Chris Wyman
@wymancr.bsky.social
Probably the quietest person you know if you meet me.
I think Trump's approval bottoms at 27% just to prove John Rogers correct. Somewhere between 1/3 and 1/4 of Americans are just irredeemably nuts.
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I think Trump's approval bottoms at 27% just to prove John Rogers correct. Somewhere between 1/3 and 1/4 of Americans are just irredeemably nuts.
Trump 2028 is giving "please proceed, Mr GOP" vibes tbh. He's not going to be less radioactive at age 82 and I doubt people will be more receptive to waiving the 22nd amendment by then.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump 2028 is giving "please proceed, Mr GOP" vibes tbh. He's not going to be less radioactive at age 82 and I doubt people will be more receptive to waiving the 22nd amendment by then.
Starting to think the Volker recession was a clear reason the vibes in the late 80s and 90s were good because it broke the mass psychological fixation on prices and reset the baseline by providing something else to be mad at and new media narratives.
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Starting to think the Volker recession was a clear reason the vibes in the late 80s and 90s were good because it broke the mass psychological fixation on prices and reset the baseline by providing something else to be mad at and new media narratives.
It's the top down directives that are so irksome. I wouldn't have an issue if they treated us as intelligent professionals and allowed an organic process of figuring out how best to slot these tools into work to play out. Because their utility is definitely much higher than 0%.
And don't get me wrong, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to be mad at the companies hawking generative AI and in particular the marketing mega bucks they've poured into generating FOMO and convincing companies they must force their employees to use this stuff or go extinct.
The hyperfixation on data center water usage is one of those things that makes me think people are largely hunting around for respectable reasons to be mad at people they've already decided are evil based on emotional or tribal affinities.
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's the top down directives that are so irksome. I wouldn't have an issue if they treated us as intelligent professionals and allowed an organic process of figuring out how best to slot these tools into work to play out. Because their utility is definitely much higher than 0%.
And don't get me wrong, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to be mad at the companies hawking generative AI and in particular the marketing mega bucks they've poured into generating FOMO and convincing companies they must force their employees to use this stuff or go extinct.
The hyperfixation on data center water usage is one of those things that makes me think people are largely hunting around for respectable reasons to be mad at people they've already decided are evil based on emotional or tribal affinities.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
And don't get me wrong, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to be mad at the companies hawking generative AI and in particular the marketing mega bucks they've poured into generating FOMO and convincing companies they must force their employees to use this stuff or go extinct.
The hyperfixation on data center water usage is one of those things that makes me think people are largely hunting around for respectable reasons to be mad at people they've already decided are evil based on emotional or tribal affinities.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The hyperfixation on data center water usage is one of those things that makes me think people are largely hunting around for respectable reasons to be mad at people they've already decided are evil based on emotional or tribal affinities.
Collective punishment is still wrong and un-American no matter how much racist grandpa and his ghoulish vizier scream.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Collective punishment is still wrong and un-American no matter how much racist grandpa and his ghoulish vizier scream.
Turkey is overrated. We're doing wine braised short ribs this year and I will not be shamed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Turkey is overrated. We're doing wine braised short ribs this year and I will not be shamed.
Have people forgotten the running joke on infrastructure week already? This president has a predictable pattern of overpromising and never delivering (unless he can figure out a grift) and I feel like the I'm taking crazy pills with the lack of media skepticism.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Have people forgotten the running joke on infrastructure week already? This president has a predictable pattern of overpromising and never delivering (unless he can figure out a grift) and I feel like the I'm taking crazy pills with the lack of media skepticism.
Now I'm really interested in the counterfactual where Harris picks Mark Kelly as her running mate and he absolutely takes JD Vance to the woodshed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Now I'm really interested in the counterfactual where Harris picks Mark Kelly as her running mate and he absolutely takes JD Vance to the woodshed.
RFK, Jr exists to remind us why dynastic families should be taxed into oblivion. You get one generation in the limelight and then your spawn have to get real jobs changing bed pans in the old folks home or whatever.
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
RFK, Jr exists to remind us why dynastic families should be taxed into oblivion. You get one generation in the limelight and then your spawn have to get real jobs changing bed pans in the old folks home or whatever.
Been quiet lately because I'm taking a mental health break from the daily tempests in a teapot that will ultimately mean fuckall to anything. Republicans mistook 2024 for an endorsement of Trump's revenge plots, they're going to get spanked, and we'll keep muddling along.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Been quiet lately because I'm taking a mental health break from the daily tempests in a teapot that will ultimately mean fuckall to anything. Republicans mistook 2024 for an endorsement of Trump's revenge plots, they're going to get spanked, and we'll keep muddling along.
At this point I think a color revolution is far more likely than successful consolidation of a thousand year Reich. The executive class may want to bend the knee but regular people aren't having it.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At this point I think a color revolution is far more likely than successful consolidation of a thousand year Reich. The executive class may want to bend the knee but regular people aren't having it.
I think if Democrats manage the unlikely feat of flipping the Senate we're going to be astonished how quickly Republicans throw Trump into the same oubliette where they exiled Bush. The thing saving Trump is the belief he's electoral gold. Puncture that and he's nothing but a toxic lame duck.
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I think if Democrats manage the unlikely feat of flipping the Senate we're going to be astonished how quickly Republicans throw Trump into the same oubliette where they exiled Bush. The thing saving Trump is the belief he's electoral gold. Puncture that and he's nothing but a toxic lame duck.
Also probably worth pointing out the price of beef has been baked into the cake for a while due the years of declining herds due to drought and other factors. My understanding is the lead time is so long ranchers physically can't grow new supply in time for Trump.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Also probably worth pointing out the price of beef has been baked into the cake for a while due the years of declining herds due to drought and other factors. My understanding is the lead time is so long ranchers physically can't grow new supply in time for Trump.
Naptime now, but Tariff Otaku will return for the next Avengers movie.
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Naptime now, but Tariff Otaku will return for the next Avengers movie.
NYT doing the red buttons meme now with "normalize Trump scandal" and "pruriently obsess over the Clenis"
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NYT doing the red buttons meme now with "normalize Trump scandal" and "pruriently obsess over the Clenis"
It's 2025 and there is a Clinton blow job scandal. Did the writers go on strike? Are we doomed to live in Boomer nostalgia clip shows for eternity?
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's 2025 and there is a Clinton blow job scandal. Did the writers go on strike? Are we doomed to live in Boomer nostalgia clip shows for eternity?
It's been said I guess, but I do think Trump's degeneracy is a huge part of his appeal to elites. He gives them permission to shamelessly and openly indulge in all their vices whereas Biden's profound normie decency set up a shameful contrast they couldn't abide.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's been said I guess, but I do think Trump's degeneracy is a huge part of his appeal to elites. He gives them permission to shamelessly and openly indulge in all their vices whereas Biden's profound normie decency set up a shameful contrast they couldn't abide.
It is actually bad the nation's most prominent newspaper is staffed by nerds who clearly want to be in a giant polycule actually and have warped views of what's newsworthy.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It is actually bad the nation's most prominent newspaper is staffed by nerds who clearly want to be in a giant polycule actually and have warped views of what's newsworthy.
Violence is so baked into our language I kind of do think a general rule against threats that aren't directed at actual users is kind of dumb. But if you're going to have such a rule it does need to be enforced consistently.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Violence is so baked into our language I kind of do think a general rule against threats that aren't directed at actual users is kind of dumb. But if you're going to have such a rule it does need to be enforced consistently.
I'm thinking we need a slightly richer taxonomy: you can be a poasting GOAT or a poasting knave and many people are choosing knave today.
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm thinking we need a slightly richer taxonomy: you can be a poasting GOAT or a poasting knave and many people are choosing knave today.
Complaining about downwardly mobile leftists is so close to getting an important point about how multigenerational upward mobility was a key component of the vibes of the late 20th century.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Complaining about downwardly mobile leftists is so close to getting an important point about how multigenerational upward mobility was a key component of the vibes of the late 20th century.
Surprised our property owning betters haven't proposed the 99 year mortgage with a covenant requiring special permission to transfer it outside of one's family yet. Generational debt bondage seems right up their alley.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Surprised our property owning betters haven't proposed the 99 year mortgage with a covenant requiring special permission to transfer it outside of one's family yet. Generational debt bondage seems right up their alley.
It's pretty weird how people keep circling back to deliverism when we're getting a stunning demonstration the idea doesn't even work for Nazi shit. I'm starting to feel like the platonic ideal presidency is the 2nd Obama term where not much policy happens but POTUS looks cool on TV.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's pretty weird how people keep circling back to deliverism when we're getting a stunning demonstration the idea doesn't even work for Nazi shit. I'm starting to feel like the platonic ideal presidency is the 2nd Obama term where not much policy happens but POTUS looks cool on TV.