The Art of Gerrymandering - visualized by Instagram user: @datastuffplus

Cloud LLM providers are a bit like cyber cafes. Back in 1999, hardware and games were evolving together. It was expensive to buy a PC because you knew it was likely to be too slow within a couple of years. So you went to a third party who had economies of scale.

On top of not building anything, this is a big reason we have a housing crunch in Chicago - apartments are literally being torn down to make newer single family homes! But for some reason NIMBYS never object to that, even though it's dramatically changing who can afford to live in a neighborhood

oh no I have some thoughts on the cps/ctu/may day situation that I am going to have to share aren't I

Happy May Day, Comrades, from Raytheon Corporation

love all these dudes who would not take the covid vaccines but will mainline any sort of peptide into their bodies

Ludicrously proud of my wife @schneikat.bsky.social

"Roger also said that when he cries during a movie, it’s often not because of something sad that happens. It’s because some character did some kind thing. They demonstrated kindness." www.rogerebert.com/ebertfest/lo...

and THAT'S WHY you always BUILD A BALLROOM this is a reference to arrested development and recent events

There's bus lines going to every one of these beaches, and until someone comes up with a better solution than "the city should pay me to create traffic at the beach," dunno what people expect www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

it's giving ... tree

It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.

“We come to this place - which is the only place - for reality.” - Nicole Kidman for Plato’s Cave

The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.

people on Lipitor who still eat butter at every meal would follow john fetterman into Mordor

john fetterman is Magneto to people who keep their 7-day pill box on their kitchen tables

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

It took me 2 hours to chop up a downed tree Saturday. A poor craftsman blames his tools. I blame my liberal arts degree.

home insurance premiums going up is nature's way of reclaiming the so-called "free" market

Our hyper woke DEMONRAT head of health is giving raccoons free transgender bottom surgery... *Checks party* oh wait no this is normal bc the raccoon was already dead you lamestream media nerds

Let the record show that Ald Lopez—a guy who constantly flaunts conservative values—still wants city gov to micromanage his constituents’ private property. Want to build an ADU on your property in Brighton Park? Too bad, Lopez decided to deny you that option.

going to be funny when the tariff president has to insist that there are no tolls on tankers in hormuz

Watch the documentary linked in the article! My wife and I made it! vimeo.com/866218283

"a whole civilization will die"? can it be ours?

sure Easter is funny but what's really funny is that a 1,000 years from now those same people will be saying he was shot and killed in PA back in 2024 and that he came back from the dead, too

Despite some bounceback in the monthly data released this morning, the US is still down 150k blue-collar jobs over the last year as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs, while growth in construction remains low

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Thinking about Fritz Kaegi's election loss today as another round of property taxes is due in Cook County. I looked back on this piece I wrote for @placesjournal.bsky.social in 2018. Historian @tracylsteffes.bsky.social already told us all this was gonna happen. placesjournal.org/article/chic...

The NYTimes is upset about Trump's Iran War for one reason: nobody asked them to help sell it.

These right-wing grifters post inflammatory stuff to get attention and then once they are called in front of congress (or the NYTimes) they say "oh I didn't mean it, I was just being a provocateur." But when they call me up for my terrible posts you better bet my ass will be doubling down.

I am excited to have ICE at airports scabbing for TSA because now we have all of the terrible post-9/11 policies in one place.

Cesar Chavez is a reminder that we should not build statues or painting murals of anyone! This may sound protestant but I am not sure why we are in such a rush to re-create Polytheism or idolatry. Especially since there is only ONE, with dominion far above man, that is worthy of praise and worship:

If you pull your hand out, the box turns yellow and your boss messages you to ask if you can jump on a video call real quick

This is a great development for people who want live within walking distance to a Harold chicagoyimby.com/2026/03/plan...

Hegseth wants $200 billion for the Iran War because "it takes money to kill bad guys." Iran has 90 million bad guys (i.e. non-Christians) so that's only ~$2,200 per murder, which is actually a pretty good deal when you think about it. Always pays to buy in bulk, even murders.

RIP robert mueller and the rule of law

killing STEM to own the libs

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

was fortunate enough for @innerworlds.bsky.social to publish this story of mine. it features zero horses but it does have The Woods and also Andy's Usual Themes. enjoy!

52 year old here, coming out from the worst year of my life, being graciously lifted up by this fucking awesome makes-you-wanna-get-up-and-obliviously-dance banger, I can't dance because I have pancreatic cancer and am going to die any day now but still cool! - YouTube comment on a fun song

I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

we made it

if you delete a chat with AI afterwards then they deposit all the water it used back into the water cycle

"the reason we did not win the other wars is because we did not fight to win" wow what a good point. I am so sorry someone asked you guys not to do War Crimes.

makes sense to fire Noem for Markwayne Mullin, Mullin can definitely do more pushups than Noem which is a KPI for this new admin

the 13th step of alcoholics anonymous is "hit as many open mics as possible"

most of my very smart and well-intentioned colleagues were laid off in the past year because "government spending was out of control" and now we're spending $1 billion a day to blow up schools with 100s of children