Reposted by Charles GrammerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 786177924754
Reposted by Charles GrammerDemCast USA @demcast.com · 19/09/2026Any questions? Many thanks to snarkypoliticoguy (TT) for this accurate summary. 301221596
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I hate that when I read his words I hear his voice in my head. 011
Reposted by Charles GrammerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This country was built on the opposition to tyranny...so ICE must be abolished. 553216675371
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Pretty sure our cat Gabby is suffering PTSD and is highly reactive to the slightest sudden noise. I think she blames me for last week's thunder and rain. 010
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I, too, have ridden in the back of an SUV. Except it was a station wagon, we called it the "wayback", and I was seven years old. 000
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Working girl in the garden. A Yellow Garden Spider. 010
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Adding to the ginger plant for this week's batch of ginger beer. Each evening for six days, I add grated ginger and two teaspoons of raw sugar. On Sunday, I will add spring water and the fresh juice of a lemon, and bottle twelve 16-ounce bottles. 100
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The problem with good sunscreen is that it prevents the development of a good cyclist's tan. That and not really riding enough. 010
Reposted by Charles GrammerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/08/2026“America Will Never Be the Same”? Neither will my definition of shitshow. Y’all gotta see this video. Priceless. ☠️ 😂 17030541540
Reposted by Charles GrammerNome @nome.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The fact that we almost did not get this movie about a little guy taking on a corporation focused only on profit because the studio decided to axe it for short term profit is frankly too much for me right now. 213113864
Reposted by Charles GrammerMicah @rincewind.run · 21/07/2026once again I reiterate my need for a dedicated lego room in my house to place all of the sets they are aiming at me personally 2855133
Reposted by Charles GrammerMarcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Demented don never gets anything right. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/inter... 741120794101
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I lived for a minute in 1980 in Iowa. Ted Kennedy came to town for a presidential campaign appearance and joked something to the effect that he loved Iowa, or, "as we say back East, Ohio." 020
Reposted by Charles GrammerGlobal Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The effective way the clarinet player does a musical call and response to the singer is just mesmerizing. "Tu vuo' fa' l'americano" by Renato Carosone: cover by Hetty and the Jazzato Band, an Anglo-Italian jazz quintet. @Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #music #jazz 1543872936
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 19/06/2026There was a time in my family — 1950s and '60s — when someone would start a reel-to-reel tape recorder and record hours of normal activity, e.g. making and eating breakfast, or a birthday party. I have digitized several, now. Who were these recordings for? Me, I guess. 030
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 14/06/2026My kingdom for a quarter inch audiotape splice block... 000
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Social media is full of people who say "This IS my circus, and these ARE my monkeys, and they aren't doing it right, so I'm going to do something about it." 020
Reposted by Charles GrammerMichael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 616288339436
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I woke up with an awful sore throat, so I had a cup of ginger-honey tea instead of coffee, and another cup later in the day. Then I had a splitting headache, which I just realized may be caffeine withdrawal. 040
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 29/04/2026How is the White House like a tight pair of jeans? No ballroom. 000
Reposted by Charles GrammerFergi Jo Lisa 🏳️🌈 @lolafaglana.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up. 626123763122
Reposted by Charles GrammerGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This is absolutely fantastic. ht: @maddenifico.bsky.social 681153885960
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Sure, fund the Iran war — take the funds allocated to ICE, zero it out — and reassign all of the Iceholes roaming our streets to a new "warfighter" unit. 020
Reposted by Charles GrammerAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Simple information about what the SAVE Act would actually do to American voters. Tens of millions would lose their right to vote unless they spend lots of $$$ and jump through bureaucratic hoops before November. 21038802970
Reposted by Charles GrammerAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/03/2026Quick reminder: Epstein. 286107492340
Reposted by Charles GrammerArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 14/02/2026It just happens that back in 2014 I made a bunch of Winter Olympic Lolcats. Let's have a look! 121075276
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Instead of sending detained immigrants and U.S. Citizens to detention camps in Texas, ICE is locking them in movie theaters to watch "Melania." Civil Rights groups have sued, claiming this violates the 8th Amendment prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments." 000
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 01/02/2026We all recognize that every accusation from the Right is a confession. It is perhaps a trivial truthism to say that every accusation is also an inoculation. 000
Reposted by Charles GrammerWomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 29/01/2026#Epstein #EpsteinFiles 19498833534
Reposted by Charles GrammerRebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 28/01/2026Hey #bikesky, there's a nationwide ride this Saturday to honor Alex Pretti and show solidarity against ICE and the fascists! His local bike shop, Angry Catfish, is spearheading. Check their insta for rides happening near you. Early East Bay & later SF info attached www.instagram.com/angrycatfish/ 211529
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The crazy thing about the Trump walking with the penguin image is that the Epstein files have still not been released. 000
Reposted by Charles GrammerJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This IS indeed very much worth reading. [Gift article] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...nytimes.comOpinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good 37358150
Reposted by Charles GrammerAmanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14/01/2026As a native Masshole, I could literally fall asleep to this—somehow very comforting. Also Affleck’s delivery is superior youtu.be/FhC76xAq7oEyoutu.beThree Guys from Boston (Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jimmy) Say Every Town and City in MassachusettsYouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3420731
Reposted by Charles GrammerAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff 290188453329
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 02/01/2026One thing I did consistently in 2025 was I bottled - and consumed - twelve 16-ounce bottles of ginger beer every three weeks, or every four weeks after May. 020
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Can anyone help identify the bird on the left? We are in Western New York. I want to say Northern Flicker, but the eye markings don't look right. #Birds 461
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 10/11/2025The Lucy wing of the Republican party has reached an agreement with the Democratic Charlie Brown caucus. 010
Reposted by Charles GrammerCory Booker @corybooker.com · 31/10/2025Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain. 523114234115
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The trouble with Canada's Reagan tariff ad is that having lived through the Reagan era, I was really hoping never to hear his voice again. 000
Reposted by Charles GrammerJules @julian-can.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Thank God for Canadians. Canada nICE Agents. 10383150
Charles Grammer @pheidias.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Was it carelessness or ill intent that caused the ATF to infer that TRN on a bullet casing referred to "trans ideology" rather than the obvious fact that it was a manufacturer's mark? 010