Chris Hanson
@eschaton.bsky.social
I used to get paid work on software for people to write software. Since retiring I still kind of do, as open source. I’m also setting up a Museum of Technical and Advanced Computing http://motaac.org/ in downtown San José, CA.
Proudly antifa.
Proudly antifa.
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Chris Hanson
@eschaton.bsky.social
· Nov 21
All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
Bluesky VC so far:
• $8M via a seed round on July 5, 2023
• $13M via a Series A round led by "Blockchain Capital" on October 24, 2024
If you think you're not the product here, you're wrong.
#enshittification #roteconomy
Bluesky VC so far:
• $8M via a seed round on July 5, 2023
• $13M via a Series A round led by "Blockchain Capital" on October 24, 2024
If you think you're not the product here, you're wrong.
#enshittification #roteconomy
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Here is one of the dumbest things about vibe coding that I don't see a lot of people talking about
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Here is one of the dumbest things about vibe coding that I don't see a lot of people talking about
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵
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Since gamergate, I have have in the back of my mind what one might call ‘fascist recruiting tactics.’ Some of these could be called 1) unlock forbidden wishes, promise to satisfy them 2) use inequality to create envy + promise share of spoils 3) create belonging by promising ‘total acceptance.’
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Since gamergate, I have have in the back of my mind what one might call ‘fascist recruiting tactics.’ Some of these could be called 1) unlock forbidden wishes, promise to satisfy them 2) use inequality to create envy + promise share of spoils 3) create belonging by promising ‘total acceptance.’
After all, coming up with the characters and plot is the hard part; writing all of the words, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters is just a mechanical task. Right?
February 5, 2026 at 8:07 AM
After all, coming up with the characters and plot is the hard part; writing all of the words, sentences, paragraphs, and chapters is just a mechanical task. Right?
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That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
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Oh look, exactly what we said was going to happen when Schumer caved on the shutdown
Top Senate negotiators say an effort to renew expired healthcare subsidies has effectively collapsed www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead
New, higher health-insurance bills are kicking in for many households.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Oh look, exactly what we said was going to happen when Schumer caved on the shutdown
I dunno, “Pentagon Wars” makes he not want to be in one if someone has even third-rate munitions.
February 5, 2026 at 7:35 AM
I dunno, “Pentagon Wars” makes he not want to be in one if someone has even third-rate munitions.
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Right now it only works with Disk Copy 4.2 disk images but should be straightforward to extend to any other format that preserves page labels, e.g. raw 536-byte/sector ProFile dumps.
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Right now it only works with Disk Copy 4.2 disk images but should be straightforward to extend to any other format that preserves page labels, e.g. raw 536-byte/sector ProFile dumps.
I’ve published my Lisa filesystem access tool: github.com/eschaton/lis...
It lets you list and extract the files in a Lisa filesystem, with automatic text file conversion. It supports both the flat Lisa OS 2.0 and the hierarchical Lisa OS 3.0 filesystems.
Open Source, MIT license.
It lets you list and extract the files in a Lisa filesystem, with automatic text file conversion. It supports both the flat Lisa OS 2.0 and the hierarchical Lisa OS 3.0 filesystems.
Open Source, MIT license.
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I’ve published my Lisa filesystem access tool: github.com/eschaton/lis...
It lets you list and extract the files in a Lisa filesystem, with automatic text file conversion. It supports both the flat Lisa OS 2.0 and the hierarchical Lisa OS 3.0 filesystems.
Open Source, MIT license.
It lets you list and extract the files in a Lisa filesystem, with automatic text file conversion. It supports both the flat Lisa OS 2.0 and the hierarchical Lisa OS 3.0 filesystems.
Open Source, MIT license.
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I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
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I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives
February 1, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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Personally, I think that anyone who was sending friendly emails back and forth with Jeffrey Epstein or attending events with him post-2008 should be thrown into an active volcano.
January 31, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Personally, I think that anyone who was sending friendly emails back and forth with Jeffrey Epstein or attending events with him post-2008 should be thrown into an active volcano.
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A year ago: We need TAXES on the WEALTHY
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Now: We need a cleansing fire
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A year ago: We need TAXES on the WEALTHY
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Now: We need a cleansing fire
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Absolutely disgusting to bring on this right-wing ghoul, @thedailyshow.com.
Whitney Cummings made her 'Daily Show' debut Wednesday night—not as a guest, but as the show’s newest contributor.
Whitney Cummings Is The Daily Show’s Newest Contributor
Whitney Cummings made her 'Daily Show' debut Wednesday night—not as a guest, but as the show’s newest contributor.
dlvr.it
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Absolutely disgusting to bring on this right-wing ghoul, @thedailyshow.com.
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always struck whenever i read anything from rufo how it is absolutely clear that he is a dumbass
I don’t know what I expected when I saw that Chris Rufo was taking on the “fascism canard” but lol
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
always struck whenever i read anything from rufo how it is absolutely clear that he is a dumbass
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If the crew at 60 MINUTES is looking for a big scoop, they should probably look into Bari Weiss's connections to Jeffrey Epstein, given that her wife was friendly with him and she just hired another longtime friend of his too.
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
If the crew at 60 MINUTES is looking for a big scoop, they should probably look into Bari Weiss's connections to Jeffrey Epstein, given that her wife was friendly with him and she just hired another longtime friend of his too.
There are still way, way more normal and good people in this world, despite their best efforts.
January 31, 2026 at 7:56 AM
There are still way, way more normal and good people in this world, despite their best efforts.
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Will Stancil chasing ICE agents on behalf of his refugee neighbors does the same thing to their brains that Crusader Kings III did to my old laptop
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Will Stancil chasing ICE agents on behalf of his refugee neighbors does the same thing to their brains that Crusader Kings III did to my old laptop
Hoping that this means I’ll be able to buy the Sun intellectual property at their bankruptcy auction for pennies on the million.
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Hoping that this means I’ll be able to buy the Sun intellectual property at their bankruptcy auction for pennies on the million.
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Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
classic story of some lady hitting the transphobia pipe harder and harder and becoming an intolerable shithead who alienates all her friends www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
How Sandie Peggie 'Benidorm Posse' friend group was torn apart by NHS Fife trans tribunal
The personal cost of the changing room row was exposed in expletive-ridden private messages as tensions boiled over in group chats.
www.thecourier.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
there are many horrible brainworms you can catch online but none of them are as all-encompassing in their destruction of you as a human being as transphobia
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction
start down that road and you become incapable of normal human interaction