Seth, The Gravy Beggar
@boozybeggarchi.bsky.social
Seth (he/him). Beer sales guy. Cocktails and spirits. Communitarian. Hockey. World-building. TTRPG DM. Occasional writer. Jazz, Rock, Electronic music and more. Queer and Poly. Has opinions.
STFU about Chicago. 🛑 AI🗑️
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I am so floored by today and have so little to actually say. Remind people you love them and don't want to be in a world without them. Take care of your mental health and help people with their mental health too. Please remember there is 988 and suicide hotlines. R.I.P. Jessie Arcand Martinez.
I did just realize they've embraced the WOE acronym and I like that.
I didn't realize the World Oddities Expo had a major furry component.
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I did just realize they've embraced the WOE acronym and I like that.
I didn't realize the World Oddities Expo had a major furry component.
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I didn't realize the World Oddities Expo had a major furry component.
Jazz is American. End stop. Reducing it to afro Caribbean erases American history that we actually are already trying to erase. No help needed from Norway, which has a jazz scene because of America's fucked up history in the first place.
African Americans didn't give America so much culture for people to say America has no culture.
I once got in an argument with a Norwegian coworker who said that America never created any real culture. I pointed out things like jazz and he was like “but really that’s African and Caribbean,” so finally I landed on ranch dressing, and I am proud to confirm that we got that goin for us
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Jazz is American. End stop. Reducing it to afro Caribbean erases American history that we actually are already trying to erase. No help needed from Norway, which has a jazz scene because of America's fucked up history in the first place.
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THIS.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
If you go look at her twitter, nuzzi was (is??) supported by A LOT in the DC press corps
We need to have serious conversations about 1/ nuzzi was never, ever a “genius” or “unusually talented writer”, 2/ the DC press corps is highly problematic
We need to have serious conversations about 1/ nuzzi was never, ever a “genius” or “unusually talented writer”, 2/ the DC press corps is highly problematic
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THIS.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
THIS, THIS, THIS, THISSY THIS.
Ultimately, the story here isn't Olivia Nuzzi, but the incredibly insular and dysfunctional Beltway Media cult that shapes so much of our political coverage.
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Zero tolerance for doomerism. Stop lazily accepting that everything is screwed forever. Stop normalising low expectations. That’s part of the problem & it’s what the bastards want. It’s also a product of privilege. People in more desperate situations don’t have the option to just sit back & shrug.
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Zero tolerance for doomerism. Stop lazily accepting that everything is screwed forever. Stop normalising low expectations. That’s part of the problem & it’s what the bastards want. It’s also a product of privilege. People in more desperate situations don’t have the option to just sit back & shrug.
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Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
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What these dopes dont get is, automakers arent going to retool plants to make less efficient cars and consumers want vehicles that get good gas mileage. This is all performative bs
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What these dopes dont get is, automakers arent going to retool plants to make less efficient cars and consumers want vehicles that get good gas mileage. This is all performative bs
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Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents. A protest of our times.
Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents
Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents. A protest of our times.
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Yeah I don't know how to fully express that I feel like my soul is basically damaged by the way I feel about the regime & its agents at this point.
I don't know that I've ever really felt this level of visceral moral CONTEMPT for other humans. It veers into cold hate at times in ways I worry about.
I don't know that I've ever really felt this level of visceral moral CONTEMPT for other humans. It veers into cold hate at times in ways I worry about.
y'know, i never hated a person until i was in my late 40's. ask anyone who knows me, i'm a squish. it still doesn't come naturally to me, but holy hell i *hate* every single person involved in making this DHS/ICE reign of terror possible.
It's a campaign of terror.
Her terror (and the terror of entire communities, forced into hiding) is not incidental.
It is a product they are manufacturing, a key part of the spectacle for their intended audience.
Which is the terrorized, but also the terror consumers.
Her terror (and the terror of entire communities, forced into hiding) is not incidental.
It is a product they are manufacturing, a key part of the spectacle for their intended audience.
Which is the terrorized, but also the terror consumers.
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yeah I don't know how to fully express that I feel like my soul is basically damaged by the way I feel about the regime & its agents at this point.
I don't know that I've ever really felt this level of visceral moral CONTEMPT for other humans. It veers into cold hate at times in ways I worry about.
I don't know that I've ever really felt this level of visceral moral CONTEMPT for other humans. It veers into cold hate at times in ways I worry about.
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We are living through a coordinated assault on knowledge. --Kelly Hayes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We are living through a coordinated assault on knowledge. --Kelly Hayes
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Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
Alderpersons just advanced a bill out of committee that could shutdown all THC and CBD in Chicago. Seems as strict as shutting down CBD from dog treats even, by language anyway. Would remove Choom, Plift, Toke, and other low dose, responsible producers from the market.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Alderpersons just advanced a bill out of committee that could shutdown all THC and CBD in Chicago. Seems as strict as shutting down CBD from dog treats even, by language anyway. Would remove Choom, Plift, Toke, and other low dose, responsible producers from the market.
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
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If I was Olman Chaheine, I'd get the fuck outta town.
“A leader at the Little Village Chamber of Commerce thanked federal immigration agents for their work and encouraged them on the same day agents arrested multiple people in the neighborhood and tear-gassed neighbors and protesters, according to a newly uncovered video.”
Little Village Chamber Leader Thanked Border Patrol As Agents Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows
Little Village, an enclave for Mexican Americans and immigrants, was heavily targeted during Operation Midway Blitz. After Block Club uncovered the video, the chamber said the staffer was no longer em...
blockclubchicago.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If I was Olman Chaheine, I'd get the fuck outta town.
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Democrats will eventually wake up and realize a big factor in this rollercoaster is the filibuster. It tilts an already tilted playing field in the GOP’s favor, because republicans really have no interest in passing legislation anyway. But voters blame dems when they can’t make things happen.
This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Democrats will eventually wake up and realize a big factor in this rollercoaster is the filibuster. It tilts an already tilted playing field in the GOP’s favor, because republicans really have no interest in passing legislation anyway. But voters blame dems when they can’t make things happen.
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There was a specific problem with pandemic-era welfare fraud associated with some Somalis, which the state government is investigating using the criminal justice system and by eliminating points of weakness. The Trump administration is using it as an opportunity to target an entire community.
Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There was a specific problem with pandemic-era welfare fraud associated with some Somalis, which the state government is investigating using the criminal justice system and by eliminating points of weakness. The Trump administration is using it as an opportunity to target an entire community.
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North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
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This is the government that @mattyglesias.bsky.social and his ilk wants passing all the policies they believe need to be enacted and it's failed spectacularly. None of these people should ever be listened to for political advice.
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the government that @mattyglesias.bsky.social and his ilk wants passing all the policies they believe need to be enacted and it's failed spectacularly. None of these people should ever be listened to for political advice.
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According to this form you can upload 5Gb files.
FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
According to this form you can upload 5Gb files.
Short staffed why?
Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Maryland increasingly relies on isolating prisoners in ‘restrictive housing’
Criminal justice reform advocates say the long stretches of forced solitude in Maryland are known to cause mental health issues and equate the conditions to torture.
www.thebanner.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Short staffed why?
Broward Sheriff's Office just arrested someone one gate over from ours.
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Broward Sheriff's Office just arrested someone one gate over from ours.
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PSA: please please please do not use independent retailers as “amazon showrooms” this holiday season. we see you and it’s disheartening AF
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
PSA: please please please do not use independent retailers as “amazon showrooms” this holiday season. we see you and it’s disheartening AF
I'm sure other publishers do this, but it's one of my favorite things of the year. I kind of want to get wild and post one piece of content for everyday they're giving stuff away. Like, tomorrow, post a little map with some notes. Next day, post a monster of my own etc. #ttrpgsky #ttrpg #rpgcontent
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🗓️ The ADVENTure Calendar is back! Returning by popular demand, this annual Kobold Press tradition brings you daily gifts from Dec 3–25: free downloads, surprise unlocks, and holiday deals to power up your season of play. Stay tuned!
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm sure other publishers do this, but it's one of my favorite things of the year. I kind of want to get wild and post one piece of content for everyday they're giving stuff away. Like, tomorrow, post a little map with some notes. Next day, post a monster of my own etc. #ttrpgsky #ttrpg #rpgcontent
My opinion is that if it's printed as an opinion in the NYT, the writer and the opinion should be under scrutiny, not the target of the piece. I see plenty of Gen Z in Chicago protest crowds, in whistle meetings I've been near, etc.
For an old guy, my perspective is skewed because I focus on street actions, but I think he’s right: “Older generations should instead recognize that the world we have created does not seem to offer a viable path to making change.”
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My opinion is that if it's printed as an opinion in the NYT, the writer and the opinion should be under scrutiny, not the target of the piece. I see plenty of Gen Z in Chicago protest crowds, in whistle meetings I've been near, etc.