Chris
@sketchseven.bsky.social
Animator, motion graphics artist, writer.
Owner/director of @animseven.bsky.social
Be kind.
Owner/director of @animseven.bsky.social
Be kind.
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WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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what a mad and horrible world we live in! www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
December 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
what a mad and horrible world we live in! www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
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Also see Massachusetts, which now has more ultra-wealthy residents than when the tax was implemented. Wealthy flight is nonsense: people want to live where they live, and especially want to live where there are good public services.
Wealth taxes aren't some wild, untested idea.
In fact, they already have them in 🇫🇷 France to 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇨🇭Switzerland.
Here's what we can learn from them.
In fact, they already have them in 🇫🇷 France to 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇨🇭Switzerland.
Here's what we can learn from them.
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Also see Massachusetts, which now has more ultra-wealthy residents than when the tax was implemented. Wealthy flight is nonsense: people want to live where they live, and especially want to live where there are good public services.
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I interviewed Rob Reiner as one of the bonuses for the @criterion.bsky.social BluRay of SPINAL TAP. We talked for an hour about the movie and his career and then they shut off the cameras and we talked about movies for another hour. A delightful, unhurried genius.
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I interviewed Rob Reiner as one of the bonuses for the @criterion.bsky.social BluRay of SPINAL TAP. We talked for an hour about the movie and his career and then they shut off the cameras and we talked about movies for another hour. A delightful, unhurried genius.
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One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
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THE ITERATION IS THE GOOD BIIIIIIIT
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
THE ITERATION IS THE GOOD BIIIIIIIT
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This is what happens when the FBI is run by two right-wing conspiracy theorist podcasters who spent the last 11 months purging almost anyone with institutional knowledge from the bureau. They're going to keep fucking this kind of thing up.
BREAKING: Authorities will release the person of interest in the Brown University shooting, officials said, as the investigation continues.
Live updates: Person of interest identified after 2 killed and 9 injured at Brown University
Live updates: 2 dead, 9 wounded in Brown University shooting; person of interest in custody
nbcnews.to
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is what happens when the FBI is run by two right-wing conspiracy theorist podcasters who spent the last 11 months purging almost anyone with institutional knowledge from the bureau. They're going to keep fucking this kind of thing up.
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I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
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A fun thing about the spread of dodgy CICs (fake charities) fundraising outside London stations is… they’re becoming increasingly upset as people slowly learn they’re not charities!
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A fun thing about the spread of dodgy CICs (fake charities) fundraising outside London stations is… they’re becoming increasingly upset as people slowly learn they’re not charities!
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
A guy fundraising for ‘homeless veterans with PTSD’: “We’re not like the knife crime CICs, we’re good.”
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Rob Reiner directed so many absolutely world-class films that you could be forgiven for listing some of them as your favourites and forgetting it was him that made them.
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Rob Reiner directed so many absolutely world-class films that you could be forgiven for listing some of them as your favourites and forgetting it was him that made them.
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Sharing again for MAXIMUM REACH
Where are all the indiegame micro publishers at?
December 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Sharing again for MAXIMUM REACH
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Every one of these pieces comes down to “what if ai was useful”
Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Every one of these pieces comes down to “what if ai was useful”
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Here's another tutorial I made to make a zine in another binding style, easily done at home.
Make zines!
Make zines!
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here's another tutorial I made to make a zine in another binding style, easily done at home.
Make zines!
Make zines!
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A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes home | Will Bunch
A mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.
www.inquirer.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A mass shooting at my alma mater Brown University hit hard, proving no community is safe from senseless violence in a land with more guns than people
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
Trump added insult to injury by claiming there is "nothing you can do." We can do a lot about guns
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/brow...
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'Nightfall, Fleet Street and the Royal Courts of Justice' by Michael Alford
michaelalford.co.uk
michaelalford.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
'Nightfall, Fleet Street and the Royal Courts of Justice' by Michael Alford
michaelalford.co.uk
michaelalford.co.uk
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'Stay Home: BT Tower in the Snow' by Edward Luper
edwardluperart.com
edwardluperart.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
'Stay Home: BT Tower in the Snow' by Edward Luper
edwardluperart.com
edwardluperart.com
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'London, Houses in Snow' (1920s) by Janet Cumbrae Stewart
(National Gallery of Victoria)
(National Gallery of Victoria)
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
'London, Houses in Snow' (1920s) by Janet Cumbrae Stewart
(National Gallery of Victoria)
(National Gallery of Victoria)
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Absolutely incredible
Every year another Doom birthday rolls by and reminds me of the same thing:
I never actually launched the project I started five years ago with @textfiles.com
Today, I finally fix that.
I never actually launched the project I started five years ago with @textfiles.com
Today, I finally fix that.
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Absolutely incredible
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Yes to all of this! Get students making mini-comics every term and I estimate I’ve given away a few hundred of my biking & anti-Ai syllabus to random people I meet! Onward…
"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres."
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yes to all of this! Get students making mini-comics every term and I estimate I’ve given away a few hundred of my biking & anti-Ai syllabus to random people I meet! Onward…
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All my admiration to the great @robinince.bsky.social, watching this guy quote James Baldwin and Audrey Lorde as he resigns from the BBC in solidarity with trans people makes me want to stand up and cheer
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
All my admiration to the great @robinince.bsky.social, watching this guy quote James Baldwin and Audrey Lorde as he resigns from the BBC in solidarity with trans people makes me want to stand up and cheer
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Best two pieces I’ve read today are by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
(The other one precedes this in my feed.)
(The other one precedes this in my feed.)
Donald Trump is set on regime change - in Europe. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new reality, writes Guardian columnist Jona...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Best two pieces I’ve read today are by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
(The other one precedes this in my feed.)
(The other one precedes this in my feed.)
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The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
The Farage Apologists
The same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The very same commentators that spent years condemning anti-semitism in UK politics as a major national scandal, have suddenly lost interest now that it implicates one of their own
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...
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A disastrous consequence of a culture reserving its greatest rewards for commentators with the most pungently expressed opinions is how hard it becomes for them to climb down. By rights, *everybody* writing or speaking in the national interest should be horrified & outraged by Trump’s attacks on us.
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A disastrous consequence of a culture reserving its greatest rewards for commentators with the most pungently expressed opinions is how hard it becomes for them to climb down. By rights, *everybody* writing or speaking in the national interest should be horrified & outraged by Trump’s attacks on us.
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This is what he is like with *the press* - people who have some power over him.
I just want you to imagine what it is like to be a public employee, with an ounce of integrity, who has to try to present any data that contradicts Trump's statements. And what sort of bubble Trump is in as a result.
I just want you to imagine what it is like to be a public employee, with an ounce of integrity, who has to try to present any data that contradicts Trump's statements. And what sort of bubble Trump is in as a result.
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is what he is like with *the press* - people who have some power over him.
I just want you to imagine what it is like to be a public employee, with an ounce of integrity, who has to try to present any data that contradicts Trump's statements. And what sort of bubble Trump is in as a result.
I just want you to imagine what it is like to be a public employee, with an ounce of integrity, who has to try to present any data that contradicts Trump's statements. And what sort of bubble Trump is in as a result.