what must it have been like to have spent the last 8 years wondering when/if your name was going to come out

This weekend in wrestling: 21 events across 13 states! Check out the full calendar: wrestling.promo

latest project is wrestling.promo - it does its best to scrape event data from promotions across the US and tracks upcoming events, with ticket links. Currently has 75 promotions and 250 events. #independentwrestling #prowrestling

Any man's death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

I was raised on stories about people who were courageous enough to make the ultimate sacrifice in different historical eras, and have always wondered if I would have such courage. Finding out about Alex Pretti's small acts of courage (telling off coworkers for sexist jokes) and dedication ...

This man died to protect a woman from government thugs. The self-professed “noblest way to go” of many a reactionary, done in the cause of universal brotherhood and anti-racism. They will claim anything and everything else happened, for they are shamed and humiliated by his courage.

This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line. If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.

the Sodom and Gomorrah parallels are starting to get a little heavy-handed

Chicago is down from its peak population by more than a million people, yet we also have some of the fastest growing housing costs in the nation. How do we fix this? Build. More. Housing. @abundanthousingil.bsky.social

wow ok the king's horses actually figured out how to put humpty dumpty together again an— oh come on, he's climbing right back up that wall. god damn it, what an asshole. you can tell the horses are furious with him

They had “was the grink there” in 400 BC

The weasel is the only animal that can survive the gaze of the basilisk.

Good morning! It is January 17th in the United Socialist States of America. Today we commemorate Religious Freedom Day. Worship as you will, or not at all! We celebrate Nevius’ stonecrop, sedum nevii. Muhammad Ali was born on this day in 1942; Barbara Jordan died today in 1996.

states should be reduced in size to just their urbanized areas, and the remainder of their land area should be converted into a territorial possession of the remaining state for the urban residents to administer as they see fit

As the tournament starts soon, do you know where the "Futari wa princess - Max Heart Tournament" name comes from ? It is a reference to "Futari wa Precure: Max Heart", a 2005 Magical Girl anime. #tjpw #anime

Holy hell, what an obituary

from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee

I went ahead and generated this data for every year in the entire history of women's wrestling according to cagematch.net, so if you're interested in looking at the entire international network of women's wrestling for 1940, you can. introvert.net/joshinet/

looking at the graph visualization of the joshi wrestling scene in 2012, and convinced myself there was a bug in my code, but no, turns out there was an Ice Ribbon wrestler named "235" at the time. introvert.net/joshinet/201... www.cagematch.net?id=2&nr=13533

if Eddie Kingston can type into youtube search “AJPW women’s wrestling“ you can too folks!

💘We’re Back! ✨Powerful Feelings✨ 🌸 Chicago Joshi Night #4 🗓️ Sun, Feb 15th 5-8pm 📍 Konbini & Kanpai Wrigleyville

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

5109 West Chicago Avenue

one of the things that upsets me every time I run into it but that I don't really have a word for is the mindset that views laws and rules not as embodying any underlying principles, but just as obstacles to doing what you want.

Kyle MacLachlan makes a Twin Peaks themed Bento Box youtu.be/YmI5iG0qakU

I often think back to the class i took from a grad student named Cassandra whose theories on gender and race were not only quite predictive, but also explained why no one in power would listen to them

It doesn’t feel like understanding what’s going on is helping anyone cope or giving anyone with a good grasp on causes or effects an advantage or opportunity in any way whatsoever.

been musing about a grand unified theory of the extended decline of the USA as predicted by the revision of the lyrics of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in 1957

N Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller December 30,1946

You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?

Letter to Santa from Chicago in 1912 requesting a glass eye.

In 1907, the assistant postmaster of Chicago was tasked with reading all of the mail addressed to Santa, then matching children in need with charitable organizations. Here’s my story on the grim requests Santa received from Chicago. chicagoreader.com/arts-culture...

[Ghost of Jeffrey Epstein]: ..... and let me tell you, Donny, the trim in hell is very old and very wizened. Anyway, here's another wonderful secret: tonight you'll be visited by three ghosts. [Trump in a golden nightcap]: Who let this low-energy loser in here. Very nasty.

Ho-Made Cotton Valley, LA

Police: have you been watching movies? Me: a few Police: a few what?

Your annual reminder that Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers, a near as dammit perfect seasonal movie (with great queer/trans rep), is free to stream on Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/10001...

Winning a seat by comfortable high single digits gets you the exact same one vote in Congress as somebody winning their seat by Assad margins. Chasing after the latter would be completely irrational if your goal is to maximize translating votes into policy wins.

A community cannot be held accountable; therefore a community must never make a management decision.

Clean yellow shirt Iola, KS — Lake Village, AR

one WPA-era post office is worth 500 east wings

Got out my dusty old Logitech G13 and since it’s no longer supported on macOS, I’ve written my own software for it. Here it is detecting the current app as it changes, grabbing the icon, and animating it on the 160x48 screen. github.com/tewhalen/g13...

Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow chicagoshovels.org

I’m sorry to report, especially during this time of year, that the Home Alone House has become the latest victim of Millennial Gray.

I tend to think of slop as the negative platonic form: not the ideal that particulars aspire toward, but the silhouette left when you subtract everything that would make a specific instance rather than a thing of a type. What remains when you've successfully avoided all such situatedness.

The Rosehill herd in this morning's snowfall

Last Christmas, you gave me a heart And then the very next day, a whole lot of clay This year, to cause widespread fear I'm crafting a mighty golem

Chigusa Nagayo in the 80s. Babyface Level: ♾️