Eric Christopher

Inside of you are two wolves. ... Serenity now... serenity now...

Purrfect season!🍂 ...who's ready for autumn season? c:

These babies have lost everything. They need a happy ending.

Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!

Going to miss this baby.

Little bit of crossed paws for Aliera here. Second SAGE check up post-hospitalization tomorrow.

Might block traffic, but battletech ?

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Anyone who wants to end birthright citizenship wants to bring back slavery. Those same people also claim non-citizens have no rights—not the right to protest against deportation, nor the right to not have police break down their doors, nor the right to defend themselves in a proceeding.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪

Today, the Archive published a Disappearing Data Chronology--a timeline tracking changes in access to federal information under Trump, including major data losses and restorations, legal challenges to information takedowns, and threats to archival collections. nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhi...

A Place to Call Home | feat. AURORA 🎧 blizz.ly/47QrvVq

Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

Looks like a fun way of finding research and talks on llvm: bwatsonllvm.github.io/library/inde...

So impressed and blessed for all the brands reaching out to support. thousand and more companies offered to donate product and my team gunna get to it. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 BUT if you a billion dollar company,,, we don’t want a product donation. We want you to sponsor these women + athletes. 👀

There is no ethical way to become or remain a billionaire. Thank you for coming to my TED talk,

... And some days are just beautiful.

I routinely delete non-personal pictures, but I did have this saved still. I'm sorry sir, by the laws of bluesky you are required to advise me.

Really not sure what he saw, but he was beautiful while doing it.

I'd learn how to install Linux on VMware Fusion, running on my Mac, from a Debian iso image. I'd learn how to setup up SSH and rehash the debate around what the best shell to use. I'd go with Zsh and fall down the Oh My Zsh rabbit hole. I'd also learn why it's GNU/Linux and not just Linux.

What would I do in a situation like this? If I were just starting my career, I'd be listening to everything. I'd bet on the future and hedge on the fundamentals. I'd pick the most popular agentic coding tool and go all in. I'd hedge that bet by learning the fundamentals of software development.

This pay for pardon list is extraordinary. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...

JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yes. Art is for everyone.

I joined the Oxide and Friends annual predictions podcast episode this week - here are my 1, 3 and 6 year predictions for AI and LLMs (and Kākāpō parrots) simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/l...

We may not be the best at helping make the bed but we are adorable.

"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors. Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life. www.mygrandfatherscat.ca

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

The two hardest problems in Computer Science are 1. Human communication 2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important

... With a thankful heart. youtu.be/TRtY2sp-hsQ?...

After I got fired by DOGE, I wanted to respond to this climate of fear. So I started working at SecureDrop, making software for whistleblowers to communicate with journalists. Our response to all this is to expand who can run and use our software, while safeguarding whistleblowers' anonymity.

My colleague Sanjay Ghemawat & I have done a fair bit of performance tuning of various pieces of code. We wrote an internal Performance Hints document ~2 years ago as a way of identifying some general principles & we've recently published a version of it externally. Doc: abseil.io/fast/hints.h...

Patricia Management Tip: if you don’t have people (who you listen to) telling you regularly that you’re wrong, you are probably really fucking wrong almost all of the time.

The fucking thing about ADHD is you can't just have one tool or system, you gotta have like three simultaneous systems and tools so you can custom blend your own daily coping mechanisms, like being a mixologist for your brain.

Really enjoyed this RFC from @bcantrill.bsky.social on LLMs at Oxide. Feels like a good summary of where my brain is with things. My framing has been "tools can help us, humans can understand us" as to when, how, and more the point the Why and What of LLM use. rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

we should all be allowed an emotional support burrito

Hear The Rite of Spring Conducted by Igor Stravinsky Himself: A Vintage Recording from 1929

Today's evening motivational listen. music.youtube.com/watch?v=3w0q...