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 admits only a circular definition...that a terrorist is someone who carries out terrorist acts, and a terrorist act is violence carried out by a terrorist. Conversely, if someone is killed, it is because they are a terrorist, because to be a terrorist means to be killable."
May 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"It admits only a circular definition...that a terrorist is someone who carries out terrorist acts, and a terrorist act is violence carried out by a terrorist. Conversely, if someone is killed, it is because they are a terrorist, because to be a terrorist means to be killable."
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first it's pensions, then it's healthcare, then vacation, finally it's the wages, pretty soon you're just going to one box to work all day for no money and going to another to get the rest of snap to eat, which sounds a lot like how they described the soviet union to me in the 80s but what do i know
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
first it's pensions, then it's healthcare, then vacation, finally it's the wages, pretty soon you're just going to one box to work all day for no money and going to another to get the rest of snap to eat, which sounds a lot like how they described the soviet union to me in the 80s but what do i know
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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That “wave the bottle” thing makes me facepalm every time. People think they don’t like vermourh they’re using unrefrigerated vermouth that went bad after the first month.
Vermouth is DELICIOUS.
Vermouth is DELICIOUS.
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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For those who don't get the reference, kangaroo is the name of the drink you get when you swap out the gin in a martini for vodka. Related, but not identical, to the vesper.
Yep, studios were broken by internet nitpickers and think normal audiences would not be perfectly happy to see Different Handsome Brit walk in and say “Bond, James Bond” whilst holding onto the delusion that a Kangaroo is a Martini.
this kind of feels like freaking out over a problem that 95% of the audience is not going to have an issue with
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
For those who don't get the reference, kangaroo is the name of the drink you get when you swap out the gin in a martini for vodka. Related, but not identical, to the vesper.
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I don't think we should purity test. In the interest of the greater good, we should be prepared to endure unpleasantness and get over our personal distaste.
In unrelated news, I've been fired from my job as drinking water treatment plant supervisor for "negligence" and "hundreds of people died"
In unrelated news, I've been fired from my job as drinking water treatment plant supervisor for "negligence" and "hundreds of people died"
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I don't think we should purity test. In the interest of the greater good, we should be prepared to endure unpleasantness and get over our personal distaste.
In unrelated news, I've been fired from my job as drinking water treatment plant supervisor for "negligence" and "hundreds of people died"
In unrelated news, I've been fired from my job as drinking water treatment plant supervisor for "negligence" and "hundreds of people died"
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Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/
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First of all, Trump wasn’t there, he was at Mar-a-Lago. Second, the “work” was what now?
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
First of all, Trump wasn’t there, he was at Mar-a-Lago. Second, the “work” was what now?
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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"New data from DoorDash"
You can't even make Idiocracy jokes anymore
You can't even make Idiocracy jokes anymore
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"New data from DoorDash"
You can't even make Idiocracy jokes anymore
You can't even make Idiocracy jokes anymore
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It'll be called trumpcare because you'll also be forced to learn how to file for bankruptcy
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It'll be called trumpcare because you'll also be forced to learn how to file for bankruptcy
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I can't tell you how many times I've signed an NDA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I can't tell you how many times I've signed an NDA.
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I think it would be funny if M just picked up a special special phone and whispered "Go to plan J" and Q opened a vault and pulled another Bond out of bubble wrap, unwrapped and booted him, and immediately started talking about gadgets for his next outing.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I think it would be funny if M just picked up a special special phone and whispered "Go to plan J" and Q opened a vault and pulled another Bond out of bubble wrap, unwrapped and booted him, and immediately started talking about gadgets for his next outing.
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What if it turns out that the real James Bond was the friends we made along the way?
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
What if it turns out that the real James Bond was the friends we made along the way?
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sic semper comemierdería
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
sic semper comemierdería
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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It was Ludwig van—9th symphony, 4th movement.
ALEX: Stop it...stop it, please! I beg of you! It's a sin! It's a sin! It's a sin, please!
Brodsky leans forward and turns down the sound.
DR. BRODSK: What's all this about sin?
~ A Clockwork Orange (1971 Stanley Kubrick script)
ALEX: Stop it...stop it, please! I beg of you! It's a sin! It's a sin! It's a sin, please!
Brodsky leans forward and turns down the sound.
DR. BRODSK: What's all this about sin?
~ A Clockwork Orange (1971 Stanley Kubrick script)
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It was Ludwig van—9th symphony, 4th movement.
ALEX: Stop it...stop it, please! I beg of you! It's a sin! It's a sin! It's a sin, please!
Brodsky leans forward and turns down the sound.
DR. BRODSK: What's all this about sin?
~ A Clockwork Orange (1971 Stanley Kubrick script)
ALEX: Stop it...stop it, please! I beg of you! It's a sin! It's a sin! It's a sin, please!
Brodsky leans forward and turns down the sound.
DR. BRODSK: What's all this about sin?
~ A Clockwork Orange (1971 Stanley Kubrick script)
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it’s also funny bc the whole point of blinkist is that it gives you an AI summary of some stupid fucking productivity book and then you pretend you read the book. which you didn’t
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
it’s also funny bc the whole point of blinkist is that it gives you an AI summary of some stupid fucking productivity book and then you pretend you read the book. which you didn’t
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Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
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I think if you tag your midjourney image with the name of a working artist your phone should self-destruct in such a way as to prevent you from reproducing
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I think if you tag your midjourney image with the name of a working artist your phone should self-destruct in such a way as to prevent you from reproducing
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“They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ’instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives.” Huxley, Brave New World
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ’instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives.” Huxley, Brave New World
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And yet our safe streets award winning council still boasts about its "sharrows"...
#redbankNJ #bikeped #bikesky
#redbankNJ #bikeped #bikesky
Sharrows used to make sense in theory, but are now mostly useless and possibly dangerous
Road sharrows are about as effective as trying to protect yourself from a charging rhino with a wet paper towel
momentummag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And yet our safe streets award winning council still boasts about its "sharrows"...
#redbankNJ #bikeped #bikesky
#redbankNJ #bikeped #bikesky