Vanessa
@vanessakristoff.bsky.social
Elder software engineer. Swiftie. Knitter. Traveler. Optimist. Unabashed feminist, liberal.
Every time Aaron Rodgers has a bad game as a Steeler, I feel so much schadenfreude. It’s delicious.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Every time Aaron Rodgers has a bad game as a Steeler, I feel so much schadenfreude. It’s delicious.
You do not speak for Pennsylvania, ya big jerk. @fetterman.senate.gov
Fetterman on Morning Joe: "I know both of you have been punished to have conversations, ongoing dialogue with President Trump. I got hit just to have dinner with him after he invited me to have that conversation. Pennsylvania keeps people honest."
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You do not speak for Pennsylvania, ya big jerk. @fetterman.senate.gov
The NFL platforming Trump is sickening.
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The NFL platforming Trump is sickening.
It’s so different, watching election results come in without dread in your heart.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s so different, watching election results come in without dread in your heart.
Hurray and also you’re welcome.
FUCK YES:
Democrats have retained a 5-2 seat majority in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
This is what democracy looks like.
Democrats have retained a 5-2 seat majority in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
This is what democracy looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hurray and also you’re welcome.
Squint and you can see me there.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Squint and you can see me there.
Canceled Disney Plus even though I haven’t finished Season 2 of Andor. That’s how much I love this country.
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Canceled Disney Plus even though I haven’t finished Season 2 of Andor. That’s how much I love this country.
It was reckless, and we are all paying the price for his recklessness.
The Atlantic published an excerpt from former VP Harris’ book “107 Days” in which Harris laments what she calls the “recklessness” that led to former President Biden’s 2024 campaign.
@alivitali.bsky.social and @markleibovich.bsky.social join Chris Jansing to discuss.
www.msnbc.com/chris-jansin...
@alivitali.bsky.social and @markleibovich.bsky.social join Chris Jansing to discuss.
www.msnbc.com/chris-jansin...
Harris opens up in new book about Biden’s 2024 run: ‘Was it grace, or was it recklessness?’
The Atlantic published an excerpt from former Vice President Kamala Harris’ upcoming book “107 Days” in which Harris laments what she calls the “recklessness” that led to former President Biden’s 2024...
www.msnbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It was reckless, and we are all paying the price for his recklessness.
We really need to drop this business about his hands and his ankles. It’s like the Mueller Report in his first term; it ain’t coming to save us. We have to do the hard work of resisting, and not engage in death fantasies.
August 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We really need to drop this business about his hands and his ankles. It’s like the Mueller Report in his first term; it ain’t coming to save us. We have to do the hard work of resisting, and not engage in death fantasies.
Acid rain. Adults who smoked and drank in the car while driving us places. The hole in the ozone layer. All things I remember from my childhood.
August 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Acid rain. Adults who smoked and drank in the car while driving us places. The hole in the ozone layer. All things I remember from my childhood.
All these robotics companies are posting how proud they were to be involved in McCormick’s thing yesterday with Trump, and I am so glad I am retiring in the spring. I can burn as many bridges as I want in saying: I would never work for any of these people and their shitty companies.
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
All these robotics companies are posting how proud they were to be involved in McCormick’s thing yesterday with Trump, and I am so glad I am retiring in the spring. I can burn as many bridges as I want in saying: I would never work for any of these people and their shitty companies.
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Wouldn’t it be interesting if Florida’s official state tourism agency found out exactly what people thought about their brand new concentration camp? (I made a thing - feel free to copy and share)
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
July 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Wouldn’t it be interesting if Florida’s official state tourism agency found out exactly what people thought about their brand new concentration camp? (I made a thing - feel free to copy and share)
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
[ @hcrichardson.bsky.social , you just asked in your video to be tagged in any new memes, right? ]
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He was humiliated last weekend. This weekend he bombed someone.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
June 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
He was humiliated last weekend. This weekend he bombed someone.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
My guess is there is a relationship between those two events.
I am so ashamed of our country and what we have done.
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am so ashamed of our country and what we have done.
I am assembling togo boxes for my wedding cookie table. I am at peak yinzer.
May 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am assembling togo boxes for my wedding cookie table. I am at peak yinzer.
This fills my heart with joy.
Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration
Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash
The auto maker’s net income fell 71% in the first quarter.
www.wsj.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This fills my heart with joy.
I am not fan of the Catholic Church, but on a human level, how sad that Pope Francis’s last day had to include JD Vance.
April 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I am not fan of the Catholic Church, but on a human level, how sad that Pope Francis’s last day had to include JD Vance.
Facilitate is indeed an active verb.
April 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Facilitate is indeed an active verb.
Proud to be about to marry one of these professors!
Along with @prmalone.bsky.social, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social, and several colleagues at Stanford, I filed this amicus brief on behalf of 363 law professors in support of Perkins Coie and the rule of law. We will file similar briefs for Jenner and Wilmer Hale
law.stanford.edu/publications...
law.stanford.edu/publications...
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 363 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND FOR DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law School
Amici 363 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and for Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief
law.stanford.edu
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Proud to be about to marry one of these professors!
Worth a read, but such a dark piece.
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Worth a read, but such a dark piece.
I can’t even tell you how many times I have seen people fail at this exact thing. Every single time Elon and his stooges speak about software, they out themselves as clueless.
any software dork with experience with systems of any complexity at all will tell you this is a doomed idea that usually only comes from the newest programmers. “i could rewrite that in a weekend” is a common trope of the inexperienced. that code base is probably 90% chestertons fences.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
March 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I can’t even tell you how many times I have seen people fail at this exact thing. Every single time Elon and his stooges speak about software, they out themselves as clueless.
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When Team Democracy is back in charge it will be critical to remember what the billionaires did to this country when it was defenseless.
March 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When Team Democracy is back in charge it will be critical to remember what the billionaires did to this country when it was defenseless.
Just called @fetterman.senate.gov and asked him to vote no on Cloture and the bill, and to use his power. He has the chance to redeem himself with me, at least partially.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just called @fetterman.senate.gov and asked him to vote no on Cloture and the bill, and to use his power. He has the chance to redeem himself with me, at least partially.
On the one hand I get it that people want Democrats to DO MORE, but on the other hand - they got voted out. They can shout and hold press conferences and vote NO (and they should do that), but they have no real power to change anything that is happening.
March 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
On the one hand I get it that people want Democrats to DO MORE, but on the other hand - they got voted out. They can shout and hold press conferences and vote NO (and they should do that), but they have no real power to change anything that is happening.
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A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A message from Zelensky through his actions. Honor and dignity. Some things can only be surrendered. They can't be taken away.