October 31:
I seemed to hear the odd sounds of a cat's laughter. It's so hard to tell when they're smiling. The old cat hadn't been telling me to fetch a stick...
Carpe baculum. Seize the wand.
I sprang into the air, catching it in my teeth, twisting it out of Jack's grip.

October 30:
Players may fall, or go mad, catch fire, be transformed. The Gateway may begin to open at any time, or it may await the invitation of the Opening Wand. The resistance will begin immediately. The Closing Wand will be employed, and any ancillary forces that may feed it.

October 29:
"The only part I can see for myself in this entire affair would be to effect the girl's rescue, should Mr. Talbot fail. To do this, I require something from you: I must know where the ceremony is to take place. Do you know?"
I nodded.
"Will you show me?"

October 28:
I was standing upon it. It was here, Dog's Nest, amid its broken circle of stone, where the final act would take place. Larry was just a friend of the court. I threw back my head and howled. The design was complete.

As best as we can tell this morning—after terrorizing Back of the Yards, Border Patrol rolled through Cicero again (reports of potential abductions at the Metra station there, unclear on time, also vehicles seen at Cermak & Cicero) and then quickly up to this Home Depot at Cicero and Armitage:

October 27:
"But you know. You must know. You're toying with me. Cats are that way. I'm not a player. I never was. Have you really eaten recently?"
"Yes."
"That's worse then. You'll toy more."
"Shut up a minute!" she said.
"See? There goes the courtesy."

Trump's ICE agents ramp up tear gas attacks in Chicago Journalists & citizens are documenting the ICE overreach. That evidence could help hold federal agents accountable in court.

"In Chicago, everyone is bearing witness to violent federal overreach that now includes unwarranted, unannounced attacks with tear gas." The latest by @newsjennifer.bsky.social.

October 26:
Maybe he'd just been checking things out, as he'd said. But put that together with his knowing my name when I hadn't given it to him, and I didn't like it one bit.
Overhead, growing in strength, the older, wiser moon paced me. I'd give her a run for her silver.

October 25:
"I gave up something for all this, and I want it back."
"What?"
"Look down at the ground around me. What do you see?"
"Nothing special," Graymalk said.
"My shadow's gone. He took it. And he can't give it back now, because he's dead."

jesus christ man, we can’t ever get used to this and normalize it.

I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives

October 24:
"What do you want to do with them?"
"I say we take them over to Owen's place and stuff them into some of his wicker baskets. Then we haul them up into the big oak tree, set fire to them, and run like hell."
"Snuff, that's grotesque."
"Glad you like it, too," I said.

“The video of the incident does not show protesters throwing rocks or fireworks at agents, nor can agents be heard warning protesters before Bovino throws the canister at the crowd.”

Still not liveposting this hearing b/c it's dense, largely administrative issues, but this was worth highlighting:

District Judge Jeff Cummings just asked a govt atty if he can certify relevant immigration detainees are being held in "safe and sanitary" conditions.

"I cannot," a govt atty replied.

Laugh Factory worker detained by federal agents on Chicago’s North Side • The TRiiBE Two people were detained by federal agents Friday morning at Broadway and Belmont Avenue on Chicago’s North Side.

STORY HERE — Video footage obtained by The TRiiBE shows federal agents pulling Laugh Factory Night Manager Nate Griffin as he holds on to a scaffold.

Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...

"...a part-time custodian... saw a laborer — a Hispanic man... being detained...as he had 'blood coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth.'

...Griffin, who lives in the same building...was leaving his home with his mother when agents pulled up in a white SUV...and attacked him and his mother."

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

I mean, I had to

October 23:
"How can you be sure?"
"I doubt a master would run around with a crossbow, shooting at bats, or plan a human sacrifice when it's not absolutely necessary - just to be safe. He's insecure in his power. A master aims at economy of operations, not proliferation."

Just s little over a week left to get those submissions in for #221BCon
Procrastination is a great motivator.

www.221bcon.com

Marvelous! Throwback to this story chicagoreader.com/arts-culture...

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

They don't fly commercial, they have private jets

fffffffffffffffffffff

cartoon: in the style of Egyptian heiroglyhics the lyrics to the Time Warp have been phonetically translated and help illustrate characters from RHPS Caption; Rocky Horus Picture Scroll

From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)

October 22:
"You have entered an unusual design. Come walk with me, daughter, that I may impart a small wisdom concerning the final day. For some things seem too small for the Great Ones' regard, and a cat may know that which the Elder Gods do not."

The Epstein Ballroom it is

Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

Oh

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Life After Hate has a whole program to match people in need up with artists who will do this.

please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you