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Chicago-born writer, editor, and proofreader in southern California. A fan of good stories and fuzzy creatures. He/him/his

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Like, if there is a better depiction about the actual relationship between American Christian Nationalism and actual faith in God and Christ, I don't know it. These people would have bombed Bethlehem.

08.10.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0

Who's gonna tell this dude that we already have a "cybrary" and it's called a library?

12.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You know the Kelloggs founders are looking down at this scandalized that their anti-masturbation wellness corn flakes have been seized by decadent Italian nut butter merchants

10.07.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6317    πŸ” 1112    πŸ’¬ 130    πŸ“Œ 54

I screamed at the TV when Matt Amodio (I think it was him) answered, "What is New York?"

05.07.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Fox Mulder from X-Files saying β€œHey, you got to stay alive if you want to stick it to the government”

Fox Mulder from X-Files saying β€œHey, you got to stay alive if you want to stick it to the government”

β€œIf you die, you let them off the hook.”

β€œIf you die, you let them off the hook.”

Needed this reminder today.

03.07.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 24798    πŸ” 9455    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 174
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I Don'T Know What I Expected GIF Alt: Michael Bluth from Arrested Development dryly says, "I don't know what I expected."
24.06.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"WAR DIMS HOPES FOR PEACE"
Wisconsin State Journal, December 27, 1965

"WAR DIMS HOPES FOR PEACE" Wisconsin State Journal, December 27, 1965

I am reminded of this classic headline from the Columbia Journalism Review's collections.

23.06.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite way to travel.

21.06.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A man holds a sign at a no kings protest. It reads: this is nothing compared to the party we'll have when you die

A man holds a sign at a no kings protest. It reads: this is nothing compared to the party we'll have when you die

God damnit, THIS is the sign I wish I was carrying yesterday! #NoKings

16.06.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

May his punishment be eventually agonizing.

14.06.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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setting aside many other things, WIKIPEDIA IS ALREADY A GIANT FREE SUMMARY MACHINE. WIKIPEDIA NEEDS THIS TECHNOLOGY LESS THAN ANYONE ON EARTH

13.06.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
Horse_ebooks tweet: Everything happens so much

Horse_ebooks tweet: Everything happens so much

13.06.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8710    πŸ” 1820    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 60

Wikipedia has a chance to be a free, universally recognized, and comprehensive counterpoint to slop, at a time when that is badly needed

11.06.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.

11.06.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10548    πŸ” 1467    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 71

The thing that's so demoralizing to me about the widespread use of unchecked chatGPT is how it reveals how little care so many people put into things.

20.05.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6

at first you think "ah the dog is passively having fun" and then you realize the dog knows how to steer the skateboard and THEN you learn the dog knows how to PROPEL the skateboard

19.05.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 9560    πŸ” 3504    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 41

πŸ₯Ή

16.05.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️

13.05.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the best neon signs in Chicago bringing it.

09.05.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 266    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Pope Leo XIV Is A Sox Fan, Despite The Early Hope From Cubs Fans, His Brother Confirms The Cubs' Marquee Sports Network, citing ABC News, said the new pontiff supports the North Siders. But his brother said that is not true.

Uh oh blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/p...

08.05.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pope Leo XIV Is A Sox Fan, Despite The Early Hope From Cubs Fans, His Brother Confirms The Cubs' Marquee Sports Network, citing ABC News, said the new pontiff supports the North Siders. But his brother said that is not true.

Best Chicago controversy of the new Pope is the Cubs trying to lay claim to him and his brother having to speak up to clear up that he's a Sox fan. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/p...

08.05.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2796    πŸ” 583    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 249

I am unapologetically telling you right now that Chicago is going to be insufferable about this, there is still a fading cardboard John Paul II in a Michigan Ave storefront looking out at Grant Park because he spoke there *once.*

08.05.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5654    πŸ” 551    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 92

Chicago is the best city on the planet and deserves to be as unbearable as it wants.

08.05.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

08.05.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 28960    πŸ” 8175    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 767

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

08.05.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19315    πŸ” 4628    πŸ’¬ 680    πŸ“Œ 395

I mean, of which team he's for.

08.05.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The best question! He's from the south suburbs, so I'd say it's 50-50 odds.

08.05.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"

08.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3074    πŸ” 417    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 23

I think about the line "love is for the ones who love the work" so much all the time

05.05.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

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