Christopher Brecht

Christopher Brecht

@kifftopher.bsky.social

He/Him. MLIS. Pullman, WA.

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Christopher Brecht reposted

[smiling as I add carrots, celery, and onions to my soup] ah, the holy trinity [a cloud crosses my face when I drop a bay leaf into the pot] …and the sin eater

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if i take a walk in my little walkable neighborhood to buy fresh flowers and crunchy nectarines and my serenity is punctured by the sound of your tesla flipping in the air, i will blow up your car with a rocket launcher

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com

"Flying cars are real!" 🚀 Elon Musk and Tesla showcase the new Roadster.

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AUTHORS: REJECT AI. NO DEAL. SOA: So what I'm hearing is that you want us to say more about our AI deal.

The Society of Authors@societyofauthors.bsky.social

We understand the strength of feeling this AI Charter has provoked & that more explanation is needed. We will publish a blog tomorrow detailing why, in a vacuum of regulation, this charter demands more transparency & accountability from organisations on how they are using AI now and in the future.

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ME: i’m so sick and tired of being set upon by the baron’s hounds HER: Maybe stop hopping the fence into his estate? ME: sympathy not solutions plz HER: I’m so sorry, that sounds very painful. I know you’re trying really hard to get The Baron’s priceless egg. ME: it should be *my* egg :(

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This whole thread makes me feel like my scalp is on fire. I feel like some of us have been shouting the bolded part here for years and they just tweeted it out (in court).

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social

two different paragraphs, two different sections but encourage you to click and read the unsealed (pink) of both of them together. And stop and think about the impact and harm to news media and civil society. /8

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never forget except for donald trump, he can forget

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"September 11th was 25 years ago" -- Ted Cruz defends Trump lying about his response to 9/11 but suggesting he might not remember because it was so long ago

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Imagine the self restraint to wait two and a half decades to tell this story for the first time.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."

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American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.

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It's important to learn from your mistakes and then just repeat them over and over because there's a good idea under there somewhere you just have to find it.

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Replying to @theradr.bsky.social

My favorite way to put this, as someone who studied Classical History in actual college (not just on Twitter): If you told an ancient Roman or Athenian that his culture had "more in common" with a German or Briton than with an Egyptian or Ethiopian, he'd punch you in the throat.

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jesus one of those temu rockettes almost got pancaked

Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social

The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.

Christopher Brecht reposted

Every Fox News live shot today from Trump's post-rapture-like fair on the National Mall has been hilarious. Here's a supercut:

Christopher Brecht reposted

i genuinely believe people who came to america no matter illegally or not, being antagonized by half the country with threat of ICE and deportation, deserve to be here far more than people who just happened to be born in america

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Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

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SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings? CPAC CROWD: *cheers* SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.

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“I don’t care if the prices rise—heck, I prefer them that way,” said Kaitlyn Leonardi, who crossed her arms in defiance as she lauded gasoline as “a great product” that had been “too cheap for too long.”

theonion.comMAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas PricesFRANKLIN, TN—Insisting that she hoped the spike in oil costs was only the beginning of a long upward trend, MAGA voter Kaitlyn Leonardi told reporters Tuesday that she loved high gas prices. “I don’t ...

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one of the most frustrating things about there being “no jobs” is that we all walk around and see the work that needs to be done. our cities are crumbling, our people need help, our world is dying. there’s so much work to be done, if only it were good for the balance sheet

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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together. I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️@skwinnicki.bsky.social

Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

Christopher Brecht reposted

discord betrayed you? lol, I wouldn’t know, I’ve been self-hosting an open source voip server for the past fifteen years. it’s super low-latency and has much better chat tools than whatever your precious “nitro subscription” gets you. and as soon as I make even one friend,

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O’Hara has an incredibly strong claim to the title of “funniest person to ever live” IMO.

Avery Edison@averyedison.com

yeah, okay, I found it, the first celebrity death to make me just fully yell “fuck off” when I heard about it