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highnumber @highnumber.bsky.social · Jan 5
I'm in a place where I can listen to only Terry Callier when I listen to music.
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joshshepperd.bsky.social
Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
Come on
evanhurst.substack.com Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 2d
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.

(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
"They're just around, and they're close enough to the age of consent that a lot of people probably felt like it was okay to hit on them."

You know how 14-16 year old girls like to hang out with their horny middle-aged friends
ceaubin.com C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 3d
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
She's 16. It's not like she's four. And we have now really shifted on how we think about that, I think, in a good way. Right. Right. I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But I think that you're not going to find the evidence of a pedophile ring where he is actively trafficking these girls because until Me Too... It's not like a pedophile, right? There are 16-year-old girls around who are vulnerable and can be exploited, but not in this, like, there is a mastermind who is going on the dark web and selling these girls to you. They're just around, and they're close enough to the age of consent that a lot of people probably felt like it was okay to hit on them.
February 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
Here's a thread about gender:

www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQu...
From the NoStupidQuestions community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the NoStupidQuestions community
www.reddit.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
I think I'm going to have to go to a Lady Gaga concert
February 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
Obviously "Abolish ICE" is the correct choice, but I like "Cheryl Scott Warned You About This" a lot.

blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/01/h...
Here Are The 25 Finalists In The City's 'Name A Snowplow' Contest
Yes, "Abolish ICE" made the list.
blockclubchicago.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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petedavidsonny.bsky.social
Primaries should be a bigger thing on our side. More blue on blue comps before the blue-no-matter-who phase.
February 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
"got his shit rocked"

apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
We can't lose Catherine O'Hara
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
I owe this a reread, because none of this resonates with me.
niedermeyer.online e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 9d
I've actually been meaning to reread Infinite Jest since my brother passed from a drug overdose, because it taught me so much about addiction and (even more so) recovery. I genuinely enjoyed reading it the first time, and had no idea what practically utility it would hold for me personally.
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d
“Infinite Jest” is a masterpiece and a pleasure to read, Hermione Hoby writes. “Perhaps the greatest disjunction between the book’s reputation and its contents lies in the notion that it’s a pretentious slog no one could honestly enjoy.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xQHtnb
January 30, 2026 at 5:05 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
"A country that even
Persecuted the Weavers
...
Did you ever see the Weavers?"

youtu.be/9nB1CxawPwo?...

This song hits harder than ever.
Home of the Brave (Remastered)
YouTube video by Naked Raygun - Topic
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
A lovely tribute to one of my favorite authors.

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
The greatest crime novelist you have probably never heard of
Some treasure Donald E Westlake as the writer of the comedy caper novel, others because he wrote the darkest noir fiction of his day
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
printing tricia mclaughlin’s justification for murder is spreading propaganda. do not listen to a word these people say.
January 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
Well said, @jonseidel.bsky.social
Federal authorities slapped all kinds of sinister labels on Chicago's Juan Espinoza Martinez when they arrested him last fall, and they did it for all the world to hear. They called him a "high-ranking member of the Latin Kings." They called him "depraved." They even called him a "thug" as they accused him of offering $10,000 for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino. But Thursday, a federal jury called Espinoza Martinez "not guilty." In doing so, it put an end to one of the most contentious prosecutions to result from "Operation Midway Blitz."
January 23, 2026 at 6:17 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
If I had been an American sumo wrestler in the early 2000s, I would have called myself Osamayamama.

(Gonna check if I can send that back in time to Jay Leno)
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
I can't believe they're still deliberating
jonseidel.bsky.social Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16d
Federal jurors have retired to begin deliberating in the case of Juan Espinoza Martinez, the Chicago man accused of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
jonseidel.bsky.social Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16d
A few key instructions read by Lefkow (except in the second, she replaced "crime" with "murder for hire" at the end.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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trans.bsky.social
real scene from upcoming He-man movie (NOT FAKE):
He-man on a trans background : “Hey Im actually going by They-Man these days" Jared Leto: “oh cool thanks for letting me know"
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
Literally no exceptions
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 17d
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
amreports.bsky.social Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 17d
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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amreports.bsky.social
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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chelseagsummers.bsky.social
Always read (and listen to) Radley Balko, even if it's in the NY Times.

Gift link below.
sbagen.bsky.social Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 18d
“We can still stop these abuses of power, but we need to be clear about what we’re facing. This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM
highnumber.bsky.social
Feels weird that they are advertising Botox in this dentist office lobby
A grey fake wood grain end table in a dentist office lobby with a hardcover book that says "REAL PEOPLE REAL RESULTS," and a brochure for Botox treatment
January 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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patrickiber.bsky.social
A passage from the 1943 OSS psychological assessment of Hitler, for your holiday mo(u)rning www.cia.gov/readingroom/...
PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND RECONSTRUCTION The world has come to know Adolph Hitler for his insatiable greed for power, his ruthlessness, cruelty and utter lack of feeling, his contempt for established institutions and his lack of moral restraints. In the course of relatively few years he has contrived to usurp such tre- mendous power that a few veiled threats, accusations or insinuations were sufficient to make the world tremble. In open defiance of treaties he occupied huge territories and conquered millions of people without even firing a shot. When the world became tired of being frightened and concluded that it was all a bluff, he initiated the most brutal and deva- stating war in history - a war which, for a time, threatened the com- plete destruction of our civilization. Human life and human suffering seem to leave this individual completely untouched as he plunges along the course he believes he was predestined to take. Earlier in his career the world had watched him with amuse- ment. Many people refused to take him seriously on the grounds that "he could not possibly last." As one action after another met with amaz- ing success and the measure of the man became more obvious, this amusement was transformed into incredulousness. To most people, it seemed inconceivable that such things could actually happen in our mod- ern civilization. Hitler, the leader of these activities, became generally regarded as a madman, if not inhuman. Such a judgment, concerning the nature of our enemy, may be satisfactory to the man in the street. It gives him a feeling of satisfaction to pigeon-hole an incomprehensible individual in one category or another and having classified him in this way, he feels that the problem is solved. All we need to do is to eliminate the madman from the scene of activities, replace him with a sane indivi- dual, and the world will again return to a normal and peaceful state of affairs. This naive view, however, is wholly inadequate for those who are delegated to conduct the war against Germany or for those who will be delegated to deal with the situation when the war is over. They can- not content themselves with simply regarding Hitler as a personal devil and condemning him to an Eternal Hell in order that the remainder of the world may live in peace and quiet. They will realize that the madness of the Fuehrer has become the madness of a nation, if not of a large part of the continent. They will realize that these are not wholly the actions of a single individual but that a reciprocal relationship exists between the Fuehrer and the people and that the madness of the one stimulates and flows into the other and vice versa. It was not only Hitler, the madman, who created German madness, but German madness which created Hitler. Having created him as its spokesman and leader, it has been carried along by his momentum, perhaps far beyond the point where it was originally prepared to go. Nevertheless, it continues to follow his lead in spite of the fact that it must be obvious to all intelligent people now that his path leads to inevitable destruction. From a scientific point of view, therefore, we are forced to con- sider Hitler, the Fuehrer, not as a personal devil, wicked as his actions and philosophy may be, but as the expression of a state of mind existing in millions of people, not only in Germany but, to a smaller degree, in all civilized countries. To remove Hitler may be a necessary first step, but it would not be the cure. It would be analogous to removing a chancre without treating the underlying disease. If similar eruptions are to be prevented in the future, we cannot content ourselves with simply remov- ing the overt manifestations of the disease. On the contrary, we must ferret out and seek to correct the underlying factors which produced the unwelcome phenomenon. We must discover the psychological streams which nourish this destructive state of mind in order that we may divert them into channels which will permit a further evolution of our form of civilization.
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
I am so excited about this Sam Raimi movie
January 18, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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jensfoell.de
A joke for the history buffs:

Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
highnumber.bsky.social
youtu.be/xZnhzgZXMRM?...
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM