Kai

Lmao don't be this guy

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God damn, the descriptor "divey"/"dive-y" drives me up the wall. What does it even mean??

Home Assistant Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.

I'm not huge on IoT devices in general but have some in my house (my HVAC thermostats, the inevitable video doorbell...)

Reading up on www.home-assistant.io and, like, what's it _for_? Or rather, what would you need to combine in terms of devices to make it useful?

I think you may need to cool off a bit after that amount of thirsting

Another day, another case of non-Chicago residents thinking everything outside the immediate downtown are "suburbs".

Would these jackbags call Harlem or Astoria a suburb?

a close up of a woman 's face with the words " the next big thing " on the bottom right Alt: Turned on

When the bartender does the thumb-up, pointer finger thing at your glass and addresses you by name

I don't want to brag but I kinda love Chicago, y'all

Two story parking garage in downtown Chicago

The annual property tax bill on this parking garage went down $8,000

Wrong direction

Judas Priest - Hellfest 2025 - Watch the full programme | ARTE Concert One of the (eternal) most eagerly awaited returns to Hellfest 2025. Half a century into their metal career, Judas Priest deliver an epic concert, all riffs, pyrotechnics and studded biker leather.

Thought I'd check out this entire pro-shot Judas Priest set from Hellfest 2025 with a beer or two and it's really, really fucking great. Can't believe how good they all still sound. www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...

I'm in Suncatcher and listening to a guy talking to a visitor from overseas about Chicago beer, history, pizza, etc, and oh god I sound like this guy when I'm on my bullshit

I mean I guess you can definitely classify this whole thing as A Situation

I'm so glad that every young person seems to want to move to River North/Streeterville/etc when they move to Chicago, because they can self-contain in the West Elm-furnished rat box apartment hell while the rest of us actually enjoy living in the city.

POTUS gave a convicted child sex abuser favorable treatment, and dangled the prospect of a pardon, so she would tell lies about if he was implicated in her crimes. That's not speculative or circumstantial, it's a cold hard proven fact, in and of itself more than enough to demand removal from office.

Last minute: anyone need a ticket for Boris at the Metro tonight? A friend can't make it and is offloading.

KOKO: Chatgpt, good chatgpt, vibe code app
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic

This is inhumane, pure and simple

Menudo?

More like me, nudo baby

What do the stickers say?

When your household has caught the norovirus, to the tune of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

"Blame it on a tiny creature
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to poop and hurl"

Bluesky hivemind: Need to find a new PAYG SIM for an elderly relative's emergency non-smart mobile phone. Zero data needed because they don't use the internet at all, pretty minimal usage so won't be regularly topped up either. Does such a thing even exist from any provider anymore?

american indie developer deciding on a setting: in a cozy mountain town surrounded by wholesome yokai, ghibli inspired cooperative sustainable cherry blossoms and you can pet the dog french indie developer deciding on a setting: in a world where the gestalt misery of colonisation's victims has manifested into a sort of misery elemental, three church-like religious organisations hav[nine more paragraphs that leave you feeling like you know less than you knew before you started reading] polish indie developer deciding on a setting: warsaw👍🇵🇱 it is very bad

Speaker at a podium

"git is a time travel machine that allows us to explore parallel universes. Oh and it stores source code" @mdwayne-real.bsky.social

#bsideschicago

Wonderful (but scary) talk by @tarah.org at #bsideschicago25

A "Hi %NAME%" email from Google/Coursera

Lmao oops

My cat is so soft, sometimes it’s like man you couldn’t get any softer but he somehow defies softness expectations. He also carries an assortment of knives and daggers.

Sometimes I wish bar and restaurant websites were open-source so I could submit a merge request with typo fixes because goddamn, "ammenities" and misuse of "it's" is rampant.

What you should know On 16 December 2025, we're making changes to our Privacy Policy. Here are some details. + Personalising your experiences We'll start using your interactions with Als to personalise your experiences and ads. What this means Personalising your experiences includes suggesting content such as posts that you may find interesting and reels to watch. It also includes showing ads that are more relevant to you.

Oh wonderful. Instagram and I presume meta more widely will force personalization of ads in a unilateral move. No more opting out. It's just there from when the new terms and conditions take effect.

Argh of course. Venteux brasserie is called that because it translates to "Windy" and duh, windy city

I mean I know I'm European and education systems are different, and given family history I know stuff but uhh HOW DO PEOPLE NOT RECOGNIZE THAT SYMBOL

I'm surprised he didn't have it covered up and have the apology/redemption thing ready to go. Seems something a sensible person would do.