Reposted by Chris Dawegamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14hShe entered computing when the profession was in its infancy, watched people land on the Moon using her team’s work, then lived another 57 years to see software become one of the basic infrastructures of civilization. She said of Apollo: “There was no choice but to be pioneers.” What a life. 17124
Reposted by Chris DaweMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 17hholy shit this is horrific 1243377
Reposted by Chris DaweStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 31/01/2024Incredible display name alert 311111
Reposted by Chris DaweRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797223023
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“The coat I wear to escape intellectual integrity” makes a certain amount of sense. 020
Reposted by Chris Dawejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026a competitive texas is like a vicksburg level defeat for the GOP 402054135
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I need to pick up Exit Party and Cool Machine. Thanks for the reminder! 110
Reposted by Chris DaweKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And after that he dug in his heels and set his jaw and rubber-stamped everything Trump wanted for the next 1000 months 1059858
Reposted by Chris DaweMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed: 172299452
Reposted by Chris DaweBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026is it obvious to everybody yet that the American Dream is under grave attack and that it is deliberate? or do I get to scream about this for another decade 620313
Reposted by Chris DaweBrooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gosh, why wouldn't people want to visit the country that's disappearing and trafficking human beings every day 271056198
Reposted by Chris DaweShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026a map company has the opportunity to perform the greatest bit in cartographic history 944988
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You can foam it straight from frozen with this one weird trick. 0280
Reposted by Chris Dawegamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shut every fraternity down. 141722324
Reposted by Chris DaweRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026b4 I got to college in '93, the folks who graduated just before me did an infamous "rape wall," aka writing the names of rapists in a stall of a women's bathroom of one of the libraries. It sickens me that beyond g-docs (or maybe more anonymous tech??) there literally aren't better protections now. 622125
Reposted by Chris DaweJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley… 1635713946
Reposted by Chris DaweEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Third Way's narrative seems to be that Republicans have gotten more extreme while trans advocates have moderated. I don't agree that trans people were too extreme or that we've moderated besides being sidelined in the debate over our own lives, but if that's how they want to save face, okay. 1044345
Reposted by Chris DaweGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026If Third Way got there before you did, you should feel bad. 2782195
Reposted by Chris Dawechelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026OH MY GOD there's even new Stevie Wonder?? and it's an EP of unreleased songs from the Songs in the Key of Life sessions? mixed by the original record's engineers?! what a month 3265
Reposted by Chris DaweJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wait. Which country is he talking about? 2433325883
Reposted by Chris DaweA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from? 963632664
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm not sure how to properly file these: "the fuck on, come" "on, come the fuck" 010
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, I nuked all their apps off my devices some time ago, even though I still maintain a (minimally-used) account. 010
Reposted by Chris DaweNeil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not only should engineers study history, more historians should study engineering. Concrete is the second most used material on earth, a huge part of every economy, but there are about 10 english language academic histories of it. Is it really less important than another take on Lincoln? 🗃️ 2622331
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have questions. Mainly, do you share your list of favorite eateries, because I’d like to order that myself. 010
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They delayed my flight yesterday to clean birds out of the engines and then test the engines to verify a lack of damage from said birds. That one was disconcerting, just a bit. 1160
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Next year’s transit human interest story is going to involve golf carts found driving on the light rail tracks. 060
Reposted by Chris Dawe"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Because why would engineering students ever need to study the ways their very expertise has been used and abused in the past, the way 'oh, I'm just an engineer solving a problem' has been a necessary and foundational lie in every modern system of oppression or extermination? 32804113
Reposted by Chris DaweThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 26/09/2025Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved ALL our lives when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon. 10666165
Reposted by Chris DaweKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Sheryl Crow You sent your daughters off to college with a case of electrolit and a few packs of Plan B to share. Sure, they picked school in a state without a clinic, but you've got an inconspicuous truck & a visible gunrack. "Winding road" soundtracks the abrupt roadtrip. bsky.app/profile/greg... 3254
Reposted by Chris DaweKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Felice Brothers You keep a stack of coasters instead of post-it notes. They mostly catch poems, a bar trick from a lifetime ago, spiraling inward when the verse demands it. Packed one each with sack lunches, back when you packed lunches. Beauty is what we do for each other with what we have. 1183
Reposted by Chris DaweKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Owl City The e-cards you've sent your kids monthly ever since you lost custody go unopened but ChatGPT tells you that they'll come back to you as soon as they're old enough to refuse vaccines. Your dating profiles say "apolitical" and Ecanvasser has you as voting for Trump in 2020 and 2024. 4354
Chris Dawe @ctdawe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I just spent a week at a conference and had dinner solo every night. Can recommend. 030
Reposted by Chris DaweGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every week, the Muppets have to put on a show to salvage a new institution: the Kennedy Center, the Supreme Court, the No-Mask Lesbian Bar, the Wonka Experience, Kozmo Dot Com (this has a time travel dimension, à la Quantum Leap), Cafe Loup in the West Village, democracy, the third season of GLOW 311070182
Reposted by Chris DaweMicah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026once upon a time it was completely impossible to imagine republicans memory holing george w bush just saying 1542439
Reposted by Chris DaweRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Spending these days fact-checking and endnoting, I've been Googling at industrial scale, which has given my a brain-melting lesson in how fucked we are as a civilization. In today's installment, a quote from Geo W. Bush's 2nd inaugural in 2005 is depicted—why not?—as one from Obama's in 2013. 920453
Reposted by Chris DaweSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191483869
Reposted by Chris DaweDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/09/2026Joe Manchin remains an enormous piece of shit.ms.nowOpinion | Why Joe Manchin’s endorsement of Susan Collins is so infuriatingDoes the former West Virginia senator really believe his old colleague will transform from credulous to courageous? 1942461
Reposted by Chris DaweEdward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my Storage Unit, ye Mighty, and despair!" 07719