{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Chris Abraham","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/chrisa","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1854795","username":"chrisa","bio":"I’m Chris Abraham. I do SEO for a living, mostly the unglamorous kind that involves fixing things, explaining things, and occasionally telling clients that Google is not mad at them personally. I write about search, tech, decentralization, fitness resets, tools I probably don’t need, and whatever else is rattling around my head at the moment. This blog is where I think out loud, keep notes in public, and refuse to separate “professional” from “human.” Expect drafts, observations, mild heresies, and the occasional sharp elbow.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":2,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/50/1854795.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"96314383","content_html":"<p>The World’s Largest Development Program Has No Headquarters</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Remittances put development money directly into people’s hands\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-worlds-largest-development-program?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-wor…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/24/the-worlds-largest-development-program.html","date_published":"2026-08-24T16:06:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:06","date_timestamp":1787587592,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117151340975064867","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcbdAlxG7up"]}},{"id":"96311884","content_html":"<p>Stop Calling These People the Most Vulnerable</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On immigration, remittances, and the dignity of being an adult\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/stop-calling-these-people-the-most?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/stop-ca…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/24/stop-calling-these-people-the.html","date_published":"2026-08-24T15:17:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"15:17","date_timestamp":1787584675,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117151149560562571","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcbXcL_G_u_"]}},{"id":"96273806","content_html":"<p>The Elevator Is a Trick and I Have Stopped Trying to Win It</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On desirelessness, collaborative will, and a box that only knows whether you’re still asking\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-elevator-is-a-trick-and-i-have?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-ele…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/23/the-elevator-is-a-trick.html","date_published":"2026-08-23T19:48:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 19:48","date_timestamp":1787514516,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117146552085105360","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcZRoi4H8t9"]}},{"id":"96261519","content_html":"<p>The AP Years</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The two-year runway rich kids already get quietly, offered out loud to everyone else\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-ap-years?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-ap-…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/23/the-ap-years-the-twoyear.html","date_published":"2026-08-23T14:58:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 14:58","date_timestamp":1787497101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117145410241618029","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcYwZz9FpMx"]}},{"id":"96261379","content_html":"<p>The Mascot Economy</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every institution that wants a symbol is drawing from the same small room, and the bill always comes due later than the applause\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-mascot-economy?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-mas…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/23/the-mascot-economy-every-institution.html","date_published":"2026-08-23T14:54:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 14:54","date_timestamp":1787496877,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117145395836596646","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcYv-1tlCkN"]}},{"id":"96261206","content_html":"<p>The Meddler</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every political tradition eventually produces a hero who cannot see his own wreckage\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-meddler?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-med…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/23/the-meddler-every-political-tradition.html","date_published":"2026-08-23T14:50:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 14:50","date_timestamp":1787496653,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117145381247598146","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcYvjwem_aJ"]}},{"id":"96209554","content_html":"<p>The False Sense of Security</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Every advantage you’re holding right now has an expiration date, and nobody ever believes it until the day it arrives\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-false-sense-of-security?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-fal…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/22/the-false-sense-of-security.html","date_published":"2026-08-22T13:17:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-22 13:17","date_timestamp":1787404639,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117139351349266267","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcWAEF_G07I"]}},{"id":"96205817","content_html":"<p>“MAGA Was Right, We Were Crazy” Are Democrats Ok?\n<a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=cjp7zNvnZ7g&amp;si=hjLFPmCg9Wo6W8lI\">youtube.com/watch</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/22/maga-was-right-we-were.html","date_published":"2026-08-22T11:28:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-22 11:28","date_timestamp":1787398120,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117138923538603905","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcVzn9yGwNO"]}},{"id":"96178997","content_html":"<p>The Itch Is the Use Case: Why I built a $4 cloud computer to read email like it’s 1993\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-itch-is-the-use-case\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-itc…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/21/the-itch-is-the-use.html","date_published":"2026-08-21T21:54:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 21:54","date_timestamp":1787349265,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117135721841547632","https://www.threads.com/@chrisabraham/post/DcUWbyJHZsF"]}},{"id":"96152102","content_html":"<p>A viral claim says a minimum-wage worker in 1971 lived like someone making $100K today. The number is real. The explanation everyone reaches for isn’t the whole story.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-emptier-country-why-a-1971-minimum?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-emp…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/21/a-viral-claim-says-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-21T12:42:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 12:42","date_timestamp":1787316123,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117133550209991269"]}},{"id":"96147589","content_html":"<p>The game of Keep Away is the more humiliating part of this video.\n<a href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/watch-nick-shirley-gets-wild-200504064.html\">www.yahoo.com/news/poli…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/21/the-game-of-keep-away.html","date_published":"2026-08-21T10:57:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 10:57","date_timestamp":1787309825,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117133137022997729"]}},{"id":"96118010","content_html":"<p>America’s Hedonic Hedonism</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Treating the homeland like a foreign posting, because the tide never tells you which way it moved\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/americas-hedonic-hedonism?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/america…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/20/americas-hedonic-hedonism-treating-the.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T21:35:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 21:35","date_timestamp":1787261741,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117129985779411450"]}},{"id":"96097934","content_html":"<p>The Outliers You Have to Remove to See What America Actually Looks Like\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-outliers-you-have-to-remove-to?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-out…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/20/the-outliers-you-have-to.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T14:58:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 14:58","date_timestamp":1787237881,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117128422088504947"]}},{"id":"96091978","content_html":"<p>American Fascism: You Are Here</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The checklist has amnesia, and so does everyone sharing it\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/american-fascism-you-are-here?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/america…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/20/american-fascism-you-are-here.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T12:55:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 12:55","date_timestamp":1787230556,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117127942100041575"]}},{"id":"96064945","content_html":"<p>Three years of being a legal German resident in Berlin and this is the only addiction that came home to the USA with me: Tempo!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fchrisa.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fdcfbc32b40.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/19/three-years-of-being-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-20T00:16:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 00:16","date_timestamp":1787184989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117124956495673971"]}},{"id":"96064939","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://juliusgoat.bsky.social\">@juliusgoat.bsky.social</a> That’s Asian Hate of you to say.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mtbzlziepk27","date_published":"2026-08-17T15:33:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-17 15:33","date_timestamp":1786980802,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95912094","content_html":"<p>Better situation than being hit by anti-ship cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, torpedoes, naval mines, or attack aircraft during this time of war, no?</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>USS Lincoln crisis\n<a href=\"https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/8/17/uss-lincoln-crisis-how-it-compares-to-past-aircraft-carrier-deployments\">www.google.com/amp/s/www…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/17/better-situation-than-being-hit.html","date_published":"2026-08-17T13:15:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-17 13:15","date_timestamp":1786972514,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117111031291197724"]}},{"id":"95909080","content_html":"<p>Yikes.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Star Trek is DEAD, Jim - Why it Failed\n<a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=4lNTTz-Nljk&amp;si=GzHAIZHIEOE_kaFY\">youtube.com/watch</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/17/yikes-star-trek-is-dead.html","date_published":"2026-08-17T11:48:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-17 11:48","date_timestamp":1786967294,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117110688922036054"]}},{"id":"95871545","content_html":"<p>Everybody Discovers the Clitoris Eventually\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/everybody-discovers-the-clitoris?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/everybo…</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/16/everybody-discovers-the-clitoris-eventually.html","date_published":"2026-08-16T16:10:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-16 16:10","date_timestamp":1786896613,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117106056658019931"]}},{"id":"95870755","content_html":"<p>Don’t Save the Whales</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Twenty-one years ago I wrote that no cause is noble enough to sacrifice your children to. A scene in the back of a Maybach just answered me back.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/dont-save-the-whales-2026?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/dont-sa…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/16/dont-save-the-whales-twentyone.html","date_published":"2026-08-16T15:49:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-16 15:49","date_timestamp":1786895342,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117105973844329226"]}},{"id":"95868513","content_html":"<p>All of Nothing Is Nothing</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Humanity’s worst negotiating mistake was believing we’re owed payment for existing, instead of for producing. The data backs the correction, not the myth.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/all-of-nothing-is-nothing?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/all-of-…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/16/all-of-nothing-is-nothing.html","date_published":"2026-08-16T14:53:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-16 14:53","date_timestamp":1786892032,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117105757083072038"]}},{"id":"95864979","content_html":"<p>You Can’t Win a Revolution Against 60 Percent</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The group being targeted for overthrow isn’t a fragile minority elite. It’s the actual majority.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/you-cant-win-a-revolution-against?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/you-can…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/16/you-cant-win-a-revolution.html","date_published":"2026-08-16T13:21:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-16 13:21","date_timestamp":1786886509,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117105394527433149"]}},{"id":"95836287","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780440336853/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780440336853\">Bad Luck and Trouble</a> by Lee Child 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/15/currently-reading-bad-luck-and.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T20:33:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 20:33","date_timestamp":1786826011,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117101429772804751"]}},{"id":"95827030","content_html":"<p>I Am RDBMS</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I didn’t find out I have aphantasia until I was fifty. Here’s what that actually feels like, and why I’ve spent decades backing my mind up to every platform that would hold it.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/i-am-rdbms?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/i-am-rd…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/15/i-am-rdbms-i-didnt.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T16:54:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 16:54","date_timestamp":1786812859,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117100568400103369"]}},{"id":"95826936","content_html":"<p>In the Beginning Was the Code</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Swap one word for another in the most famous sentence ever written, and the whole argument about AI, art, and language changes.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/in-the-beginning-was-the-code?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/in-the-…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/15/in-the-beginning-was-the.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T16:50:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 16:50","date_timestamp":1786812657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117100556967872020"]}},{"id":"95821074","content_html":"<p>Words Are Code</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I write two or three articles a day now with an AI copilot, after twenty years of writing alone and unread. Here’s why I don’t think that makes what I’m doing any less mine.\n<a href=\"https://chrisabraham.substack.com/p/words-are-code?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=aqj1\">chrisabraham.substack.com/p/words-a…</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://chrisa.org/2026/08/15/words-are-code-i-write.html","date_published":"2026-08-15T14:47:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-15 14:47","date_timestamp":1786805276,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://noauthority.social/@sirchris/117100071280184550"]}},{"id":"95548618","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://marcveld.bsky.social\">@marcveld.bsky.social</a> I guess only time will tell</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3msr4yy5kr22q","date_published":"2026-08-10T22:19:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-10 22:19","date_timestamp":1786400343,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95479717","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/NashRicky@noauthority.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@NashRicky</a></span> indeed. indebt.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/chrisa/95479717","date_published":"2026-08-09T23:30:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-09 23:30","date_timestamp":1786318242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95304294","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://soraya.press\">@soraya.press</a> Approximately 32.1% to 33% of Louisiana’s population is Black or African American, making it the state with the second-highest percentage of Black residents in the United States, just behind Mississippi.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3msgcopmhw22g","date_published":"2026-08-06T15:01:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-06 15:01","date_timestamp":1786028484,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94921047","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://theonion.com\">@theonion.com</a> When I was in public school in Honolulu and the ’70s all of my school teachers had husbands who were doctors and lawyers so effectively they were providing their own salary on behalf of family wealth.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mrsvdrvtzc2y","date_published":"2026-07-29T21:42:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 21:42","date_timestamp":1785361323,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94460938","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://nerdjpg.com\">@nerdjpg.com</a> Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mraea4fya22n","date_published":"2026-07-22T12:47:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-22 12:47","date_timestamp":1784724471,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94286646","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social\">@ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social</a> The UN defines democracy by absolute equality and direct popular will. But America was never built to be a pure democracy; the Founders designed a Republic with structural checks to limit direct majority rule. The system functions exactly as intended, not by a failure of democracy.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqzdlkku322j","date_published":"2026-07-19T17:47:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 17:47","date_timestamp":1784483263,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94286648","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social\">@ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social</a> The UN views democracy through the lens of absolute equal participation. America, however, operates on a completely different historical blueprint: a constitutional republic. What critics call democratic shortcomings are actually the foundational features of American republicanism.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqzdkwcwoc2j","date_published":"2026-07-19T17:47:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 17:47","date_timestamp":1784483242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94286649","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social\">@ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social</a> There is a massive gap between the UN definition of democracy—based on equal citizen participation—and what America has always been. The U.S. is a Constitutional Republic built on institutional checks and balances, intentionally prioritizing the rule of law over direct popular rule.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqzdjzqhy22j","date_published":"2026-07-19T17:46:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 17:46","date_timestamp":1784483212,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94278712","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social\">@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social</a> Is it New Jersey shit on itself enough on its own?</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqyuxfaxps2u","date_published":"2026-07-19T13:25:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-19 13:25","date_timestamp":1784467554,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94161480","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://bluedotin.bsky.social\">@bluedotin.bsky.social</a> Cars are guns</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqrcysfhqs2s","date_published":"2026-07-16T13:15:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 13:15","date_timestamp":1784207756,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94161481","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://joncooper-us.bsky.social\">@joncooper-us.bsky.social</a> Cars are guns</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqrcyca6zc2s","date_published":"2026-07-16T13:15:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 13:15","date_timestamp":1784207739,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94038085","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://punishedsardines.bsky.social\">@punishedsardines.bsky.social</a> I feel like people are just making up rights now just saying whatever they want is a right whatever they desire is right whatever they think is fair is right whatever they think is cool as a right there is a stampede of rightness. A righteous rightness of rights.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqoieifm7c2p","date_published":"2026-07-15T10:13:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-15 10:13","date_timestamp":1784110438,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93991903","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://theonion.com\">@theonion.com</a> Okay this is hilarious. Welcome back <a href=\"http://theonion.com\">@theonion.com</a></p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mqmgdp5ag22y","date_published":"2026-07-14T14:32:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-14 14:32","date_timestamp":1784039544,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537115","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://abraham.su\">@abraham.su</a> A lingua franca was never universal fluency—French didn’t need every peasant speaking it, just to be the access point if you wanted in on diplomacy or letters. Same logic: most people understand a Midwest or BBC newsreader far more easily than that newsreader would understand them.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpygmuqzsk2g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:44:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:44","date_timestamp":1783352657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537116","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Also, ‘privileged’ as an argument-ender is a strange move in 2026—you’re essentially saying I have some superpower you lack. Taken to its logic, calling someone privileged means you think they need a handicap just to make the conversation competitive. That’s not an argument.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpyghd26cs2g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:41:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:41","date_timestamp":1783352471,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537117","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Ironic, since this is gatekeeping too—deciding whose experience ‘counts’ as valid input versus whose gets waved off as privilege. I told you what I saw firsthand in Hawaii. Dismissing that as privilege rather than engaging it is the same boundary-policing you’re accusing me of.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpygdk6nl22g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:39:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:39","date_timestamp":1783352344,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537118","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Witnessed this firsthand at UEA in ’90-’91—posh students downgrading their accents and buying deliberately crap cars to dodge class resentment. Thatcher-era backlash made poshness a liability, at least on campus. Point stands: gatekeeping cuts every direction, not just downward.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpyg7ta22c2g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:36:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:36","date_timestamp":1783352219,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537119","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Also, the gatekeeping argument is 19th-century thinking—same claim once made about Latin Mass or Masonic ritual. Today there’s infinite free access to grammar, rhetoric, anything. The real gatekeeping now is peer pressure calling you a sellout for using those tools at all.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpyg2yzmok2g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:34:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:34","date_timestamp":1783352058,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537120","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> And it’s not just dialect drift—basic Standard English literacy is eroding among native speakers too. I/me confusion, run/ran/run gone sideways, gerunds nobody can name let alone use. That’s not folksy accessibility, that’s just grammar nobody was taught rigorously anymore.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpyfxong4c2g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:32:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:32","date_timestamp":1783351946,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537121","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Growing up in Hawaii, I’d push back on ‘everyone can code-switch.’ Mostly it’s academics who actually do it fluently. Most people’s attempt at ‘proper’ English is a rough, ill-fitting performance—see local guys in traffic court fumbling grammar trying to sound formal for the judge.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpyfvcesis2g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:31:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:31","date_timestamp":1783351866,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537122","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Growing up in Hawaii, pidgin defiance was real—refusing ‘the master’s tongue’ on purpose. But there’s an arrogance in that exclusivity too: gatekeeping your own dialect from outsiders isn’t more virtuous than gatekeeping Standard English. Both are boundary-drawing dressed up as principle.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpyfsly6q22g","date_published":"2026-07-06T15:29:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 15:29","date_timestamp":1783351776,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537123","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> That cuts both ways. Pidgin/patois are real, and often signal defiance plus limited formal schooling—both true at once. They’re inclusive within the in-group and exclusive to outsiders. A lingua franca’s whole job is maximum inclusion, which is exactly what makes standardized English still useful.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpydzmab5k2x","date_published":"2026-07-06T14:57:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 14:57","date_timestamp":1783349863,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537124","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Pidgin, Spanglish, Franglish—these aren’t gibberish, they’re functioning Creoles with real grammar. And code-switching cuts both ways: I grew up in Hawaii where speaking “proper” English got you called a Twinkie or Oreo. Purity policing language ignores who gets punished for fluency either direction</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpy6gglwxk2k","date_published":"2026-07-06T13:17:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 13:17","date_timestamp":1783343851,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93537125","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://chadstanton.blacksky.app\">@chadstanton.blacksky.app</a> Sticking to a standardized version of English isn’t just about rules for the sake of rules; it provides a universal operating system that allows people from completely different backgrounds to understand each other without friction. English is the global lingua franca today</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjejjnl4bwozxfciw6xgwdhw/post/3mpy2des3y22q","date_published":"2026-07-06T12:04:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Chris Abraham","url":"https://chrisa.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F50%2F1854795.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"chrisa"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 12:04","date_timestamp":1783339454,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}