Chris Ford
@riotmaam.com
I was a flannel and Docs-wearing baby dyke getting teargassed at queer events in the 90s. Doing the same goddamn things in my 50s but w/ gray hair and orthopedic inserts.
Member of the Cult of Pilates. Obsessed with Americana music. Lover of asshole dogs
Member of the Cult of Pilates. Obsessed with Americana music. Lover of asshole dogs
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I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something."
No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
September 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something."
No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
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Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour
September 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour
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Unbelievable
www.instagram.com/p/DdUmGqOEpST
www.instagram.com/p/DdUmGqOEpST
September 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Unbelievable
www.instagram.com/p/DdUmGqOEpST
www.instagram.com/p/DdUmGqOEpST
@erikahall.bsky.social I was made aware of PDX "Werid Fest" and the Chicken Beauty Contest over the weekend and *immediately* thought of you. It's Sep 19 just in case you feel the urge to get some Clickens inspo...
September 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
@erikahall.bsky.social I was made aware of PDX "Werid Fest" and the Chicken Beauty Contest over the weekend and *immediately* thought of you. It's Sep 19 just in case you feel the urge to get some Clickens inspo...
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The predictable Discourse is starting and I'm going to take a strong stand here: you can both want to abolish ICE and laugh really, really hard at Milo Yiannopoulos getting arrested by ICE after a decade of stoking the ethnonationalist hatred that led us to this point
August 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The predictable Discourse is starting and I'm going to take a strong stand here: you can both want to abolish ICE and laugh really, really hard at Milo Yiannopoulos getting arrested by ICE after a decade of stoking the ethnonationalist hatred that led us to this point
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tear down some statues of evil white men and put up some of dolly
August 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
tear down some statues of evil white men and put up some of dolly
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This is the greatest quote in human history.
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
- Dolly Parton
- Dolly Parton
August 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This is the greatest quote in human history.
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Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet?
Here ya go...
Here ya go...
July 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet?
Here ya go...
Here ya go...
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thinking about how they were having to fire & arrest people to try to bully them into being sad about some of these fuckers, and if you want the whole world to stop and grieve your loss, there's one simple life hack:
be a good person who just wants to do good things
be a good person who just wants to do good things
August 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
thinking about how they were having to fire & arrest people to try to bully them into being sad about some of these fuckers, and if you want the whole world to stop and grieve your loss, there's one simple life hack:
be a good person who just wants to do good things
be a good person who just wants to do good things
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Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
August 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
"...attempting to deliver design “wisdom” while your mouth is still attached to a tech oligarch’s asshole is both messy and difficult to understand, and I’d appreciate an Altoid or a mint before you did it."
Goddamn, that Mike Monteiro sure can turn a phrase.
Goddamn, that Mike Monteiro sure can turn a phrase.
Here is your Saturday read. This week we talk about the failure of AI-pilled design “leaders.”
“If you are truly ‘leading’ there isn’t an asshole in front of you to lick. There’s no cornucopia of future funding within your lips’ reach.”
Enjoy.
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
“If you are truly ‘leading’ there isn’t an asshole in front of you to lick. There’s no cornucopia of future funding within your lips’ reach.”
Enjoy.
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to usher in an era of abundant vengeance
A lot of people on the Internet who I once respected seem to have full-blown AI brain worms. Am I going to get conned like them at some point? Have you ever been conned by something as pervasive as th...
buttondown.com
August 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"...attempting to deliver design “wisdom” while your mouth is still attached to a tech oligarch’s asshole is both messy and difficult to understand, and I’d appreciate an Altoid or a mint before you did it."
Goddamn, that Mike Monteiro sure can turn a phrase.
Goddamn, that Mike Monteiro sure can turn a phrase.
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Covid never ended. Everybody just pretended it did.
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines. n.pr/45oln5k
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
n.pr
August 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Covid never ended. Everybody just pretended it did.
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Every time you check out a library book instead of ordering from Amazon, ask a friend instead of an LLM, cook a meal instead of ordering from an app, or go for a walk instead of scrolling social media, you interrupt the cash flows of insane CEOs. Do it! Ruin their day!
August 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Every time you check out a library book instead of ordering from Amazon, ask a friend instead of an LLM, cook a meal instead of ordering from an app, or go for a walk instead of scrolling social media, you interrupt the cash flows of insane CEOs. Do it! Ruin their day!
I lived in San Diego so we all had fake ids at 16 and were dancing on speakers at Senor Frog's, drinking upside down margaritas til the sun came up, then stumbling across the bridge to the US and a full day of high school reeking of clove cigarettes and bad decisions.
Good times.
Good times.
kids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend
August 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I lived in San Diego so we all had fake ids at 16 and were dancing on speakers at Senor Frog's, drinking upside down margaritas til the sun came up, then stumbling across the bridge to the US and a full day of high school reeking of clove cigarettes and bad decisions.
Good times.
Good times.
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Eddie Van Halen holds Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit at gunpoint until he returns his guitar equipment (2002)
August 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Eddie Van Halen holds Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit at gunpoint until he returns his guitar equipment (2002)
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Michael Alfonso won't see all your little jokes. Know who will? Your friends who look like someone drew eyebrows on a dog.
Michael Alfonso, the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, will win the Republican primary in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, CNN's Decision Desk projects. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4zaJLou
August 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Michael Alfonso won't see all your little jokes. Know who will? Your friends who look like someone drew eyebrows on a dog.
@monteiro.bsky.social and @erikahall.bsky.social I saw this print at @birdhousetattoo.bsky.social in PDX this weekend and felt like it was relevant to your interests 😂 (cc: @floridanorcross.bsky.social )
August 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
@monteiro.bsky.social and @erikahall.bsky.social I saw this print at @birdhousetattoo.bsky.social in PDX this weekend and felt like it was relevant to your interests 😂 (cc: @floridanorcross.bsky.social )
"Bitter people don’t start stealing furniture from work when upcoming layoffs are announced. Petty people do."
When I was in design school I was working on a CD-ROM project and found I wasn't getting paid. And that's the story of how I got my first shoebox sized 1 gig hard drive. Viva la petty! ✊
When I was in design school I was working on a CD-ROM project and found I wasn't getting paid. And that's the story of how I got my first shoebox sized 1 gig hard drive. Viva la petty! ✊
Here is your Saturday read:
“Bitterness is a weight made up, not of all the times people told you you couldn’t do something—but of all the times you believed them.”
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
“Bitterness is a weight made up, not of all the times people told you you couldn’t do something—but of all the times you believed them.”
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to be a petty motherfucker
Is there really a difference between being bitter or being petty? Most of the time I feel the latter is being confused with the former. Am I missing something here?
buttondown.com
August 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"Bitter people don’t start stealing furniture from work when upcoming layoffs are announced. Petty people do."
When I was in design school I was working on a CD-ROM project and found I wasn't getting paid. And that's the story of how I got my first shoebox sized 1 gig hard drive. Viva la petty! ✊
When I was in design school I was working on a CD-ROM project and found I wasn't getting paid. And that's the story of how I got my first shoebox sized 1 gig hard drive. Viva la petty! ✊
Circa 1971:
1. American Staffordshire terrier
2. Cootie catcher
3. Mental health day
4. Primal scream therapy
5. Wiseass
1. American Staffordshire terrier
2. Cootie catcher
3. Mental health day
4. Primal scream therapy
5. Wiseass
Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️
www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
July 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Circa 1971:
1. American Staffordshire terrier
2. Cootie catcher
3. Mental health day
4. Primal scream therapy
5. Wiseass
1. American Staffordshire terrier
2. Cootie catcher
3. Mental health day
4. Primal scream therapy
5. Wiseass
Hot take: The Highwomen > The Highwaymen (sorry Willie, Waylon, Kris, and Johnny. But it's the truth.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy...
July 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Hot take: The Highwomen > The Highwaymen (sorry Willie, Waylon, Kris, and Johnny. But it's the truth.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edQy...
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Public domain work exists. Fair use exists. Creative commons exists. Stock art exists. Making a fucked up little sketch in any app with drawing tools exists.
No reason to be gleefully complicit in exploitation for a muddy cartoon.
No reason to be gleefully complicit in exploitation for a muddy cartoon.
July 31, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Public domain work exists. Fair use exists. Creative commons exists. Stock art exists. Making a fucked up little sketch in any app with drawing tools exists.
No reason to be gleefully complicit in exploitation for a muddy cartoon.
No reason to be gleefully complicit in exploitation for a muddy cartoon.
Also Sleestaks.
GenX grew up scared of AIDS, nuclear war and quicksand.
On this day in 1981 the first mainstream media report of what would come to be known as AIDS was published on page 20 of the New York Times.
The epidemic has now taken the lives of more than 710,000 Americans out of an estimated 43 million AIDS deaths globally.
And it is not over yet.
The epidemic has now taken the lives of more than 710,000 Americans out of an estimated 43 million AIDS deaths globally.
And it is not over yet.
July 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Also Sleestaks.
Corn tortillas:
-Crispy and soft tacos
-Taquitos
-Tostadas
-Chilaquiles
-Chips
-Enchiladas (and yes, I will judge you if you use flour)
Flour tortillas:
-Burritos
-Fajitas
Either:
-Quesadillas
(Apparently I have strong tortilla opinions 🤣)
-Crispy and soft tacos
-Taquitos
-Tostadas
-Chilaquiles
-Chips
-Enchiladas (and yes, I will judge you if you use flour)
Flour tortillas:
-Burritos
-Fajitas
Either:
-Quesadillas
(Apparently I have strong tortilla opinions 🤣)
Not to incite a Second schism this week, but:
Flour vs corn tortillas
Flour vs corn tortillas
July 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Corn tortillas:
-Crispy and soft tacos
-Taquitos
-Tostadas
-Chilaquiles
-Chips
-Enchiladas (and yes, I will judge you if you use flour)
Flour tortillas:
-Burritos
-Fajitas
Either:
-Quesadillas
(Apparently I have strong tortilla opinions 🤣)
-Crispy and soft tacos
-Taquitos
-Tostadas
-Chilaquiles
-Chips
-Enchiladas (and yes, I will judge you if you use flour)
Flour tortillas:
-Burritos
-Fajitas
Either:
-Quesadillas
(Apparently I have strong tortilla opinions 🤣)
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This is Penny. She came up with her own trick. Really hopes you like it, and will repeat it as many times as necessary until you acknowledge that you do. 14/10 (IG: pennycorgipoo)
June 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
This is Penny. She came up with her own trick. Really hopes you like it, and will repeat it as many times as necessary until you acknowledge that you do. 14/10 (IG: pennycorgipoo)
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trans rights are human rights and anyone who tells you otherwise is a stone cold bigot
fuck SCOTUS and kavanaugh specifically
fuck SCOTUS and kavanaugh specifically
June 30, 2026 at 2:13 PM
trans rights are human rights and anyone who tells you otherwise is a stone cold bigot
fuck SCOTUS and kavanaugh specifically
fuck SCOTUS and kavanaugh specifically