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Ian Charman

@chunky-baby.bsky.social
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Drama Llama from the UK, now living in Seattle. LFC, OU Football and all things progressive. Long Covid. ME/CFS. He/him.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h
Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that.
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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h
"WILL YOU ALLOW HER TO SPEAK PUBLICLY? IS SHE BEING GAGGED RIGHT NOW IN A BASEMENT SOMEWHERE BY SEX TRAFFICKERS? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?"
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
HE DID IT
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Former UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson on traitor Trump buying Russian oil: "The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter."
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.
All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trafficking kids. Don't think we can 'turn the page' on this shit @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social unless you think the government should be trafficking kids. Fucking monster. Just wanna let them get away with this
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Braden Serkas 🎃 @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A weighted blanket is not enough, I need to be poured into the foundation of a parking structure like a mob victim
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
MAN STRUCK BY ICE VEHICLE IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, SUFFERS BROKEN LEG A man was hospitalized with a broken leg Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE goon during an enforcement operation on Clay Road in northwest Harris County around 7:20 a.m.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you're a sailor who served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on this recent deployment, and you want to get your story out there anonymously about your experience and how you and your shipmates were treated, send me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“FACT: that is true. And we’ll do it again”
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel is titled “things that are spooky”. We see a book of hexes, a skull, candles, a pentagram in blood, and vampire teeth. Pointing off panel we see a speech bubble that says “I love it”.
The second panel is titled “things that are cute”. We see a strawberry cake, a boba drink, a bunny plushie, and a cute notebook and pen. Again, we see a speech bubble pointing off panel that says “I love it”.
The third panel is titled “things that are spooky AND cute”. We see a row of cute decorative ghosts.
The fourth panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, completely freaking out at this combination.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You know, friend, I don't think I'll be following you back.
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So, the reason we mock horrible fascists is not to make fascists change their minds. It is to show they are mockable. It breaks the veneer of respectability and power. It gives others social permission to mock them. Satire is poisonous to power because it makes opposition both fun and collaborative.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Congratulations President Trump
The Golden Nonce awards, Trump wins it again
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump's dirty Russian diesel is paid for with the blood of innocent Ukrainian men, women & children. I hope every American thinks about that when they fill up their trucks and tractors. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for Kyiv
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia. The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked. With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine should continue to strike Russian refineries, says former US special envoy to Ukraine and Russia General Keith Kellogg. "This is war. They are attacking correctly."
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I will never, ever consider my audience when making art. You are a disgusting flesh piano I manipulate to make the noises that please me. That’s the Rob Delaney promise.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy: While our teams are meeting in Florida, US President is having conversation with Kremlin leader responsible for this war. I believe they are simply using our team as a cover...clearly not acting in good faith as a partner. And this, in my view, is a weak decision from strong partners.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Just feels more racist, I guess?”
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 09/10/2026
It’s been three years since Israel started a genocide that’s killed more than 74,000 Palestinians. And while more celebrities are finally using their platforms to call out the genocide, many still remain quiet – or worse, actively voice their support for Israel. Read now: zeteo.com/p/the-good-t...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ya i mean i do genuinely think that one of hegseth's goals is to drive people appalled by barbarity out of the military, because the long term plan is to make the military shoot at us, and the same guys who object to this won't do that either.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 08/10/2025
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage." I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
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White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Prices would’ve DECLINED without the tariffs” 😕 The Trump Tax is real
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Senator who was in office when the bank account was invented shares thoughts on digital records.
Social media post:
Chuck Grassley @ChuckGra ... . 21h
Jack Smith should apologize for taking the bank
records of 42 lowans & 4,782 Americans
Just Jack @7Veritas4
This is rich coming from a guy who let Elon Musk
ransack the federal government and steal
sensitive information on millions of Americans.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Peter Navarro on a hot mic: "So, this shithead at the pool camera won't turn on the camera" (Shame C-SPAN didn't take more of this)
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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535 News @535news.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For years, Hill reporters assumed he was a former House parliamentarian or staffer. He was a 19-year-old college student in England. Meet @ringwiss.bsky.social.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"I can do whatever I want, if I want." Today is the 10th anniversary of the public revelation of Trump's 'Access Hollywood' comments.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
It's a rape-ocracy from the top down
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1. This is incredibly nasty and disgusting work by Stephen A. Smith. Lane Johnson has publicly discussed his mental health and the work he's put in since 2021. 2. What does anything he said have to do with the question on the ticker? How did they get here?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.
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Paizo @paizo.com · 07/10/2026
You heard the rat! Get the book: bit.ly/4h2Is2Z (Yes, we know this is Quig. Meme by @kitsunewarlock.bsky.social from the Starfinder Team.)
The image is of a man shouting from a window "What day is today?" On the snowy street below him, a person with the head of Quig, the Starfinder iconic ysoki mechanic, replaced with their own is saying "Today? Why it's Tech Core Day, of course!"
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Alex @mplsalex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Petition for Jamelle Bouie to replace all headline writers in the US.
YouTube. Video with title

I cannot emphasize enough that the president has pudding for brains
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I…got nothing. Feeling just wave after wave of absolute revulsion and white hot rage at the violence that poisons every centimeter of this cursed country
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i do think it's worth stopping for a moment to recognize how extraordinary and how fucked up it is that this sentence exists.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/10/2026
History just nervously smokes in the corner
Department of State #@StateDept • 1h
SECRETARY RUBIO: For twenty-five centuries since, the Parthenon has stood. Empires have risen and fallen beneath its shadow.
And the progeny of the men who built it — the sons of Athens and Rome - have carried their civilization with them to the ends of the Earth.
Two and a half centuries after the founding of the American republic halfway across the world from where I stand now, I stand here today - as the Secretary of State of that republic, and as the great-grandson of settlers who arrived in the new world from Spain - I stand here to testify to a debt that no lapse of time, no distance of space, can ever extinguish.
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Despite personally knowing someone killed on Oct 7th I went to a Palestine solidarity rally the next day. Not bc I wasn’t grieving but bc I knew from past Israeli wars how the IDF wld respond: to add to the 100 yr death toll countless, uncounted, uncountable Palestinian lives 1/2
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time"
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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