Chris Shabsin
@cshabsin.bsky.social
Somerville, MA, USA parent of two
Googler working on experiment infrastructure. Language hackery and IDE integration stuff feels a little like knitting thneeds, but at least it's fun
Googler working on experiment infrastructure. Language hackery and IDE integration stuff feels a little like knitting thneeds, but at least it's fun
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Trump's turn smells like a trap.
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump's turn smells like a trap.
This one has several planes, but a shout out to an especially great scene about how to land a jet.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This one has several planes, but a shout out to an especially great scene about how to land a jet.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
I'd pay good money to upgrade my Boston Globe subscription to omit sports crap.
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'd pay good money to upgrade my Boston Globe subscription to omit sports crap.
Maybe it wasn't political malpractice for Democrats to allow this through? Are the public starting to notice what the Republicans are?
After a bipartisan backlash, Republican senators are distancing themselves from a provision tucked inside the CR/minibus allowing 8 of them to sue for $500K in taxpayer-funded payments for each "instance" where their data was accessed in the Jan. 6 probe. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches
The senators’ comments came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would hold a vote on the House floor to repeal the provision inserted by his Senate counterparts.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Maybe it wasn't political malpractice for Democrats to allow this through? Are the public starting to notice what the Republicans are?
I wish I hadn't seen a trailer before watching Pluribus episode 1
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I wish I hadn't seen a trailer before watching Pluribus episode 1
Oof. 10th percentile on that shift in the Dispatch finale... and I thought I was doing ok!
What an ending though, what a show, er, game!
Gotta work on my QTE reactions...
What an ending though, what a show, er, game!
Gotta work on my QTE reactions...
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Oof. 10th percentile on that shift in the Dispatch finale... and I thought I was doing ok!
What an ending though, what a show, er, game!
Gotta work on my QTE reactions...
What an ending though, what a show, er, game!
Gotta work on my QTE reactions...
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In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Invisigal could do a killer Tracer costume at Halloween. That invisibility of hers could simulate Tracer's teleport pretty well as a party trick. #Dispatch
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Invisigal could do a killer Tracer costume at Halloween. That invisibility of hers could simulate Tracer's teleport pretty well as a party trick. #Dispatch
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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The Trump Administration is choosing to let families go hungry even as grocery prices rise and millions struggle to afford food. The emergency funds exist to keep SNAP benefits going, but they’re refusing to act. It’s shameful and completely unacceptable.
October 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Trump Administration is choosing to let families go hungry even as grocery prices rise and millions struggle to afford food. The emergency funds exist to keep SNAP benefits going, but they’re refusing to act. It’s shameful and completely unacceptable.
This is what we get for laughing at the OceanGate Titan submersible. Now the whole country is in the submersible.
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is what we get for laughing at the OceanGate Titan submersible. Now the whole country is in the submersible.
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Whether it’s Bill Clinton letting a donor sleep in the Lincoln bedroom or Donald Trump completely demolishing the east wing of the White House, neither president showed proper respect for our nation’s most sacred building.
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Whether it’s Bill Clinton letting a donor sleep in the Lincoln bedroom or Donald Trump completely demolishing the east wing of the White House, neither president showed proper respect for our nation’s most sacred building.
If you're still giving this rag your money or eyeballs, why?
It's not just that the NYT chose to ignore the massive protests -- 300,000 in their city alone! -- but that the piece they *did* run on the front page about Democrats is almost cartoonishly bad in how much it whines that they're just not doing what A.G. Sulzberger LXVII wants them to do.
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you're still giving this rag your money or eyeballs, why?
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Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
October 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
It's up there now, I guess they saw this and fixed the glitch.
You're not gonna believe this but @cbsnews.com appears to not have a story about some of the largest mass protests in American history anywhere on its main page.
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's up there now, I guess they saw this and fixed the glitch.
Oust Stephen Miller. Hire Stephen Wright.
October 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oust Stephen Miller. Hire Stephen Wright.
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a good “this is what twitter was for” thread was when someone pretty definitively and with evidence traced the etymology of “triscuit” to “electricity biscuit” because harnessable electricity was pretty new at the time and they were like futuristic crackers
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
a good “this is what twitter was for” thread was when someone pretty definitively and with evidence traced the etymology of “triscuit” to “electricity biscuit” because harnessable electricity was pretty new at the time and they were like futuristic crackers
Do not ask for whom the turn down, it turn down for what
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Do not ask for whom the turn down, it turn down for what
It's part of their plan to kill fentanyl sales.
The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on migration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation @wsj.com published today.
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
September 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's part of their plan to kill fentanyl sales.
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Bertrand Russell, at 89 years old, to Sir Oswald Mosley, a man most famous for founding, in 1932, the British Union of Fascists.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bertrand Russell, at 89 years old, to Sir Oswald Mosley, a man most famous for founding, in 1932, the British Union of Fascists.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
This pretty much sums it up
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf.
If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This pretty much sums it up
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...