i am one against being held hostage by a machine

one of my related hot takes is that we should ban news networks from real-time updates of results. they can report results when the votes are counted.

Now that Hidalgo is out of a job, how about she comes to Chicago and continue her work on Paris on the Prairie?

Best known to physicists because most can't understand the rest of her work, and to the general public interested in science because outreach ignores maths. Also she was a Socialist.

zyrtec d 🌳

doesn't everyone ⁉️

New, from me.

A really excellent list of Chicago books here, added a bunch to my to-read pile! open.substack.com/pub/pencilli...

The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?

This is such a great idea, Chicago when

This post pisses me off because the apple is clearly visible to the side of the second picture. He's content because he hasn't lost anything. He feigns poverty to manufacture sympathy. Detestable

Chicago, we deserve mayors who actually have a vision for the future of the city. Anne Hidalgo has transformed Paris, and Emmanuel Grégoire has outlined a clear vision to build on that transformation. We have to break our city free from the shackles of division and shortsightedness.

I always smile when I remember this 900 year old Sam & Max fanart, carved into some old twelfth century church in england

This is a good read, a good criticism is a common incurious critique of AI. It does leave me wanting to hear the implied, more radical approach to understanding AI that I haven't seen much of. olrsupplement.com/2026/02/17/t...

This is a crucial read for both undersizing how AI is (and isn't) used in the military, and how it interfaces with bureaucracies more generally.

Good morning lovelies, enjoy a smile from this Pomeranian with a perfectly centered nose that makes it look like a one eyed alien.😉

Happy World Water Day to my friends Wappy World Hater Day to my enemies

Today the MWRD recognizes World Water Day! 📜 Whereas, the 2026 theme for World Water Day is “Water and Gender”. This theme seeks to emphasize the critical, often unequal, role of women and girls in water management. #WorldWaterDay #MWRD #Chicago MWRD.org/BOC

Mar 22–26: Silver maples dust the air Tiny red flowers open; pollen drifts lightly from maples and elms.

First batch of CTA Smart Streets data for 2026. $343k through the end of Feb, around double 2025's pace. Expanded pilot zone has added a lot of bike lane and expired meter ticketing along Clark, Halsted, and Lincoln on the north side.

Chicago is the greatest city in the world

This is really fascinating, the story of how one of the oldest known writing systems was recently deciphered www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

A major takeaway here is that the CTA is incredibly neglected politically. We need a mayor and city council that takes appointments and management seriously to avoid all the silly little mistakes that got this project into such a mess financially open.substack.com/pub/citythat...

there won't be a "third impact" Mulder, the entire concept is a fantasy you created to avoid reckoning with painful, deep seated psychosexual fears and insecurities. think about it. this "impact" just happens to specifically address your worst— (third impact begins) many things could be causing this

This is awful, especially right after the one on Winthrop closed

Abut https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19656

free taste day! here's a sample of the sketchbook comics I've been making on patreon, this one about berating one of my cats www.patreon.com/posts/steppe...

We need a the Bean sized one of if these

See you space cowboy

Giving away the game here that ICE is his own mob he will deploy if his demands aren't met.

It’s time for a bus lane on Lakeshore Drive

Didn't even know he played for the Spurs

Did you all catch my appearance on The Pitt

jfc John Ganz and Max Read talking about IL9 on their podcast thing I'm never going to be able to escape this hell

Kurosawa on watching Solaris with Tarkovsky

Instagram downloader means I can finally post my favorite ATP synthase video

Seen tacked to a community board on my walk

I guess really stale memes are okay today so play Chuck off Keyboard Cat youtu.be/SJ5w4MkFofc?...

hurry the fuck up bigquery this is 2026 a terabyte isn't that much to process

you are not prepared for how fucked Lumo looks

lmao the eurovision mascot is so ugly I literally screamed at this reveal

THE DRUGS I HAVE TO INJECT IN THAT LIZARD, COOP, JUST TO GET IT MOVING FOR THE DAY

Lizards instagram account, from no bars on the cage youtu.be/0D-Ax1ewZLc?si

every time I read the word "humanism" I hear it in his voice