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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 4h

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 16h

Counterpoint: He also says we don’t have to have an opinion on everything. So which is it, Marcus?

Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

My latest byline www.thenordly.com/nordly/ice-d...

ICE Debuts Pumpkin Spice Pepper Spray for Fall - The Nordly

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

I guess my headline in The Nordly is timely. www.thenordly.com/nordly/ice-d...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

“CONTACT LEFT!”

JTAC: “We’re taking effective rubber chicken fire from the tree line. Call ready for area brief and 9-line.”

Me: SEND IT

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

In actual combat — not this fake ass Stephen Miller wet dream — I would have destroyed any of my soldiers doing this to non-combatants. There is no gray area or fine line.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

a black and white photo of a man in military uniform

Alt: a black and white photo of a man in military uniform

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 1d

After law school, only one thing is gonna keep me from prosecuting murders in my home town, and that is prosecuting the shameful federal ‘law enforcement’ officers who are so proudly violating the law. Save your signing bonuses for defense lawyers. You’ll need them.

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

We need some food. We need some clothes. We need fresh water, which here in Northern Minnesota, we can just dip our cup in the lake and drink it.
We need companionship. We need a sense of purpose. Like that's what we need, and that's what makes us feel alive.
You know, houses and cars and closets full of clothes and you know, all that stuff is is just extra. And sometimes it gets in the way and makes it harder for us to see sort of this beautiful simplicity that's that's out there. — Dave Freeman

Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

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Living in the Wild for a Year with Amy and Dave Freeman

Podcast Episode · Wild Ideas Worth Living · 08/05/2025 · 31m

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

My latest Angry Shmo post is up. There's no popular public land policy the Republicans won't attack. I make it easy to Take Action at the end of my post. open.substack.com/pub/ericchan...

So Many Rules

Follow-up on Roadless Rule Comment Period | Interior Attacks Another Policy: the Public Lands Rule

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Bench-pressing a Buick makes you LETHAL.

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Diversity is not your strength, Kelly. youtube.com/shorts/OsKUO...

“Diversity is NOT Your Strength” Pete Hegseth #trending #trump #shorts

YouTube video by SuperDuperVision

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Commuting is one of the things I agree with. I also understand the difference between ebikes and emotos. And like I said, I have a hard time articulating why I dislike them so much. Maybe because a lot of the time the person is going too fast and is smoking a heater when they go by.

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Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant. I had friends who were sick almost immediatel—hardcore, annoyingly gung-ho friends who were just debilitated. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

‘Long-overdue validation’: CDC formally recognizes Gulf War illness

The symptoms affect up to a third of the 700,000 troops deployed during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm more than 30 years ago.

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

*marc rebillet alarm song*

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @npr.org . Try this headline instead.

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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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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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Cindy Rugeley @cindyrugeley.bsky.social · 1d

This is truly a bad idea

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws" [via @theguardian.com]

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws"

Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Or better yet, it’ll be a stationary bike, and a drone will fly down the trail and will simulcast the fall foliage to both your office desk and the empty stationary bike screen on the bike that is pedaling itself in your apartment.

Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Soon, from your cubicle, 30 pounds overweight, you’ll be able to remotely activate your e-bike and it will self-drive your workout on your local trail without you while you watch the fall foliage from your desk live-streamed by the bike’s handlebar-installed camera.

Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Confirmation bias compels me to share this since I have a deep-seated dislike of e-bikes. I can’t really explain it, it’s a a prima facie dislike, so I leap on pieces of evidence that they suck. #acousticrider

Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Soon, from your cubicle, 30 pounds overweight, you’ll be able to remotely activate your e-bike and it will self-drive your workout on your local trail without you while you watch the fall foliage from your desk live-streamed by the bike’s handlebar-installed camera.

Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Confirmation bias compels me to share this since I have a deep-seated dislike of e-bikes. I can’t really explain it, it’s a a prima facie dislike, so I leap on pieces of evidence that they suck. #acousticrider

Emily Babay @emilybabay.bsky.social · 2d

I regularly encounter (ie, am nearly hit by) e-motos on the Schuylkill and Delaware river trails and am not at all surprised the apparent rise in serious injuries www.inquirer.com/news/electri...

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Eric Chandler @shmof16.bsky.social · 1d

Confirmation bias compels me to share this since I have a deep-seated dislike of e-bikes. I can’t really explain it, it’s a a prima facie dislike, so I leap on pieces of evidence that they suck. #acousticrider

Emily Babay @emilybabay.bsky.social · 2d

I regularly encounter (ie, am nearly hit by) e-motos on the Schuylkill and Delaware river trails and am not at all surprised the apparent rise in serious injuries www.inquirer.com/news/electri...

E-bikes have evolved into e-motorcycles. Law enforcement is lagging behind.

Serious injuries are on the rise in emergency rooms around the country, as electric cycles become bigger and faster. Lawmakers and police departments are scrambling to address the problem.

www.inquirer.com

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