graham in chicago
@rosnerisland.bsky.social
professional librarian, amateur musician
I played a gig here last year with @cranksatori.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I played a gig here last year with @cranksatori.bsky.social
Let no one say Indiana doesn't have a rich musical culture – this state trooper (?) just changed keys in the middle of the national anthem
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Let no one say Indiana doesn't have a rich musical culture – this state trooper (?) just changed keys in the middle of the national anthem
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
Commentary: Make 2026 the year to achieve real progress on reforming housing affordability
Growth in and around Chicago depends on lawmakers getting it done, write leaders of Abundant Housing Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Of all the major cities in the United States, Chicago provides the greatest value, with robust amenities and culture without correlated housing costs. But if Chicago wants to retain that status, some things need to change.
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
op-ed by me, Stef, and Jasmine (co-leads for @abundanthousingil.bsky.social)
It's so dumb that weightlifting, the most solitary, ego-driven, and inwardly focused activity out there, is the one thing I do that feels like I'm changing the world. Subjectivity is a hell of a drug
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It's so dumb that weightlifting, the most solitary, ego-driven, and inwardly focused activity out there, is the one thing I do that feels like I'm changing the world. Subjectivity is a hell of a drug
Standing up at my breakfast nook and starting the most powerful Slow Clap of all time
Blue in Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene was more Jefferson Davis than Miles Davis, but now this swinger sounds kind of blue—and not in a silent way. It's 'round about midnight for MAGA, so while Donald bitches, brew a cup of joe and witness the birth of the cool new MTG.
by Maureen Dowd
Marjorie Taylor Greene was more Jefferson Davis than Miles Davis, but now this swinger sounds kind of blue—and not in a silent way. It's 'round about midnight for MAGA, so while Donald bitches, brew a cup of joe and witness the birth of the cool new MTG.
by Maureen Dowd
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Standing up at my breakfast nook and starting the most powerful Slow Clap of all time
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The new Thanksgiving Canon of stuff to watch when you’re zoned out on the couch for hours on end with relatives and your cool cousins you snuck out to get high with
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The new Thanksgiving Canon of stuff to watch when you’re zoned out on the couch for hours on end with relatives and your cool cousins you snuck out to get high with
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
- The Irishman
- The Beatles: Get Back
- One Battle After Another
- Oppenheimer
- The Last Dance
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
And here I was JUST about to retain his services
Nearly 60 years after earning his law degree, imprisoned former House Speaker Michael Madigan was formally disbarred this week in a one-paragraph notice buried in a monthly list of attorney discipline from around the state.
Imprisoned ex-Speaker Madigan formally disbarred after nearly 60 years as a lawyer
Nearly 60 years after earning his law degree, imprisoned former House Speaker Michael Madigan was formally disbarred this week in a one-paragraph notice buried in a monthly list of attorney discipl…
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
And here I was JUST about to retain his services
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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Spied in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood today. At least 5-6 small billy goats just roaming the sidewalk, with no human nearby. Charming, delightful, and utterly mysterious. Any locals know who these cuties belong to?
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Spied in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood today. At least 5-6 small billy goats just roaming the sidewalk, with no human nearby. Charming, delightful, and utterly mysterious. Any locals know who these cuties belong to?
Effective altruism.
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Effective altruism.
Louisiana is the New York City of America
"Do you love New York but wish it had fewer people, no big buildings and much worse humidity? Well do I have a state for you!"
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Louisiana is the New York City of America
Ohhhhhhhhh ok gotcha "[T]he only way to enforce the Epstein resolution would be for Congress to hold President Trump’s Justice Department in contempt, and for the department to then prosecute itself for failing to release the files, an unlikely sequence of events." (NYT)
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ohhhhhhhhh ok gotcha "[T]he only way to enforce the Epstein resolution would be for Congress to hold President Trump’s Justice Department in contempt, and for the department to then prosecute itself for failing to release the files, an unlikely sequence of events." (NYT)
Google completely rules these days. Why didn't search engines think to do shitposting until now
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Google completely rules these days. Why didn't search engines think to do shitposting until now
🐍🐍🐍 (laudatory)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Harvard University should sever ties with Larry Summers, the school’s former president and one of its most prominent faculty members to hold Summers accountable for his intimate friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://cnn.it/4oLRqEo
https://cnn.it/4oLRqEo
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🐍🐍🐍 (laudatory)
Gonna be so cool when the Trump Presidential Library in Palm Beach is just a few dozen of copies of books published under his name, and then room after room of the gold bars and desktop statuettes he received as open bribes
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Gonna be so cool when the Trump Presidential Library in Palm Beach is just a few dozen of copies of books published under his name, and then room after room of the gold bars and desktop statuettes he received as open bribes
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by Gersh and from an upcoming film project for a recent episode with Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes.
Hollywood Finally Listened to Red Scare
Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by Gersh and from an upcoming film project for a recent episode with Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Freaking awesome!!!
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Freaking awesome!!!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
That $1,000,000,000,000 pay package isn't going to earn itself
www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ai-aut...
www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ai-aut...
Tesla AI boss tells staff 2026 will be the 'hardest year' of their lives in all-hands meeting
Tesla's VP of AI software said next year will be a key test for the automaker during the nearly two-hour staff meeting.
www.businessinsider.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
That $1,000,000,000,000 pay package isn't going to earn itself
www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ai-aut...
www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ai-aut...
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Very pleased to share video of Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley at Boston City Hall, presented in collaboration with @rpmfestival.bsky.social & the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...
Greg Kelley + Lori Goldston === Sound + Light + Movement Tuesday, October 14, 2025, EXCERPT
YouTube video by wenhua shi
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very pleased to share video of Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley at Boston City Hall, presented in collaboration with @rpmfestival.bsky.social & the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...