Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker

Wow they sent one of the clones

Oh nooo

Their *executives* are in such a bubble

Oh boy endorsement incoming for real bsky.app/profile/prit...

Ms. Berry Illinois would be honored to submit our large, nomadic governor for your consideration.

Theatre and Democracy: Pt 1 I go to the theatre perhaps 5-7 times a year, less than I did at one point in my life, but more than most. Sometimes, I'll catch a show at the Krannert Center in Champaign, but more often than not I'l...

New newsletter! This is Part 1 of a series of essays on theatre and American democracy. Check it out! www.estragon.news/th/

Be honest, if no-juice Marco Rubio was talking to you like this, would you be able to stay awake?

this is inspired

Absolutely

She’s running

Me and who?

I'm incredibly impressed.

Last night, and elderly relative heard I was in town and asked to see me for some tech help, since they “weren’t getting any yahoo email.” They only had a phone and iPad, so I brought my laptop. I opened their email, and saw what the problem was: a full inbox - 138,000 unread emails.

空齋獨坐，正思夜來床頭鼠耗可惱，不知其戛戛者是損我何器，嗤嗤者是裂我何書。中心回惑，其理莫措，忽見一狻貓，注目搖尾，似有所覩。斂聲屏息，少復待之，則疾趨如風，唧然一聲，而此物竟去矣 —— 不亦快哉！ I'm sitting alone in my study with a mouse on my mind. I’m wondering which of my things that nibbling sound is coming from, which book's destruction is the source of that chewing noise, and quite at a loss for what to do — when out of nowhere I spot a vicious-looking cat, eyes blazing, tail lashing, gaze fixed on something I can’t see, and I hold my breath and watch as it darts forward, quick as the wind, and with a piteous squeak that little critter is gone for good — — ahhhh, you love to see it.

飯後無事，翻倒敞篋。則見新舊逋欠文契不下數十百通，其人或存或亡，總之無有還理。揹人取火拉雜燒淨，仰看高天，蕭然無雲 —— 不亦快哉！ Rummaging through some old chests after dinner for lack of anything better to do, I discover dozens of unpaid promissory notes, more than a hundred maybe, from borrowers variously living and dead, and uniformly unlikely to repay, and so when nobody's looking I pile them together higgledy-piggledy, set them on fire, burn them clean away, and then look up at the sky, where they leave not even a cloud behind — — if that's not a good feeling, I don't know what is.

冬夜飲酒，轉復寒甚，推窗試看，雪大如手，已積三四寸矣 —— 不亦快哉！ Drinking on a winter's night, I feel a sudden sharp chill and push open the window to see snow falling in flakes the size of my hand, three or four inches deep already — — if that isn't nice, I don't know what is. 夏日於硃紅盤中，自拔快刀，切綠沉西瓜 —— 不亦快哉！ On a summer’s day, take a sharp knife, slice up a bright green watermelon, and set it out on a deep vermilion plate — — Well!

春眠初覺，似聞家人嘆息之聲，言某人夜來已死。急呼而訊之，正是-城中第一絕有心計人 —— 不亦快哉！ I'm just waking up one spring morning when I seem to hear someone in my household sighing and saying something about somebody dying the night before. Startled awake, I ask who. It turns out to be the schemingest bastard in town — — if that doesn’t cheer you up, nothing will.

In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good

AI (machine learning, really) has been integrated into software for years. Match Font and Generative Fill in Photoshop, or Alexa's ASR model. Even most LLM usage is invisible. There might be a backlash against specific companies, but most ML has been, and will be, accepted because it's invisible.

They didn't include Chicago on the list because everybody listed it 10 times so it distorted the results.

I love living in a country with a constitution.

What time do you get in?

A man of taste!

prtizker knowing star wars ball is some mandate of heaven shit, sorry to simp

It is a beautiful Sunday, I am in Chicago for the first time in years, the Bears are playing at home against Aaron Rodgers (who injured his wrist masturbating recently) and I am going to be doing a walking tour today of Chicago's gangland history. I'm already on the bus so ride with me

X obviously incentivizes right-wing rage baiting, but there is still an audience out there that wants to take the bait.

This is the skeleton key. Trump's thinking: who cares what his politics are, look at this kid's ratings!

pretty clear what happened: Zohran converted Trump to the divine and immortal science of islamo-communism.

Mamdani is a handsome winner, and Trump loves handsome winners. It's the most predictable thing about him.

Sometimes the truth is undeniable

Well that clears things up!

We’ll make it happen as long as we believe

The Great Khan of the Plains receives the mandate of heaven

Can we please get some people in Chicago who know how taxes work?