Chris Maytag
@cpm5280.bsky.social
Cameras, space, astronomy, politics, art, words, mountains, ethics, chocolate, bikes, cats. Made of burritos & coffee. Mostly invisible. Future Starfleet Academy groundskeeper. He/him.
Seeking the thing.
California expat in Boulder
Seeking the thing.
California expat in Boulder
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Chris Maytag
@cpm5280.bsky.social
· Jan 20
I hope you’re all doing ok.
People on the inside - those with resources, access, approval, traction - just don't have any fucking clue about the lives of people on the outside. True across domains, eras, countries. The elect do not understand their own detachment from the world inhabited by the rest.
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
People on the inside - those with resources, access, approval, traction - just don't have any fucking clue about the lives of people on the outside. True across domains, eras, countries. The elect do not understand their own detachment from the world inhabited by the rest.
re: Kendzior's suspension & Bluesky's moderation tooling:
If I HAD to use tools that I KNEW could/would lead to bad outcomes, I'd take the time to add an explanation for people being banned/suspended about exactly WHY they were banned/suspended. Bsky not doing this suggests lack of care.
If I HAD to use tools that I KNEW could/would lead to bad outcomes, I'd take the time to add an explanation for people being banned/suspended about exactly WHY they were banned/suspended. Bsky not doing this suggests lack of care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
re: Kendzior's suspension & Bluesky's moderation tooling:
If I HAD to use tools that I KNEW could/would lead to bad outcomes, I'd take the time to add an explanation for people being banned/suspended about exactly WHY they were banned/suspended. Bsky not doing this suggests lack of care.
If I HAD to use tools that I KNEW could/would lead to bad outcomes, I'd take the time to add an explanation for people being banned/suspended about exactly WHY they were banned/suspended. Bsky not doing this suggests lack of care.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
The thing about the Democratic Party is this:
If it ever managed to become the fighting force we want and need it to be, if it somehow managed to stop giving up, stopped throwing our wins to the GOP...it would not only get more support from its own base, it would actually pull voters from the GOP.
If it ever managed to become the fighting force we want and need it to be, if it somehow managed to stop giving up, stopped throwing our wins to the GOP...it would not only get more support from its own base, it would actually pull voters from the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The thing about the Democratic Party is this:
If it ever managed to become the fighting force we want and need it to be, if it somehow managed to stop giving up, stopped throwing our wins to the GOP...it would not only get more support from its own base, it would actually pull voters from the GOP.
If it ever managed to become the fighting force we want and need it to be, if it somehow managed to stop giving up, stopped throwing our wins to the GOP...it would not only get more support from its own base, it would actually pull voters from the GOP.
This is precisely 180° backwards, @kaine.senate.gov. You turned the hardship of these workers into failure. That doesn't earn you a good night's sleep, bro, it earns you enmity, fury, and rage. Those are your earnings from yesterday. Enjoy, bud.
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is precisely 180° backwards, @kaine.senate.gov. You turned the hardship of these workers into failure. That doesn't earn you a good night's sleep, bro, it earns you enmity, fury, and rage. Those are your earnings from yesterday. Enjoy, bud.
Solar-powered hot tubs for bears in the wilderness
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Solar-powered hot tubs for bears in the wilderness
borg + borgmatic = easy deduplicated backups.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
borg + borgmatic = easy deduplicated backups.
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A considered read from our very own Bruce Lawson:
“A.I.” browsers: the price of admission is too high vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-bro...
It’s a cliché that “data is the new oil” that will power the next industrial revolution. Where does the data that powers Artificial Intelligence come from? And if data is the fuel for AI, what is the product?
It’s a cliché that “data is the new oil” that will power the next industrial revolution. Where does the data that powers Artificial Intelligence come from? And if data is the fuel for AI, what is the product?
“A.I.” browsers: the price of admission is too high | Vivaldi Browser
It’s a cliché that “data is the new oil” that will power the next industrial revolution. Where does the data that powers Artificial Intelligence come from? And if data is the fuel for AI…
vivaldi.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A considered read from our very own Bruce Lawson:
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Can't wait for primary season.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Can't wait for primary season.
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
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 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
People need to understand that Chicago is a preview, not a culmination.
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How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Resign, @schumer.senate.gov. Resign today. And tell Jeffries to do the same.
The American people need and deserve better than you are able to deliver.
RESIGN.
The American people need and deserve better than you are able to deliver.
RESIGN.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Resign, @schumer.senate.gov. Resign today. And tell Jeffries to do the same.
The American people need and deserve better than you are able to deliver.
RESIGN.
The American people need and deserve better than you are able to deliver.
RESIGN.
Diminishing returns
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Diminishing returns
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Capitalism really did look at the hellish flames of naturally occurring hydrocarbon surface fires viewed as places of supernatural power for millennia and say "hrm, what if we could commodify this?"
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Capitalism really did look at the hellish flames of naturally occurring hydrocarbon surface fires viewed as places of supernatural power for millennia and say "hrm, what if we could commodify this?"
My iphone just restarted itself. Everything seems fine, but...it's not supposed to do that. Not normal. So, now giving it intense side-eye.
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My iphone just restarted itself. Everything seems fine, but...it's not supposed to do that. Not normal. So, now giving it intense side-eye.
For my GenX brothers and sisters.
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For my GenX brothers and sisters.
It is maddening to see AI use by people who should know better. This is an antifascist message brought to life by fascist technology and the lack of awareness is staggering.
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It is maddening to see AI use by people who should know better. This is an antifascist message brought to life by fascist technology and the lack of awareness is staggering.