Using a dataset of matches in 2025 that women wrestlers participated in, I generated this interactive 3d network graph which shows the strength of the relationships between all the women professional wrestlers in the world (this year).
introvert.net/2025/joshinet/
introvert.net/2025/joshinet/
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Using a dataset of matches in 2025 that women wrestlers participated in, I generated this interactive 3d network graph which shows the strength of the relationships between all the women professional wrestlers in the world (this year).
introvert.net/2025/joshinet/
introvert.net/2025/joshinet/
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It's matches of the month time!
I ramble about forgotten GAEA rookies, Emi Sakura's anniversary gauntlet and more. Give it a read if you've got some time.
ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/01/r...
I ramble about forgotten GAEA rookies, Emi Sakura's anniversary gauntlet and more. Give it a read if you've got some time.
ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/01/r...
Ramblings About’s Matches of the Month for November 2025
The koala goes for gold. Credit: TJPW Another month, another host of matches that I think you should be watching. There are a couple of wildcards included, but the majority of it is me watching my …
ramblingsaboutwrestling.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's matches of the month time!
I ramble about forgotten GAEA rookies, Emi Sakura's anniversary gauntlet and more. Give it a read if you've got some time.
ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/01/r...
I ramble about forgotten GAEA rookies, Emi Sakura's anniversary gauntlet and more. Give it a read if you've got some time.
ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/01/r...
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This story by @mdoukmas.bsky.social is not only a deeply reported, behind-the-scenes look at the man who’s steered Cook County’s courts for the last quarter century — it’s also a master class in profile writing. Make time to read it!
If you live in the Chicago area, the chief judge of Cook County might be the most consequential local official you've never heard of. The position has been held by one man — Timothy Evans — for the past 24 years. Read the latest from us and @chicagomag.com: buff.ly/I8R6R5I
How chief judge Timothy Evans shaped the Cook County courts
For 24 years, Timothy Evans led the Cook County Circuit Court through major reforms and policy changes.
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This story by @mdoukmas.bsky.social is not only a deeply reported, behind-the-scenes look at the man who’s steered Cook County’s courts for the last quarter century — it’s also a master class in profile writing. Make time to read it!
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Here is a simple illustration of the gap between “the best music of an era” and “the music you would be surrounded by, like it or not, if you lived in that era. “Surfer Rosa” was released in March of 1988. That January, my local radio station was playing this twice an hour:
PowerSource - Dear Mr. Jesus (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Klender_Nothing2Lose
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December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Here is a simple illustration of the gap between “the best music of an era” and “the music you would be surrounded by, like it or not, if you lived in that era. “Surfer Rosa” was released in March of 1988. That January, my local radio station was playing this twice an hour:
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The Rogers Park Birkin is a must-have accessory for any chic North Sider.
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Rogers Park Birkin is a must-have accessory for any chic North Sider.
Is the order still illegal if the president has issued a preemptive pardon for anyone executing it?
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Is the order still illegal if the president has issued a preemptive pardon for anyone executing it?
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This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
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Why this song always make me wanna cry tho??
I got curious about what the lyrics actually were to that ChocoPro song – you know the one – and I ended up making a video www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPPw...
Shout the Name of the One You Love the Most「一番好きな人の名前をさけぼう〜」 #chocopro #gatohmove
YouTube video by ted w
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Why this song always make me wanna cry tho??
I got curious about what the lyrics actually were to that ChocoPro song – you know the one – and I ended up making a video www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPPw...
Shout the Name of the One You Love the Most「一番好きな人の名前をさけぼう〜」 #chocopro #gatohmove
YouTube video by ted w
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I got curious about what the lyrics actually were to that ChocoPro song – you know the one – and I ended up making a video www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPPw...
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Notes From Korakuen Hall, Row N
"Everything around the building is much brighter and alluring. It's all very humble and serviceable here in Korakuen Hall, the home of Japanese pro wrestling."
By @josephweirdness.bsky.social
READ: moonsault.press/korakuen
#wrestlesky
#indiewrestling
🤼♂️
"Everything around the building is much brighter and alluring. It's all very humble and serviceable here in Korakuen Hall, the home of Japanese pro wrestling."
By @josephweirdness.bsky.social
READ: moonsault.press/korakuen
#wrestlesky
#indiewrestling
🤼♂️
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Notes From Korakuen Hall, Row N
"Everything around the building is much brighter and alluring. It's all very humble and serviceable here in Korakuen Hall, the home of Japanese pro wrestling."
By @josephweirdness.bsky.social
READ: moonsault.press/korakuen
#wrestlesky
#indiewrestling
🤼♂️
"Everything around the building is much brighter and alluring. It's all very humble and serviceable here in Korakuen Hall, the home of Japanese pro wrestling."
By @josephweirdness.bsky.social
READ: moonsault.press/korakuen
#wrestlesky
#indiewrestling
🤼♂️
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Virginia Gibson riding a giant turkey by Bert Six (1952)
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Virginia Gibson riding a giant turkey by Bert Six (1952)
celebrating Thanksgiving the traditional way today: cross-dressing and wandering the streets drunkenly shaking down stuffy people
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
celebrating Thanksgiving the traditional way today: cross-dressing and wandering the streets drunkenly shaking down stuffy people
Now we just quickly need to run each proposed removal past the local alderperson - surely there’s no game theoretic reason they might not want to slightly inconvenience their constituents in exchange for an overall system improvement
I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Now we just quickly need to run each proposed removal past the local alderperson - surely there’s no game theoretic reason they might not want to slightly inconvenience their constituents in exchange for an overall system improvement
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For reference, this is 300 W Washington - PIN 17-09-442-008-0000, assessed at a market value of $2,190,360.
tax bill of this vacant lot in downtown Chicago
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
For reference, this is 300 W Washington - PIN 17-09-442-008-0000, assessed at a market value of $2,190,360.
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tax bill of this vacant lot in downtown Chicago
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
tax bill of this vacant lot in downtown Chicago
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
2023: $292,593.15
2024: $70,386.00
change: $222,207.15 decrease is a 76% drop
the property owner lost every recent appeal at the Board of Review (the last one was 2020) so this is likely because property values have dropped a lot
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i'm making a more technical point that i've seen no evidence that american soliders have a positive duty to refuse an illegal order. illegal orders create a defense to a charge of failing to obey an order, and negate a defense to a criminal charge, but don't create an independent duty, as far I know
July 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM
i'm making a more technical point that i've seen no evidence that american soliders have a positive duty to refuse an illegal order. illegal orders create a defense to a charge of failing to obey an order, and negate a defense to a criminal charge, but don't create an independent duty, as far I know
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I'm not convinced that there's actually a written rule that applies to the US Military that states that officers or enlisted are "supposed to refuse illegal orders". I think instead that "the order was unlawful" is established as a defense in a court martial for refusing to obey an order.
July 5, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I'm not convinced that there's actually a written rule that applies to the US Military that states that officers or enlisted are "supposed to refuse illegal orders". I think instead that "the order was unlawful" is established as a defense in a court martial for refusing to obey an order.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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We’re doing it again! Come watch wrestling with new friends and Japanese snacks!
Sunday from 5-8 at Kombini + Kanpai.
Sunday from 5-8 at Kombini + Kanpai.
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We’re doing it again! Come watch wrestling with new friends and Japanese snacks!
Sunday from 5-8 at Kombini + Kanpai.
Sunday from 5-8 at Kombini + Kanpai.
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Spied in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood today. At least 5-6 small billy goats just roaming the sidewalk, with no human nearby. Charming, delightful, and utterly mysterious. Any locals know who these cuties belong to?
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Spied in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood today. At least 5-6 small billy goats just roaming the sidewalk, with no human nearby. Charming, delightful, and utterly mysterious. Any locals know who these cuties belong to?
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The annual property tax bill on this parking garage went down $8,000
Wrong direction
Wrong direction
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The annual property tax bill on this parking garage went down $8,000
Wrong direction
Wrong direction
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Azm vs mei suruga youtu.be/0buPDFDTDm4 🔥🔥🔥
#ChocoPro Full Match - AZM vs Mei Suruga at Emi Sakura 30th Anniversary show "Cult Heroine #stardom
YouTube video by ChocoPro wrestling
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Azm vs mei suruga youtu.be/0buPDFDTDm4 🔥🔥🔥
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alright man. let's wrap up this olivia nuzzi shit by 12am CST tomorrow. no more of this shit. we have moved on as a society.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
alright man. let's wrap up this olivia nuzzi shit by 12am CST tomorrow. no more of this shit. we have moved on as a society.