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Chris Wilke

@chriswilke.bsky.social

Sailor. Musician. Activist. Science geek. Democracy aficionado. Full, Fast & Fair Fossil Fuel Phase-Out to stabilize 🌍!

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What are you all paying for internet? Seems prices are just skyrocketing.

Comcast wants $350/ month for business Internet/phone for a 1-2 person office.

And that is with a 24 month contract, up from $291 last year. It had just gone to $446/month, with no contract.

What gives???

05.03.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.motherjones.com Justice Alito’s latest opinion is a very, very bad sign for voting rights

Justice Alito’s Latest Opinion Is a Very, Very Bad Sign for Voting Rights

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Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

In case you missed the most significant Halftime show in NFL history…Here is Bad Bunny’s full concert.

youtu.be/G6FuWd4wNd8?...

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Ooh people are angry at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
YouTube video by Josh Johnson Ooh people are angry at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

youtube.com/shorts/UDAOP...

09.02.2026 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what he protested

09.02.2026 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Once again, Fox News dropped the ball!

09.02.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bad Bunny holds a football that says Together, we are America.

Bad Bunny holds a football that says Together, we are America.

Unidos somos AmΓ©rica.

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A picture of bad bunny with the word love

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

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America is more than we often acknowledge, and Bad Bunny named them all.

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...which was then replaced by....?

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Page one in the Judges's Ruling in the Newsom v. Trump case.  "

"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one..."

Page one in the Judges's Ruling in the Newsom v. Trump case. " "The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one..."

Newsom v. Trump ruling, from Judge Breyer, opening sentence. πŸ”₯ πŸ‘¨β€βš–οΈ

"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."

Damn, that is making a point! πŸ”₯

H/t: @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

27.01.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone should go over to Fox News right now and see what they are saying about Minneapolis.

It does not resemble other reporting.

They are the top news outlet in the nation. They are big enough that their lies spread by word of mouth to alter people's beliefs.

It's despicable.

25.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The media piece is more complex though. While he doesn't own all the media, he or his cronies own enough of it to tip opinion in large swaths of the electorate. Even when it requires believing outright lies.

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So his administration says climate change is a hoax, but we have a much more complex agreement now (which we can't dispose) because a Chinese ship made it through the changing Arctic to the UK.

Got it: fig leaf for dead end foreign policy bluster.

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Opinion | The Cruelty Is the Point for ICE

The cruelty is the point.

Rampant human rights abuses in immigrant prisons (for the crime of wanting a better life), while Ghislaine Maxwell gets a puppy and walks in the park.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

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Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing

Since Fox has a much broader reach, in the interest of fairness and balance, I will post the following gift articles:

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...

(Link should open a suite of articles on the topic)

25.01.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NYT Headlines today:

Videos Appear to Cotradict Federal Accounts of Fatal Shooting -Agents kill 37-year old man in Minn

Over 1000 protesters in NY denounce ICE after latest killing

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Man Shot by Agents, Police as a Nurse and U.S. Citizen -(He) Knew He Wanted to Help Others

25.01.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fox News Headlines today:

- Unrest grows, details emerge after Border Patrol agent shoots, kills suspect with 'defensive shots'

- New onlooker video shows Border Patrol-involved Minneapolis shooting

-Trump criticizes Minneapolis officials after Border Patrol shooting

See cmts for NYT HeadlinesπŸ‘‡

25.01.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Two days after the Trump regime released a doctored photo of a Minnesota protester to make it look like she was crying when she wasn't, they want us to believe their explanation for shooting a man to death on a Minneapolis street.

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Meanwhile, while the craziness of the news cycle plays out, slower moving crises (water, climate, genocide) continue unabated.

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...on environmental issues. She said straight up if they heavily present a progressive side of a story, the next day the phone rings and it's someone from industry complaining. And our side doesn't do that.

She later switched to from beat reporting to human-experience stories. /end

18.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. I gave them a call and share my thoughts. It's so important that we push back on normalization and sanewashing in the media.

The other side has been doing this for years. I met with a reporter back in 2012-13, off the record, to discuss why they wouldn't cover much activism... 1/2

18.01.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What Happened in Minneapolis Was Not an Accident
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders What Happened in Minneapolis Was Not an Accident

youtu.be/t4Z_RdZOYrE?...

17.01.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
What Happened in Minneapolis Was Not an Accident
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders What Happened in Minneapolis Was Not an Accident

This is a great message:
youtu.be/t4Z_RdZOYrE?...

17.01.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged

Does anyone think he will stop? Unless he is stopped?

Congress: do your job!

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...

17.01.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not arguing against you, but the war powers resolution failed. It's still likely illegal. They are clinging to a theory of threat to the US from drug trafficking which we know is a farce.

But it would be explicitly illegal w/ the war powers resolution that failed by 1 vote after 2 Rs flipped.

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A visit is nice, cute even. They can also pass a law to make it illegal.

17.01.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand the anger & sense of betrayal

In theory you're right, there are enough blue voters, but it will be close & voter suppression is real. They will find wedge issues to peel away votes, like last time.

It is enough for them to switch, we only need 5-10% & don't need them to grovel.
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