Chris Larsen
@chrislarsen.bsky.social
Full Stack Web Developer. Main languages are Crystal, Ruby, and JavaScript.
Known to tell jokes to make anyone groan.
He/him
Known to tell jokes to make anyone groan.
He/him
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
For my First Nations friends:
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
For my First Nations friends:
This is awesome.
This piece is a little breathless and I can't vouch for all it's claims, but I am sure that the solar revolution in Africa is a huge and genuinely novel economic development
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
climatedrift.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is awesome.
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Apropos of theonion.com/democrats-si...
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Apropos of theonion.com/democrats-si...
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The thing that’s funny: most of the builders I know, unless it’s a special thing or they miscalculated, get their materials delivered to site. If you’re driving you truck you’re not building.
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The thing that’s funny: most of the builders I know, unless it’s a special thing or they miscalculated, get their materials delivered to site. If you’re driving you truck you’re not building.
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When is the world going to do something about these terrorists?
Earlier today, a mob of Israeli Jewish settlers attacked and assaulted roughly 30 Palestinian villagers and activists, plus about 10 journalists who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When is the world going to do something about these terrorists?
Amazing take on Generative AI.
"I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."
"I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."
Nope. Read this, it’s perfect.
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Amazing take on Generative AI.
"I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."
"I am here to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response."
Is anyone still doubting who wants this generative AI bullshit, and what they want it for?
“When Sora finished generating those videos it sent us notifications like ‘Your choke scene just went live, brace for chaos,’ and ‘Yikes, intense choke scene, watch responsibly.’”
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Is anyone still doubting who wants this generative AI bullshit, and what they want it for?
Them: Billionaires worked hard for what they have!
Me: They didn't work harder than this guy.
Me: They didn't work harder than this guy.
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Them: Billionaires worked hard for what they have!
Me: They didn't work harder than this guy.
Me: They didn't work harder than this guy.
SCAM ALTMAN
Totally remembering this one.
Totally remembering this one.
New article on Sam Altman's long history of abusive, toxic, manipulative, duplicitous behavior (those aren't my words, but the words of people who have directly interacted with him). The guy is a complete conman, worthy of the derogatory moniker "Scam Altman." Read more:
Is Sam Altman a Sociopath?
On his long history of mendacious, manipulative, and abusive behavior. (1,500 words.)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
SCAM ALTMAN
Totally remembering this one.
Totally remembering this one.
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Google paid $2.7b to license Character.AI models and to poach 20% of their staff. This is after Character led a teen to his suicide and has been defending themselves on First Amendment grounds.
These are deeply unethical people.
These are deeply unethical people.
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Google paid $2.7b to license Character.AI models and to poach 20% of their staff. This is after Character led a teen to his suicide and has been defending themselves on First Amendment grounds.
These are deeply unethical people.
These are deeply unethical people.
Just saw someone say that AI is the pumpkin spice of the tech world, and I think I'm gonna have to reuse this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just saw someone say that AI is the pumpkin spice of the tech world, and I think I'm gonna have to reuse this.
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Reminder that Robby is a grifter ass protest tourist who snagged $121,000 for ‘legal fees’, after 1 day of protesting, getting arrested, and released in like an hour, and contributing fuck all to local activists. Get the fuck out of Portland.
Back in Portland Oregon after ICE Arrest singing more hit songs!
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Reminder that Robby is a grifter ass protest tourist who snagged $121,000 for ‘legal fees’, after 1 day of protesting, getting arrested, and released in like an hour, and contributing fuck all to local activists. Get the fuck out of Portland.
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We are only 🔻£190🔻 far away from our next step 18k
We still have a strong hope that we can do by your generous support for us all this time
Please don't let us give up while we are going through a hill by chasing our accounts on here🙏
Your always our lovely heroes let's do it
gofund.me/9b0cc879
We still have a strong hope that we can do by your generous support for us all this time
Please don't let us give up while we are going through a hill by chasing our accounts on here🙏
Your always our lovely heroes let's do it
gofund.me/9b0cc879
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We are only 🔻£190🔻 far away from our next step 18k
We still have a strong hope that we can do by your generous support for us all this time
Please don't let us give up while we are going through a hill by chasing our accounts on here🙏
Your always our lovely heroes let's do it
gofund.me/9b0cc879
We still have a strong hope that we can do by your generous support for us all this time
Please don't let us give up while we are going through a hill by chasing our accounts on here🙏
Your always our lovely heroes let's do it
gofund.me/9b0cc879
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Some really good news. This is a way to honour the memory of those courageous men and women who fought against fascism.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some really good news. This is a way to honour the memory of those courageous men and women who fought against fascism.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’m Jewish. I lived in New York for a decade. I am very, very concerned about antisemitism.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani would fight to protect my life and my rights. I have no doubt the ADL has entirely failed to protect me and my family from fascists.
I know where my allegiance lies.
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"According to Nick Clegg, AI would die if the tech oligarchs couldn't steal our work--I am okay with that. If requiring consent kills something, that thing deserves to die."
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"According to Nick Clegg, AI would die if the tech oligarchs couldn't steal our work--I am okay with that. If requiring consent kills something, that thing deserves to die."
Once again, Rachel Gilmore nails it.
Personally, I'm not stoked about the idea of a Liberal majority.
Minority governments are better for democracy (despite the instability) because they require compromise and collaboration.
With a majority, CEO Carney would be in full effect.
Minority governments are better for democracy (despite the instability) because they require compromise and collaboration.
With a majority, CEO Carney would be in full effect.
Dimitri Soudas, former Harper comms guy, told RadCan this morning that he's hearing Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux will cross the floor to the Liberals today.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
If this happens, the Liberals are one seat short of a majority. You know what that means.
That's right.
Elizabeth May is Kingmaker.
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Once again, Rachel Gilmore nails it.
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Here’s a step by step guide on how to block 3rd-party trackers automatically: Open Firefox. Done.
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here’s a step by step guide on how to block 3rd-party trackers automatically: Open Firefox. Done.
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Just to remind ppl that zohran campaigned as unapologetically pro-Palestine so stop saying it’s an untenable position
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Just to remind ppl that zohran campaigned as unapologetically pro-Palestine so stop saying it’s an untenable position
A concise and accurate assessment of the LPC.
I stand by my contention the LPC’s greatest political strength is that it stands for nothing. It’s capable of anything. Except the right thing.
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A concise and accurate assessment of the LPC.