Though I’m not an unbiased narrator, the @girliguess.bsky.social endorsement builds trust by not shying away from what people see as knocks against our office. But it also makes clear what’s at stake in this election.

Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.

Illinois State Board of Elections case. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Finally, I explained the risk of liberal pronatalism, like childcare and gender egalitarianism (which are good). When that doesn’t "work," which it won’t, then I’m afraid we’re going to be stuck with, well, ”I’m going to have to go with the Nazi plan.” Not hyperbole, the actual Nazi plan. /9

Oak Park Ave. construction project starts on Wednesday, 1/14, and continues through November. More info, and sign up for construction updates here: www.renewtheavenue.com?utm_medium=e...

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

I think the framing of DOGE as a cost saving plan misses the point. It existed to disrupt and destroy institutions. It did so amazingly well and quickly. It was an unqualified success. Taking it at its face plays into its hands.

Wrong framing of causation. As disinformation rises so does vaccine hesitation and so causally does disease. Disinformation has a literal direct body count.

Tariffs are the new Grinch. During the first 9 months of 2025, Americans paid… $520 million in tariffs on Christmas decorations, $685 million in tariffs on video game consoles, and $1.5 billion in tariffs on construction set toys & scooters. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...

This is pretty much everything I care about.

I understand the ethical reasons. But they basically killed the tax incentive unless you itemize, right?

Gary Bears? I mean you leave the state why should you get to keep the name.

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We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges. But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.

It’s holiday shopping season and the big categories are still gift cards and clothing. But with 1 in 4 planning to spend more on gifts this season, this would seem to indicate people will be stretching their budgets and perhaps buying more, cheaper things. www.ipsos.com/en-us/gift-c...

Also makes it next to impossible to see pedestrians and bikes with the massive light differential.

Baby Boomers won the age-period-cohort lottery.

US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2

The only thing I love more than this post is seeing it first from @greatdismal.bsky.social

Yes, @profgalloway.com just rocked a Chicago Public Media crop top... Here’s to public media — in Chicago and across the country! @wbez.org #PivotTour

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

This was a remarkable achievement.

More Americans say that imposing tariffs on other countries hurts rather than helps the U.S. economy, inflation and their finances — Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251105-top...

You gave my j-school commencement address. The difference then was there were good jobs for graduates. That seems way less real now.

There are 5 days left in the Kickstarter campaign for the documentary Last Night at Lounge Ax. You can see the full trailer at the Kickstarter page. Please consider participating in the campaign if you can. They are so close to their goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lvn...

The CTA has a not in service run skipping my station. It’s run number 666. Nice.

🧐 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cost-of-living-worries-haunt-americans-ahead-midterms-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-10-24/

During Covid Kick and I started a vegetable garden. We tore up half our front lawn and put raised beds in, grew tomatoes and carrots and eggplant and beans. Squash and corn the following year. Of all of that, ONLY the tomatoes and eggplant produced enough to last through the winter.

USPS PRO TIP: To make sure your mail-in ballot, tax return or legal document gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office and ask for a manual postmark at the counter in person

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (a four-part thread): How the U.S. population has evolved. www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/e0489c52?m...

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

It’s like public works shouldn’t try to be for profit.

I just got a $55 bill for driving on a section of the Pennsylvania turnpike a month ago. $55! It turns out to cost $104.78 to drive the whole thing, east/west, clear across the state. For reasons I don't understand, the turnpike is something like $12 billion in debt, so they charge a fortune.

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

I read this as “space moose.” IYKYK.

“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...

The number of Americans who think homeownership is part of the American Dream is high and getting higher. (@mattcarmichael.com, Ipsos) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928

Americans are stressed but also hopeful. Here’s why both are possible. (Ipsos) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928

Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer www.bbc.com/news/article...

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

I'd rather have one kid that I can give everything to than try to spread it thin between two children just for the sake of having two children.”

My kids don’t care about Taylor but they care about fandom and they loathe AI. Spot on.

Sorry to hear about my fellow Matt Carmichael, whose career I've followed thru my vanity google alert. Hope he lands on his feet! www.news.com.au/sport/channe...

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

I was going to say this myself, but didn’t want to be the first—

You've got six more hours to be the "presenting hero" or even just pre-order the book. The book will feature (checks notes) many of you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...

The part about major news outlets learning nothing is on point. As is the entire rest of the piece. Talk out loud about what you’re talking about.

Wow, yes you did. I look forward to plotting your reward with you!

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the book!

Just backed - needs one more to reach the goal!