Chris Williams
@chrisnjwilliams.bsky.social
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Hearing a talking head say “Ending ACA Subsidies will lead to lower health care costs because companies won’t have government payments! It should lead to price transparency!”
This sounds a lot like “Some people are gonna die but it’s time to end the lockdowns” in 2020.
This sounds a lot like “Some people are gonna die but it’s time to end the lockdowns” in 2020.
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hearing a talking head say “Ending ACA Subsidies will lead to lower health care costs because companies won’t have government payments! It should lead to price transparency!”
This sounds a lot like “Some people are gonna die but it’s time to end the lockdowns” in 2020.
This sounds a lot like “Some people are gonna die but it’s time to end the lockdowns” in 2020.
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It's an ADHD DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Distracting new strip up at the Mothership, now!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/12/1...
Repost/Reblog/Re-whatevs, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/12/1...
Repost/Reblog/Re-whatevs, please and thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It's an ADHD DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Distracting new strip up at the Mothership, now!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/12/1...
Repost/Reblog/Re-whatevs, please and thank you!
www.dorktower.com/2025/11/12/1...
Repost/Reblog/Re-whatevs, please and thank you!
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“Doesn’t matter nobody can afford to make your show. Why don’t you just do it on YouTube?”
Great. And how will I pay for food and shelter?
“You can get advertising.”
From who?
“Er…”
Great. And how will I pay for food and shelter?
“You can get advertising.”
From who?
“Er…”
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“Doesn’t matter nobody can afford to make your show. Why don’t you just do it on YouTube?”
Great. And how will I pay for food and shelter?
“You can get advertising.”
From who?
“Er…”
Great. And how will I pay for food and shelter?
“You can get advertising.”
From who?
“Er…”
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Your enemies are counting on you to lose hope. Despair is one of their greatest weapons, for it leads you to stop fighting for yourself. Hold on to hope, no matter how hard it is, and refuse to join your enemy in bringing you down.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Your enemies are counting on you to lose hope. Despair is one of their greatest weapons, for it leads you to stop fighting for yourself. Hold on to hope, no matter how hard it is, and refuse to join your enemy in bringing you down.
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Apropos of nothing in particular: SHOES
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular: SHOES
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
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OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
OK. Here's the thing. You just can't put on a jacket and pretend to be a security patrol in the UK. It's actually illegal. Who the actual F are these "Essex Spartans"? Government has laws and rules and they need to enforce them.
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Some have suggested that the BBC should adopt the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram.
Alas, that only really works when you can stand by your journalism. But here the BBC mucked up.
BBC can defend and defeat this claim, if made. But it is in a less strong position than Private Eye was then.
Alas, that only really works when you can stand by your journalism. But here the BBC mucked up.
BBC can defend and defeat this claim, if made. But it is in a less strong position than Private Eye was then.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Some have suggested that the BBC should adopt the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram.
Alas, that only really works when you can stand by your journalism. But here the BBC mucked up.
BBC can defend and defeat this claim, if made. But it is in a less strong position than Private Eye was then.
Alas, that only really works when you can stand by your journalism. But here the BBC mucked up.
BBC can defend and defeat this claim, if made. But it is in a less strong position than Private Eye was then.
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NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
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A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
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Businesses in Japan are ramping up safety measures amid record numbers of bear sightings, with convenience stores and delivery firms acting to protect employees and customers.
Businesses in Japan tighten bear safety measures as sightings surge
Convenience stores and delivery companies are taking action to protect employees and customers as the predators are spotted in record numbers.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Businesses in Japan are ramping up safety measures amid record numbers of bear sightings, with convenience stores and delivery firms acting to protect employees and customers.
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Brennan Shirt | Campaign 4
Brennan Shirt | Campaign 4
YouTube video by Critical Role
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November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Brennan Shirt | Campaign 4
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Going to repeat this every time I see the GOP "plan":
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Going to repeat this every time I see the GOP "plan":
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
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A quick thread about why the image below and its implications terrify me.
My father, for many reasons, was a saint of a man. As he grew older, into his mid 80s, he developed issues separating dreams from reality, especially when waking up from naps.
My father, for many reasons, was a saint of a man. As he grew older, into his mid 80s, he developed issues separating dreams from reality, especially when waking up from naps.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A quick thread about why the image below and its implications terrify me.
My father, for many reasons, was a saint of a man. As he grew older, into his mid 80s, he developed issues separating dreams from reality, especially when waking up from naps.
My father, for many reasons, was a saint of a man. As he grew older, into his mid 80s, he developed issues separating dreams from reality, especially when waking up from naps.
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Still on X? Noticed your feed getting a lot more right wing recently?
That’s no mistake:
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487
That’s no mistake:
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Still on X? Noticed your feed getting a lot more right wing recently?
That’s no mistake:
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487
That’s no mistake:
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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The BBC employ roughly twice as many people as the UK fishing industry. You'd think people would question Farage's patriotism and intentions wanting it shut down.
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The BBC employ roughly twice as many people as the UK fishing industry. You'd think people would question Farage's patriotism and intentions wanting it shut down.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Two headlines in the 7pm news. 1) Trump threatens to sue BBC for suggesting he incited riot on Jan 6; 2) Trump pardons people involved in riot on Jan 6.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Two headlines in the 7pm news. 1) Trump threatens to sue BBC for suggesting he incited riot on Jan 6; 2) Trump pardons people involved in riot on Jan 6.