chbarts
@chbarts.bsky.social
Pronouns he/him
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https://userstyles.world/style/18544
This profile is funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Inanities.
Style for use with Stylus to get Bsky to use a serif font (at least on desktop), so you can tell Weird Al from Weird AI:
https://userstyles.world/style/18544
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Denial - California Dreaming [Australia, Minimal Synth] (1982) - haunting cover of the Mamas and Papas classic.
https://redd.it/2h3pja
https://youtu.be/A_tP6LPLjJY
https://redd.it/2h3pja
https://youtu.be/A_tP6LPLjJY
Denial - California Dreaming [Australia, Minimal Synth] (1982) - haunting cover of the Mamas and Papas classic.
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Denial - California Dreaming [Australia, Minimal Synth] (1982) - haunting cover of the Mamas and Papas classic.
https://redd.it/2h3pja
https://youtu.be/A_tP6LPLjJY
https://redd.it/2h3pja
https://youtu.be/A_tP6LPLjJY
Aella is to HN what Faye Kane was to 4chan
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Aella is to HN what Faye Kane was to 4chan
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aella is alt timeline grown up Valentine from Ender's Game send tweet
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 AM
aella is alt timeline grown up Valentine from Ender's Game send tweet
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Funny story: my career in drones exists because I have a arithmetic learning disability, tested awfully in math and couldn’t study STEM in college, and became so angered by how normal it was to look down upon non-tech people in the 2010s that I decided to master a hard tech field out of pure spite.
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Funny story: my career in drones exists because I have a arithmetic learning disability, tested awfully in math and couldn’t study STEM in college, and became so angered by how normal it was to look down upon non-tech people in the 2010s that I decided to master a hard tech field out of pure spite.
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I feel bad for ivermectin, which genuinely is amazing stuff that won a deserved Nobel Prize but is now forever associated with crank antiscience
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I feel bad for ivermectin, which genuinely is amazing stuff that won a deserved Nobel Prize but is now forever associated with crank antiscience
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Yes. A lot of power, misused in the laziest way because it would physically hurt his inner adolescent to say Democrats are better.
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Yes. A lot of power, misused in the laziest way because it would physically hurt his inner adolescent to say Democrats are better.
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The fundamental issue with the whole event beyond being bland is that the people who needed the message were conservatives who weren't tuning in. Same deal it's always been
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The fundamental issue with the whole event beyond being bland is that the people who needed the message were conservatives who weren't tuning in. Same deal it's always been
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“We noticed some anger from doctors last week. That’s why we invited RFK Jr. to talk about vaccines”
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
“We noticed some anger from doctors last week. That’s why we invited RFK Jr. to talk about vaccines”
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as someone who always found Jon Stewart to be kind of annoying and slopulist it’s been extremely vindicating to see that he’s actually just a total moron
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
as someone who always found Jon Stewart to be kind of annoying and slopulist it’s been extremely vindicating to see that he’s actually just a total moron
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like the whole “march to restore sanity” thing was basically “both sides are silly, partisan politics is dumb, can’t we all just get along”
a week later republicans won massive majorities in the 2010 midterms
a week later republicans won massive majorities in the 2010 midterms
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
like the whole “march to restore sanity” thing was basically “both sides are silly, partisan politics is dumb, can’t we all just get along”
a week later republicans won massive majorities in the 2010 midterms
a week later republicans won massive majorities in the 2010 midterms
The sequel trilogy was too much of the "Star Wars of Star Wars" which is just repetitive. Even the "Star Wars of Treasure Island" ("Skeleton Crew") was surprisingly good!
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The sequel trilogy was too much of the "Star Wars of Star Wars" which is just repetitive. Even the "Star Wars of Treasure Island" ("Skeleton Crew") was surprisingly good!
Star Wars is good when it's being the "Star Wars" of a specific genre, like political thriller or spaghetti Western or space opera. (The "Star Wars of Space Opera" sounds tautological, but Star Wars ripping off other space operas and war movies is what made the Original Trilogy work.)
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Star Wars is good when it's being the "Star Wars" of a specific genre, like political thriller or spaghetti Western or space opera. (The "Star Wars of Space Opera" sounds tautological, but Star Wars ripping off other space operas and war movies is what made the Original Trilogy work.)
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star wars isn’t good
the things star wars makes your imagination do to make star wars appear good are good
the things star wars makes your imagination do to make star wars appear good are good
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
star wars isn’t good
the things star wars makes your imagination do to make star wars appear good are good
the things star wars makes your imagination do to make star wars appear good are good
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February 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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“made to piss you off specifically” seems to be the general story of the last year or so
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM
“made to piss you off specifically” seems to be the general story of the last year or so
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Oren Cass on Jon Stewart this shit was made in a lab to piss me off specifically
“We noticed some anger from doctors last week. That’s why we invited RFK Jr. to talk about vaccines”
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Oren Cass on Jon Stewart this shit was made in a lab to piss me off specifically
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Everything has been gender for a really long time
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Everything has been gender for a really long time
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I am actually starting to believe that a simple majority of Americans are basically socially liberal, but there's about 15-20 million people in the middle who are absolutely and completely dogshit at recognizing what racism looks like unless it screams slurs directly into their face, spit and all.
the whole Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar the year before thing really shows how disconnected culture is from where the American public is? like the biggest music/culture event of the year two years running as been a loud celebration of multiculturalism and the spirt of a particular ethnic minority
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I am actually starting to believe that a simple majority of Americans are basically socially liberal, but there's about 15-20 million people in the middle who are absolutely and completely dogshit at recognizing what racism looks like unless it screams slurs directly into their face, spit and all.
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Toddler has started answering her phone saying
'Hi can you hear me are you there?'
Because her toy phone must have trouble connecting to bluetooth too
'Hi can you hear me are you there?'
Because her toy phone must have trouble connecting to bluetooth too
February 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Toddler has started answering her phone saying
'Hi can you hear me are you there?'
Because her toy phone must have trouble connecting to bluetooth too
'Hi can you hear me are you there?'
Because her toy phone must have trouble connecting to bluetooth too
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Saw it elsewhere on my phone, but hunted it down here, if you'd like a source: fs.blog/eb-white-hum...
E.B. White's Letter to Someone Who Lost Faith in Humanity
"Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day."
fs.blog
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Saw it elsewhere on my phone, but hunted it down here, if you'd like a source: fs.blog/eb-white-hum...
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I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
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I think that a lot of the socially libertarian consensus of the 2010s was driven by people who had high executive function and were able to manage moderation and whose social circle was similar.
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I think that a lot of the socially libertarian consensus of the 2010s was driven by people who had high executive function and were able to manage moderation and whose social circle was similar.
The feminine version of "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" because quiche was the soy of the 1980s
Real Men Don't Eat Quiche
A tongue-in-cheek look at contemporary masculinity and …
www.goodreads.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The feminine version of "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" because quiche was the soy of the 1980s
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Sounds like somebody is stuck in 1982 in the weirdest possible way www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Real Women Don't Pump Gas: A Guide to All That is Divin…
A whimsical and humorous look at the differences betwee…
www.goodreads.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Sounds like somebody is stuck in 1982 in the weirdest possible way www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
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A woman at work is loudly talking about how women should not pump their own gas and when she absolutely needs gas and her husband is not around she finds a man to pump her gas....
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
A woman at work is loudly talking about how women should not pump their own gas and when she absolutely needs gas and her husband is not around she finds a man to pump her gas....