Michael Ortlieb

Suspending SNAP and getting ACA hikes the weekend before an election. So much winning. Guessing a lot of R consultants get pink slips tomorrow.

05.11.2025 05:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

From the chicago community on Reddit: The Mandalörtian spotted at C2E2 Explore this post and more from the chicago community

Spotted at c2e2 yesterday. H/t to www.reddit.com/r/chicago/s/...

13.04.2025 21:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“My friend, Madame President: I yield the floor.”

02.04.2025 00:06 — 👍 12098    🔁 1017    💬 178    📌 94

I couldn’t believe they made peace with a sentient robot race and willingly flew all their technology into the sun, simply to enjoy Vancouver 150,000 years later.

22.03.2025 04:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | 6 May 1933: Looting of the Institute of Sexology On 6 May 1933, the Institute of Sexology, an academic foundation devoted to sexological research and the advocacy of homosexual rights, was broken into and occupied by Nazi-supporting youth. Several d...

37 years before I was born, history rhymes. hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...

01.02.2025 04:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Got to see with my oldest this past Saturday at the Theater at Madison Square Garden a complete orchestra playing 60 pieces from Genshin Impact. Their favorite game and the only North American show. Screenshot has a cat, Tama, which is named after one of our permanent residents. :)

29.01.2025 07:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Weekend in NYC with MoMA.

29.01.2025 07:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Missing this guy. Incredibly relevant rn.

29.01.2025 07:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel like you have life under control. Not being bored is why you always feel busy, why you keep “not having time” to take a package to the post office or work on your novel. You do have time—you just spend it on your phone.”

27.01.2025 22:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Social Media Sea Change What happens when the thing that structured so much of our lives loses its utility?

“What happens when the thing that structured so much of our lives loses its utility?”

Great read by Anne Helen Petersen about people who have collected their thoughts about this including a quote by Kate Lindsay that resonated with me about boredom (first comment below).

27.01.2025 22:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0