Chuck Tee
@chutry.bsky.social
High school ESL teacher and political activist based in Quincy, MA. In my previous life as a media studies professor I wrote three books, including On-Demand Culture and Reinventing Cinema. Chihuahua wrangler.
Roath would be a great rep for CD8.
Patrick Roath@patrickroath.bsky.social · 2d ago"Roath gets our nod as the most viable challenger largely because of his fundraising prowess: he’s raised more than $1.1 million with, he said, a median donation of $25, suggesting a broad base of voter support." www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
What if we taxed wealthy people instead?
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3d agoAmericans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0
Once again, I am begging MLB to end their stupid blackout rule. I’m in eastern NC at a vacation home and unable to watch the Braves-Nats game (which is currently a no-hitter) because I’m in the Nats’ TV market.
A completely brazen and relentless effort to take away people's right to vote.
Bud Kennedy@budkennedy.bsky.social · 6d agoTarrant County Commissioners are considering severely cutting the number of Election Day voting locations nearly in half for the fall election. See maps here www.star-telegram.com/news/politic...
I didn’t know this was Markey’s bill. What an important contribution.
Paul@pawlbologna.bsky.social · last wk.Redditor: name one law with your name on it that's actually changed people's lives for the better? Markey responds with his 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that required closed captions, screen readers, text magnification and more. Says he's working on an update to the bill.
Absolutely devastated to hear Glen Hansard has died. “Falling Slowly” was our wedding song. He was a brilliant musician and performer.
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorbike crash
I can’t imagine enduring this on a daily basis. I would not be able to sleep at night.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
I still have survivor's guilt about moving away from North Carolina. It's been an endless drumbeat of stealing voting rights since 2010.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · last wk.🚨BREAKING: A North Carolina Senate committee greenlit new voter suppression measures Tuesday, moving forward a bill that would make it easier to purge voters from the rolls and impose stricter requirements for registering to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Erin Paré, an NC state house representative based in suburban Raleigh is pushing a bill that would require teachers to wear “gender appropriate” attire in response to the news that the county had hired a transgender teacher.
Absolutely infuriating. I have one Haitian friend whose daughter was born here. She has no contacts in Haiti. It’s an impossible and cruel situation.
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
Seems like a great way to grab the coveted 18-25 bracket.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
This guy probably hasn’t walked down a city street since his limo dropped him off at Studio 54.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: "When they take something over, it's always dirty. The sidewalks are dirty. The people are -- I hate to say this -- not clean, okay? The curbs are loaded with you know what. The smell is terrible. I mean, I see it happening to cities. Blue cities. They're all blue."
Doesn’t Amtrak travel between NY and Philadelphia?
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.Commuting via helicopter means he's going to living in the vibrant Car Dealership District By The Westside Highway.
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18?
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)@thetattooedprof.bsky.social · last wk.Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18
I used to sell tons of these at Home Depot.
Leah Reich@leahreich.com · last wk.Hey fellow Gen X friends, here’s something fun for you. Who remembers those cheap black torchiere lamps everyone had? Did you know they’re now a hot item on eBay priced from $150-225 for uncanny valley 90s nostalgia reenactments that look nothing like the 90s?
The Haitian Bridge Alliance legal team is witnessing misinformation about TPS for Haiti and wants to make the following points clear: (A thread)
Tom Waits, just to make my life way cooler than it actually is.
Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w agoYou suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
They’re so threatened by honest accounts of US history.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: Trump just ordered warning signs and exhibits to be installed outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history. For the record: It does.
People still tend to trust local TV news more than many other sources. This is really harmful for local media coverage.
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 3w agolike I dunno, if I were a strategist in a functional opposition party I might pay smart and creative people to make viral TikTok and Instagram videos pointing out Republicans are illegally turning U.S. local broadcast TV into a right wing propaganda machine but that's just me
Woody Pizza* * He usually went by Woodard or W.G., but I think this sounds better.
kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w agoyour baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals
Cape Verde are the true champions of this World Cup.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3w agoNeither of the teams going to the finals could beat Cape Verde in regulation time. 😄