Chris Ford
@riotmaam.com
I was a flannel and Docs-wearing baby dyke getting teargassed at queer events in the 90s. Doing the same goddamn things in my 50s but w/ gray hair and orthopedic inserts.
Member of the Cult of Pilates. Obsessed with Americana music. Lover of asshole dogs
Member of the Cult of Pilates. Obsessed with Americana music. Lover of asshole dogs
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Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
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I feel this, deeply.
The problem is that I'm literally incapable of comprehending the world that exists now. I was programmed for a different world, and at this point in my life and mental deterioration, my brain can no longer make it make sense.
How am I supposed to lawyer when everything is incomprehensible to me?
How am I supposed to lawyer when everything is incomprehensible to me?
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I feel this, deeply.
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Today was World AIDS Day and I didn't post the most gutting piece of AIDS-related art, Keith Haring's Unfinished Painting. You all deserved better from me.
Unfinished Painting - Wikipedia
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December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Today was World AIDS Day and I didn't post the most gutting piece of AIDS-related art, Keith Haring's Unfinished Painting. You all deserved better from me.
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Saw this quote and it couldn’t be more true:
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Saw this quote and it couldn’t be more true:
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
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It’s World AIDS day. You would have grown up with queer elders to guide you had Republicans not murdered us in droves, allowing AIDS to cull us.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s World AIDS day. You would have grown up with queer elders to guide you had Republicans not murdered us in droves, allowing AIDS to cull us.
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<rant> i'm sick of hearing "side hustle." one job should be enough, we should not have to turn every gd thing into a money maker -- and we shouldn't need to. the prevalence of side hustle thinking reveals a flaw in the main hustle. let's fix THAT instead of being all "you need a side hustle!" </>
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
<rant> i'm sick of hearing "side hustle." one job should be enough, we should not have to turn every gd thing into a money maker -- and we shouldn't need to. the prevalence of side hustle thinking reveals a flaw in the main hustle. let's fix THAT instead of being all "you need a side hustle!" </>
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Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”
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most shattering, agonizing scene ever filmed for any broadcast medium
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
most shattering, agonizing scene ever filmed for any broadcast medium
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Unless Democratic Senators who voted no on the #Schumersurrender today explicitly call for Schumer to resign or step aside - they all own this cave. Just pushing out performative posts and press releases don’t count for much anymore. Enough.
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Unless Democratic Senators who voted no on the #Schumersurrender today explicitly call for Schumer to resign or step aside - they all own this cave. Just pushing out performative posts and press releases don’t count for much anymore. Enough.
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I've decided to stop thinking about things and just eat cheese until I feel better, so see you sometime next year after my inevitable angioplasty, I guess.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I've decided to stop thinking about things and just eat cheese until I feel better, so see you sometime next year after my inevitable angioplasty, I guess.
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I see chuck Schumer trending and I know what that means. All the momentum and public polling on Dems side means this is the exact moment he’s going to cave.
What an absolute shit head of a senate majority leader. The fucking worst.
What an absolute shit head of a senate majority leader. The fucking worst.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I see chuck Schumer trending and I know what that means. All the momentum and public polling on Dems side means this is the exact moment he’s going to cave.
What an absolute shit head of a senate majority leader. The fucking worst.
What an absolute shit head of a senate majority leader. The fucking worst.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
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You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
Elon Musk endorses Cuomo for mayor of New York and makes sure to add some racism in there: “…Mumdumi or whatever his name is.”
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
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"How do you expect to win back men...?"
We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.
We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"How do you expect to win back men...?"
We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.
We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.
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If being against a guy with a Nazi tattoo makes me a purist I guess I'm an anti-Nazi purist. If you think that makes me an anti-Nazi single issue voter, you're wrong, but also it's a pretty good single issue.
There is more than a year. Go get another real progressive who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo.
There is more than a year. Go get another real progressive who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo.
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If being against a guy with a Nazi tattoo makes me a purist I guess I'm an anti-Nazi purist. If you think that makes me an anti-Nazi single issue voter, you're wrong, but also it's a pretty good single issue.
There is more than a year. Go get another real progressive who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo.
There is more than a year. Go get another real progressive who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo.
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idk about anybody else but i will, AND HAVE, quit jobs that clash with my morals.
August 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
idk about anybody else but i will, AND HAVE, quit jobs that clash with my morals.