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Roger H Charles

@rogerhcharles.bsky.social
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A Man of Many Seasons Husband, Father, Grandfather. Army Vet -Cold War/Vietnam Era. 'Living Room' Musician. Home is Wilmington, NC USA www.youtube.com/@rogerhcharles

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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 21h
🌊"Dr. Andrews will emerge next month as either a symbol of a massive Democratic comeback, or a cautionary tale of the limits of progressive optimism. Two weeks ago, the Cook Political Report shifted the race from solidly Republican to lean Republican." #midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Some Democrats Say Senate Race In South Carolina Is Winnable. Others, not so much. (Gift Article)
Dr. Annie Andrews, a Democrat, is hoping to defeat Senator Darline Graham. Even some of her most ardent supporters sense that her bid is a long shot.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gift article. "Within days, she and a team of colleagues had found a network of online breadcrumbs with profound implications: Rogue AI agents were traversing the web much more widely than previously known." #AI wapo.st/4hzotZS
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The volunteer internet sleuths hunting down rogue AI agents
An informal network of hackers and researchers is exposing new details about misbehaving AI that meddled with corporate and government websites.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“This is discouraging people from getting appropriate treatment for serious mental health conditions,” said Dr. Anita Clayton.... #mentalhealth #votevets www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/s...
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V.A. Institutes New Consent Requirements for Some Psychiatric Drugs (Gift Article)
Veterans under 30 will have to sign forms before being given antidepressants. Medical groups fear the moves may stigmatize mental health treatment.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Overall, VoteVets plans this year to spend $60 million on 331 Democratic candidates nationwide — 20 House and Senate candidates and 311 down-ballot races — the most since it was founded. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
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VoteVets Spends Millions to Elect Democrats, Shaping Midterms (Gift Article)
The organization, founded in 2006 to back Democratic veterans opposing the Iraq war, is pouring huge sums into this year’s elections amid intense voter antipathy for another conflict in the Middle Eas...
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🎶Every night in my dreams... My abbreviated instrumental with lyrics of a well known ballad composed by James Horner and Will Jennings. It was recorded by Celine Dion and played during the end credits of the 1997 film, Titanic. Image: Me at Linville Falls, #NorthCarolina USA #popmusic #americana
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh, what a tangled web we weave... The magnifcent spread of a southern live oak at the north end of 5th Ave., Wilmington, #NorthCarolina Captured on this evening's bike ride. #nature #photography
The magnifcent spread of a southern live oak at the north end of 5th Ave., Wilmington, #NorthCarolina
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎶 The sun is sinking low... My two verse cover of a fiddle waltz composed in 1982 by American folk musician, Jay Ungar. It was used as the theme song for the 1990 PBS miniseries, "The Civil War". The verses were composed later by Grian MacGregor. #folkmusic #americana
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🎶For Me and My Gal My instrumental of the chorus from the great pop hit of 1942. It was performed by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in a movie of the same title. The song was also a hit in 1917 when it was first released by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, and E. Ray Goetz. #popmusic #americana
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚵‍♂️eBiking this evening down to Dram Tree Park on the Cape Fear waterfront, Wilmington #NorthCarolina. Also a view of a ship at the Port of Wilmington, a major deep-water seaport. Dram Tree refers to a 300 year old cypress that once stood in the river nearby. There's a tale about it. #photography
eBiking this evening down to Dram Tree Park on the Cape Fear waterfront, Wilmington #NorthCarolina.Also a view of a ship at the Port of Wilmington, a major deep-water seaport. Dram Tree refers to a 300 year old cypress that once stood in the river near here. There's a tale about it.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"We'll always have Paris..." 🎶My two verse instrumental of a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. The song became famous when it was performed by Dooley Wilson as Sam in the 1942 Warner Bros. film, "Casablanca", starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. #Americana #PopMusic
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🦐Dining on the boardwalk Elijah's Oyster & Fish Camp on the Cape Fear River, Wilmington #NorthCarolina #photography
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My yard sign arrived today. #resist
Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🚵‍♂️eBiking on the way home this evening, I came across a flock of ibises at a tidal creek park, Wilmington #NorthCarolina after it had been mowed this week. Ibises feed primarily on soil insects, grubs, and earthworms by probing the turf with their long, curved bills. #nature
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
💦On the Waterfront This evening on the boardwalk along the Cape Fear River, Wilmington #NorthCarolina #clouds #photography
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Key Takeaways U.S. gas prices have risen about 44% from their pre-war baseline, adding an average of $1.25 per gallon. The largest % increases are concentrated across the Midwest and Mountain West, with several states up more than 60%. #Economy #Midterms www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-gas-p...
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Gas Price Increases Since the Iran War, by State
The states hit hardest by the Iran war's gas price spike aren't the ones paying the most. See every state's increase since February 2026.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trail maintenance at a nature reserve in Sampson County #NorthCarolina on my souped-up electric riding mower. I converted it from lead acid to a 48v lithium battery. I keep it charged with a 200w solar kit. Also, a solar charged, lithium battery chain saw. #forestfriday #nature #solarpower
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Taken from U.S. Army Special Forces Training Manual. I've had this posted on my refrig for many years. Very helpful during trying times. And especially now given our ongoing political catastrophe. #Psychology #MentalHealth
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
An abandoned farmhouse in rural Sampson County #NorthCarolina. Old times there all but forgotten. #photography #Americana
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🎶 O store Gud (O great God) My solo instrumental of a Swedish folk melody. It was the basis for a Swedish hymn written in 1885 by Carl Boberg. The loose English translation of the hymn and title became "How Great Thou Art" in 1949. The scene is one I captured in a park in Wilmington, NC. #SundayHymn
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This afternoon at Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, #NorthCarolina A shallow, man-made lake and former millpond created in the 1730s. #nature #photography
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🎶 Sí bheag, Sí mhór My cover of a slow Irish air written around 1690 by harpist, Turlough O'Carolan. The title references two ancient burial sites associated with local fairy folklore. The image is entitled "A Portrait of Carolan" painted by J.C. Timbrell in 1844. #FolkMusic #ArtHistory
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🎶My brief instrumental of a protest song composed by Bob Dylan in 1962 at the age of 21. It was covered widely by numerous artists during the 1960s, and became an anthem for the era. In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. #FolkMusic #Resist
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🎶My brief instrumental of a hymn written in 1931 by English author, Eleanor Farjeonand, and set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan". #SundayHymn
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, #NorthCarolina A shallow, man-made lake and former millpond created in the 1730s. Now a 250 acre urban park, with the lake covering half of that, and featuring a paved multi-use trail of about 4 to 5 miles winding around the water. #nature #photography
Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, #NorthCarolina
A shallow, man-made lake and former millpond created in the 1730s. Now a 250 acre urban park, with the lake covering half of that, and featuring a paved multi-use trail of about 4 to 5 miles winding around the water.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🎶Come gather 'round people... My one verse instrumental of a song--with lyric--that was widely covered during the 1960s. Also seems appropriate--once again--for our current state of affairs. The image is a watercolor by Gottfried Keller [Landscape with approaching t-storm], 1842. #folkmusic #resist
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sunset on the Cape Fear waterfront this evening. Wilmington, #NorthCarolina USA. Pixel 6a camera. #photography #nature
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🎶Ode to Joy My gentle cover of the famous melody of the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, completed in 1824. It was adopted as the official anthem of the European Union in 1985, and has evolved into a global symbol of peace, unity, and brotherhood.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🎶I see the morning breakin' My one verse instrumental of an endearing Appalachian folk hymn. #MorningPrayer
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wilmington Railroad Museum An interactive, historic railroad museum in Wilmington, NC The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a U.S. Class I railroad connecting Virginia to Florida, famous for luxury passenger trains like The Champion. It operated from 1871 until 1967. #history #travel #northcarolina
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Fascinating Map. Instead of states, we live in one of ten different biomes. Climate, vegetation and animal life vary across the landscapes of the United States, forming distinct biomes. #nature #geography
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Blue Ridge Parkway. Price Park picnic area with Boone Fork creek running through it. Just south of Blowing Rock, NC #forestfriday
Blue Ridge Parkway. 
Price Park picnic area with Boone Fork creek running through it. Just south of Blowing Rock, NC
Photo by Roger H Charles
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Cure? Go for a ride Gift Link #medicine #Exercise wapo.st/4b2PnH4
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His doctor’s prescription for his unbearable pain seemed absurd. It worked.
Gregory Maassen was nearly bedridden by a burning sensation that was later diagnosed as a rare form of neuropathy. He has found relief riding his e-bike across the country.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Democracy is the worst form of government...except for all the others." --Churchill, 1947 While no system is perfect, democratic representation is mankind's best attempt at avoiding tyranny. Since tyranny is always pushing up, every generation has to fight to push it back down.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Freedom Walk This is a park with a long, tree-lined walkway in Wilmington NC, and named in honor of the late Thomas and Willie Jervay. Their local newspaper, Wilmington Journal, was founded and published more than eight decades ago. Its mission was to fight against racial discrimination. #History
Freedom Walk
This is a park with a long, tree-lined walkway in Wilmington NC, and named in honor of the late Thomas and Willie Jervay.
Their local newspaper, Wilmington Journal, was founded and published more than eight decades ago. Its mission was to fight against racial discrimination.
Photo by Roger H Charles
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Chinese #solar car. $8k. Come on, America. Get with the program. #solarpower www.solarkycar.com
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Whispering Oaks Nature Reserve Sampson County, North Carolina #forestfriday
Whispering Oaks Nature Reserve
Sampson County, North Carolina
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🎶Summertime, and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich and your mama's good-lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry... My instrumental of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera, Porgy and Bess. 2nd verse in reply. #music
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The 'American Lean'... is an informal term for the tendency of Americans to stand with their weight shifted to one foot or to casually lean against walls, etc. while waiting. Intelligence experts identify this laid-back posture as a dead giveaway of American identity abroad. #travel
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A summer afternoon, 7/12/26, in Wilmington, NC--my home town. Passed through my favorite stretch of shade on my #ebike and turned around to take a pic. The trees are Southern Live Oaks dripping with Spanish Moss. They evolved to be wide and stocky in our hurricane zone. #trees #forest #photography
The trees are Southern Live Oaks dripping with Spanish Moss. They evolved to be wide and stocky in our hurricane zone.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm a Wilmingtonian and still feel the shame of what these Proud Boy ancestors did to my city and country. #blacklivesmatter www.cbsnews.com/news/white-s...
An armed mob poses proudly after setting fire to Wilmington, N.C.'s only Black-owned newspaper, the Daily Record, Nov. 10, 1898.Whites armed with a machine gun prowled the streets of Wilmington, N.C. An untold number of Black residents were killed.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A good thing about American #culture. www.upworthy.com/just-love-it...
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'Just love it so much': French woman in the U.S. says this wholesome habit sets Americans apart
"This is something so special in the U.S.—something you will never see in France."
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Southern Live Oak 10th St. between Ann and Nun Sts., Wilmington, NC #forestfriday
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🎶 Eventide My one verse instrumental of a hymn for the evening, also known as "Abide With Me". Composed in 1861. #Evensong
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"The answer to human existence can never be given as it is always still arriving. Instead, we are that which always strives beyond ourselves." #philosophy aeon.co/essays/karl-...
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🎶Thou wilt not let me drift... My brief instrumental of a folk tune known as "Kingsfold". It's thought to have originated in the British Isles during the Middle Ages. The lyrics that I use here are from "I Feel the Winds of God Today", written in 1906 by English #Quaker teacher, Jessie Adams.
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A Way Out of Despair The Existential Philosophy of Karl Jaspers Rather than an act of reasoning, #philosophy is an activity, a relationship towards the world. He defines three different aspects of human existence: 1/4
Edward Hopper's painting, "Automat" (1927)
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
When it rains look for rainbows. When it's dark look for stars. --Oscar Wilde
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#environmentalism substack.com/@colindurran...
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Colin Durrant (@colindurrant)
One of the most inspiring restoration stories is that of Brendon Grimshaw, a British newspaper editor who bought the tiny island of Moyenne in the Seychelles in 1962. Rather than developing it for pro...
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Why do we exist? The fact that we pose this question is an evolutionary miracle of nature. Yet despite all the religious and philosophical attempts throughout history to provide an answer, mankind still hasn't the faintest notion of our true origin and destiny. I feel that the answer... 1/2
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Roger H Charles @rogerhcharles.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
As of early 2026, the average #LifeExpectancy at birth in the U.S. has reached a record high of 79.0 years for the total population. Map below is as of 2025. Females: 81.4 years Males: 75.8–76.5 years Despite the increase, the U.S. continues to lag behind other comparable, wealthy nations
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