Chris Jensen
@chrisjensenj.bsky.social
Founding Engineer @spkeasy.social
Building well-being and privacy focused tech
Tech can actually do good things, but only if we try
Ex-Head of Engineering @ Raisely | Software, climate, and community nerd (he/him)
Opinions by people smarter than me
Building well-being and privacy focused tech
Tech can actually do good things, but only if we try
Ex-Head of Engineering @ Raisely | Software, climate, and community nerd (he/him)
Opinions by people smarter than me
Stop 👏 reporting 👏 heatwaves 👏 with 👏 fun 👏 photos media challenge 2026
These are deadly events fuelled by our government's unwillingness to be honest about the climate crisis
These are deadly events fuelled by our government's unwillingness to be honest about the climate crisis
The Australian Open tennis tournament rescheduled matches and started extreme heat protocols as temperatures in Melbourne were forecast to soar as high as 45C (113F)
Heat Wave Upends Australian Open as Temperatures Set to Hit 45C
The Australian Open tennis tournament rescheduled matches and started extreme heat protocols as temperatures in Melbourne were forecast to soar as high as 45C (113F) and smoke was expected to blanket the city.
bloom.bg
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Stop 👏 reporting 👏 heatwaves 👏 with 👏 fun 👏 photos media challenge 2026
These are deadly events fuelled by our government's unwillingness to be honest about the climate crisis
These are deadly events fuelled by our government's unwillingness to be honest about the climate crisis
Same
If I die from an extreme weather event please politicise the fuck out of it. #nzpol
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Same
I'm sure those voices are just very busy expressing outrage over what's going on in other parts of the country... right? 🫠
I recall reading that when Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the New York City Mayor, there would be Shari'a Law, women forced to wear Burqas, Christian and Jewish places of worship bulldozed, and the sky would fall.
However these voices of doom seem to be very quiet these days? 🤷🏻♀️
However these voices of doom seem to be very quiet these days? 🤷🏻♀️
January 27, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I'm sure those voices are just very busy expressing outrage over what's going on in other parts of the country... right? 🫠
When will the media reckon with their role in misinforming voters
(for example, how publishing a headline like this reinforces the misinformation cycle)
(for example, how publishing a headline like this reinforces the misinformation cycle)
Disillusioned with the failure of the last two governments to address the cost of living crisis, voters turn to ...
*checks notes*
The only person holding power in both those governments
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
*checks notes*
The only person holding power in both those governments
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Pessimistic voters look to Winston Peters to be the change candidate inside the coalition
Analysis: For a man who claims little regard for the polls, the NZ First leader will surely be feeling more favourably toward their latest offerings.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 AM
When will the media reckon with their role in misinforming voters
(for example, how publishing a headline like this reinforces the misinformation cycle)
(for example, how publishing a headline like this reinforces the misinformation cycle)
Disillusioned with the failure of the last two governments to address the cost of living crisis, voters turn to ...
*checks notes*
The only person holding power in both those governments
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
*checks notes*
The only person holding power in both those governments
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Pessimistic voters look to Winston Peters to be the change candidate inside the coalition
Analysis: For a man who claims little regard for the polls, the NZ First leader will surely be feeling more favourably toward their latest offerings.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Disillusioned with the failure of the last two governments to address the cost of living crisis, voters turn to ...
*checks notes*
The only person holding power in both those governments
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
*checks notes*
The only person holding power in both those governments
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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"I always need to remind myself that these are not two separate emergencies competing for attention, but one story unfolding on different timelines."
Excellent read - lots of parallels here to Covid too
Excellent read - lots of parallels here to Covid too
Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.
I don't know how to do this
But I'm going to keep doing it anyway.
heated.world
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"I always need to remind myself that these are not two separate emergencies competing for attention, but one story unfolding on different timelines."
Excellent read - lots of parallels here to Covid too
Excellent read - lots of parallels here to Covid too
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A climate emergency fund would be useful right about now.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 AM
A climate emergency fund would be useful right about now.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
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Absolute cinema.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Absolute cinema.
This thread is a ray of sunlight
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This thread is a ray of sunlight
That the government are such predictable liars that the Greens were able to fully debunk Luxons speech before it was given feels like it should be a bigger news story
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
That the government are such predictable liars that the Greens were able to fully debunk Luxons speech before it was given feels like it should be a bigger news story
Yep
You know what the weirdest thing is?
They think they are leaving us behind…
Maybe it feels like they are leaving us behind too…
But actually we are desperately throwing out life savers and trying to pull them onto the life boat, but they are pulling us into the water instead.
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They think they are leaving us behind…
Maybe it feels like they are leaving us behind too…
But actually we are desperately throwing out life savers and trying to pull them onto the life boat, but they are pulling us into the water instead.
😷
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Yep
Them: The imaginary hand of the market will maximise value for everyone
The market: We invented a new kind of pan - it's covered in cancer and ruined if you touch it with metal.
The market: We invented a new kind of pan - it's covered in cancer and ruined if you touch it with metal.
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Them: The imaginary hand of the market will maximise value for everyone
The market: We invented a new kind of pan - it's covered in cancer and ruined if you touch it with metal.
The market: We invented a new kind of pan - it's covered in cancer and ruined if you touch it with metal.
Corporations will act like they are reluctantly complying with fascism, but they birthed it.
There is a straight line from the greed of corporations to what we have seen this week
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There is a straight line from the greed of corporations to what we have seen this week
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January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Corporations will act like they are reluctantly complying with fascism, but they birthed it.
There is a straight line from the greed of corporations to what we have seen this week
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There is a straight line from the greed of corporations to what we have seen this week
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The road to the current state of the US is lined with signs that read "Wait and see", "Don't overreact", "Ignore the doomsayers", etc.
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The road to the current state of the US is lined with signs that read "Wait and see", "Don't overreact", "Ignore the doomsayers", etc.
It's almost as if opening fire on citizens without warning or provocation has consequences
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It's almost as if opening fire on citizens without warning or provocation has consequences
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My promise to my daughter is that she'll always have a place in my home to stay if she needs to escape domestic violence. At any age, no questions asked. With her kids, if she has them. I'll always believe her. If you have a daughter, consider making this pledge with me
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 AM
My promise to my daughter is that she'll always have a place in my home to stay if she needs to escape domestic violence. At any age, no questions asked. With her kids, if she has them. I'll always believe her. If you have a daughter, consider making this pledge with me
@stechlab-labels.bsky.social labels + @infinitescream.bsky.social is so 2026
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
@stechlab-labels.bsky.social labels + @infinitescream.bsky.social is so 2026
I cannot emphasize enough just how dumb the exploit of MMH is.
It's so dumb that it's highly probable there have been other breaches that simply haven't resulted in a randsom and so went undetected
It's so dumb that it's highly probable there have been other breaches that simply haven't resulted in a randsom and so went undetected
I think it's important for the non-technical people to understand: this is dumb. This is not an elaborate hack. This is an exploitation of a very big mistake.
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I cannot emphasize enough just how dumb the exploit of MMH is.
It's so dumb that it's highly probable there have been other breaches that simply haven't resulted in a randsom and so went undetected
It's so dumb that it's highly probable there have been other breaches that simply haven't resulted in a randsom and so went undetected
I think every news article on heatwaves and record breaking temperatures should end with a list of recent policy decisions (and a list of who voted) so that people can be reminded about who is responsible. Oh and a list of government lobbyists too.
#auspol
#auspol
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks”
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks”
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
So is Labor ready to have a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS yet?
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
So is Labor ready to have a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS yet?
If you're shocked and horrified by the revelation that anti-trans sentiment was deliberately manufactured by one of the worlds largest print media outlets, I'm begging you to ask "what other public opinions have been manufactured in this way?"
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transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
If you're shocked and horrified by the revelation that anti-trans sentiment was deliberately manufactured by one of the worlds largest print media outlets, I'm begging you to ask "what other public opinions have been manufactured in this way?"
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transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
The real reason the tech bros want to talk about AI personhood is so they don't have to take responsibility for making shitty software
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The real reason the tech bros want to talk about AI personhood is so they don't have to take responsibility for making shitty software
Imagine being such a broken human you outsourced your apologies to a bot
Only thing worse would be being a journalist who reports it uncritically
Only thing worse would be being a journalist who reports it uncritically
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Imagine being such a broken human you outsourced your apologies to a bot
Only thing worse would be being a journalist who reports it uncritically
Only thing worse would be being a journalist who reports it uncritically