2026's First Light. This morning's sunrise in Chicago to start off the new year.

Guy with superpowers on TV: I’m gonna fight crime. I’m gonna save people from evil Guy with superpowers in real life: I’m gonna microwave a hot pocket with my eyes. I’m going to fight a grizzly bear. I’m going to start a youtube channel

Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats

Die Hard was a good movie. They should make another one

Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.

Oh no a law professor changed reality for the better with his Opinions. We’re never going to hear the end of this

Only tangentially related but there’s a company that takes money from poor people and gives it to rich people and it’s called Robinhood

Just had an altercation with a guy I caught tearing town my neighbor’s “everyone is welcome here” sign yesterday. I said something lame like “not cool man” and he immediately started raving about “illegals.” This is in a very diverse Chicago neighborhood

This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all. And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.

This is the one cool trick of the grievance right. Harass academics in the name of free speech. Preferences for white people in the name of intellectual diversity. etc

Using the pornhub AI chat bot to draft all my legal filings

This is what Blueskyism means, to me

Tribune opinion page is so obnoxious that even when they write something I agree with, the bad writing makes me reconsider my position

Untested take: Online shopping makes people miserable. None of the sensory engagement and dopamine reward of walking through a store and talking to salespeople. You just empty your bank account and get a gross little box a few days later

every time

economy is for sure about to collapse

embarrassing confession: I do not have a podcast

Me: Rudolph you have to stop. You sleigh too tough. Your nose too shiny. they'll kill you Rudolph:

Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”

Again, this violates state law: "a law enforcement agency or official may not... support, or assist in any capacity with an immigration agent's enforcement operations, including any collateral assistance such as ... establishing a security or traffic perimeter surrounding such operations"

"a law enforcement agency or official may not... participate, support, or assist in any capacity with an immigration agent's enforcement operations, including any collateral assistance such as ... establishing a security or traffic perimeter surrounding such operations"

anyone have any tips for destressing?Feeling a lot of stress these days, between job, family, and $700,000 in online sports gambling debt

I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Martin O'Malley is reportedly preparing for another White House run, per Politico

The “Michigan mountains” on full display this morning over the steamy lake, it’s -16F with the windchill

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area. (15 in Manhattan btw)

would

Next dem administration should add 8000 new federal judges and get rid of the farce that is immigration “court”

Every 7th post in my feed is Here's a list of democrats who voted to allow Donald Trump to personally kill baby animals from the endangered species list Every 9th post is Here's more data showing Donald Trump is not only one of the weakest presidents, but one of the weakest humans of all time

Bro... it's thursday

Every story in 2025: Ha ha this is funny! We can all make jokes and laugh about it! Ha ha ha [10 seconds later] Oh no. That’s fucked. Nothing about this is at all funny whatsoever

UM: Just don't cheat again. Moore: I will not cheat in football again. UM:...uh, that was oddly- Moore: BYE!

Millennials. Every time you got rickrolled? That was just training for the fake video wars to come

ME: [seven days into the Twelve Days of Christmas, showing up at the bird store again] hello, I would-- BIRD STORE GUY: no. you have to tell me what you're actually doing with all these birds before I sell you any more.

luddite curmudgeons are adapted to survive in the 21st century

Sensing that my longstanding rule of "don't watch videos online" is going to pay big dividends in the AI era

Deserts are fucked up man. What do you mean there's no water anywhere? No thank you dude

OH MY GOD MY PHOTO IS ON THE FRONTIER GRIZZLY BEAR PLANE. I TOOK THAT IN GRAND TETON, THEY MUST HAVE BOUGHT IT FROM ONE OF THE STOCK SITES I USE. MY BEAR PHOTO IS ON AN AIRPLANE. I FLEW ON IT.

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

When you realize you forgot to bring your leftovers in from the car on Friday night and it’s Monday morning

I cannot emphasize this enough: ◌̀

Reading about oil oligarchs taking over soccer

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

Food Wrapped - 2025 Your calories consumed: 7,544,303 Hours spent eating: 3,212 You peaked on: November 27, 2025 Top meals: 1. Nachos 2. Burrito 3. Potato Chips and a Good Sandwich 4. Spaghetti 5. A Pint of Ice Cream

Judge Park’s wife chuckles when I ask about her husband’s hobby. “I know that hunting human beings for sport isn’t everyone’s idea of fun—it certainly isn’t mine! But Michael is his own person. I love that about him.”

CONSERVATIVES: Grade-inflation is out of control! Gen Z needs to toughen up! You can't just give an A to everyone! No more participation trophies! [a conservative gets a bad grade] CONSERVATIVES: Fire that teacher immediately

Chicago snowy owls acting real smug right now, telling all their bird friends “arctic plumage not looking so silly anymore is it eh?”

Oh youre a historian? Name every Washington husky since Frosty I

It’s not a snow game until the second fumble