Charismatic Figure Like Me
chaptal.bsky.social
Charismatic Figure Like Me
@chaptal.bsky.social
Works in a library. Socially awkward. I yell at the TV during baseball, soccer and hockey games. Autism father. Haver of unpopular opinions. Griller of sacred cows. Epic force behind Authority Control.

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Pinned
I've removed Authority Control's music from Spotify. To do that it had to leave all streaming platforms, for now I hope. Here's where the art is parked now.

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Authority Control
Just a guy in a basement with guitars, gumption and GarageBand.
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I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Is he being sent to a farm upstate, where he can run and play with the other cosplaying nazis?
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
ALERT FC: Sheriff Baldwin has downgraded the Snow Emergency to a level 2 for Franklin County effective 01-26-2026 12:00 PM. nixle.us/H2657
Snow Level Alert from Franklin County, OH : Nixle
Sheriff Baldwin has downgraded the Snow Emergency to a level 2 for Franklin County effective 01-26-2026 12:00 PM. Level 2 Snow Emergency: Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Only ....
nixle.us
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
All score! #CBJ
January 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
But goddamn it I did not like Harris…
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I’m 62 and want to buy this man a drink.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I've been rewatching Barney Miller for a couple of years and I'm finally up to season 7.

Season six was tense. Nick was gone. His desk was removed and Levitt was furious about it. They were all at each others throats. Luger was demoted. Blood on the Badge caused a lot of division.
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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I really can't state this enough.

Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.

Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Glad I did not pay to see Spinal Tap 2 in a theater. It was good to see them together but too much of the humor was tired. There was one terrific merchandising joke. The loss of Reiner was even more poignant.
January 24, 2026 at 2:10 AM
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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“and then our goons will kidnap that life and send it to a concentration camp if we deem them the wrong color”
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I see they’ve captured another mass murderer.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.

"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.

Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.

Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
smdh
From @theathletic.com: Philip Rivers, who came out of retirement last month to play quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, is interviewing for the Buffalo Bills' head coaching job, according to a league source.
Philip Rivers interviewing for Bills’ head coaching job: Source
Just weeks after returning to the NFL as a quarterback and then retiring again, the 44-year old Rivers will take a head coaching interview.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
WTF is this prissy elite weirdo on about now?
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers

10,000 Maniacs
Pretenders
Sam Phillips
Nicole Atkins
Janelle Monae
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers

Breeders
Bat for Lashes
Cat Power
Luscious Jackson
Heart

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Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers

Kathleen Edwards
Nanci Griffith
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bonnie Raitt
Lake Street Dive
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM