Chris Phelps
@chrisphelps.bsky.social
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Pinned
Chris Phelps
@chrisphelps.bsky.social
· Feb 9
For a brief moment there, somewhere between the fall of the Soviet Union and 9/11, things were going pretty well. That was the sweet spot. Then we went and fucked it all up.
How can Trump fail to understand that FIFA giving him a fake “peace prize” is humiliating?
Trump awarded first-ever FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup final draw
President Donald Trump received the first FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino during Friday’s World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
www.foxnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
How can Trump fail to understand that FIFA giving him a fake “peace prize” is humiliating?
“Pink isn’t well, he stayed back at the hotel”
"Welcome back my friends
to the show that never ends
we're so glad you could attend
come inside, come inside..."
to the show that never ends
we're so glad you could attend
come inside, come inside..."
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“Pink isn’t well, he stayed back at the hotel”
Yeah, you’ve heard of bear hugs. But cat hugs? That’s the real deal.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Yeah, you’ve heard of bear hugs. But cat hugs? That’s the real deal.
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"The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen."
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen."
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
This
Abolish Border Patrol.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This
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About 60% of U.S. workers are not white men. Wouldn't know it from Trump's Department of Labor.
Are we still supposed to pretend that neither bigotry nor misogyny are key to Trumpism?
Are we still supposed to pretend that neither bigotry nor misogyny are key to Trumpism?
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
About 60% of U.S. workers are not white men. Wouldn't know it from Trump's Department of Labor.
Are we still supposed to pretend that neither bigotry nor misogyny are key to Trumpism?
Are we still supposed to pretend that neither bigotry nor misogyny are key to Trumpism?
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Literally the Republicans are keeping government closed because they are that against making healthcare affordable. That’s jacked up
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Literally the Republicans are keeping government closed because they are that against making healthcare affordable. That’s jacked up
A vegetarian (dairy) riff on bolognese sauce over farfalle, salad with fig-infused balsamic vinaigrette, and the last of my most recent Fast Eddie sourdough experiments (caramelized shallot, sun dried tomato, Parmesan and Asiago.)
My mom calls me “The Accidental Italian Chef” 😁
My mom calls me “The Accidental Italian Chef” 😁
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A vegetarian (dairy) riff on bolognese sauce over farfalle, salad with fig-infused balsamic vinaigrette, and the last of my most recent Fast Eddie sourdough experiments (caramelized shallot, sun dried tomato, Parmesan and Asiago.)
My mom calls me “The Accidental Italian Chef” 😁
My mom calls me “The Accidental Italian Chef” 😁
Choosing a photo from the 1992 Los Angeles riots to accompany this piece sure does make it look like @cnn.com has chosen to be a part of the MAGA propaganda machine.
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Choosing a photo from the 1992 Los Angeles riots to accompany this piece sure does make it look like @cnn.com has chosen to be a part of the MAGA propaganda machine.
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My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
October 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I am sitting on my patio in a cheap Chinese-made Amazon Adirondack chair that has a design feature that just might represent the pinnacle of human achievement.
It has a cupholder cutout that is precisely sized to accommodate a 750ml wine bottle.
It has a cupholder cutout that is precisely sized to accommodate a 750ml wine bottle.
October 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I am sitting on my patio in a cheap Chinese-made Amazon Adirondack chair that has a design feature that just might represent the pinnacle of human achievement.
It has a cupholder cutout that is precisely sized to accommodate a 750ml wine bottle.
It has a cupholder cutout that is precisely sized to accommodate a 750ml wine bottle.
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Interesting idea actually
Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Interesting idea actually
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My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.
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It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/
August 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/
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We live on a finite planet with finite resources. Colonizing other planets makes for nice fantasy stories but is not going to happen in real life.
All the current buzz about the need to increase birth rates and expand the human population to consume ever greater resources is utter nonsense.
All the current buzz about the need to increase birth rates and expand the human population to consume ever greater resources is utter nonsense.
August 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
We live on a finite planet with finite resources. Colonizing other planets makes for nice fantasy stories but is not going to happen in real life.
All the current buzz about the need to increase birth rates and expand the human population to consume ever greater resources is utter nonsense.
All the current buzz about the need to increase birth rates and expand the human population to consume ever greater resources is utter nonsense.
Maybe we don’t need energy shortages, more pollution, and less water so that we can have more AI data centers.
Maybe we need less AI so that we can have more energy, cleaner air, and more water. 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Maybe we need less AI so that we can have more energy, cleaner air, and more water. 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Maybe we don’t need energy shortages, more pollution, and less water so that we can have more AI data centers.
Maybe we need less AI so that we can have more energy, cleaner air, and more water. 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Maybe we need less AI so that we can have more energy, cleaner air, and more water. 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
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This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The Trump team is out there trying to normalize an utterly immoral sellout of UKR
Matt Whitaker, US ambassador to NATO, on a Ukraine land swap:
"in other contexts...to get a line that both sides can agree to, certain strategic pieces that benefit either side are exchanged [to] make sure that they can both defend their territory."
Both? What territory does Russia need to defend?
"in other contexts...to get a line that both sides can agree to, certain strategic pieces that benefit either side are exchanged [to] make sure that they can both defend their territory."
Both? What territory does Russia need to defend?
US Ambassador to NATO: ‘It’s possible’ Zelensky will attend Trump-Putin summit | CNN Politics
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker discusses the upcoming Alaska summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. CNN’s Dana Bash presses him on whether Trump can trust Putin.
www.cnn.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Trump team is out there trying to normalize an utterly immoral sellout of UKR
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"Once, if a president or his subordinates wanted to cover up a problem, even a crime, they made labored efforts at obfuscation and concealment. Coverups were, as the term implies, pursued under cover of darkness. The Epstein coverup is happening in broad daylight."
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
Killing Democracy—And Not Bothering to Hide It
The assault is happening in plain sight, from the Epstein case to Texas reapportionment to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.thebulwark.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Once, if a president or his subordinates wanted to cover up a problem, even a crime, they made labored efforts at obfuscation and concealment. Coverups were, as the term implies, pursued under cover of darkness. The Epstein coverup is happening in broad daylight."
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...
Trump is openly covering up his connections to his best friend’s pedophile ring and people are just reacting like…
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August 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump is openly covering up his connections to his best friend’s pedophile ring and people are just reacting like…
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Trump has initiated a new era in which the chief executive can use threats regarding the most powerful weapons on Earth to salve his ego and improve his political fortunes. Once upon a time, America was governed by serious people. No longer.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Not With a Bang, but With a Truth Social Post
The president is rattling a nuclear saber as a distraction.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Trump has initiated a new era in which the chief executive can use threats regarding the most powerful weapons on Earth to salve his ego and improve his political fortunes. Once upon a time, America was governed by serious people. No longer.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Joseph Stalin would be proud.
THE JOBS DATA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN or he will appoint someone to create new data.
THE JOBS DATA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN or he will appoint someone to create new data.
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than p...
apnews.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Joseph Stalin would be proud.
THE JOBS DATA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN or he will appoint someone to create new data.
THE JOBS DATA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN or he will appoint someone to create new data.