Henry Hyde of Hyde Amendment fame had an older brother also named Henry Hyde
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Henry Hyde of Hyde Amendment fame had an older brother also named Henry Hyde
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I'm watching this one. Laura Fine is (was?) the establishment pick but hasn't been nearly as visible as DB or KA.
NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I'm watching this one. Laura Fine is (was?) the establishment pick but hasn't been nearly as visible as DB or KA.
It bugs me they put the eye hole over the "Y" when there's an "O" right there. Too obvious?
"We can't put a knot where 2 boards meet!"
"We can't put a knot where 2 boards meet!"
Forget perfect albums. I'm posting deeply flawed and/or misguided albums from the year I turned 16:
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It bugs me they put the eye hole over the "Y" when there's an "O" right there. Too obvious?
"We can't put a knot where 2 boards meet!"
"We can't put a knot where 2 boards meet!"
Forget perfect albums. I'm posting deeply flawed and/or misguided albums from the year I turned 16:
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Forget perfect albums. I'm posting deeply flawed and/or misguided albums from the year I turned 16:
Aurora borealis from Crestwood Park #northbrook @shermerville.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Aurora borealis from Crestwood Park #northbrook @shermerville.bsky.social
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Northbrook Plastic Card Company was at 1441 Shermer, which would put it just south of the train station, where the Citadel condos are today
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Advert Lucky Dip: From America, Dec 1959: Northbrook Plastic Card Co., Gallant Knight Co. - Divisions of Arrco and Arrco Playing Card Company ads (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social)
«Why didn't EVERYBODY we think of this before? LOVES TO PLAY CARDS»
«Why didn't EVERYBODY we think of this before? LOVES TO PLAY CARDS»
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Northbrook Plastic Card Company was at 1441 Shermer, which would put it just south of the train station, where the Citadel condos are today
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It's now official that the next version of Ruby is going to be 4.0
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
Development of 4.0.0 started. · ruby/ruby@6d81969
github.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's now official that the next version of Ruby is going to be 4.0
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
github.com/ruby/ruby/co...
We're working to get a beta of Programming Ruby 4.0 available about the time of the release with up-to-the minute changes for the new version.
Yes, it's a substack link but this is an important recounting danielbiss.substack.com/p/daniel-bis...
Daniel Biss talks with detained ICE protestor Jennifer Moriarty
In this recording from our live conversation, I spoke with Evanston resident Jennifer Moriarty, who was "grabbed by the neck" and then detained while peacefully protesting against ICE.
danielbiss.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Yes, it's a substack link but this is an important recounting danielbiss.substack.com/p/daniel-bis...
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Hate to sound like a broken record, but I'm not sure people outside Chicago are really getting their minds around what's happening here. Every decent human needs to watch this.
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
Daniel Biss talks with detained ICE protestor Jennifer Moriarty
In this recording from our live conversation, I spoke with Evanston resident Jennifer Moriarty, who was "grabbed by the neck" and then detained while peacefully protesting against ICE.
substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hate to sound like a broken record, but I'm not sure people outside Chicago are really getting their minds around what's happening here. Every decent human needs to watch this.
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
substack.com/@danielbiss/...
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Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album:
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album:
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
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Stone. Cold. Knotts.
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Stone. Cold. Knotts.
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RIP, Joe Byrd, mastermind behind two mind-bending classics: The United States Of America (1968) + Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies' The American Metaphysical Circus (1969). Get 'em both in all formats. He was true one-off, loved by Broadcast, Portishead, & many others.
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The American Metaphysical Circus
YouTube video by The United States of America - Topic
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November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
RIP, Joe Byrd, mastermind behind two mind-bending classics: The United States Of America (1968) + Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies' The American Metaphysical Circus (1969). Get 'em both in all formats. He was true one-off, loved by Broadcast, Portishead, & many others.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYAk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYAk...
![[KISS guitarist/vocalist] Paul Stanley invited [then-DOKKEN bassist] Jeff Pilson and I up to his hotel room to write songs after one of the shows. We were very excited, knocked on his door, pushing our recording rack on wheels that we toured with. He let us in wrapped in a towel and soaking wet. He suggested we put on towels too and jump up and down on the beds to get our creative juices flowing, which we did, but then we never wrote any songs. That was weird."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bsisp2n32shkwtgn23aamoy7/bafkreidxvlxnijjb4xzk2p7x7afaynvuh47gvffqehqztovh55drc5anrq@jpeg)
If you want to hear a band covering songs by 3 different artists whose names start with "B" and end with "les", the
#aadamjacobsaudioarchive has something for you
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#aadamjacobsaudioarchive has something for you
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The Amazing Kill-O-Watts Live at The Note on 2002-02-22 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Amazing Kill-O-WattsFebruary 22, 2002The NoteChicago, ILUSARecording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive.Transfer: DAT > Tascam DA-20...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If you want to hear a band covering songs by 3 different artists whose names start with "B" and end with "les", the
#aadamjacobsaudioarchive has something for you
archive.org/details/ajc0...
#aadamjacobsaudioarchive has something for you
archive.org/details/ajc0...
Just burned a copy of LOVELESS for my daughter to play in the car
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just burned a copy of LOVELESS for my daughter to play in the car
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ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Melville Dewey has the same initials as Milkshake Duck
This filing choice does seem of a piece with Dewey’s perspective on the world, though. At least, according to what I know from this utterly devastating Judith Flanders’ footnote in her book “A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order.”
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Melville Dewey has the same initials as Milkshake Duck
You really need to start here and scroll back. I won't link to it directly.
Check out Cavity Retractor Hut on Third Ave. Cavity Retractor R Us is good too. (That's on Third Ave.) Or Open Up!. They're in the Cavity Retractor District. On Third Ave.
October 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You really need to start here and scroll back. I won't link to it directly.
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This is a fantastic joke/reference, but I encourage everyone to click through to discover what precisely the joke is about.
Check out Cavity Retractor Hut on Third Ave. Cavity Retractor R Us is good too. (That's on Third Ave.) Or Open Up!. They're in the Cavity Retractor District. On Third Ave.
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is a fantastic joke/reference, but I encourage everyone to click through to discover what precisely the joke is about.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Just learned someone picked up Disney Adult vibes from my spouse and me. Is that a superpower we can exploit?
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just learned someone picked up Disney Adult vibes from my spouse and me. Is that a superpower we can exploit?
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I'm in a #github internal group for high-profile FOSS projects (due to @leaflet having a few kilo-stars), and the second most-wanted feature is "plz allow us to disable copilot reviews", with the most-wanted feature being "plz allow us to block issues/PRs […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm in a #github internal group for high-profile FOSS projects (due to @leaflet having a few kilo-stars), and the second most-wanted feature is "plz allow us to disable copilot reviews", with the most-wanted feature being "plz allow us to block issues/PRs […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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these should all be mass-produced. every single one.
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
these should all be mass-produced. every single one.
Look at this unit
The toaster someone threw away... switches for the heating elements were just dirty.
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Look at this unit
As a software developer none of the "stack" you rely on from dev environment/editor to database to language/framework to web server can be closed source. That includes SAASes (AWS, GOOG suite, Github), which is my #1 reason for side-eyeing LLMs.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
As a software developer none of the "stack" you rely on from dev environment/editor to database to language/framework to web server can be closed source. That includes SAASes (AWS, GOOG suite, Github), which is my #1 reason for side-eyeing LLMs.