So my newest most important idea is that Pope Leo, in response to these snowflakes being mad that he won’t come for the America 250 celebration, absolutely make his return stateside for the Ozzie Guillen jersey retirement ceremony.
*announcing* IARC0109
𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗧𝗔 𝗜𝗩𝘁𝗲𝘁 - 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲
album out May 15, 2026
Today we are very pleased to announce Happy Today, the third album from guitarist / bandleader Jeff Parker and his long-running ETA IVtet, out 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱 via International Anthem / @nonesuch.com : tinyurl.com/5adwhu8n
I'm reminded of these wise words from Mr. Fred Rogers on what would have been his 98th birthday. We are all in this together. Let's renew ourselves to the fight for the common good. It's all the more important during these difficult times.
A photo of the Chicago skyline at night with a tangle of bright lighting lignite gap the night sky during a thunderstorm
Boom! Had a great ight show over the skyline tonight. Here’s my first big lightning shot of the season.
This is a 2-frame composite. Best as I can tell, two large, branching bolts struck the eastern antenna mast of the Hancock. #wxsky #ilwx
A Midsummer Night’s Tangerine Dream
@halsparks.com should probably lead the meetings…
Steaming burger and frothy beer
New Berlin, IL — New Auburn, MN
Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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#DigIfYouWill #Soulive First full length album since 2011
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
Man, that 2nd set America > Slip Slidin' Away is really gonna hit hard.
jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
This album is going to be in heavy rotation. Just beautifully conceived, expressed and captured. Inspirational.
#JulianLage #ScenesFromAbove #Jazzsky
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Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
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A YouTube link for those looking for it. No words.
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Magic from Williams and Odunze
Bobby Weir, perched in a window
safe travels to bobby weir in the greater weirdness.
Chicago has gone through a year like none other, and its residents have faced it with resilience. @blockclubchi.bsky.social's team has covered it all — from the onslaught of Operation Midway Blitz to the glimmers of joy around the city.
Chicago 2025 in Photos:
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#Jazzsky #ButcherBrown
TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
Infographic titled “2025 Billionaire Gains vs. Grocery Spending.” On the left, a large gold square shows that the top 100 richest Americans gained $995 billion in wealth in 2025, about $7,595 per U.S. household, representing wealth gains for just 100 individuals. On the right, a slightly smaller green square shows total U.S. grocery spending of $775 billion, about $5,916 per household, covering roughly 131 million households. A callout at the bottom reads “The Scale of Inequality,” noting that billionaire wealth gains exceeded national grocery spending by $220 billion. Sources listed: Bloomberg Billionaire Index and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined.
~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending.
We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.
Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids
Increasingly hard to deny we’ve been Lathe of Heavened into our present reality
