moof
@antimoof.bsky.social
lived enough places (ORD, BOS, AUS, DTO, ARB, SJC, NRT, LHR, OAK, SFO) for my accent to get terribly confused; now back at the end of the Ravenswood line
RCN/Astound is jacking up my internet service to $150 from $100 (and it was $70 three years ago). Thanks, private equity! Time to have some awkward conversations with their tech support
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
RCN/Astound is jacking up my internet service to $150 from $100 (and it was $70 three years ago). Thanks, private equity! Time to have some awkward conversations with their tech support
Dingbats standing in the middle of the platform, preventing me from getting in the train that's just about to leave. Wtf, do you even transit? Kimball is the end of the line, there's no other trains to take!
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Dingbats standing in the middle of the platform, preventing me from getting in the train that's just about to leave. Wtf, do you even transit? Kimball is the end of the line, there's no other trains to take!
Reposted by moof
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
maximally Gen-X coded (complimentary)
Nothing on television, when I was a kid, got me more excited than this.
And it was shown multiple times during the holiday season.
youtu.be/pD4LQAKB-YA?...
And it was shown multiple times during the holiday season.
youtu.be/pD4LQAKB-YA?...
CBS 1970s (Special Presentation) Remastered
YouTube video by ApotheounSAK
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
maximally Gen-X coded (complimentary)
Reposted by moof
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
All the news is terrible, but Elwood remains unconcerned by it all
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
All the news is terrible, but Elwood remains unconcerned by it all
that was a very, very nice evening
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
that was a very, very nice evening
icecx
New graffiti art in my Rogers Park, Chicago, neighborhood.
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
icecx
Reposted by moof
Reposted by moof
I did! A good paper, but an even more essential one is Gambetta/Origgi on Italian academia and the preference for low-quality work. Literally everybody I know who has read this and has experience in China has remarked on how useful it is.
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I did! A good paper, but an even more essential one is Gambetta/Origgi on Italian academia and the preference for low-quality work. Literally everybody I know who has read this and has experience in China has remarked on how useful it is.
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
diegogambetta.org/wp-content/u...
Current state of Chicago: head out the door and later realize "Crap, forgot my whistle"
Also: multiple unmarked cop SUVs (m20286 + non muni plates) w/sirens speeding west on Lawrence, and more unmarked SUVs going west on I-90. And I see at least one FPS vehicle every time I'm on the highway now
Also: multiple unmarked cop SUVs (m20286 + non muni plates) w/sirens speeding west on Lawrence, and more unmarked SUVs going west on I-90. And I see at least one FPS vehicle every time I'm on the highway now
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Current state of Chicago: head out the door and later realize "Crap, forgot my whistle"
Also: multiple unmarked cop SUVs (m20286 + non muni plates) w/sirens speeding west on Lawrence, and more unmarked SUVs going west on I-90. And I see at least one FPS vehicle every time I'm on the highway now
Also: multiple unmarked cop SUVs (m20286 + non muni plates) w/sirens speeding west on Lawrence, and more unmarked SUVs going west on I-90. And I see at least one FPS vehicle every time I'm on the highway now
The Rosemont Ghareeb Nawaz is bustling; all the tables are full. (It's not a big place, admittedly)
Also one of the few 24 hour restaurants in the area
Also one of the few 24 hour restaurants in the area
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Rosemont Ghareeb Nawaz is bustling; all the tables are full. (It's not a big place, admittedly)
Also one of the few 24 hour restaurants in the area
Also one of the few 24 hour restaurants in the area
Arzan Cafe, the local Kyrgyzstani restaurant, is weirdly empty tonight. I'm used to it being crammed to the gills with families as soon as the sun goes down - but for the past couple of days? Almost no one. Super disconcerting.
Food is as good as ever, though
Food is as good as ever, though
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Arzan Cafe, the local Kyrgyzstani restaurant, is weirdly empty tonight. I'm used to it being crammed to the gills with families as soon as the sun goes down - but for the past couple of days? Almost no one. Super disconcerting.
Food is as good as ever, though
Food is as good as ever, though
Somebody was a very good boy today
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Somebody was a very good boy today
Reposted by moof
To make up for how Power Rangers is an old Japanese show they filmed additional scenes with Americans for we should do the opposite and make the casts of Law & Order SVU and Grey’s Anatomy stop a couple times an episode to fight people in werewolf costumes
October 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
To make up for how Power Rangers is an old Japanese show they filmed additional scenes with Americans for we should do the opposite and make the casts of Law & Order SVU and Grey’s Anatomy stop a couple times an episode to fight people in werewolf costumes
tired of ska? how about some techno marching band music instead? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OF-...
MEUTE - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
tired of ska? how about some techno marching band music instead? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OF-...
Reposted by moof
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
Aztlan on Montrose is closed and dark, no signs, no nothing; given what's happened today, not surprised at all
On the bright side, ran into a @33rdwardworking.bsky.social canvasser as we were leaving; rather happy to see them out and about. The whistle may be a shibboleth
On the bright side, ran into a @33rdwardworking.bsky.social canvasser as we were leaving; rather happy to see them out and about. The whistle may be a shibboleth
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Aztlan on Montrose is closed and dark, no signs, no nothing; given what's happened today, not surprised at all
On the bright side, ran into a @33rdwardworking.bsky.social canvasser as we were leaving; rather happy to see them out and about. The whistle may be a shibboleth
On the bright side, ran into a @33rdwardworking.bsky.social canvasser as we were leaving; rather happy to see them out and about. The whistle may be a shibboleth
Reposted by moof
Witness video shared to Facebook shows feds swiftly grabbing someone off the street at Lawrence and Kedzie this morning and putting them in an unmarked car. Locals know this is a busy intersection, the beating heart of Albany Park:
October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Witness video shared to Facebook shows feds swiftly grabbing someone off the street at Lawrence and Kedzie this morning and putting them in an unmarked car. Locals know this is a busy intersection, the beating heart of Albany Park:
Reposted by moof
Gotta have some aspirations. Beyond alcoholism and team sports, naked ambition is inimical to Chicago
September 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Gotta have some aspirations. Beyond alcoholism and team sports, naked ambition is inimical to Chicago
CVS gave me RSV, covid, and flu shots without batting an eye. The RSV shot hurt, though - not sure if it was intramuscular or what
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
CVS gave me RSV, covid, and flu shots without batting an eye. The RSV shot hurt, though - not sure if it was intramuscular or what
Dear VCFMW exhibitors: if you're going to pack up for the night at 7:30 and not come back, please put up a sign or something
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Dear VCFMW exhibitors: if you're going to pack up for the night at 7:30 and not come back, please put up a sign or something
Tonight it is uperdawg
September 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Tonight it is uperdawg
CVS let me book a covid shot in Chicago - but only for the pfizer, not moderna
September 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
CVS let me book a covid shot in Chicago - but only for the pfizer, not moderna
Greetings from the hellscape
September 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Greetings from the hellscape