Chris J. Zähller
@chris.zahller.me
https://chris.zahller.me | Okie from Jokelahoma. Int’l man of mystery. Cocktail nerd. Web Designer / Developer @ https://messengerwebdesign.com. Paparazzo & ink-stained wretch @ https://mercury.photo #OKIEX
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It was never about traditional big oil salivating to get back into Venezuela in its current state (they're not), it's about Trump & a few select cronies robbing the place blind: Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company www.ft.com/content/da74...
Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company
Senior Vitol trader met US president at White House last week and gave millions of dollars to his re-election campaign
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
It was never about traditional big oil salivating to get back into Venezuela in its current state (they're not), it's about Trump & a few select cronies robbing the place blind: Donald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor’s company www.ft.com/content/da74...
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It’s amazing watching the U.S. cede the global auto market to China. We’re 24–36 months away from utter devastation in U.S. vehicle exports, because both automakers and the U.S. are scared of EVs, because a dozen petroleum executives have a whole political party at their beck and call.
December 31, 2024 at 7:29 PM
It’s amazing watching the U.S. cede the global auto market to China. We’re 24–36 months away from utter devastation in U.S. vehicle exports, because both automakers and the U.S. are scared of EVs, because a dozen petroleum executives have a whole political party at their beck and call.
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i have found a work environment that’s right for me:
January 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
i have found a work environment that’s right for me:
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Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.
"Tailwind was always a shitty company run by a shitty person with shitty fanboys.
"But now it’s also shitty company run funded by fascist money."
"But now it’s also shitty company run funded by fascist money."
When the tech leopard eats your face
Last week, Adam Wathan of Tailwind announced that he fired 75% of his team.
Actually, that’s not true. He announced that…
75% of the people on our engineering team lost their jobs here yesterday
He’...
gomakethings.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"Tailwind was always a shitty company run by a shitty person with shitty fanboys.
"But now it’s also shitty company run funded by fascist money."
"But now it’s also shitty company run funded by fascist money."
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Elon Musk's DOGE was not a failure - for the people behind Elon. Sure, it cut no costs and ruined Elon's reputation, but it exfiltrated data from every federal agency and delivered it to Peter Thiel's Palantir, which then created the app ICE agents are using to target immigrant neighborhoods. 1/
“It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.” This is how an ICE agent described the app Palantir worked on for finding neighborhoods to raid.
I've seen the interface, it does look exactly like that www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
I've seen the interface, it does look exactly like that www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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This was the illegal home invasion caught on video where ICE did not have a judicial warrant and entered anyway over resident objections.
Good example of the kind of people ICE is extrajudicially targeting. www.minnpost.com/public-safet...
Attorney: No proper warrant for Minneapolis man's arrest in home
The arrest of Garrison Gibson came in a city increasingly on edge after an immigration agent shot and killed Renee Good last week.
www.minnpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This was the illegal home invasion caught on video where ICE did not have a judicial warrant and entered anyway over resident objections.
TIL about Lizardman’s Constant.
"Do you think it would be a good idea or a bad idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark?"
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 PM
TIL about Lizardman’s Constant.
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Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
The U.S. allies hoped meeting senior Trump officials would diffuse tensions and tough talk on Greenland. It didn’t.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
@cferdinandi.bsky.social
I think I found a typo in your latest post over at Go Make Things.
"Taylor Swift made $190 after taxes from her last tour. The median income in the US in 2021 was $37,586.03."
Should that be "$190M"?
I think I found a typo in your latest post over at Go Make Things.
"Taylor Swift made $190 after taxes from her last tour. The median income in the US in 2021 was $37,586.03."
Should that be "$190M"?
January 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM
@cferdinandi.bsky.social
I think I found a typo in your latest post over at Go Make Things.
"Taylor Swift made $190 after taxes from her last tour. The median income in the US in 2021 was $37,586.03."
Should that be "$190M"?
I think I found a typo in your latest post over at Go Make Things.
"Taylor Swift made $190 after taxes from her last tour. The median income in the US in 2021 was $37,586.03."
Should that be "$190M"?
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If you cannot make “these people are leaving BABIES in CARS in WINTER and then returning them to their carekeepers with BRUISES” into popular sentiment as a politician, you’re either inept or you want this to keep happening.
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
If you cannot make “these people are leaving BABIES in CARS in WINTER and then returning them to their carekeepers with BRUISES” into popular sentiment as a politician, you’re either inept or you want this to keep happening.
ICE are not "our law enforcement," as the @nytimes.com likes to characterize them. They are a lawless criminal gang.
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
ICE are not "our law enforcement," as the @nytimes.com likes to characterize them. They are a lawless criminal gang.
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At the risk of repetition: Ultimately there’s no meaningful difference between can’t read, didn’t read, and won’t read.
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
At the risk of repetition: Ultimately there’s no meaningful difference between can’t read, didn’t read, and won’t read.
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look upon my works, ye mighty, and let me know what you think
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
look upon my works, ye mighty, and let me know what you think
I'll note that most congressional Dems also supported this, to their eternal shame. They are always afraid to look weak on national security because they believe (rightly) that the Republican machine will use it against them.
Honestly, DHS was a fash-named, fash-leaning idea from the start. As bad as Trump is, we need to acknowledge those so-called “good republicans” before him exploiting Americans’ fears after 9/11 laid the groundwork for this 20 years ago and the so-called “opposition party” embraced it too.
I'm going to see your 'Abolish ICE' and raise you a 'Get rid of the entire Department of Homeland Security'
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I'll note that most congressional Dems also supported this, to their eternal shame. They are always afraid to look weak on national security because they believe (rightly) that the Republican machine will use it against them.
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In theory, agents of the state are authorized to use violence in order to protect the public. In MAGA practice, agents of the state are authorized to use murderous violence any time they are inconvenienced by a member of the public who doesn’t look “normal” to them.
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
In theory, agents of the state are authorized to use violence in order to protect the public. In MAGA practice, agents of the state are authorized to use murderous violence any time they are inconvenienced by a member of the public who doesn’t look “normal” to them.
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*posting on twitter* oh ho, I’ve made a wry observation. Better make sure a bunch of pedophiles see it
January 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
*posting on twitter* oh ho, I’ve made a wry observation. Better make sure a bunch of pedophiles see it
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Everyone knows babies heads are too big but nobody does anything about it
January 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Everyone knows babies heads are too big but nobody does anything about it
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Word to the wise: even if you aren't in a city under direct attack yet, you want to be developing these sorts of relationships NOW with sympathetic folks at local institutions.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
Absolutely insane that my life has become texting with local church pastors to try and find a safe place to hold an emergency meeting for parents at my kid’s’ preschool to figure out how to respond to the federal government kidnapping neighbors.
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Word to the wise: even if you aren't in a city under direct attack yet, you want to be developing these sorts of relationships NOW with sympathetic folks at local institutions.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.
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and there it is, cognitive dissonance.
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
and there it is, cognitive dissonance.
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In light of what happened to Renee Good, I thought it important to reiterate my grandmother's advice.
My grandmother’s family was murdered in the chambers of Auschwitz. She survived and told me never let it get that far. Make them shoot you in public before they murder you in hiding. Stand up for others. Never cave in fear of the Nazis or the holocaust will happen again.
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
In light of what happened to Renee Good, I thought it important to reiterate my grandmother's advice.
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This was not the case with my pokemon silver cartridge
All those lost souls
Tears in the rain
All those lost souls
Tears in the rain
This is so cool. Hooked up my old SNES, fired up Zelda: A Link to the Past, and my old save file from 30+ years ago is still there, ready to go! 😂
January 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This was not the case with my pokemon silver cartridge
All those lost souls
Tears in the rain
All those lost souls
Tears in the rain
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If you're not willing to arrest the killer, don't arrest the demonstrators.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If you're not willing to arrest the killer, don't arrest the demonstrators.