Chris Hawkins
@chrishawkins.nyc
Engineering Manager at Meta. Ex-Melbournian in New York City, via San Francisco. Views are my own. Caffeine withdrawal may affect content.
The American regime’s overreach is continuing to make my decision to keep living here voluntarily extremely embarrassing.
May 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The American regime’s overreach is continuing to make my decision to keep living here voluntarily extremely embarrassing.
Hear me out: run clubs but everyone has their headphones in and doesn’t talk.
May 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hear me out: run clubs but everyone has their headphones in and doesn’t talk.
He’s really trying to play this off as some principled anti-consumerism thing?!
Trump: “Somebody said, ‘Oh the shelves are going to be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
April 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
He’s really trying to play this off as some principled anti-consumerism thing?!
The modern work reality is pinging with someone frantically on chat, while you’re in a VC meeting with them and some others on a different topic, and not seeing each other in person despite being on the same floor of an office building.
April 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The modern work reality is pinging with someone frantically on chat, while you’re in a VC meeting with them and some others on a different topic, and not seeing each other in person despite being on the same floor of an office building.
Living in NYC is weird sometimes. Like when listening to Fisk in Daredevil talking about Red Hook while the real Red Hook is clearly visible in the window next to the TV.
April 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Living in NYC is weird sometimes. Like when listening to Fisk in Daredevil talking about Red Hook while the real Red Hook is clearly visible in the window next to the TV.
The higher beings are clustered around our simulation now. “Here!” they say. “This is the point where it all really starts to go south.”
April 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The higher beings are clustered around our simulation now. “Here!” they say. “This is the point where it all really starts to go south.”
It is a very alarming time to be a green card holder who thinks that Israel is doing war crimes and the US president is a moron.
March 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It is a very alarming time to be a green card holder who thinks that Israel is doing war crimes and the US president is a moron.
Is Daredevil: Born Again a bit of a return to form for Marvel, or do I just really like tragic storylines?
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Is Daredevil: Born Again a bit of a return to form for Marvel, or do I just really like tragic storylines?
I think this is one of the most alarming things I have ever read from the US government.
As part of its filings & request for temporary restraining order against the White House tomorrow, attorneys for Associated Press have submitted to the court a copy of the letter written to the AP by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
Letter: "This is purely a privilege of access issue"
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Letter: "This is purely a privilege of access issue"
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February 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I think this is one of the most alarming things I have ever read from the US government.
Reposted by Chris Hawkins
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Guess I’m only paying state taxes this year.
Breaking: The Trump Admin has killed second avenue subway and the Inter borough Express rail project.
This will have to be fully funded by the state to get completed.
This will have to be fully funded by the state to get completed.
February 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Guess I’m only paying state taxes this year.
Absolutely insane that the Fermi Paradox appears to be solved by the inevitable invention of video games and the subsequent culture wars, leading to the demise of any advanced civilization.
February 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Absolutely insane that the Fermi Paradox appears to be solved by the inevitable invention of video games and the subsequent culture wars, leading to the demise of any advanced civilization.
I know none of this is surprising at this point but Jesus fucking Christ.
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know none of this is surprising at this point but Jesus fucking Christ.
Sounds like something an international criminal would say. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump signs order sanctioning International Criminal Court
The Hague-based body has created a "shameful moral equivalency" between Hamas and Israel, the White House says.
www.bbc.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Sounds like something an international criminal would say. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government isn’t anywhere near as inefficient as the private contractors who price gouge government contracts.
I wonder why Musk is focused on the federal civilian workforce (4% of the budget) and not federal contractors, which account for 3x more annual spending and are more prone to waste, fraud, and abuse?
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Government isn’t anywhere near as inefficient as the private contractors who price gouge government contracts.
This unfortunately makes a lot of sense.
Maybe we all instantly died when they switched on the Hadron collider and everything since has been, basically, The Good Place.
January 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This unfortunately makes a lot of sense.
I didn’t think that Tik Tok was actually trying to commit foreign interference until the ban went through and they used the opportunity for a bit of light pro-Trump propaganda.
January 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I didn’t think that Tik Tok was actually trying to commit foreign interference until the ban went through and they used the opportunity for a bit of light pro-Trump propaganda.
Someone needs to study the Engineering Manager to amateur guitarist pipeline. I’m on a Calibrations Zoom call with more guitars than people.
January 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Someone needs to study the Engineering Manager to amateur guitarist pipeline. I’m on a Calibrations Zoom call with more guitars than people.
Isn’t recent memory, has the world ever lurched so suddenly in such an awful direction?
January 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Isn’t recent memory, has the world ever lurched so suddenly in such an awful direction?
Slowly rebuilding my Threads and Twitter graphs here.
January 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Slowly rebuilding my Threads and Twitter graphs here.
I, for one, strongly support using Trump’s ego against him like this.
Introducing the Trump Train: an American built train capable of going up to 200 mph! We need these trains to connect all major cities in the country together so that everyone can get on the Trump Train 🇺🇸🚄
January 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I, for one, strongly support using Trump’s ego against him like this.
I have gained so many followers here so rapidly that I’m pretty sure that people think I’m someone else.
November 17, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I have gained so many followers here so rapidly that I’m pretty sure that people think I’m someone else.
If anyone has been waiting to get into Cities Skylines 2, I’d like to tell you that the performance issues are fixed and it’s great now.
January 13, 2024 at 5:31 AM
If anyone has been waiting to get into Cities Skylines 2, I’d like to tell you that the performance issues are fixed and it’s great now.
I am mostly on Threads these days (@chrishawkins), but there are some people here who are not active there who I value maintaining a connection with, so I plan to drop by on occasion.
December 15, 2023 at 7:53 AM
I am mostly on Threads these days (@chrishawkins), but there are some people here who are not active there who I value maintaining a connection with, so I plan to drop by on occasion.
In London last weekend I got to see the National Theatre production of the Ocean at the End of the Lane by @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com. The play absolutely did the source material justice and I highly recommend it.
Here’s hoping it gets a Broadway run at some point.
Here’s hoping it gets a Broadway run at some point.
October 24, 2023 at 4:40 PM
In London last weekend I got to see the National Theatre production of the Ocean at the End of the Lane by @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com. The play absolutely did the source material justice and I highly recommend it.
Here’s hoping it gets a Broadway run at some point.
Here’s hoping it gets a Broadway run at some point.