Chris J
@cpj1.bsky.social
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Chris J
@cpj1.bsky.social
· Nov 22
GitHub - cjcodeproj/vtmedia-schema: XML schema for cataloging media libraries.
XML schema for cataloging media libraries. Contribute to cjcodeproj/vtmedia-schema development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
This is the schema project I'm working on to catalog physical media libraries. The documentation is terrible, but there are examples for both movies and music.
github.com/cjcodeproj/v...
github.com/cjcodeproj/v...
The health segments they produce will probably be dangerous.
Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The health segments they produce will probably be dangerous.
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NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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JFC. I knew there was irony to Home Depot being an official World Cup supporter but as rapid response teams are shouting "WHAT IS YOUR NAME" at workers being kidnapped off Home Depot lots, this ad is beyond irony — it is full-on Orwellian nightmare. corporate.homedepot.com/news/partner...
“We All Have a Name”: The Home Depot’s First FIFA World Cup Campaign
The creative direction in The Home Depot’s latest FIFA World Cup ad campaign is deeply personal. The commercial themed “We All Have a Name,” celebrates the pride and legacy behind every name—whether i...
corporate.homedepot.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
JFC. I knew there was irony to Home Depot being an official World Cup supporter but as rapid response teams are shouting "WHAT IS YOUR NAME" at workers being kidnapped off Home Depot lots, this ad is beyond irony — it is full-on Orwellian nightmare. corporate.homedepot.com/news/partner...
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We may have hit peak “conservative misunderstanding Star Wars/sci-fi media” here.
And kudos to @garywhitta.bsky.social for the slap down.
#StarWars
And kudos to @garywhitta.bsky.social for the slap down.
#StarWars
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We may have hit peak “conservative misunderstanding Star Wars/sci-fi media” here.
And kudos to @garywhitta.bsky.social for the slap down.
#StarWars
And kudos to @garywhitta.bsky.social for the slap down.
#StarWars
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Sample quote from an early review of MELANIA, courtesy of The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Sample quote from an early review of MELANIA, courtesy of The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
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15 goddamn years and people are suing each other over who actually killed bin Laden
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
15 goddamn years and people are suing each other over who actually killed bin Laden
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more news from the most normal administration:
Marco Rubio hides under a blanket when he naps on Air Force One so Trump won't find him and think he's weak for needing sleep
Marco Rubio hides under a blanket when he naps on Air Force One so Trump won't find him and think he's weak for needing sleep
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 PM
more news from the most normal administration:
Marco Rubio hides under a blanket when he naps on Air Force One so Trump won't find him and think he's weak for needing sleep
Marco Rubio hides under a blanket when he naps on Air Force One so Trump won't find him and think he's weak for needing sleep
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getting logged off and not being able to post is worse than getting fired with these folks
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
getting logged off and not being able to post is worse than getting fired with these folks
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s been compromised. Find me on Windows Mobile Excel.
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s been compromised. Find me on Windows Mobile Excel.
This was a depressing read.
Helicopter flew too close to crowd, with rotor wash causing a civilian’s fatal fall, Air Force report finds trib.al/bReCppi
Helicopter flew too close to crowd, with rotor wash causing a civilian’s fatal fall, Air Force report finds
A “false confidence of safety” and a flight plan that did not adhere to plans led to a fatal incident at Kadena Air Base last spring.
trib.al
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
This was a depressing read.
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SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Two dudes debating whether to go with a two aisle configuration, or a single aisle configuration for the school pageant: Is this the start of a friendship?
is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Two dudes debating whether to go with a two aisle configuration, or a single aisle configuration for the school pageant: Is this the start of a friendship?
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The rest of it is even funnier
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The rest of it is even funnier
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The Pentagon's most recognizable military working dog is hanging up his goggles.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
Pentagon’s most recognizable military working dog is hanging up his goggles
Nick, the 9-year-old German shepherd who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will retire during a ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
www.stripes.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The Pentagon's most recognizable military working dog is hanging up his goggles.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
Nick, the friendly faced German shepherd known as Doggles who greets users on the login page for the DOD Global Directory, will officially become a veteran this week during a retirement ceremony at Fort Meade, Md.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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When you have midwesterners opposing a uniformed squad that’s called an OPEFOR
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
When you have midwesterners opposing a uniformed squad that’s called an OPEFOR
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Last week, MAGA was claiming they're the *real* victims because some protesters called out a church who has an ICE agent pastor.
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
Pro-ICE churches should be shamed
Cities Church in St. Paul are the persecutors, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Last week, MAGA was claiming they're the *real* victims because some protesters called out a church who has an ICE agent pastor.
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
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Last year, I reported on a problematic NYPD unit led by a particularly problematic commander.
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
Adams Aide Who Acted as ICE Liaison Is Set to Join Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Last year, I reported on a problematic NYPD unit led by a particularly problematic commander.
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
The commander once pointed a gun at a motorcyclist and threatened to kill him.
Well, that commander, Kaz Daughtry, has a new job.
He now works for Trump's DHS.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/n...
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It's a small thing in the scale of this insanity, but basically nobody in this administration could get a security clearance for the positions they are appointed for.
Kash Patel, sniffing heavily on Benny Johnson's show: "The investigations ongoing into the funding of this -- we've made actual substantial progress, I just can't publicize it. But we've actually found groups and individuals responsible for funding it, because it's not happening organically."
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It's a small thing in the scale of this insanity, but basically nobody in this administration could get a security clearance for the positions they are appointed for.
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From @brianstelter.bsky.social about the shrinking of the Washington Post.
I know all the reasons we can't have it. I will say it anyway. Pressure campaign on Bezos to create an endowment with his wealth, sell the Post to a nonprofit board, and step away completely. Do one great thing and leave.
I know all the reasons we can't have it. I will say it anyway. Pressure campaign on Bezos to create an endowment with his wealth, sell the Post to a nonprofit board, and step away completely. Do one great thing and leave.
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
From @brianstelter.bsky.social about the shrinking of the Washington Post.
I know all the reasons we can't have it. I will say it anyway. Pressure campaign on Bezos to create an endowment with his wealth, sell the Post to a nonprofit board, and step away completely. Do one great thing and leave.
I know all the reasons we can't have it. I will say it anyway. Pressure campaign on Bezos to create an endowment with his wealth, sell the Post to a nonprofit board, and step away completely. Do one great thing and leave.
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Paul Allen not on the air on KFAN right now during his usual 9-noon slot.
Fill in host.
Fill in host.
January 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Paul Allen not on the air on KFAN right now during his usual 9-noon slot.
Fill in host.
Fill in host.