Chris Alfano
@themightychris.bsky.social
I'm just over here tryina help avert the next great filter where MBAs and concentrated tech optimize us all into grey goo...
#civictech #publictransit #opensource #govcapacity
#civictech #publictransit #opensource #govcapacity
my pre-coffee Nano Banana "artwork" from this morning
Not sure how I feel about every political cartoon I randomly imagine having a path out of my brain now...
Nano banana initially refused to "portray a minor", until I corrected that I wanted an adult Trump but tiny and in diapers 🤣
Not sure how I feel about every political cartoon I randomly imagine having a path out of my brain now...
Nano banana initially refused to "portray a minor", until I corrected that I wanted an adult Trump but tiny and in diapers 🤣
January 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
my pre-coffee Nano Banana "artwork" from this morning
Not sure how I feel about every political cartoon I randomly imagine having a path out of my brain now...
Nano banana initially refused to "portray a minor", until I corrected that I wanted an adult Trump but tiny and in diapers 🤣
Not sure how I feel about every political cartoon I randomly imagine having a path out of my brain now...
Nano banana initially refused to "portray a minor", until I corrected that I wanted an adult Trump but tiny and in diapers 🤣
Reposted by Chris Alfano
Excited to be talking about dbt with @mchow.com at @posit.co's Data Science Lab tomorrow (1/6) at noon Eastern!
If you're a data scientist or analyst curious about dbt/analytics engineering, this will be an accessible introduction
Register:
pos.it/dslab
If you're a data scientist or analyst curious about dbt/analytics engineering, this will be an accessible introduction
Register:
pos.it/dslab
Data Science Lab
pos.it
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Excited to be talking about dbt with @mchow.com at @posit.co's Data Science Lab tomorrow (1/6) at noon Eastern!
If you're a data scientist or analyst curious about dbt/analytics engineering, this will be an accessible introduction
Register:
pos.it/dslab
If you're a data scientist or analyst curious about dbt/analytics engineering, this will be an accessible introduction
Register:
pos.it/dslab
The 60 Minutes episode the Trump admin didn't want seen: archive.org/details/60mi...
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The 60 Minutes episode the Trump admin didn't want seen: archive.org/details/60mi...
Reposted by Chris Alfano
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Philly friends may be interested in this unofficial tracker for SEPTA's holiday buses & trolleys!
Built by @themightychris.bsky.social
festibuses.septa.mobi
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Philly friends may be interested in this unofficial tracker for SEPTA's holiday buses & trolleys!
Built by @themightychris.bsky.social
festibuses.septa.mobi
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Festibus Tracker
festibuses.septa.mobi
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Philly friends may be interested in this unofficial tracker for SEPTA's holiday buses & trolleys!
Built by @themightychris.bsky.social
festibuses.septa.mobi
🚍🚊🎄🎅
Philly friends may be interested in this unofficial tracker for SEPTA's holiday buses & trolleys!
Built by @themightychris.bsky.social
festibuses.septa.mobi
🚍🚊🎄🎅
It'll be 30 mins of making jokes on TV about how the left won't let you make jokes on TV anymore
September 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It'll be 30 mins of making jokes on TV about how the left won't let you make jokes on TV anymore
We've got at least two more years of most normies saying it's divisive to describe what Trump is doing as fascist
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We've got at least two more years of most normies saying it's divisive to describe what Trump is doing as fascist
Are any entrepreneurs out there working on designing power outlets for planes that work?
September 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Are any entrepreneurs out there working on designing power outlets for planes that work?
So UPS's "brokerage service" is to 4x the tariff??!
September 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So UPS's "brokerage service" is to 4x the tariff??!
Just listened to Stolen Focus
Deleting Threads for real this time
Bluesky fam gimme some likes I need a hit
Deleting Threads for real this time
Bluesky fam gimme some likes I need a hit
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just listened to Stolen Focus
Deleting Threads for real this time
Bluesky fam gimme some likes I need a hit
Deleting Threads for real this time
Bluesky fam gimme some likes I need a hit
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Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
July 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
That's how Epstein buried and legitimized himself.
If there's evidence Bill Clinton was into the pedo stuff then yeah take him down. But don't sit here muddying the accusations against the guy there's lots of evidence was with unqualified equivencies, that's how Trump slithers out of everything
If there's evidence Bill Clinton was into the pedo stuff then yeah take him down. But don't sit here muddying the accusations against the guy there's lots of evidence was with unqualified equivencies, that's how Trump slithers out of everything
July 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
That's how Epstein buried and legitimized himself.
If there's evidence Bill Clinton was into the pedo stuff then yeah take him down. But don't sit here muddying the accusations against the guy there's lots of evidence was with unqualified equivencies, that's how Trump slithers out of everything
If there's evidence Bill Clinton was into the pedo stuff then yeah take him down. But don't sit here muddying the accusations against the guy there's lots of evidence was with unqualified equivencies, that's how Trump slithers out of everything
Maybe, maybe not. Epstein was a socialite with a lot of money who labored to place himself next to powerful people as often as he could. There's probably a ton of people who just got roped into showing up to a party or two without having any idea what he was about.
July 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Maybe, maybe not. Epstein was a socialite with a lot of money who labored to place himself next to powerful people as often as he could. There's probably a ton of people who just got roped into showing up to a party or two without having any idea what he was about.
you're in Philly riding bikes and didn't tell me?!?
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
you're in Philly riding bikes and didn't tell me?!?
enshitification is real :-( engagement at all costs. The contrast between Threads and Bluesky is so stark. Instagram loves showing me snippets from Threads that have nothing to do with me except that they're stupid takes that piss me off. Meta is disgusting. And it works :-(
July 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
enshitification is real :-( engagement at all costs. The contrast between Threads and Bluesky is so stark. Instagram loves showing me snippets from Threads that have nothing to do with me except that they're stupid takes that piss me off. Meta is disgusting. And it works :-(
how is it 2025 and UPS/FedEx still can't just have an app that gives you a push notification when the truck is ~15 mins out and then shows you it on a map
"out for delivery between 7am and 7pm" really???
"out for delivery between 7am and 7pm" really???
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
how is it 2025 and UPS/FedEx still can't just have an app that gives you a push notification when the truck is ~15 mins out and then shows you it on a map
"out for delivery between 7am and 7pm" really???
"out for delivery between 7am and 7pm" really???
*puts on old man hat*
Back in MY day water dispensers had REAL buttons!
Back in MY day water dispensers had REAL buttons!
June 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
*puts on old man hat*
Back in MY day water dispensers had REAL buttons!
Back in MY day water dispensers had REAL buttons!
that was a poor attempt at sarcasm
June 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
that was a poor attempt at sarcasm
or just a straight up power trip, I mean how cool is it to take over your alma mater??
June 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
or just a straight up power trip, I mean how cool is it to take over your alma mater??
TFW you're investigating a bunch of random service issues and nothing makes sense, and then you check the cloud platform status page and everything is red and not your problem
June 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
TFW you're investigating a bunch of random service issues and nothing makes sense, and then you check the cloud platform status page and everything is red and not your problem
HyperCard is what first got me into coding, RIP
HyperCard is one of the earliest intros to programming I ever had, before I really knew what programming meant.
The story of Atkinson writing HyperCard after an LSD trip is the main reason my netstack is called "Ergot".
RIP to a real one.
The story of Atkinson writing HyperCard after an LSD trip is the main reason my netstack is called "Ergot".
RIP to a real one.
June 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
HyperCard is what first got me into coding, RIP
June 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let's be sure to cast blame where it's due—I doubt anyone who works for TRB wanted to do this—our fascist federal administration has a gun to their heads and they're forced to figure out how to keep as much of the work going as possible
TRB is dissolving all committees. This wasn't unexpected, but they're couching it in a technocratic need to "get back to basics" and ease administrative burden when in fact it's a great big shit sandwich that we're all expected to eat and not make a fuss about.
June 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Let's be sure to cast blame where it's due—I doubt anyone who works for TRB wanted to do this—our fascist federal administration has a gun to their heads and they're forced to figure out how to keep as much of the work going as possible
Reposted by Chris Alfano
TRB is dissolving all committees. This wasn't unexpected, but they're couching it in a technocratic need to "get back to basics" and ease administrative burden when in fact it's a great big shit sandwich that we're all expected to eat and not make a fuss about.
June 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
TRB is dissolving all committees. This wasn't unexpected, but they're couching it in a technocratic need to "get back to basics" and ease administrative burden when in fact it's a great big shit sandwich that we're all expected to eat and not make a fuss about.