Charles B. Shaw
@charlesbshaw.bsky.social
Author, journalist, documentary filmmaker, photographer, cinephile.
Peer mental health specialist CRSS/MHP (c)
Psychedelic therapist
Editor for the University of Chicago Press.
Neurodivergent. I answer mental health questions on Quora.
Peer mental health specialist CRSS/MHP (c)
Psychedelic therapist
Editor for the University of Chicago Press.
Neurodivergent. I answer mental health questions on Quora.
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Why MAGA doesn’t understand humor:
• Context is dismissed
• Satire is read as belief
• Bad faith is the default lens
• Punchlines are mistaken for positions
• Ambiguity feels threatening
• Laughter implies someone is “getting away with something”
• Context is dismissed
• Satire is read as belief
• Bad faith is the default lens
• Punchlines are mistaken for positions
• Ambiguity feels threatening
• Laughter implies someone is “getting away with something”
December 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Why MAGA doesn’t understand humor:
• Context is dismissed
• Satire is read as belief
• Bad faith is the default lens
• Punchlines are mistaken for positions
• Ambiguity feels threatening
• Laughter implies someone is “getting away with something”
• Context is dismissed
• Satire is read as belief
• Bad faith is the default lens
• Punchlines are mistaken for positions
• Ambiguity feels threatening
• Laughter implies someone is “getting away with something”
Take a look at the "savage monsters" that are "poisoning the blood of our country."
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Take a look at the "savage monsters" that are "poisoning the blood of our country."
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks search.app/p3QSv
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
search.app
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks search.app/p3QSv
Wishing all of you a great Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate and the blessed end to one seriously f***** up year. Let's make sure we all get our rest we're going to need it in 2026. We're going to need to remove an unwanted house guest and we're going to need all hands on deck.
a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie and hat .
ALT: a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie and hat .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Wishing all of you a great Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate and the blessed end to one seriously f***** up year. Let's make sure we all get our rest we're going to need it in 2026. We're going to need to remove an unwanted house guest and we're going to need all hands on deck.
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks search.app/p3QSv
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
search.app
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks search.app/p3QSv
For a man with an endless bottom when it comes to Penny cruelty this is the new low. I literally want to puke. We are the laughing stock of the world right now but pretty soon they're going to start taking this real serious because he has launch codes. 🤢
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
For a man with an endless bottom when it comes to Penny cruelty this is the new low. I literally want to puke. We are the laughing stock of the world right now but pretty soon they're going to start taking this real serious because he has launch codes. 🤢
California leads at 5.5%, followed by Nevada at 5.3% and Michigan at 5.2%. New Jersey, Ohio, and Oregon tie at 5.0%, with Massachusetts at 4.8%, Alaska and Kentucky at 4.7%, and Rhode Island tenth at 4.6%.
10 U.S. States With The Highest Unemployment Rates
As of August 2025, US unemployment rates vary subtly, influenced by regional economic structures, industry shifts, and adaptation to change.
www.worldatlas.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
California leads at 5.5%, followed by Nevada at 5.3% and Michigan at 5.2%. New Jersey, Ohio, and Oregon tie at 5.0%, with Massachusetts at 4.8%, Alaska and Kentucky at 4.7%, and Rhode Island tenth at 4.6%.
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Next award: The Taco Bell Chalupa of International Harmony.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Next award: The Taco Bell Chalupa of International Harmony.
Reposted by Charles B. Shaw
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
This is not satire.
This is not A.I.
This is a very sick man with dementia repeatedly humiliating himself in front of billions.
Keep it up, Donny.
This is your legacy.
This is your karma. 🙏
This is not A.I.
This is a very sick man with dementia repeatedly humiliating himself in front of billions.
Keep it up, Donny.
This is your legacy.
This is your karma. 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is not satire.
This is not A.I.
This is a very sick man with dementia repeatedly humiliating himself in front of billions.
Keep it up, Donny.
This is your legacy.
This is your karma. 🙏
This is not A.I.
This is a very sick man with dementia repeatedly humiliating himself in front of billions.
Keep it up, Donny.
This is your legacy.
This is your karma. 🙏
Reposted by Charles B. Shaw
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
