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What does everyone do with their leftover mince? We make excessively cheesy enchiladas because cheese fixes everything. Eyes were way bigger than belly on this one! We managed a third 😂 #food #foodsky #enchiladas #cook #cooking #salad #mexican
 Cheesy enchiladas and an avocado salad.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Bread and circuses. If his "programs" were even slightly working, this would never have happened.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The misrule of my country is now so hideous and profound that I am running out of things for which I am as an American rightly proud: Baseball, barbecue, Broadway musicals, African-American music, peanut butter cups & a walk on the streets of any diverse, pluralistic metropolis. Wish I was joking.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Wait. You've conflated ICE with law enforcement. It is not policing. It is thuggery and fascism. I am entirely content to see ICE defunded and abolished in full. Like yesterday. That has zero to do with the means by which we reform actual policing in America, or fail to.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Excellent, informative thread.
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Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Excellent and accurate thread. Not surprisingly.
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