Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 8h1. Each expansion will be increasingly difficult, politically; 2. There is no public confidence in the Court already and it is already just a partisan tool, let’s make it ours instead of theirs; 3. We should be looking at the lower courts; 4. What realistic alternatives are there? 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 14/10/2026When I was in my 20s (before the affordable care act) I had a stretch where I just had high risk insurance in case I got cancer or got in a car accident or something. I never used it. I broke my finger and didn’t use it. It wasn’t worth it for ordinary things. Never filed a claim. But I had it. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026People worry about things they see for themselves. I’ve never seen anyone, child or adult, on an ATV. I never think about them. I see people on e-bikes doing stupid things multiple times a day. I’m constantly reminded. I imagine that’s true for a lot of people who live in urban areas. 020
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It could only be mind-boggling if you lived in a cave and never, ever, let anyone tell you what was going on in the news. 010
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve noticed it seems really big in right-wing circles, at least online. It is also used on TV as a lazy way to introduce a smart person. Personally I’ve never seen anyone bring up their IQ in real life. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Roberts is a racist and fascist who shouldn’t be welcome anywhere. Good for these people for letting him know that. 030
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Still thinking about it. Some individual scenes were really good. I think I am disappointed in the movie not because it was terrible through and through but because it had a lot of potential, for moments seemed like it was living up to it, but just couldn’t sustain it. It was frustrating. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The only answer I can come up with is she is so bigoted, so entrenched in this world view, that she thinks everyone thinks like her. That is terrifying. Imagine being trans and knowing even supposed moderates think this way. 031
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026She is a bigot, but also, from a tactical perspective I cannot understand this. This is fighting on their ground. Why not frame the conversation around gas prices or war or inflation? Why spend money to run ads on an issue only people who are never going to vote for you care about? 180
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I wanted to like this movie but it was tough. A few good scenes but overall a mess. 111
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Also Lobo was in it for no apparent reason because nothing that happened in the movie would have been any different if he hadn’t been. He and Supergirl spoke twice and one of those was a single line. 100
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Her dog being sick was way more important to her. 100
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026They had a plot about women forced into sex slavery that could have been interesting but was really just kind of an afterthought, like somebody in an office said “let’s add something women centered!” and they tacked it on and immediately lost interest in it. We never even learned their names. 100
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I saw Supergirl now that it is streaming. It was not a great movie. The villain was forgettable, the plot kind of a mess, the big moments felt forced. The actress did a fine job but didn’t have much to work with. 110
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I got Michigan too and it cited Devil’s Night. I am from Iowa but I did live in Michigan for 8ish years so I feel it’s not too bad. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A long time ago. The 90s. I studied engineering and readings were not an important part of a class, although I don’t think they were in the syllabus for the handful of other classes I took. Due dates were made clear when an assignment was handed out. Perhaps things have changed. 100
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I never once took a class where the syllabus was at all important or relevant. At most it was mentioned once on the first day. I mostly took math or engineering classes so maybe things are different there. 100
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I grew up in Iowa (no y’all there) but in high school I went to a summer camp and made a friend from the south who said it all the time. It’s super useful to have a second person plural. I still use it sometimes. 030
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Republicans obstructed everything when there was a Democratic president and it worked. They didn’t work across the aisle and they won every branch of government after that. Voters rewarded them. Thinking we need to compromise is the same loser thinking that got us here. 040
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Everything he accomplished has been wiped away. Erased as if it never happened. Is it fair to blame him for that? If he had prosecuted Trump earlier and with more force, and if hadn’t clung so long to being re-elected himself we might not be here. He meant well but he failed. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I bought quite a few electronic books when they first came out but I’ve been burned by big tech companies too many times since then. Now I use my kindle for books from the library and any book I buy I buy for real. 050
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I’ve had all sorts of electronic things just disappear when some company decided not to support them any longer. My books are in my shelf and aren’t going anywhere. 1150
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026It is amazing to me how bad establishment Democrats are at predicting the future. They are celebrating this birthright citizenship ruling without any thought on how close it was or how at least one justice laid out how to overturn it next time. Can they not see where this going? 100
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026What is a good way to find new D&D players for an ongoing campaign? We’ve had a couple people drop out (for non-game related reasons) and need to recruit if we are going to continue. Online, every other week. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I’m not sure there’s any one single thing here but there sure are a lot of red flags. A lot. What else might be out there? What will he do if he is elected? I would be nervous if I were a Maine voter. But they have ignored a lot of red flags already and I don’t think this will be any different. 020
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I think this is all stuff that the people of Maine should care about and I don’t think that enough of them do care. They have not historically showed good judgement when it comes to the Senate. We’re going to be stuck with this guy, or he will lose and we will be stuck with Collins. 240
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026One quarter of the way in, tiny LEGO anarchists set fire to the instructions and you must guess how the rest of the pieces fit together. 11134
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The majority of the Supreme Court is racist. We should say that plainly so people understand it, not hiding behind language that makes it sound like they have some other reasoning. They are racist. 000
Reposted by Christopher LambJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Rest easy Marcia Lucas, I think about the triple climaxes of Return of the Jedi, three different planes of action, and how they never become muddled, with the emotional stakes perfectly legible and building off each other. 16618
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I feel like this is how Democratic politicians should be talking everywhere. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I feel it’s because he says things like “a palpable desire to be ensconced.” 050
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This is a cat checkpoint, relinquish your most recent cat picture. 052
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 17/05/2026This kid is younger than my dad. This is not the past. These people are still out there, as is becoming more and more clear. 010
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Was just thinking about how to say this. This is exactly right. 000
Reposted by Christopher LambStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The most important reason why Democrats should refuse to capitulate to these illegal and illegitimate acts like what just took place in Virginia is because capitulation only reinforces the belief that politics is futile, which in turn increases the probability that people will turn to violence. 10970244
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026They have no fight in them. We are going to lose to fascists because our side is too polite to fight. 0120
Reposted by Christopher Lambjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling 232183984188
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026He is a racist, a liar, and a corrupt partisan puppet and we should openly say so. No more pretending these decisions are made for any other reason. 000
Reposted by Christopher LambJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/05/2026The single most defining thing Elon Musk has ever done is killing untold numbers of people by having DOGE illegally raid and disband USAID. Not rickets, not cars, not even the CSAMbot on X. It’s this, and so many media pundits just choose to unsee it.hsph.harvard.eduUSAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthThe Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord... 1140341645
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Same here! 5% for my age and the youngest kid. The 80s were not a good time for that. 110
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026My first day in middle school I was beat up by an older kid. It was not unusual. I was the smallest and youngest kid in my grade and I got beat up a lot. I’m not sure my kids have ever seen a fight. (I grew by high school and then I got left alone). 110
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026My mom was a nurse in a MASH unit in Vietnam and she loved the show. 040
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026They have no fight in them. They had comfortable jobs with no real obligation to get anything done. They want that. They don’t want change. Nothing Trump does affects them personally. They are angry but only at the people who expect them to do something. 020
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I started the first (audio)book and I did not think much of it at first. But I kept going and it grows on you. Once it is past the initial setup it’s pretty interesting. 000
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Celebrated Easter in the most appropriate way…watching The Return of the King with the boys. 010
Christopher Lamb @crlamb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026We already had a cat, Rocket, who is about 12 years old now. He’s always been an only child but lately I’ve felt he would benefit from a friend. We will see if he agrees (you have to introduce cats to each other carefully so they haven’t met yet). 110