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  ABC Shows A Backbone In FCC Fight, Shows FCC Manufactured A Controversy Surrounding James Talarico https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/12/abc-shows-a-backbone-in-fcc-fight-shows-fcc-manufactured-a-controversy-surrounding-james-talarico/

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  Dr Doom - 13th Floor Elevators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YCuYJFF7eo #music #Austin #psychedelic

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  Laos' famous beer brand Beerlao makes a splash in the Midwest - United States https://www.europesays.com/us/959691/ #beer

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  #Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses" https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ban-creeps-ai-pervert-glasses Such an evil company

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  1150 W. Lake | Urbanize Chicago https://chicago.urbanize.city/project/1150-w-lake #hellhole

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  The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/policy/971097/us-charging-american-citizen-wiping-phone-duress-password #privacy #constitutionalRights #USPol

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  Why are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers? | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/andrew-tristain-tate-democrats #USPol #Dems

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  This City Mushroom Farm Grows Fungi For Chicago’s Top Chefs — And 'The Bear' https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/27/this-city-mushroom-farm-grows-fungi-for-chicagos-top-chefs-and-the-bear/ #Chicago #mushrooms

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  since the instance toot.community is shutting down in a few months, I've decided to initiate the move to a new instance now. Sad, but social media (and all of human society really) is ephemeral.

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  Was There Ever an Original Version of 'The Odyssey,' and Do We Need to Worry About What Homer Would Think? #history

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  stepped outside for one second, it is bad out there guys. Like visiting a city dump where they still burn garbage – smells like plastic and smoldering diapers. A real potpourri of disgusting. Thanks to Mitch McConnell and his buddies at Exxon, elsewhere, this is going to be a new normal #AQI #Chicago #weather #climateChange #wildfire

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  Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ford-ai-automation-human-workers-b3003787.html #AI #Ford

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  A city made of brick -Will Quam’s new book shows that the story of brick and the story of Chicago are forever intertwined. Chicago Reader https://chicagoreader.com/books/book-review/fire-and-clay-will-quam/?mc_cid=41dc523f0d #brick #Chicago #architecture #history

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  I hope I am as productive as Willie Nelson when I'm 93

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  The dumbest week in DOJ history https://www.publicnotice.co/p/blanche-comey-ballroom Glad that someone pointed out that Comey only took a photo of the alleged seashell murder instructions, 8647, he didn't arrange them himself #photography

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  May Day Films to Inspire You With Solidarity https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/may-day-films-labor-movies-solidarity-class-struggle/tnamp/

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  Do you love this restaurant idea enough to invest? Gilda tests the waters in West Town https://www.wbez.org/food-drink/2026/04/30/gilda-west-town-chicago-independent-restaurant-opening-cost #chicago #restaurant

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  Happy May Day to all who celebrate

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  Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/209830/trump-supreme-court-gerrymandering-voting-rights #USPol #gerrymandering an abomination yet Dems cannot unilaterally surrender especially when Repugs are acting like thugs

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  Anatomy of a correction: Kudos to Block Club Chicago for fixing today's Archer project article after feedback from officials, readers, and Streetsblog - Streetsblog Chicago https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/04/30/anatomy-of-a-correction-kudos-to-block-club-chicago-for-fixing-todays-archer-project-article-after-feedback-from-officials-readers-and-streetsblog #Chicago #bike #

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  No, Tribune Editorial Page Editor Chris Jones, I didn't call just "anyone" who opposes Complete Streets a member of the "right-leaning political class" - Streetsblog Chicago https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/05/01/no-tribune-editorial-page-editor-chris-jones-i-didnt-call-just-anyone-who-opposes-complete-streets-a-member-of-the-right-leaning-political-class #Chicago #Tribune's "traditionally conservative editorial board is almost always…...

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  How an Alleged Predator Remade the Southern Baptist Convention https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/quiet-collapse-southern-baptist-convention/ #Texas #religion #USPol

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  Media Matters secures complete and total victory against the Federal Trade Commission | Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/angelo-carusone/media-matters-secures-complete-and-total-victory-against-federal-trade-commission

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  Supreme Court turns down COVID-19 vaccine case brought by John Stockton | SCOTUSblog https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/supreme-court-turns-down-covid-19-vaccine-case-brought-by-john-stockton/ #NBA #COVID #SCOTUS

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  Balloon Juice - Who's Be A Farmer, Given the Choice? https://balloon-juice.com/2026/05/04/whos-be-a-farmer-given-the-choice/

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  Goose Island Traffic 'Like The Wild West,' With No Immediate Relief In Sight https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/05/goose-island-traffic-like-the-wild-west-with-no-immediate-relief-in-sight/

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  Digital Wayfinding Kiosks Could Bring Maps, Ads And Emergency Alerts To Fulton Market https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/05/digital-wayfinding-kiosks-could-bring-maps-ads-and-emergency-alerts-to-fulton-market/ meh #Chicago #WestLoop

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  Could United Center redevelopment effort help a church designed by the 'father of the skyscraper' rise again? - Chicago Sun-Times https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/05/03/united-center-redevelopment-greater-union-baptist-church-designed-father-skyscraper #Chicago #WestLoop #architecture

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  Steven Drozd Interview: Former Flaming Lips Member On Getting Fired, Wayne Coyne, New Solo Album https://stereogum.com/2497927/its-strange-to-be-talking-about-the-flaming-lips-in-the-past-tense-an-interview-with-steven-drozd/interviews/qa

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  Lincoln Yards was supposed to transform the North Side. What went wrong? Developer Sterling Bay is losing the Lincoln Park site to impatient lenders. Now, Chicago’s JDL Development is close to swooping in https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/06/27/lincoln-yards-sterling-bay-jdl-development-jim-letchinger-rahm-emanuel #Chicago #architecture #corruption