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Christopher

@thelostemperor.bsky.social
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Books, music , coffee, things that are over my head

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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 34m
Missing my grandparents tonight and so currently sipping a Sloe Gin Fizz and listening to schmaltzy Jackie Gleason albums.
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.
A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can anyone answer for me? Is wearing black part of the ritual? Or is this just because it’s New York?
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There are far more important things going on, but my QOL has been diminished by the removal of Great British Sewing Bee from any streaming platforms.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Christa Pike committed heinous acts. But it doesn’t follow that the State must then also commit heinous acts.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s so typical of US culture right now that Schmitt is far more willing to concede that he failed to spring his cynical perjury trap than to admit a woman corrected his sports knowledge.
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Clear your schedule—there are CORGI RACES on ESPN.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Rove: “The problem is far worse than anyone imagined.” Anyone?
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Kennedy Center is a test skirmish for Mt. Rushmore.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Folks act like anthropomorphizing AI is a problem, but it’s just normal human language habits and NBD. My partner told me that our toilet wasn’t re-filling after flushing, and my first spoken thought was “Hm, I guess if the float valve is stuck, then the toilet thinks it’s already full.”
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I have often had nightmarish thoughts, like, what if we foolishly give AI control of the nuclear codes? Then I admit to asking myself how much worse could that be than the person who actually does have that control right now?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/08/2026
Christ Does Soft Return To Gauge Interest theonion.com/christ-does-soft-retur…
Christ Does Soft Return To Gauge Interest
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bless me father for I have sinned LOL
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Call it the No True Scotsman fallacy if you want, but I will die on this hill: bad artists will make bad art and good artists will make good art. If you are critical of a genre, medium, context, or technique prior to experiencing the actual work of any specific artist, you have it backwards.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It’s the thneed of furniture.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I would love to see the return of pneumatic tubes. Just because they’re nifty.
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Nelsons hasn’t been good for the BSO, but the ham-fisted way his contract was ended has tarnished the orchestra even more. www.wbur.org/news/2026/08...
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The real stakes in the BSO's Nelsons debacle
After the Boston Symphony's board declined to renew Andris Nelsons' contract, debate has grown beyond the conductor's tenure to bigger questions about musical quality, institutional priorities, and ho...
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 17/08/2026
I've told my cat a million times to stop opening interdimensional portals in my house....
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In reality, our entire nation is being used as a decoy Air Force One for this one man.
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 11/08/2026
If I may pop in to add to this. Stock photo websites already figured this out by allowing users to pay for credits. These news sites could let people just buy a set number of credits and then read whatever articles they want, when they want, until their credits run out. But that's asking too much
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Lots of good writers tell more than show. They’re not breaking any rules. The key is they’re good writers.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Monasterio’s walk-up music needs to be Gregorian chant. #RedSox
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Excuse me, time to go root against the Dodgers.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
*standing up on the plane* Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The existence of this almost makes me believe in God.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I’m all in favor of vigorous discourse on the Arts, but 80% of the folks pontificating on the Odyssey right now just sound like “here are the objective Rules for Art, and artists who don’t follow them suck.” Embarrassing.
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What an extraordinary photograph (Maximilien Lamy/ AFP)
Beach scene, sunbathers watching wildfires in Moutchic, south-west Frannce
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Kind of freaked when I realized the creepy potential kidnapper in the New Little House on the Prairie was the actor who played young Nellie Olsen in the 70s TV show.
Screenshot from the 2026 Little House on the Prairie showing the actor Alison Arngrim in a cameo role.
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Call Me The Brie-ze @briesmith.xyz · 19/07/2026
Argentina can still win this match if Mike Pence has the courage.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Does that 7 Nation Army chant give anyone else Dies Irae vibes?
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The US Armed Forces are not meant to be the president’s personal dead-man’s switch.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I don’t know what’s really happening, but pretending a brain dead body is still alive in order to avoid a special election is exactly the sort of thing Mitch McConnell would do.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
At first glance, I swear Sir Adrian was playing a Jackson Rhoads.
Image of the cover photo for a box set of recordings conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Boult is facing the camera and holding an orchestral score in front of his body. The angle and placement of the score might resemble an electric guitar to some.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you.
Promotional image for the TV show VR5, showing 2 cast members: Lori Singer and Michael Easton.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Salt Lake City has never been on my bucket list, but should you ever find yourself there some reason, don’t sleep on the free daily performances on the gob-smacking Tabernacle Organ.
Photo of the large pipe organ at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City during a performance.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
For me, Summer is all about that first root beer float.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The FREE online textbook below teaches Latin American Spanish language and culture through music. It includes audio and video. Chapter 3 focuses on perreo, sexuality, and Bad Bunny, including a couple of his videos. #LearnSpanish #LearningSpanish
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Putting out an album under the handle ExceptafterC. It’ll be titled Weird Neighbor.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Obsessed with Carnival
Screen capture of the old video game Carnival, which has a gun at the bottom firing up at rows of bunnies, owls, and ducks as they scroll past.
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Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited
I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
April 7 snow got me in a sad Prince mood.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Fully in favor of April Fool Saving Time, in which we just skip ahead to April 2nd.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 23/03/2026
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its articles for reference. This is what's happening online with the @archive.org www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—th...
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
There will be NO boots on the ground. Troops will all be issued Florsheim Cap Toe Oxfords.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Wow they decided to close the Oscars with Manhattan Skyline.
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Christopher @thelostemperor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Bezos wants us to think he doesn’t care. Because it obscures his intentions.
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BeatGhoul @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
March WPA Project 1941: 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝.
Vintage poster titled "March: Read the Books You've Always Meant to Read". 
It was produced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project in Chicago between 1936 and 1941 to encourage reading. The poster features a windblown figure surrounded by books by famous authors like Scott, Dickens, and Austen. It was commissioned for an Illinois statewide library project.
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