Chad
@chadizzy1.bsky.social
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Husband & Dad of 5
🧑🍳 Chef
✝️ Progressive Christian
🚭 Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocate
🏛️ Political Scientist & Public Administration Policy Wonk
💻 ArkansasProgressive.substack.com
🧑🍳 Chef
✝️ Progressive Christian
🚭 Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocate
🏛️ Political Scientist & Public Administration Policy Wonk
💻 ArkansasProgressive.substack.com
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Chad
@chadizzy1.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Intro Post 2.0. Hi, I’m Chad. Twitter expat (2008).
Feeding the algorithm, I like:
📰 US News & Politics
🚀 Space & Technology
🎮 Video Games: (PS, Xbox, Switch) - Fallout, Call of Duty, GTAO, RDRO
🤼 WWE
🍿 Movies
📺 TV / Cartoons
🌴 Travel, Cruises, Road Trips, Camping
🐓 Farm & Garden
🍽️ Cooking
Feeding the algorithm, I like:
📰 US News & Politics
🚀 Space & Technology
🎮 Video Games: (PS, Xbox, Switch) - Fallout, Call of Duty, GTAO, RDRO
🤼 WWE
🍿 Movies
📺 TV / Cartoons
🌴 Travel, Cruises, Road Trips, Camping
🐓 Farm & Garden
🍽️ Cooking
The mystery has been solved!
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The mystery has been solved!
I don’t have the highest of expectations for this administration, but if they can end the FDA war on nicotine, get rid of anti-tobacco zealots, and embrace tobacco harm reduction, there could be progress made and lives saved.
Mitch Zeller said “If you make it virtually impossible to create and draft policy, then you are eviscerating the role of the center”. Good, the center doesn’t draft good policy anyway, it needs to be eviscerated.
FDA tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been forced out. Brian King's departure Tuesday comes just days after the FDA's top vaccine official stepped down over disagreements with...
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I don’t have the highest of expectations for this administration, but if they can end the FDA war on nicotine, get rid of anti-tobacco zealots, and embrace tobacco harm reduction, there could be progress made and lives saved.
I love and hate spring at the same time. The same day that I started a bunch of plants indoors, we also got tornadoes all over the state. That’s spring in AR for you!
But, prep work on garden has begun. Yesterday, seed started tomatoes, onions, peppers, okra, and a little tobacco.
But, prep work on garden has begun. Yesterday, seed started tomatoes, onions, peppers, okra, and a little tobacco.
March 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love and hate spring at the same time. The same day that I started a bunch of plants indoors, we also got tornadoes all over the state. That’s spring in AR for you!
But, prep work on garden has begun. Yesterday, seed started tomatoes, onions, peppers, okra, and a little tobacco.
But, prep work on garden has begun. Yesterday, seed started tomatoes, onions, peppers, okra, and a little tobacco.
Today’s Fat Tuesday feast: Fried squash, fried alligator tail, pork & gator boudin, homemade coleslaw, and homemade Remoulade sauce
March 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Today’s Fat Tuesday feast: Fried squash, fried alligator tail, pork & gator boudin, homemade coleslaw, and homemade Remoulade sauce
Trump Season 2 is currently airing around the globe to shocked audiences that are surprised it got a renewal due to low ratings of Season 1
The rest of the world is watching America like America watched Tiger King
March 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Trump Season 2 is currently airing around the globe to shocked audiences that are surprised it got a renewal due to low ratings of Season 1
The Cedar Falls Creek at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas, this past weekend. It was absolutely beautiful out, and incredible relaxing.
With everything going on in this country right now, sometimes you need to escape it all. A mental cleanse.
With everything going on in this country right now, sometimes you need to escape it all. A mental cleanse.
March 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Cedar Falls Creek at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas, this past weekend. It was absolutely beautiful out, and incredible relaxing.
With everything going on in this country right now, sometimes you need to escape it all. A mental cleanse.
With everything going on in this country right now, sometimes you need to escape it all. A mental cleanse.
I thought MAGA didn’t want people working from home? I remember President Musk wasn’t too keen on the idea, either.
March 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought MAGA didn’t want people working from home? I remember President Musk wasn’t too keen on the idea, either.
Visiting Petit Jean State Park yesterday and hikes the overlooks. It was quite beautiful and sunny. The water was moving, the falls were lovely, and it was nice to get out and enjoy the warm weather!
#arkansas #petitjean #statepark #hiking
#arkansas #petitjean #statepark #hiking
March 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Visiting Petit Jean State Park yesterday and hikes the overlooks. It was quite beautiful and sunny. The water was moving, the falls were lovely, and it was nice to get out and enjoy the warm weather!
#arkansas #petitjean #statepark #hiking
#arkansas #petitjean #statepark #hiking
Absolutely fantastic. And long, long overdue!
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Absolutely fantastic. And long, long overdue!
The right is known for “deadbaming” - so if they can do it, so can I. It’s the Gulf of Mexico. Then. Now. Forever.
February 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The right is known for “deadbaming” - so if they can do it, so can I. It’s the Gulf of Mexico. Then. Now. Forever.
And bookmarked
Today we launched a website to track how much orange assface plays golf. We’re guessing this thing is gonna get a workout! Bookmark it. Enjoy! More: TrumpGolfTrack.com
Trump Golf Track
Tracking the number of days President Donald Trump spends his second term playing golf.
TrumpGolfTrack.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And bookmarked
Beautiful.
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
January 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Beautiful.
Sorry. It is not the Gulf of America, nor will I ever call it that. The golfo de México name goes back to the 1500’s, before the English even came to America. It is the Gulf of Mexico, and I’ll always refer to it as such.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump administration says 'Gulf of America' name change now official
The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Sorry. It is not the Gulf of America, nor will I ever call it that. The golfo de México name goes back to the 1500’s, before the English even came to America. It is the Gulf of Mexico, and I’ll always refer to it as such.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
We told y’all, they would find any way they could to ensure the God-Emperor doesn’t leave office: legally, or illegally. Everyone said “nah, he will leave after this term”. No, he won’t. And they’re going to make sure of it.
www.foxnews.com/politics/law...
www.foxnews.com/politics/law...
Lawmaker unveils constitutional amendment to give Trump third term
Rep. Andy Ogles proposed an amendment to the Constitution Thursday
www.foxnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We told y’all, they would find any way they could to ensure the God-Emperor doesn’t leave office: legally, or illegally. Everyone said “nah, he will leave after this term”. No, he won’t. And they’re going to make sure of it.
www.foxnews.com/politics/law...
www.foxnews.com/politics/law...
So where’s the Epstein files? Or the full report on the “assassination attempt” in Butler, PA?
January 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
So where’s the Epstein files? Or the full report on the “assassination attempt” in Butler, PA?
2025 is off to a weird start
Soup flavored cough drops, and now pizza flavored cereal
Soup flavored cough drops, and now pizza flavored cereal
January 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
2025 is off to a weird start
Soup flavored cough drops, and now pizza flavored cereal
Soup flavored cough drops, and now pizza flavored cereal
Native Americans are the most American of literally anyone here but I guess they aren’t white enough for the God-Emperor
www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court
The Trump admin is leaning on a pre-14th Amendment law in its fight to redefine birthright citizenship.
www.salon.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Native Americans are the most American of literally anyone here but I guess they aren’t white enough for the God-Emperor
www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
This is the state of our modern political system
Elon is gonna be like “IMMMM PICKLE RIIICCCKKK” on the House floor and the GOP is gonna give him a standing ovation
January 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is the state of our modern political system
Farm workers aren’t coming in to work out of fear of being deported. From here, this will cause product shortages. This will also drive up prices.
But yeah, Trump is gonna make groceries cheaper
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...
But yeah, Trump is gonna make groceries cheaper
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...
Central Valley farmworkers scared to show up to work over deportation fear
The California Farm Bureau says fears in the Central Valley have led to migrant farmworkers not showing up for work, which has virtually halted the area’s citrus harvest.
www.nbcbayarea.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Farm workers aren’t coming in to work out of fear of being deported. From here, this will cause product shortages. This will also drive up prices.
But yeah, Trump is gonna make groceries cheaper
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...
But yeah, Trump is gonna make groceries cheaper
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...
Good tips!
What can you do to about companies dropping DEI policies? Use your wallet!
- Getting a new car? Only buy from a minority employee.
- Buying new carpet? Use a minority-owned company.
- Research products & companies BEFORE you buy from them.
Seek out minorities for EVERY purchase moving forward!
- Getting a new car? Only buy from a minority employee.
- Buying new carpet? Use a minority-owned company.
- Research products & companies BEFORE you buy from them.
Seek out minorities for EVERY purchase moving forward!
January 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Good tips!
CNN doesn’t get offended by Musk doing a friggin Nazi salute
But a police officer who survived an insurrection says an F word and she clutched her pearls
But a police officer who survived an insurrection says an F word and she clutched her pearls
Michael Fanone live on CNN: "This is what I'd say to Stewart Rhodes: Go fuck yourself"
January 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
CNN doesn’t get offended by Musk doing a friggin Nazi salute
But a police officer who survived an insurrection says an F word and she clutched her pearls
But a police officer who survived an insurrection says an F word and she clutched her pearls
Exactly.
January 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Exactly.