San Patricio Brigade
@behan.bsky.social
Chicago guy w/Irish ancestors. Adtech, Motion Pictures, Lit, Music and Progressive politics. I have friends everywhere.
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new: government contractors are increasingly invoking trade secrets protections to shield products like gunshot detection, dna analysis, and facial recognition from public scrutiny.
via max blaisdell + matt chapman
via max blaisdell + matt chapman
Trade secrets protections shield information from public view
When a government contractor’s right to privacy outweighs the public’s right to know
chicagoreader.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
new: government contractors are increasingly invoking trade secrets protections to shield products like gunshot detection, dna analysis, and facial recognition from public scrutiny.
via max blaisdell + matt chapman
via max blaisdell + matt chapman
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Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships. Patients pay price as “profit motive” often leaves them “out of money in no time.” Read part 2 of stellar @chicagotribune.com investigation by Emily Hoerner Christy Gutowski and Lisa Schencker
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/30/h...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/30/h...
When hospitals choose private guardians, patients pay the price
When Chicago hospitals seek guardians for patients with assets, a law firm and a private care management organization get nearly all the business.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships. Patients pay price as “profit motive” often leaves them “out of money in no time.” Read part 2 of stellar @chicagotribune.com investigation by Emily Hoerner Christy Gutowski and Lisa Schencker
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/30/h...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/30/h...
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New York Cancer Foundation inexplicably “honored” Lee freaking Zeldin so kudos to this brave soul who disrupted their black-tie nonsense
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New York Cancer Foundation inexplicably “honored” Lee freaking Zeldin so kudos to this brave soul who disrupted their black-tie nonsense
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I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
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A reminder: For the Holidays, your friends and families want books. Buy them books. If you aren't sure which book to get them, buy them more books. People want books!
My family has been calling me a luddite for years, & I’ve never felt better about that moniker than I do now, after a cities conference highlighting AI data centers & a new push for more surveillance downtown. We don’t have to participate. This year, shop in local stores, buy actual books. 📚🎄🕎
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A reminder: For the Holidays, your friends and families want books. Buy them books. If you aren't sure which book to get them, buy them more books. People want books!
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Grandpa trying to power through his nap time to watch the end of the ballgame.
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Grandpa trying to power through his nap time to watch the end of the ballgame.
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18th Street is a key access corridor for bicyclists and pedestrians, giving residents and visitors in the South Loop, Near South Side, Pilsen, etc. the only open access to the South Lakefront between Roosevelt Road and 31st Street (did I miss an access point?). chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/21/a...
Ald. Dowell forcing CDOT to tear out portions of already-installed bike lane protection on 18th shows what's wrong with aldermanic prerogative - Streetsblog Chicago
An old editor of mine at the Chicago Reader gave me a good writing tip: “Let chronology work for you.” With that advice in mind, let me share some info about the 18th Street protected bike lane debacl...
chi.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
18th Street is a key access corridor for bicyclists and pedestrians, giving residents and visitors in the South Loop, Near South Side, Pilsen, etc. the only open access to the South Lakefront between Roosevelt Road and 31st Street (did I miss an access point?). chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/21/a...
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Please consider a donation: The go-to source for on-the-ground reporting in Chicago, just two valiant reporters on the front lines, coming at you with truth. I number them among my few subscriptions.
~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
Support Unraveled
unraveledpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Please consider a donation: The go-to source for on-the-ground reporting in Chicago, just two valiant reporters on the front lines, coming at you with truth. I number them among my few subscriptions.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for non-traditional policy coordination"
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Rubio changes the tack of Trump’s Ukraine negotiations after week of chaos
The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for non-traditional policy coordination
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"The administration’s shifting messaging on Ukraine underscores Trump’s preference for non-traditional policy coordination"
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Why can't they just say Trump couldn't find his ass with both hands.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
I propose this as a change to our election laws. From now on, everyone running for office shall be forced to perform a song, do a live reading from a novel or poem, a monologue from a play, paint a picture, something useful. Then we vote.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I propose this as a change to our election laws. From now on, everyone running for office shall be forced to perform a song, do a live reading from a novel or poem, a monologue from a play, paint a picture, something useful. Then we vote.
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What matters isn’t who we give thanks *to*, but rather *that* we give thanks. Thanksgiving is an act of humility. It forces us to change, albeit briefly, our perspective.
Sunday Pages: "Proclamation 106—Thanksgiving Day, 1863"
A decree by Abraham Lincoln
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What matters isn’t who we give thanks *to*, but rather *that* we give thanks. Thanksgiving is an act of humility. It forces us to change, albeit briefly, our perspective.
Kudos to the fortune cookie industry for hopping aboard the AI train and letting ChatGPT write the fortunes.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Kudos to the fortune cookie industry for hopping aboard the AI train and letting ChatGPT write the fortunes.
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As soon as I heard Peter Thiel was doing lectures about the Antichrist, I figured it was time to talk with @gilduran.com again — and he did not disappoint.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
Peter Thiel is obsessed with the Antichrist — but what does he actually mean when he talks about it?
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
This week @gilduran.com joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Thiel casts his enemies as the Antichrist to distract from Silicon Valley’s anti-human project.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/303_...
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As soon as I heard Peter Thiel was doing lectures about the Antichrist, I figured it was time to talk with @gilduran.com again — and he did not disappoint.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
This is a great conversation not just about the Antichrist talk, but the broader project of Thiel and his fellow tech billionaires.
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#MeanwhileInMichigan
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#MeanwhileInMichigan
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
This is a small part of why I got out of the ad business. I never had to do anything this dirty, but it's not just the oil companies. Everybody that touches this shit is complicit. The account managers, the creative team, the team that traffics the crap. Everybody that touches it is guilty.
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is a small part of why I got out of the ad business. I never had to do anything this dirty, but it's not just the oil companies. Everybody that touches this shit is complicit. The account managers, the creative team, the team that traffics the crap. Everybody that touches it is guilty.
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.