Chuck Tee
@chutry.bsky.social
High school ESL teacher and political activist based in Quincy, MA. In my previous life as a media studies professor I wrote three books, including On-Demand Culture and Reinventing Cinema. Chihuahua wrangler.
“Appeared drowsy.”
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“Appeared drowsy.”
I live in Quincy, but I absolutely consider @wutrain.bsky.social to be my mayor.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I live in Quincy, but I absolutely consider @wutrain.bsky.social to be my mayor.
I couldn't even guess the number of followers I had over there within 1,000, but my connections here have been more meaningful and informative than whatever I had Over There when I left in 2023.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I couldn't even guess the number of followers I had over there within 1,000, but my connections here have been more meaningful and informative than whatever I had Over There when I left in 2023.
Just hoping the people who run my 401k are smart enough to never listen to Jim Cramer.
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just hoping the people who run my 401k are smart enough to never listen to Jim Cramer.
I used to love teaching his movie, The Harder They Come. Such a brilliant film. RIP to a legend.
Wow, RIP. My father played guitar for him for several years.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I used to love teaching his movie, The Harder They Come. Such a brilliant film. RIP to a legend.
Whoa
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Whoa
He's earned every bit of this. And more.
I’m really enjoying the downfall of Larry Summers. He deserves every humiliation he is getting. And those if you know me know I don’t say that about people. Gift Link
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Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
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November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
He's earned every bit of this. And more.
Same. I left Twitter two years ago today. I don’t miss it at all. The crowd here is way cooler.
I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Same. I left Twitter two years ago today. I don’t miss it at all. The crowd here is way cooler.
Thinking of all my friends in Raleigh.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Thinking of all my friends in Raleigh.
Appreciate what Governor Stein is saying here.
When power is used without transparency, public safety erodes, a well-documented tool of autocratic governments. Everyone wants violent offenders removed, but indiscriminate raids and unmarked paramilitary teams make communities less safe, as Gov. Stein warns in this video.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Appreciate what Governor Stein is saying here.
For my first MLA interview, I was alone in a room with five interviewers, one of whom was laying across their bed who asked me if I was married. Creepy enough for a guy, but I’m sure ten times creepier if the candidate had been female.
And invite candidates to parties in said hotel rooms, sometimes not even suites, that you felt obligated to attend even though it was so uncomfortable and you would inevitably get waylaid when trying to leave by an emeritus hanging in the doorway who wanted to talk about Beasts of the Southern Wild.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For my first MLA interview, I was alone in a room with five interviewers, one of whom was laying across their bed who asked me if I was married. Creepy enough for a guy, but I’m sure ten times creepier if the candidate had been female.
I’m so confused by the adoration for Summers. He’s been toxic to the people the Democratic Party claims to represent for decades.
Democratic elites don’t understand why they lost and want to keep losing.
He is a misogynistic creep who hates working people. A Democratic Party that cares about its constituencies would not be elevating Summers.
He is a misogynistic creep who hates working people. A Democratic Party that cares about its constituencies would not be elevating Summers.
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m so confused by the adoration for Summers. He’s been toxic to the people the Democratic Party claims to represent for decades.
Welcome to the desert of the real, y'all. Please enjoy the ride.
Creating an AI chatbot of Jean Baudrillard just to really hammer things home.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Welcome to the desert of the real, y'all. Please enjoy the ride.
I really want to know who Mayor Pete counts as an "everyday American." I'd also probably direct him to read some of his own father's writings on hegemony.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I really want to know who Mayor Pete counts as an "everyday American." I'd also probably direct him to read some of his own father's writings on hegemony.
I’m here from the past to say he wouldn’t have said something so stupid even a few years ago. Trump pills are a hell of a drug.
I'm here from the future to say I'm pretty sure this man will not be saying this 10-15 years from now.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m here from the past to say he wouldn’t have said something so stupid even a few years ago. Trump pills are a hell of a drug.
Made the mistake of assigning a quiz on chapters 6 and 7 of the book we’re reading. Hijinks ensued.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Made the mistake of assigning a quiz on chapters 6 and 7 of the book we’re reading. Hijinks ensued.
When the dust settles, we're going to have to completely rebuild the political news media.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
When the dust settles, we're going to have to completely rebuild the political news media.
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If you thought Tylenol was bad for kids, don’t read the Epstein files.
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you thought Tylenol was bad for kids, don’t read the Epstein files.
It’s frightening how numb people have gotten to this basic truth and the expectation that these laws should be enforced.
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s frightening how numb people have gotten to this basic truth and the expectation that these laws should be enforced.
Or they think they’re superior so things like grammar don’t matter … much less things like laws and morality.
One thing that the Epstein emails have taught me is that lots of supposedly superior intellects don't understand basic grammar.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Or they think they’re superior so things like grammar don’t matter … much less things like laws and morality.
I liked Cave Caucus initially, but I now think Coward Caucus has a better ring to it.
The cave caucus is giving a presser right now and they’re like “Look we tried to pressure the GOP into extending those tax credits but they just wouldn’t budge! Oh well.”
That’s the wrong damn fight.
That’s the wrong damn fight.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I liked Cave Caucus initially, but I now think Coward Caucus has a better ring to it.
Coming from one of the leaders of Indivisible, this is pretty monumental. But I agree that it’s pretty much the only option.
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Coming from one of the leaders of Indivisible, this is pretty monumental. But I agree that it’s pretty much the only option.
Remember the 7 million people protesting the GOP a few weeks ago? You’re going to have similar numbers protesting centrist Dems if the Cave Caucus votes to gut healthcare and reproductive rights (among other things).
All of the Dems who vote for a deal where they get nothing show that they fully own the shutdown. Embarrassing
If Dems accept this deal, it will help the GOP cement the following ideas into the public conscience over the coming 4 weeks:
-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump
Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.
-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump
Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Remember the 7 million people protesting the GOP a few weeks ago? You’re going to have similar numbers protesting centrist Dems if the Cave Caucus votes to gut healthcare and reproductive rights (among other things).
Call your Senators. Don’t give the Cave Caucus cover to vote for a bad budget bill.
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Call your Senators. Don’t give the Cave Caucus cover to vote for a bad budget bill.
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I've noticed that there isn't much talk here about the current internecine war that is unfolding on the right, spearheaded in large part by Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I know this shit is insane and feels bad. But this is a mistake (1/)
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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