Mr Fengi

By what broken brained rationalization is a suburban Nazi a powerful Chicagoan?

That Chicago Magazine lists a Nazi who doesn't live here, doesn't claim to be from here and pretty much has no connection to the city as #7 is a huge tell on the Nazi proclivities of the Magazine.

He doesn't. He lives in the suburbs which makes this a crypto fascist signal by the Magazine.

That Chicago magazine is run by people who are more fascist than they pretend isn't shown in that he was at all when he doesn't fucking live in Chicago, doesn't say he's from Chicago he's as Not Chicago a suburbanite as exisrs.

Journalism is a public service and a creative discipline built upon connection between human beings.

It is not a manufactured widget. By treating it as such, the Cleveland Plain Dealer devalues its own product.

But having robots write for us means letting robots think for us.

Every sentence we write is an analytical choice, an ethical choice, a human choice.

Cutella also sounds like hazelnut spread that is only used short attractive crepe stand operators.

"If your worm girlfriend became a human car model, would you still love her?"

Fringe had coded images at ad breaks giving "clues" to upcoming plot twists but still didn't play the mystery box to the degree failed shows did. The larger narrative had clear setup & payoffs & some plan & maybe tried to manage viewer expectations by emphasizing the shaggy dog elements at points.

Forgot a lot of the Fringe series & maybe didn't see it all before - so one of the twists in Season 3 is like new & as amusing as intended. Fringe is far from perfect, but from Lost the makers learned the limits of Network TV & plan enough so the inevitable flaws & plot holes were less annoying.

Image of a Dirty Word Search Puzzle.

"GRAPhic DEsigN is MY pASsion" architecture edition.

Thia is like one of those "the first word you find is your future" gags.

Have no position The Simpsons zombie longevity as haven't watched in so long, but puzzled that the 800th has a title that doesn't reference that at all, let alone something clever like Neverending Snore-y (Homer has apenia leading to c-pap gags) or Night of the Living Simpsons or and so on.

I realize it may be more effort than its worth, but you can undo the repost by anyone who isn't open to rethinking their pro robot position.

Because some of those people are just seeking to turn this niche video into discourse that can then be used to carry propoganda.

On the upside, Mike changed his mind when people explain, which means education does work & is worth trying.
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Agreed and there's a distinct difference between these regs and the attack of privacy / safety by Age Verification - though opponents of regulating business and defenders of tracking people will both pretend there's no difference to serve their right wing goals.

"but" should be "must" - I type these things on a device without autocorrect but to do otherwise would remove any checks to being Too Online

Don’t forget disciplining labor!

True! Hoped that was self-evident as I ran out of room, but yes:

This scheme is currently losing money & the goal is not profit but attacking human labor. And any "success" will privitize sidewalks - so every alderman but rescind approval & we need a citywide ban.

We must oppose delivery bots by every means necessary now (from regulation / legislation to sabotage) because the goal is to privatize public sidewalks, using civil & legal penalties to give priority to these things, not only letting them hit us with impunity but charging us for slowing them down.

Wynn has some good essays, but regularly reaches lengths & levels of digression that's not as educational or amusing as they think - and seems more about monetizing epic run times.

For me, it's part of breaking a habit of giving time to clever bloviators who aren't clever enough to merit it.

Natalie Wynn ‪@contrapoints.bsky.social‬ Follow Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell Screencap of post saying: "When asked if he'd vote for Gaven Newsom or JD Vance for president, Hasan says he'd vote 3rd party.

This is incoherent logic for a philosopher to offer about an avoidable future event.

For me, infrequent but regular shit takes & thoughtless moments are invalidating for a writer whose attention economy career is premised on thoughtful reflection, so gave up on Contrapoints.

Today in "a heartwarming glow until you notice the larger context of current material conditions".

He's really gotten into Somethin' 'Bout Kreay.

Also, going to suggest that it should be flat out illegal for the City Treasurer to promote any investment schemes to the public, regardless of how much it fits all the stereotypes about our city.

Seems kind of bad that Chicago's equivalent of Dolton's former Mayor Henyard is in charge of our treasury.
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Mayor Johnson may be frustrating to bad on some big issues (see transit) but again, it's a good thing he's mayor at times.

Mayor Brandon Johnson Statement on the Veto of the Proposed Hemp Ban

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Also: this is kind of the ending of A Winter's Tale.

Current conditions: The portal is open - maybe we can reach a better world.