Chris J. Karr
@cjkarr.bsky.social
I wear a lot of hats: software developer, entrepreneur, weird fiction publisher, writer, non-profit founder, election worker, local handyman, open-source creator, and Macross fan.
Latest updates can be found at notesfromthevoid.cc.
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Chris J. Karr
@cjkarr.bsky.social
· Sep 23
It's pub day for the latest @underlandpress.bsky.social book, Kozy Krampus, a feast of holiday-themed cosmic horror. The third in a fantastic trilogy of anthologies exploring the cozy, the cosmic, the horror!
Grab your copy below.
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Grab your copy below.
firebirdcreative.myshopify.com/products/koz...
Snag yourself a copy and read my holiday love letter to tamales, chile peppers, and chupacabas!
#KozyKrampus #CozyHorror #CosmicHorror #HolidayHorror
#KozyKrampus #CozyHorror #CosmicHorror #HolidayHorror
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Bull for real
Bull
Liv Rainey-Smith
Woodcut print
LE of 33 signed and numbered. Part of the ARCANUM BESTIARUM by Robert Fitzgerald. #art #woodcut #printmaking
Liv Rainey-Smith
Woodcut print
LE of 33 signed and numbered. Part of the ARCANUM BESTIARUM by Robert Fitzgerald. #art #woodcut #printmaking
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Bull for real
Was gung-ho to get this Apple watch fixed, and I get it all apart and discover that I have the larger watch. Made it through Step 27 before discovering my mistake.
At least I got the difficult part out of the way while I wait for the right-sized parts...
At least I got the difficult part out of the way while I wait for the right-sized parts...
Apple Watch Force Touch Sensor Replacement
Unfortunately, opening up your Apple Watch may damage the Force Touch sensor, which also serves as a gasketing seal. The sensor is made up of two...
www.ifixit.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Was gung-ho to get this Apple watch fixed, and I get it all apart and discover that I have the larger watch. Made it through Step 27 before discovering my mistake.
At least I got the difficult part out of the way while I wait for the right-sized parts...
At least I got the difficult part out of the way while I wait for the right-sized parts...
They're forcing kids to learn anger management because of Hulk.
They are forcing kids to learn subgame perfect Nash Equilibria because of folk
They're forcing kids to listen to "Mumford and Sons" because of folk
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
They're forcing kids to learn anger management because of Hulk.
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Have they considered adding "rewrite it in Prolog" to the system prompt?
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Have they considered adding "rewrite it in Prolog" to the system prompt?
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Webb has revealed for the first time that there are four shells of dust around this pair of Wolf-Rayet stars, which are known as Apep.
Read more 👉 https://esawebb.org/images/wolf-rayet-apep/
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Read more 👉 https://esawebb.org/images/wolf-rayet-apep/
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Webb has revealed for the first time that there are four shells of dust around this pair of Wolf-Rayet stars, which are known as Apep.
Read more 👉 https://esawebb.org/images/wolf-rayet-apep/
🔭
Read more 👉 https://esawebb.org/images/wolf-rayet-apep/
🔭
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TIL that the intersection of Broadway / Clark / Diversey was a training ground for Union infantry.
Now, Danny's uniform makes total sense. I imagine this is what the confederates saw right before getting mowed down by musket fire.
Now, Danny's uniform makes total sense. I imagine this is what the confederates saw right before getting mowed down by musket fire.
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
TIL that the intersection of Broadway / Clark / Diversey was a training ground for Union infantry.
Now, Danny's uniform makes total sense. I imagine this is what the confederates saw right before getting mowed down by musket fire.
Now, Danny's uniform makes total sense. I imagine this is what the confederates saw right before getting mowed down by musket fire.
Amen.
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Amen.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Good for Shōta.
Free for all: Shōta decided he'd like the Cubs to have to pay him $22 million this year, and I'm all for it. Plus, today's "Great Until It Wasn't" excerpt goes back to the Cubs Labor Day series massacre of the Cardinals, and Dusty screaming at The Genius. www.pointlessexercise.com/did-shota-ju...
Did Shōta just fuck over the Cubs?
Maybe? Probably? I kinda hope so.
www.pointlessexercise.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Good for Shōta.
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i’m sorry
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzz did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal wi...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
i’m sorry
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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A happy birthday to Alan Moore. I’ll always respect him for being one of the few pros of his generation that supported Kirby in his fight with Marvel.
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A happy birthday to Alan Moore. I’ll always respect him for being one of the few pros of his generation that supported Kirby in his fight with Marvel.
The struggle is real.
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The struggle is real.
"... it’s increasingly clear that his efforts would be a farce — except for the very real trauma being inflicted on lots of innocent Americans by their own government. Nevertheless, it’s important to realize they’re *losing* — not winning. History and the American people are not on their side."
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"... it’s increasingly clear that his efforts would be a farce — except for the very real trauma being inflicted on lots of innocent Americans by their own government. Nevertheless, it’s important to realize they’re *losing* — not winning. History and the American people are not on their side."
So much stupidity and evil on display in such an abbreviated time period.
Looking forward to his enablers wondering why their Medbeds aren't delivering the treatment that the snake oil salesmen promised.
Looking forward to his enablers wondering why their Medbeds aren't delivering the treatment that the snake oil salesmen promised.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So much stupidity and evil on display in such an abbreviated time period.
Looking forward to his enablers wondering why their Medbeds aren't delivering the treatment that the snake oil salesmen promised.
Looking forward to his enablers wondering why their Medbeds aren't delivering the treatment that the snake oil salesmen promised.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
After a full day of fighting with my tools (lesson learned - don't expect Android Studio to play nicely with Kotlin classes with a whole bunch of Java ancestors), I'm taking a small "let's recompose myself" break to get the blood pressure down and to figure out my next steps.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
After a full day of fighting with my tools (lesson learned - don't expect Android Studio to play nicely with Kotlin classes with a whole bunch of Java ancestors), I'm taking a small "let's recompose myself" break to get the blood pressure down and to figure out my next steps.
Completely erased Android Studio and I'm reinstalling.
Hoping that the issue is some old config conflict that's causing all the issues, and not that there exist humans that would ship such a crappy and sluggish IDE.
Been a long time since I felt like hurling a trackpad like a shuriken in anger...
Hoping that the issue is some old config conflict that's causing all the issues, and not that there exist humans that would ship such a crappy and sluggish IDE.
Been a long time since I felt like hurling a trackpad like a shuriken in anger...
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Completely erased Android Studio and I'm reinstalling.
Hoping that the issue is some old config conflict that's causing all the issues, and not that there exist humans that would ship such a crappy and sluggish IDE.
Been a long time since I felt like hurling a trackpad like a shuriken in anger...
Hoping that the issue is some old config conflict that's causing all the issues, and not that there exist humans that would ship such a crappy and sluggish IDE.
Been a long time since I felt like hurling a trackpad like a shuriken in anger...
Happy Life Day and May the Force Be With You (Always).
The “Star Wars Holiday Special” premiered on this day in 1978.
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Happy Life Day and May the Force Be With You (Always).
I feel like the bouncers watching the Gates of the Silver Key keep coming back to do the job for the joy of bouncing people like Nuzzi out, despite the meager wages paid by Mr. Carter (at least by Kadathian standards).
The prose is incoherent & the only way to make it through a paragraph is to rely on the North Star or her self-pitying narcissism. The gist of this graf is “strangers obsess about me, must be because I work so hard,” but it is almost immediate lost in the morass of “typed on notes app while hiking”
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I feel like the bouncers watching the Gates of the Silver Key keep coming back to do the job for the joy of bouncing people like Nuzzi out, despite the meager wages paid by Mr. Carter (at least by Kadathian standards).
Spoiler: In Act III, The Worm returns.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Spoiler: In Act III, The Worm returns.
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Me: Why is my hard disk almost full?
*Cleans caches and other old development files.*
Me: Let's rebuild this app.
Android Studio / Gradle: Check this out!
*Cleans caches and other old development files.*
Me: Let's rebuild this app.
Android Studio / Gradle: Check this out!
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Me: Why is my hard disk almost full?
*Cleans caches and other old development files.*
Me: Let's rebuild this app.
Android Studio / Gradle: Check this out!
*Cleans caches and other old development files.*
Me: Let's rebuild this app.
Android Studio / Gradle: Check this out!
Looks like a read for the folks who think that Lovecraft wasn't purple *enough*...
I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Looks like a read for the folks who think that Lovecraft wasn't purple *enough*...