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Charles S. Freeman

@cspencef.bsky.social
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Hymn writer, PC(USA) interim pastor in the Quad Cities, ex-musicologist. Highly intolerant of BS and willful ignorance. Music, sports, religion, attempted humor, whatevs. AI is unethical at its root. h/h/h hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com 🍉

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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 6h
His brain is so shot that he can no longer “cover for himself.” This is who DJT has *always* been; he is no longer capable of putting up a front or doing anything but say what he thinks (and I’m using that word very loosely).
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 10h
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, right?
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 10h
…and I’m glad there aren’t any such prizes. Seriously, do you want to imagine what a “Mystic of the Year” prize would look or sound like?”
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 10h
Thank you! That was a fun collection to examine.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 18h
Econ 101
Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 17h
Expecting any day now some right-wing types to start rehabbing his reputation in the manner that Nixon is starting to get. Martyr for the right-wing cause and all that…
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 18h
Obviously that AI-destroying-humans thing can’t be right, because… www.gocomics.com/brewsterrock...
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Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for October 5, 2026 | GoComics
Read Brewster Rockit—a comic strip by creator Tim Rickard—for today, October 5, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 22h
Mike Peters on the Gun Lobby, February 1981. This was just two months after John Lennon was murdered.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
for reference, in the Dobbs opinion, Alito was like, women generally don't _plan_ to get an abortion, so how could they have a reliance interest in abortion? which is kind of an extension of 'you want health insurance? what, you plan on being sick?'
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 19h
… and thus cheapening those five dollar words.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do you think this country has any chance at all to “grow up” as long as the Republican Party is allowed to exist ? www.salon.com/2026/10/04/t...
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The dark reasons behind all the Richard Nixon worship
MAGA needs to maintain its grip on the GOP after Donald Trump — and the 37th president is key
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And yes, I was a bit older than “child” in 1983.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For me, the movie version of Something Wicked This Way Comes from 1983. Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Dark. More than forty years later and I still can’t see him in another role without the memory of this one freaking me out.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’ve been waiting for something like this since reading the Dochuk book (great book but great googly moogly that was work).
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You mean the concussion twins?
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I was doing all these dances.
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Peanuts Charlie Brown Christmas Dance
Alt: Peanuts Charlie Brown Christmas Dance, including several physically impossible dance moves
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I do not comprehend this word “rest”.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OK, was “bet” in that sentence intentional? (Yes, I’m just now noticing…)
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can't top that.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Probably.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Your platform be all like…
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Well... We're Waiting!
Alt: Ted Knight in Caddyshack: “Well... We're Waiting!”
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Game’s about to start in LA, and…
Weather Underground app summary of current conditions in Los Angeles, featuring a temperature of 103°.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you see this, post a not quite Star Trek.
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Marvin The Martian & Duck Dodgers: Isn't That Lovely?
Alt: Marvin The Martian & Duck Dodgers: Isn't That Lovely? (Daffy trying to plant a flag.)
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That guitar was *not* gently weeping. 😉😎
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You be you.
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Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This, from Pope Leo’s speech to artists yesterday, caught my eye:
"Art, when it is authentic, is animated by restlessness. Art is an essential place of listening, where we allow ourselves to learn about the aspirations and wounds of humanity, its thirst for beauty, for justice and peace, and its search for meaning."
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
😮👀👀😮
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m not a big follower of soccer outside the US, but I’m a little bit uncertain why this is a surprise … newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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How Manchester City Got Away With Historic Fraud
Yes, the English soccer club got caught—eventually. But the team’s meteoric rise was aided by the willful blindness of the Premier League.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I dunno, he’s defending a guy in the older story but now he’s trying to dox a woman. Not sure that’s a 180…
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Welcome to the Abyss. Your call is very important to us. Please hold for the next available void.”
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
True. We are, for the most part, human.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The whole 🧵, yes, but this especially:
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage … to unmask idolatries **in church** and culture …” A Brief Statement of Faith, PC(USA) Book of Confessions (emphasis mine)
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So Atlanta’s gonna play at LA on Saturday at 1:00. Wonder what the weather will be like?
Screenshot from the Weather Underground app showing forecast temperature of 100° at game time on Saturday.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There’s a reason for me to continue not watching.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Mandalorian (Book of Boba Fett): This Is The Way
Alt: The Mandalorian (Book of Boba Fett): This Is The Way
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Try to find a caffeine-free cola of any kind in such a place. I think I’m still under surveillance from that incident…
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Crazy Harry does not deserve this.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just three chapters in and…
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Patrick Star Shocked in Spongebob Squarepants
Alt: Patrick Star in Spongebob Squarepants, mind blowing up.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rainy day on the river (and on the coffeehouse windows).
Mississippi River seen from across the street at Milltown Coffee in Moline, IL on a rainy afternoon (as the raindrops on the window suggest).
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026
"While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss it entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violently with a disquieting crunch, we do not believe that now is the time for a dramatic change in kicking strategy." buff.ly/X2RjqP5
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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party
“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pay attention. 🧵
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“When men objected to women testifying publicly, she (Phoebe Palmer) countered that they places where were ‘not permitted to open their lips’ should not expect to receive ‘blessed outpourings of the Spirit.’” Yep, finally reading @kkdumez.bsky.social Live Laugh Love.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, barring an insane comeback, Garrett Crochet will end the ALWCS (that’s not awkward at all is it?) with an ERA of ♾️. You don’t see that often.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🙏🙏🙏 with sighs too deep for words…
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
0-26! Those 1889 Louisville Colonels have been tied. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wait. *Who* did she work for?
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seeing at least two men determined to play savior and sway women from their destructive rage having the gall to say so in this thread … clearly not.
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Charles S. Freeman @cspencef.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The US mental health system does not have nearly enough capacity to deal with this chud and his fellow Trumpminions.
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