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Chris Maytag

@cpm5280.bsky.social

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Cameras, space, astronomy, politics, art, words, mountains, ethics, chocolate, bikes, cats. Made of burritos & coffee. Mostly invisible. Future Starfleet Academy groundskeeper. He/him. Seeking the thing. California expat in Boulder

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · Jan 20

I hope you’re all doing ok.

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 51m

I'll be upset but not surprised if Canva (Affinity's new owner) has forced them to do something shitty.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 52m

Two weeks now until we find out what's going on with Affinity and its creative apps.

I have been extremely pleased with Affinity Photo in particular as a Photoshop alternative, and if they fuck with my license or fuck the app up with AI shit I'm going to be upset.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 59m

Same. And I've found precisely *nothing* that can't do in Linux that I could do in Windows. Nothing.

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1h

Did you call the "How's my driving" number? I have occasionally enjoyed relaying stories about bad behavior to those numbers.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 2h

Antisemitism is just a tool for them to use, it's not a moral concern. A lever to pull to achieve desired results.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 2h

All morning long people have been losing their minds at Stancil for saying, essentially, the same thing that HRC is saying here.

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 3h

In two days, be a part of the largest peaceful protest in modern American history.

Join No Kings this Saturday at an event near you to push back on Trump's power grabs and make it clear—we don't do monarchs here. nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 3h

Happy to oblige, shithead

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 3h

There's a strain of protest commentary that insists that we are accomplishing nothing if we're not breaking windows and burning down police stations and I think that's fucking stupid.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 3h

Talia, you should consider the possibility that Ken (and others) understand something about all of this that you don't. Your finger-wagging disapproval of protests that aren't confrontational enough is more divisive than what he's posting.

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 17h

That's great. Mare's lucky!

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 19h

CIHKAL ("Computers I have Known and Loved")

Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · Nov 8

Of these, which machine is your favorite?

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 19h

Better version.

A 2048x2048 collage of photos of the women of TV show "For All Mankind"

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 21h

This isn't the first time that I, as an American, have read about something the SNP is doing/advocating and thought to myself "Hmm. Those folks seem smart!"

uk-news.bsky.social @uk-news.bsky.social · 22h

Scotland’s largest political party opposes police use of live facial recognition

https://www.europesays.com/uk/502304/

The Scottish National Party (SNP) passed a resolution opposing the implementation of live facial recognition technology (LFR) by…#uk #news #uknews

Scotland’s largest political party opposes police use of live facial recognition - United Kingdom

The Scottish National Party (SNP) passed a resolution opposing the implementation of live facial recognition technology (LFR) by Police Scotland. Law

www.europesays.com

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 22h

Growing up in Berkeley I'd occasionally hear about Nazi skinheads showing up a local venues for shows and getting beat up, kicked out. Was surprised then that there WERE Nazi skinheads. Not surprised now. But it was better when they knew they were wrong and rejected.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 22h

It's wild to me what stays expensive over time vs what gets cheap.

Bought a new (not refurbed) Brother laser printer for $135. Bottom, most minimal model they make, and it's still 30+ ppm and 1200dpi.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1d

They're Nazis.

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 1d

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

gizmodo.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

i hope this guy is ok but also this imagery is perfect to undermine the fascists

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1d

I hope it's a great novel.

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1d

I love all of these women so very much.

For All Mankind has some of the best female leads in any TV show, hands down. Smart, capable, multidimensional, evolving, and attending to their own lives.

A collage of photos of the main female characters from the TV show For All Mankind, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 1d

VIVALDI ➡️ powered by stubbornness, strong coffee, and volcanic fury. 💪

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

'A simple way to put it is that this is a group of people used to getting everything that they wanted, and they weren’t getting everything that they wanted, and that became intolerable. And I think that’s something we heard directly from them sometimes.'

‘The Democrats Still May Not Understand What They're Dealing With’

A Silicon Valley chronicler on the increasingly radical politics of Elon Musk, David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg.

www.politico.com

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1d

As a part of my Linux move, I've finally gotten all of my files & data in one place, more or less organized. Very satisfying, frankly.

Now doing a deduped backup (w/borg) of ~ (3.2TB!)

Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1d

I might have watched it if it had someone other than Leto in it.

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Chris Maytag @cpm5280.bsky.social · 1d

Watched The Greatest Beer Run Ever tonight. A better and more interesting film than I'd anticipated going in.