Chris
@chrishanken.bsky.social
Central Illinois dad and lover of my little family. Nature, music, and weather enthusiast. #CoCoRaHS Coordinator for my community and surrounding counties. Career 9-1-1 Dispatcher. #IAm911
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Chris
@chrishanken.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Sad spelled backwards is das and das not good.
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The war that has ended 12 times will enter its 16th week tomorrow, btw
June 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The war that has ended 12 times will enter its 16th week tomorrow, btw
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We’re entering week 15 of Trump’s 3 week war, btw
June 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
We’re entering week 15 of Trump’s 3 week war, btw
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The fact that Thomas Massie lost a Republican primary because he wants pedophiles to face justice tells you everything you need to know about the state of the Republican party.
May 20, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The fact that Thomas Massie lost a Republican primary because he wants pedophiles to face justice tells you everything you need to know about the state of the Republican party.
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Trump on skyrocketing gas prices: This is peanuts. I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while
May 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Trump on skyrocketing gas prices: This is peanuts. I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while
Does the “report spam” calls on iPhones do literally anything?
May 19, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Does the “report spam” calls on iPhones do literally anything?
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
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The fascists lamented that they lost the culture.
Where many saw bigger, better, more, they saw replacement and reduced position.
They thought they could use the state to force the culture into their small, sad, restricted vision, to return to a past that never really existed.
They were wrong.
Where many saw bigger, better, more, they saw replacement and reduced position.
They thought they could use the state to force the culture into their small, sad, restricted vision, to return to a past that never really existed.
They were wrong.
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The fascists lamented that they lost the culture.
Where many saw bigger, better, more, they saw replacement and reduced position.
They thought they could use the state to force the culture into their small, sad, restricted vision, to return to a past that never really existed.
They were wrong.
Where many saw bigger, better, more, they saw replacement and reduced position.
They thought they could use the state to force the culture into their small, sad, restricted vision, to return to a past that never really existed.
They were wrong.
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ICE agents killing people in the streets. The naked extortion of a sovereign state. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
ICE agents killing people in the streets. The naked extortion of a sovereign state. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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America, in no logical way does your future belong to a 78 y.o. man who will not live to see it, but he’s destroying it anyhow. What sort of entitlement is that, and what sort of stupidity is it of us to allow it? This has got to end sooner rather than later.
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
America, in no logical way does your future belong to a 78 y.o. man who will not live to see it, but he’s destroying it anyhow. What sort of entitlement is that, and what sort of stupidity is it of us to allow it? This has got to end sooner rather than later.
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As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
March 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
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I Don’t Vaccinate My Child Because It’s My Right To Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back
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January 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I Don’t Vaccinate My Child Because It’s My Right To Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back
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...check up on yo strong friends...
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
...check up on yo strong friends...
@lovethatjourney4u.bsky.social your display name is perfect! 😆
January 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
@lovethatjourney4u.bsky.social your display name is perfect! 😆
“We’ll stop beating this dead horse when it stops spitting out money!”
The company says it added 19 million new subscribers during the last quarter of 2024, fueled by live events and new shows. Netflix is also raising subscriptions by $1 to $2 per month in the U.S.
Netflix raises monthly fees after a record jump in new subscribers
The company says it added 19 million new subscribers during the last quarter of 2024, fueled by live events and new shows. Netflix is also raising subscriptions by $1 to $2 per month in the U.S.
www.npr.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“We’ll stop beating this dead horse when it stops spitting out money!”
Yay! 😃
Welcome @nws.noaa.gov to Bluesky!
Word is all the local offices are going to be joining soon as well. 🎉🌤️
Word is all the local offices are going to be joining soon as well. 🎉🌤️
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yay! 😃
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No number of pardons or lies will change what happened on January 6. Donald Trump can’t change history. It was domestic terrorism, it was treason, plain and simple.
It Happened
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
No number of pardons or lies will change what happened on January 6. Donald Trump can’t change history. It was domestic terrorism, it was treason, plain and simple.
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Trump’s Inaugural address was ego driven, long on boasts, & short on detail. No outreach for help to Democrats or Congress. His rhetoric won’t make groceries, rent, or prescriptions more affordable. His tariff gimmick taxes American families. Delivering a speech is easy, getting results is not.
January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump’s Inaugural address was ego driven, long on boasts, & short on detail. No outreach for help to Democrats or Congress. His rhetoric won’t make groceries, rent, or prescriptions more affordable. His tariff gimmick taxes American families. Delivering a speech is easy, getting results is not.
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Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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After launching the effort to ban TikTok in 2020, Trump will now take credit for eventually saving it, and TikTok is going along with it
January 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
After launching the effort to ban TikTok in 2020, Trump will now take credit for eventually saving it, and TikTok is going along with it
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Rage Against The Machine - Take The Power Back (Audio)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
👊
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This billboard says it all.
January 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This billboard says it all.
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“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine