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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 5h

It was a nice conversation and a new flag would bring some renewed joy to this city!

Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 1d

If I were the MNPS athletic director I would at a bare minimum make sure the players of every sport can see how much time is left in their game. Soccer regional finals with no timer. Board is on for football games.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 2d

Do you know how much of a psychopathic pussy you have to be to fire on an unarmed pastor?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 2d

Shooooot

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 4d

The only cure for the bad tech that’s been built is more tech. It’s a Ponzi scheme of tech fakery.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 4d

This is the correct answer, imo. And if my kid decides not to follow that, hes gotta be prepared to get knocked over by a slider

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 5d

??? Where is this??

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 6d

Bari being paid like an MLB all star is truly the most incredible grift

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Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 6d

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 7d

It’s horrendous. Evil. Monstrous. Feels like we should all go to hell just for existing in the country that does this.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 7d

The challenge with the Abundance agenda is it would put democratic leaders on the hook for actually leading and delivering. Mamdani is talking Abundance and I’m very hype to see if he’s up for delivering. Would be a huge win.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 7d

The US created a force of psychopaths and gave them a blank check. This is America.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 7d

WOW! Tysm. This is awesome!

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 8d

So this was a short run, in season tournament? Who all competed?

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 8d

Ok is this a real cup or is this one of the invented cups? Not doubting the glory but trying to contextualize

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 8d

Launched a thousand masters theses, should academia survive.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 8d

I miss Moab. They were a real bike shop

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 8d

I do wonder when media outlets will get interested in ballooning everyday costs. My family's grocery bill has exploded over the past six months and - unlike when a Democrat is president - this is a non-story.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 9d

I wish I felt more happy for the Aces. Fever refused to quit all season, and I love a team full of dogs. In the last 4 months, 5 players were carried off the floor with season ending injuries and damn if this team didn’t just regenerate more guts with each loss.

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 9d

That was such a rookie mistake

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 9d

This is incredible I love this bit so much. Can we have the breakdown by mode?

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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 9d

WNBAs new leadership is going to take this league to even higher heights.

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