Chuck Martin 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦
@chuck-martin.bsky.social
I’m a technical writer. I learn things & I know things. All about the best content & user experiences. Plus sports, politics, equality, customer service, & me.
Gee, who woulda thunk a private equity firm would buy a hot company, run it into the ground, and fuck over its employees.
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
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California dessert empire Sprinkles Cupcakes abruptly closes all stores
Once the height of trendy food, the shop is no more.
www.sfgate.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Gee, who woulda thunk a private equity firm would buy a hot company, run it into the ground, and fuck over its employees.
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
www.sfgate.com/food/article...
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Now we know the Trump Admin is still hiding files
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Now we know the Trump Admin is still hiding files
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Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
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So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
Future Democrat presidents (a) will be capable of focusing on more than one thing at once, and (b) will have capable, competent staff that will be able to knock out the "knucklehead stuff" and keep it off the President's desk.
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Future Democrat presidents (a) will be capable of focusing on more than one thing at once, and (b) will have capable, competent staff that will be able to knock out the "knucklehead stuff" and keep it off the President's desk.
This.
The issue is not that we don't talk to each other. It's that some people think that "talking" means getting to debate your existence, and that's abusive and controlling.
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This.
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This comic is 21 years old and you still see the same line of bullshit it was mocking today
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This comic is 21 years old and you still see the same line of bullshit it was mocking today
Yup, this.
Anyway, yet another reminder that "debate me bros" were always full of shit, and anyone who claims that they were actually about free speech or real discussion over ideas is lying or gullible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him”…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Yup, this.
This is interesting.
Built on good old robots.txt, the new open content licensing standard Really Simple Licensing (RSL) adds licensing and royalty terms.
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are some of the major brands adopting the standard in hopes AI companies will pay.
www.theverge.com/news/775072/...
The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up
The mission is to keep the web sustainable.
www.theverge.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is interesting.
For all the people calling this the “greatest” World Series game ever, I remind them of Game 3 of the 2018 Series, which went 18 innings and lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes. The Dodgers finally beat the Red Sox 3-2. And I watched every single thrilling minute.
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
For all the people calling this the “greatest” World Series game ever, I remind them of Game 3 of the 2018 Series, which went 18 innings and lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes. The Dodgers finally beat the Red Sox 3-2. And I watched every single thrilling minute.
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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
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Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within
online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be
''objective'', data visualizations ...
dl.acm.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
[Short thread]
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What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
@cinemasinsofficial.bsky.social Time to do “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles”
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
@cinemasinsofficial.bsky.social Time to do “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles”
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watch this.
September 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
watch this.
Mission accomplished.
Flu & Covid, a week early coz I’m traveling at the end of next week.
Flu & Covid, a week early coz I’m traveling at the end of next week.
September 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Mission accomplished.
Flu & Covid, a week early coz I’m traveling at the end of next week.
Flu & Covid, a week early coz I’m traveling at the end of next week.
The Detroit Lions play to win, not to not lose.
September 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The Detroit Lions play to win, not to not lose.
I am no fan of Stephen A. Smith. I think he’s just a loud blowhard. But I gotta give him props for referring to a certain Texas football team as the “alllas Cowboys.”
(No “D,” get it?)
(No “D,” get it?)
September 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I am no fan of Stephen A. Smith. I think he’s just a loud blowhard. But I gotta give him props for referring to a certain Texas football team as the “alllas Cowboys.”
(No “D,” get it?)
(No “D,” get it?)
Thanks to @effinbirds.com, I got a lot of compliments on the “Feminism is for everyone, dipshit” t-shirt that I wore to Silicon Valley Pride today.
August 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thanks to @effinbirds.com, I got a lot of compliments on the “Feminism is for everyone, dipshit” t-shirt that I wore to Silicon Valley Pride today.
Bottom of the 9th, 1 out, count is 0-1. Pitch is 6 inches below the zone, called a strike. Count should be 1-1, but is now 0-2, batter strikes out swinging next pitch. How is that not one of the most “impactful” missed calls?
Umpire: Dan Iassogna
Final: Pirates 4, Red Sox 2
#LetsGoBucs // #DirtyWater
#PITvsBOS // #BOSvsPIT
More stats for this ump 👇
https://umpscorecards.com/data/single-umpire/Dan%20Iassogna
Final: Pirates 4, Red Sox 2
#LetsGoBucs // #DirtyWater
#PITvsBOS // #BOSvsPIT
More stats for this ump 👇
https://umpscorecards.com/data/single-umpire/Dan%20Iassogna
August 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Bottom of the 9th, 1 out, count is 0-1. Pitch is 6 inches below the zone, called a strike. Count should be 1-1, but is now 0-2, batter strikes out swinging next pitch. How is that not one of the most “impactful” missed calls?
The cruelty is the point.
Florida under DeSantis: Seven FHP cops guarding a crosswalk to stop any attempts at gay chalk.
The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
August 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The cruelty is the point.
Back in theaters!
August 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Back in theaters!
I wonder why anyone would use Substack. Are they that desperate? Are there no other reasonable alternatives?
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/s...
Substack’s Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Already Knew: It’s The Nazi Bar Now
Back in April 2023, when Substack CEO Chris Best refused to answer basic questions about whether his platform would allow racist content, I noted that his evasiveness was essentially hanging out a …
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August 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I wonder why anyone would use Substack. Are they that desperate? Are there no other reasonable alternatives?
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/s...
My new fucking awesome @effinbirds.com t-shirts.
July 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My new fucking awesome @effinbirds.com t-shirts.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…