Chris 🇵🇭
@cvlove.bsky.social
Head of PR, Anaheim Electronics.
Aspiring retiree. Yang Wen-li appreciator
Interests: history, defense, climate, motorcycles, gardening
Aspiring retiree. Yang Wen-li appreciator
Interests: history, defense, climate, motorcycles, gardening
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Chris 🇵🇭
@cvlove.bsky.social
· Nov 23
A thread for books I've read, updated randomly
#booksky
#booksky
Even a seemingly purposeless miracle is an inexhaustible source of hope, because it proves to us that since we do not understand everything, our defeats—so much more numerous than our few and empty victories—may be equally specious, Charlie Brown
This is a true prophecy, as true as yours ever were. When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sundered, but shall be the prize of the gods’ gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy, Charlie Brown.
He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Even a seemingly purposeless miracle is an inexhaustible source of hope, because it proves to us that since we do not understand everything, our defeats—so much more numerous than our few and empty victories—may be equally specious, Charlie Brown
Here's a good explanation for why this is stupid
Tldr, it doesn't address root causes and the effects would be wildly unpredictable
Tldr, it doesn't address root causes and the effects would be wildly unpredictable
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Here's a good explanation for why this is stupid
Tldr, it doesn't address root causes and the effects would be wildly unpredictable
Tldr, it doesn't address root causes and the effects would be wildly unpredictable
Im really not doing the maliciously incompetent husband thing but every time I handle one of my wife's Halara dresses I get so confused I start crying
Non euclidean ass dress
Non euclidean ass dress
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Im really not doing the maliciously incompetent husband thing but every time I handle one of my wife's Halara dresses I get so confused I start crying
Non euclidean ass dress
Non euclidean ass dress
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Cracks me up how you could just replace Venezuela and Venezuelans with Iraq and Iraqis and it’d be indistinguishable from something written in 2002
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cracks me up how you could just replace Venezuela and Venezuelans with Iraq and Iraqis and it’d be indistinguishable from something written in 2002
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There's a reason why major social media platforms, including Twitter pre-Elon, spent time and resources on "countering foreign influence" or "coordinated inauthentic behavior."
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There's a reason why major social media platforms, including Twitter pre-Elon, spent time and resources on "countering foreign influence" or "coordinated inauthentic behavior."
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
But then Tai bi, Shellenberger, Weiss, Benz, and Jordan showed up claiming that was the "censorship industrial complex"
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And I mean everything. 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And I mean everything. 🤡
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
White board Q of the week at the office was "favorite US city". These kids said shit like Cleveland, okc, st Louis, Dallas. Deeply embarrassing generation
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
White board Q of the week at the office was "favorite US city". These kids said shit like Cleveland, okc, st Louis, Dallas. Deeply embarrassing generation
It should be a crime to wait for a spot at the grocery parking lot and it should be enforceable by citizens if they have read through a powerpoint
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It should be a crime to wait for a spot at the grocery parking lot and it should be enforceable by citizens if they have read through a powerpoint
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Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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The absolute first thing Democrats Must Do if/when they hold power again is restore as much of the funding/agencies illegally dismantled & cancelled by these unprecedented criminals as possible & then put Musk & everyone else involved in jail for the rest of their lives.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The absolute first thing Democrats Must Do if/when they hold power again is restore as much of the funding/agencies illegally dismantled & cancelled by these unprecedented criminals as possible & then put Musk & everyone else involved in jail for the rest of their lives.
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Congrats to everyone who covered the obviously bad faith, unprecedentedly illegal, & wildly unconstitutional data theft & dismantling of the federal government by a billionaire criminal Nazi & his henchmen as a legitimate process of “government efficiency.” Truly, well done.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congrats to everyone who covered the obviously bad faith, unprecedentedly illegal, & wildly unconstitutional data theft & dismantling of the federal government by a billionaire criminal Nazi & his henchmen as a legitimate process of “government efficiency.” Truly, well done.
Yeah yeah, I'm a rube but I love these things. And theyre the only place to get diet Sprite from a fountain
"Sometimes the flavors in the nozzle-"
I'll just get you a bottle alright sweetheart?
"Sometimes the flavors in the nozzle-"
I'll just get you a bottle alright sweetheart?
This is the closest humans have gotten to achieving the Star Trek replicator
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yeah yeah, I'm a rube but I love these things. And theyre the only place to get diet Sprite from a fountain
"Sometimes the flavors in the nozzle-"
I'll just get you a bottle alright sweetheart?
"Sometimes the flavors in the nozzle-"
I'll just get you a bottle alright sweetheart?
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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For the better part of a decade I've been telling ppl that in an ideal world, Trump would have zero power but we'd always be able to hear from him. Maybe every social account would auto friend him like MySpace Tom. Or maybe he's an authorized sender for wireless emergency alerts
once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
For the better part of a decade I've been telling ppl that in an ideal world, Trump would have zero power but we'd always be able to hear from him. Maybe every social account would auto friend him like MySpace Tom. Or maybe he's an authorized sender for wireless emergency alerts
It's so frustrating that we almost exclusively talk about college as job training. Learning is itself a laudable end
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's so frustrating that we almost exclusively talk about college as job training. Learning is itself a laudable end
Good fit for deputy department secretaries in this administration
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Good fit for deputy department secretaries in this administration
He also killed the pope
Has JD Vance done anything as VP besides go on podcasts and complain?
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
He also killed the pope
What you wanna do is stick a bunch of retroreflective tape on your car to shine that shit right back at them
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
What you wanna do is stick a bunch of retroreflective tape on your car to shine that shit right back at them
Birds have no idea theyre basically like angels or fairies to us. If a bird interacts with you in any way its the most delightful experience you'll have that day
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Birds have no idea theyre basically like angels or fairies to us. If a bird interacts with you in any way its the most delightful experience you'll have that day
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failure to imprison (at least) Bovino when this is over would be a catastrophic failure of democratic governance
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
failure to imprison (at least) Bovino when this is over would be a catastrophic failure of democratic governance