Christopher Robichaud

Philosophy. Fiction. Film. Pop culture. Politics.

[Christopher Robichaud @CJRobichaud]

This is me!

https://t.co/Bdiipi4sYU

[Christopher Robichaud @CJRobichaud]

I think it's not quite as straightforward as this, but at the same time, I really respect the Kierkegaardian spirit of it.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

The definition of a Christian is simple: a person who follows the actual teachings of Jesus Christ.

So no one, basically.

[Christopher Robichaud @CJRobichaud]

@Noirchick1 Casablanca or King Kong (1933). Very different. I can't decide between them. That said, my college students consider movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off to be a classic film, and my brain is screaming.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Democrats are so diabolical and ingenious at rigging elections that Republicans control the presidency, house and senate.

[John Ganz @lionel_trolling]

what the fuck is wrong with you

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

of all the pernicious things that have happened over the past few years I think the effective rebranding of January 6 into an event in which the rioters were the ones who were wronged may best symbolize how bad our politics have become.

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

You really have to read Ted Chiang on consciousness and AI—just published in The Atlantic:

https://t.co/z9eRSlkwQ8

[Brinda Adhikari @brindaadhikari]

I worked at CBS News for almost 6 years. It was a place that frequently drove me crazy bc of how resistant it was to change. How difficult it was to get things done bc you had to fight so many people and their “Cronkite and Murrow would roll over in their graves if they saw” mentality.

For those who think Scott Pelley was part of the problem, you are wrong. Yes he could be rigid and a stickler for certain traditions. But I will tell you now the Gen Z people I worked w all loved him. Like me, they forgave a lot of his boomer ways bc we were in awe of investigations he did using hidden cameras exposing snake oil salesmen hurting Americans; showing us how Assad was using chemical weapons on his own people; the pain of rural Americans waiting for half a day to get affordable healthcare in a parking lot of a mobile clinic; his searing interviews w survivors of mass shootings.

Yeah he was old fashioned in some ways. I used to tease him bc he always had trouble pronouncing Beyoncé’s name.

But he was willing to be pushed. He was open to new ideas. The fact that someone like me and someone like him got along so well is proof of that. The guy made me a better thinker and a better journalist.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Opened Google Scholar today and was immediately hit with “AI can now summarize academic articles.” Bro, it’s called an abstract and it already exists.

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Hunger

[Memorïa @deathofmeaning]

cannot stress enough how disappointing it is that Martin Scorsese is collaborating with an AI company and putting a stain on his name so late in his life and career. he is like the last person i’d expect this from

[claire de lune @ClaireMPLS]

i guarantee the people who complain about the food in LA have no idea that the best food here is found in a shitty strip mall no hyperbole 90% of the time

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

For the first time yesterday, I experienced the new @alamodrafthouse QR code ordering system and I can tell you it’s truly awful. Rather than making ordering food and drink more efficient, it actually adds steps to the process AND if you want to order additional items during the film you HAVE to open your phone. No, your cute reference to that irony in your How To Alamo video doesn’t negate how ridiculous this is. Please don’t cut corners with your staff and revert back to physical menus and order cards.

[Christopher Robichaud @CJRobichaud]

Best: Dewey, with Rawls a close second and an honorable mention going to Quine.

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Since everyone is sharing their favourite American authors, who is the best American philosopher?

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

This lady in Walmart just told her daughter "you campaigning for a real good ass whooping and you about to win the election"

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Beyond the specifics of Backrooms and Obsession, I think the larger story with Project Hail Mary and Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Housemaid is that adults are remembering — or relearning — that going to the movies is fun.

[Hidden in Frame @HiddenFrame_]

In "The Odyssey" (2026), Odysseus speaks with a Boston accent, despite being from Ithaca, which is in New York.

[Christopher Robichaud @CJRobichaud]

Guilty.

[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

glad that the theaters are back bigtime but holy fuck no one would shut up in there

[Christopher Robichaud @CJRobichaud]

There’s a segment of conservative Twitter slowly coming to the realization that Trump is not, in fact, a good POTUS to oversee our 250th birthday. That’s because “America First” was never about America, but him. It was always just about making Trump and Trump alone great again.