Chuck Tee

@chutry.bsky.social

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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.

Car thermometer reading 106 degrees.
Car thermometer in Quincy, MA, reading 106 degrees.
Our chi-Pom Bailey frolicking in our backyard.
Billboard in Brockton, MA, reading “Everything is going to be OK.” It’s not my photo.
Photo of the cover of Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars.
Paper ad on a billboard advertising a “karate lawyer” named Michael. Below that is a “clarification” that Michael is not a lawyer and can’t represent people in court. Below that is another sign advertising a “karate architect.” I want a movie.
Book cover of Negroes With Guns by Robert F. Williams.
A stuffed animal bunny placed on a desk and holding a plastic fork and a Post-It saying “Eat the Rich.”
My op-ed in The Quincy Sun about No Kings including several pictures from the event. I can’t fit the full text of the op-ed here, but I’m happy to email it to you if you DM me.
Crowd photo
Vivid orange and yellow sunset from our second-story window.
Photo of a group of Holly Springs, NC, activists holding a sign that says “Out and Loud: Holly Springs Pride 2024.”
Above a picture of Kid Rock and some other obscure singers whose careers were barely relevant 15 years ago, a Franklin Graham tweet reading: Like most Americans, I’ve enjoyed watching the Super Bowl. But the halftime shows began pushing moral boundaries and have become more and more sexualized. This year, they’re having Bad Bunny perform. The @NFL leadership is pushing this sexualized agenda. Thank you, @TPUSA and @MrsErikaKirk for providing an alternative—“The All-American Halftime Show” with the agenda of celebrating family, faith, and freedom!
Sign saying “Not too cold to say No Kings.”
About 1 foot of snow in my backyard.
Early dusting of snow near Boston or our giant-ass hill
Black sign announcing an emergency protest January 24 at 5 PM by the Park Street T station (Boston Common).
Protest sign in Boston reading “Remember Good.”
John Adams house at Peace Field.
Screenshot from Carpenter’s They Live in which ads on Times Square have subliminal messages calling for people to obey and consume.
Trump post endorsing GOP stooge David Rouzer.
Crowd photo of No Kings Quincy
Screenshot of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1989)'s 35% Rotten Tomatoes score.
A picture of Mahmood Mamdani’s 2020 book next to the headline “The undisputed worst book of the 20th Century.”
Screenshot announcing the death of vicious homophobe James Dobson
Malcolm McDowell with his eyes forced open as he watches violent images in Clockwork Orange.
David “Big Papi” Ortiz, fist raised in front of an American flag draped over the Green Monster, during his “this is our fucking city” speech.
AI responds: As of October 2024, the B-52s have not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Some say the band’s critically acclaimed status is overshadowed by lead singer (ahem) Patti LaBelle’s solo success. The band’s 1974 album Nightbirds and its number one single “Lady Marmalade” led to the group appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone
Onion image showing an angry white woman pushing a shopping cart with the headline, “Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn’t Be In Poor People’s Grocery Carts.”
Banner on a highway overpass that says Trump Lies Economy Dies.
Sunset over a beach and condo, Carolina Beach, NC
AI summary attempting to calculate the net worth of Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson conflates him with the former NFL player who famously got arrested the night before the Super Bowl.
Outdoor concert stage in Quincy, MA, for the Dropkick Murphys.
Screenshot of the press release linked above.
Image text is in the link.
Hakeem Jeffries’ cringe statement that Mamdani needs to clarify his “globalize the intifada” comment.
Our chi pom, Bailey, looking dapper with a bow tie, seated on a wooden floor next to our couch, his brow slightly furrowed as he glances upward, a possible hint of worry on his face. But it's OK because he is a very good boy.
Table art with a coffee mug with the word ambition on it.
Stunt from Sharky’s Machine in which a stuntman leaps out of a window of the Peachtree Plaza hotel.
Crowd at the HandsOff Boston protest.
Crowd at the HandsOff Boston protest.
Crowd filing into City Hall Plaza, Boston.
The stage in City Hall Plaza.
Sally Field from Norma Rae holding up a handmade sign with the word “Union.”