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Kevin Choubacha (he/him)

@choubacha.bsky.social

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Software engineer and marathoner. Opinions are mine alone and do not reflect my employer. Philly transplant to LA Go birds

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · Jul 2

I wonder what they gonna do.

White people and a trolley problem meme.

The trolley is named “2024 election”
The person is named “white people”
The main track is Trump with a line of people who will be crushed by the train if white people do nothing.
The side track is “Kamala” with not risk of death.

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 33m

Ultimately, any democracy can lead to tyranny, even the founders knew this. I'm not convinced that voting process and rules will save us alone.

But I do think we need to get back to basics and update our constitution in a way that better reflects the current multicultural land we live in.

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 52m

I lived in Morro Bay for 2 years. Walked up and down the embarcadero. Never once went into the shell shop.

👏 you are brave 👏

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Rob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 1h

They are not innocent, Ben.

They don't *have* to be dyed-in-the-wool Trump people. If they follow orders, they're doing his bidding.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 13h

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 1h

Yup, two parts of the oath are important. One, they swear loyalty to the constitution first. Two, they swear to obey the president/governor "according to law an regulation"

Hence, illegal orders should not be obeyed.

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

"I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority. "I, Constitution of the United States and of the State of and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God."

day of _ for a period of against all enemies, foreign and the orders of the

_, 19_, in the year(s) under

National Guard of the State of _, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 1h

#AMomentOfJoy

Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 1h

@mrsinister3.bsky.social @stoobz.bsky.social @gideonsamuel.bsky.social
Why just a photo when theres video? This is in Brazil. Nazis are dumb.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 3h

The accuracy of this

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

#BadBunny

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

I know! I’m nervous about him being diagnosed and we’ve avoided telling the school. He’s doing well in normal classes but stigma can derail things.

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

This resonates with me and I do need to get tested. My son is autistic and there are a lot of symptoms I seem to identify with.

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

* sips black coffee *

No lies detected

drew @adrew.dadguy.help · 3h

people who like black coffee are just morning ipa drinkers

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

Brb, researching ham radios.

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

Black history is American history.

The most American citizens are Black citizens.

No group of people has fought for the ideal of America more than Black folks.

Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone who disrespects Black Veterans should leave this country. They’re ungrateful, ignorant, and undeserving of the freedoms those same Veterans fought to protect. If you can’t honor all Americans, especially the Black men and women who served despite our differences in opinions 👇🏾

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

This is why our family has been stocking canned goods in our garage all year. And will continue to do so.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 4h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 3h

This happened to me in Seattle as well but on a bike. Sent me flying and destroyed the rim of my front wheel. Needed to walk a broken bike another 2 miles home.

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

Putting on clown makeup

I won't vote for genocide
Dems didn't win my vote
I voted for dems so l can criticize
I have always voted for Dems

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Ebony Noor! I love garden season! ✊🏿 @darlingebony.bsky.social · 5h

There will come a day where hardly anyone will admit to voting for or allowing this shit stain to become President. There will come a day will when we will be hard pressed to find a Trump voter anywhere. It will be incumbent upon us to not let them hide.

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

…mumbling “go birds” to ourselves as a distraction.

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shamus @shamus.bsky.social · 4h

Will the Phillies live to fight another day?

Thoughts on the state of the Fightins in my latest newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/broadstr...

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

They changed uniforms to powder blues.

It’s got to mean something!?!?

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

Only a white person would experience prejudice and perceive it as racism. So fearful of our colonial history being turned back against us and yet so ignorant of what racism actually is.

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

I’m gonna need to log off for a while

Roxy @redrawnoxen.bsky.social · 1d

Snickle

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you! I kind of wish they’d put Dickerson on IR to get better so we can have him back later. These recurring injuries don’t seem to be going away.

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

I thought that was Dwight from the office for a full minute.

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LizN @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 4h

If you said a racist slur to a Black person, they replied in kind, and someone called the cops, which of you is more likely to be arrested?

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Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h

Welcome to the resistance… checks notes… Alaska.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

Kevin Choubacha (he/him) @choubacha.bsky.social · 4h