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59 Followers  |  99 Following  |  13 Posts  |  Joined: 19.08.2023  |  1.8207

Latest posts by charliehopper.bsky.social on Bluesky

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20.10.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9505    πŸ” 2656    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 63

Bob Seger & the Silver-plated Bullet Band

23.09.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I assume you're preserving the the "-di-" syllable to maintain equivalency to "Jonathan"? Instead of collapsing it with an implied apostrophe, as we tend to do here in the Midwest?

07.05.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯ β€œWake the hell up.”

Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info

15.02.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8053    πŸ” 2823    πŸ’¬ 315    πŸ“Œ 468

Last year I bought a book called "Other Minds" that talks about octopus intelligence and stuff. This post is inspiring me to move it up the stack!

14.02.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As some of you know, I teach #negotiations at the law school level, at Indiana University McKinney School of Law. I've written previously about #Trump 's negotiation style. Let's talk about what's happening right now.

First, a very short summary of style ...

13.02.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...

I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things

10.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8252    πŸ” 1935    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 168

Howdy. I am in fitful wandering mode and have not settled in any particular app β€” but good to see you here if you’re exiting the Metaverse. I’ll look forward as always to your continuing LP thoughts as they arise.

09.01.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(a year passes unexplained) …hi! I appreciate that note. Sort of like if someone pulls you aside at a party to say β€œYou need to stop saying β€˜ain’t it the truth,’ you say it all the time, dude.” Or whatever. I think I might have linked my Insta to TW so that didn’t help my RT ratio. Anyway, thanks!

18.11.2024 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@acnewman on Threads Trying to convince the kid that he's going to like seeing Robin Pecknold tonight by playing him 'White Winter Hymnal' and 'He Doesn't Know Why'. How did humans make those songs? It's literally heavenl...

You may know this but btw AC Newman has chosen Threads on which to post fairly regularly … www.threads.net/@acnewman/po...

16.11.2024 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me, I like some of that Neko lady’s solo stuff pretty well. But yeah! The difficult-ly named New Pornographers is/are greater than the sum of its/their etc etc

15.11.2024 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It totally is. I say this to people sometimes for all the good it does. It’s so effective and destructive

15.11.2024 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hiya! Guess I gotta add this back into the social media rounds that I’ve been trying to limit…!

14.11.2024 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay okay if everyone is meeting at this restaurant instead of Mark’s Place or Chez Musk, then save me a place in one of the booths

13.11.2024 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cameron Kids on Instagram: "Happy Book Birthday to Thank You, Day! by @charliehopper and @penelope_d... 14 likes, 0 comments - cameron_kids on September 5, 2023: "Happy Book Birthday to Thank You, Day! by @charliehopper and @penelope_dullaghan! A child is bur..."

Not sure if it’s better to link to *this* questionable rich guy’s site or the *other* questionable rich guy’s site, but do you want to read a story aloud to a kid…? www.instagram.com/p/Cw0Dd0crlB...

05.09.2023 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i like to tell the barista my name is Rabber Nabbafrabbitt so when they call it out they sound like an old-timey prospector

25.08.2023 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

many people are asking this

21.08.2023 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Beautiful crow against a black background

Beautiful crow against a black background

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about howβ€”and maybe even whyβ€”to befriend crows.

(1/n)

20.08.2023 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7903    πŸ” 2572    πŸ’¬ 474    πŸ“Œ 750
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At last night’s Steve Earle show the concessioneers at the Brown County Music Center were having a bit of fun.

19.08.2023 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, @djl.bsky.social , it worked! Hello, void!

19.08.2023 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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