Chris
@chrislmarch.bsky.social
IT Worker with a BS in Psych.
Mostly irritated, but with a sense of humor. Actually more irritated these days.... Also saying "FUCK!!!!" a lot these days. Reposts ALOT! So many saying just what I would say!
Nerd.
Mostly irritated, but with a sense of humor. Actually more irritated these days.... Also saying "FUCK!!!!" a lot these days. Reposts ALOT! So many saying just what I would say!
Nerd.
Reposted by Chris
I cannot wait for the investigations and trials.
Let's see these fuckers crying on the stand, begging the mercy they've never showed anyone else.
Let's see these fuckers crying on the stand, begging the mercy they've never showed anyone else.
Rep. Grijalva is doing what a Member of Congress should do: standing up for her constituents.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I cannot wait for the investigations and trials.
Let's see these fuckers crying on the stand, begging the mercy they've never showed anyone else.
Let's see these fuckers crying on the stand, begging the mercy they've never showed anyone else.
Reposted by Chris
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
Reposted by Chris
This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
Reposted by Chris
Also, as expected, a newly restored version of the classic Star Wars (1977) theatrical release will play in theaters on February 19, 2027, for a limited time. 🤗
Yes, it's the original version of the movie, not one of the Special Editions 🫡
Yes, it's the original version of the movie, not one of the Special Editions 🫡
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Also, as expected, a newly restored version of the classic Star Wars (1977) theatrical release will play in theaters on February 19, 2027, for a limited time. 🤗
Yes, it's the original version of the movie, not one of the Special Editions 🫡
Yes, it's the original version of the movie, not one of the Special Editions 🫡
Reposted by Chris
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
Reposted by Chris
So a right-wing terrorist trying to get Donald Trump installed as president. Declare the MAGA movement a terrorist organization.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So a right-wing terrorist trying to get Donald Trump installed as president. Declare the MAGA movement a terrorist organization.
Reposted by Chris
I'm almost relieved that it's Netflix and not Paramount, when in reality, in all cases, it's bad news.
Soon, only Disney, Weyland, Yutani, and Omni Consumer Product will remain.
Soon, only Disney, Weyland, Yutani, and Omni Consumer Product will remain.
Hollywood Blockbuster: Netflix Poised to Win Battle for Warner Bros.
The streaming giant appears to have emerged victorious over Paramount and Comcast, though there is a lot that needs to happen for the deal to close.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm almost relieved that it's Netflix and not Paramount, when in reality, in all cases, it's bad news.
Soon, only Disney, Weyland, Yutani, and Omni Consumer Product will remain.
Soon, only Disney, Weyland, Yutani, and Omni Consumer Product will remain.
Reposted by Chris
We are the Nazis.
The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We are the Nazis.
Reposted by Chris
I hope Dan Curry (designer of Star Trek's bat'leth sword) is getting proper credit.
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I hope Dan Curry (designer of Star Trek's bat'leth sword) is getting proper credit.
Reposted by Chris
Just gonna say, barely 4 years after the Dredd Scott supreme court case which ruled that Black people didn't have constitutional rights, we had a whole civil war to settle the matter.
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just gonna say, barely 4 years after the Dredd Scott supreme court case which ruled that Black people didn't have constitutional rights, we had a whole civil war to settle the matter.
Reposted by Chris
First:
States cannot & do not issue visas.
Second:
This is a Trump-appointed director of the largest law-enforcement budget in the history of the United States blatantly lying about something she SHOULD know in order to make Trump look less foolish for making the same claim previously.
States cannot & do not issue visas.
Second:
This is a Trump-appointed director of the largest law-enforcement budget in the history of the United States blatantly lying about something she SHOULD know in order to make Trump look less foolish for making the same claim previously.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
First:
States cannot & do not issue visas.
Second:
This is a Trump-appointed director of the largest law-enforcement budget in the history of the United States blatantly lying about something she SHOULD know in order to make Trump look less foolish for making the same claim previously.
States cannot & do not issue visas.
Second:
This is a Trump-appointed director of the largest law-enforcement budget in the history of the United States blatantly lying about something she SHOULD know in order to make Trump look less foolish for making the same claim previously.
Reposted by Chris
I retired from teaching 18 months ago, in part because it was becoming clear to me that the "AI" industry was undermining education in profound ways. This essay makes a convincing case that LLMs are a plague on learning -- and, not incidentally, higher education.
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I retired from teaching 18 months ago, in part because it was becoming clear to me that the "AI" industry was undermining education in profound ways. This essay makes a convincing case that LLMs are a plague on learning -- and, not incidentally, higher education.
Reposted by Chris
Reposted by Chris
Reposted by Chris
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
Reposted by Chris
it's not the most important issue right now but I would *really* like to see Democrats who want to be president announcing in no uncertain terms that anything this goober manages to carve his name on, it comes off. anything he builds, it gets torn down.
Trump: "There's a big event on Friday at the Trump-Kennedy Center-- op -- excuse me, at the Kennedy Center"
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
it's not the most important issue right now but I would *really* like to see Democrats who want to be president announcing in no uncertain terms that anything this goober manages to carve his name on, it comes off. anything he builds, it gets torn down.
Reposted by Chris
I do think he should be given a respectful, traditional funeral when he dies. ancient tradition, in which his loyal servants vance and miller are sent along with him to attend to his needs in the afterlife.
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I do think he should be given a respectful, traditional funeral when he dies. ancient tradition, in which his loyal servants vance and miller are sent along with him to attend to his needs in the afterlife.
Reposted by Chris
Let me get this straight: Trump has a plan for a new ballroom, but barely has a concept of a plan to lower the cost of health care?
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Let me get this straight: Trump has a plan for a new ballroom, but barely has a concept of a plan to lower the cost of health care?
Reposted by Chris
What the fuck....?
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What the fuck....?
Reposted by Chris
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reposted by Chris
Giant corporations are lobbying Donald Trump for yet another tax handout — this time for research they've ALREADY DONE.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move - Roll Call
A group of Democrats is leading opposition to a potential regulatory carve-out from a new minimum tax on corporate profits.
rollcall.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Giant corporations are lobbying Donald Trump for yet another tax handout — this time for research they've ALREADY DONE.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Give me a break.
The last thing American families need is a tax code rigged even more for billionaires and billionaire corporations.
Reposted by Chris
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Reposted by Chris
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Reposted by Chris
Wondering why Trump is murdering alleged (no proof) drug traffickers on the open seas while pardoning a mega-crook head of state who was helping to smuggle tons of drugs into the US?
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Is Donald Trump Pro-Crypto Or Pro-Crime? (Is There Really A Difference?)
On one side, the Trump administration is sinking small boats that it claims, without evidence, are smuggling drugs — and according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War, has personally ordered at least one follow-up strike to kill the survivors. A working group of fo...
www.nationalmemo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wondering why Trump is murdering alleged (no proof) drug traffickers on the open seas while pardoning a mega-crook head of state who was helping to smuggle tons of drugs into the US?
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Reposted by Chris
these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
Paramount throws in more cash in bid for Warner; Comcast wants to combine assets with NBCUniversal
Jockeying for HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery has intensified as the auction appears to enter its home stretch.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.