chris (any/all)
@christinecheney.bsky.social
engineer | socialist | pierogi making machine
opinions are my own & not reflective of employers or organizations.
📍 Bde Ota Otunwe | Mni Sota Makoce
opinions are my own & not reflective of employers or organizations.
📍 Bde Ota Otunwe | Mni Sota Makoce
Thinking I definitely should not quit my day job.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thinking I definitely should not quit my day job.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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It is the weekend before Thanksgiving - a perfect time to pick up any last-minute safety devices such as smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It is the weekend before Thanksgiving - a perfect time to pick up any last-minute safety devices such as smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.
This! (Though I also remain reasonably skeptical that our current government can reliably certify this tech as safe and effective [also as a QA person])
and this is why waymo is a labor issue, not a tech issue! it's going to be taking money out of the pockets of rideshare drivers and putting it solely in the hands of big tech
As a QA person, I would be more comfortable in a Waymo than any other vehicle that promised any sort of autonomy.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This! (Though I also remain reasonably skeptical that our current government can reliably certify this tech as safe and effective [also as a QA person])
Who decided that hold music should be a thing, and more importantly, who HEARD the result and went "yep, that's exactly what people need".
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Who decided that hold music should be a thing, and more importantly, who HEARD the result and went "yep, that's exactly what people need".
A Very Correct list of the best theatres in town!
A very weird list of the best Twin Cities movie theaters (AMC?!?) was just featured on a local podcast, so I figured I’d give you the ACTUAL definitive list. From me. Because I’m right.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A Very Correct list of the best theatres in town!
Why thank you, passionate Cpk discussions are my speciality
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Why thank you, passionate Cpk discussions are my speciality
A famine-proof number of potatoes in my pantry rn
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A famine-proof number of potatoes in my pantry rn
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[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
I should never have to be up before 7 😑
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I should never have to be up before 7 😑
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ending all 2029 discourse with this simple plan
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
ending all 2029 discourse with this simple plan
This! Also, I had a neighbor who was "fed up" with Frey (and was very anti-Fateh). I tried my best to sell them on Davis and Jazz but then saw a large Frey sign pop up in their yard a few days later. I think some people also just dislike change more than anything.
we're baffled by people ranking both frey and davis, but to plenty of voters, this choice makes perfect sense
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This! Also, I had a neighbor who was "fed up" with Frey (and was very anti-Fateh). I tried my best to sell them on Davis and Jazz but then saw a large Frey sign pop up in their yard a few days later. I think some people also just dislike change more than anything.
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Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
I don't think we'll productively "figure it out for next time" if we aren't centering our conversations around combating the Strib and PACs. Conversations around policy being the nail in the coffin "to learn for next time" but omitting the greater threats seem self-congratulatory to me.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I don't think we'll productively "figure it out for next time" if we aren't centering our conversations around combating the Strib and PACs. Conversations around policy being the nail in the coffin "to learn for next time" but omitting the greater threats seem self-congratulatory to me.
Fateh got people excited to participate in the entire process, faced extreme vitriol locally and nationally (all the isms) but ultimately was "not the most viable candidate" & all of that labor should have been enthusiastically transferred to other candidates who stayed under the radar. Boo.
Why isn't it a sign of his viability that more folks donated to Fateh, volunteered for him, and in fact voted for him? Isn't is possible that more people preferred his policies? Do you think that, if Davis was viewed as a genuine threat, that the Frey Media Apparatus wouldn't have turned on him?
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Fateh got people excited to participate in the entire process, faced extreme vitriol locally and nationally (all the isms) but ultimately was "not the most viable candidate" & all of that labor should have been enthusiastically transferred to other candidates who stayed under the radar. Boo.
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Uptown Deathwatch: there's a soon to be vacant commercial space in Uptown, freshly painted with the finest purple paint money can buy. Hard not to blame Aisha Chughtai.
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Uptown Deathwatch: there's a soon to be vacant commercial space in Uptown, freshly painted with the finest purple paint money can buy. Hard not to blame Aisha Chughtai.
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Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
Am also heartbroken 😞
Michael Wilson getting passed over for her breaks my heart
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Am also heartbroken 😞
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CEOS who are great at economy: "You mean people have to have money in order to spend it?!"
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
CEOS who are great at economy: "You mean people have to have money in order to spend it?!"
Man, talk about obsessed. Not even Ovid could touch this level of unrequited pining.
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Man, talk about obsessed. Not even Ovid could touch this level of unrequited pining.
I've only just begun my annoying constituent era 😎 (and am fortunately highly motivated by pettiness)
Remember, we aren't trapped in here with him, he is trapped in here with *us*.
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I've only just begun my annoying constituent era 😎 (and am fortunately highly motivated by pettiness)
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I know I already re-posted this, but given they just called the race for Frey, it bears repeating over and over and over again.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
GOP realized years ago they’d never successfully run a Republican for Mpls mayor so they just bought Frey.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I know I already re-posted this, but given they just called the race for Frey, it bears repeating over and over and over again.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.
Frey didn't win because we in MPLS like him. He won because the GOP helped him stay there.