Colin Chisholm
@cchisholm.bsky.social
Chicago person, works in infosec, interested in many other things. Opinions are my own.
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And credit it to @staceywescott.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com
I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
September 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And credit it to @staceywescott.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com
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This week Josh and I talk about whether Jimmy Kimmel has any remedy for the First Amendment violation, whether the FCC is still legitimately a thing, about comparative murder prosecutions in Utah and New York, and about Trump’s big libel suit.
www.serioustrouble.show/p/federal-ce...
www.serioustrouble.show/p/federal-ce...
Federal Censorship Commission
There's no great avenue for relief in the courts when the FCC pressures broadcasters; Tyler Robinson may not face federal charges; Luigi Mangione will stand trial for murder (but not terrorism)
www.serioustrouble.show
September 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This week Josh and I talk about whether Jimmy Kimmel has any remedy for the First Amendment violation, whether the FCC is still legitimately a thing, about comparative murder prosecutions in Utah and New York, and about Trump’s big libel suit.
www.serioustrouble.show/p/federal-ce...
www.serioustrouble.show/p/federal-ce...
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HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
Go ahead and cancel Disney+. Spend your money somewhere else, Disney doesn't deserve it. Rolling over for authoritarian thuggery is unacceptable horseshit.
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Go ahead and cancel Disney+. Spend your money somewhere else, Disney doesn't deserve it. Rolling over for authoritarian thuggery is unacceptable horseshit.
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Good account to block/report. They’re spreading disinformation about Chicago.
We were at this scene when it happened months ago.
We were at this scene when it happened months ago.
BREAKING: In Chicago, Illinois—U.S. citizens protesting ICE were dragged into vans by masked federal agents with no badges and no warrants.
People screamed: “Who are you? Where are you taking them?”
This is authoritarian control in real time.
People screamed: “Who are you? Where are you taking them?”
This is authoritarian control in real time.
September 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Good account to block/report. They’re spreading disinformation about Chicago.
We were at this scene when it happened months ago.
We were at this scene when it happened months ago.
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Talked to a few Chicagoans about bailing on Spotify
Time to dump Spotify - Chicago Reader
Spotify was already a blight on music, and now CEO Daniel Ek is investing in AI weaponry. Chicagoans are joining an exodus from the platform.
chicagoreader.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Talked to a few Chicagoans about bailing on Spotify
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
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I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.
August 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.
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As the shuttered Uptown Theatre turns 100, a new book relives its storied past and pleads for its restoration. Here’s what we learned.
Why the Uptown Theatre Is Worth Saving
As the shuttered Uptown Theatre turns 100, a new book relives its storied past and pleads for its restoration. Here’s what we learned.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
As the shuttered Uptown Theatre turns 100, a new book relives its storied past and pleads for its restoration. Here’s what we learned.
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Will Uptown Theatre ever reopen? The historic movie palace turns 100 amid its latest revival effort. blockclubchi.co/4mAIv6Y
August 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Will Uptown Theatre ever reopen? The historic movie palace turns 100 amid its latest revival effort. blockclubchi.co/4mAIv6Y
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August 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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On the plane to defcon and there’s a guy on the plane in front of me that I can tell is some sort of tech bro. He is doing some training and on every question, he is changing tabs and asking Supergrok — the $300/mo subscription — for help and STILL GETS THE QUESTIONS WRONG
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On the plane to defcon and there’s a guy on the plane in front of me that I can tell is some sort of tech bro. He is doing some training and on every question, he is changing tabs and asking Supergrok — the $300/mo subscription — for help and STILL GETS THE QUESTIONS WRONG
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Generative AI tools are the blood diamonds of the tech industry. The technology is quite impressive and valuable but the ethics of how it’s made is questionable AF.
August 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Generative AI tools are the blood diamonds of the tech industry. The technology is quite impressive and valuable but the ethics of how it’s made is questionable AF.
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Speaking of pre-ordering...
Carla Bruni (SAIC, Chicago Bungalow Association) and Phil Thompson (Wonder City Studio) have finally unveiled the book they've been working on together for three years. It's called "Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City's Everyday Architecture", and it looks like an instant classic of Chicagoalia.
Chicago Homes – Agate Publishing
A comprehensive, first-of-its-kind book about Chicago’s residential architecture and the stories that shaped it. This is an entertaining and precisely illu...
www.agatepublishing.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Speaking of pre-ordering...
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I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
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Closed since 1981, the Uptown Theatre turns 100 years old in August. To mark the occasion, CityFiles Press is publishing "The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace," which I co-authored with James A. Pierce. Preorder for $40 here: www.cityfilespress.com/books/the-up...
The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace - CityFiles Press
The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace gathers the work of a dozen contemporary photographers to tell the story of a theater built “for all time.”
www.cityfilespress.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Closed since 1981, the Uptown Theatre turns 100 years old in August. To mark the occasion, CityFiles Press is publishing "The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace," which I co-authored with James A. Pierce. Preorder for $40 here: www.cityfilespress.com/books/the-up...
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Only idiots or liars could claim that native-born Americans want to deport immigrants so they can get a shot at those fantastic fruit-picking jobs.
FOX: I think American citizens are willing to do the jobs that illegal immigrants are willing to do.
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Americans *are* willing to do the job. What we have to give them is the opportunity to have those jobs.
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Americans *are* willing to do the job. What we have to give them is the opportunity to have those jobs.
July 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Only idiots or liars could claim that native-born Americans want to deport immigrants so they can get a shot at those fantastic fruit-picking jobs.
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Did you know?💡
When Star Wars aired on TV in 2003, Chile stitched beer commercials/ads into the films to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
Lucasfilm filed a claim with Chile's advertising ethics council in 2004 citing copyright violations & won banning the ads.
When Star Wars aired on TV in 2003, Chile stitched beer commercials/ads into the films to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
Lucasfilm filed a claim with Chile's advertising ethics council in 2004 citing copyright violations & won banning the ads.
June 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Did you know?💡
When Star Wars aired on TV in 2003, Chile stitched beer commercials/ads into the films to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
Lucasfilm filed a claim with Chile's advertising ethics council in 2004 citing copyright violations & won banning the ads.
When Star Wars aired on TV in 2003, Chile stitched beer commercials/ads into the films to avoid cutting to commercial breaks.
Lucasfilm filed a claim with Chile's advertising ethics council in 2004 citing copyright violations & won banning the ads.
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So. which Stephen king book are we doing today, folks?
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
So. which Stephen king book are we doing today, folks?
Public Service Notice, if you say that you can't do your job without GenAI/ML tools, you've either exceeded your skillset or you're working under impossible deadlines, neither of which matter to Security.
June 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Public Service Notice, if you say that you can't do your job without GenAI/ML tools, you've either exceeded your skillset or you're working under impossible deadlines, neither of which matter to Security.
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The Trump cabinet is the Olympics of underqualified government hires.
June 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Trump cabinet is the Olympics of underqualified government hires.
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Musk spent 5 months deleting every investigation:& lawsuit against his companies. Deleting any data he didn’t like. Then installed backdoors & malware into government systems.
He isn’t “leaving.” He just finished.The U.S. fed gov is permanently damaged & compromised thanks to repubs, Trump & musk.
He isn’t “leaving.” He just finished.The U.S. fed gov is permanently damaged & compromised thanks to repubs, Trump & musk.
Attorney Ryan Stygar (@attorneyryan) on Threads
Musk is not “leaving.”
Don’t you get it yet?
He spent 5 months deleting every investigation and lawsuit against his companies. Deleting any data he didn’t like.
Then he installed backdoors and mal...
www.threads.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Musk spent 5 months deleting every investigation:& lawsuit against his companies. Deleting any data he didn’t like. Then installed backdoors & malware into government systems.
He isn’t “leaving.” He just finished.The U.S. fed gov is permanently damaged & compromised thanks to repubs, Trump & musk.
He isn’t “leaving.” He just finished.The U.S. fed gov is permanently damaged & compromised thanks to repubs, Trump & musk.
Think about well-adjusted, stable, pleasant people in your life. Now think about the wild-eyed, cruel, delusional monsters running the US. I suspect the following are at play:
1. Cult-like indoctrination
2. Mental Illness
3. Pathological Insecurity.
4. Drugs.
1. Cult-like indoctrination
2. Mental Illness
3. Pathological Insecurity.
4. Drugs.
May 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Think about well-adjusted, stable, pleasant people in your life. Now think about the wild-eyed, cruel, delusional monsters running the US. I suspect the following are at play:
1. Cult-like indoctrination
2. Mental Illness
3. Pathological Insecurity.
4. Drugs.
1. Cult-like indoctrination
2. Mental Illness
3. Pathological Insecurity.
4. Drugs.