Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

Oh look, Chicago broke the air quality scale! I’m sure that this’ll be fine 🫠

As @geekyjules.julessherred.com noted, the "1st place" art by the "AI" there looks to have been heavily plagiarized from John Harris' cover art for my novel "The End of All Things," so ironically a real artist did the actual work and the "AI," absolutely unsurprisingly, crapped out a bad imitation.

Here are three Widow's Bay pieces I've made

PHOTOS: Deep Tunnel has never reached its limit. After weekend's heavy rains, it’s almost full. Here's what that means.

happy 250th! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I have no idea how to dress when the 80 degree heat alternates with downpours throughout the day.

“After all, who loves America more than those who have sacrificed so much to make it free?” Such an amazing speech!

Ugh, just got another pro-Trump propaganda email from the supposedly nonpartisan Social Security Administration 🤦‍♀️

Earlier this week, Intelligencer ran a piece called "ICE Won." We definitely don't agree with the title, but its gist—that the normalization of federal police violence is accelerating—is proving accurate. ICE arrests roughly doubled in Chicagoland in June over May. Some more thoughts on that:

One thing I've learned about paradoxes: often the answer to the riddle of "how can this one thing have such a contradictory set of features and effects?" is "it's not one thing, it's *two* things*." 1/

This video is anti-AI and pro-Widow’s Bay, which aligns perfectly with my interests.

I’m having fun reading up on my new insulin pump (the smaller one on the right!). So far the best fact I’ve learned is that it’s waterproof up to 8 feet for an hour and 45 minutes. Just in time for a pool party this weekend 😎

Chicago History Museum is doing an ad hoc free admission day tomorrow for Chicago residents in order to give people an air conditioned place to be during the day, which is a lovely move. Do other local museums do the same during extreme temps? I hadn't heard of it before.

But whatever we do, there must first and foremost be accountability. We take back everything that was stolen. We make amends and reparations to the extent possible. We unseat everyone who has allowed this to happen.

“My whole life, all I've done is live in somebody else's world. It seems pretty unchangeable to me.” “That's just a fun trick they pull. If you made a world, wouldn't you want to convince everyone that it couldn't be changed?” - Midnight Burger, Chapter 34

I finally watched the finale of Good Omens. Too bad it was a bit of a mess. I could see the glimmers of good ideas in there, but there was way too much plot for the runtime. Unfortunately, it looks like most of the humor and joy got cut when they had to condense everything.

This is amazing!

Why would anyone want a chatbot in a book?! This is just another reminder that I need to do research on Kindle alternatives.

My dad just told me to check the score from last night’s White Sox game and this is insane! 22!

If you love something, buy a physical copy of it You do not actually own anything that you "bought" that's digital only

One of this year's stickers is dramatically holographic. 💖

Right now would be a really good time to win the lottery if I ever played it.

Another moment from this morning's amazing wakening in Chicago.

Dazzling on Dad's Day. This morning's Chicago sunrise along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

The focus on community, hope, and helping other people was such a strong thread throughout the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony and a perfect response to the selfish, antagonistic time we’re living through now.

“Never let fear put your dreams to sleep.” - Stevie Wonder

I like that “Widow’s Bay” is from a “Parks and Recreation” writer and answers the question, “What if they made a whole show out of the Pawnee City Hall murals?”

Why is Google telling me that I have a child? I definitely don’t.

Nostalgia Content xkcd.com/3256/

Braden Montgomery hits a walk-off dinger in his MLB debut for the White Sox

Here are two Widow's Bay pieces I've made

I don’t even usually like horror, but Widow’s Bay is so great. Awesome ensemble cast, clever writing, and just enough humor to keep me going.

The jerseys also say "Ceci n'est pas un maillot" ("This is not a jersey") on the back. Perfect detail.

This is so fun!

Mother, the chevrons are locking!

“…A state where Chicago famously is not”: perfect headline

Disappointing news. Especially since they’d already completed a 20-week writers room. deadline.com/2026/06/star...

I’m kinda sad he won’t have a cameo, but that also means I get to imagine that Jack is happily retired and no longer responsible for the fate of the universe.

My family loved saying “you deserve kudos for that” or “kudos to you” when tossing one of these to someone. I’m pretty sure we complimented each other more than usual purely because of the wordplay.

“Remember when Landry killed a guy?” -Adrianne Palicki, unprompted Yes. Yes we do.

80's/90's Fast Food Advertising strategies: Wendy's: A kindly, soft-spoken, slightly hunched old man holds a tray with a baked potato and bowl of chili BK: MTV aesthetics and a multi-ethnic gang of fun kids McDonald's: AN EXPANDED UNIVERSE OF CLOWNS AND FANTASTICAL CREATURES WITH LORE

My parents got me this really fun birthday present where I get a new tiny gift each time I complete a reading challenge! It’s such a cute idea. #RomanceReadingChallenge

And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible

I'm retouching strips for Hogan's Alley #25. A friend suggested I use AI to restore the work. I said no, but I was curious to see what it would do, so I sent him a sample. The top is the restored source material, and the bottom is the AI "restoration." And that, dear reader, is why I don't use AI.

I love this video about Ryan Gosling not wanting to go to space 😂 youtu.be/oqW13ZW6BOI?...

I’ve seen lots of articles and posts about The Mandalorian and Grogu and not one of them has answered the most important question: How much homework is required for this movie? How much of the Mandalorian TV show (and apparently The Book of Boba Fett?) are they expecting people to have seen?

City of the Ancients - Atlantis Stargate: Atlantis Enjoy. #scifiart #scifi #fanart #stargate #stargatesg1

Every year, performance review season causes me great psychological stress even though I know it doesn’t actual matter that much.