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Jack Charnista

@jackcharnista.bsky.social

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I used to be a finance executive, but I’m alright now. Let compassion rule. Leverage any privilege you have to plant the seeds of change in the minds you meet. Risk relationships. Get uncomfortable. A poly-thumbed man who knows the taste of his feet.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 22h

I was conservative when I thought human suffering was a fixable bug in the system.

I became a liberal when I learned it was a feature needing mitigation.

I am a socialist because I discovered that suffering is the fuel the system runs on.

Abandon greed. Embrace compassion, freedom and equality.

the sun shines through the clouds over a city at sunset

Alt: Sun rising over the mountains.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 8h

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha
Dogs is so stoopit.

Cookiebutton grey and white cat, mouth wide open - could be laughing. We don’t know.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 9h

I know it’s anecdotal, but I see this everywhere. These hard right people seem to age faster.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 9h

I’ll take a dozen of them, whatever they are.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 9h

Wonder what her CIA codename is.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 18h

The popular understanding of what’s going on in Venezuela comes completely from the US State Department, and we know how reliable and magnanimous they are when it comes to resource-rich Latin American countries.

We can thank the incurious scribes who attend State Department press briefings.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 18h

This is how someone who doesn’t know how to manage or lead people thinks you do it.

It’s childish.

Either spend the time to understand your organization and what needs to be done, or just fire half the people if that’s what you’re going to do anyway.

This sort of thing tells you NOTHING.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 22h

Every province here is a mitten province.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 22h

Is the mitten state Michigan?

Do you assess penalties when you officiate at a wedding?

a referee wearing a fifa referee shirt talks to a soccer player wearing a number 7 jersey

Alt: Referee gives out a red card in soccer, player falls to the ground in disgust.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 22h

Welp. Lady Espanya got a new filter, and we turned the furnace on last night. Pushed it off as long as we could.

Was going down to 2C. Even our house will get pretty chilly at that.

Buggy still rushed outside this morning. Cookie took one sniff of the air, shivered and passed.

Brave vs Smart.

Bagheera (black cat Size S) showing us his acrobatic skills by balancing on a fence pole.

Cookiebutton (grey/white cat size L) intently studying the inside of his eye lids while stretched out on me.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 22h

The problem is, the Onion is also the ideological nemesis of SCOTUS right now.

a bald man wearing glasses and a grey jacket smiles

Alt: Larry David shakin his damn head.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 23h

What kind of life have you lived when the onion is your ideological nemesis 😂😂😂

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Jones has asked the Supreme Court to immediately put his almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment on hold, citing the imminent threat of InfoWars being handed over to The Onion.

If there isn't a stay, "InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed," the filing says.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 22h

the sun shines through the clouds over a city at sunset

Alt: Sun rising over the mountains.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 23h

Norway has passed on this opportunity, at least for this year.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 23h

On Today’s Edition of Duh, Just Ask A Socialist:

“…Prince William's Royal Foundation is contributing £1m to develop a National Suicide Prevention Network … which will work to understand more about the root causes of suicide…”

We got 1 or 2 ideas that might help. 🫤

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Prince William visibly moved as widow tells of husband's suicide

Prince William's foundation is giving £1m to set up a suicide prevention network.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

I have a Masters in Catastrophizing.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

Outstanding.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, probably.

While we’re in the process of rolling back any social progress that was made in the last 100 years or so, we’ll get to this one too.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court will rule same-sex marriages unconstitutional during the 2026 calendar year.

Start preparing yourselves now and making plans accordingly.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

There’s 12 of them in my head.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"Strengths include the ability to work independently for years or even decades with minimal feedback and/or praise, as well as a marked level of comfort working with antiquated systems, outdated standards, and unending group email chains."

Moderately Motivated Gen-Xer for Hire

Forty-something professional seeks opportunity in an environment that is neither “fun,” “playful,” nor “collaborative;” minimal responsibility pref...

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

This is objectively hilarious.

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t even get me started.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

He’s still pissed about the beating he took at the 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner.

🏳️‍🌈Gosh Darnit of the New Jersey Darnits😷 @goshdarn.bsky.social · 1d

The whole obsession Trnmp has over the peace prize is that Obama won it in 2009.

That's it. He refuses to be denied a prize that the black president won.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

Cookiebutton (grey/white cat) sleeping face down in loaf position in blue chair.

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Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a reason the humanities are called the humanities.

By not funding them, we are losing our humanity.