Critically, I told the Committee that while adversaries like Russia have upgraded their toolkit, the United States has unilaterally disarmed. Under the Trump administration, the US government’s foreign interference response was gutted, and disinformation researchers have been maligned and harassed.

Chionodoxa #FlowerReport

13 years ago today, Low at Metro.

Is it happening again?

This is where I post from:

Does it ever seem like every story or video showing the failure of a mechanical robot is intended to distract us from the fact that the real danger to humanity comes from the disembodied robots?

I'm glad I read past the headline. I thought it was going to be a map showing where saplings of native species are found across the state. It's actually an announcement of a sapling giveaway in Cook County!

I'm sure most Americans have no inkling about the size of Iran. Also, Iran is about 39% more densely-populated than the USA, so it would make more sense to overlay the map on the eastern states.

Thom Yorke mix, opening with Tom Waits. Will there be more Toms/Thoms?

Sparky for president, or the bare minimum platform for a 2028 presidential campaign. (From @tomtomorrow.bsky.social ) www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Time lapse of lakefront walk in fog.

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks. They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors. Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption. Watch how they vote this week.

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

I first heard of Jim White when I saw this film. (I sought it out because of songs by Sixteen Horsepower and Cat Power. youtu.be/Lnprx22SCi4?...

For all those who didn't watch tonight, allow me to summarize: The liar lied again.

Fellow guitarists, what's your favorite not-standard-or-drop-C tuning for Bb Major and/or c minor? #MusicSky #MusicianSky (I kinda want weird ones, but if D-standard or whatever does those perfectly for you I want to know that too, really just itching to experiment outside my usual tunings lol)

And for the completist, here's the original @dianemariekloba.com studio version. #aliens youtu.be/xhQnj-svQkE?...

Here's another live version with just us as a duo: youtu.be/Tuq5VP3nSlQ?...

UK can arrest royalty, US can't even arrest a shitty former reality TV host.

First time protester (for anything, ever):”I watched fourth graders running away from our own government. I never ever want to see that again.”

I didn't have the comic version, but I did (and still do) have 'The Star Wars Storybook', which also included the Biggs storyline.

I thought it was really cool that when the 'walk for peace' monks reached their final destination, it was my father-in-law who texted us so we could watch the airing of it. All kinds of people and law enforcement protected the monks throughout the 2300 mile journey.

I'm not a very good drummer, but back in 2013, with A LOT of takes, I managed my best 'Dembow' rhythm, influenced by the regueton emanating from cars in my neighborhood... It ended up in this song by @dianemariekloba.com: music.dianemariekloba.com/track/i-saw-...

The word list for NYT's Spelling Bee game is weird. Lots of slangy neologisms are in and a lot of common medical and scientific terms are out. Today's *not included* pangram: "FORMANT" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formant...

Aside from supporting immigrant rights groups, one lesson is to do the thing you're called to do and capable of doing, even if it's not what you imagined yourself doing.

The monks finished their walk!

It's about the history of farming, but also about everything else: "Free money for incompetent heirs is very much in line with what conservative politics actually means in today's United States."

Winter Olympics are a good distraction, and my favorite part is how our world all becomes one. Peace for our beautiful earth

Happy #BandcampFriday! A lot of my session performances and some of my mix engineering made its way into these:

Since congress has some control here, this is a good question for @congressmanraja.bsky.social and @robinkelly.house.gov if they want to be Illinois' next senator.

From the @nytimes.com crossword as printed in the @chicago.suntimes.com. Too bad none of the clues are italicized! Figuring out which clues *should have been* italicized is an extra layer to the puzzle.

This is who runs this account.

My intent was to capture the shadow on the building opposite, but a cloud softened the edges and the reflections of indoor lighting ended up being the more interesting feature.

I hear people say there's no protests and then the 60-something woman who answers the phones at my office tells me about the popular support for the weekly demonstration she attends in Baldwin City, Kansas (pop. 4985) and I see a thousand middle/high schoolers walking out in my own neighborhood.

I decided months ago to drop my AMZ Prime subscription. It was paid annually, so I just waited for it to lapse. It happens to end on January 30, perfect timing for the release of a certain "documentary."

Since when does Kurt Vonnegut do cameos in lame newspaper comics? comicskingdom.com/dennis-the-m...

I went to a last-minute emergency solidarity protest yesterday. On my way I stopped to buy an extra pack of cigarettes for anyone who asked me for a smoke. When I arrived I was offered hand warmers, water, hot chocolate, a scarf. Nobody organized that. Everyone just brought things to share.

I opened it and it was empty. Can't say I wasn't warned.

New ICE tactic. I hope they got pictures of the prick

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

Say "retaliatory tariffs" six times quickly.

If you're someone who is bothered by the use of "veggie" instead of "vegetable," I have one thing to say: Language change is inevvie.

My mother traveled to France this summer. She took with her a T-shirt that says, “Yes, I’m American. No, I didn’t vote for him.” She said it was well received!

I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)

In a rare intersection between the symphony and the NFL, Sir Georg Solti once conducted the Chicago Symphony and Chorus in "Bear Down, Chicago Bears." Here it is on Tidal, or search your favorite service... #BearDown tidal.com/browse/track...

Game on! Kelly: 1 Krishnamoorthi: 0 @robinkelly.house.gov @congressmanraja.bsky.social

Make it viral.

"Everybody's mood was so subdued. We even had ourselves fooled." youtu.be/jUPfI1Y9TmA?...