Brian Boyer
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Stay-at-home dad in Chicago. News product coach. He/him. Let's work together: https://brianboyer.net Bean tips: https://beantips.com/
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Make empanadas and elevate your leftovers
If you've got extra (leftover leftovers!), they freeze up great for a quick weeknight meal!
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New bean tip! Get yourself some frozen empanada wrappers and stuff 'em with beans. Your future self will thank you. beantips.com/make-empanad...
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Chicago Film Archives has preserved and digitized Bill Stamets’s Super 8 films chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
Chicago Film Archives has digitized Bill Stamets’s Super 8 films - Chicago Reader
Bill Stamets is a local filmmaker and cultural anthropologist who made dozens of home-movie-style videos capturing Chicago history.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Chicago Film Archives has preserved and digitized Bill Stamets’s Super 8 films chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
And yes, the pickles are functional
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
And yes, the pickles are functional
Back in the saddle. New recipe coming this week on beantips.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Back in the saddle. New recipe coming this week on beantips.com
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Cooking tips that also work as an anti-fascist adage: if the onions are making you cry, you gotta sharpen your knives.
January 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Cooking tips that also work as an anti-fascist adage: if the onions are making you cry, you gotta sharpen your knives.
Nice little crowd in Edgewater
January 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Nice little crowd in Edgewater
I always read it as Gaudi + Mucha
January 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I always read it as Gaudi + Mucha
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The fact that this design ever got built and somehow is still here in all of its glory is a small miracle.
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The fact that this design ever got built and somehow is still here in all of its glory is a small miracle.
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A new California law, penned by a Fresno assemblyman, mandates folic acid in corn tortillas to curb birth defects in Latina women—rattling L.A.'s taco universe.
The full story: lataco.com/california-t...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/california-t...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
A new California law, penned by a Fresno assemblyman, mandates folic acid in corn tortillas to curb birth defects in Latina women—rattling L.A.'s taco universe.
The full story: lataco.com/california-t...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/california-t...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
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Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
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Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can’t step into the same river twice. Life – evolution – the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy – existence itself – is essentially change.
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can’t step into the same river twice. Life – evolution – the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy – existence itself – is essentially change.
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For everyone wanting some background on what the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) is, here’s a 🧵 of stories from our archives.
“In an ideal world, CCPSA [would recommend] that we stop giving more money to the police.”
thetriibe.com/2024/10/arch...
“In an ideal world, CCPSA [would recommend] that we stop giving more money to the police.”
thetriibe.com/2024/10/arch...
Architects of Chicago police oversight commission applaud success in eliminating gang database, Shotspotter and more • The TRiiBE
Elected leaders and local organizers share their visions for the commission's third year, including increasing community outreach, a ballot referendum and ending pre-textual traffic stops.
thetriibe.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
For everyone wanting some background on what the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) is, here’s a 🧵 of stories from our archives.
“In an ideal world, CCPSA [would recommend] that we stop giving more money to the police.”
thetriibe.com/2024/10/arch...
“In an ideal world, CCPSA [would recommend] that we stop giving more money to the police.”
thetriibe.com/2024/10/arch...
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Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
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At least 3 solidarity vigils are scheduled tonight in the Chicago area.
The one The TRiiBE notes here, at 26th & Troy in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood, at 7:30 pm.
Another at Winnemac Park in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, at 6 pm.
A third at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, at 7:30 pm.
The one The TRiiBE notes here, at 26th & Troy in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood, at 7:30 pm.
Another at Winnemac Park in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, at 6 pm.
A third at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, at 7:30 pm.
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
At least 3 solidarity vigils are scheduled tonight in the Chicago area.
The one The TRiiBE notes here, at 26th & Troy in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood, at 7:30 pm.
Another at Winnemac Park in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, at 6 pm.
A third at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, at 7:30 pm.
The one The TRiiBE notes here, at 26th & Troy in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood, at 7:30 pm.
Another at Winnemac Park in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, at 6 pm.
A third at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, at 7:30 pm.
Ha! Yeah I tried env and didn’t love it, but completely forget why. :)
January 7, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Ha! Yeah I tried env and didn’t love it, but completely forget why. :)
Fatherhood is fine but fried calamari ain’t the same when yer seated in the dining room.
January 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Fatherhood is fine but fried calamari ain’t the same when yer seated in the dining room.
Posting here cuz I hate to see documentation fade away. Woulda been a nice blog post but I was let go shortly after writing this up and yeah
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Posting here cuz I hate to see documentation fade away. Woulda been a nice blog post but I was let go shortly after writing this up and yeah
I can’t say if this still works but here’s how I got our Newspack site working in a local development environment a year ago: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I can’t say if this still works but here’s how I got our Newspack site working in a local development environment a year ago: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We’re well past the moment when legacy email systems are forgivable
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
We’re well past the moment when legacy email systems are forgivable
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
I usually advise my clients to skip the membership swag. But if you’re gonna do it, this is the way. Nicely done, @theautopian.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I usually advise my clients to skip the membership swag. But if you’re gonna do it, this is the way. Nicely done, @theautopian.bsky.social
Meanwhile I’m stress-cooking beans
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Meanwhile I’m stress-cooking beans
Kid is watching the new My Little Pony show which is surprisingly direct about the young ponies challenging the fear, bigotry and hatred of their elders.
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Kid is watching the new My Little Pony show which is surprisingly direct about the young ponies challenging the fear, bigotry and hatred of their elders.
TBH I’d get behind any news organization declaring “We love democracy!” and acting accordingly.
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 AM
TBH I’d get behind any news organization declaring “We love democracy!” and acting accordingly.