Chirs
@reallychris.bsky.social
politics somewhere on the left, i like foss, am a bisexual.
he/him
from north west uk
masto= @reallychris@tech.lgbt
github= https://github.com/rlychrisg
he/him
from north west uk
masto= @reallychris@tech.lgbt
github= https://github.com/rlychrisg
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Chirs
@reallychris.bsky.social
· Jul 13
don't think i've plugged #gomiasto in a while, not on here anyway. it's A FUN GAME where you have to guess a place based on distance and direction. there's a uk version, as well as usa, and manchester metrolink, which is far too difficult to be fun. rlychrisg.github.io/GoMiasto/
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Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials.
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
December 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials.
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
they keep doing more years with frankly diminishing returns, they'll never come close to the classics. i just think it's tragic and sort of embarrassing at this point. give it up, eh lads. we've all had enough this.
December 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
they keep doing more years with frankly diminishing returns, they'll never come close to the classics. i just think it's tragic and sort of embarrassing at this point. give it up, eh lads. we've all had enough this.
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This spectacular image of the planetary alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House was taken in the early morning around April 21, 2022, and featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 26, 2022
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This spectacular image of the planetary alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House was taken in the early morning around April 21, 2022, and featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 26, 2022
i'm just putting this out there now, if i ever make a sweeping generalisation, and get any pushback for it that falls short of abuse or a threat to my well being or safety, i am hereby declaring that i deserve it for not anticipating all the exceptions.
and i would have to eat these words.
and i would have to eat these words.
December 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
i'm just putting this out there now, if i ever make a sweeping generalisation, and get any pushback for it that falls short of abuse or a threat to my well being or safety, i am hereby declaring that i deserve it for not anticipating all the exceptions.
and i would have to eat these words.
and i would have to eat these words.
and i am properly fixed on hyprland now. having something like hyprctl is a deal breaker. maybe i'll pick up where i left on sway but swaymsg isn't as simple to use. also i don't like manual tiling. i don't even like tiling.
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
and i am properly fixed on hyprland now. having something like hyprctl is a deal breaker. maybe i'll pick up where i left on sway but swaymsg isn't as simple to use. also i don't like manual tiling. i don't even like tiling.
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Not enough people are paying attention to the schisms in Anglicanism, a religion that largely hides in plain sight in the UK. But the ugliness exposed by the appointment of the new Archbish — the hostility of parishes who were previously still opting out of women priests — will only get worse.
Tommy Robinson carol service is really just the beginning of the CoE’s coming crisis, in which they’re going to have to figure out what to do about their former congregations becoming radicalised into a version of the faith that is aggressive, disavows empathy and has contempt for the weak
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Not enough people are paying attention to the schisms in Anglicanism, a religion that largely hides in plain sight in the UK. But the ugliness exposed by the appointment of the new Archbish — the hostility of parishes who were previously still opting out of women priests — will only get worse.
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Been using Linux full time since the day after Microsoft announced their horrible, forced AI.
Still don't regret it in the slightest. The grass is definitely greener.
Still don't regret it in the slightest. The grass is definitely greener.
Living with Windows has always been a calculus of how useful it is professionally vs. the amount of unbearable shit you gotta disable with a script and I think we reached a tipping point where it’s majority unbearable shit.
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Been using Linux full time since the day after Microsoft announced their horrible, forced AI.
Still don't regret it in the slightest. The grass is definitely greener.
Still don't regret it in the slightest. The grass is definitely greener.
i... actually cannot believe this. considering the right seems to have made themselves the champions of anti-racism when it comes to antisemitism, this is a suspiciously committed caricature of a jewish man. there are no excuses for this.
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
i... actually cannot believe this. considering the right seems to have made themselves the champions of anti-racism when it comes to antisemitism, this is a suspiciously committed caricature of a jewish man. there are no excuses for this.
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No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
would be nice to have more foss people on here. i do most of my foss posting on fedi but fedi is fedi. will follow back nice people who like linux.
December 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
would be nice to have more foss people on here. i do most of my foss posting on fedi but fedi is fedi. will follow back nice people who like linux.
a lot of people bemoan how divided society is now and why can't we just sit down and have a conversation. they need to face up to the fact that a lot of people are just repeating what they heard in a podcast, where the host only chimes in to say "woahh no way" or "dude that's so true".
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
a lot of people bemoan how divided society is now and why can't we just sit down and have a conversation. they need to face up to the fact that a lot of people are just repeating what they heard in a podcast, where the host only chimes in to say "woahh no way" or "dude that's so true".
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These guys are all running federal agencies now
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
These guys are all running federal agencies now
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By far the most destructive economic myth is that rich people are where money comes from. This is the opposite of true. Rich people are the stagnant pools in which money uselessly collects and goes sour.
Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
December 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
By far the most destructive economic myth is that rich people are where money comes from. This is the opposite of true. Rich people are the stagnant pools in which money uselessly collects and goes sour.
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Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
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A producer friend and I bemoaned the fact that podcasting is rapidly turning into shit TV, so it's bad both visually and audibly.
Also, it takes podcasting away from the (free, open) RSS feed and locks it into specific sites, which I thought we all agreed was a bad thing
Also, it takes podcasting away from the (free, open) RSS feed and locks it into specific sites, which I thought we all agreed was a bad thing
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A producer friend and I bemoaned the fact that podcasting is rapidly turning into shit TV, so it's bad both visually and audibly.
Also, it takes podcasting away from the (free, open) RSS feed and locks it into specific sites, which I thought we all agreed was a bad thing
Also, it takes podcasting away from the (free, open) RSS feed and locks it into specific sites, which I thought we all agreed was a bad thing
been saying this for a while podcasts are slowly becoming tv shows with shit audio and more questionable guests
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
been saying this for a while podcasts are slowly becoming tv shows with shit audio and more questionable guests
my clever python colour picking script now supports dunst. and also i hate myself.
December 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
my clever python colour picking script now supports dunst. and also i hate myself.
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As a 'rural' person who grew up with hunts as a regular presence, there's little more alienating than a bunch of sociopathic posh people on horseback descending upon your community with a pack of jittery hounds, in order to dismember a small woodland animal usually encountered in children's stories
December 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
As a 'rural' person who grew up with hunts as a regular presence, there's little more alienating than a bunch of sociopathic posh people on horseback descending upon your community with a pack of jittery hounds, in order to dismember a small woodland animal usually encountered in children's stories
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December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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Hail to the King
December 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Hail to the King
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Quite a lot can be explained by the plain fact that our leaders and their hangers on are *enraged* that they can’t send people to prison for doing things that aren’t illegal, and they see this as a very serious problem that needs to be resolved, urgently.
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Quite a lot can be explained by the plain fact that our leaders and their hangers on are *enraged* that they can’t send people to prison for doing things that aren’t illegal, and they see this as a very serious problem that needs to be resolved, urgently.
also i'm pretty sure reckless should have a w in it? what's the deal there? it's not a word i use a lot in written english, however apt, given my interests. i'll carry on omitting the w because it seems i am in the wrong. i feel like it's worth a mention though. going forward. or something.
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
also i'm pretty sure reckless should have a w in it? what's the deal there? it's not a word i use a lot in written english, however apt, given my interests. i'll carry on omitting the w because it seems i am in the wrong. i feel like it's worth a mention though. going forward. or something.
got some nail polish like stuff for fungal nails and not blown away by the results. pretty sure it's been two weeks but the main problem toe is looking worse.
sorry to make you all think of my feet. this is recklessly sexy posting of me i know.
sorry to make you all think of my feet. this is recklessly sexy posting of me i know.
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
got some nail polish like stuff for fungal nails and not blown away by the results. pretty sure it's been two weeks but the main problem toe is looking worse.
sorry to make you all think of my feet. this is recklessly sexy posting of me i know.
sorry to make you all think of my feet. this is recklessly sexy posting of me i know.
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The Marc Maron bit I think of every day “I’m about 80% woke, and the rest I keep to myself” I think about it when I get irritated, and I think about it when I see someone being wrong either because they’re thick as shit or because they’re being wrong for the algorithm.
Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
I’ve been trying very hard to not be an asshole as I get older. Often, that just means keeping my mouth shut and nodding along.
December 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Marc Maron bit I think of every day “I’m about 80% woke, and the rest I keep to myself” I think about it when I get irritated, and I think about it when I see someone being wrong either because they’re thick as shit or because they’re being wrong for the algorithm.