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Mark Chonofsky

@chonofsky.bsky.social

cyclist, dog enjoyer. currently @wbez.org / @chicago.suntimes.com loving proprietor of @ctaalerts.bsky.social

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Fixing bots is my passion

03.08.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe I have just pushed a fix, let's monitor over the next hour and see how it looks

03.08.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I take it back, I will try to fix it now!

03.08.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ope, thank you, I was blacked out on internet access when you posted but it looks like it's ok now? I'll continue to monitor for recurring issues

03.08.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nearly ran over John Cusack yesterday I know a girl who almost ran over Rod Blagojevich. He used to jog in the middle of the road. I think he was looking for an exit

as per old.reddit.com/r/chicago/co... (ignore the preview, this is a link to a specific set of comments about Blago)

28.07.2025 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
wsj push alert that says: In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be

wsj push alert that says: In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be

stop ๐Ÿ‘ anthropomorphizing ๐Ÿ‘ the ๐Ÿ‘ chatbot ๐Ÿ‘

20.07.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7081    ๐Ÿ” 1115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 106    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152

However, I am personally trains, for what it's worth

04.07.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trans for transportation, no doubt

04.07.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

C for Candidate!

26.06.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh ALSO if there's a breeze externally, make sure you're not trying to fight it with your fan

24.06.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doesn't matter, so long as you have exhaust somewhere and ventilation elsewhere. Though in my experience, if you're choosing one, blow cool air in if you can get the fan fully outside or you're sitting close to the fan blast, otherwise hot air out

24.06.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Important to note that the military (the Army, at least) has spent decades reforming its initial soldier training to a curriculum that fundamentally doesn't and can't work for draftees

23.06.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Memo from Donald Rumsfeld: "We ought to think through what are the bad things that could happen...."

Memo from Donald Rumsfeld: "We ought to think through what are the bad things that could happen...."

Timely poetry from Donald Rumsfeld.

www.trashberg.com/p/the-rumsfe...

22.06.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 231    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

...to chuck all that out and *explicitly* start a war against another MENA state over a WMD issue and lobby for the U.S. to join-- which it does!

Wow. The tinder you've thrown on the bonfire of domestic (and global) antisemitism is astounding. Almost hard to believe even Bibi and his compatriots...

22.06.2025 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@prtalerts.bsky.social

19.06.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So you have to know that either a win or lose is virtually certain, or that youโ€™re in the much larger space of โ€œit could go either wayโ€ and then you stop scrolling and go do the work

04.06.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had a similar thought while on the Harris campaign - polling aggregators are great but there isnโ€™t a lot of difference between what is reasonable to do at 20% win probability and at 80%.

04.06.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, 5.10+ (A0) 23 pitches

02.06.2025 04:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
weird dude looking weird while levitating in front of an American flag

weird dude looking weird while levitating in front of an American flag

what on EARTH is this official photo

01.06.2025 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

never, also lmk if you want tips for learning

01.06.2025 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You go to kitchens with the army you have, etc.

31.05.2025 06:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not DC, but I work for a major metro daily @chicago.suntimes.com and a public radio station @wbez.org, and my employers and colleagues have been the very model of supportive of my service in the National Guard

24.05.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm willing to bet this insert was actually produced by the print syndication service, King Features.

They advertised a "Summer Fun & Entertainment Guide" for delivery to clients in May. Here's a page from the 2023 version. Notice not only the formatting, but the byline...

20.05.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

It's Washington, DC! The system discussed in the Washington Post article that this thread is referring to. They don't have additional safety systems right now - they're trying to automate over the next twenty years, not automated right now. They're roughly where we are now.

19.05.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The WMATA has 129 miles of track over six lines and CTA has 224 miles over eight lines. That's 21 miles per line against 28 miles per line. Both lower but neither a qualitative difference. Automation could work here

19.05.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Illinois Statutes Chapter 510. Animals ยง 5/15 | FindLaw Illinois Chapter 510. Animals Section 5/15. Read the code on FindLaw

The relevant statute is here codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-5...

Talk to (I think!) 311 or the police and document your injuries - the state can then make the owners improve the dog's enclosure. Important to start a paper trail because there are multiple stronger steps if the owner is unhelpful

13.05.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Papal Bulls

10.05.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

looks absolutely nothing like him. An insult to Jim Davis.

08.05.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2189    ๐Ÿ” 257    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

to be clear I don't think this makes her claims any less meritorious, in fact all the better if it helps her contest this claim and win

26.04.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
paragraph beginning "Request that the Court order the release of your PayPal funds"

paragraph beginning "Request that the Court order the release of your PayPal funds"

long excerpt from filing with bolded "grumpy cat pattern" and "First Amendment", plus chatGPT signature bullets

long excerpt from filing with bolded "grumpy cat pattern" and "First Amendment", plus chatGPT signature bullets

That's super interesting. Here's the bit where a 'you' slips in, and the section where my ChatGPT radar finally went off. Perhaps even a fusion of other pro se documents and an AI?

26.04.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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