Steven J. Venturino

Rollin Hand (played by Martin Landau in the TV series Mission Impossible), holds one hand to his belly in what can only be described as cautiously rapt anticipation. His other hand is on the handle of a glass door indicating that adult education classes are held inside the building. At the upper right, a sign also promises "floor show."

Rollin's got all the feels. My upcoming virtual classes at the Newberry Library include "Watching and Reading Shakespeare's Hamlet" and "A Serial Reading of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss." Available to all. Details to come.

“'To read a poem as part of a justification or a rationale for a judgment of this importance shows how art can express the complexities of what we’re living through in ways that maybe other forms of speech can’t,' said [Srikanth "Chicu"] Reddy."
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Chips.

Hey @durbin.senate.gov, PLEASE don’t cave to Trump. There is no “middle ground” when it comes to millions losing their health insurance!!

cc: @duckworth.senate.gov @laurenunderwood.bsky.social

Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.

Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.

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The excitements of an election.

“Torpor”

KNOWLEDGE WINS A solider following a trail of books to an illuminated city PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS ARE FREE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918)
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On the other hand, I really enjoyed your webinar yesterday. Thanks!

(from the inbox) Less than an hour later this morning, just before 10:30 at Roscoe and Harding, feds again released gas as they were driving away, unobstructed, from a relatively small number of neighbors.

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Because he’s doing his job…reporting. Because we still live in a free country with a First Amendment and a free press.

ICE agents accused of pointing gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh in Albany Park Hoan Huynh was alerting the community on the Northwest Side to the presence of federal agents when they blocked his vehicle on a residential street and an agent pointed a gun at him and others in the ...

ICE agents just pulled a gun on Rep. Hoan Huynh — for alerting the community to ICE's presence. 
 
If this can happen to an elected official, it can happen to anyone. I stand with Rep. Huynh and his right to protect our neighbors.

Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says “These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd Ward) said.

FULL STORY: “These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez said. @wttw.bsky.social

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.

The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.

Go Bruins.

👎 👑

Massive crowd in DC

Massive crowd in Times Square

It’s going to take ages to pay all these people

No kings.

No literally how you having a computer read for you. Ok so, when you read, what’s written goes in your head. And that’s how you know what you read. So you need to put the words in your head, not a machine.

smh

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Go Bruins.

I refuse to treat an AI generated avatar as a human while people who are very definitely human in every way are not being treated like humans.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

Another great silent film version of Dickens. This time, David Copperfield ( Denmark 1922, directed by A. W. Sandberg). Spoiler alert for readers of Danish. www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-...

It was only two weeks ago when we first saw an ICE agent unholster his sidearm at Broadview. Since then, there have been many reports of agents directly pointing their guns at protesters. The escalation is escalating.