Bookish, geeky

On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.

My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.

I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.

My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.

* WHAT...Dangerous to impossible travel conditions will develop across parts of the county overnight due to intense lake effect snow. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour, localized snow accumulations in excess of 10 inches, and northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are possible. * WHERE...Lake IL County. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour may temporally cripple travel across portions of the county. Strong northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph may lead to greatly reduced visibility, especially near the Lake Michigan shoreline. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lake effect snow is often very localized, with conditions varying from safe to dangerous across just a few miles. The highest snow totals, are expected near and east of Interstate 94 with considerably less snow on the western side of the county.

* WHAT...Dangerous to impossible travel conditions due to intense lake effect snow expected. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour, localized total snow accumulations in excess of 12 inches, and northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are expected. * WHERE...Central Cook, Eastern Will, Northern Cook, and Southern Cook Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to noon CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour will cripple travel, including during the Monday morning commute. Strong northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph will lead to greatly reduced visibility, especially near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Periods of thundersnow will occur, as well. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lake effect snow is often very localized, with conditions varying from safe to dangerous across just a few miles. Snow totals in the Winter Storm Warning area may vary considerably from one location to the next.

* WHAT...Dangerous travel conditions due to intense lake effect snow expected. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour, localized total snow accumulations of in excess of 10 inches, and northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are expected. * WHERE...Lake IN and Porter Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 PM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour will cripple travel. Strong northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph will lead to greatly reduced visibility, especially near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Periods of thundersnow will occur, as well. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There may be breaks between periods of lake effect snow. Lake effect snow is often very localized, with conditions varying from safe to dangerous across just a few miles. Snow totals in the Winter Storm Warning area may vary considerably from one location to the next.

* WHAT...Dangerous travel conditions due to lake effect snow expected. Snow rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and localized snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches expected. * WHERE...Kankakee County. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to noon CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Untreated roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, may will become slick and hazardous. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lake effect snow is often very localized, with conditions varying from safe to dangerous across just a few miles. Snow totals in the Winter Storm Warning area may vary considerably from one location to the next, with the highest totals expected near and east of Interstate 57.

🚨 Winter Storm Warning issued November 9 at 1:35PM CST until November 10 at 6:00AM CST by NWS Chicago IL 🚨
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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

A Catholic Mass was held Saturday outside the Broadview ICE processing facility, where clergy were again denied entry to minister to detainees.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/02/f...

Don't sleep on Chi fall: dry, cool, sunny.

Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide? "It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.

Here’s where it gets personal for me. When I was 9, I started experiencing suicidal ideation … disinterested in living, and at least some of the time contemplating death and how it might happen … It’s easy to imagine how I would have used programs like these chatbots.

Mazel tov, dude!

Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling.

Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.

watch this.

This is EXCELLENT.

1) this is spot-on analysis of the problem & a great immediate 1st thing a city can do to improve outcome.

2) as a 2 min clip? He's giving history, hope & change. Speaking to women, to Jewish & Black NYers, saying "abortion." & also naming eugenics in feminism. 100/10 no notes.

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

And yes, people who know the history know RFK's mother abused him terribly. So he has serious mommy issues.

But that's why you keep narcissists who project all their psychological damage on others out of power.

www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

The King's Peace (Sulien Book 1) Amazon.com: The King's Peace (Sulien Book 1) eBook : Walton, Jo: Kindle Store

My first novel, The King's Peace, a book you might quite reasonably have missed since it came out in 2000, is available for $2.99 as an ebook today. Sequel The King's Name is also on sale. It's about civilization.

www.amazon.com/Kings-Peace-...

I’ve excitedly preordered many books in my life, but maybe never more than this one! I’ve been telling people about it incessantly since being lucky enough to read a draft. It’s a wild & gorgeous book about being shaped by others, the power of collectivity to defeat plagues, & change. Preorder it!

Do not come, Donald Trump.

You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.

Liberals: Alas, the Time Has Come to Throw John Rawls Under the Bus The greatest liberal philosopher of the twentieth century guided his creed toward neutrality. In the age of Trump, we can no longer afford that.

the only thing i dislike about this essay from @polphilpod.bsky.social is that i didn't write it first. it gets at the point a lot of us are waking up to: we must reinvigorate liberalism *as a political movement* and not just a structure of institutions

newrepublic.com/article/1992...

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Preordered at bookshop.org!

ICE is attempting to co-opt my personal favorite thing about America. So I’m in the Indianapolis Star explaining to Indycar fans why what ICE is doing is so harmful, and to everyone else about why Indycar, in particular, represents a better America than that. www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

Why A Bunch Of Real Dicks Keep Throwing Fake Ones | Defector Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch about it? Arriving in...

I find the dildo thing pretty appalling so I wrote a bit about why

Thread.

ICE is hiring! US immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking for highly motivated, morally indifferent individuals to join our team. Open positions include: Senior Goon Racism Enforcement Office Unmarked Van Driver (Part-Time) Experience with children a plus usajobs.gov

From this month's edition of The Onion.

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...

COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

ok ok i wrote about it
buttondown.com/theswordandt...

I love this trilogy.

“No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think.” from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed was first published in 1974 by Harper & Row.