yow! everyone can find something to listen to here
Aadam Jacobs Collection

"Melomaniac" - Aadam Jacobs Documentary YouTube video by Out Of Order 2

maybe my diagnosis has a name

Husband’s arrest in disappearance of American woman in the Bahamas puts his account under scrutiny | CNN The arrest of an American man who told authorities his wife fell overboard while on a dinghy in rough waters in the Bahamas has brought greater scrutiny to his account of what happened as the search f...

"I demand a full investigation" is something one hopes never to hear from one's step daughter upon learning her mother is missing at sea

a small sailboat can get smaller over time

be careful who you invite to go cruising

[Leo] ... referred to the monthlong conflict with Iran as "an unjust war"

To Members of the Editorial Staff of the TG2 of the Italian broadcasting corporation, RAI, on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of its Foundation, with their Families (16 March 2026) ADDRESS OF POPE LEO XIV TO MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE TG2 OF THE ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RAI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION, WITH THEIR FAMILIES  Clementine Hall Monday, 16 March 2026 [ Multimedia ] ______________________________

sigh I wish this would get at least as many reposts as Leo spinning a basketball

"It is up to you to show the sufferings that war always brings to the people; to show the face of war and to relate it through the eyes of the victims, so as not to transform it into a videogame."

Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer In May 2016, Tor Books launched the first novel in a new political science fiction series, Too Like The Lightning by debut novelist Ada Palmer. Palmer’s unique vision mixes Enlightenment-era […]

In this sf/fantasy novel from Chicago's own Ada Palmer, the Levant of the future is an unihabitable nuclear wasteland. Yet, some good comes out of it, as religion is not quite outlawed, but proselytizing is. Maybe that starts tonight at 8.

Opinion | Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System

By Mark R. Warner

Mr. Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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Half of those arrested by federal agents in Minnesota this winter have already been deported The federal government moved at a rapid pace to deport nearly 1,700 people picked up during a surge of immigration enforcement in Minnesota this winter, according to data analyzed by APM Reports and M...

"...nearly 1,700 people arrested in Minnesota by federal agents this winter...have already been deported. That total accounts for almost half the people who were arrested during the federal operations in the state..."

Always be hustling

Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending Oracle has ratcheted up its capital expenditures as it builds data center infrastructure that can handle AI workloads.

the future is now

Slept in my Jethro Tull t-shirt and woke up with locomotive breath

most definitely not an 18f production

i dunno, maybe a little less about your national strategy and a little more roll up your sleeves in a local public service role, thanks

Mayor Matt Mahan - His Vision as Democratic Candidate for Governor of California | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

"I think it would be a mistake to try to regulate AI at this point."
-Democratic candidate for California governor (at 20:16)

This position is disqualifying for public office for anyone anywhere at any level.

Go, Move, Shift YouTube video by Christy Moore - Topic

Happy Saint Patrick's Day everybody!
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Half Acre, Maplewood Breweries Merging Amid A ‘Rapidly Changing’ Beverage Market The popular Chicago beer brands will keep operating while the new company seeks growth in other segments like THC beverages and restaurant operations.

Half Acre, Maplewood Breweries Merging Amid A ‘Rapidly Changing’ Beverage Market blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/10/h...

Sacajawea YouTube video by Wayne Shorter - Topic

Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade: the 'Footprints Quartet'
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Andrew Bird - Need Someone (as heard on MAX Original The Pitt) YouTube video by Andrew Bird

You need someone who is gonna cry for you
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great show! a tonic. sorry we missed you somehow. Siffre is new to me.

meanwhile, back at Yale...

o, Scott. sigh.

by inference, 45 of Schank's 50 Ph. D. students (90%) are NOT smart.

Schank's list of the smart ones

Schank was offended that Epstein wrote to science writer John Brockman asking who are the best AI guys.

Also, we were told to steer clear of private Little Saint James Island, but more than once we anchored nearby in Christmas Cove on Great Saint James, this is as close as I got.

How quaint to read about grown men sitting around doing "blocks world" mental exercises. AI was a lot simpler then.

Marvin Minsky and co-authors wrote up Epstein's 2004 AI "symposium" for AI Magazine, including a handy list of attendees, and it's chatty, including the now-ominous phrase, "On the morning of the second day of the meeting,...". Gulp.

Northwestern professor emailed Jeffrey Epstein after conviction This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated Feb. 6 at 5 p.m. McCormick Prof. Chris Riesbeck emailed Jeffrey Epstein about HTML coding, nearly six y...

a member of my committee

Late Northwestern professor maintained relationship with Epstein Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual misconduct with minors. Late McCormick Prof. Roger Schank maintained close contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and was offered a...

Northwestern's outstanding student journalists have discovered the searchable Epstein files, reminding me I'm one degree of sep from Epstein's island, via more than one intermediary. College profs with massive egos are stock, Schank was the epitome.

pythonic fun