Geoffrey Chandler

Stop
calling
lies
falsehoods,
exaggerations,
distortion of facts
and hyperbole.

They.
Are.
Lies.

(Yes, I just got done reading a couple national news sites).

Not a shabby way to wrap up a day of good friends and good music at #merlefest

Getting ready for tomorrow’s protest in Raleigh. Not sure what I can do to help stop our country’s descent into fascism, but I’m sure doing nothing at all isn’t it.
#50501 #resist #handsoff #dosomething

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

Well done.

Dog starting a funny story.

You don’t get why it’s funny.

They just tell it again louder.

When you’re trying to work and your office mate has been waiting all weekend to tell you the SUPER FUNNY thing that happened to them.

Update for anyone looking at this. I called the state treasurer’s office and they were actually very pleasant and listened to me. More importantly, she said hundreds of people have called, all against investing in crypto.

Call it a man purse, call it a sling bag, call it whatever, but it’s done! I lost about three pints of blood on this thing, and learned a lot of what not to do, but it was a fun project and I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out.
#leatherworking
#donateblood
#manpurse
#diy
#hobbiesareexpensive

NC lawmakers reverse themselves, move ahead with bill to invest State Pension Plan in cryptocurrency Republican lawmakers who had expressed skepticism about investing the state pension plan in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies reversed their stance after facing pressure from their leader, House Speak...

The state pension is a huge reason I’ve (and many) stayed with NC for so long. And now the GOP is fucking with it to appease dear leader. This move is NOT made to benefit State workers, it’s to get lawmakers $$ and favor:
#callyourreps
#ncjobs
#pension

www.wral.com/story/nc-law...

I’ve started making a thing! I very much miss my man purse and my pockets overflow with things. We’ll see how this goes - it’s gonna be a lot of stitching. But cutting, punching a bajillion holes, and stabbing a thing to actually make something is pretty therapeutic.
#leathercraft
#manpurse

Just got back from a great weekend at the beach with friends and had no idea how much I needed that recharge.
@stevejconn.bsky.social
#IDidntTakeThisPicture

JFC I’m watching the president and VP of the most powerful country on earth act like butthurt, moronic schoolyard bullies in this meeting with Zelenskyy.

Can anyone watch this and doubt Trump is on Putin’s payroll?

We’re fucked. Truly, truly fucked.

Had to edit the Kleenex box for today’s emotion.

Looking forward to attending an old-time banjo workshop this morning (dog for scale).
#rootsmusic
#pineconenc
#sadsongsmakemehappy

Jesus, Tim.

I called Tillis’ office yesterday and left a message asking him to say something about the orange Putin puppet’s most recent lies about Ukraine. I was expecting nothing and am still not a fan of the senator, but at least he said something. The bare minimum is a rare thing with the GOP these days.

This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

As an Alabamian, I start humming “Sweet Home Alabama” pretty often. And then I think about the lyrics. And then I stop humming the song and look around and feel bad.

I once wrote a newsletter to a whole school’s third grade cohort reminding them to bring in their lucky “t-shits” to tie-dye them.

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

Did a 14 year old sugar skull steal your phone and take a 0.5 selfie?

Better go get your #covfefe before these tariffs kick in.

YouTube video by Geoffrey Chandler SpaceyBanjo

Here's your reward or punishment for following me on this account. I got a new Mac and have been goofing around with Garage Band and applying pedals to my banjo. Here's a thing! youtu.be/iwmSBT6FekE
#banjo #music #garageband

Some beavers have set up a home in the formerly shallow creek behind our house. It wasn’t thick enough to walk on (even if my kid insisted it was), but the ice was definitely thick today!

“Uh-huh. Starting a new social media account in order to stay off all the other ones will TOTALLY work. Great job, human.”