Chas Emerick
@cemerick.bsky.social
Making PDFs reliable data sources, talking about PDFs @pdfminute, former Papers We Love / PWLConf co-organizer. Topics: PLT, distsys, future-computing, politics, policy, "tech ethics", and annoying shitposts. Signal: @cemerick.30
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Day 23 in Berlin.
Finally caved, bought a city-suitable bike, a KTM Veneto. It's uncomfortably different from what I'm used to, but the practicalities of city usage. It's OK, I'll adjust (and probably keep some knobbier tires on hand for trail outings).
This place is beautiful.
Finally caved, bought a city-suitable bike, a KTM Veneto. It's uncomfortably different from what I'm used to, but the practicalities of city usage. It's OK, I'll adjust (and probably keep some knobbier tires on hand for trail outings).
This place is beautiful.
September 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Day 23 in Berlin.
Finally caved, bought a city-suitable bike, a KTM Veneto. It's uncomfortably different from what I'm used to, but the practicalities of city usage. It's OK, I'll adjust (and probably keep some knobbier tires on hand for trail outings).
This place is beautiful.
Finally caved, bought a city-suitable bike, a KTM Veneto. It's uncomfortably different from what I'm used to, but the practicalities of city usage. It's OK, I'll adjust (and probably keep some knobbier tires on hand for trail outings).
This place is beautiful.
Day 21 in Berlin.
Pieces of life are starting to fit back together, even though there's so very much left still on the floor. Nothing glamorous. Very grateful to be here, and grateful for the people that have helped (and keep helping) to make it possible.
Pieces of life are starting to fit back together, even though there's so very much left still on the floor. Nothing glamorous. Very grateful to be here, and grateful for the people that have helped (and keep helping) to make it possible.
September 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Day 21 in Berlin.
Pieces of life are starting to fit back together, even though there's so very much left still on the floor. Nothing glamorous. Very grateful to be here, and grateful for the people that have helped (and keep helping) to make it possible.
Pieces of life are starting to fit back together, even though there's so very much left still on the floor. Nothing glamorous. Very grateful to be here, and grateful for the people that have helped (and keep helping) to make it possible.
Take-a-book, leave-a-book just hits different in Berlin ('Länder-parlamentarismus in Deutschland, Geschichte - Struktur -Funktionen', or 'State Parliamentarism in Germany, History - Structure - Functions')
(Back cover in alt text)
(Back cover in alt text)
September 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Take-a-book, leave-a-book just hits different in Berlin ('Länder-parlamentarismus in Deutschland, Geschichte - Struktur -Funktionen', or 'State Parliamentarism in Germany, History - Structure - Functions')
(Back cover in alt text)
(Back cover in alt text)
Lady behind me at the end of the TSA gauntlet: "No, thank YOU for everything you do to make us safe! 🫡🫡🫡"
Do TSA agents have a thin $COLOR flag yet?
Do TSA agents have a thin $COLOR flag yet?
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Lady behind me at the end of the TSA gauntlet: "No, thank YOU for everything you do to make us safe! 🫡🫡🫡"
Do TSA agents have a thin $COLOR flag yet?
Do TSA agents have a thin $COLOR flag yet?
Last goodbyes have been said, the luggage is packed, see y'all on the other side 🤘🛫🇩🇪🇪🇺
August 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Last goodbyes have been said, the luggage is packed, see y'all on the other side 🤘🛫🇩🇪🇪🇺
Imagine my reaction upon learning about ISPM-15 heat treatment requirements for wood packing materials ***AFTER*** finishing building 2 custom shipping crates. Fun, fun times! 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Imagine my reaction upon learning about ISPM-15 heat treatment requirements for wood packing materials ***AFTER*** finishing building 2 custom shipping crates. Fun, fun times! 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃 🙃
I've been mourning my French for a while, but "ich belschuldige dich" buries "j'accuse" so thoroughly, I might be ready to let go 😅
July 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I've been mourning my French for a while, but "ich belschuldige dich" buries "j'accuse" so thoroughly, I might be ready to let go 😅
aktueller Status, jetzt wird's ernst
July 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
aktueller Status, jetzt wird's ernst
this country is totally, thoroughly fucked, Part 836
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
apnews.com/article/army...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
apnews.com/article/army...
May 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
this country is totally, thoroughly fucked, Part 836
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
apnews.com/article/army...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
apnews.com/article/army...
Man, in 25 years, china will be outsourcing low-skill labor to the US www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Man, in 25 years, china will be outsourcing low-skill labor to the US www.nature.com/articles/d41...
shopify adding *tipping* to bog-standard merch shops is hilarious
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
shopify adding *tipping* to bog-standard merch shops is hilarious
"Red-blooded American"s are broadcasting their fantasies about bombing the Three Gorges Dam. (Where else have we recently seen people cheering on the destruction of a notable dam? 🤔🤔🤔)
A sick people, a sick society.
A sick people, a sick society.
April 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Red-blooded American"s are broadcasting their fantasies about bombing the Three Gorges Dam. (Where else have we recently seen people cheering on the destruction of a notable dam? 🤔🤔🤔)
A sick people, a sick society.
A sick people, a sick society.
The only side benefit to all of this will be watching Tim Apple and Bezos and Satya (and hopefully Zuck, tho he's probably safer) get skewered, absolutely eviscerated on all sides, after groveling as they have for Dear Leader. Great legacy guys 👍
April 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The only side benefit to all of this will be watching Tim Apple and Bezos and Satya (and hopefully Zuck, tho he's probably safer) get skewered, absolutely eviscerated on all sides, after groveling as they have for Dear Leader. Great legacy guys 👍
we're at the "POVERTY IS WEALTH, SLAVERY IS FREEDOM" part of the movie
having a very hard time with this speedrun, would like to get off the ride now thx
having a very hard time with this speedrun, would like to get off the ride now thx
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April 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
we're at the "POVERTY IS WEALTH, SLAVERY IS FREEDOM" part of the movie
having a very hard time with this speedrun, would like to get off the ride now thx
having a very hard time with this speedrun, would like to get off the ride now thx
There are psychopaths agitating for Vietnam to pay reparations *to the US*. I can't, just can't.
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There are psychopaths agitating for Vietnam to pay reparations *to the US*. I can't, just can't.
Nostalgia and failed alternative histories
April 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Nostalgia and failed alternative histories
TikTok · Germanrot
847 likes, 18 comments. “Taube macht Party”
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April 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"The US doesn't offer due process to its citizens anymore 😢"
Every single one of the *thousands* of black americans lynched after the Civil War were citizens. About ⅔ of the 125K Japanese forcibly interred during WWII were citizens.
Every single one of the *thousands* of black americans lynched after the Civil War were citizens. About ⅔ of the 125K Japanese forcibly interred during WWII were citizens.
April 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"The US doesn't offer due process to its citizens anymore 😢"
Every single one of the *thousands* of black americans lynched after the Civil War were citizens. About ⅔ of the 125K Japanese forcibly interred during WWII were citizens.
Every single one of the *thousands* of black americans lynched after the Civil War were citizens. About ⅔ of the 125K Japanese forcibly interred during WWII were citizens.
Reposted by Chas Emerick
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
I know it probably feels like small ball, but remember when twitter verification was pitched as an anti-spam measure, and the tech media world spun itself in circles for 6 months about its relative merits?
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I know it probably feels like small ball, but remember when twitter verification was pitched as an anti-spam measure, and the tech media world spun itself in circles for 6 months about its relative merits?
I'm seeing a lot of "I still have hope", "the arc of history is long…", "we can build something truly just in the ashes of this collapse" posting
I can't say any of that is wrong, BUT…
I can't say any of that is wrong, BUT…
April 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm seeing a lot of "I still have hope", "the arc of history is long…", "we can build something truly just in the ashes of this collapse" posting
I can't say any of that is wrong, BUT…
I can't say any of that is wrong, BUT…
Amd we go live to the Gentleman from Iowa
April 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Amd we go live to the Gentleman from Iowa
Reposted by Chas Emerick
These are fundamentally cultural questions that we (the very royal we here) have left on the table in favor of _policy_, and there has been efforts everywhere left of Breitbart for 140+ years to pretend that ignoring cultural divides in favor of clever policy and judicial action is sufficient.
March 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
These are fundamentally cultural questions that we (the very royal we here) have left on the table in favor of _policy_, and there has been efforts everywhere left of Breitbart for 140+ years to pretend that ignoring cultural divides in favor of clever policy and judicial action is sufficient.
Reposted by Chas Emerick
I think this lens is really useful to understand the progression of the "divide" since Reconstruction. e.g. why is it that the ERA could never get ratified? Why would an amendment enshrining the Civil Rights Act or equality for LGBTQ folks never have a chance?
March 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I think this lens is really useful to understand the progression of the "divide" since Reconstruction. e.g. why is it that the ERA could never get ratified? Why would an amendment enshrining the Civil Rights Act or equality for LGBTQ folks never have a chance?