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Charlie Sherpa

@fobhaiku.bsky.social

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Read my books: http://amzn.to/36pzbf9 Freelance editor, writer, poet, humorist. OEF veteran by way of BFE. Admin: The Aiming Circle. Opinions & jokes my own. https://linktr.ee/randysherpabrown

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 1d

Part of an on-going personal project to constructively complicate people's understandings of what it means to live and die in the Middle West!

Middle West Press @middlewestpress.bsky.social · 1d

NEW! HAUNTING VISIONS OF 'FLYOVER COUNTRY!'

“Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest Monsters”
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle e-book: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0

Short poems & 300-word narratives that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity!

Book cover of "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology features a giant, shambling creature towering over a lone humanoid figure walking through a flowery forest. Text reads: "NOW ON SALE! More than 50 fresh visions and explorations regarding the ‘forgotten’ terrain and deep recesses of the American Midwest!"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 23h

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social · 16h

17 guardsmen died in what basically amounted to a private security service for rich West/South Texas patrons and he can still be re-elected until the heat death of the universe at this rate.

17 Guardsmen have died on Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border mission, soldiers speak out | Houston Public Media

Since Abbott's Operation Lone Star began in 2021, at least 17 Texas National Guardsman have died from a multitude of causes, including a drowning in an attempt to save migrants, negligent discharge of...

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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 23h

Not to be outdone, the secretary of housing and urban development will dress up like an apartment building.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth put on his military fatigues for a new photo op a week after yelling at top brass about grooming and DEI.

Pentagon Pete Cosplays After Bizarre General Pep Talk

The Defense Secretary suited up for a new photo op with the troops.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 22h

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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The Aiming Circle @aimingcircle.bsky.social · 15h

"Veterans Lit" grows like a spider web, creeping into new genres & publishing opportunities ...

Follow a few veteran-owned & mil-friendly publishers:
- @tundraswanpress.bsky.social
- @cronegirlspress.bsky.social
- @middlewestpress.bsky.social
- @hogwashwriting.bsky.social

Middle West Press @middlewestpress.bsky.social · 16h

Praise for “CRYPTIDS, KAIJU & CORN"!

“[T]he visceral heartbeats of grit, horror, and rural life come together to linger provocatively on the reader’s mind!”
— Sirrah Medieros, editor of “Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell: An LGBTQ+ Horror Anthology” @tundraswanpress.bsky.social

More info: amzn.to/47buzvn

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 15h

A STILT-MAN ZINE exists in the world?! "Things are really looking up!!!"

David Harper@NYCC @davidharper.bsky.social · 1d

A zine is born.

STILT-ZINE. Coming soon to NYCC and the internet. It’s magnificent…and shocking????

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 16h

For those of us in higher education this company has snaked its way into our institutions—and this is the kind of care and thought they put into the risks of their products.
Do you imagine our students are safe with these people?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

www.kickstarter.com/.../apexpu.....

30% UNLOCKED!

For the first time, Apex will open to nonfiction pitches. We are expanding our nonfiction editorial team! ZZ Claybourne has been our nonfiction editor for the past couple of years, and is doing a fantastic job. His editorial eye has elevated Apex’s nonfiction and has helped us discover many new voices. Rodney Carlstrom will be joining the Apex team as an associate nonfiction editor to help ZZ manage submitted nonfiction pitches.

cow floating in space with some astronauts next to the current Kickstarter number, "$6,000!"

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 1d

Highly recommended short, potentially applicable to PTSD warriors. A new fave!

Louise Hughes @trailofleaves.bsky.social · 2d

Out today, in the autumn issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, my story of a space pilot dealing with her first clone resurrection, with a little help from the rescue ship's AI and several kinds of cheese.

The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn

www.kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“The Nine Crashes of Flight Lieutenant Hilla Quinn” by Louise Hughes

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 2d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

*marc rebillet alarm song*

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 27d

Open Call: Radon Journal February 2026 Issue ( @radonjournal.bsky.social‬ )
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
Due: Dec 31
Pay: Fiction: 2¢/word, Poetry: $20. Art: $110/cover, $50/back cover, & $20 for website art
Theme: Stories & poetry containing elements of scifi/anarchism/transhumanism/dystopia

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 7d

20 years after Serenity, @thenerdypriest.bsky.social wrestles with a core premise of science fiction stories. When the world is at stake, is "getting out the truth" really enough?

reactormag.com/serenity-and...

Serenity and the Myth of "Getting Out the Signal" - Reactor

We want to believe that knowledge will change the world for the better, but it's not always that simple.

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Charlie Sherpa @fobhaiku.bsky.social · 1d

Part of an on-going personal project to constructively complicate people's understandings of what it means to live and die in the Middle West!

Middle West Press @middlewestpress.bsky.social · 1d

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 2d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 2d

I'll admit that for my entire life as a Canadian I have been a little unsure of what exactly Americans mean when they say "Midwest", so this is helpful. From now on I'll think of it as "from the middle to the east." (We don't have a leg to stand on, given where we put "Central Canada.")

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 2d

The boundaries are blurry but roughly this

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 3d

I'm so over breaking news. How about some fixing news.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Some Republican officials are pushing to block voting by citizens who've never lived in the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the effort.

A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms

Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

Trump's Justice Department is firing the people who prosecute terrorists, Jake Tapper argues. The president's politically motivated personnel decisions make "the United States and the world less safe":

Trump’s Purge of Terrorism Prosecutors

The politicization of the Justice Department is making Americans less safe.

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