Christopher Gates
@chriswgates.bsky.social
Writer. Unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed.
"how do you bring back Bond after he died?" a guy shows up in a suit and says his name is Bond, James Bond and you never address the previous movie. it's not that hard.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"how do you bring back Bond after he died?" a guy shows up in a suit and says his name is Bond, James Bond and you never address the previous movie. it's not that hard.
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Mamdani is good at what he does but he is less remarkable than the scene that nurtured him and supported him. Where would he be if he didn't have great video people, graphic designers, canvassers, press people, etc. All built up over a decade of DSA running candidates in NY & usually failing.
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Mamdani is good at what he does but he is less remarkable than the scene that nurtured him and supported him. Where would he be if he didn't have great video people, graphic designers, canvassers, press people, etc. All built up over a decade of DSA running candidates in NY & usually failing.
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A Jimmy Olsen show by the American Vandal people featuring Gorilla Grodd could not be more Chris-coded
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A Jimmy Olsen show by the American Vandal people featuring Gorilla Grodd could not be more Chris-coded
HOLY SHIT
Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda will write, executive produce and showrun the #Superman movie TV spinoff to star Skyler Gisondo, who played Daily Planet photographer and unlikely ladies’ man Jimmy Olsen: bit.ly/4hSZvnR
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
HOLY SHIT
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
There is absolutely no excuse for a country this wealthy to not provide its citizens with adequate health care. This is the issue that radicalized me years ago, and still my number one priority. Anyway, no money to Senate Democrats until they kick Schumer to the curb. (No, not even him. Or her.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There is absolutely no excuse for a country this wealthy to not provide its citizens with adequate health care. This is the issue that radicalized me years ago, and still my number one priority. Anyway, no money to Senate Democrats until they kick Schumer to the curb. (No, not even him. Or her.)
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what if I made a jrpg
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
what if I made a jrpg
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And that argument would be at all persuasive if you didn't just win a landslide election, if Trump's failures were finally breaking through mainstream media coverage, if Republicans weren't being torn about by their own antisemitism. You knocked down your opponent and immediately conceded!
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And that argument would be at all persuasive if you didn't just win a landslide election, if Trump's failures were finally breaking through mainstream media coverage, if Republicans weren't being torn about by their own antisemitism. You knocked down your opponent and immediately conceded!
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
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Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
we don't need a "Joe Rogan of the left" we just need Democrats who aren't fucking losers
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
we don't need a "Joe Rogan of the left" we just need Democrats who aren't fucking losers
this is "Jo March was paid $100 for her story in the 1880s" but for cheating
That Ortiz and Clase reportedly received the EXACT same dollar amount from fixers — in 2025! — as Shoeless Joe Jackson and Lefty Williams did in 1919 is … completely absurd. And another reason why player salaries have very little to do with why these gambling scandals happen.
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
this is "Jo March was paid $100 for her story in the 1880s" but for cheating
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Part II of The Hunger, my new horror story, is here.
Read in its entirety: medium.com/@leighalexan...
Read in its entirety: medium.com/@leighalexan...
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Part II of The Hunger, my new horror story, is here.
Read in its entirety: medium.com/@leighalexan...
Read in its entirety: medium.com/@leighalexan...
as a coastal California kid, sorry, but snow is never not gonna be magic, even when it's a pain in the ass
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
as a coastal California kid, sorry, but snow is never not gonna be magic, even when it's a pain in the ass
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I revisited my "Trees Hate You" project. I'm just continuing to come up with new ways to get bullied by foliage. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #ragegame
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I revisited my "Trees Hate You" project. I'm just continuing to come up with new ways to get bullied by foliage. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #ragegame
once when I was at a CVS, police removed a very drunk man from the store, but left his handle of vodka behind. after the commotion died down, an elderly woman behind me left the line, filled her empty Starbucks cup to the top with booze, put the bottle back by the bathroom, and walked out the door.
Got back to my hotel. Group got on elevator same time. Man (probably mid 40’s) sees a drink on the floor of elevator. Says it looks “brand new. Ice isn’t even melted.”
Him and his girl both start drinking it. “It’s great. Rum and Coke!”
THE FLOOR DRINK!
THE DRINK FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF AN ELEVATOR!
Him and his girl both start drinking it. “It’s great. Rum and Coke!”
THE FLOOR DRINK!
THE DRINK FOUND ON THE FLOOR OF AN ELEVATOR!
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
once when I was at a CVS, police removed a very drunk man from the store, but left his handle of vodka behind. after the commotion died down, an elderly woman behind me left the line, filled her empty Starbucks cup to the top with booze, put the bottle back by the bathroom, and walked out the door.
what if I made a jrpg
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
what if I made a jrpg
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did they think kendrick lamar was elmo
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
did they think kendrick lamar was elmo
oh hell yes
Year of the Ring, babyyyyy
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
oh hell yes
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I think what really needs to happen re: The Game Awards is we all need to boycott it. it goes beyond Future Class; the game awards exist to push marketing at people. it's not a real award show and it's not produced by people who care about gamedevs at all. we're just props.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I think what really needs to happen re: The Game Awards is we all need to boycott it. it goes beyond Future Class; the game awards exist to push marketing at people. it's not a real award show and it's not produced by people who care about gamedevs at all. we're just props.
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Also can video game journalists, please, please stop framing QA as a 'gateway' into the industry or a way for people to get their foot in the door so they can go into 'more creative' disciplines? QA is its own specialized field which requires very capable and specialized professionals.
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Also can video game journalists, please, please stop framing QA as a 'gateway' into the industry or a way for people to get their foot in the door so they can go into 'more creative' disciplines? QA is its own specialized field which requires very capable and specialized professionals.
the lack of "Joe Dante" in this report is concerning
Warners Making ‘Gremlins 3’ With Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus Returning - Releasing Nov 19, 2027 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
the lack of "Joe Dante" in this report is concerning
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Found the reason I bought the book
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Found the reason I bought the book
happy I Want to Move Back to New York Day, everyone
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
happy I Want to Move Back to New York Day, everyone