A Chris
@ckatkinson.bsky.social
A dad who's into music, bikes, math, and computers. Living in Madison, WI.
5yo singing Herbie Hancock's Chameleon as he's winding down in bed. It's stuck in his head because 10yo has been playing it on the piano all evening. Parenting win.
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
5yo singing Herbie Hancock's Chameleon as he's winding down in bed. It's stuck in his head because 10yo has been playing it on the piano all evening. Parenting win.
Sun Reis Project playing at Audio for the Arts
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sun Reis Project playing at Audio for the Arts
Early bus doesn't make sense. Actually going to miss the bus because of this.
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Early bus doesn't make sense. Actually going to miss the bus because of this.
Design consultants were 5 and 10yo. One of these is scary (or at least very annoying) to parents.
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Design consultants were 5 and 10yo. One of these is scary (or at least very annoying) to parents.
From an animal welfare point of view, the dairy industry feels more sinister than the beef industry.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
From an animal welfare point of view, the dairy industry feels more sinister than the beef industry.
I've been listening to @marcmaron.bsky.social's podcast for at least 12 years. Bye imaginary friend! I'll miss you!
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I've been listening to @marcmaron.bsky.social's podcast for at least 12 years. Bye imaginary friend! I'll miss you!
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
I wasn't nervous about going to Chicago until the government decided to pretend there was a problem to be solved on Chicago. The fact that I'm considering bringing passports just in case is not a symptom of a healthy nation.
October 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I wasn't nervous about going to Chicago until the government decided to pretend there was a problem to be solved on Chicago. The fact that I'm considering bringing passports just in case is not a symptom of a healthy nation.
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Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
My wife thinks is sooo funny that my g string keeps binding because my nut is a little busted.
October 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My wife thinks is sooo funny that my g string keeps binding because my nut is a little busted.
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Another example of the real problem being that people like Cruz live in an alternate reality bubble. Pretty much anyone accusing orgs like Wikipedia, NPR, or PBS of liberal bias is really just showing they don't live in the objective reality.
In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal. www.wired.com/story/ted-cr...
Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’
In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.
www.wired.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another example of the real problem being that people like Cruz live in an alternate reality bubble. Pretty much anyone accusing orgs like Wikipedia, NPR, or PBS of liberal bias is really just showing they don't live in the objective reality.
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Starting to think that even if the files get released and despite the horrifying reality they expose, truth and facts in this age have been so corrupted that it won’t even matter, feel like we’ve already crossed a terrifying threshold we can never come back from.
October 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Starting to think that even if the files get released and despite the horrifying reality they expose, truth and facts in this age have been so corrupted that it won’t even matter, feel like we’ve already crossed a terrifying threshold we can never come back from.
This is great. It'd have been so cool to see this iteration of this group play. Music and silliness? Yes please.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gdw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gdw...
Cheaper Than Cheep: Live Concert Film (1974)
YouTube video by Frank Zappa
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is great. It'd have been so cool to see this iteration of this group play. Music and silliness? Yes please.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gdw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gdw...
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this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.
Hiromi's Sonicwonder.
She played a solo piano piece (seemingly Keith Jarrett style improvised) that was probably the most mind-blowing piano playing I've ever witnessed.
She played a solo piano piece (seemingly Keith Jarrett style improvised) that was probably the most mind-blowing piano playing I've ever witnessed.
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Hiromi's Sonicwonder.
She played a solo piano piece (seemingly Keith Jarrett style improvised) that was probably the most mind-blowing piano playing I've ever witnessed.
She played a solo piano piece (seemingly Keith Jarrett style improvised) that was probably the most mind-blowing piano playing I've ever witnessed.
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
A civil war and a world war? In this economy?
October 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A civil war and a world war? In this economy?
If we impeached Nixon...
(I promise I was at a full stop when I took this)
(I promise I was at a full stop when I took this)
September 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If we impeached Nixon...
(I promise I was at a full stop when I took this)
(I promise I was at a full stop when I took this)
Traffic lights are car infrastructure.
September 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Traffic lights are car infrastructure.
Ok now I've driven my family crazy by spending all day learning to play this on guitar.
September 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ok now I've driven my family crazy by spending all day learning to play this on guitar.