✴️Carl✴️Cosmos✴️
@cillic.bsky.social
Humanities for Hackers
Antiracist antifascist patriarchy-smashing hedonistic cis-queerish nightmare from the void.
Hot Mess.
He/they
Somewhere on the periphery of the Trans + Queer Shitpost
Antiracist antifascist patriarchy-smashing hedonistic cis-queerish nightmare from the void.
Hot Mess.
He/they
Somewhere on the periphery of the Trans + Queer Shitpost
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✴️Carl✴️Cosmos✴️
@cillic.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Hey @dadbaud.cocktailcon.org. i think Dann and I grew up to be our DND characters from 30 years ago...
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The Motorola MDT-9100-T from the 1980s was the perfect cyberdeck
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Motorola MDT-9100-T from the 1980s was the perfect cyberdeck
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A delightful read and excellent contribution to the #PieInTheSky discourse.
In honor of the holiday, sharing once again one of my favorite pieces to ever run in the Reader, courtesy of the late Cliff Doerksen. (It's long but so worth it, I promise!) chicagoreader.com/food/food-dr...
The Real American Pie - Chicago Reader
Mince pie was an American staple through the 1940s. So what happened?
chicagoreader.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A delightful read and excellent contribution to the #PieInTheSky discourse.
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Okay these two perfumes go very hard. Warm Bulb especially smells like the lightning department of a hardware store in the best way. Chicago company, too.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Okay these two perfumes go very hard. Warm Bulb especially smells like the lightning department of a hardware store in the best way. Chicago company, too.
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Matt Davies, Newsday
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Matt Davies, Newsday
Woot! @riotfest.bsky.social Early Turkey Sale is on now. If you're like me and going no matter what shitty bands they decide to book, the Early Turkey Sale is the cheapest way to get your tickets every year.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Woot! @riotfest.bsky.social Early Turkey Sale is on now. If you're like me and going no matter what shitty bands they decide to book, the Early Turkey Sale is the cheapest way to get your tickets every year.
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The art of elevating CBS news from debatably biased to easily dismissed
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The art of elevating CBS news from debatably biased to easily dismissed
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We’re just normal men
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We’re just normal men
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I thought I would redeem myself but no, ANOTHER FINGERSLIP -_- also think this might have qualified as more of a Medium, but I did really enjoy it
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 25th 2025 (Easy), in less than 10 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 25th 2025 (Easy), in less than 10 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I thought I would redeem myself but no, ANOTHER FINGERSLIP -_- also think this might have qualified as more of a Medium, but I did really enjoy it
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 25th 2025 (Easy), in less than 10 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 25th 2025 (Easy), in less than 10 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
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#Chicago
#Slumlords
#ICE
This is truly sad.
"Friedman is also co-CEO of a related company, Friedman Real Estate, that has drawn protests for letting federal authorities use the parking lot of one of its SW Side properties to stage immigration enforcement operations. "
friedmanrealestate.com/team/
#Slumlords
#ICE
This is truly sad.
"Friedman is also co-CEO of a related company, Friedman Real Estate, that has drawn protests for letting federal authorities use the parking lot of one of its SW Side properties to stage immigration enforcement operations. "
friedmanrealestate.com/team/
Raided South Shore Building's Tenants Say They Haven't Received Court-Ordered Help
The remaining tenants have formed a union seeking immediate repairs and $7,500 each so they can move out, claiming the building's new manager has done nothing so far to meet court orders.
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#Chicago
#Slumlords
#ICE
This is truly sad.
"Friedman is also co-CEO of a related company, Friedman Real Estate, that has drawn protests for letting federal authorities use the parking lot of one of its SW Side properties to stage immigration enforcement operations. "
friedmanrealestate.com/team/
#Slumlords
#ICE
This is truly sad.
"Friedman is also co-CEO of a related company, Friedman Real Estate, that has drawn protests for letting federal authorities use the parking lot of one of its SW Side properties to stage immigration enforcement operations. "
friedmanrealestate.com/team/
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Excited to announce that I’ll be giving the keynote at FOSS Backstage in Berlin in March!
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
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Æva Black to keynote at FOSS Backstage 2026
We are excited to share that Æva Black will be the keynote speaker for next year's edition.
26.foss-backstage.de
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Excited to announce that I’ll be giving the keynote at FOSS Backstage in Berlin in March!
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
Actually looking forward to Friday's game.
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Actually looking forward to Friday's game.
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Charlie Brown, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
Frankly, Charlie Brown, I don't give a damn.
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it's Chinatown
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Charlie Brown, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
Back before Chicago got rid of the sodium street lights you'd be lucky to see anything in the night sky other than Venus and Jupiter in the city.
Being able to make out constellations makes me happy. 🌌
Being able to make out constellations makes me happy. 🌌
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Back before Chicago got rid of the sodium street lights you'd be lucky to see anything in the night sky other than Venus and Jupiter in the city.
Being able to make out constellations makes me happy. 🌌
Being able to make out constellations makes me happy. 🌌
It's a fuckin' around and finding out kinda night
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It's a fuckin' around and finding out kinda night
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none of the people who caused this are seeing heaven
Good morning. In the past 24 hours, more Americans have Googled “felching” than have searched for “turkey recipes”
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
none of the people who caused this are seeing heaven
I am already aware that horrible people are creating shitty posts with shitty ai images.
OK LOOK. THE SHITTY PERSON POSTED MORE SHIT.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU POST PICTURES FROM THE BAD PLACES.
IT'S NOT NEWS. ITS PSYOPS.
OK LOOK. THE SHITTY PERSON POSTED MORE SHIT.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU POST PICTURES FROM THE BAD PLACES.
IT'S NOT NEWS. ITS PSYOPS.
I swear the Bsky app changes to "popular with friends" on it's own after a while, because every once in a while I'm wondering why I'm seeing SO MUCH BULLSHIT that a carefully curate out.
It's almost always rage bait. Y'all like doomscrolling WAY too much.
It's almost always rage bait. Y'all like doomscrolling WAY too much.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I am already aware that horrible people are creating shitty posts with shitty ai images.
OK LOOK. THE SHITTY PERSON POSTED MORE SHIT.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU POST PICTURES FROM THE BAD PLACES.
IT'S NOT NEWS. ITS PSYOPS.
OK LOOK. THE SHITTY PERSON POSTED MORE SHIT.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU POST PICTURES FROM THE BAD PLACES.
IT'S NOT NEWS. ITS PSYOPS.
I swear the Bsky app changes to "popular with friends" on it's own after a while, because every once in a while I'm wondering why I'm seeing SO MUCH BULLSHIT that a carefully curate out.
It's almost always rage bait. Y'all like doomscrolling WAY too much.
It's almost always rage bait. Y'all like doomscrolling WAY too much.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I swear the Bsky app changes to "popular with friends" on it's own after a while, because every once in a while I'm wondering why I'm seeing SO MUCH BULLSHIT that a carefully curate out.
It's almost always rage bait. Y'all like doomscrolling WAY too much.
It's almost always rage bait. Y'all like doomscrolling WAY too much.
Just saw a pharma commercial where one of the possible side effects was LOWER LIMB LOSS
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just saw a pharma commercial where one of the possible side effects was LOWER LIMB LOSS
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We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
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Chicago: ICE was just spotted taking people on Elston just north of Montrose. Keep alert
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Chicago: ICE was just spotted taking people on Elston just north of Montrose. Keep alert
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Missed last week’s livestream about AI? Watch it now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o... (or: archive.org/details/thi...)
EFFecting Change: This Title Was Written By A Human : Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Generative AI is like a Rorschach test for anxieties about technology–be they privacy, replacement of workers, bias and discrimination, surveillance, or...
archive.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Missed last week’s livestream about AI? Watch it now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o... (or: archive.org/details/thi...)
Music! Fighting! Sausages!
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Music! Fighting! Sausages!
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Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.