Jerry Brennan
@jerrybrennan.bsky.social
Chicagoan. Author of Alone on the Moon, et. al. Founder of Tortoise Books.
www.tortoisebooks.com
www.tortoisebooks.com
Chicago, if you're not following @robertloerzel.bsky.social, you're doing it wrong.
The snowy owls sitting on Montrose Pier this foggy morning. The Chicago Park District has closed the pier’s far end to keep people from getting too close.
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Chicago, if you're not following @robertloerzel.bsky.social, you're doing it wrong.
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The line at the butcher shop is filling me with the Thanksgiving spirit, if that is so defined by the desire to cleave human heads with an axe
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The line at the butcher shop is filling me with the Thanksgiving spirit, if that is so defined by the desire to cleave human heads with an axe
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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Only Trump would order an investigation into someone who told people NOT to break the law.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Only Trump would order an investigation into someone who told people NOT to break the law.
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
I'm sorry folks but my sister found this photo of my doppelganger and it is blowing my mind. It's like the Simpsons episode where Homer finds the Mr. Sparkle box. If you need me I'll be staring blankly into the middle distance for the foreseeable future.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm sorry folks but my sister found this photo of my doppelganger and it is blowing my mind. It's like the Simpsons episode where Homer finds the Mr. Sparkle box. If you need me I'll be staring blankly into the middle distance for the foreseeable future.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
Me watching the critically acclaimed 2006 film OLD JOY, which stars Will Oldham and Daniel London (and virtually nobody else), this weekend: Well well well if it isnt the Blowjob Brothers.
These sites are turning my mind to mush, people. I mean, I'm not gonna stop, but...
These sites are turning my mind to mush, people. I mean, I'm not gonna stop, but...
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Me watching the critically acclaimed 2006 film OLD JOY, which stars Will Oldham and Daniel London (and virtually nobody else), this weekend: Well well well if it isnt the Blowjob Brothers.
These sites are turning my mind to mush, people. I mean, I'm not gonna stop, but...
These sites are turning my mind to mush, people. I mean, I'm not gonna stop, but...
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your Hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your Hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your Hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your Hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
Our neighbors were throwing out some magazines so I snagged this bad boy and read the cover article and man...it's amazing to be reminded how many people (especially in the GDR) viewed the Wall as settled and permanent fact. Nothing lasts forever, folks. NOTHING. (Except old National Geographics.)
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our neighbors were throwing out some magazines so I snagged this bad boy and read the cover article and man...it's amazing to be reminded how many people (especially in the GDR) viewed the Wall as settled and permanent fact. Nothing lasts forever, folks. NOTHING. (Except old National Geographics.)
OK, it looks like AI is emailing me to alert me about changes I MADE TO A MANUSCRIPT THAT I AM EDITING. We're boiling the oceans for THIS? F*ck AI to death.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
OK, it looks like AI is emailing me to alert me about changes I MADE TO A MANUSCRIPT THAT I AM EDITING. We're boiling the oceans for THIS? F*ck AI to death.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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There have been reports of ICE activity around the Seattle area including Shoreline, Tukwila, 135th and Aurora, and more.
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Whistle Up | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There have been reports of ICE activity around the Seattle area including Shoreline, Tukwila, 135th and Aurora, and more.
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
You can learn more about how whistles have been used in communities to inhibit these efforts in this post by @dansinker.com: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
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"Wicked"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Wicked"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
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OK all of this is horrible but damnit this made me laugh
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
OK all of this is horrible but damnit this made me laugh
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Trump is a despot and a cancer to the country. He's also a psychological peculiarity because he's capricious, self-obsessed and has a very clear track record of being manipulated socially. If you can use this to your advantage, you'd be an idiot to not try.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump is a despot and a cancer to the country. He's also a psychological peculiarity because he's capricious, self-obsessed and has a very clear track record of being manipulated socially. If you can use this to your advantage, you'd be an idiot to not try.
Tom Clancy: I wrote the novel Clear and Present Danger about the issues that might arise from military intervention in the War on Drugs. It is a rare to see moral ambiguity in my work.
The Pentagon: At long last we have created the Clear and Present Danger from the classic Clear and Present Danger.
The Pentagon: At long last we have created the Clear and Present Danger from the classic Clear and Present Danger.
“By summer, the NSC’s entire full-time legal staff of about half a dozen was gone… including the shop’s top lawyer, former Pentagon general counsel Paul Ney …Ney had been among the lawyers who had raised concerns about the legality of lethal strikes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tom Clancy: I wrote the novel Clear and Present Danger about the issues that might arise from military intervention in the War on Drugs. It is a rare to see moral ambiguity in my work.
The Pentagon: At long last we have created the Clear and Present Danger from the classic Clear and Present Danger.
The Pentagon: At long last we have created the Clear and Present Danger from the classic Clear and Present Danger.
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I voted against this. Did you?
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I voted against this. Did you?
GET IN, LOSERS, WE'RE IN THE OUROBOROS OF LOATHING
the my dad disappointed in me to me disappointed in my dad pipeline
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
GET IN, LOSERS, WE'RE IN THE OUROBOROS OF LOATHING
Excellent entry in the @riotgrlerin.bsky.social canon...one of her best, actually.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Excellent entry in the @riotgrlerin.bsky.social canon...one of her best, actually.
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.