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youtu.beBéla Fleck - Strider - Live HeartYouTube video by BelaFleckVEVO

your pegs are in fair territory when you're Béla Fleck #MusicSky

youtu.beSleepy Trump Strikes Again? Jimmy Kimmel Counts the SnoozesYouTube video by The Daily Irony

17 Sept

ooo! montage youtu.be/9nw5Xqh9_QQ?...

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16 Sept

Cook County States Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke's plan for proswcuting ICE evanstonnow.com/wp-content/u...

cookcountystatesattorney.orgCook County State’s Attorney’s Office Implements Charging Protocol for Use of Force Incidents Involving Federal Immigration AgentsThe Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) has implemented a sweeping protocol to ensure it can move forward with prosecuting ICE agents should a review of the evidence determine that felony cr...

16 Sept

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16 Sept

mcsweeneys.netWe Must Create the Shit Machine“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there were a COMPUTER that could A...

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26 Aug

wpr.orgHomes evacuated after gas leak occurs during work on Enbridge's Line 5Homes have been evacuated as a precaution after a gas leak occurred during work on Enbridge's Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in rural northern Wisconsin.

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The TRiiBE

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16 July

NEW — There’s talk in the streets, and online, about a recent move by some members of the Chicago City Council to reject Mayor Johnson’s attempt to put a millionaire tax referendum on the November ballot. “It just shows how unserious they are as elected officials.” thetriibe.com/2026/07/did-...

thetriibe.comDid your Chicago alderperson reject Mayor Johnson’s millionaire tax referendum? • The TRiiBESome say the alderpeople who blocked the November ballot question sent a clear message about whose voices matter at City Hall.

youtube.comBob Dylan July 6th, 2026 Shakopee, MNYouTube video by Billy Joel Osmond

9 July

Bob Dylan, Julian Lage, and Joel Paterson! #MusicSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0B...

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22 June

npr.orgDOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalizationThe Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.

americanprogress.orgAddressing Questions Surrounding Hawaii's Bold Move To Undo Citizens UnitedHawaii is poised to become the first state to use its long-dormant legal authority to drain corporate money from its elections—and the legal questions raised about the move have clean answers.

14 May

Doesn’t this violate Citizens United? No.

nbcnews.comInflation surged to 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly three yearsIncreased energy costs are “accounting for over forty percent of the monthly all items increase,” said the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

12 May

April’s inflation rate means that prices are now rising faster than wages for the first time since 2023... www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

theguardian.comSamuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJExclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted in landmark supreme court decision relied on questionable methodology, Guardian analysis finds

12 May

The claims Samuel Alito, a supreme court justice, made about voter turnout in Louisiana in a landmark Voting Rights Act case were based on a misleading data analysis, a Guardian review has found

nytimes.comThe 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters (Gift Article)More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here are the artists they chose.

28 Apr

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. #MusicSky

roches.comTerre and Maggie Roche – I Gave My Love a Kerry

27 Apr

I Never Thought That I Would See A Coup In My Homeland #MusicSky

bbc.comThe insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidencyThe BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

22 Apr

The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets and matched them to some of the president's most significant market-moving statements. It found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a social media post or media interview was made public.

chicago.suntimes.comCouncil turns up heat to find replacement for ShotSpotter

16 Apr

some of our slower alderman are still pursuing a technical solution to a profoundly non-technical problem

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com

Mayor Brandon Johnson canceled the ShotSpotter contract and launched an open competition nearly two years ago to replace the gunshot detection technology. Nothing has happened since then.

youtube.comEzekiel 25:17 - Pulp Fiction (3/12) Movie CLIP (1994) HDYouTube video by Movieclips

16 Apr

cf.

nytimes.comKennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’ (Published 2025)

16 Apr

At drug rehabilitation farms, he has said, residents would grow organic food, receive training in trade skills and “learn to get re-parented.” Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

youtube.com"Melomaniac" - Aadam Jacobs DocumentaryYouTube video by Out Of Order 2

13 Apr

maybe my diagnosis has a name

archive.orgInternet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

14 Apr

yow! everyone can find something to listen to here Aadam Jacobs Collection

cnn.comHusband’s arrest in disappearance of American woman in the Bahamas puts his account under scrutiny | CNNThe arrest of an American man who told authorities his wife fell overboard while on a dinghy in rough waters in the Bahamas has brought greater scrutiny to his account of what happened as the search f...

9 Apr

"I demand a full investigation" is something one hopes never to hear from one's step daughter upon learning her mother is missing at sea a small sailboat can get smaller over time be careful who you invite to go cruising

vatican.vaTo Members of the Editorial Staff of the TG2 of the Italian broadcasting corporation, RAI, on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of its Foundation, with their Families (16 March 2026)ADDRESS OF POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE TG2 OF THE ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RAI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION, WITH THEIR FAMILIES Clementine Hall Monday, 16 March 2026 [ Multimedia ] ______________________________

9 Apr

sigh I wish this would get at least as many reposts as Leo spinning a basketball "It is up to you to show the sufferings that war always brings to the people; to show the face of war and to relate it through the eyes of the victims, so as not to transform it into a videogame."

pbs.orgWATCH: Pope Leo XIV calls Trump's Iran threat 'truly unacceptable'"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

9 Apr

[Leo] ... referred to the monthlong conflict with Iran as "an unjust war"

adapalmer.comToo Like the Lightning - Ada PalmerIn May 2016, Tor Books launched the first novel in a new political science fiction series, Too Like The Lightning by debut novelist Ada Palmer. Palmer’s unique vision mixes Enlightenment-era […]

7 Apr

In this sf/fantasy novel from Chicago's own Ada Palmer, the Levant of the future is an unihabitable nuclear wasteland. Yet, some good comes out of it, as religion is not quite outlawed, but proselytizing is. Maybe that starts tonight at 8.

wapo.stTrump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergencyActivists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

7 Apr

Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting. #GiftArticle

nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System

7 Apr

By Mark R. Warner Mr. Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. #GiftArticle

mprnews.orgHalf of those arrested by federal agents in Minnesota this winter have already been deportedThe federal government moved at a rapid pace to deport nearly 1,700 people picked up during a surge of immigration enforcement in Minnesota this winter, according to data analyzed by APM Reports and M...

4 Apr

"...nearly 1,700 people arrested in Minnesota by federal agents this winter...have already been deported. That total accounts for almost half the people who were arrested during the federal operations in the state..."

cnbc.comOracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spendingOracle has ratcheted up its capital expenditures as it builds data center infrastructure that can handle AI workloads.

2 Apr

the future is now

blog.thereallo.devI Decompiled the White House's New AppThe official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

29 Mar

most definitely not an 18f production

Esther Schindler@estherschindler.bsky.social

The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

youtube.comMayor Matt Mahan - His Vision as Democratic Candidate for Governor of California | The Daily ShowYouTube video by The Daily Show

21 Mar

"I think it would be a mistake to try to regulate AI at this point." -Democratic candidate for California governor (at 20:16) This position is disqualifying for public office for anyone anywhere at any level.

blockclubchicago.orgHalf Acre, Maplewood Breweries Merging Amid A ‘Rapidly Changing’ Beverage MarketThe popular Chicago beer brands will keep operating while the new company seeks growth in other segments like THC beverages and restaurant operations.

10 Mar

Half Acre, Maplewood Breweries Merging Amid A ‘Rapidly Changing’ Beverage Market blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/h...

youtube.comSacajaweaYouTube video by Wayne Shorter - Topic

3 Mar

Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade: the 'Footprints Quartet' #MusicSky

youtube.comAndrew Bird - Need Someone (as heard on MAX Original The Pitt)YouTube video by Andrew Bird

27 Feb

You need someone who is gonna cry for you #MusicSKy

dailynorthwestern.comLate Northwestern professor maintained relationship with EpsteinContent warning: This story contains mentions of sexual misconduct with minors. Late McCormick Prof. Roger Schank maintained close contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and was offered a...

Northwestern's outstanding student journalists have discovered the searchable Epstein files, reminding me I'm one degree of sep from Epstein's island, via more than one intermediary. College profs with massive egos are stock, Schank was the epitome.

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meanwhile, back at Yale...

Schank was offended that Epstein wrote to science writer John Brockman asking who are the best AI guys.

ojs.aaai.org The St. Thomas Common Sense Symposium: Designing Architectures for Human-Level Intelligence | AI Magazine

by inference, 45 of Schank's 50 Ph. D. students (90%) are NOT smart.

Also, we were told to steer clear of private Little Saint James Island, but more than once we anchored nearby in Christmas Cove on Great Saint James, this is as close as I got.

Marvin Minsky and co-authors wrote up Epstein's 2004 AI "symposium" for AI Magazine, including a handy list of attendees, and it's chatty, including the now-ominous phrase, "On the morning of the second day of the meeting,...". Gulp.

dailynorthwestern.comNorthwestern professor emailed Jeffrey Epstein after convictionThis story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated Feb. 6 at 5 p.m. McCormick Prof. Chris Riesbeck emailed Jeffrey Epstein about HTML coding, nearly six y...

How quaint to read about grown men sitting around doing "blocks world" mental exercises. AI was a lot simpler then.

a member of my committee

il9.orgIL9Cast - Illinois 9th District Democratic Primary 2026 ForecastLive prediction market aggregation and precinct model forecasts for Illinois 9th District Democratic Primary. Real-time odds updated every 3 minutes from Manifold Markets and Kalshi.

11 Feb

pythonic fun

docs.google.comGirl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide 2026 Primary¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Girl, I Guess: A Progressive Voter Guide to the 2026 Primary Election in Cook County and Beyond Written by: Stephanie Skora and Raeghn Draper | Edited by: Stephanie Skora Want to support us...

7 Feb

came for the snark, predisposed to read a single-issue pro-Palestinian take loved the play-by-play of the Bruce Leon adventure, but sorry boiling down the 9th Congressional race to a "joint" endorsement that includes Kat invalidates the effort let's send Kat to a village board b4 we send her to DC

6 Feb

TIL

McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge@mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social

USPS blue mailboxes are stamped with year of manufacture. This is one of the oldest ones I've seen in a while. I am lots of fun at parties.

youtube.com"The Obvious Child" - I'm With Her (LIVE on The Late Show)YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

5 Feb

maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite #MusicSky

youtube.comWATCH: Marimar Martinez describes being shot 5 times by CBP agentYouTube video by PBS NewsHour

4 Feb

'My own government attempted to execute me.'

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4 Feb

On Friday I was teaching the young children at the Montessori school and we were singing and dancing and getting ready for spooky season ... and on Saturday my own Government was calling me a “domestic terrorist” and I was in a federal detention center with bullet holes all over my body.

nytimes.comDon Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Protest Charge

31 Jan

felony peppering #GiftArticle

youtube.comSweet Honey In The Rock - Ella's SongYouTube video by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK

30 Jan

we cannot rest #MusicSky