chris_marie
@shadowllyd.bsky.social
Artist, cat lover, creative writer, legal professional, all-around culture junkie.
It wasn’t the first time the White House got destroyed…the British burned it to the ground during the War of 1812. And numerous presidents changed and added to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It wasn’t the first time the White House got destroyed…the British burned it to the ground during the War of 1812. And numerous presidents changed and added to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
When will people learn that violence solves nothing and just makes everything worse??
Killing random Jewish worshippers at synagogues in the Diaspora doesn't help or avenge Palestinians. It does, however, support the Zionist narrative that Jews are under siege everywhere, which is used to manufacture consent for genocide.
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When will people learn that violence solves nothing and just makes everything worse??
I’ve been ignoring AI copilot on Word and excel. It wants to help? Eh, no thanks. Also that’s actually the wrong phrasing…
The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’ve been ignoring AI copilot on Word and excel. It wants to help? Eh, no thanks. Also that’s actually the wrong phrasing…
Worth noting that South Park is on Paramount + and Comedy Central ( Paramount)
July 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Worth noting that South Park is on Paramount + and Comedy Central ( Paramount)
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God, I love this kind of shit.
If you'd asked me ten minutes ago how often interstellar objects are observed in our solar system, I would have believed answers ranging from "never" to "a few times a week."
Turns out that yesterday the answer was "two," and today it's maybe "three."
If you'd asked me ten minutes ago how often interstellar objects are observed in our solar system, I would have believed answers ranging from "never" to "a few times a week."
Turns out that yesterday the answer was "two," and today it's maybe "three."
!!!!! Waking up to the news that we might have found an interstellar object passing through our Solar System - only the third ever seen. Looks convincing based on the orbit.
For any asteroid observers who have not heard about it already:
Newly-discovered #A11pl3Z is a candidate interstellar object.
cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/obje...
Newly-discovered #A11pl3Z is a candidate interstellar object.
cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/#/obje...
July 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
God, I love this kind of shit.
If you'd asked me ten minutes ago how often interstellar objects are observed in our solar system, I would have believed answers ranging from "never" to "a few times a week."
Turns out that yesterday the answer was "two," and today it's maybe "three."
If you'd asked me ten minutes ago how often interstellar objects are observed in our solar system, I would have believed answers ranging from "never" to "a few times a week."
Turns out that yesterday the answer was "two," and today it's maybe "three."
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Just a reminder that most of Trump's executive orders are nothing more than press releases.
After he ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to pull funding for NPR and PBS, the CPB responded that it is authorized and funded by Congress and is not subject to the president's authority.
After he ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to pull funding for NPR and PBS, the CPB responded that it is authorized and funded by Congress and is not subject to the president's authority.
![WASHINGTON, D.C, (May 2, 2025) — Patricia Harrison, President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), issued the following statement today regarding the President’s Executive Order on public media:
“CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President’s authority. Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government.
“In creating CPB, Congress expressly forbade ‘any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors…’ 47 U.S.C. § 398(c).”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjjhbsc3pp3vkqjsivk6z2yd/bafkreie7ky7hw4h6fcaqa6fkkqdyhg6czlebc2udp6fbbsjah4eoj7qg2y@jpeg)
May 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just a reminder that most of Trump's executive orders are nothing more than press releases.
After he ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to pull funding for NPR and PBS, the CPB responded that it is authorized and funded by Congress and is not subject to the president's authority.
After he ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to pull funding for NPR and PBS, the CPB responded that it is authorized and funded by Congress and is not subject to the president's authority.
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Tomorrow's @nypost.com wood: "He Said, Xi Said"
* CHINA, U.S. NOT HAVING ANY TALKS ON TARIFFS --CHINESE EMBASSY
* U.S. SHOULD STOP CREATING CONFUSION -- CHINESE EMBASSY
@reuters.com
* U.S. SHOULD STOP CREATING CONFUSION -- CHINESE EMBASSY
@reuters.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tomorrow's @nypost.com wood: "He Said, Xi Said"
It’s sad. I can no longer tell what is a political satirical joke. I had to do double take. And sighed in relief and laughed.
“Starting today, fishermen will finally be allowed to sail into America’s protected aquariums, drop a net in any marine exhibit they please, and begin trawling,” Trump said at a press conference
Trump Opens Up Nation’s Aquariums To Commercial Fishing
WASHINGTON—Claiming that preservation efforts had impeded U.S. seafood production for far too long, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had opened up the nation’s aquariums to commercia...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It’s sad. I can no longer tell what is a political satirical joke. I had to do double take. And sighed in relief and laughed.
Do they know that a good portion of our economy is tourist based?
this is so frigging insane. we're worried about hardened Japanese tourist/business traveler radicals destabilizing the the US during their visits?
Japanese netizens are shocked by a tweet from the US Embassy declaring that Japanese people applying for non-immigrant visas must provide information on all social media accounts they have used in the last 5 years [or their visas could be rejected].
Some are comparing it to China & North Korea.
Some are comparing it to China & North Korea.
April 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Do they know that a good portion of our economy is tourist based?
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this is so frigging insane. we're worried about hardened Japanese tourist/business traveler radicals destabilizing the the US during their visits?
Japanese netizens are shocked by a tweet from the US Embassy declaring that Japanese people applying for non-immigrant visas must provide information on all social media accounts they have used in the last 5 years [or their visas could be rejected].
Some are comparing it to China & North Korea.
Some are comparing it to China & North Korea.
April 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
this is so frigging insane. we're worried about hardened Japanese tourist/business traveler radicals destabilizing the the US during their visits?
youtu.be/LZiAPvtUmcY for those who need this right now.
Rudy Francisco - A Series of Gentle Reminders
YouTube video by Button Poetry
youtu.be
April 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
youtu.be/LZiAPvtUmcY for those who need this right now.
Which resulted in a rise of sales for Maya Angelou books. They are sold out in area book stores.
The main thing is that we stay focused on our key goals, like removing Maya Angelou from military libraries
Why isn't the legacy media covering this? China can wipe out most of U.S. carriers in less than 30 minutes. That war games are indicating U.S. losses in a war with China.
interestingengineering.com/military/chi...
interestingengineering.com/military/chi...
April 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Which resulted in a rise of sales for Maya Angelou books. They are sold out in area book stores.
Watercolor and pencil.
April 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Watercolor and pencil.
People ask: has there ever been a worse or stupider time or President in US?
Yes. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. 7 th president of US. Crushed the economy. Responsible for genocide of various Native American tribes, Trail of Tears, and a Depression in the 1830s leading up to US Civil War.
Yes. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. 7 th president of US. Crushed the economy. Responsible for genocide of various Native American tribes, Trail of Tears, and a Depression in the 1830s leading up to US Civil War.
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
People ask: has there ever been a worse or stupider time or President in US?
Yes. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. 7 th president of US. Crushed the economy. Responsible for genocide of various Native American tribes, Trail of Tears, and a Depression in the 1830s leading up to US Civil War.
Yes. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. 7 th president of US. Crushed the economy. Responsible for genocide of various Native American tribes, Trail of Tears, and a Depression in the 1830s leading up to US Civil War.
I miss having a law abiding and intelligent Supreme Court.
I miss having a Congress.
April 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I miss having a law abiding and intelligent Supreme Court.
Thought of the day:” Most of the misery in the world is caused by regular people going about their days but conveniently forgetting that the”others” in any society are equally deserving of human dignity and compassion.” - Jonathan Eig
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thought of the day:” Most of the misery in the world is caused by regular people going about their days but conveniently forgetting that the”others” in any society are equally deserving of human dignity and compassion.” - Jonathan Eig
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There are lots of new details about Cory Booker's speech in our TPM writeup about his record.
He set out to do this about a week ago. He brought on a former staffer who led a team that helped him fill over a dozen binders with 1,164 pages of material. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
He set out to do this about a week ago. He brought on a former staffer who led a team that helped him fill over a dozen binders with 1,164 pages of material. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There are lots of new details about Cory Booker's speech in our TPM writeup about his record.
He set out to do this about a week ago. He brought on a former staffer who led a team that helped him fill over a dozen binders with 1,164 pages of material. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
He set out to do this about a week ago. He brought on a former staffer who led a team that helped him fill over a dozen binders with 1,164 pages of material. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
My brother sent me this for my birthday . youtu.be/sLn8GKzNAPQ
Hostile Government Take Over (EDM Remix) @AGiftFromTodd
YouTube video by Vinny Marchi
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March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My brother sent me this for my birthday . youtu.be/sLn8GKzNAPQ
Well not quite nobody.
ER's Dr. Romano killed by a helicopter vibes. (Reference nobody will get).
March 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Well not quite nobody.
I tortured myself by reading Budget Bill passed the House. Good news? Still funding Medicare & Social Security. & Medicaid isn’t mentioned. Bad news? Medicaid isn’t mentioned & they gave Ways & Means Committee lots of power to cut. They want free market capitalism, no constraints.
February 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I tortured myself by reading Budget Bill passed the House. Good news? Still funding Medicare & Social Security. & Medicaid isn’t mentioned. Bad news? Medicaid isn’t mentioned & they gave Ways & Means Committee lots of power to cut. They want free market capitalism, no constraints.
Happy Galentine Day! Non-romantic love day.
February 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy Galentine Day! Non-romantic love day.
Also? Do not fight/argue with folks on social media. It never ends well.
January 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Also? Do not fight/argue with folks on social media. It never ends well.
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.