People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.

A monster fight club Block Boss miniature painted in pink and purple with black skin. Model is standing on a street corner base. Background is a purple/pink color.

Recently finished up my block boss model for Cyberpunk: Combat Zone. My little team will be in both tournaments at AdeptiCon.

Graphic of 11 skatune network records sitting over a pinkish purple collage of different album covers. The skatune network logo sits up top and the text ‘counterintuitiverecords.bandcamp.com’

HAPPY BANDCAMP FRIDAY!

if you buy any digital skatune network covers from Counter Intuitive records, we are donating the money to the immigrant law center of Minnesota
Counterintuitiverecords.bandcamp.com

So no RAGBRAI, and no non-trail based riding in Des Moines. Heck Des Moines has sharrows in downtown on streets with 30 mph speed limits.

That is just one city and a very urban place in Iowa.

Just another reason I am glad I moved out of that state a couple of years ago.

Hyde Parkers: Comment on proposed plans to revamp the #55 bus corridor with better boarding options, bus lanes, etc:

Info: www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/B...

Survey: www.menti.com/algv7baftywz

Additional comments: betterstreetsforbuses@transitchicago.com

Details for the memorial ride for Alex Pretti in Chicago this weekend.

- Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm
- John Walsh Park (E end of The 606)
- Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex.

See you Saturday.

"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...

If this is within any capable travel distance of you, don’t sleep on this show!

Stop calling it war. These are terrorist attacks being committed by the US government. Every foreign nation should be lining up sanctions.

This is major for those procrastinators of taxes or time sensitive mailings.

Epstein redactions aren't believable, and they are valuable to fascists specifically because they aren't believable.

Fascists prefer lies to truth. Believing in a lie is preferable to believing a truth, if what you want is to dominate.

Believing lies dominates truth. So they believe lies.

Screenshot of gofund me featuring a picture of the JER band and text reading “help JER cover tour debt & expenses to keep touring in 2026”

Hi, my name is JER and I’m calling in my community for help right now. For some background, I am an artist who releases music under my name, JER. In addition to that, I have a YouTube channel called skatune network, where I cover songs in the style of ska. For 9 years, I’ve been doing the YouTube thing, but for the past 5 years, my passion truly lies with the art that i create through the JER project and JER band. It’s been a privilege and honor to see the support of 2 full length records and 104 live shows over this time, and I’m deeply grateful for everybody who has been showing love and support to my craft! Anybody who follows me knows that touring is volatile and expensive. So many factors can make or break a tour financially, and it’s easy for expenses and debt to snowball to a point where it’s near impossible to catch up / continue. That was 2025 for me. With the expecting of a handful of shows, I didn’t really play any shows from spring 2024 to fall of 2025. I got off the road and dedicated the back half of 2024 to working to pay down tour debt. I began 2025 with minimal debt and recorded a record, the record being Death of the Heart. I made a financial plan for the year, which included keeping costs on our first March weekend. The additional cost was going to cover half of the bands flights to Japan, while I was already going to be out there AND all of our expenses in Japan were already covered. At the end of that March weekend, however, I was hit with the news that my merch fulfillment store had accumulated several thousand dollars of debt. All the money we made that weekend immediately went toward paying a portion of that debt off. This left me back home with more debt, and having to work my real life jobs to re-save to fly a portion of my band to Japan for our shows

The spring is my slowest time of year, since most of my work is in the summer and fall. It took until the summer for me to save the money to book the flights. Our June tour was a breakeven, but the money we made from merch at shows was immediately taken to cover the online fulfillment debt I didn’t even know existed until March. This put me in a position where every dollar I made from my 5 jobs all summer went toward covering the costs of the last tour, and the next tour booked would start before I could pay off the last. This cycle is why we had to drop off our shows leading into fest. The money that was supposed to rent the van and book the flights instead went toward a previous tour debt. This cycle has culminated to where I’m at now. As of now, Square has frozen my account and is withholding all the merch money I made from my last few December shows. There is *still* a remaining debt on the merch fulfillment that isn’t fully paid down, and every tour has been in the red because of this lingering debt. I’m at a position where I have a lot of cool tours booked for 2026, but I am at a point where I can’t even afford to start the tour. Vans need to be rented. Flights need to be booked. Merch needs to be made. These are all costs that I don’t have, and I can’t afford to go on the road with this much debt again. It would be a huge bummer to drop off some very cool tours, but it’s just not feasible for me to make happen THATS WHERE I’M ASKING FOR Y’ALLS HELP! Between every skatune network page, I have over 1.2 million followers. If less than 1/10th of a % of my following sent me a dollar, I’d be able to cover every expense lost from square locking my merch money, AND the debt lingering over the skatune store. I hate feeling that I’m in a position where I need to ask for this. I’ve been trying my best and working non-stop for over a year. I’ve been applying to jobs all year beyond my current work, and while I’m making enough to do everything

I appreciate the love and support deeply. The JER band is the most special project I’ve been a part of and had. The message of this band is so deeply important to me and I hope I can lean into my community to help make this possible. If you ever wanted to say thank you for the thousands of videos, hundreds of covers, all the entertainment, this is the way to do it! I’ve set the gofundme up for 10k. Believe it or not, my debt is higher than that right now, but that will pay off every debt lingering, cover the loss in merch money, pay down remaining tour expenses from this year, and set me up to get on the road next year! And lastly, if you purchased merch from us this past weekend and used a card, expect a refund. I’m also going to honor system this and try to build some sort of forum to contact everybody. Square refuses to release all of our card transactions and is suggesting we refund it all. I know everybody we sold merch to doesn’t follow me. Some saw us for the first time at these shows. Some don’t use social media. I just have to accept that I may be out of some merch money this weekend. Thank you all so much. I appreciate you all 🫶🏾

HI INTERNET
hate that I need to do this, but calling in my community to help me out!

Square freezing my account and holding my funds was the straw that broke the camels back, tbh. Here’s An incredibly long block of text, but all provides transparency and context behind this

Northwest Side Rapid Response confirming a detention off Kedzie and Wabansia around 9:45 a.m. on 11/18. Link to page: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNGKdmEeLL/?img_index=2

Northwest Side Rapid Response confirming a detention off Kedzie and Wabansia around 9:45 a.m. on 11/18. Link to page: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNGKdmEeLL/?img_index=2

Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.

Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.

Bike rides and bonfires on the southside? Nothing more we could want for that end of Fall vibe. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 We will be hosting an 8 mile ride to a bonfire at the point. Meet up at Ping Tom Memorial Park at 6:00pm, we roll at 6:30pm. Bonfire at Promontory will start around 7:30 PM. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 We recommend grabbing food in Chinatown before 6:30 so you have enough time to eat before we get rolling! Bring weenies, brews, and all your favorite snacks (salsa🌶️) for this one. And don’t forget your lights!!! ✨ ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 We roll at 10-12mph & stick together. Our rides welcome all forms of micromobility! We’d love to see you roll up on e-bikes, cruisers, cargo bikes full of children & pets, trikes, scooters, other PEVs. 🪵🪵🪵 Come hang out and enjoy a cozy seat by the fire at 7:30 PM. We’ll have supplies for S’mores. Bring your own chair or blanket and any snacks, drinks or refreshments you’d like to share! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 This meetup is a safe, inclusive space for trans, enby, and queer folx to gather, connect, and have fun in the city. Safe spaces are created actively, not passively, through collective action. Be a part of creating a safe space and protecting others by holding this trans intentional space. That includes no tolerance for hate, misgendering, or any behavior that harms another. This is a gender diverse, queer space that is unwavering in the conviction that Black Trans Lives Matter. 🏳️‍🌈⚧🏳️‍⚧️ We encourage the community to take care of one another! Watch out for your queer fam! Say hello to your neighbor. This is event is hosted in a private space and we reserve the right to deny entry to anyone who does not uphold our community agreements.

join us for a ride & bonfire ❤️‍🔥

Small Shop is my go to.

So my choices recently riding in the preferred car lane on Wabash no longer feels incorrect. Guess that is the new choice for riders willing to handle the cars.

Saturday, November 8th 🍂🍁🍃 •meet at the Bike Box at Boxville @ 1:00 pm 🚲📦 •roll (start riding) @ 2:00 pm 📣 •ride 8 miles •to Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery 🍷🐝🍯 please bring your coziest sweater, sunscreen, snacks, bike locks, & lots of water 🔒 we roll at 10-12 mph & stick together 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻 Our rides welcome all forms of micromobility! We’d love to see you roll up on e-bikes, cruisers, cargo bikes full of children & pets, trikes, scooters, or other PEVs. 🛴🛼

join us on saturday, november 8th❣️

🚨 Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately! How to submit a witness slip: 1. Follow the link and fill out your contact information 3. Under "firm/business" put "self" (or your workplace if authorized) 4. Under "representation" put "self" again 5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent" 6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only" 7. Then agree to the terms and click "Submit" https://mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org

Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text

mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

Cartoon of a range rover cycle storage concept - a person lifting the car up to store their bike securely

Need someone to create a cycle shed that looks like a car...

Good luck on calling attention to this.

So there is this post from June 15 @ 2:31 for the photo.

Then there is this from August 25 @12:23

Were they even unlocked today? There has been at least 2 Sundays when they didn’t even bother to open them.

Easy block list of US government accounts.

They were obviously waiting in the school pickup line.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Kristi Noem inside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, IL. She is standing near a white man, smiling at a desk with a computer monitor and printer. Behind her is a cell door with a man looking out a narrow slit window. Next to him, three or four other men are seen through a larger window in the cell. Behind the white man are two upside down "demo bags" taped up over the windows to another cell.

This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.

For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.

See the orange triangles?

ICE has erected a gate to keep protesters out. They are blocking a public street, despite the Broadview Fire Department ordering ICE to tear it down.

Join us at 1930 Beach Street. 7-9 AM. Tell Broadview to tear this fence down.

If the industry wouldn't screw all of us, I would be fine with 1 app, but I currently have 5 different ones and one of them told me to print the ticket anyway ☹️

I'm sorry for giving an incorrect link and then going to work.