Charles Herold
@cherold.bsky.social
Well, I'm just glad I didn't live to see this shitshow. Oh, wait, I'm still here. Fuck.
BTW, instablock to anyone who messages me who has never met me in person.
Mastodon:https://zirk.us/@cherold
BTW, instablock to anyone who messages me who has never met me in person.
Mastodon:https://zirk.us/@cherold
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Charles Herold
@cherold.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Journalists talking about "moderate" Republicans is like terrorists taking over the Super Bowl and one terrorist says "we're going to kill all the hostages" and the other says "we're going to kill all the hostages except children" and journalists start calling the second one "the moderate."
If you remember that crazy story of a government lawyer begging to be held in contempt so she could get a night's sleep, here's a lot more detail on what happened that day. Like everything else in America these days, it's insane.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
www.lawdork.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
If you remember that crazy story of a government lawyer begging to be held in contempt so she could get a night's sleep, here's a lot more detail on what happened that day. Like everything else in America these days, it's insane.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
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Whether it's Bad Bunny giving his Grammy to a child or Kid Rock singing "I like ’em underage, see, some say that’s statutory but I say it’s mandatory," both artists have reached out to your nation's young people.
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Whether it's Bad Bunny giving his Grammy to a child or Kid Rock singing "I like ’em underage, see, some say that’s statutory but I say it’s mandatory," both artists have reached out to your nation's young people.
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Qanon finding out all the people they love are connected to Epstein has gotta be like getting to the end of X-Files and it turns out Mulder was the one in charge of the alien conspiracy the whole time
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Qanon finding out all the people they love are connected to Epstein has gotta be like getting to the end of X-Files and it turns out Mulder was the one in charge of the alien conspiracy the whole time
Yes! THIS is how it's done, New York Times margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/yes-this-i...
Yes! THIS is how it's done, New York Times
Much more blunt truth-telling, please
margaretsullivan.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Yes! THIS is how it's done, New York Times margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/yes-this-i...
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i’m going to use AI to make an app that removes AI from every single fucking app
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
i’m going to use AI to make an app that removes AI from every single fucking app
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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My three-year-old was reading ProPublica when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why is the nice orange man keeping little children in detention camps?" And when I told her "Because those dark little children were sent by the Jews to replace white children like you," she started crying.
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
My three-year-old was reading ProPublica when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why is the nice orange man keeping little children in detention camps?" And when I told her "Because those dark little children were sent by the Jews to replace white children like you," she started crying.
Yes, I'm definitely going to carefully raft a post and then let it sit in a draft folder until I can really get it just right before posting it for 2 likes.
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Yes, I'm definitely going to carefully raft a post and then let it sit in a draft folder until I can really get it just right before posting it for 2 likes.
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"Raskin also said that he saw "references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story."
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department
Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ
www.nbcnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Raskin also said that he saw "references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story."
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Enough! They belong in jail. Impeach to get out of power now.
Thanks. Sad to hear it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Thanks. Sad to hear it.
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The reason for the reported lie is worse than the lie.
NEWS: Marco Rubio is telling Trump we are holding negotiations with Cuba, yet no such talks are happening.
To lie to the president like this would be a defining scandal in any other administration. Story w/ Noah Kulwin (X: @nkulw) and José Luis Granados Ceja (X: @GranadosCeja)
To lie to the president like this would be a defining scandal in any other administration. Story w/ Noah Kulwin (X: @nkulw) and José Luis Granados Ceja (X: @GranadosCeja)
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The reason for the reported lie is worse than the lie.
Why is that? You can edit posts in Mastodon and Facebook. What is different about Bluesky that makes that impossible?
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Why is that? You can edit posts in Mastodon and Facebook. What is different about Bluesky that makes that impossible?
This link isn't to a clunky way of editing posts. :-(
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This link isn't to a clunky way of editing posts. :-(
I don't need a draft mode - I need a re-draft (i.e. EDIT) mode. Have you really got more requests for this than for an edit option?
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I don't need a draft mode - I need a re-draft (i.e. EDIT) mode. Have you really got more requests for this than for an edit option?
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This is really bad. Bringing back nearly eradicated diseases does not make us great.
My aunt got TB her first year in college, spent the next three years in a sanitarium, and almost didn't make it. Her health never fully recovered, and she died 20 years earlier than my mom, her younger sister.
My aunt got TB her first year in college, spent the next three years in a sanitarium, and almost didn't make it. Her health never fully recovered, and she died 20 years earlier than my mom, her younger sister.
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is really bad. Bringing back nearly eradicated diseases does not make us great.
My aunt got TB her first year in college, spent the next three years in a sanitarium, and almost didn't make it. Her health never fully recovered, and she died 20 years earlier than my mom, her younger sister.
My aunt got TB her first year in college, spent the next three years in a sanitarium, and almost didn't make it. Her health never fully recovered, and she died 20 years earlier than my mom, her younger sister.
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Control of the House isn't going to come down to a small number of close races; the military seizing ballots would lead to riots in the streets; the "incumbent Republican majority" will be dissolved on January 3rd so it won't be there to do anything.
It's a nightmare in that it's entirely made up.
It's a nightmare in that it's entirely made up.
Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Control of the House isn't going to come down to a small number of close races; the military seizing ballots would lead to riots in the streets; the "incumbent Republican majority" will be dissolved on January 3rd so it won't be there to do anything.
It's a nightmare in that it's entirely made up.
It's a nightmare in that it's entirely made up.
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CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PARABLE
Give a starving man a fish and you feed him for a day.
But give a starving man a Bible and you get to brag about how you saved him just before he died for the rest of your life. Glory!
Give a starving man a fish and you feed him for a day.
But give a starving man a Bible and you get to brag about how you saved him just before he died for the rest of your life. Glory!
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST PARABLE
Give a starving man a fish and you feed him for a day.
But give a starving man a Bible and you get to brag about how you saved him just before he died for the rest of your life. Glory!
Give a starving man a fish and you feed him for a day.
But give a starving man a Bible and you get to brag about how you saved him just before he died for the rest of your life. Glory!
When I lived in California (decades ago) I would rant about politics and people would tell me to mellow out. Then I moved to NYC and immediately people started telling me, "you're so mellow, you must be a Californian." 😂
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
When I lived in California (decades ago) I would rant about politics and people would tell me to mellow out. Then I moved to NYC and immediately people started telling me, "you're so mellow, you must be a Californian." 😂
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Bari Weiss instructs CBS reporters not to run any stories on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance until they have comments from people who hate America.
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Bari Weiss instructs CBS reporters not to run any stories on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance until they have comments from people who hate America.
"You know we outnumber the people watching the other show? Yeah. Five million to 135 million. (It helps if we don’t count all of them as people.)"
Great news, son! The Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show Is On!
Great News! The Turning Point USA Halftime Show Is On!
Quick, to the bunker!
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"You know we outnumber the people watching the other show? Yeah. Five million to 135 million. (It helps if we don’t count all of them as people.)"
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Last night President Trump raged about young children being exposed to the dancing in the Super Bowl halftime show.
We are in a small community outside Minneapolis and a child arrived to an empty house on Friday. No parents, ice kidnapped them and just leave children to wander alone after school
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Last night President Trump raged about young children being exposed to the dancing in the Super Bowl halftime show.
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They were doing SO WELL by floating under the radar. No one questioned it. Everyone happily participated. The last time I brought up this surveillance system to a friend a couple of years ago, I got the eye roll
Remember: some people are putting cameras INSIDE their homes too
Remember: some people are putting cameras INSIDE their homes too
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
They were doing SO WELL by floating under the radar. No one questioned it. Everyone happily participated. The last time I brought up this surveillance system to a friend a couple of years ago, I got the eye roll
Remember: some people are putting cameras INSIDE their homes too
Remember: some people are putting cameras INSIDE their homes too
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4/ 2 things scare me so deeply I can hardly stand it:
The above concentration camp efforts, and the very active efforts to interfere with elections, as I cover in my pinned thread.
The above concentration camp efforts, and the very active efforts to interfere with elections, as I cover in my pinned thread.
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
4/ 2 things scare me so deeply I can hardly stand it:
The above concentration camp efforts, and the very active efforts to interfere with elections, as I cover in my pinned thread.
The above concentration camp efforts, and the very active efforts to interfere with elections, as I cover in my pinned thread.