Reposted by Christopher GrossAnil Dash @anildash.com · 13/10/2026You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean. 13566442197
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I fondly remember the old arcade game Xenophobe, where one of the player characters was Dr. Zordirz. 000
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If it doesn't need a youth aspect, then I would definitely say the X-Files. Its whole "uncovering the Truth that THEY don't want you to know" vibe could easily be molded to cult purposes 000
Reposted by Christopher GrossGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...doomsdayscenario.coIt's the accountability, stupid.Doing crime 621070373
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I was once nearly run over in a marked crosswalk by a BMW SUV, and as it sped away I saw a FEEL THE BERN bumper sticker on its rear 011
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Funny you should mention those. I've been more than half expecting him to try getting his name onto the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument if he succeeds with the Kennedy Center. If he couldn't actually rename them, he'd still find some excuse to get his name carved into their marble. 000
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 04/09/2026That dialect mapping thing that's going around was pretty darn accurate for me. Related: is it a sign of paranoia that I made sure to do it in my least-used browser on my least-used computer, while logged into a VPN? 020
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Also, as you get older it gets easier and easier to say "Hey, new content for something I used to love? I'll definitely check that out sometime, when I have a moment, oh wait now the new content is five years old" 010
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If Trump does succeed in getting his name on the Kennedy Center, by 2028 we're going to be looking at the Trump Lincoln Memorial and Trump Washington Monument 020
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This isn't the important point, but in the pre-Trump years I purchased beer on the Mall numerous times, at the annual Smithsonian folklife festivals. 010
Reposted by Christopher Grossmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Next Dem government genuinely should have a "Covid reckoning" but about whose fault it is that like 200,000 extra people died during the Delta wave because they refused vaccination and who convinced them to do that and why. 311162155
Reposted by Christopher GrossNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026People were upset about a novel virus, the death and suffering it caused, and the social disruption to avoid more death and suffering. But getting mad at a virus isn’t emotionally satisfying. So find a person to blame, ideally someone you already hate. They victimized you! Yeah, that’s the stuff. 1321530
Reposted by Christopher GrossMicah @rincewind.run · 29/07/2026man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing 6879721584
Reposted by Christopher GrossNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what? 20746311578
Reposted by Christopher Grossmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Big business runs our media and so they're much more excited about AI and the concentrated profits to oligarchs it promises than solar, which has diffuse benefits to all people. In fact, solar will kill one of their favorite businesses (big oil) 4965109
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I think it's film rather than fiche -- you can see the roll on the top of the machine. 000
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I actually like Dylan. But I always remember seeing him play at a free concert before Bill Clinton's inauguration. Someone sang a song in Spanish, then later someone sang a song in Navajo. Then Dylan came out, and after a minute, someone near me turned to a friend and asked, "Is this in English?" 080
Reposted by Christopher GrossKateration @kateration.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂 26191373207
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Amazing original insight I just had, which I will generously share with the world: If you have a group of 8 people traveling on Amtrak, you probably won't all get seats together, so there's no point in blocking the aisle while you try. 000
Reposted by Christopher GrossCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents. 9235451779
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 09/05/2026It has been one day since you logged into Discord. There are 189 updates to install. 000
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Thanks, it was about time I switched earworms. It's been the Bolshoi's "Away" all day 220
Reposted by Christopher GrossAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Aside from the embrace of Wellness Eugenics I think RFK jr's moves all make sense if you are trying to destroy actual medical industries and replace them with wellness snake oil. We can all agree on the greed of the former but at least they create actual usable products 874687849
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I'm no economist, but isn't part of the explanation simply that the US built TOO MANY malls in the 70s-90s? 010
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This isn't the important part, but: I can think of few things that would be less relaxing than watching myself depicted on screen. 030
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 11/04/2026That's a good idea, but doesn't help with one of the most annoying horn situations: the people who insist on honking the horn to confirm the door is locked, every single time they park their car. 100
Reposted by Christopher GrossKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 09/04/2026Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day. 61165283993
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Not quite, but near enough when growing up to attend a couple of Phillies games, and see the Phanatic 010
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Admirable self-control! I would never have been able to resist the urge to write "phellow phlox phans." 110
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 24/03/2026theonion.com/world-death-...theonion.comWorld Death Rate Holding Steady At 100 PercentGENEVA, SWITZERLAND—World Health Organization officials expressed disappointment Monday at the group’s finding that, despite the enormous efforts of doctors, rescue workers and other medical professio... 051
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Just toss it in the futures tray next to the cash register 050
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I think I saw you once, years ago, when I happened to be on the URI campus. But this wasn't long after the Wayne LaPierre thing, so I decided not to accost you 110
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Maybe he was talking to Glenn Beck's AI George Washington? 001
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 12/03/2026youtu.be/dw4A97V8mhM?...youtu.beThe Simpsons - The CuriesYouTube video by Mostly Simpsons 010
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Many typos in that record, best not to look at it too closely. By coincidence, IIRC this was actually the one and only Phish show I had on tape, back in the day 110
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 21/02/2026And then there's the Ferryman's Funeral Home commercial 000
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 10/02/2026youtu.be/8vXR5gjRMPk?...youtu.beKlaus Nomi - Ding Dong The Witch Is DeadYouTube video by Rare80s 000
Reposted by Christopher Gross"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 09/02/2026And as an aside, we should not let anyone quietly remove Trump's name from things. Removing his name from each and every building, demolishing his stupid monuments, melting down his dumb gold decorations and FIFA prize, each should be a televised national event. 1132049
Reposted by Christopher GrossNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Jeff Bezos: [clears throat] DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS Jeff Bezos: [turns off the lights] 513942
Christopher Gross @cgg101.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Had a brief fantasy about a prankster changing the WaPo masthead slogan to "Democracy Dies in Darkness, and Jeff Bezos Has Decided to Help the Process Along" 000