Dave Awl

This. This should be top of mind and top of the discussion every single day.

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so gl

Yes, that was a great one.

Magnificent photo. This would make a perfect start to a series of pics that recreate Greek myths with all of the characters portrayed by birds.

YouTube video by The Guardian Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

From the "everything old is new again" bin

Agreed, and it pairs very well with Sy Montgomery's wonderful book The Soul of an Octopus (I read it and listened to the audiobook shortly after seeing this movie).

NEW: Illinois Gov. Pritzker announced President Trump intends to federalize 300 state National Guard troops “in the coming hours" over objections from state and city leaders.

We resolutely condemn this potential escalation. It's a power grab meant to intimidate and torment Chicago's communities.

And then we had to pass our paste-up board exams.

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Boycott T-Mobile—and All Trump Collaborators | Common Dreams Let's make it clear not just to T-Mobile but all of corporate America: There are costs to siding with this authoritarian government.

"Let’s make it clear not just to T-Mobile but all of corporate America: There are costs to siding with this authoritarian government." 🔥👏✊ #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
www.commondreams.org/opinion/boyc...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

Today Feds tear gassed people, including young children, on the street near my house and roughed up my Alderperson for defending constitutional rights. This is not the America I know and love. Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

GO AWAY. You are not wanted here!

YouTube video by Talking Favor Surround Vamos The Sesame Street Baker Pratfalls * 1-10 (June 1969)

The past few days of Bluesky leadership communications: like this, but imagine that the baker is carrying a big tray of waffles with all the messiest toppings.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

These guys are just plain bigots, and it pisses me off that so many in the media are just playing along with their sick hatred.

Sad to read on Instagram that Soo Catwoman - Sex Pistols cohort, star of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'Relax' video, inspiration behind Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren's fashions, and legend of the punk scene - has left us. I was fortunate enough to briefly work with her in the 1980s.

bangs. "They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building. "They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

Just days after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced it had to stop medical work in Gaza City due to Israeli attacks, Israeli forces have killed staff member Omar Hayek & injured 4 others in Deir al Balah. Staff were wearing MSF vests, waiting for a bus to a field hospital.

Just days after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced it had to stop medical work in Gaza City due to Israeli attacks, Israeli forces have killed staff member Omar Hayek & injured 4 others in Deir al Balah.

Staff were wearing MSF vests, waiting for a bus to a field hospital.

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210" It reads: "Dear Joel: I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities. Sincerely yours, Charles M. Schulz" At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

One of the things I'll miss most about Jane Goodall is that she had that all too rare gift of knowing how to turn away wrath with a soft answer.

I haven't felt quite this way since Ursula K. Le Guin died. Like UKL, Jane Goodall was a compass — someone you could count on to point the way toward what's true, what's kind, and what matters.

I hope her voice, her work, and her vision stay with us.

Photo of Dr. Lynn Yee in white lab coat with Northwestern Medicine insignia.

News alert: Our own Dr. Lynn Yee will be appearing with @govpritzker.illinois.gov today at 1 pm CDT on a panel of medical professionals “addressing recent medical misinformation from the Trump Administration.”

Watch live on the State of IL website: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/daily-public...

... and only now do I realize I omitted an apostrophe. Doh.

Should be cat's pajamas' cat's pajamas.

The cat's pajamas cat's pajamas

(I like this because it implies that the first set of pajamas has its own separate cat, which also has sleepwear)

A day after reading it, I'm still thinking about this article from Cory Doctorow about the looming financial meltdown headed our way when the AI bubble bursts. This is chilling stuff. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it.

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

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A very efficient, distilled and to me pretty persuasive version of the bear case against AI economics.