Chris Walz
@cwalz.bsky.social
Security Engineer, hobby collector, science enthusiast
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with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
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back in the summer this city felt safe. now I can't walk down the street without seeing a skeleton, pumpkin with a face, things of this nature. it's just sad to watch the city I love fall apart.
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
back in the summer this city felt safe. now I can't walk down the street without seeing a skeleton, pumpkin with a face, things of this nature. it's just sad to watch the city I love fall apart.
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And Alexander wept, for there was no more hamburger to help
October 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
And Alexander wept, for there was no more hamburger to help
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I think I need a Don’t Tread on Me doormat now, as I have learned people actually sell these - both unironically and, hilariously, actually sincerely far as I can tell
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I think I need a Don’t Tread on Me doormat now, as I have learned people actually sell these - both unironically and, hilariously, actually sincerely far as I can tell
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
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Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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We have always made delightful little guys.
July 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We have always made delightful little guys.
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"First responders" needs to be abolished from style guides because its purpose is to smuggle cops into a category that includes EMTs and firefighters.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
June 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"First responders" needs to be abolished from style guides because its purpose is to smuggle cops into a category that includes EMTs and firefighters.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
The phrase is deliberate copaganda that allows abusers to borrow an aura of respectability from other groups.
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This tiny spider has binoculars for eyes and a brain so efficient it puts supercomputers to shame.
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
May 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This tiny spider has binoculars for eyes and a brain so efficient it puts supercomputers to shame.
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
What is the jumping spider Portia, and why is it so interesting to neuroscientists, roboticists, and practitioners of AI?
1/10 ⚛️🧪
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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by what i assume has to be popular demand: the 3-2-1 Contact intro
March 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
by what i assume has to be popular demand: the 3-2-1 Contact intro
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einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
June 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM
einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
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People being rude to service workers is a red flag both in needlessly being a dickhead to someone but also in that you can tell they appreciate it when you make their work a little easier and who doesn’t want that shit? That shit feels amazing. A waiter being happy? That shit makes your weekend
February 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
People being rude to service workers is a red flag both in needlessly being a dickhead to someone but also in that you can tell they appreciate it when you make their work a little easier and who doesn’t want that shit? That shit feels amazing. A waiter being happy? That shit makes your weekend
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Seeing people get up to nonsense like this - like not to get all corny, but honest to God - reminds me that people are worth fighting for lmao.
In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Seeing people get up to nonsense like this - like not to get all corny, but honest to God - reminds me that people are worth fighting for lmao.
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if you work for the IRS, i’d like to chat. message me on signal at marisakabas.04
this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
if you work for the IRS, i’d like to chat. message me on signal at marisakabas.04
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February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM