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Christopher Cashell

@cashell.bsky.social
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Eccentric, eclectic, autodidactic, opinionated, misanthropic jack-of-all-trades IT geek. I read, write, learn, cook, build, BBQ, code, tweak, work out, philosophize (Stoicism), and try cromulent new hobbies as they catch my interest, all mostly barefoot.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Send this to every university President in the country.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026
Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation
Someone smoking a brisket and poking it with a meat thermometer to see what the internal temperature is
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People say Bluesky is a bubble, but mostly it's because the entire rest of the internet is an absolute sewer
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)
propublica.org
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I found watching Trump’s UN speech today deeply depressing. It is a matter of national shame and humiliation that he is our president. Every country in the world, friend and foe alike, sees we are governed by a vainglorious fool.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Once again, there's a reason they won't spell out how we'd go extinct. Are we getting Jurassic Park'd because the AI is reinventing dinosaurs? Are they getting access to the nuclear codes and hypnotizing the president into using them? They are referring to bank/infrastructure hacks and exaggerating.
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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
[P] I might suggest “the Muppets must put on a variety show with a different guest host each week. Various shenanigans happen both on stage and backstage.”
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There is definitely a problem on display here, but it has nothing to do with a reduction in teenage pregnancy. 🤨🙄
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WIRED @wired.com · 01/09/2026
Flock Safety’s surveillance network has been expanding for years. In recent months, we’ve reported on growing concerns around how US law enforcement is using its cameras, as allegations of misuse pile up. Here’s a deep dive into how we got here.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/09/2026
For me, the biggest takeaway from Sophie Cunningham’s hard launch into the right-wing culture wars is how *lucrative* bigotry is now. There’s an entire conservative media ecosystem that will turn anyone willing to make transphobia their personal brand into a well-compensated star.
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Sophie Cunningham and the cynical economics of the anti-trans athlete
The conservative media machine is turning WNBA athletes into well-compensated culture-war assets.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Between October 2025 and July 2026, the U.S. accepted 10,258 refugees. All but three (3!) were white South Africans. Regardless of your opinion of South Africa's laws and government, I don't know how you could call this anything other than an explicitly racist policy.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 21/08/2026
This is the funniest shit. Florida allows religious exemptions for vaccines. Catholic schools in Florida: we require vaccines. Florida's attorney general, who is Catholic, is threatening to pull vouchers if they don't allow for religious exemptions The Bishops: separation of church & state
miamiherald.com
Catholic bishops remind attorney general about separation of church and state
“The government may not decide that Church teaching is insufficiently religious,” wrote the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19/08/2026
modernizing broadband speed goals would inconvenience Elon Musk and his congested Starlink network
arstechnica.com
FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies
FCC decides 1Gbps is too fast, standard must be "technologically neutral."
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 19/08/2026
It can’t be overstated how lasting the consequences of the Trump presidency will be for our national parks and forests long after he leaves office
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is nuts. This quote from Bertie Fielding might be the most ridiculously idiotic statement I've come across recently. It's like commissioning an artist to paint something and then saying: "van Gogh did all of the painting. I remain the expert and thought leader behind the piece." 🙄
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 18/08/2026
Before you even get to the A.I. shit, pleae know that anyone who uses the phrase "thought leader" should be catapulted into a swamp
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/08/2026
I just typed out a comment to a post, re-read it, thought "Oh, right, I'll look like a fucking creep if I post that" and then deleted it, which is a reminder that the reason I came up with "The failure mode of 'clever' is 'asshole'" is because I need the warning as much if not more than other folks
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/08/2026
This is 100% why people who've been on X for years now get so weirdly bummed out by Bluesky or any other site. It isn't that bsky is a 'bubble', it's that being a shithead in the replies gets you an immediate nuclear-block, rather than immediately rewarded with Skinner-box treats
404media.co
X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds
X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies.
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Texas Tech continues to proclaim that they are not a serious academic institution.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 19/08/2026
In news that will shock no one...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary, according to local voting records — even as he continues to rail against mail-in voting with lies of fraud.
politico.com
Trump votes by mail again in his home state of Florida
Voting records from Palm Beach County show the president requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13.
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is 100% accurate, and more people need to realize and understand it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026
New in PN: Transgender athletes are a red herring "None of this discourse happened bc there is a new high-profile trans athlete in the news. Instead, Republicans are starting a culture war to rile up their base, co-opt Dems into agreeing with them, & push trans people out of public life altogether"
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Transgender athletes are a red herring
It's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life.
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I'm now planning a road trip. I need to visit this place someday.
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves."
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Building Trust, Demonstrating Accountability"... because nothing says 'trust' and 'accountability' like secret playbooks designed to mislead and misdirect the public while trying to obfuscate Flock's spying and very questionable (read: problematic) behavior. 🤨
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Websites should never send a "magic link" or code to login without first giving you the option to login with a password. Sending crap like that without giving you the option to enter your password is obnoxious. It's even worse when it's a text message code. #PetPeeve #BadUX #BrokenAsDesigned #AirBNB
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/08/2026
On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
acteff.org
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/08/2026
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Rod Hilton
@rodhilton@mastodon.social

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Chart showing solar panel exports from China (the main solar panel maker by a long shot) growing steadily & mightily from 2018 through 2026, then spiking by almost 2x in March 2026.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 30/07/2026
literally impeach him just for this
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/07/2026
By filing Freedom of Information requests, 404 Media has obtained bodycam footage and documents that uncover stories about tech that powers ICE and how cops abuse Flock. You can FOIA too! On July 30th at 1 pm ET, we will teach you how to file a FOIA request live: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Dealing with difficult people may be hazardous to your health. Each additional "hassler" in your network predicts 1.5% faster biological aging—and poorer physical and mental well-being over time. Non-spouse family hasslers are the most problematic. Some ties aren't worth the toll they take.
theatlantic.com
There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You
“Hasslers” make life more difficult—and we can’t escape them.
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 27/07/2026
the u.s. is bullying other countries into withdrawing from the i.c.c.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
One of the most depressing things about this past decade, and the competition is stiff, is how drastically it has lowered my estimation of my fellow citizens.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/07/2026
So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?
Facebook post from the U.S. Department of Education, saying "Parents know best" with a picture of a cartoon White, two-parent, heteronormative family, featuring a dad in a tie and sweater vest and a mom in a dress and pearls.
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
... says the person who looks like Dr. Evil's incompetent accountant. Of course, Stephen Miller's greatest deformity is not his ridiculous appearance; it's his personality. It's the complete lack of integrity, morality, empathy, and anything approaching ethical virtue. His humanity is deformed.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/07/2026
X (it's not Twitter any more and hasn't been in years) is the red state diner of the internet: the place lazy journalists go to get a sense of what they think "real" americans believe based on a ridiculously reductive and wrong definition of what it is to be a real american.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There is no way that "278,000 noncitizens" are voting in US elections, as Trump claims in his speech. Its just not physically possible, as WIRED and other outlets have consistently reported. This is a scare tactic, and it's working. And the repercussions are endless:
wired.com
Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls
The Trump administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, and even gaming out what happens if they're arrested.
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Christopher Cashell @cashell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It is impossible to watch this without feeling intense disappointment, disgust, and disdain for Clayton. Rarely have I seen someone show such a complete lack of integrity (and honesty, competency, self-respect) so quickly and so effectively. Clayton's behavior is simply contemptible.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.”
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026
Texas AG Ken Paxton vowed to “stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity.” But experts say he may have violated state law by using an address where he no longer appears to live to vote in six elections in two years. w/ @texastribune.org
propublica.org
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 13/07/2026
every once in awhile we have to hand it to Oregon, and hosting the game on the state tourism website is p good stuff
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The Oregon Trail Game Online - Play For Free! | Visit Oregon
Play the classic Oregon Trail game online free — no download, no sign-up. Guide your wagon from Missouri to the Willamette Valley. Can you survive dysentery? Play now in your browser.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/07/2026
funny how the cutting edge of the far right is just regurgitated slaveholder agitprop from 1850.
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I feel like ”he just says shit and sometimes it’s an order with the weight of the presidency and sometimes it’s not and there’s no way to know 100% until it happens for anyone including him” is not a sustainable state of affairs.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Susprising absolutely nobody, there will be no formal postmortem report on DOGE, because no report could credibly claim the whole fiasco saved any money. federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...
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Vought: Trump admin won’t do DOGE after-action report | Federal News Network
OMB Director Russell Vought says there are no plans to do a closing report on DOGE's controversial, cost-cutting blitz across government.
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