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Save early, save often, and I hope two of the mods were 4GB and NVAC

"you get your choice of organic *or* physical chemistry! well, this semester you do. next semester you'll need to take the other one"

I went to the Berwyn Bungalow Walk a few years ago, and one of the homes had all the interior walls ripped out and everything painted grey; the owner enthused about how airy and open plan it was. Unlike inside everywhere else, there was no animated conversation, only polite nodding and murmuring

Wiener's does both, Superdawg does only steamed. Wolfy's up on Peterson does chardogs as well - although I'd argue if you're jonesing for a chardog and nobody nearby does 'em, a Polish may scratch the itch.

"over" react, huh?

for deep dish, Pequod's; for hot dogs, pretty much anyplace (I prefer Superdawg or Wiener's Circle); for Greek, Greek Islands; Italian Beef, probably one of the Al's (although my favorite is Johnnie's way out in the 'burbs). Don't forget a Chicago Handshake at your local dive bar

planned maintenance makes everybody much happier than sudden unplanned maintenance

I am happy for you; it was not for me

it was pretty awful for me, tbh
all the stereotypes of terrible food, bureaucracy run amok, football hooligans, etc? Accurate.

I hope you had actual pudding races

A small dog's head fills the majority of the frame. Her white fur is fluffy enough that jet eyes cannot be seen, only her black nose, tram ears, and little white paws. Truly, a fearsome beast, ensuring I cannot get up off the couch

I have been attacked on the couch

it's heartening to see that Mamdani is willing and able to follow through from "campaigning and getting elected" to "actually governing effectively"; Chicago has shown that those two things can be very different beasts, alas (and dismantling campaign comms has been part of it, I suspect)

nobody I knew from twitter (2010-2017) went to Palantir; Facebook, Uber or Airbnb were at the edge of morally acceptable. there was a huge cultural divide between SF tech workers and folks down in the Valley

folks at Twitter really were exceptional

the ones from later decades looked a little different, but were more or less very similar in form and function

you betcha

the dog is sensible and knows when it's time to go in; the other, not so much

My fingers stuck to the metal screen door when I let the dog into the back yard; that was enough for me

another day, another "text mom to not let dad take the dog out for long when it's -35F wind chill"

you gonna be doing a writeup soon? andrade was canvassing the neighborhood today

I wonder if ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 will be the new EICAR string

yikes

bringing back Lupercalia!

quatro diez este verde en bensonville

Punditbrain is stuck in the 1990s, insisting on the same shitty politics and policies that got us here in the first place (eg viz Rahm Emmanuel)

A white-ish dog against bright white snow, looking at the camera. A snow-covered squeaky ball is nearby. There are multitudes of tracks in the snow, and possibly signs that the dog has rolled around at some point

Against the snow, it's more readily apparent that Elwood's coloring really is "dry white toast"

spraypainted tinfoil *would* be on-brand

and they get to manage the bandwidth/load/transport in a more controlled fashion

People do not seem to understand how politics works when not everyone is in stalwart agreement

the first teargassing was less than a mile from my house. that the community has organized and stood together is heartening, but it's been some of the shittiest possible circumstances

the dog started barking, and I heard what sounded like intermittent whistling; looked out the window to see if ICE was outside. nope, just a car with shitty squealing brakes attempting to park (and poorly at that)

I hate that this is how things are now