Mark Chonofsky
@markchonofsky.com
cyclist, dog enjoyer. currently @wbez.org / @chicago.suntimes.com
loving proprietor of @ctaalerts.bsky.social
loving proprietor of @ctaalerts.bsky.social
RETVRN
There used to be a train here.
📍 US 101, Barham Bridge in Cahuenga Pass
📍 US 101, Barham Bridge in Cahuenga Pass
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
RETVRN
Greetings from Assenisipia. Also: Wisconsin is now Michigan
This is one that I played with for fun (I’m not a real cartographer) mapping out the boundaries of the states proposed in Jefferson’s Land Ordinance of 1784
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Greetings from Assenisipia. Also: Wisconsin is now Michigan
It’s pronounced Spanberzhay
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It’s pronounced Spanberzhay
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apparently Knol’s founder was inspired to launch an ambitious encyclopedialike entity bc he felt online sources , such as Wikipedia, lacked info about —of all things — New Yorker cartoonists. then the New Yorker licensed cartoons for knol articles web.archive.org/web/20080730...
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
apparently Knol’s founder was inspired to launch an ambitious encyclopedialike entity bc he felt online sources , such as Wikipedia, lacked info about —of all things — New Yorker cartoonists. then the New Yorker licensed cartoons for knol articles web.archive.org/web/20080730...
incredible levels of nominative determinism in this story
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
incredible levels of nominative determinism in this story
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The real freakin trolley problem is that we don’t have any mass transportation in this dam country
August 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The real freakin trolley problem is that we don’t have any mass transportation in this dam country
Turns out this is also true of students
a friend of mine who's worked on a somewhat recent free multiplayer game says this about player feedback that I feel like is very astute
hearing the feedback is frequently important but responding to it well almost never means just doing what the players say they want
hearing the feedback is frequently important but responding to it well almost never means just doing what the players say they want
August 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Turns out this is also true of students
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stop 👏 anthropomorphizing 👏 the 👏 chatbot 👏
July 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
stop 👏 anthropomorphizing 👏 the 👏 chatbot 👏
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June 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...to chuck all that out and *explicitly* start a war against another MENA state over a WMD issue and lobby for the U.S. to join-- which it does!
Wow. The tinder you've thrown on the bonfire of domestic (and global) antisemitism is astounding. Almost hard to believe even Bibi and his compatriots...
Wow. The tinder you've thrown on the bonfire of domestic (and global) antisemitism is astounding. Almost hard to believe even Bibi and his compatriots...
June 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
...to chuck all that out and *explicitly* start a war against another MENA state over a WMD issue and lobby for the U.S. to join-- which it does!
Wow. The tinder you've thrown on the bonfire of domestic (and global) antisemitism is astounding. Almost hard to believe even Bibi and his compatriots...
Wow. The tinder you've thrown on the bonfire of domestic (and global) antisemitism is astounding. Almost hard to believe even Bibi and his compatriots...
Not DC, but I work for a major metro daily @chicago.suntimes.com and a public radio station @wbez.org, and my employers and colleagues have been the very model of supportive of my service in the National Guard
Anecdotage, on DC journalism culture:
W/o exception, DC pol/journo families I've known, w child or relative going into (a) police (b) military (c) emergency-service (d) Peace Corps (e) teaching (f) local news (g) something similar ...
... have been been admired and congratulated, not reverse.
W/o exception, DC pol/journo families I've known, w child or relative going into (a) police (b) military (c) emergency-service (d) Peace Corps (e) teaching (f) local news (g) something similar ...
... have been been admired and congratulated, not reverse.
May 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Not DC, but I work for a major metro daily @chicago.suntimes.com and a public radio station @wbez.org, and my employers and colleagues have been the very model of supportive of my service in the National Guard
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I'm willing to bet this insert was actually produced by the print syndication service, King Features.
They advertised a "Summer Fun & Entertainment Guide" for delivery to clients in May. Here's a page from the 2023 version. Notice not only the formatting, but the byline...
They advertised a "Summer Fun & Entertainment Guide" for delivery to clients in May. Here's a page from the 2023 version. Notice not only the formatting, but the byline...
May 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm willing to bet this insert was actually produced by the print syndication service, King Features.
They advertised a "Summer Fun & Entertainment Guide" for delivery to clients in May. Here's a page from the 2023 version. Notice not only the formatting, but the byline...
They advertised a "Summer Fun & Entertainment Guide" for delivery to clients in May. Here's a page from the 2023 version. Notice not only the formatting, but the byline...
The Papal Bulls
That’s right
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Papal Bulls
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looks absolutely nothing like him. An insult to Jim Davis.
Learned last night that we’re getting a Netflix miniseries on the Garfield assassination with Michael Shannon as Garfield and Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and how are we not all talking about this? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
May 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
looks absolutely nothing like him. An insult to Jim Davis.
The Pope, z”l,
Lori and I join the Catholic community in Pennsylvania and around the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis.
April 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Pope, z”l,
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I found the most incredible graph on the other site
April 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I found the most incredible graph on the other site
Incredible work from @szreports.bsky.social
Our series on several odd, shocking, unprovoked attacks in downtown Chicago has finally posted in full on this landing page:
(Note: the Chicago Sun-Times has no paywall.)
(1/9)
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
(Note: the Chicago Sun-Times has no paywall.)
(1/9)
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
How the failures of a mental health system can have deadly consequences
An investigation into how the failures of a mental health system can have deadly consequences.
chicago.suntimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Incredible work from @szreports.bsky.social
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Shout out to whoever made this citation-filled comment in the Oxford Mail comments section. Really here for it.
April 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Shout out to whoever made this citation-filled comment in the Oxford Mail comments section. Really here for it.
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logging in and logging out are technical processes, while logging on and logging off are social processes
March 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
logging in and logging out are technical processes, while logging on and logging off are social processes
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The basic problem with Shor and acolytes is that his entire approach to political targeting is built on the idea that voters are making decisions individually, based on their personal beliefs and preferences, and thus you can sample how voters react to an ad or message and see if it's good
March 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The basic problem with Shor and acolytes is that his entire approach to political targeting is built on the idea that voters are making decisions individually, based on their personal beliefs and preferences, and thus you can sample how voters react to an ad or message and see if it's good
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The Always Disappointing League strikes again
March 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Always Disappointing League strikes again