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Chris

@abidefeller.bsky.social
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Just a physicist enjoying life. Concerned about the future, for sure. And no, I don’t want to switch to WhatsApp or Telegram.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It Feels Like A MAGA Collapse - Heather Cox Richardson youtu.be/LvWv3-VG9oA?...
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The Current World of Right-Wing Republicans | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nothing could be less shocking than this news.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s mind-boggling what’s going on right now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
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Opinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse (Gift Article)
Silicon Valley’s strange new theology.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/09/2026
All of the dizzying AI-enabled disorientations of today add up to something bigger: Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now, @matteowong.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social argue:
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A Technological Reckoning With No Great Answers
Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My Yayoi Kusama encounter. At the National Mall in DC.
Sculpture of large yellow pumpkin with black polka dots by Yayoi Kusama
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Shocking. 🙄
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I love this.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It’s peach season. This is the peach I ate yesterday, with a Cynar spritz to accompany.
A picnic table with cut peaches and an adult beverage.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/06/2026
Perhaps the greatest newspaper editorial of all time theonion.com/i-work-very-...
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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I’d love to see what it looks like when this guy walks.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is wonderful
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
But what about the obligatory 9/10ths of a cent…?
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Air Fryers are a masterpiece of modern marketing. I feel bad for toaster ovens and convection ovens.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Well, mean, he’s not wrong. The pope IS weak on crime.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/04/2026
"I’m no stranger to protein-based novelty foods. It’s from a place of experience, then, that I denounce Hormbles Chormbles, a product I strongly suspect to be both AI-generated and 3D-printed. This is food by robots, for robots."
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Reviews of New Food: Hormbles Chormbles
“My stomach, confused and betrayed, strained in distress against the durable shards of the Chormble. I assume it was eventually digested and passed through m...
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This drivel would not pass muster in any half decent writers room.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Good visual.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Bad news for greenhouse gas monitoring. Seems like the money is being held up at OMB? Frustrating. coloradosun.com/2026/04/03/h...
coloradosun.com
Half of staff at Boulder’s NOAA Global Monitoring Lab face furloughs as funding freeze drags on
About half of the staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Monitoring Lab in Boulder could be furloughed in May.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2026
Artemis II lifts off
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We don’t need a shortcut for everything we do.
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should
A package of KFC “colonel’s favorite jellybeans” with fried chicken, sweet corn, and gravy flavors
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Oh my.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I could watch this all day
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
How many guesses do we get?
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Oh damn.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The only risk in jumping off a cliff is when gravity happens. Otherwise it’s perfectly safe.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s like that old adage: When you ASSUME you make gas prices skyrocket.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Local pizza place’s very nerdy promotion today: Join us for our PI DAY FLASH SALE. & Get a Small Cheese Pizza for $3.14 TODAY between 2:00-3:14 pm. Pretty good deal, actually. #piday
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salithin - minor, nsfw dni @salithin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
oi mate com round me house fo dinna we havin bingles and blops, dibble doos and ginkle binkle dookle bopple.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Both a fabulous split screen and a metaphor for our current reality.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Some mysteries will remain unsolved.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hatred like this should never be tolerated or normalized.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This is incredible.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This prince solo is beyond amazing, and made me actually love this song.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Gotta be the cojones. Or maybe the canoodles…?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/03/2026
"In the face of autocracy, we must make our voices heard. I spoke truth to power by calling a real estate agent who caters to Americans relocating to the Iberian Peninsula and telling him about my dream of owning a charming three-story villa on the Portuguese Coast."
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I Am Fighting Back Against the Trump Administration by Moving to Portugal
“More people moved out of the U.S. last year than moved in for the first time since the Great Depression as a record number of citizens moved abroa...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/02/2026
Mr big shot: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera
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Mr big shot: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera
This master craftsman’s work has lit up everything from Bond to Blade Runner 2049. But as he publishes his memoir, why is he so worried about the future of film-making?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/12/2025
Q: So you are the one who decides which children deserve nice things and which don’t. A: That’s unfair. I’m saying that, through the magic of Christmas, I can understand the heart of each child and through that special bond— Q: Can you see into the heart of every child? A: Yes.
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The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is digital candy for map lovers.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
A digital atlas of the Roman road state. This is too cool. itiner-e.org. Use the satellite overlay to see where the roads are located relative to modern geography.
itiner-e.org
itiner-e
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Sissì, comenò. @steeqaatsy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Hanno chiamato i frati per dire che manco loro mangiano a quest'ora.
Un piatto di tortellini in brodo
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
using AI for code is great to get you 50% of the way there, especially if you were 80% there already
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I definitely don’t want to get in whatever situation he’s currently in.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2025
“An escalator can never break down. It can only become stairs. You’ll never see an escalator out of order sign. Just escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” - Mitch Hedberg
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Be Loud — For America... we are delighted to bring you JD Prtizker's words: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Be Loud — For America
By Governor JB Pritzker
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Really, all you need to do is travel west one time zone per day and life is grand.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Ima start hoarding pennies.
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Chris @abidefeller.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Will be wild!
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