dan orkin

loving our new state flag

Same. I get over 1000 trick or treaters every year here in the apocalyptic hell-scape of Chicago.

I just watched the lilith fair doc and think we are all ready for the McLachlasance.

Which of the nominees in the IL senate primary does she think will be the most effective partner in this fight?

I just finished that book and it was shocking to me that it was written 20 years ago. Sobering reminder of how stuck in these patterns we remain.

A buddy of mine who works in the live music business advised me to buy same day resale across the board (at least for venues large enough that there will always be some listings). you may occasionally have to pay over face, but that will be totally counterbalanced by the times you end up saving.

This pathology also resulted in the one simpsons episode I categorically will not re-watch.

I've had pretty decent luck getting day-of Salt Shed tickets below face value, for the outdoor shows anyway.

"Friends, people are blocking our fundraising texts as spam, just like MAGA wants! Can you chip in $20 to help reach our 2026 texting goal?"

Absolutely. And one way to think about it is how to leverage the networks and infrastructure (even just the Signal groups etc) that have bene built for rapid response to pivot towards mutual aid in this way.

Even when things die down a bit, the chilling effect on targeted communities (and their economies) persists. People are still cautious about leaving their homes, and I expect that will last for a long time, unfortunately.

The Twin cities are such a wonderful place to take a trip! The energy people exude just walking around the lakes is like nothing else, and if you're a fan of interesting residential architecture, it cannot be beat!

Every so often I'm reminded that one of the best things I can do for my mental health and general sense of peace in the world is plug a guitar into a bunch of pedals and get way tf out there

Elephant Graveyard?

its true but the boy ain't right in such beautifully rendered detail

The detention centers also provide a specific focal point for the resistance and protest movement to carry their momentum, hopefully.

The box set is one of my most prized literary possessions.

That guy crammed an astoundingly high concentration of hooks into this album and the one directly preceding it.

what's so funny about all this is all the crypto people just a few weeks ago going off about how it's the only reasonable store of value as tariffs and inevitable war with the EU over Greenland or whatever weakens USD, and as more people realize that BTC will 100x!

It reminds me of hearing musicians who were big in the '70s talk about how much the ascent of MTV and music videos changed the industry and who could be successful in it. And how previously they were allowed to focus on the music without thinking as much about the aesthetic and theater of it all.

The Judgment Of Magneto | Defector Somewhere beyond death, in a realm of judgment and pain, a concrete labyrinth filled by countless names, a man walks. He is Jewish, and has been made hard and cruel by his experiences in the Nazi deat...

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I believe I started following you after reading that magnificent Magneto piece, which I then sent to maybe a dozen friends and relatives.

Extremely bummed to see that Open Books is closing its Logan Square location. This is one of the best and perhaps underrated book stores in the city, with an amazing kids section (something a lot of used book stores lack).

(gonna tell my kids that this is Steely Dan)

Also, Zoot, canonically

My brother lobbing truth bombs on jacobin

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Masters of Atlantis though

100%. And there’s a lot of knee jerk anti ai discourse here that rejects it out of hand which is totally justified with art etc. But those denying the impact it’s having on tech as a career are naive. The major concern should be what happens to everyone who gets laid off as the industry shrinks.

I am writing a strongly worded letter to the Brandeis alumni board as we speak

I just learned about this guy and he feels like he just walked out of the Past Lives feed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%...