St. Chris
@stchris.bsky.social
Writer/editor who got stuck in computers. Technical writer, business analyst. Web application everything-person for a couple of decades. I fight for the users.
He/him/Chris. Autistic, ADHD, anti-kyriarchy. I have been, and always shall be, in New Jersey.
He/him/Chris. Autistic, ADHD, anti-kyriarchy. I have been, and always shall be, in New Jersey.
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I’ve decided to live from now on in the liminal space between the years. It’s so much nicer here.
Happy new year from New Jersey, my ethereal companions. I appreciate you.
Happy New Year from Texas, friends and neighbors.
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Happy new year from New Jersey, my ethereal companions. I appreciate you.
I’ve decided to live from now on in the liminal space between the years. It’s so much nicer here.
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 AM
I’ve decided to live from now on in the liminal space between the years. It’s so much nicer here.
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one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
Finally watched this. It’s comprehensive and Jenny is excellent. And it’s not just the downfall of the Galactic Starcruiser; it’s the decline of Disney's whole park experience.
My last WDW trip was in January 2020, the fourth in three years, my twelfth with my family. I have no intention to return.
My last WDW trip was in January 2020, the fourth in three years, my twelfth with my family. I have no intention to return.
I’m way late to this one, but the four-hour Galactic Starcruiser retrospective by Jenni Nicholson is, indeed, incredible.
It took me a week or so to get through, finding time here and time there, but at no point was I bored.
For the right kind of nerd, well worth it.
youtu.be/T0CpOYZZZW4?...
It took me a week or so to get through, finding time here and time there, but at no point was I bored.
For the right kind of nerd, well worth it.
youtu.be/T0CpOYZZZW4?...
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
YouTube video by Jenny Nicholson
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December 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Finally watched this. It’s comprehensive and Jenny is excellent. And it’s not just the downfall of the Galactic Starcruiser; it’s the decline of Disney's whole park experience.
My last WDW trip was in January 2020, the fourth in three years, my twelfth with my family. I have no intention to return.
My last WDW trip was in January 2020, the fourth in three years, my twelfth with my family. I have no intention to return.
“I know many deadline-focused procrastinators who masterfully complete their projects at the last minute, but like most of us, I was taught to see their accomplishments as luck instead of understand that they focus on deadlines instead of tasks.”
Karla, did you write this *specifically* for me?
Karla, did you write this *specifically* for me?
Are You a Procrastinator? That's Not a Bad Thing | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/on-e...
Are You a Procrastinator? That's Not a Bad Thing
Contrary to popular opinion, procrastination is a valid strategy that can help us access our motivation and our creativity.
www.psychologytoday.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“I know many deadline-focused procrastinators who masterfully complete their projects at the last minute, but like most of us, I was taught to see their accomplishments as luck instead of understand that they focus on deadlines instead of tasks.”
Karla, did you write this *specifically* for me?
Karla, did you write this *specifically* for me?
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"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...
![mikefossey: Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
DinkMagic: Ever seen this before [I throw my hat like a frisbee 10 feet away and jump over near it]
mikefossey: [I run down a flight of stairs, stop at the second to last step, I pause, and then I jump the last two steps. I do not land it]
DinkMagic: [i throw a grape up in the air and open my mouth but i get scared that i breathed in some fluff and start choking violently]
mikefossey: [I'm doing a mime act where I pretend to pull on a rope but I somehow accidentally grab a real rope and I pull myself off stage]
DinkMagic: [im cooking an omelette and i flip the pan and snatch the omelette out of the air with my hand burning myself] tadaa](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreicpeii4u2iirkgscaerpb5tltbs4ohykg2obbvchzo56pjzo4juie@jpeg)
![mikefossey: [I kick some dust at a guy after losing an argument but the dust flies up into my mouth and I cough so hard I barf]
DinkMagic: [my friend says im going to the store toss me your keys but i see a strange bird and instead throw my wallet in the ditch]
mikefossey: [guy passes me on the highway and flips me off, I throw a full cup of coffee at my own windshield and it spills all over the car]
DinkMagic: [i toss an apple into my elbow-pit to bounce it back out but i miss and try to bite it out of the air but bite my tongue]
mikefossey: [I try to throw a beer can into the recycle but it hits the trash can instead and it's still mostly full so it knocks it over]
DinkMagic: [2 girls are arguing i say here let me solve this and i flip a gold coin i bought on ebay so hard it breaks a fluorescent tube](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreid5fec634tvopl2nybom2l7yrys7hrqbgrpq5gneukqiwt3zm44qu@jpeg)
![mikefossey: [I ask the guy at the store to recommend me a beer and he talks to me for 23 minutes before he realizes i think beer is wine]
DinkMagic: [i ask to be excused from dinner to do homework & then phone my mom because i broke my wrist playing street fighter at 7-11]
mikefossey: [I bite a gold coin to see if it's real, but it's chocolate. I try to play it cool and eat the whole thing without unwrapping it]
DinkMagic: [a teams softball rolls near me] i got this my friends a cuban pitcher [i throw the ball into the back of my own head & faint]
mikefossey: Here, let me park for you, Im really good at parallel parking [i walk over to the driver side and slam my dick in the car door]
DinkMagic: [i testify under oath that i thought a mortgage was a special kind of measuring tape]
mikefossey: [I'm cracking my knuckles and limbering up to fight but then a guy who's on his way to another fight accidentally knocks me over]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreihgywpjsvklyn2mdkfnvn2e4rknldwwa6brmtfkfkrpimkjj76tp4@jpeg)
![DinkMagic: [i ask the butcher for two pounds of boneless chicken Brent]
mikefossey: [at a dinner party I lean on the grand piano while telling a story, but the lid is open and I fall into it, hitting every string]
DinkMagic: [i get anxious at a fancy bar and order a martini and then say "could you imagine if this was soup" to no one really loud]
mikefossey: I try to open a beer with a lighter but I shatter the bottle and cut my hand, and also light my shirt on fire with the lighter]
DinkMagic: [i ride up on my new dirtbike revving it, and set the kickstand down on my own foot and start crying]
mikefossey: [I get water up my nose while I'm doing the dishes and knock my glasses into the garbage disposal when I go to rub my nose]
DinkMagic: [i get angry that I got confused & told an Italian that pizza came from Russia I drive to little Caesars & throw a stone at it](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jir6yritppwxbc3wy6mdbngv/bafkreifw77g6afsgy7rhshwknw4kcdgujwj4al6ymbwiawohrn6wc5hpme@jpeg)
December 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...
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most people learn from some manager at their first shitty retail job that you do not have to respect what a person says just because their position should, in theory, be held by someone who knows what they're talking about
December 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
most people learn from some manager at their first shitty retail job that you do not have to respect what a person says just because their position should, in theory, be held by someone who knows what they're talking about
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So often it's when you're not even trying to find them
You're shovelling the end of your driveway, and you look for no reason into your woods
I had heard she was here a week ago. Maybe she left? Went deeper into the marsh nearby...
No, she's watching you shovel 30 feet away👀
#Birds #Ontario
You're shovelling the end of your driveway, and you look for no reason into your woods
I had heard she was here a week ago. Maybe she left? Went deeper into the marsh nearby...
No, she's watching you shovel 30 feet away👀
#Birds #Ontario
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
Every statement coming from AI techbros and VCs sounds like they cribbed it from an LLM. What’s conspicuously missing from the hype is the cost savings that could be realized by laying *them* off and having AI do their job.
December 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Every statement coming from AI techbros and VCs sounds like they cribbed it from an LLM. What’s conspicuously missing from the hype is the cost savings that could be realized by laying *them* off and having AI do their job.
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Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
I got a six-pack of cheap little hygrometer/thermometers. One of them has a defective LCD. I was considering returning the set for a replacement, but I'm fascinated by how it reads like an alien info display when viewed upside-down.
Please welcome the newest member of my collection of cursed items.
Please welcome the newest member of my collection of cursed items.
December 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I got a six-pack of cheap little hygrometer/thermometers. One of them has a defective LCD. I was considering returning the set for a replacement, but I'm fascinated by how it reads like an alien info display when viewed upside-down.
Please welcome the newest member of my collection of cursed items.
Please welcome the newest member of my collection of cursed items.
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cowboy who stubbed his toe:
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
cowboy who stubbed his toe:
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I will also continue to bang this drum: writing is a thought process and not just an output. Doing it with a human being who actually understands your subject matter is very different (and I would argue better) than doing it with a bot fed on a mix of pirated books, newspapers, and reddit posts.
December 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I will also continue to bang this drum: writing is a thought process and not just an output. Doing it with a human being who actually understands your subject matter is very different (and I would argue better) than doing it with a bot fed on a mix of pirated books, newspapers, and reddit posts.
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If I’ve developed a personal philosophy in the past few years, it’s that nostalgia poisons interpersonal relations, expectations for the future, and even our politics. I devoted most of my life to thinking about the past and I’m begging people to find a way to leave it there.
December 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If I’ve developed a personal philosophy in the past few years, it’s that nostalgia poisons interpersonal relations, expectations for the future, and even our politics. I devoted most of my life to thinking about the past and I’m begging people to find a way to leave it there.
“There’s nobility in maintenance that our innovation-obsessed culture has trained us to overlook. The senior engineer debugging a ten-year-old system at 3 AM isn’t a failure who couldn’t get a job at a cooler company. They’re the reason the sexier company’s payment processing actually works.”
The Rime of the Ancient Maintainer
Every culture produces heroes that reflect its deepest anxieties. The Greeks, terrified of both mortality and immortality, gave us Achilles. The Victorians, haunted by social mobility, gave us the sel...
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“There’s nobility in maintenance that our innovation-obsessed culture has trained us to overlook. The senior engineer debugging a ten-year-old system at 3 AM isn’t a failure who couldn’t get a job at a cooler company. They’re the reason the sexier company’s payment processing actually works.”
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get autism
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get autism
December 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get autism
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get autism
TURN AROUND
STICK IT OUT
EVEN NTs GOT TO SHOUT
AuDHBACK
STICK IT OUT
EVEN NTs GOT TO SHOUT
AuDHBACK
December 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
TURN AROUND
STICK IT OUT
EVEN NTs GOT TO SHOUT
AuDHBACK
STICK IT OUT
EVEN NTs GOT TO SHOUT
AuDHBACK
How I'm walking out of 2025 🖤
December 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025 🖤
Another Christmas gift: this 1,200-page slab of language. I’ve somehow never had a paper copy.
I may very well read it cover-to-cover. It’s an exquisitely produced book, and it’s written with a fluid clarity that lowers my blood pressure.
@chicagomanual.bsky.social, you are my people.
I may very well read it cover-to-cover. It’s an exquisitely produced book, and it’s written with a fluid clarity that lowers my blood pressure.
@chicagomanual.bsky.social, you are my people.
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Another Christmas gift: this 1,200-page slab of language. I’ve somehow never had a paper copy.
I may very well read it cover-to-cover. It’s an exquisitely produced book, and it’s written with a fluid clarity that lowers my blood pressure.
@chicagomanual.bsky.social, you are my people.
I may very well read it cover-to-cover. It’s an exquisitely produced book, and it’s written with a fluid clarity that lowers my blood pressure.
@chicagomanual.bsky.social, you are my people.
GenX editor’s note: “Warm fuzzies” are emotionally positive, helpful social interactions. The opposite is “cold pricklies.” Some 1970s kids learned these in an emotional curriculum program called “TA for Tots” — Transactional Analysis, after Eric Berne’s psychoanalytic work. I was one of those kids.
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
GenX editor’s note: “Warm fuzzies” are emotionally positive, helpful social interactions. The opposite is “cold pricklies.” Some 1970s kids learned these in an emotional curriculum program called “TA for Tots” — Transactional Analysis, after Eric Berne’s psychoanalytic work. I was one of those kids.
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This is the apotheosis of masculinity, actually.
December 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the apotheosis of masculinity, actually.
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The days between December 25 and January 1 are the Lanthanides and Actinides of the Gregorian calendar
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The days between December 25 and January 1 are the Lanthanides and Actinides of the Gregorian calendar