Gene charleton
ncgene.bsky.social
Gene charleton
@ncgene.bsky.social
Retired science writer
Today’s ugly thought (I’ve been having too many of them lately:

If Elon Musk were an actual Russian or Chinese asset, it would be hard for he and his minions to do more to weaken the United States and advance the interests of Russia and China than they are doing already.
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today’s thought: if you have a passport or passport card, start carrying it everywhere, all the time. If you see a person of color being questioned by an ICE agent or other law enforcement, approach and insist that they check your papers, too. We’re all in this together.
January 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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We’ve now reached the historical moment when Denmark is unquestionably tougher and more realistic in international affairs than any leader of the Republican Party.
November 20, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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Was a blast preaching at First Pres Richardson today on the little apocalypse of Mark 13.

We perhaps are merely seeing on earth the cosmic battle that has always been going on. Something new to be born here on earth as a result.

In what comes next, may we uplift all who have been trampled.
November 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Oh myyy
November 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.

I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.

Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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I’ve seen enough to make a call: Bluesky is going to be a legit competitor to Twitter.

Sweet.
November 17, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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Do not obey in advance.
November 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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This is basically Dunkirk. After that the allies felt hopeless, four years later they crushed them. So will we
November 17, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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Houston, we have a problem.
November 16, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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What half of this country has been thinking since November 5th...
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Welcome to Blue Sky.
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 AM
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Remember: fascism thrives on apathy.

The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.

Don’t give them want they want.

Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
November 16, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Authoritarians want you to betray each other but they also encourage you to betray yourself through an inner moral collapse- you give up your agency and let the leader "fix it," and you disregard your moral compass.
November 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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Sums up the current state of the US politics
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM