Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
He think everyone is as transactional as he is and some of them have terrible ideologies.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
He think everyone is as transactional as he is and some of them have terrible ideologies.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep.
Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru.bsky.social) reposted
Government as jenga - you keep taking turns to get rid of something until it collapses
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Big oil will force us at gunpoint to buy gasoline.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
Such a mystery.
Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
Exactly, in a country that reads at sixth grade level, don't overcomplicate things.
Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted
Burning Man should die. But not before it gives us one true crime podcast www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Annalee Newitz (@annaleen.bsky.social) reposted
This seems weirdly unsustainable at first, but it's OK because we're building a Dyson sphere around the solar system to host it.
Aparna Nair (@disabilitystor1.bsky.social) reposted
yes, microwaved for around 20 minutes
Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted
the reason I know “fiscal conservatism” isn’t real is that most fiscal conservatives, when you explain this to them, are willing to pay extra just so people who don’t “deserve” a benefit don’t get it
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ (@charliejane.bsky.social) reposted
Please please help me spread the word! I've been to Atlanta a few times, but I don't know as many folks there as I do in Seattle or LA. So I would really *massively* appreciate any and all help letting ATL folks know about this event. 🍑💖📚
Greg Jaffe (@gregjaffe.bsky.social) reposted
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
Homes and John 2:14 hooking up was not on the Gibson bingo card.
gamera obscura (@ohrobin.bsky.social) reposted
‘Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ Deuteronomy 27:19
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
If they had balls, they wouldn't be working for Trump, so they should be fine.
Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) reposted
He found a way to F up LEGO. Of course he did.
Lynda Will Not Obey (@ivanasstaircam.bsky.social) reposted
LEGO Tariffs are clearly targeting liberals because republicans don’t know how to put LEGOs together. MAGA kids have to make mud pies until they hit their early teens and are able to marry their uncles and aunts.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
In what order?!?
High Priestess, Low Patience (@cheriepriest.com) reposted
Joel Montfort (@montfort.me) reposted
The ineffective small sections of border wall built by @GregAbbott_TX is the perfect metaphor for his entire tenure. Pointless, useless, and a massive multi-billion-dollar waste of taxpayer money. apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
I can have cake for breakfast if I want!
Moira Donegan (@moiradonegan.bsky.social) reposted
Weird that these mass shootings get narratively framed as random violence caused by an imprecise miasma of social pathology and not as independent contributions to a specific and highly organized political program.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you writing for it?
Gilly (@gillyarcht.bsky.social) reposted
‘We’ve never practiced it in the church, though, only in school’ v @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted
looking forward to the many press conferences during the next pandemic where we’ll be forced to listen to someone who sounds like pennies in a garbage disposal and looks like fried chicken skin telling us how to stay healthy
Rebecca Solnit (@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The roses pictured were at the cottage Orwell lived in from 1936-1940s and may be ones he planted. He took a bullet fighting fascism, did more against it as a writer, noted in a column, "last time I mentioned flowers in this column an indignant lady wrote in to say that flowers are bourgeois.”
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
OK, my archaeologist friend says: "Probably not legit native American. More like folk art made to look indigenous."
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
People ask why everything is dull and gray now, like Cracker Barrel, Taco Bell, etc. Or why the Rose Garden got paved. It's 1984. It's the Soviet Union. It's Brutalism. That's why. The look of any country reflects the zeitgeist and our zeitgeist is: totalitarianism.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
From the whole world? That sounds made up!
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll show it to am archaeologist I know that specializes in Native American culture
Elizabeth Picciuto (@epicciuto.bsky.social) reposted
In case this matters, I would like anyone who did this or anyone considering doing similar to know that this repainting meant a lot to my gay teenager.
Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social) reposted
Hey, Portland, I'll be in conversation with Mona Awad at the Powells on Burnside September 30, talking about her new novel. I love Awad's work, so this will be a treat! share.google/uFWVbmvY6Mal...
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
That was a great show.
Chris Cantwell (@ifyoucantwell.bsky.social) reposted
Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
You should reach out to Mike Wolfe of American Pickers through your agent if nothing resolves here.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
We're about to see what the world's largest economy loks like run by the klept.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
Interesting list of "adventure books" from the 80s to early 90s. Hd Bill,, Pynchon, comics, Amis, and ends with you. www.hilobrow.com/eighties-adv... @jwomack.bsky.social
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
I'd always planned it'd be me after I paved the South.
John Shirley (@johnshirley2024.bsky.social) reposted
Just like firing the jobs-report statistician. Lie or get fired. This also will please Putin.
seminarstar.bsky.social (@seminarstar.bsky.social) reposted
Fuck these fucking fascists.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
A very bad sign IMO. x.com/WashProbs/st...
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
I think he, and his third-stirnger ilk may be the end of the regime when jiggle Tits McGee does his last YMCA dance.
Nome (@nome.bsky.social) reposted
My elderly rural Southern dad - who is also just a human being with empathy towards others, to be clear - laid this out for me when I was a kid. "I'm a white guy - but I'm near the bottom of 'white guys' that the system cares about. So it's in my best interest to make sure that as many people as /
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Did assemblers built that?
Inquest (@inquest.bsky.social) reposted
"We are invited to consider [NYC's proposed skyscraper jails] as good neighbors, sites of life opportunity . . . anything but facilities for human caging." Jarrod Shanahan & Zhandarka Kurti reveal how NYC jail boosters abuse decarceral talking points. w/ @haymarketbooks.org
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Never forget!
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Will the work camps run on Dunkin'?
Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) reposted
The Defense Intelligence Agency told the White House what it didn’t want to hear. Soon after, Hegseth fired the head of the DIA. The point wasn’t to deliver a message to Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse — it was to deliver a message to everyone else about the consequences of failing to toe the line.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
A liar and a pedophile assures us Trump is a good person.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
I do not care that you are on fire because I not on fire.
Duncan Jones (@manmademoon.bsky.social) reposted
Doing a test screening of ROGUE TROOPER a week tomorrow here in the US... Still lots of work to do on all the post, but... I'm SO EXCITED!
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) (@funranium.bsky.social) reposted
This is Strange Fruit PR all over again.
Nick Harkaway (@nickharkaway.com) reposted
What if someone predicted that in ten years time Sam Altman will be working on an emu farm in West Drayton and calling himself Olaf? Because there are fewer problems with that prediction.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
You'll never be allowed up by that dog again.
Splitcoil (@splitcoil.bsky.social) reposted
Reading a supposedly serious, intelligent analysis of the occupation of DC that still hasn't mentioned it having anything to do with punishing and intimidating black Americans ten paragraphs in, closing the tab with extreme prejudice and dismissing the author forever.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
truly unreal. he's the guy who buys a lap dance and thinks the stripper and he had a deep connection
Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) reposted
Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
Tamra Bonvillain (@tamrabonvillain.bsky.social) reposted
Love waking up every day and reading about the most evil shit imaginable.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to know what happened to the mold after being exposed to him.
Simon Spanton (@simonguy.bsky.social) reposted
Good grief...
Frank Figliuzzi (@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social) reposted
Headline that could have been written months ago:
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
There's a non-zero chance Trump literally shit himself and those with weaker stomach had to flee.
Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.onestnetwork.com) reposted
Soon we will know what happened in there. Be patient.
Duncan Jones (@manmademoon.bsky.social) reposted
Rogue Trooper is 6 reels long, (an anachronistic system used during post production.) Our mystery composer played @bazzybazbazbaz.bsky.social & I reel 2 today & it was so, so great, we giggled like loons! That’s the 1st two reels done! Both brill! I’m so excited to show you this feckin film. 💪🏼❤️🤞🏼
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Glad she is better! Kawaii cyberpunk pic there.
Kathryn Cramer 📚🎨 (@kathryncramer.bsky.social) reposted
Correct framing of the current noises coming out of the White House.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
I found the next cover for @greatdismal.bsky.social's Count Zero.
Thembo (@thembo.bsky.social) reposted
Wow, wild. Anyway, here's a photo of Atlantic Owner Laurene Powell Jobs having a nice time with Ghislaine Maxwell.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
People need to start asking the right questions like... Why do we have all these billionaires, but I can't even get basic healthcare? If people are needing to shoplift baby formula and nappies maybe the problem is the prices in the constant record profits shops?
evacide (@evacide.bsky.social) reposted
It is sometimes necessary, in these difficult times, to spend an hour scrolling through clothing sites, hoping that one of these gowns is going to give you the strength to fight fascism.
The Real News Network (@therealnews.com) reposted
“It’s a bit of an obscenity that I’m asked so much to speak on this subject because I happen to be Jewish and because I happened, as an infant, to have survived the Holocaust…Why aren’t we listening to the Palestinians?”
William Gibson (@greatdismal.bsky.social) reposted
For real. Singularly honored to know him.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
It was a great game. I have the base deck somewhere.
Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) reposted
Personally, I would rather the nation’s capital was not militarily occupied by a pedophile fascist dictator.
Standplaats Kraków (@standplaatskrk.pl) reposted reply parent
Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) reposted
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger.bsky.social) reposted
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted
Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait, you can't leave it at that! Was there life on Mars?!?
Jack Hopkins-The Original (@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social) reposted
A CNBC poll from July 28-August 3rd showed Trump's disapproval ratings at 51%. "Yeah.." a Republican might say, "...but what about Fox News polls? You know...and REAL poll!" Well, I'm glad you asked: Fox News July 18-21. Trump's disapproval rating was 54%😎
Duncan Jones (@manmademoon.bsky.social) reposted
Mr Sulu, still steering us right.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
"You can't go home again, Oatman. But I guess you can shop there."
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
Ours or other country's?
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
"F'thagen and such!"
Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh (@pmoslatraigh.bsky.social) reposted
The Lovecraftian Thrones at Puerto Vallarta's Rotonda Del Mar are a striking feature created by Mexican sculptor Alejandro Colunga. Located along the Malecón boardwalk, these surreal thrones blend elements of Lovecraftian horror and whimsical fantasy, featuring intricate designs with tentacles,
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is Trump's extortion goal.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
"MU-TH-UR, I need to take a dump." "That'll be 4000 Welyand Bucks, Dallas."
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
The crayon revisions may give it away.
Colin Peters (@colinpeters.bsky.social) reposted
You remember Donald firing the person who reported job numbers because he wanted different numbers. This is exactly the same thing.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social) reply parent
Soap is really, really ancient.
Chris Lites (@chrislites.bsky.social)
People say billionaires have no utility. But they used to. They used to drive around asking each other if they had any Grey Poupon. That was public service.