Chuck Fry ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

@SVChucko@sfba.social
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He/him/his. Aging cis male #nerd, counting down to retirement in the heart of Silicon Valley. Using the Internet socially since 1984 (really!). Fair weather #cyclist. #Musician. Wannabe #RaceTraitor and #Antifascist. #TransRights advocate. Many boosts. Occasionally, original thoughts.

Avatar photo: Balding white man wearing a rainbow face mask.

Header photo: A banner reading โ€œFUCK OFF FASCISTSโ€ on the side of a building in Portland, OR (I think) during the George Floyd protests.

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Rarely updated bloghttp://www.chucko.com/blog
all those "you shouldn't disown your MAGA family" articles are apologies for fascism. 1

Doesn't matter how "blue" your state is, your cops will literally break the law to help the gestapo send immigrants to concentration camp.

The #PNW really needs to see this story our cops are likely doing the exact same thing.

https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/

#SF #sanfrancisco #CA #ICE #ACAB #Oakland #Police

SF, Oakland cops illegally funneled license plate data to feds

SF and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from license plate cameras with federal agencies. OPD fulfilled a request related to an ICE investigation on one occasion.

The San Francisco Standard

How GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance

Turns out semaglutide, tirzepatide, and relatives are wrecking the insurance underwriting industry's model of human mortality trends

https://www.glp1digest.com/p/how-glp-1s-are-breaking-life-insurance

How GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance

Patients look healthy on paper. Two years later, they're high-risk again.

GLP-1 Digest

Did you know that apartments built after 1979 donโ€™t have San Francisco rent control thanks to a real estate industry-written state law called โ€œCosta Hawkinsโ€?

We need to repeal Costa Hawkins and expand rent control. https://www.deanprestonsf.com/blog/1979

San Francisco Housing Policy is Stuck in 1979, and Thatโ€™s How Your Landlord Wants It โ€” Dean Preston

If you think San Francisco housing policy is working, or that Costa Hawkins is about affordability, some landlords got a 1980s โ€œnew constructionโ€ apartment with a $3,368 rent sticker to sell you.

Dean Preston
The messy aftermath of an immigration sweep in Pacoima

An immigration sweep on June 19, in which a woman had a heart attack, is one of many that have taken place in Southern California and encapsulates the chaotic methods employed to detain people over the last month.

Los Angeles Times

This is the most American thing that ever happened.

Also, the answer to a pretty good trivia question: "Which country took home the Club World Cup Trophy in 2025?"

Wrong answer: The UK.

Correct answer: The USA! ๐Ÿคก ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-gold-club-world-cup-trophy-for-himself-so-fifa-had-to-give-the-winners-a-replica/

Trump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica

Trump took every opportunity to make the new, expanded soccer tournament all about himself.

The Daily Beast
I am a volunteer docent at Big Basin Redwoods state park. A fellow docent mentioned that there were leopard lilies in bloom at a spot in Opal Creek about a mile up, and I found them. First time I had seen them at this park, though I had seen them before at another park, Portola Redwoods; both parks are in the Santa Cruz mountains. #photography #wildflowers #BigBasin #BigBasinSP

Sometimes, I feel like I'm being an alarmist.

Had a Zoom with some besties, and it was frustrating. We in CA are seeing ICE activity folks in other states aren't seeing, and they're like, "Well, I feel bad for those people, but what are we supposed to do?"

And I'm like, Pick. A. Side. And know what you're going to do to help people when it's time.

Blank and uncomfortable looks.

I have no doubt these women *aren't* MAGA. But they are also...passive. I don't understand this kind of passivity.

I can't tell them what to do. I can't show them how to be brave.

I didn't think I'd need to.

The corps like Publix that get mad about CIW & fair farm wages, it's not bc proper farm wages will put them out of business.

It's because they get upset when ANY workers get collective bargaining wins. It's just generic anti-labor politics- not an existential threat to their business.

@alice My spouse identifies as NB, but their fashion sense extends to T-shirts and sweatpants. We have numerous other trans and NB friends. Iโ€™m cis male, but kinda interested as an observer.
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"Army trans people. Defend Equality"
Sticker seen in Edmonton, Alberta
@RadicalGraffiti thatโ€™s very Alberta-coded