Chris 🍁

@chrischoptain.bsky.social

🍁😷🌈 Just a progressive gen x mutt wondering if someone could conjure up an asteroid & put us out of our impending misery (no lists please not a great fan of dms) warning: there will be cussing #SlavaUkraine #Accessability #BeKind

my puppy tries to eat everything - when I say everything even rocks this past week I've been hard at work making sure she doesn't eat the deadfall apples in the yard, and mushrooms that keep popping up in the grass along our walks apparently I've not been diligent enough cuz last night

My friend 
the high school teacher
worries most people
refuse to read 
challenging books. My friend
the epidemiologist 
worries most people refuse to read 
scientific reports. 
My friend
the historian
worries most people refuse to read 
the writing on the wall.

“Inflation is slowing.” Every time I hear it, I picture somebody standing in the grocery checkout saying THE FUCK IT IS. Technically the economists aren't lying. If you've ever wondered why the headline and your wallet live in different universes, I wrote it down. Link's in my profile.

It seems we need a reminder that the Luddites did not hate technology. The were, in fact, technology experts who objected to the dehumanization and abuse of workers by investors and factory owners through new technologies.

To my knowledge, there's not a single example where cutting benefits, welfare, or healthcare directly led to a reduction of taxes for those say they don't want their taxes to pay for these services. They're all still paying the same amount. Only now someone goes hungry. #GoodMorning, everyone.

Dear libertarians, I hate to tell you this (I don’t), but you are children. And the barrage of perfectly preventable diseases becoming newly prevalent again and having to check the daily food recalls should be all the proof you need.

Ossoff: I'm trying to make sure that folks in Georgia know the truth about this administration. And apparently in the White House, the truth hurts.