Patrick Monaghan

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.

“The Americans could find themselves retreating to the strategic incoherence that has characterized the administration’s approach…military prowess cannot clarify America’s war aims. As the old saying warns: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Aren’t we all part of history, Robert?

Iranian drone/missile impact moments ago at Dubai International Airport.

Smoke can be seen rising over the airfield. Also getting reports from local sources smoke and explosions.

Can’t wait to hang out with it later

It’s the best

a black and white photo of a stuffed animal wearing a beaver mask . ALT: a black and white photo of a stuffed animal wearing a beaver mask .

It's also playing midnight Saturday at the Music Box. I've seen a midnight screening of it there, and that was quite an experience.

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his name is Benson Hedges and he sounds like he smokes 5 packs of them a day

50 awful drawings of my wretched cat

President Trump announces that to combat climate change he is facilitating crude oil prices going to $500/barrel.

Chicago’s most Stanley Kowalski forward dive bar has done it again!

$4 @StellaArtois Stellaaaaaaaa beers all week!

young intense man, behind him is eye=i

Orson Welles
Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1938

Nintendo suing US government over tariffs
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Colored-pencil card drawing of Willie Stargell

Remembering Willie Stargell, born on this date in 1940

I believe I’m going to go into my screaming closet now

This is an actual Pentagon press release. “An Army believed to be casualty…the believed to be death”

The alien puppet from Asteroid City, an impossibly gangly gray-green creature with big round eyes.

Two of the vending machines form Asteroid City, designed to look as if they’re from midcentury. One is pink and vends stockings, one is green and vends martinis.

The canoe from Moonrise Kingdown, a wooden canoe with simple paintings of water and a buffalo on its side and a rough carving of a raccoon on the prow.

A rubber model of a strange-looking purple fish from The Life Aquatic.

OMG, the Wes Anderson exhibition. At the Design Museum is wonderful.

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched

After a week of war, Trump demands Iran's 'unconditional surrender' U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender" on Friday, a dramatic escalation of his demands a ​week into the war he launched alongside Israel, which could make it more diffic...

After decades of mocking him, I demand the President’s unconditional surrender

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View of the Chicago skyline in the distance looking south from Evanston, IL. // Image captured at: 2026-03-06 17:03:08 UTC (about 3 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Evanston: 54 F | 12 C // Precip: heavy intensity rain // Wind: S at 1 mph | 2 kph // Humidity: 96%

Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:

Full Coverage, by Bethany Thomas and Packy Lundholm 4 track album

Today is Bandcamp Friday!

Please check out the latest from my obscenely talented pal Bethany Thomas.

What's Past is Prologue (live at Café Oto), by Damon & Naomi 8 track album

New release for Bandcamp Friday - not available anywhere else damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/album/whats-...

Photo of band performing. From left to right: Steve Brantseg, Robert Wilkinson, and Joseph Pettini. Performance at the Schooner March 4, 2026.

Last night Robert Wilkinson told a story at the Schooner about going into Oarfolk in 1977 and Peter Jesperson gave him a taped copy of David Bowie’s new single “Heroes.” A week later, Robert had his band Flamingo covering Heroes, and Robert has been playing the song ever since, including last night.

South siders Lost Legion make oi! for everyday people fighting back against the feds - Chicago Reader South-side duo Lost Legion prefer simple, direct communication—at least judging from their unrestrained oi! punk.

I wrote about Lost Legion, who aren’t playing a record release show but a gathering of likeminded punks eager to be more involved in community organizing around jail support and ICE observation

Morris’s Cray pattern textile (1884), which features sinuous plant stems inspired by tributaries of the Thames, and red and pink flowers against a background of green leaves.

Good morning, friends, from London, where my first stop was the William Morris Society in Hammersmith!

This is why the lord made rotting cabbage

🎞️35mm Film Frames from BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN🎞️

Chicago Film Society presents Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreaking cinema classic this Sunday March 8th at 7pm!

With Live Musical Accompaniment by Whine Cave (Kent Lambert & Sam Wagster).

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going to print this out and glue it above the museum entrance

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Qatar warns that oil could double to $150 a barrel Qatar's energy minister has warned that the price of a barrel of oil could double to more than $150, dragging down global economies.

Qatar: Trump prepared to 'bring down the economies of the world'