chris knapp
@chrisknapp.bsky.social
writer/journalist in paris. work in the paris review, granta, nplusone, among others. debut novel STATES OF EMERGENCY from unnamed press, sept 2024
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· Nov 14
States of Emergency “is a masterfully digressive story that moves across perspectives, time zones and time periods. @chrisknapp.bsky.social’s narrator is a flâneur with push notifications.” — Hilary Leichter!
Book Review: ‘States of Emergency,’ by Chris Knapp
In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world around us; he erases it.
www.nytimes.com
Truly overwhelming to be read so perceptively and so generously
It’s actually astonishing to see how the NYT dances around the fact that she was a vile, convicted racist even in the side article about her politics, and meanwhile Le Monde, otherwise a truly bush league paper, has it in the lede.
LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It’s actually astonishing to see how the NYT dances around the fact that she was a vile, convicted racist even in the side article about her politics, and meanwhile Le Monde, otherwise a truly bush league paper, has it in the lede.
Solid opportunity for Ezra Klein to redeem himself
December 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Solid opportunity for Ezra Klein to redeem himself
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can not handle one more profile that describes a wealthy new yorker being “in exile” in LA as if the mayor had them banished
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
can not handle one more profile that describes a wealthy new yorker being “in exile” in LA as if the mayor had them banished
Hating the liquid glass thing has become my entire personality
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hating the liquid glass thing has become my entire personality
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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I was right about her 10 years ago.
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I was right about her 10 years ago.
Sincerely, if these fuckers didn’t have such contempt for the humanities they would know this stuff
Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sincerely, if these fuckers didn’t have such contempt for the humanities they would know this stuff
Already annoyed about the lighting in the Netflix miniseries this will become
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Police Make Arrests in Louvre Robbery, Authorities Say
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Already annoyed about the lighting in the Netflix miniseries this will become
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.
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It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"
October 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"
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All of this stuff makes more sense I think if you realize that we have a bunch of losers who are slowly talking themselves into believing in the theology/ideology of slavery www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...
Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies
The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
All of this stuff makes more sense I think if you realize that we have a bunch of losers who are slowly talking themselves into believing in the theology/ideology of slavery www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...
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The largest mass protests by number of participants in US history happened yesterday and the only mention on the front page of the NYT is Jamelle Bouie's opinion column: no diner-diving for sentiments of the unheard masses, no coverage of the Trump video, no sense for what it says about the moment.
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The largest mass protests by number of participants in US history happened yesterday and the only mention on the front page of the NYT is Jamelle Bouie's opinion column: no diner-diving for sentiments of the unheard masses, no coverage of the Trump video, no sense for what it says about the moment.
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Yet Luigi launched a thousand hand-wringing op-eds from the chattering class. Makes you think
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Yet Luigi launched a thousand hand-wringing op-eds from the chattering class. Makes you think
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I don't know what it's going to take to stop this kind of thing from happening, but I am 100% sure that the answer isn't "Andrew Cuomo."
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don't know what it's going to take to stop this kind of thing from happening, but I am 100% sure that the answer isn't "Andrew Cuomo."
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They sure are arresting a lot of Democratic politicians these days. I wonder if it's got anything to do with fascism?
June 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
They sure are arresting a lot of Democratic politicians these days. I wonder if it's got anything to do with fascism?
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Why is it that artists’ demands are ‘unworkable’, when these are the same conditions that have been around since the development of copyright, but the new data churning technology is NOT considered ‘unworkable’ even though it can’t be created without breaches of copyright on an unprecedented scale?
May 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Why is it that artists’ demands are ‘unworkable’, when these are the same conditions that have been around since the development of copyright, but the new data churning technology is NOT considered ‘unworkable’ even though it can’t be created without breaches of copyright on an unprecedented scale?
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Give me a fucking break. I’m a 52 year old gay man. I was a teenager in the late 1980s when the entire world described us as immoral, disgusting, disease carriers. People were arrested for “gross indecency” for kissing in public. Homophobic attacks were routine and somehow I’m not a fucking Nazi.
May 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Give me a fucking break. I’m a 52 year old gay man. I was a teenager in the late 1980s when the entire world described us as immoral, disgusting, disease carriers. People were arrested for “gross indecency” for kissing in public. Homophobic attacks were routine and somehow I’m not a fucking Nazi.
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Literally anyone could put on a mask and abduct someone. It could be any kind of kidnapper!
There is no guarantee of public safety for anyone in the U.S. now.
There is no guarantee of public safety for anyone in the U.S. now.
Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Literally anyone could put on a mask and abduct someone. It could be any kind of kidnapper!
There is no guarantee of public safety for anyone in the U.S. now.
There is no guarantee of public safety for anyone in the U.S. now.
Wow.
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Wow.
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NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
NEW from @nytimes.com: A bone-chilling account. A Venezuelan man detained alongside the 238 sent to El Salvador on March 15 seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. His name isn't among the names of those sent to CECOT that day and no one spotted him among those men. He's just... gone.
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While we rightfully focus on the March deportations to El Salvador, don’t forget the African and Asian migrants quietly removed to Panama in February. Both groups deserve #dueprocess protections under U.S. and international law. @MSNBC_reports #Immigration
apnews.com/article/pana...
apnews.com/article/pana...
They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they're stuck in Panama
Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S.
apnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
While we rightfully focus on the March deportations to El Salvador, don’t forget the African and Asian migrants quietly removed to Panama in February. Both groups deserve #dueprocess protections under U.S. and international law. @MSNBC_reports #Immigration
apnews.com/article/pana...
apnews.com/article/pana...
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
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trying not to exceed 2 intra-popular front mutual recrimination posts a week, but devoting 1 to say:
seems clear that posters endlessly skeptical of "white supremacists/nationalists" and the like as descriptors of Trump/GOP are either dipshits who don't know what is going on or racists who do
seems clear that posters endlessly skeptical of "white supremacists/nationalists" and the like as descriptors of Trump/GOP are either dipshits who don't know what is going on or racists who do
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
trying not to exceed 2 intra-popular front mutual recrimination posts a week, but devoting 1 to say:
seems clear that posters endlessly skeptical of "white supremacists/nationalists" and the like as descriptors of Trump/GOP are either dipshits who don't know what is going on or racists who do
seems clear that posters endlessly skeptical of "white supremacists/nationalists" and the like as descriptors of Trump/GOP are either dipshits who don't know what is going on or racists who do