Chris
@chessrivers.bsky.social
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A reminder — there are *millions* of social sites on the internet, like Storygraph for your reading and Ravelry for your knitting, etc. It’s only the biggest, run by the extremist fascists, that do these terrible things. Don’t define the internet by a handful of apps run by 5 sociopaths.
ATProto is the only way forward for social media
ICYMI: Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
A reminder — there are *millions* of social sites on the internet, like Storygraph for your reading and Ravelry for your knitting, etc. It’s only the biggest, run by the extremist fascists, that do these terrible things. Don’t define the internet by a handful of apps run by 5 sociopaths.
Horsehead and Flame Nebulas shot from my backyard. This was LRGB + Ha data mixed together.
Astrobin link: app.astrobin.com/i/sx9ivj
Astrobin link: app.astrobin.com/i/sx9ivj
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Horsehead and Flame Nebulas shot from my backyard. This was LRGB + Ha data mixed together.
Astrobin link: app.astrobin.com/i/sx9ivj
Astrobin link: app.astrobin.com/i/sx9ivj
Trying to start sharing some astrophotography here.
First up, NGC 1491.
Full res at:
app.astrobin.com/i/l9tgwe
First up, NGC 1491.
Full res at:
app.astrobin.com/i/l9tgwe
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Trying to start sharing some astrophotography here.
First up, NGC 1491.
Full res at:
app.astrobin.com/i/l9tgwe
First up, NGC 1491.
Full res at:
app.astrobin.com/i/l9tgwe
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Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin:
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July"
Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.
www.blackpast.org
July 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin:
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
I have never seen an airline fuck up as badly with a direct flight from Frankfurt to SFO as United has. Will be going on about 26 hours of travel time for an 11 hour flight with a stop on Newark, mostly self inflicted , and consistently lying about being able to do a quick crew change in Newark.
June 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I have never seen an airline fuck up as badly with a direct flight from Frankfurt to SFO as United has. Will be going on about 26 hours of travel time for an 11 hour flight with a stop on Newark, mostly self inflicted , and consistently lying about being able to do a quick crew change in Newark.
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Stuff like this makes me want to live on an island. Honestly so bleak.
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Stuff like this makes me want to live on an island. Honestly so bleak.
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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.
February 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.
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breaking: a judge just ordered the CDC and FDA to put all those web pages back by midnight tonight www.404media.co/federal-judg...
Judge Orders CDC and FDA to Restore Pages Removed by Trump Admin Before Midnight
After health agencies responded to Trump's executive order deeming there to be only "two sexes" by scrubbing sites of important resources, a judge ordered they have until midnight Tuesday to bring the...
www.404media.co
February 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
breaking: a judge just ordered the CDC and FDA to put all those web pages back by midnight tonight www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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a lot of all of this fuckery we're seeing boils down to "i don't want to be forced to acknowledge the existence and humanity of people who are different than me."
February 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
a lot of all of this fuckery we're seeing boils down to "i don't want to be forced to acknowledge the existence and humanity of people who are different than me."
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i ask this question of every member of the @democrats.org claiming to fight for us: we are in unprecedented times. what unprecedented actions will you be taking?
what does aggressively pushing back look like in contrast to your normal standard operating procedures? is there a marked difference?
February 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
i ask this question of every member of the @democrats.org claiming to fight for us: we are in unprecedented times. what unprecedented actions will you be taking?
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@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
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ok i'm over this.
tiktok is NOT some liberal safe haven.
it is not the great progressive hope people seem to think it is, folks just have short memories.
here's a reminder:
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
tiktok is NOT some liberal safe haven.
it is not the great progressive hope people seem to think it is, folks just have short memories.
here's a reminder:
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and Tibet
Content regarded as politically sensitive is censored by the video-sharing app claims The Guardian.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ok i'm over this.
tiktok is NOT some liberal safe haven.
it is not the great progressive hope people seem to think it is, folks just have short memories.
here's a reminder:
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
tiktok is NOT some liberal safe haven.
it is not the great progressive hope people seem to think it is, folks just have short memories.
here's a reminder:
www.bbc.com/news/technol...
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Many problems that laid the groundwork for Trump's return have been exacerbated by Big Tech. We know hyperspecific reporting holding the powerful to account can and does lead to positive incremental change. We can do that under Trump or any president.
www.404media.co/why-the-work...
www.404media.co/why-the-work...
Why the Work Still Matters
When Donald Trump won in 2016, we weren't sure if good journalism mattered anymore. Now, we're more sure than ever it does.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Many problems that laid the groundwork for Trump's return have been exacerbated by Big Tech. We know hyperspecific reporting holding the powerful to account can and does lead to positive incremental change. We can do that under Trump or any president.
www.404media.co/why-the-work...
www.404media.co/why-the-work...
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Tucker Carlson (and Elon Musk by proxy) are platforming the views of Darryl Cooper, a "historian" trying to "understand WW2".
Unsurprisingly, he's lying. (thread)
Unsurprisingly, he's lying. (thread)
September 4, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Tucker Carlson (and Elon Musk by proxy) are platforming the views of Darryl Cooper, a "historian" trying to "understand WW2".
Unsurprisingly, he's lying. (thread)
Unsurprisingly, he's lying. (thread)