Chris Dwan (he/him)
@somershade.bsky.social
Hyper local in Somerville, MA. FOIA requests & long threads live-tweeting city meetings. Also @fdmts
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The most important thing to remember about Somerville social media is that most of Somerville is not on Somerville social media.
So where are we this morning?
Last week’s unambiguous electoral mandate did -not- strengthen the spines of congressional democrats. Instead, they seem to have folded up with no concessions at all, which makes the whole shutdown a waste, except …
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Last week’s unambiguous electoral mandate did -not- strengthen the spines of congressional democrats. Instead, they seem to have folded up with no concessions at all, which makes the whole shutdown a waste, except …
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November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So where are we this morning?
Last week’s unambiguous electoral mandate did -not- strengthen the spines of congressional democrats. Instead, they seem to have folded up with no concessions at all, which makes the whole shutdown a waste, except …
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Last week’s unambiguous electoral mandate did -not- strengthen the spines of congressional democrats. Instead, they seem to have folded up with no concessions at all, which makes the whole shutdown a waste, except …
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Narratives about AI replacing work mostly seem to betray a profound gap in the author’s understanding of work.
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is
Big spending on artificial intelligence puts pressure on jobs, as gloomy narratives about the future of work are ironically making new graduates less employable.
www.fastcompany.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Narratives about AI replacing work mostly seem to betray a profound gap in the author’s understanding of work.
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
"I'll tell'y', be a neighbor and you'll have neighbors. Now I've tried that by experience ... you children remember that. Th'more you do for people, th'more they'll do for you. Always remember, t'have a friend, be one."
Aunt Arie, The Foxfire Book
Aunt Arie, The Foxfire Book
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"I'll tell'y', be a neighbor and you'll have neighbors. Now I've tried that by experience ... you children remember that. Th'more you do for people, th'more they'll do for you. Always remember, t'have a friend, be one."
Aunt Arie, The Foxfire Book
Aunt Arie, The Foxfire Book
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
The @binjreports.bsky.social AKA @binjdotnews.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration is a lot of fun.
Here’s Chris Farone putting the whole entire establishment media on blast and obviously having a great time doing it.
Here’s Chris Farone putting the whole entire establishment media on blast and obviously having a great time doing it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The @binjreports.bsky.social AKA @binjdotnews.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration is a lot of fun.
Here’s Chris Farone putting the whole entire establishment media on blast and obviously having a great time doing it.
Here’s Chris Farone putting the whole entire establishment media on blast and obviously having a great time doing it.
Scarcity mindset: Grr. It is cold.
Abundance mindset: The Big Fridge is BACK ONLINE!
Abundance mindset: The Big Fridge is BACK ONLINE!
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Scarcity mindset: Grr. It is cold.
Abundance mindset: The Big Fridge is BACK ONLINE!
Abundance mindset: The Big Fridge is BACK ONLINE!
They’ll roll all the way back to ‘reconsidering’ full-on human slavery if we let them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They’ll roll all the way back to ‘reconsidering’ full-on human slavery if we let them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Seems like folks are taking the occasion of James Watson’s death to tell their stories of how he was a problematic man in many respects.
Here’s mine.
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Here’s mine.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Seems like folks are taking the occasion of James Watson’s death to tell their stories of how he was a problematic man in many respects.
Here’s mine.
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Here’s mine.
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Occasional reminder: Elon Musk’s -very- first move when Trump handed him the keys to the federal government was to smirk about spending a weekend ‘feeding USAID into the wood chipper.’
He should be remembered as a racist mass murderer and nothing more.
He should be remembered as a racist mass murderer and nothing more.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Occasional reminder: Elon Musk’s -very- first move when Trump handed him the keys to the federal government was to smirk about spending a weekend ‘feeding USAID into the wood chipper.’
He should be remembered as a racist mass murderer and nothing more.
He should be remembered as a racist mass murderer and nothing more.
Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic at 40 Major Airports if Shutdown Continues
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So hey, OpenAI is like … the industry darling and the future and the smartest white people in the room … but they also just asked the federal government do backstop their insanely overleveraged ‘investment’ and I think we should just say ‘nah bro, invisible hand, market smart, number go down.’
I found myself reading articles about AI and the financial markets this morning and um, it's not great?
"The AI investment ‘bubble’ is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy of 2000 — and four times the subprime mortgage bubble of 2007."
thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/t...
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"The AI investment ‘bubble’ is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy of 2000 — and four times the subprime mortgage bubble of 2007."
thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/t...
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The AI bubble and the US economy
The US stock market continues to hit new record highs; the bitcoin price is also close to highs and the gold price has rocketed to all-time highs. Investors in financial assets (banks, insurance co…
thenextrecession.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So hey, OpenAI is like … the industry darling and the future and the smartest white people in the room … but they also just asked the federal government do backstop their insanely overleveraged ‘investment’ and I think we should just say ‘nah bro, invisible hand, market smart, number go down.’
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
My city is hosting a live, in theatre Godzilla marathon this weekend, and (a) therefore your argument is invalid and (b) I will not be taking questions between 2pm on Saturday and 2am on Sunday.
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My city is hosting a live, in theatre Godzilla marathon this weekend, and (a) therefore your argument is invalid and (b) I will not be taking questions between 2pm on Saturday and 2am on Sunday.
Ernest and Gracie’s. For when you’re having a ‘fuck it, pour some liquor in a milkshake’ kind of day.
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ernest and Gracie’s. For when you’re having a ‘fuck it, pour some liquor in a milkshake’ kind of day.
If you defund, demoralize, and decimate the Agrncy responsible for regulating Food and Drugs, you will -immediately- get potential life-threatening quality problems in both food and drugs.
Safety regulations are written in the blood of the people who died and proved we needed them.
Safety regulations are written in the blood of the people who died and proved we needed them.
As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
www.health.com/adhd-medicat...
FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.
www.health.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you defund, demoralize, and decimate the Agrncy responsible for regulating Food and Drugs, you will -immediately- get potential life-threatening quality problems in both food and drugs.
Safety regulations are written in the blood of the people who died and proved we needed them.
Safety regulations are written in the blood of the people who died and proved we needed them.
Occasional reminder that for all their tough guy, testosterone poisoned talk … the thugs of the right will actually go all the way to a jury trial for ‘assault’ with a sandwich.
What a bunch of whiny, pathetic, entitled, crybaby snowflakes.
What a bunch of whiny, pathetic, entitled, crybaby snowflakes.
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Occasional reminder that for all their tough guy, testosterone poisoned talk … the thugs of the right will actually go all the way to a jury trial for ‘assault’ with a sandwich.
What a bunch of whiny, pathetic, entitled, crybaby snowflakes.
What a bunch of whiny, pathetic, entitled, crybaby snowflakes.
Goddamn, there’s something I didn’t think I’d live to see.
Maybe there’s hope for us yet.
Maybe there’s hope for us yet.
History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Goddamn, there’s something I didn’t think I’d live to see.
Maybe there’s hope for us yet.
Maybe there’s hope for us yet.
Word on the street is that it’s Mayor @jake4somerville.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Word on the street is that it’s Mayor @jake4somerville.bsky.social
Yesterday was a a glorious day to see the fall colors on one of my favorite ~35 mile loops.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yesterday was a a glorious day to see the fall colors on one of my favorite ~35 mile loops.
Pretty emotional to think that this might be my last legitimate election.
Hopefully we do better than that.
Hopefully.
Hopefully we do better than that.
Hopefully.
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pretty emotional to think that this might be my last legitimate election.
Hopefully we do better than that.
Hopefully.
Hopefully we do better than that.
Hopefully.
I was gifted a hand-written book this weekend. The author, a child of a friend, is six years old.
It is titled, "The AA"
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It is titled, "The AA"
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November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I was gifted a hand-written book this weekend. The author, a child of a friend, is six years old.
It is titled, "The AA"
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It is titled, "The AA"
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Wait, the whole Tylenol lie was just another piece of wildly illegal market manipulation and insider trading?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
Kimberly-Clark Agrees to Buy Kenvue, Maker of Tylenol, for $40 Billion
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wait, the whole Tylenol lie was just another piece of wildly illegal market manipulation and insider trading?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...
Section 8 of the US Constitution is a great reference for whether certain powers of government - including tariffs - are vested with Congress or the president.
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises."
Seems clear enough to me.
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"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises."
Seems clear enough to me.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Section 8 of the US Constitution is a great reference for whether certain powers of government - including tariffs - are vested with Congress or the president.
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises."
Seems clear enough to me.
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"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises."
Seems clear enough to me.
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A modest study confirms anecdotal evidence that drivers have no idea what to do with HAWK / PHB signals at pedestrian crossings ... and that the do dangerous shit like accelerating to get through -exactly- when a pedestrian is likely to be rushing to make the signal.
www.umass.edu/news/article...
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Crosswalk Confusion: UMass Amherst Researchers Find Massachusetts Drivers Flummoxed by Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons | UMass Amherst
Among other findings, the researchers also discovered that nearly a quarter of drivers run through red lights at the beacons.
www.umass.edu
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A modest study confirms anecdotal evidence that drivers have no idea what to do with HAWK / PHB signals at pedestrian crossings ... and that the do dangerous shit like accelerating to get through -exactly- when a pedestrian is likely to be rushing to make the signal.
www.umass.edu/news/article...
www.umass.edu/news/article...
It’s small next to all of the everything wrong with the federal government, but I feel like it’s still important to note that this thing where congress has not been in session for a month, yet is supposedly still negotiating the budget, is a somewhat outrageous violation of Open Meeting Law.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It’s small next to all of the everything wrong with the federal government, but I feel like it’s still important to note that this thing where congress has not been in session for a month, yet is supposedly still negotiating the budget, is a somewhat outrageous violation of Open Meeting Law.
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