Chris Ervin
@cpervin.bsky.social
Fan of the SNL sketch "tales of fraud and malfeasance in railroad hiring practices"
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If you can't handle me at my Durst you don't deserve me at my Wes
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
If you can't handle me at my Durst you don't deserve me at my Wes
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What did Obama mean by this?
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
What did Obama mean by this?
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it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience.
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
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Cannot deal with how expensive hard drives have gotten. Ram wasn’t enough for them.
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Cannot deal with how expensive hard drives have gotten. Ram wasn’t enough for them.
almost certainly. I have some (very minor) insight into the thinking of these AI hyperscalers, and they've so bought into their own hype they're fully willing to destroy their core businesses over this nonsense
What the hell is going on with this latest round of Windows 11 patches? First they say Outlook might not run, then PCs weren't able to be shut off, now they're saying some might not boot at all... they've issued two patches to the patch so far. It's nuts, are they slop coding the OS now, too?
January 26, 2026 at 5:08 AM
almost certainly. I have some (very minor) insight into the thinking of these AI hyperscalers, and they've so bought into their own hype they're fully willing to destroy their core businesses over this nonsense
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
very happy that the mother of blankies is back this week to talk Morvern Callar, one of the slipperiest movies I've ever seen, on blank check. I've been going through her filmography alongside them and it's been for real
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 AM
very happy that the mother of blankies is back this week to talk Morvern Callar, one of the slipperiest movies I've ever seen, on blank check. I've been going through her filmography alongside them and it's been for real
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no matter how bad you are at your job, no matter how crazy things might get, very few people in modern history have ever been more over their head while in charge of a more fucked up situation than kristi noem
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 AM
no matter how bad you are at your job, no matter how crazy things might get, very few people in modern history have ever been more over their head while in charge of a more fucked up situation than kristi noem
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
At least the fascists of the 20th Century liked Richard Wagner, these 21st century brown shirts laugh at AI memes. Pathetic
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 AM
At least the fascists of the 20th Century liked Richard Wagner, these 21st century brown shirts laugh at AI memes. Pathetic
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Never has a bad performance. No one is ever disappointed when Delroy Lindo pops up on screen. Long overdue. Baller time
Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Never has a bad performance. No one is ever disappointed when Delroy Lindo pops up on screen. Long overdue. Baller time
Yikes
Following yesterday's stock plunge, Ubisoft's market cap is now around half a billion euros. In 2018 it was around 10 billion euros. In eight years, the company has lost around 95% of its value
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Yikes
Great movie!
Now playing (06:15 PM PST):
"Killer of Sheep" (1978)
By Charles Burnett
Runtime: 80 min.
"Killer of Sheep" (1978)
By Charles Burnett
Runtime: 80 min.
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Great movie!
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there are too many posts on here about "world events" and "AI" and not nearly enough about "Mitsibushi Delica"
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
there are too many posts on here about "world events" and "AI" and not nearly enough about "Mitsibushi Delica"
father, son, and holy ghost
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 AM
father, son, and holy ghost
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glad i bought new ram before the shortage
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 AM
glad i bought new ram before the shortage
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If you want to talk about LLMs being useful – useful for what? For making it impossible to talk to a customer service rep? For generating incredibly personalized and dangerous spam? For dissolving the last remaining shreds of the social fabric?
January 18, 2026 at 11:58 PM
If you want to talk about LLMs being useful – useful for what? For making it impossible to talk to a customer service rep? For generating incredibly personalized and dangerous spam? For dissolving the last remaining shreds of the social fabric?
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costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country
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dilbert….you’re free
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
dilbert….you’re free
I have not watched the football game that prompted all the skeets, but I'm delighted to see that Aaron Rodgers has lost. No one deserves to be beclowned as much as him. He should only be allowed to eat beef tallow from now on
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I have not watched the football game that prompted all the skeets, but I'm delighted to see that Aaron Rodgers has lost. No one deserves to be beclowned as much as him. He should only be allowed to eat beef tallow from now on
The MOS 6581/8580 SID sounds so good
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The MOS 6581/8580 SID sounds so good
Seven bucks is absolutely five bucks, but eight? Eight feels more like ten to me
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Seven bucks is absolutely five bucks, but eight? Eight feels more like ten to me