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They are using Eileen Gu as a baseline

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I followed that thread to find the restaurant name they were referencing, and I deeply regret it.

Oh no

Normally I'm in my pajamas by 10 pm but last night I was heading home from a play and was surprised to find the 22 Clark bus packed at that time at night. It makes sense, being a Friday night, but it was still jarring to be reminded that nightlife has continued even as I've aged out of it.

We'll never have this recipe again

We all know the Tom Holland Umbrella rule

But are we approaching a similar Alysa Liu rule

the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds 53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.

Every American reading this, regardless of color, political party, or profession needs to read this, because it’s been used against all of you:

 vmfunc.re/blog/persona/

I haven't seen the others live but I've seen Ted Leo 3 times in the last 2 years because he is always great.

Sounds amazing.

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

For you to go back in time and not post the words "back to Chicago" and get that djo song stuck in my head 🤣

I always hated Idiocracy because it was uncomfortably plausible.

I watched Brewster McCloud for the first time last year which was amazingly unhinged.

Recorder not ukulele. My kids' school did recorder too, so the tradition persists.

"My life may be small, but in my own way I'm defiant." -- "Redford" on Ponies, episode 6

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends.

Newspaper ad for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) with a pull quote that reads “The perfect Valentine’s Day date movie…”

35 years ago today THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was released in theaters and the pull quote it received on this newspaper ad has never been topped.

Mola Ram holding a flaming human heart with the text "I heart you" superimposed where the "heart" is the flaming heart.

Happy Valentines Day everyone

Eek

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash Flock off

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

YouTube video by Wyze Definitely Only for Dogs: Ring's Superbowl Commercial (Parody)

Clever response to the Ring commercial. youtu.be/ROFblZ_-9q4

If you're not from Chicago, you might not be aware that ICE attempted to murder a person doing ICE monitoring, long before the murders in Minneapolis. She survived being shot 5 times. She's taking them to court.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootin...

He guest lectured in one of my classes. Super interesting person.

In Memory of David J. Farber: Internet Pioneer, Mentor, and Internet Society Leader - Internet Hall of Fame David J. Farber, a 2013 inductee of the Internet Hall of Fame and a longtime leader within the Internet Society community, passed away on 7 February 2026.

In Memory of David J. Farber: Internet Pioneer, Mentor, and Internet Society Leader - Internet Hall of Fame

The Post notes that "[t]he show did nod to historic injustices in Puerto Rico" and his reclaiming "America" for the entire land mass. It didn't pick up on the call for PR independence, and the bit about US colonialism in Hawaii.

It's interesting that "political commentary" now only means ICE.

A very detailed breakdown of th Bad Bunny halftime show for your enjoyment

C.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades

C.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...

I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.