Chris Sanders
@highlycaffeinated.bsky.social
IT Support manager, traveler, dog lover, leftist.
World of Warcraft, Warhammer 40k, history, art, etc.
I drink a lot of coffee and have to attend a lot of meetings. Printers are the bane of my existence.
World of Warcraft, Warhammer 40k, history, art, etc.
I drink a lot of coffee and have to attend a lot of meetings. Printers are the bane of my existence.
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“We’re going to end carceral systems through constant state monitoring.” - tech CEOs for like the last month now.
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“We’re going to end carceral systems through constant state monitoring.” - tech CEOs for like the last month now.
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there it is
Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
there it is
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i don't think it's responsible to let President Grandpa go out there without challenge and say that the way forward on health care are national FSAs seeded some token amount of cash and the right to buy individual health plans yourself off the retail rack. i think the stupidity should be pointed out
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i don't think it's responsible to let President Grandpa go out there without challenge and say that the way forward on health care are national FSAs seeded some token amount of cash and the right to buy individual health plans yourself off the retail rack. i think the stupidity should be pointed out
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BREAKING: Scorpion Bites Frog Immediately and Repeatedly
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
BREAKING: Scorpion Bites Frog Immediately and Repeatedly
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this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
this is a rich text but my favorite part is that despite being presumably good at math, her husband is so illiterate that he cannot read a baby's report card
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He is keeping that fucking desk and we will never get it back
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
He is keeping that fucking desk and we will never get it back
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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Being excellent at math is knowing *how* to build the Torment Nexus. Learning to interact with other people is knowing why you *shouldn’t* build the Torment Nexus.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Being excellent at math is knowing *how* to build the Torment Nexus. Learning to interact with other people is knowing why you *shouldn’t* build the Torment Nexus.
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Please help, I've fallen down the Temu screaming goat throw pillow rabbithole
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Please help, I've fallen down the Temu screaming goat throw pillow rabbithole
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Look, I know that fast fashion is terrible and I try to buy nothing new and repair what I have whenever possible. But my normal resistance to Temu ads is utterly undone by this objectively incredible item
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Look, I know that fast fashion is terrible and I try to buy nothing new and repair what I have whenever possible. But my normal resistance to Temu ads is utterly undone by this objectively incredible item
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The dehumanization tactics will only get worse
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
After José's arrest sparked outrage in August, DHS attacked him in a press release, calling him a "criminal illegal alien, not a firefighter." DHS has cited a 12-year-old drug delivery charge while failing to acknowledge the charge was dismissed.
Full @us.theguardian.com interview and story here:
Full @us.theguardian.com interview and story here:
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The dehumanization tactics will only get worse
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
Saying he’s a “criminal illegal alien & not a firefighter” is meant to make you see him as less than a person.
They do the same thing to disabled people. We’re “useless eaters”.
They want you to view others as expendable so they can commit atrocities
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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there once was a man from bluesky
he claimed that he was a wife guy
into dms he slid
with a wife and a kid
the women of bluesky said buhbye
he claimed that he was a wife guy
into dms he slid
with a wife and a kid
the women of bluesky said buhbye
there really is a fine line between a poet and a poster and i think more of you could cross it than you think
writing poetry feels so so good you guys
writing poetry feels so so good you guys
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
there once was a man from bluesky
he claimed that he was a wife guy
into dms he slid
with a wife and a kid
the women of bluesky said buhbye
he claimed that he was a wife guy
into dms he slid
with a wife and a kid
the women of bluesky said buhbye
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sold Nvidia to buy OpenAI so they can buy chips from Nvidia. music is going to stop eventually and there's a missing chair.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
sold Nvidia to buy OpenAI so they can buy chips from Nvidia. music is going to stop eventually and there's a missing chair.
I’m a cynic
I’m a stoic
I’m a Bluesky poet
I skeet my postes into the sun
I’m a stoic
I’m a Bluesky poet
I skeet my postes into the sun
there really is a fine line between a poet and a poster and i think more of you could cross it than you think
writing poetry feels so so good you guys
writing poetry feels so so good you guys
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’m a cynic
I’m a stoic
I’m a Bluesky poet
I skeet my postes into the sun
I’m a stoic
I’m a Bluesky poet
I skeet my postes into the sun
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did the bond movies really intend to be legible as one, single continuity? because that is not how i’ve been watching them. i thought it was more of a “final fantasy” situation where it’s maybe slightly connected but separate. how could the guy be in his 30s-50s for 70 years?
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
did the bond movies really intend to be legible as one, single continuity? because that is not how i’ve been watching them. i thought it was more of a “final fantasy” situation where it’s maybe slightly connected but separate. how could the guy be in his 30s-50s for 70 years?
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these Senators like to pretend they're stupid, but they're really just openly corrupt
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
these Senators like to pretend they're stupid, but they're really just openly corrupt
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
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That’s what the should have done in April. But instead, they continue confirming, passing budgets, and allowing unanimous consent to continue apace. Squandering every tool the minority has to slow the GOP’s continued insurrection.
Schumer and co. simply aren’t up to meeting the moment.
Schumer and co. simply aren’t up to meeting the moment.
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
That’s what the should have done in April. But instead, they continue confirming, passing budgets, and allowing unanimous consent to continue apace. Squandering every tool the minority has to slow the GOP’s continued insurrection.
Schumer and co. simply aren’t up to meeting the moment.
Schumer and co. simply aren’t up to meeting the moment.
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They glue Daniel Craig back together and he bolts upright and says “see, I was shaken, not stirred”
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They glue Daniel Craig back together and he bolts upright and says “see, I was shaken, not stirred”
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"Whats the point of standards" explains the past 10 years of US history
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Whats the point of standards" explains the past 10 years of US history
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I'll Mannsplain it. Our institutions are weak and easily corrupted because they're mostly run by corruptible old men.
Can anyone mansplain how they became so weak and open to corruption? Bueller Bueller Berlusconi?
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'll Mannsplain it. Our institutions are weak and easily corrupted because they're mostly run by corruptible old men.
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using my tongue to operate this thing at work so i can stay on top of my game
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
using my tongue to operate this thing at work so i can stay on top of my game
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At a basic level, and what I think what his fans like most about him, is that he's never had to do a normal task in his adult life.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
At a basic level, and what I think what his fans like most about him, is that he's never had to do a normal task in his adult life.
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Guess who they expelled? Not the boys.
The situation led to a confrontation between one of the boys and a female student.
The situation led to a confrontation between one of the boys and a female student.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Guess who they expelled? Not the boys.
The situation led to a confrontation between one of the boys and a female student.
The situation led to a confrontation between one of the boys and a female student.
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Lafourche Sheriff's Office said the investigation began in August after someone reported that a group of boys was circulating AI-generated nude pictures of female students on a school bus.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Lafourche student arrested after allegedly sharing AI-generated nude photos of classmates; victim’s expulsion sparks outrage
The student was charged with 10 counts of unlawful dissemination of images created by artificial intelligence.
www.wwltv.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Lafourche Sheriff's Office said the investigation began in August after someone reported that a group of boys was circulating AI-generated nude pictures of female students on a school bus.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...