Chris Breitenbach

Really beautiful thread on seeing Paul Simon performing recently.

On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream While many officials and scientists embrace other parts of the secretary’s agenda, his stance on vaccines is alienating allies who fear a public health crisis.

On nutrition, Jeffrey Dahmer has broken sharply with the mainstream.

A grey sign with white writing stands in front of an old tree. The sign reads: I am very old and need to rest. Please don't sit on me

Just another relatable National Trust sign

There Is Not A Man Trapped Inside The Bean, So Please Stop Calling The Downtown Alderman Alderman Brendan Reilly says the “heavy volume” of calls inspired by the viral “online hoax” is distracting his office, but that hasn’t stopped demonstrators from posting — or Chicagoans from joining ...

Kudos to the goth pranksters (The Man in Bean Coalition) propagating this. More please.
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A little closer.

Absolutely loved seeing the Lute F. and Daniel Kissam/Frank Lloyd Wright house in Glencoe, Illinois this past Monday. Beautiful landscaping too!

Yes, to all this.

Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.

one of my first veo-3 prompts/videos with apologies to the environment. i'm not sure why the ai-actor ducks/drops out the frame at the end of the clip ike it does, but i like it.

What 1,200 reels of home movies reveal about a century of life on Chicago's South Side The "South Side Home Movie Project" exhibit at the University of Chicago offers a glimpse into everyday lives of a generation of Chicagoans, plus the equipment used to produce these films.

This is very cool! www.wbez.org/movies-tv/20...

essay idea: "I Have Always Loved Rice Pudding"

I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns, officials say, in sign of broader disarray Exclusive: A top White House pandemic preparedness official has resigned, officials tell STAT, in a sign of broader disarray.

I mean...

"We have since learned new information, including from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp that Anne Frank was suffering from typhus, and have updated our story to add context about her health problems."

Forgot about Adrian Belew's The Bears. Fun playlist!

All the Music Played on MTV’s 120 Minutes: A 2,500-Video Youtube Playlist The mid-nineteen-nineties was not a time without irony. You may recall that, back then, 'alternative' rock had not only gone mainstream, but, in certain regions, had even become the most popular genre...

All the Music Played on MTV’s 120 Minutes: A 2,500-Video Youtube Playlist

Natick, Massachusetts twilight the other night from the parking lot of our hotel.

my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls

Sleepy Don

In Wake of Court Losses, Rhode Island Codifies ‘Right to Read’ Rhode Island signed into law the Freedom to Read Act on July 10. The law is the first to guarantee writers and readers a right to sue for censorship, and shields librarians from criminal prosecution.

Rhode Island governor Dan McKee signed into law the Freedom to Read Act on July 2, joining a growing number of states such as New Jersey, Maryland, and Minnesota in codifying their citizens’ right to read amid nationwide book bans.
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When my head spoiled a sunset.

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump What's going on with my "boys" and, in some cases, "gals?"

Walking into the gender neutral restroom like

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Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair' On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.

"I don't know what is amorphous about cancer research or about prostate cancer patients," she says. "I'm guessing they probably didn't really read into my work."

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Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd

YouTube video by Axios Axios’ Sara Fischer in conversation with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince

I will be brief. If you care about the quality of news we get, this clip is the most disturbing and important 20 minutes I have for you. If you have only 5 minutes to watch then do that. Via @michaelsocolow.bsky.social

Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe – and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Will Illinois see cicadas during the summer 2025 season? Summer 2024 was one of the most cicada-infested summers Illinois had ever seen, will the bugs be back for another year?

Oh, good. Last summer was quite the din in Edgebrook.

"Summer 2024 was one of the most cicada-infested summers Illinois had ever seen.

So will the bugs be back this year?

For Illinois, the answer is probably not."
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