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Christopher

@cdhermelin

host/mixologist for So Many Damn Books, typewriter for Roving Typist, recapper for I’m a Celebrity Dog Get Me Out Arf Here cdhermelin.com

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Christopher@cdhermelin· Jul 13

eternally

snoopy saying "unfortunately, on the inside I'm a raging turmoil"

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jun 26

what a dumb table to want a seat at. her face is how i feel about this

scared face from Mary in the Backrooms over text that says a24 wants a seat at the table

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jun 16

something about the ellipses makes me laugh

Neon sign that says “like vr… but fun and social”

Christopher@cdhermelin· May 22

patrick bateman still that instead of saying "i have to return some videotapes" it says "i have circumstances pertaining to government"

Christopher@cdhermelin· May 15

good question

a picture of report of the week youtuber, with the caption "are we nearing the end?"

Christopher@cdhermelin· May 6

a lovely morning reminder that in interaction and maintenance, AI makes us dumber and the human experience flatter, c/o @numlock.com and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

The colossal data center buildout crucial to tech titans' investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure has sent prices for solid state drives and other storage spiraling upwards, and it's having unintended effects across other sectors that rely on consistent access to affordable memory and storage. The Internet Archive, which operates web archiving stalwart Wayback Machine, is feeling the pinch, as their preferred 28 to 30 terabyte drives are either completely unavailable or very expensive. The projects gather 100 terabytes of new material every day, and have 210 petabytes of material archived, so the cost of storage is a real concern. The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia and other projects, has to maintain its data center, and has had to get clever about how it handles hardware.

Jason Koebler, 404 Media

Christopher@cdhermelin· May 1

hell of a top 3 for April

Milky Just The Way You Are
Ready To Die Andrew W.K.
Ring My Bell Anita Ward

Christopher@cdhermelin· Mar 31

why have they never mass produced the simpsons wall clock. i want one

clock on the wall in an episode of the simpsons. pink and green spikes around the orange clock face with purple detail

Christopher@cdhermelin· Mar 31

abby's

promo image for abby's, the sitcom starring natalie morales

Christopher@cdhermelin· Mar 25

oh my god i'm free

keyboard settings on mac os, "predictive text" is toggled off

Christopher@cdhermelin· Feb 25

Snowman on a bench holding a stick sign that says “ice out”

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jan 22

i think about this one all the time

a tweet from 2024, "just go to settings, privacy, data, do not grind my bones to make your bread, make sure its switched to "on"

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jan 16

“how ya holding up?”

an elevator that has a downward arrow and the letters UM in red

Christopher@cdhermelin· Dec 8

i did it. it's done

gmail's "no new mail" text

Christopher@cdhermelin· Dec 5

a very Merry Christmas to Buddie McCuen and his big dog

Newspaper text:

Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 23, 1922
Dear
Santa— I did not like the

things you sent me last Christmas

and I have a big dog in my yard to

bite you if you come around this

Christmas. I do not want to have any

thing to do with a big old fraud like

you. You can give your old presents

to somebody else. As for me, I will
look out for myself.

Buddie McCuen.

Christopher@cdhermelin· Oct 24

From the designers that brought you the Covid pyramid

Christopher@cdhermelin· Aug 5

report of the week guy holding a taco bell screenshot and text underneath that says "everything keeps getting worse"

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jul 18

me when I talked to smarterchild on aol instant messenger

Clip from New Yorker: A.l. could feasibly banish the pain of loneliness entirely; we could all have access to artificial companions that know everything about us, never forget and anticipate our needs better than any human

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jun 25

Very nice analysis over on @garbageday.email on why Mamdani won. Hope we can continue using social media to amplify the joy of a good candidate with popular policies

So expect to hear a million reasons why Mamdani won today and what it means for Democrats across the country going forward, but, from where I'm sitting, it's pretty simple. Social media does not turn a bad candidate into a viable one. It's just amplification. And the same platforms that can amplify the ugliness and hatred and resentment of someone like Trump can amplify the joy and earnestness and seemingly genuine conviction of a candidate like Mamdani. It cannot, however, make voters forget that a candidate like Cuomo killed their grandparents during COVID or that current New York Mayor Eric Adams is a genuine maniac. There's no magic trick. Mamdani ran a regular ass campaign where he spoke clearly about what he cared about and was normal about it and it worked. Revolutionary! And I understand why this would all be very threatening to Democrats, seeing as how most of them do not seem to care about anything.

Christopher@cdhermelin· Feb 5

okay good I was worried so far

sign that says “2025 is going to be great”

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jan 5

more movies should have these

Title card that says “intermission”

Christopher@cdhermelin· Dec 15

yeah I bet

sign that says “come in it’s viral”

Christopher@cdhermelin· Dec 8

me hearing any version of sleigh ride

old comic panel with a man in his smoking jacket listening to his hi fi and saying, “why, it—it’s superb! Magnificent!”

Christopher@cdhermelin· Sep 15

the cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn botanic garden in half frame (finally got a roll of film developed)

Two angles on the blossoms from above

Christopher@cdhermelin· Sep 19

yes, even charlie brown

Christopher@cdhermelin· Sep 9

she’s just like me fr

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jul 6

haha ew

Christopher@cdhermelin· Jul 4

politics

a vintage postcard of a cartoon of a little boy sticking his head into a number 4 made from firecrackers