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· Feb 20
no king but biking
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For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
"Edward, my boy! To the chimes!!!"
Minneapolis Chimes Virtuoso Plays Courthouse Chimes Assisted by his Son (1925)
3227 Newton Ave. N
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Auld, left, is the municipal chime player for the city of Minneapolis at the Minneapolis Courthouse. His son, Edward, is 12 years old
3227 Newton Ave. N
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Auld, left, is the municipal chime player for the city of Minneapolis at the Minneapolis Courthouse. His son, Edward, is 12 years old
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Edward, my boy! To the chimes!!!"
I didn't think white dudes were allowed to do this
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I didn't think white dudes were allowed to do this
Blade Rubber
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Blade Rubber
watch out on gonna get annoyingly into French new wave this winter
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
watch out on gonna get annoyingly into French new wave this winter
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FB just saw fit to let me know that the Charlie Chaplin Crapper is still available. Sharing for those who haven't yet found the perfect gift for that special someone.
![Screenshot of an ad from Facebook Marketplace advertising an antique looking "Victorian embossed pull chain toilet. Rare" for the princely sum of $1,800. Described as a "beautiful rare antique Victorian pull chain toilet [that] was used by Charlie Chaplin in his dressing room at Essanay Studios in Chicago, Illinois." Ad has several photos of the toilet and its elements, but not one document proving poop provenance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vstiyj4f4lh56beq4fmefllj/bafkreigxasjzwduofvmapnv6yxzpdb3othp27abuufbkce3az4d7nunauu@jpeg)
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
FB just saw fit to let me know that the Charlie Chaplin Crapper is still available. Sharing for those who haven't yet found the perfect gift for that special someone.
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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Ingrid Bergman — Gordon Parks, 1949
August 4, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Ingrid Bergman — Gordon Parks, 1949
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The conservative cultural project right now is to use the coercive power of the state to do affirmative action for bigots.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The conservative cultural project right now is to use the coercive power of the state to do affirmative action for bigots.
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Who’s got the Paul Allen call of this? I need it.
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Who’s got the Paul Allen call of this? I need it.
YOUR Minnesota Vikings
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
YOUR Minnesota Vikings
OL coaches league wide:
Just block the guy and move on
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
OL coaches league wide:
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oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
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It’s very odd that we entrust the clearing of public sidewalks (which are part of our transportation network) to private property owners & businesses.
We get results like this business that cleared only their walkways & left the rest of the sidewalk covered in snow.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
1/4
We get results like this business that cleared only their walkways & left the rest of the sidewalk covered in snow.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
1/4
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s very odd that we entrust the clearing of public sidewalks (which are part of our transportation network) to private property owners & businesses.
We get results like this business that cleared only their walkways & left the rest of the sidewalk covered in snow.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
1/4
We get results like this business that cleared only their walkways & left the rest of the sidewalk covered in snow.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
1/4
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Thinking about of all those dumb Coco delivery robots navigating the unplowed sidewalks in the 32nd and 44th wards. #plowthesidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thinking about of all those dumb Coco delivery robots navigating the unplowed sidewalks in the 32nd and 44th wards. #plowthesidewalks
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i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people
rewarding myself for not responding impulsively to any of the carbrained nonsense I heard at the in-laws this weekend 🙏🏻
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
rewarding myself for not responding impulsively to any of the carbrained nonsense I heard at the in-laws this weekend 🙏🏻
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Salami Advent Calendar, Czech Republic. podnikovka.cz/uzeniny_c103...
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Salami Advent Calendar, Czech Republic. podnikovka.cz/uzeniny_c103...
I fucking knew it
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I fucking knew it
I think I figured out a good use for AI at work. Get a bot to do S-TEC for me, Shimano's technical training courses.
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I think I figured out a good use for AI at work. Get a bot to do S-TEC for me, Shimano's technical training courses.
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Brandon Johnson repeated this on WBEZ this week saying incredulously “there are people who want me to cut the police budget.”
I’d really love for him to reveal exactly who is asking that of him.
Because I can tell you this: a lot of people who want him to do that held their nose to vote for him.
I’d really love for him to reveal exactly who is asking that of him.
Because I can tell you this: a lot of people who want him to do that held their nose to vote for him.
Johnson vows to veto any budget that includes a property tax increase or makes cuts to the proposed $2.1 billion for the Chicago Police Department.
CONTEXT: No one has seriously proposed either.
Days until the Dec. 30 deadline for the City Council to pass a budget: 43
CONTEXT: No one has seriously proposed either.
Days until the Dec. 30 deadline for the City Council to pass a budget: 43
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Brandon Johnson repeated this on WBEZ this week saying incredulously “there are people who want me to cut the police budget.”
I’d really love for him to reveal exactly who is asking that of him.
Because I can tell you this: a lot of people who want him to do that held their nose to vote for him.
I’d really love for him to reveal exactly who is asking that of him.
Because I can tell you this: a lot of people who want him to do that held their nose to vote for him.
Ehrenreich's NICKEL AND DIMED was pretty formative on my thoughts around the topic.
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ehrenreich's NICKEL AND DIMED was pretty formative on my thoughts around the topic.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
Apparently if I wait long enough at work somebody else is paid to shovel 👍🏻
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Apparently if I wait long enough at work somebody else is paid to shovel 👍🏻