Cris (without an H)
@ambignostic.bsky.social
Dad (he/him). Shabbos goy. Antifascist Gen-X in NWMT. I dance like the king of the eyesores
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
dying
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
dying
I had to replay this @andrewhickey.500songs.com wisecrack three times and cracked up each time
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I had to replay this @andrewhickey.500songs.com wisecrack three times and cracked up each time
“The dead allow us the privilege of writing their dialogue” - @theradr.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
“The dead allow us the privilege of writing their dialogue” - @theradr.bsky.social
What's your favorite song that mentions a Camaro?
Bitchin' Camaro
YouTube video by The Dead Milkmen - Topic
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January 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
What's your favorite song that mentions a Camaro?
I am here to bullshit and chew gum and I brought enough bubblegum for everybody
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I am here to bullshit and chew gum and I brought enough bubblegum for everybody
M*A*S*H is a remarkable example of a TV series adapted from a movie that so far exceeds its source that you might never know the film or book existed.
I'm sure there are others – Buffy comes to mind, Stargate, and maybe Fargo (I haven't seen that one) – but MASH is the gem of that particular crown
I'm sure there are others – Buffy comes to mind, Stargate, and maybe Fargo (I haven't seen that one) – but MASH is the gem of that particular crown
MASH is one of the greatest shows ever made. It centers a group of highly skilled people who are scared to be there, who hate the war that is happening there, and who will do their damnedest to help every single person they can for so long as they're suck there.
i cannot tell you how often i think back to MASH when writing. that ability to walk the line between humor and the darkest of humanity, yet never truly cross over into making light of it OR hopelessness--even though it toys with those things, too--is the line i strive for
January 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
M*A*S*H is a remarkable example of a TV series adapted from a movie that so far exceeds its source that you might never know the film or book existed.
I'm sure there are others – Buffy comes to mind, Stargate, and maybe Fargo (I haven't seen that one) – but MASH is the gem of that particular crown
I'm sure there are others – Buffy comes to mind, Stargate, and maybe Fargo (I haven't seen that one) – but MASH is the gem of that particular crown
Singing Jackie Wilson to the cats
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Singing Jackie Wilson to the cats
If somebody would like to make an AI track of Elvis singing “Golden Years” by David Bowie, I will block them
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
If somebody would like to make an AI track of Elvis singing “Golden Years” by David Bowie, I will block them
Sometimes I can’t remember why I started following someone, and I just trust that my past self had good reasons
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Sometimes I can’t remember why I started following someone, and I just trust that my past self had good reasons
Weaponizing my vehicle
a steering wheel with the letters a f b g and d on it
Alt: Speed Racer's gloved hand pushes the C button on his steering wheel. Cut to the front end of his car, the Mach 5, where two spinning saw blades pop out from the chassis.
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Weaponizing my vehicle
This is a really good point that I hadn't even considered.
I hate that given where we are now, we don't know if Trump is lying, is mentally ill, or is accurately describing an AI video shown to him by someone in the administration covering their tracks.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
This is a really good point that I hadn't even considered.
How I cope onhere
Yeah that’s right we’re doing Stupid Discourse instead of [screaming] discourse.
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
How I cope onhere
I know candidates love to flaunt their military bona fides but I think "smokejumper" is a pretty kickass credential for a Montana politician
I’m Sam Forstag - I’m a smokejumper, a union leader, and I’m running for Congress because for too long, Montanans have been breaking their backs just to fall further behind. Together, we can build an economy that works for working people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHia...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHia...
All Of Us | Sam for Montana
YouTube video by Sam Forstag
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I know candidates love to flaunt their military bona fides but I think "smokejumper" is a pretty kickass credential for a Montana politician
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It's going to get worse before it gets better but I have every intention of being there until and when it does.
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It's going to get worse before it gets better but I have every intention of being there until and when it does.
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This is from a branched thread but it's a good summary of my issues with superhero movies right now regardless of quality
To me it's like you go to the circus and the performers come out wearing tactical body armour and go "we're not doing any of that lame flippy shit" and engage in shooting practice for an hour. It might technically be impressive but it's so far from what I came to see!
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is from a branched thread but it's a good summary of my issues with superhero movies right now regardless of quality
By the way, if you love Alan Moore's SWAMP THING, seek out Marty Pasko's issues #1-19. Pasko was trying to do some of the same things: namely, incorporate social relevance, reimagine mythologies. It becomes clear that Moore wasn't just doing something novel, he was doing it *extremely well*.
I never read Supreme but how many great Moore comics have this exact origin story
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
By the way, if you love Alan Moore's SWAMP THING, seek out Marty Pasko's issues #1-19. Pasko was trying to do some of the same things: namely, incorporate social relevance, reimagine mythologies. It becomes clear that Moore wasn't just doing something novel, he was doing it *extremely well*.
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Somehow "unimaginative, self-important and visually dull" became the aspirational north star for live-action Batman movies
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Somehow "unimaginative, self-important and visually dull" became the aspirational north star for live-action Batman movies
This is one reason UNBREAKABLE is one of my favorite superhero movies: it grounds superheroes in reality by essentially discarding every convention of superheroes, transforming the ideas of super powers, crime fighting, and a criminal nemesis so they're barely recognizable as comic book ideas
Superheroes have always been an awkward fit with our current era of naturalism in film as they represent basically the exact opposite. It used to be when someone did a superhero movie or show there was an inherent distancing effect that the audience would bring with it
January 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is one reason UNBREAKABLE is one of my favorite superhero movies: it grounds superheroes in reality by essentially discarding every convention of superheroes, transforming the ideas of super powers, crime fighting, and a criminal nemesis so they're barely recognizable as comic book ideas
Twilight Zone was so great, and it wasn't just one thing. A lot of the episodes that have a Plot! Twist! are super transparent to our modern sensibilities but they're done so earnestly that they still land, in my opinion
A YouTuber that I was watching reminded me of how good the original twilight zone was. How weird and pointed and blunt and fantastical it was! Just a great show.
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Twilight Zone was so great, and it wasn't just one thing. A lot of the episodes that have a Plot! Twist! are super transparent to our modern sensibilities but they're done so earnestly that they still land, in my opinion
I absent-mindedly left a bowl of tried beef fat sitting out on the counter overnight and now I have the happiest cats on the block
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I absent-mindedly left a bowl of tried beef fat sitting out on the counter overnight and now I have the happiest cats on the block
BÖRB
First carving of 2026
[ID 1 to 4 : Four pictures of a woodcarved plump red robin seen from different points of view. It sits on a rectangular base with rounded angles. The bird is very round. It is painted with burnt orange for the chest and a mix of brown and grey for the upper body.]
#art
[ID 1 to 4 : Four pictures of a woodcarved plump red robin seen from different points of view. It sits on a rectangular base with rounded angles. The bird is very round. It is painted with burnt orange for the chest and a mix of brown and grey for the upper body.]
#art
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
BÖRB
The Sketchers™ In The Rye
Naked Lunchables™️
reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The Sketchers™ In The Rye
My way or the Blueskyway
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
My way or the Blueskyway
As a very slow reader who probably reads between 1 and 4 books a year, it's funny that I blithely refer to "my next reading" of the Lord of the Rings with such certainty
Wow, this is a really good read. I hope to keep this perspective in mind on my next reading of the series: that Tolkien's fictional mythologies are also an exploration of myth itself, of the different ways the characters relate to their own tales of ancient legends.
I probably could write a book at this point on JRRT and his early 20th century context, with all that entails. This essay only scratches the surface but you can read it right now for free.
January 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
As a very slow reader who probably reads between 1 and 4 books a year, it's funny that I blithely refer to "my next reading" of the Lord of the Rings with such certainty