Chris Jones
@cjones47.bsky.social
Banking/finance, legal, data science, prod dev, tech architecture, and regulatory affairs
Alabama→Texas→NYC (25 years)
Alabama→Texas→NYC (25 years)
1991. A theatre tech mate of mine locked herself in a church in southwest England with this album on the boombox to finish a repaint job.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebh...
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Belgium, 1991)
YouTube video by StevenMighty
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
1991. A theatre tech mate of mine locked herself in a church in southwest England with this album on the boombox to finish a repaint job.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ebh...
Brazil nuts are underrated.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Brazil nuts are underrated.
I'm not sure they really need pressure. When I spent a lot of time in the UK 15+ years ago, there was wall-to-wall coverage of the refugee crisis.
It's not just that the United States has stopped trying to promote liberal democratic ideas internationally. It's that the United States is actively trying to promote the contrary. It's trying to turn more countries into Hungary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm not sure they really need pressure. When I spent a lot of time in the UK 15+ years ago, there was wall-to-wall coverage of the refugee crisis.
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Watching Pee-wee's Big Adventure with the family and it's a pure delight for all, especially my 8 year old
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Watching Pee-wee's Big Adventure with the family and it's a pure delight for all, especially my 8 year old
The inventor of press'n seal deserves a nobel.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The inventor of press'n seal deserves a nobel.
Baking done.
Dishes done.
Trash taken out.
Dinner ready for tonight.
Ready to rock and roll tomorrow.
Dishes done.
Trash taken out.
Dinner ready for tonight.
Ready to rock and roll tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Baking done.
Dishes done.
Trash taken out.
Dinner ready for tonight.
Ready to rock and roll tomorrow.
Dishes done.
Trash taken out.
Dinner ready for tonight.
Ready to rock and roll tomorrow.
Sweet. Long, slow trip but nice to have the option.
For the first time in the agency’s history, Metro-North trains will serve New York’s Capital Region railfan.com/metro-north-...
Metro-North to Expand to Albany
For the first time in the agency’s history, Metro-North trains will serve New York’s Capital Region.
railfan.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Sweet. Long, slow trip but nice to have the option.
I never considered the fire risk associated with bamboo scaffolding.
The images are apocalyptic
Dozens killed in Hong Kong high-rise residential fire
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
Dozens killed in Hong Kong high-rise residential fire
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
Death toll in Hong Kong high-rise fire rises to 36, with 279 reported missing
Hong Kong leader John Lee has said 36 people were reported killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday. He said another 279 people were reported miss...
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I never considered the fire risk associated with bamboo scaffolding.
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The more of these other #TasTepeler sites in SE #Türkiye is coming to light, the more fascinating the early #Neolithic of the region gets:
arkeonews.net/a-stunning-t...
Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc, emphasized ribs already hinting at death, but there's more ... 🏺💀
arkeonews.net/a-stunning-t...
Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc, emphasized ribs already hinting at death, but there's more ... 🏺💀
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The more of these other #TasTepeler sites in SE #Türkiye is coming to light, the more fascinating the early #Neolithic of the region gets:
arkeonews.net/a-stunning-t...
Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc, emphasized ribs already hinting at death, but there's more ... 🏺💀
arkeonews.net/a-stunning-t...
Have a look at this just announced sculpture from #Sayburc, emphasized ribs already hinting at death, but there's more ... 🏺💀
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For non-lawyers: this is the largest sanction against an attorney for frivolous conduct that I've ever heard of*. When attorneys are sanctioned $10-$20k is a big deal. This is a MASSIVE deal.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For non-lawyers: this is the largest sanction against an attorney for frivolous conduct that I've ever heard of*. When attorneys are sanctioned $10-$20k is a big deal. This is a MASSIVE deal.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
I really want someone to read all of his posts like George C Scott reading Col Jack D Ripper's suicide note.
And they are all precious
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I really want someone to read all of his posts like George C Scott reading Col Jack D Ripper's suicide note.
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you don’t understand, under Biden doordash was expensive
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
you don’t understand, under Biden doordash was expensive
There was a whole industry at the turn of the 20th century devoted to mass producing low-cost decorative elements like cast iron cornices for multistory buildings.
I'm personally cool with brutalism, but we should do what we gotta do to sell high density to the masses.
I'm personally cool with brutalism, but we should do what we gotta do to sell high density to the masses.
NEW PAPER w/ @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @jkalla.bsky.social:
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
There was a whole industry at the turn of the 20th century devoted to mass producing low-cost decorative elements like cast iron cornices for multistory buildings.
I'm personally cool with brutalism, but we should do what we gotta do to sell high density to the masses.
I'm personally cool with brutalism, but we should do what we gotta do to sell high density to the masses.
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There is a scene from "The Crown" where Sir Anthony Eden is slumped over on a plane with a needle in his arm and two Americans are commenting along the lines of: "The power of the British Empire indeed".
Same vibe here.
Same vibe here.
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
There is a scene from "The Crown" where Sir Anthony Eden is slumped over on a plane with a needle in his arm and two Americans are commenting along the lines of: "The power of the British Empire indeed".
Same vibe here.
Same vibe here.
Mom was just telling me about how her parents' house in B'ham was seized by eminent domain in 1963 for a cut rate to make way for an interchange. They had not paid off much of the mortgage, so my grandmother had to get a second job as a nurse.
They got a new place, but were in such dire 1/
They got a new place, but were in such dire 1/
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Mom was just telling me about how her parents' house in B'ham was seized by eminent domain in 1963 for a cut rate to make way for an interchange. They had not paid off much of the mortgage, so my grandmother had to get a second job as a nurse.
They got a new place, but were in such dire 1/
They got a new place, but were in such dire 1/
How about a browser setting that prevents javascript from listening to mouse out events?
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How about a browser setting that prevents javascript from listening to mouse out events?
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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"Raffi I don't understand why you hate depositions"
And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Raffi I don't understand why you hate depositions"
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Interesting narrative violation here with under-35s confidence improving sharply while older households report a significant decline. These are pretty noisy of course.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Interesting narrative violation here with under-35s confidence improving sharply while older households report a significant decline. These are pretty noisy of course.
Big sample here. Pretty evenly split along party lines.
Nov 24-25 poll of 8,419 U.S. adults (+/-1.3 points)
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Big sample here. Pretty evenly split along party lines.
Resurgence of populism/nationalism is not limited to the west.
"A sustainable immigration strategy would require not only admission but equal rights, inclusive institutions, language and cultural support, and effective regional adaptation of policy."
Foreigner fatigue and Japan’s new populism
Japan’s new government under Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and its partnership with the populist Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai), raises significant...
www.tokyoreview.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Resurgence of populism/nationalism is not limited to the west.
Contemporary Elizabeth Fraser with Massive Attack is still as great as it ever was.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Contemporary Elizabeth Fraser with Massive Attack is still as great as it ever was.
I have been such an LLM skeptic, and I still maintain that AGI is way overhyped, but current gen LLMs are totally amazing language and search machines (with all the caveats).
If you don't know how to use them to your advantage, you're going to have problems.
If you don't know how to use them to your advantage, you're going to have problems.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I have been such an LLM skeptic, and I still maintain that AGI is way overhyped, but current gen LLMs are totally amazing language and search machines (with all the caveats).
If you don't know how to use them to your advantage, you're going to have problems.
If you don't know how to use them to your advantage, you're going to have problems.