CQ Christiansen
@charlesque.bsky.social
pgh man honored by your attention.
software engineer, educator. i post about politics and my silly kids.
software engineer, educator. i post about politics and my silly kids.
Hey Google, you uh ok?
January 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Hey Google, you uh ok?
Initially that was my concern, but there are other incidents of this happening further back, seemingly both in special elections and regular elections. Not that precedent matters to them, but having it could be emboldening.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseate...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseate...
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Initially that was my concern, but there are other incidents of this happening further back, seemingly both in special elections and regular elections. Not that precedent matters to them, but having it could be emboldening.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseate...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseate...
Historically congress have refused to seat Congresspeople based on allegations of fraud (among other reasons) in voting. Has happened in both regular and special elections, it seems. Is there a change in process to prevent something like this?
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Historically congress have refused to seat Congresspeople based on allegations of fraud (among other reasons) in voting. Has happened in both regular and special elections, it seems. Is there a change in process to prevent something like this?
And, considering these are the priorities and concerns of the current House Elections Committee, I'm getting less assured that the ground isn't being laid the more I read.
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
And, considering these are the priorities and concerns of the current House Elections Committee, I'm getting less assured that the ground isn't being laid the more I read.
Though a few people have replied and said it's not possible, I'm not sure there isn't precedent for justifying this kind of scenario.
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Though a few people have replied and said it's not possible, I'm not sure there isn't precedent for justifying this kind of scenario.
I get it, that this is how news works, but we live in a deeply disorganized society when the journalists have to consult 'experts' to determine that someone whose only offense is driving away from ICE at a speed of like 3mph is not a terrorist.
January 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I get it, that this is how news works, but we live in a deeply disorganized society when the journalists have to consult 'experts' to determine that someone whose only offense is driving away from ICE at a speed of like 3mph is not a terrorist.
It's got me to use their AI, so I guess it worked.
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's got me to use their AI, so I guess it worked.
Not gonna be helpful here
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Not gonna be helpful here
Wow, it will really praise him as much as you ask it to
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wow, it will really praise him as much as you ask it to
if i were running for senate, I wouldnt admit I havent seen Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
if i were running for senate, I wouldnt admit I havent seen Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
As an American who never knows who any Taskmaster contestants are, I trusted them too much to shield me from this particular strand of whining British comedians.
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As an American who never knows who any Taskmaster contestants are, I trusted them too much to shield me from this particular strand of whining British comedians.
AI struggling to figure out if Bob Fosse has a grammy or not. And if he didnt, did he still EGOT somehow?
August 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
AI struggling to figure out if Bob Fosse has a grammy or not. And if he didnt, did he still EGOT somehow?
he was a style icon
November 22, 2024 at 12:56 PM
he was a style icon
who is the opposite of Cassandra? who can see the past perfectly, but is helpless to prevent it?
November 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
who is the opposite of Cassandra? who can see the past perfectly, but is helpless to prevent it?
redditors contemplate the national implications of this incident
October 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM
redditors contemplate the national implications of this incident
Why does this chart hew so close to a normal distribution (or any kind of distribution)? You don't even have to look at the logos to see that this methodology is obviously fatally flawed.
August 30, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Why does this chart hew so close to a normal distribution (or any kind of distribution)? You don't even have to look at the logos to see that this methodology is obviously fatally flawed.
Our business's 'we do not use chattel slavery' ad has a lot of people asking questions already answered by the ad.
May 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Our business's 'we do not use chattel slavery' ad has a lot of people asking questions already answered by the ad.