Kim Z
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Writer, dabbler, daydreamer. Halloween queen. Chicago by way of a lot of places. She/her
The unhinged ones are just there to lull you into thinking "What is your PIN?" is a good choice
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Andrew Couts
2 days ago
NEW: A
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analysis of Meta's app for its smart glasses found that the company has been adding code for face recognition since January, while saying that it is still "thinking through" whether to deploy it.
@dmehro.bsky.social
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w/ the scoop:
www.wired.com/story/meta-s...
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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/
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Mr. Dan Kelly
5 days ago
RIP, Joe Negri, the jazz guitarist who played Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
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Cynthia Pelayo
7 days ago
Join me June 2nd at the Chicago Writers Showcase with a wonderful lineup of amazing authors! 6:30pm at Haymarket House. Link below to register.
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Mike Fragassi
11 days ago
TIL: coming out in September
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgott...
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shauna
13 days ago
the only "bsky is a bubble" take you will ever need
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Tess Snider
14 days ago
Who knew those "Spot the Mistakes" puzzles in the newspaper Fun Pages were actually training us for a future when this would be a critical life skill?
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Barry Owen
16 days ago
Sounds Like Chicago is one week from tonight! Enter to win tix, or buy some and join Rebecca Makkai, Dilla, Natalie Moore and Jim DeRogatis for a night of drinks, food, and chats about music & our city!
www.chirpradio.org/soundslike
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Joe Uchill
17 days ago
I can't tell if they're indoors.
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David J. Loehr
17 days ago
Thread.
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Music Box Theatre
20 days ago
Today is your LAST CHANCE to Enter To Win a $50 Music Box Gift Card, just for taking a short survey about going to the movies! Take the survey now:
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8797628/M...
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Second Great Bisexual Awakening
21 days ago
Unifying Chicagoans everywhere
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"Lead with Kindness." -- good advice from
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#bsides312
21 days ago
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Today!
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21 days ago
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MisterJayEm
25 days ago
One down...
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Music Box Theatre
25 days ago
We have some questions for you! The Music Box is partnering with more than 40 other independent theaters to conduct a National Audience Survey. Fill out this short survey for a chance to Win a $50 Music Box Gift Card! Take The Survey Now:
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8797628/M...
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Maria Haskins
28 days ago
wtf
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Daniel Kraus
29 days ago
I spend YEARS brainstorming and MONTHS outlining and that IS the work. Zero tolerance for this shit.
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Take it from a Pulitzer Prize winner!
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29 days ago
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Chicago North Siders: The LSD street closures that were supposed to start at 9 seem to already be in effect. Everything Foster to Sheridan seems blocked. Happy Friday!
29 days ago
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Ooh! I really enjoyed the first book. I look forward to reading this one
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30 days ago
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WIRED
about 1 month ago
New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve.
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Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve.
https://wrd.cm/4tkbZZY
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Levi Stahl
about 1 month ago
Martha Wells, Platform Decay.
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People should to stop using AI to plagiarize and make "art" and start using it for to figure out how to block "send flowers to your mom" ads for people whose moms are dead.
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Rebecca Makkai
about 1 month ago
I can finally tell you that I was the fiction jury chair for this year's Pulitzer. I had a blast, and am so grateful for the experience.
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StoryStudio Chicago
about 1 month ago
May the fourth be with you! 😎 Give yourself a little shot of dopamine this Monday morning by bidding on one of our writerly silent auction items. All proceeds benefit our continued work to build a writing community!
buff.ly/gmECt1C
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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom
about 1 month ago
Opposition to AI is becoming more & more bipartisan among US citizens while support for AI is becoming more & more bipartisan among elected officials. Guess the jig is up re "representative democracy"
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Cynthia Pelayo
about 1 month ago
"This reads like a mashup of IT and Lord of the Flies with a bit of a crime thriller edge. It’s disturbing, often graphic, and leans into the idea that growing up isn’t just inevitable, it’s something that takes from you." - Early Reviewer Preorder:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803654...
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It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo: 9798892424448 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Peter Pan meets Stephen King's It in this twisted horror retelling of a classic childhood fairy tale set during WWI. 1914, Wendy Darling works by day as a school teacher, and by night, she assists so...
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803654/it-came-from-neverland-by-cynthia-pelayo/
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Don Incognito
about 1 month ago
For people who don’t visit this site regularly it’s almost impossible to convey how big and domineering this thing would be, but this does a pretty good job
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This is a really cool event although I did like it better when it was at a venue in my neighborhood and I could walk to it.
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about 1 month ago
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Bruno J. Navarro
about 1 month ago
A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.
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US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
A U.S. soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an on...
https://apnews.com/article/solider-justice-department-polymarmet-74047663d9ae104127948896fdfb59d9
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Anne Trubek
about 1 month ago
Hey hey
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's 50 Maps series is headed to PORTLAND! (OR). So now our published or forthcoming list includes: Madison Chicago DC Twin Cities Boston Columbus Cincinnati Milwaukee Great Lakes Detroit Cleveland Buffalo Pittsburgh Portland Where should we go next?
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Music Box Theatre
about 1 month ago
📢SPRING SALE📢 It's Springtime, and we're celebrating with a sale in the MUSIC BOX SHOP! 25% OFF Everything (DVDs, Hats, Keychains, BluRays, etc) through this Friday 4/24 - Discount automatically applied at checkout Shop Now at
www.musicboxshop.com
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Sheila Q.
about 1 month ago
The thing about older adults, especially those over age 80, is that they can absolutely be in good health and still drop dead the next day. We have too many 80+ hanging on to these positions of power. It prevents younger folks from moving up, and creates crisis situations when they suddenly die.
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MisterJayEm
about 2 months ago
Picture > 1,000 words
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I did, but to be fair, I usually do.
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about 2 months ago
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I have played versions of all of these and own most of them.
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Cookies (Rosie) 🧚🌙| Cozy and Gaming 🧸
about 2 months ago
I am so upset right now, TikTok quietly added a feature which turns on an AI feature on all the TikTok’s you have already posted to allow Ai to remix and make content of your TikTok’s and I didn’t know, you must go to privacy settings on your TikToks to turn it off yourself, want to warn others 💔
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Mar Hicks
about 2 months ago
Tonight!
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Downloading Grease 2 GIFs in anticipation of Hurricane Paulette
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about 2 months ago
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Second Great Bisexual Awakening
about 2 months ago
I think the Contains Trump's Face labeler thinks that Youppi is Trump
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Dustrial
about 2 months ago
Kinda wild
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Sandra Newman
about 2 months ago
Writing tip: Make the perfect the enemy of the good. Then it's way hotter when they fuck at the end of the book.
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Conrail Twitty
about 2 months ago
Reposted from the other site: Welding training for women in Detroit!
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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM
about 2 months ago
Head’s up - We’ve got a super special GIVEAWAY this week!! Local indie darlings @friko4u celebrate the release of their sophomore lp “Something Worth Waiting For” with a hometown show at METRO this Saturday 4/25. Want a chance to see it for free? Enter now
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Second Great Bisexual Awakening
about 2 months ago
Holy shit
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Mar Hicks
about 2 months ago
“An investigation into the claim - dubbed "Operation Bear Claw" - took a closer look at the video and found the "bear" was actually a person in a bear costume”
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Bill Savage
about 2 months ago
This is a great piece, the first thing I have ever read that made me root for Notre Dame.
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dan sinker
about 2 months ago
One side obsession from my research into the 1920s is the extensive network of ELECTRIC trains that used to connect cities and towns across the central Midwest called the Interurban. We had this more than a hundred years ago. The things we had and the things we lost.
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