Crash Landers
@chrislanders.bsky.social
Baltimore writer, journalist, aging punk rocker, sometimes do-gooder. Opinions expressed are fleeting and ill-considered. Chris Landers Dot Com.
The Washington Post doesn't ask specifically why you cancelled your subscription, but it was this.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Washington Post doesn't ask specifically why you cancelled your subscription, but it was this.
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if kamala was president we wouldn't even know there was a diarrhea plane
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
if kamala was president we wouldn't even know there was a diarrhea plane
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Wow this is amazing. They're putting $5 million into canceling medical debt for families. And for every million the movie makes at the box office, another million in medical debt will get paid off!
‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
bloody-disgusting.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wow this is amazing. They're putting $5 million into canceling medical debt for families. And for every million the movie makes at the box office, another million in medical debt will get paid off!
I would perfer at least minimum wage.
August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I would perfer at least minimum wage.
Just a perfect confluence of grifters and rubes.
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FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report
The AI, dubbed Elsa, is supposed to be making employees better at their jobs.
gizmodo.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Just a perfect confluence of grifters and rubes.
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RIP Ozzy Osbourne, here are 7 heavy metals limited in our sewer system.
July 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
RIP Ozzy Osbourne, here are 7 heavy metals limited in our sewer system.
Ah good, ABC and CBS having settled, the first amendment rests on [checks notes] Rupert Murdoch.
July 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Ah good, ABC and CBS having settled, the first amendment rests on [checks notes] Rupert Murdoch.
Light of my life,
Fire of my elbows.
Fire of my elbows.
July 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Light of my life,
Fire of my elbows.
Fire of my elbows.
My "Skateboarding is not a crime" stickers are finally subversive again. This is a big day.
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action. www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
www.wired.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My "Skateboarding is not a crime" stickers are finally subversive again. This is a big day.
Mr. Narrator, this is Bob Dylan to me.
41 years ago today
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America
#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America
#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mr. Narrator, this is Bob Dylan to me.
Elvis Costello once said "excuse me" to me as I was entering a concert, because he was trying to get to the stage.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Elvis Costello once said "excuse me" to me as I was entering a concert, because he was trying to get to the stage.
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I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
Investing all my money in Old Bay Goldfish.
May 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Investing all my money in Old Bay Goldfish.
Perhaps the technocrats, having failed at making smart machines, have decided to just make dumber humans.
May 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Perhaps the technocrats, having failed at making smart machines, have decided to just make dumber humans.
The meritocracy is back, baby!
April 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The meritocracy is back, baby!
I want a pope with a short skirt and a loooooooooong jacket.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I want a pope with a short skirt and a loooooooooong jacket.
I was out of town for Easter this year so I had to look for eggs in other peoples' yards.
April 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I was out of town for Easter this year so I had to look for eggs in other peoples' yards.
This mfer on my flight back to the US is head to toe Team USA and American flags. He's gotta be smuggling something, right?
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This mfer on my flight back to the US is head to toe Team USA and American flags. He's gotta be smuggling something, right?
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They are officially not letting trans people in this country. FYI
Bells Larsen has been forced to cancel his US tour because of anti-trans visa denial
Bells Larsen Forced To Cancel US Tour Due To Anti-Trans Visa Denial
Montreal-based indie-folk singer-songwriter Bells Larsen has a new album called Blurring Time set to come out in two weeks, and he was planning to head out on a quick run of US shows in June. That tou...
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April 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
They are officially not letting trans people in this country. FYI
Writing it this way is a conscious choice.
April 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Writing it this way is a conscious choice.
I mean, he didn't even have a chainsaw!
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I mean, he didn't even have a chainsaw!
About time someone disrupted... mailing checks to people on time.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
About time someone disrupted... mailing checks to people on time.