Oy vey this is awful

I talked to the cofounder of one of this city’s long-running DIY spaces about why he’s pulling the plug

NYTimes has spent years breathlessly repeating claims that objecting to the treatment of Palestinians is antisemitic, but when right-wingers say they're “J-pilled,” NYTimes calls this "slang for skepticism of Israeli influence." Where's the "J" in "Israel"? Might that "J" mean something else?

[cues napalm death’s “you suffer”]

I wonder how Jack eats salad

[me struggling to say something not unkind about an awful guy] you should see how he eats salad

I have the correct opinion about the music festival lollapalooza

Every bullshit AI product is doing some shit that it's not only possible but easy to do yourself. I've never once been writing an email and thought "man I wish a computer would do this for me"?? Because it's just... writing a fucking email? Anyway, it takes like 5 mins to build feeds, fuck off

Dudes rock

Good afternoon from Grant Park in Chicago. Thousands are streaming into the park for this afternoon's No Kings rally, which is set to begin in earnest in about 20 mins. I saw smaller rallies taking place throughout the Loop on my way here, organized by multiple political groups. Big May Day vibes.

Halloween weekend last year, Good Flying Birds (Indy), TV Buddha (Chi), and Parking (Louisville) did a brief tour as the Velvet Underground. Hallogallo Tapes put out a live recording of the collaboration, now on YouTube

People should take notice of what's happening in Rogers Park in Chicago right now. The right-wing media machine has zeroed in on the 40th Ward's Black queer alderman in the aftermath of a shooting, vilifying her description of the victim being in the "wrong place at the wrong time" as victim-blaming

[furiously jabbing at my phone screen] why can’t I log a letterboxd review of the megan thee stallion and nickelback ad for cheetos

I’ve been kinda quiet but I have seen and appreciated the kind words about @tonemadison.bsky.social Please focus your appreciation on those who’ve been running it since I stepped back: @stinadale.bsky.social, @nothingunfinished.bsky.social, Juan Carlos Garcia Martinez, and @stevenmps.bsky.social!

Ticketmaster quietly raised other fees after US crackdown on hidden charges: Documents obtained by Guardian show company increased different fees to ‘offset revenue loss’ from FTC rule change

Kind of interesting that this piece published at The Guardian acknowledges that these changes are at least partly a response to the freak out during the 2024 Olympics about Imane Khelif, when the guy writing the piece played a role in fanning those 2024 flames. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

Rad @jamieludwig.bsky.social profile of Ratboys for @chicagoreader.com

Baseball is back, so why not re-read this story I wrote about the time I convinced six Chicagoland minor league teams to let me throw out a first pitch

You’re telling me the new movie They Will Kill You is different from the new movie Ready or Not 2: Here I Come? This feels like a prank…

Previewed the upcoming Empty Bottle release show for the Red Xerox comp, which documents the last five years of Chicago’s vital Hallogallo scene

Let 👏 @bebopott.bsky.social 👏 drive 👏

ICYMI

if teens did this in the loop brian hopkins would have like five city council proposals banning them

Stuck in The Reader! Always a treat getting to speak with @imleor.bsky.social!

I talked to @guypidgeotto.bsky.social about Stuck’s Optimizer, which comes out Friday.

be our poster

idk any abolitionists but the shift is as simple as gambling is growing (for everything sucks reasons) and not that regulated in the shapes it takes to a degree of celebs shilling for services with dubious legalities and class action lawsuits. the tl;dr is kids can't pick up a phone and drink.

dtf st louis is smooth-brain mare of easttown

Something about this feels made for a Kenny Dennis track

yeah man, totally variety.com/2026/digital...

Whoa @fire-toolz.bsky.social is putting out an album on Warp! fire-toolz.bandcamp.com/album/lavend...

I think I’ve seen more media coverage of this case than his 2025 album

fine, i’ll host snl uk

nonsentient, headless bodyoid (dir: david cronenberg, 2028)

Again I would like to reiterate, as something of an expert on the man and his work: there is actually nothing funnier or less film-literate than accusing someone of *ripping off Quentin Tarantino*

tired: new neurosis wired: old jandek

Everybody's asking

Can’t get over how the Roofman disguised himself as “John Zorn from New York” boxd.it/dCHRf1

Pete Hesgeth said in a room full of people "The problem with Iran is it spends money on weapons and missiles instead of improving life for their people," and not one person laughed at him

“If you don’t approve this settlement, I will destroy you,” lobbyist Mike Davis told Gail Slater, then head of DOJ’s antitrust div. (Davis denies.)This gift @wsj.com article details alleged corruption/patronage in DOJ, starring Davis & others. ... 1/2 www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Movies are so back

This is completely psychotic. He’s just a guy. And they’ve turned the full power of the nation against him because they fucked up their cleansing operation with him so badly.