douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

So sad 😢

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Why the hell are they doing this when they had a data breach of 70,000 user government IDs just a few months ago?

Every AI ad is so enthusiastic about the creepiest things. No, I don’t want you to use mass surveillance every time someone says they lost a pet.

Just tried to watch a 2022 “Hulu original” movie that is apparently not available on Hulu. What’s the point of these streamers if they don’t even host their own movies?

Peaking in Pink. This morning's sunrise in Chicago.

Groundhog Day Meaning xkcd.com/3202/

Such a great, funny actress. This is sad news.

I’m going to stay off social media for a while because I don’t need to see another video of someone being murdered. ICE/Border Patrol are a government-funded terrorist organization. The main priority of anyone in power right now should be to do whatever they can to stop them.

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

If you’re looking for ways to stand in solidarity with Minnesota (especially tomorrow during the general strike), you can find ways to help at www.standwithminnesota.com

A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE. It includes: -Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 -The MN AFL-CIO -SEIU Local 26 -UNITE HERE Local 17 -CWA Local 7250 -Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators -Faith leaders And more. 🧵

I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays

The trouble with remodeling is that once the guys are in your home, you start realizing all the other stuff you need fixed. Before you know it, the projects have multiplied and all of your money has disappeared into the “just one more thing” fund.

Such a wild story!

So they can’t pay licensing fees to anyone whose creative works they stole to create their software, but they’re going to try to charge licensing fees to everyone who makes something off their software. That idea is both ridiculous and insulting.

This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America

One small thing that would make my life better is if companies stopped immediately emailing and asking me to buy more right after I purchased one of their products.

Unfortunately, that didn’t turn out to be an amazing comeback story for the Bears. Oh well.

Wow.

Wow, I thought the game was over. That was amazing. Overtime here we come!

Chicago, looking for a place to stay warm? -The city's 10 S. Kedzie warming shelter is open 9am-5pm today & 9am-8pm tomorrow -Cook County opened its courthouses as 24hr warming shelters (food+water provided, pets allowed in carriers) through Wednesday Full lists of city/county warming locations ⬇️

I’ve decided that once a phone hits a certain age, it starts having weird glitches to force you to buy a new phone.

“So apparently there are two types of people in this world: the ones who wave at boats and the ones who hate joy.” - Rye Lane

In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

Lots of things are horrible, but at least my banana bread turned out well.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

It’s hard to process what’s going on with the U.S. right now. This government is a deadly threat to so many people both at home and abroad.

“Maybe the fountain of youth isn’t a fountain at all. Maybe it’s a way of looking at things…a way of thinking.” - Twilight Zone S3E21 (Kick the Can)

Everything is infuriating and the people in charge are irrevocably evil.

There goes my cautious optimism for 2026.

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

Anyone Else Here xkcd.com/3188/

Great news about Starved Rock! I love going hiking there and these are much-needed improvements.

"The Obsolete Man" marked one of the few times that Serling did his closing narration on-camera. He obviously wanted to underscore his message here. And don't miss these lines that he wrote for the episode, but were never filmed: buff.ly/4gwY1OX #TwilightZoneMarathon

I love the Twilight Zone marathon!

I’m rewatching The West Wing and Josh is offering to buy Donna shoes in *season 1*…that man was sliding into relationship mode years before he realized it.

The Fighting Illini helped the Big Ten stay undefeated this bowl season, improving to 6-0. The Southeastern Conference dropped to 2-5 with this loss.

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

Great reporting by Block Club Chicago about everything that happened during Operation Midway Blitz.

👀 WATCH THIS SPACE! 🚨 Have plans right after the ball drops in Times Square? 🪩 Join us here! At 12:01am ET, we’ll start rolling out highlights for #PublicDomainDay2026 — iconic books, films & music newly free for reuse + where you can find them. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

This is great news!

My main question in advance of the Stranger Things series finale is how they’re going to wrap up all those plot lines and character arcs in a single episode (even if it is 2hrs). There’s too much going on.

Fun Pluribus tie-in on the Roku screensaver!

Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all): whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...

I’m really excited that this show is going to be back so soon!