Chris Ammerman
@cammerman.bsky.social
A Hobbit in all but appearance. Programmer turned manager. Love software architecture and system design.
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University is not a business, students are not customers, education is not a product, researchers are not salespeople.
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
University is not a business, students are not customers, education is not a product, researchers are not salespeople.
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somebody’s sweet plums are crowding my icebox
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
somebody’s sweet plums are crowding my icebox
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
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This entire answer from Mike Johnson — the speaker of the House and a lawyer — must be seen.
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This entire answer from Mike Johnson — the speaker of the House and a lawyer — must be seen.
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Working in government I learned that 99.99% of compliance is people thinking it’s the right thing to do or being afraid to break the law. Here, the government is threatening to prosecute masses of people for 100% lawful acts, but can only harass a teeny tiny fraction. So do it and don’t be scared!
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Working in government I learned that 99.99% of compliance is people thinking it’s the right thing to do or being afraid to break the law. Here, the government is threatening to prosecute masses of people for 100% lawful acts, but can only harass a teeny tiny fraction. So do it and don’t be scared!
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If you’re giving money to a white supremacist who put thousands of my colleagues out of work, decimated American science, and killed millions of people just so you can use a water-guzzling, misinformation-hawking racist chatbot the least I can do is make you embarrassed to admit it out loud.
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you’re giving money to a white supremacist who put thousands of my colleagues out of work, decimated American science, and killed millions of people just so you can use a water-guzzling, misinformation-hawking racist chatbot the least I can do is make you embarrassed to admit it out loud.
The flogging will continue until morale improves.
Homan: "The withdrawal of law enforcement resources here is dependent upon cooperation ... as we see that cooperation happen, then the redeployment will happen"
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The flogging will continue until morale improves.
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how the fuck you gonna reform a children’s concentration camp asshole
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 AM
how the fuck you gonna reform a children’s concentration camp asshole
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This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
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I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
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AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed?
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed?
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
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10 years of this shit
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM
10 years of this shit
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Working as the principal of least privilege and people keep asking me if they can.
Buddy, they won't even let me.
Buddy, they won't even let me.
January 21, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Working as the principal of least privilege and people keep asking me if they can.
Buddy, they won't even let me.
Buddy, they won't even let me.
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I read “principal of least privilege” and now I’m wondering what their office looks like and what they would have on their desk
January 21, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I read “principal of least privilege” and now I’m wondering what their office looks like and what they would have on their desk
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And in this moment, this beautiful child would be falling into his mother for comfort but she has been taken.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
And in this moment, this beautiful child would be falling into his mother for comfort but she has been taken.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
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something something taxation without representation
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
something something taxation without representation
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Shut the government down.
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Shut the government down.
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“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.
Kaine: "I can tell you this -- we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this."
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.
Hey @theincomparable.com, I wanted to listen to episode 374 about The Dark Tower, but when I download it with my player, or listen to it on your webpage, I get episode 372, about Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Hey @theincomparable.com, I wanted to listen to episode 374 about The Dark Tower, but when I download it with my player, or listen to it on your webpage, I get episode 372, about Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
I'd really love to listen to 374 if you have it!
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This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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I LiVe iN a rEd StAtE CaLLinG my RePs WoNt Do AnYtHiNG
The Obamacare 3-year funding extension is sailing through the House now. Already 16 Republicans have broken with party leaders and voted YES on the bill with unanimously supportive Democrats.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I LiVe iN a rEd StAtE CaLLinG my RePs WoNt Do AnYtHiNG
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"Disdain for Trump" is now retroactively added to your list of "offenses" in order to justify the state murdering you for breaking no laws.
The no-angeling is already in full swing.
January 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
"Disdain for Trump" is now retroactively added to your list of "offenses" in order to justify the state murdering you for breaking no laws.
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I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
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"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell, 1984.
That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell, 1984.