Chris Ammerman
@cammerman.bsky.social
A Hobbit in all but appearance. Programmer turned manager. Love software architecture and system design.
Hey @theincomparable.com, I wanted to listen to episode 374 about The Dark Tower, but when I download it with my player, or listen to it on your webpage, I get episode 372, about Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Hey @theincomparable.com, I wanted to listen to episode 374 about The Dark Tower, but when I download it with my player, or listen to it on your webpage, I get episode 372, about Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
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This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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I LiVe iN a rEd StAtE CaLLinG my RePs WoNt Do AnYtHiNG
The Obamacare 3-year funding extension is sailing through the House now. Already 16 Republicans have broken with party leaders and voted YES on the bill with unanimously supportive Democrats.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I LiVe iN a rEd StAtE CaLLinG my RePs WoNt Do AnYtHiNG
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"Disdain for Trump" is now retroactively added to your list of "offenses" in order to justify the state murdering you for breaking no laws.
The no-angeling is already in full swing.
January 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
"Disdain for Trump" is now retroactively added to your list of "offenses" in order to justify the state murdering you for breaking no laws.
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I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
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"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell, 1984.
That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell, 1984.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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I don't care if this "won't work" or "it won't happen". Do it anyway. Keep doing it. Over and over again. This fucking administration sucks.
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I don't care if this "won't work" or "it won't happen". Do it anyway. Keep doing it. Over and over again. This fucking administration sucks.
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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Pro tip: shovel the sidewalk for the old lady who lives next door.
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pro tip: shovel the sidewalk for the old lady who lives next door.
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Supremacy wants to gain all the benefits of society without paying any natural costs, like fair competition.
This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.
Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.
Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Supremacy wants to gain all the benefits of society without paying any natural costs, like fair competition.
This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.
Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.
Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
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An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."
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It’s been a month since I wrote this and I want to reiterate that as bad as things look now, Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
September 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been a month since I wrote this and I want to reiterate that as bad as things look now, Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Helpful tips if you want people on social media to like and not block you! (Of course you can ignore the tips if you don’t want those things!)
1. Don't snitch-tag.
2. Don't explain to people what they just said.
3. Don't "correct" people's jokes.
4. Don't respond seriously to silly little posts.
5. Don't respond trivially to obviously serious posts.
6. Don't "jocularly insult" people you don't know.
The rest is commentary.
2. Don't explain to people what they just said.
3. Don't "correct" people's jokes.
4. Don't respond seriously to silly little posts.
5. Don't respond trivially to obviously serious posts.
6. Don't "jocularly insult" people you don't know.
The rest is commentary.
People should have to pass a social media etiquette class before they’re allowed to purchase a smart phone.
July 3, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Helpful tips if you want people on social media to like and not block you! (Of course you can ignore the tips if you don’t want those things!)
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pride month astronomy fact: the sun is a non-binary star
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
pride month astronomy fact: the sun is a non-binary star
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Artificial Jagged Intelligence is one of the dumbest terms I’ve heard in my life. These guys are so out of ideas that the only ones they have are to say “what if instead of saying our stuff sucked we said it was pre-good”
June 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Artificial Jagged Intelligence is one of the dumbest terms I’ve heard in my life. These guys are so out of ideas that the only ones they have are to say “what if instead of saying our stuff sucked we said it was pre-good”
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I have a strong feeling generative AI is going to end up like crypto. Ethically questionable, solves a narrow set of problems, lots of broken promises that don’t live up to the hype and yet a bunch of people get incredibly rich along the way.
May 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I have a strong feeling generative AI is going to end up like crypto. Ethically questionable, solves a narrow set of problems, lots of broken promises that don’t live up to the hype and yet a bunch of people get incredibly rich along the way.
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[Trump aide wisely taps head]
You can't tank the economy if you fire everyone who tells people that the economy is tanking.
You can't tank the economy if you fire everyone who tells people that the economy is tanking.
White House Proposes Rule to Allow Trump to Fire Economists Who Publish ‘Bad’ Numbers
The White House is pushing a rule change that could let Donald Trump fire government economists if their numbers don't match his political agenda. Experts are sounding the alarm. They say this could g...
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May 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
[Trump aide wisely taps head]
You can't tank the economy if you fire everyone who tells people that the economy is tanking.
You can't tank the economy if you fire everyone who tells people that the economy is tanking.
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The one thing I will say is that while you're in school, you should relish the opportunity to write school papers, which no one will read except your grader! There's something wonderfully freeing about submitting something and going "well that's over!"
I will never feel that in my adult life again
I will never feel that in my adult life again
May 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The one thing I will say is that while you're in school, you should relish the opportunity to write school papers, which no one will read except your grader! There's something wonderfully freeing about submitting something and going "well that's over!"
I will never feel that in my adult life again
I will never feel that in my adult life again
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Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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I just saw someone asking why don’t Chinese companies eat the price of the tariffs instead of passing them on to the consumer.
My brother in Christ, the tariffs are 145%. It’d be cheaper for them to give it to you for free than pay $145 tax on selling you a $100 item. 🤦🏾♂️
My brother in Christ, the tariffs are 145%. It’d be cheaper for them to give it to you for free than pay $145 tax on selling you a $100 item. 🤦🏾♂️
May 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I just saw someone asking why don’t Chinese companies eat the price of the tariffs instead of passing them on to the consumer.
My brother in Christ, the tariffs are 145%. It’d be cheaper for them to give it to you for free than pay $145 tax on selling you a $100 item. 🤦🏾♂️
My brother in Christ, the tariffs are 145%. It’d be cheaper for them to give it to you for free than pay $145 tax on selling you a $100 item. 🤦🏾♂️
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It’s still mind blowing to me that the signature economic policy of the current US government was to place a 145% import tax on American businesses that source goods from the largest supplier in the world.
It’s like a doctor whose primary treatment is stabbing patients with a rusty nail.
It’s like a doctor whose primary treatment is stabbing patients with a rusty nail.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It’s still mind blowing to me that the signature economic policy of the current US government was to place a 145% import tax on American businesses that source goods from the largest supplier in the world.
It’s like a doctor whose primary treatment is stabbing patients with a rusty nail.
It’s like a doctor whose primary treatment is stabbing patients with a rusty nail.