Chris Ford
@riotmaam.com
I was a flannel and Docs-wearing baby dyke getting teargassed at queer events in the 90s. Doing the same goddamn things in my 50s but w/ gray hair and orthopedic inserts.
Member of the Cult of Pilates. Obsessed with Americana music. Lover of asshole dogs
Member of the Cult of Pilates. Obsessed with Americana music. Lover of asshole dogs
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Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
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I'll be honest. I don't care if proposing articles of impeachment is an empty gesture that will ultimately die in the Republican controlled congress, I want Dems to do it anyway. I want them to put political pressure on their opposing party even if it's doomed to fail.
"What do you want the Dems to DO exactly?" is kicked dog behavior. Elected officials are not meant to do insider trading and occasionally give a 4/10 speech about civility. They are an expression of the values of those they represent, you're damn right I expect up to and including physical action.
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I'll be honest. I don't care if proposing articles of impeachment is an empty gesture that will ultimately die in the Republican controlled congress, I want Dems to do it anyway. I want them to put political pressure on their opposing party even if it's doomed to fail.
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i don't want to wake up to any news bigger than "raccoon breaks into a liquor store, gets drunk" anymore
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
i don't want to wake up to any news bigger than "raccoon breaks into a liquor store, gets drunk" anymore
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i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
While moving always, with no exceptions, ABSOLUTELY sucks, moving all my shit out of state has me looking back at loading up a Uhaul for a 15 minute drive with fondness...
December 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
While moving always, with no exceptions, ABSOLUTELY sucks, moving all my shit out of state has me looking back at loading up a Uhaul for a 15 minute drive with fondness...
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Replacing junior coders with AI is a deliberate decision to rack up technical debt: bug-ridden, sprawling code bases that are impossible to understand or maintain.
It'a a decision that ensures you won't have any senior coders in 6 years when you need people to fix it. It's eating your seed corn.
It'a a decision that ensures you won't have any senior coders in 6 years when you need people to fix it. It's eating your seed corn.
December 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Replacing junior coders with AI is a deliberate decision to rack up technical debt: bug-ridden, sprawling code bases that are impossible to understand or maintain.
It'a a decision that ensures you won't have any senior coders in 6 years when you need people to fix it. It's eating your seed corn.
It'a a decision that ensures you won't have any senior coders in 6 years when you need people to fix it. It's eating your seed corn.
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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One of the big things i learned in art school was the rapid ideation process and how to work on developing ideas! Its HARD to do that naturally, you have to do thumbnals, test things, do rapid ideation and tiny idea explorations to find the right things. The process is part of the fun of making it
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
One of the big things i learned in art school was the rapid ideation process and how to work on developing ideas! Its HARD to do that naturally, you have to do thumbnals, test things, do rapid ideation and tiny idea explorations to find the right things. The process is part of the fun of making it
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Going into 2026 in such a VASTLY different place than I came into 2025, and I am so grateful.
December 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Going into 2026 in such a VASTLY different place than I came into 2025, and I am so grateful.
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i don't want a unifying Dem who promises to return to good government.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i don't want a unifying Dem who promises to return to good government.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
i want an angel of death who promises the government the reconstruction amendments promise.
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Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
AI is not going to go away
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
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Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Things are going great over at X, The Everything App
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the world lost an entire generation of gay men and other HIV+ people all because of this piece of shit in the photo below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
the world lost an entire generation of gay men and other HIV+ people all because of this piece of shit in the photo below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
and that student debt you can never seem to pay off? also the fault of said piece of shit below.
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erika kirk looks like the type who would scream WITCH at a random person on the street
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
erika kirk looks like the type who would scream WITCH at a random person on the street
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Was told by a vet that you can 'probably' perform CPR on a snake, and all I could think was...
a man wearing a party hat is drinking from a bottle
Alt: A fella in a party hat blowing one of those party streamer things that unroll as you blow into them. Whether snakes give a merry toot when you do this to them isn't mentioned in the scientific literature. Yet.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Was told by a vet that you can 'probably' perform CPR on a snake, and all I could think was...
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Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders
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I feel this, deeply.
The problem is that I'm literally incapable of comprehending the world that exists now. I was programmed for a different world, and at this point in my life and mental deterioration, my brain can no longer make it make sense.
How am I supposed to lawyer when everything is incomprehensible to me?
How am I supposed to lawyer when everything is incomprehensible to me?
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I feel this, deeply.
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Today was World AIDS Day and I didn't post the most gutting piece of AIDS-related art, Keith Haring's Unfinished Painting. You all deserved better from me.
Unfinished Painting - Wikipedia
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December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Today was World AIDS Day and I didn't post the most gutting piece of AIDS-related art, Keith Haring's Unfinished Painting. You all deserved better from me.
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Saw this quote and it couldn’t be more true:
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Saw this quote and it couldn’t be more true:
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
“Micro joys are how we survive macro grief.”
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It’s World AIDS day. You would have grown up with queer elders to guide you had Republicans not murdered us in droves, allowing AIDS to cull us.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s World AIDS day. You would have grown up with queer elders to guide you had Republicans not murdered us in droves, allowing AIDS to cull us.
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<rant> i'm sick of hearing "side hustle." one job should be enough, we should not have to turn every gd thing into a money maker -- and we shouldn't need to. the prevalence of side hustle thinking reveals a flaw in the main hustle. let's fix THAT instead of being all "you need a side hustle!" </>
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
<rant> i'm sick of hearing "side hustle." one job should be enough, we should not have to turn every gd thing into a money maker -- and we shouldn't need to. the prevalence of side hustle thinking reveals a flaw in the main hustle. let's fix THAT instead of being all "you need a side hustle!" </>