Jamey
@klocktower.org
GenX leftist anti-racist teacher in Chicago (NBCT, PhD).
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
Too many hobbies, lately mostly sewing and gaming.
Fortunately, if there’s one thing we NUMBalums know how to do, it’s how to be loud.
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fortunately, if there’s one thing we NUMBalums know how to do, it’s how to be loud.
My bonehead brother, my point is that there is no finite amount of money that our alma mater could pay to fucking Evanston that would make today’s outrages any better.
But look, this isn’t the first time NU has done some seriously fucked up shit. If we care about this school, we need to get loud.
But look, this isn’t the first time NU has done some seriously fucked up shit. If we care about this school, we need to get loud.
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My bonehead brother, my point is that there is no finite amount of money that our alma mater could pay to fucking Evanston that would make today’s outrages any better.
But look, this isn’t the first time NU has done some seriously fucked up shit. If we care about this school, we need to get loud.
But look, this isn’t the first time NU has done some seriously fucked up shit. If we care about this school, we need to get loud.
I haven’t lived in Evanston during this millennium, so I don’t really have a horse in that race, but if there was ever a time for Northwestern to start paying property taxes to Evanston it was probably something like 100 years ago.
The sins of this administration will have their own reverberations.
The sins of this administration will have their own reverberations.
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I haven’t lived in Evanston during this millennium, so I don’t really have a horse in that race, but if there was ever a time for Northwestern to start paying property taxes to Evanston it was probably something like 100 years ago.
The sins of this administration will have their own reverberations.
The sins of this administration will have their own reverberations.
I’m just saying, it’s not a perfect system.
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’m just saying, it’s not a perfect system.
I mean, I kind of am, personally, but that doesn’t particularly bear upon the matter.
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I mean, I kind of am, personally, but that doesn’t particularly bear upon the matter.
I’m noting that historical fact, without arguing whether it is good or bad, or for whom.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’m noting that historical fact, without arguing whether it is good or bad, or for whom.
To be fair, the university was there first, and Evanston exists on land that the university ceded to it. Part of that deal was that the land the university retained could not be taxed by the city.
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To be fair, the university was there first, and Evanston exists on land that the university ceded to it. Part of that deal was that the land the university retained could not be taxed by the city.
I left out the squirrels, though some of them were very good
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I left out the squirrels, though some of them were very good
I did a “in the last seven days” edition, and it’s pretty good, albeit heavy on birds.
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I did a “in the last seven days” edition, and it’s pretty good, albeit heavy on birds.
Correct: an order to commit war crimes is an illegal order.
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Correct: an order to commit war crimes is an illegal order.
This is a war crime. You should call it a war crime, because that’s what it is.
Why is the Washington Post covering for war crimes?
Why is the Washington Post covering for war crimes?
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a war crime. You should call it a war crime, because that’s what it is.
Why is the Washington Post covering for war crimes?
Why is the Washington Post covering for war crimes?
I remember that time. I was also single and gainfully employed then, but I put myself on a different, and much more cursed, mission.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I remember that time. I was also single and gainfully employed then, but I put myself on a different, and much more cursed, mission.
This is absolutely a very you list.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is absolutely a very you list.
I once went to a They Might Be Giants show mostly because OK Go was opening for them.
The Giants were good, too, though.
The Giants were good, too, though.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I once went to a They Might Be Giants show mostly because OK Go was opening for them.
The Giants were good, too, though.
The Giants were good, too, though.
Morphine must have been great live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Morphine must have been great live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
But these are all solid concerts to take in live.
I leaned into eclecticism in my response (quote post), but damn, you have a good list, and I’m jealous of a lot of it!
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I leaned into eclecticism in my response (quote post), but damn, you have a good list, and I’m jealous of a lot of it!
I’m pretty sure there’s a parallel comment in Castiglione’s *Il Cortigiano* (The Book of the Courtiers), published in 1528. I have some time this weekend, and if you’re interested in adding it to your list of citations, I could try to look it up.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m pretty sure there’s a parallel comment in Castiglione’s *Il Cortigiano* (The Book of the Courtiers), published in 1528. I have some time this weekend, and if you’re interested in adding it to your list of citations, I could try to look it up.
I keep being surprised that people are just discovering how much utter trash the NYT puts out into the world.
They’ve kind of always done this.
They’ve kind of always done this.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I keep being surprised that people are just discovering how much utter trash the NYT puts out into the world.
They’ve kind of always done this.
They’ve kind of always done this.
Well, maybe he doesn’t have a laptop?
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Well, maybe he doesn’t have a laptop?
In Chicago, as in some other places, DSA ends up taking a back seat to local independent political organizations (IPOs), like United Working Families in Chicago and the Working Families Party in New York.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In Chicago, as in some other places, DSA ends up taking a back seat to local independent political organizations (IPOs), like United Working Families in Chicago and the Working Families Party in New York.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
My city councilwoman and my state senator are both part of my local IPO.
That was a clever gambit, if you want to build the apologetics case that the US wasn’t founded on slavery.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
That was a clever gambit, if you want to build the apologetics case that the US wasn’t founded on slavery.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.
It was, though. Sorry that makes you mad or sad or whatever.