Chris Howard
@chrismhoward.bsky.social
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Not trying to call out Tony & Devin here, but they are (somewhat confidently) reinforcing a very common, but exactly wrong myth about Section 230 and being a "publisher." Let's use this as an opportunity to do some educating around Section 230 and the idea of being "a publisher."
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Not trying to call out Tony & Devin here, but they are (somewhat confidently) reinforcing a very common, but exactly wrong myth about Section 230 and being a "publisher." Let's use this as an opportunity to do some educating around Section 230 and the idea of being "a publisher."
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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“Asian wife sharing,” Pentagon press policy, and me: Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Asian wife sharing,” Pentagon press policy, and me: Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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as always, the question is why not? lots of people take medications indefinitely. lots of people take *these* medications indefinitely for a different condition!
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
as always, the question is why not? lots of people take medications indefinitely. lots of people take *these* medications indefinitely for a different condition!
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WHOLSOME FRIDAY VIDEO THREAD GO
GRAB A TISSUE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
GRAB A TISSUE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
WHOLSOME FRIDAY VIDEO THREAD GO
GRAB A TISSUE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
GRAB A TISSUE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT.
After Firefly, this is the show I'd uncancel if I had the power. Such a sharp, funny show nobody watched.
Better Off Ted is an exceptional, viciously funny show languishing under a completely nondescript title
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
After Firefly, this is the show I'd uncancel if I had the power. Such a sharp, funny show nobody watched.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
I'm glad I didn't have the option of a laptop in class (c/o 93). The process of listening to the lecture and deciding in real time what was important and writing that by hand in my notes was key for me. I often didn't have to refer back to my notes because that process fixed the info in my mind.
No, you would have broken your hand if you'd tried to take a *transcript* without a laptop, which is what a large percentage of student with laptops wind up (usually unconsciously) doing.
You can take really good notes at a much, much slower speed.
You can take really good notes at a much, much slower speed.
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'm glad I didn't have the option of a laptop in class (c/o 93). The process of listening to the lecture and deciding in real time what was important and writing that by hand in my notes was key for me. I often didn't have to refer back to my notes because that process fixed the info in my mind.
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Sandy Hook has been matched and even eclipsed in schools and churches and synagogues in the US since then. But none of them caused a gun buying panic. Sandy Hook was the last. That's when everyone from gun control politicians to Gun Guys just accepted this his what the US is now. 13 years ago.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Sandy Hook has been matched and even eclipsed in schools and churches and synagogues in the US since then. But none of them caused a gun buying panic. Sandy Hook was the last. That's when everyone from gun control politicians to Gun Guys just accepted this his what the US is now. 13 years ago.
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In this case, the alleged problem -- men pretending to be women so they can dominate women's sports -- does not exist, and policies to prevent even any potential abuse of the system are already in place. This leaves the policy proponents actually want: banning trans people from public life.
See, the path to victory is telling people that their bs moral panics are real. Then don't offer any solutions (because there are no real solutions, just the eliminationist politics of the con artists who promote the moral panics). Then, if you still somehow get into office, cave. People love that!
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In this case, the alleged problem -- men pretending to be women so they can dominate women's sports -- does not exist, and policies to prevent even any potential abuse of the system are already in place. This leaves the policy proponents actually want: banning trans people from public life.
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🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
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I finally had a chance to read the Ohio case prohibiting schools from enforcing anti-bullying policies protecting trans kids. This is a shining example of the two-faced nature of ostensible “free speech” legal groups who never seem to feel the same compulsion to actually sue on behalf of trans kids.
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I finally had a chance to read the Ohio case prohibiting schools from enforcing anti-bullying policies protecting trans kids. This is a shining example of the two-faced nature of ostensible “free speech” legal groups who never seem to feel the same compulsion to actually sue on behalf of trans kids.
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there’s a thing here about for the last decade or so, online people have been very negative about small talk - the weather, or local news, or whatever - and small talk is the grease that keeps physical interactions going, and i am tired of ceding that to shut-ins
i say thank you to the bus driver when i get on and yell thank you when i get off every day i ride the bus, and i take two buses to and from work, being nice and friendly costs you nothing and should be your default expectation for yourself because it improves your day and everyone else’s day
Being nice to people is just fun. Asked young server at taco place how her day was going (fine but tired) and she asked me back. I said I managed to finish my to-do list and she unexpectedly gave me a high five! Treating people like people is always rewarding.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
there’s a thing here about for the last decade or so, online people have been very negative about small talk - the weather, or local news, or whatever - and small talk is the grease that keeps physical interactions going, and i am tired of ceding that to shut-ins
I figured with the way the offense was playing, the Cowboys could possibly get to 7 or 8 wins, but this is just a total team embarrassment. Time to embrace the tank.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I figured with the way the offense was playing, the Cowboys could possibly get to 7 or 8 wins, but this is just a total team embarrassment. Time to embrace the tank.
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“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
Good turnout in York, PA for today's No Kings protest.
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Good turnout in York, PA for today's No Kings protest.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
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My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
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working up "democrats must embrace war mindset" rn, but one of my beliefs is this: dooming is itself a reaction to the fear of responsibility. if all is lost and nothing matters then you can't be criticized for your choices. it's not "cold eyed reason." it's an easy escape. comforting
Friendly reminder that I block people who post some variant of "it won't matter because nothing matters" on sight. Not even because they're wrong, but because I find this habit of saying the most tedious and predictable thing as if that makes you an edgy truth teller incredibly grating.
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
working up "democrats must embrace war mindset" rn, but one of my beliefs is this: dooming is itself a reaction to the fear of responsibility. if all is lost and nothing matters then you can't be criticized for your choices. it's not "cold eyed reason." it's an easy escape. comforting
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🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
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horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles