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Jenny Luebbe
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Data scientist bookworm groundhog
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There's nothing more comforting to me than a Jane Austen tale. The drama is contained, the humour is gentle and the endings are happy.

But her real life was impacted by climate turmoil 🌋

Free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com

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Bankers Get a Dire Warning From Jane Austen's Final Book
Jane Austen’s novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Emma, continue to grip readers (and viewers) in her semiquincentennial year. Her enduring appeal may come from the comfort her stories bring, wi...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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MAPA: Make America Party Again

"Only 4.1 percent of Americans attended or hosted a social event on an average weekend or holiday in 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; this is a 35 percent decrease since 2004."

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
www.theatlantic.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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Passed by a power plant that seems to have some pretty incredible reviews on google
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Live in 2.5 hours! wmtu.fm
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Here's the setlist for this week's radio show!
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Back in Trump 1, somebody on Twitter said, "Wait... you mean this whole time the government has been operating on the honor system?"

To which I, a Fake Constitutional scholar, said: Yes!

Here's an explanation of why what the framers did in fact call "honor" is essential:
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Doing another radio show! Starts in 3 hours! Here's the setlist!
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Chicago” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS in Chicago · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Here in Chicago we know how to rise up, fight back, and support each other. It is more important than ever that we do that together on October 18t...
www.mobilize.us
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Doing another radio show in 3 hours! This one's dedicated to long songs!
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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This piece from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social is straight 🔥

And if you want to gain a better perspective of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, Geidner’s Law Dork blog is always worth your time.
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV pundits say that Trump's threat of providing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine is merely a part of the plan worked out with Putin in Anchorage, and after Trump's call with Putin, he will announce a change of plans and send nothing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v87t...
State TV pundits say Trump's call with Putin is a ploy not to provide Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This is in Oak Park, which is directly west of the Austin neighborhood (west side)
So this IL Hospital Association memo describes an incident where ICE detained a US citizen, gave them HEART PROBLEMS, took them to a hospital where the fought with medical personnel, then left when they realized they detained a CITIZEN.
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I have a weekly radio show now!

It’s called HAND ME THE AUX and the first show is this Wednesday!

You can listen to it at 10pm-12am EST on 91.9 WMTU!

Get ready to have your mind blown and your taste expanded.
September 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Vim is the original escape room
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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"I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody." ~ #LilyTomlin
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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If someone says something is ‘likely’ to happen, what probability springs to mind?

How about ‘probable’? Or ‘possible’?
New post on the challenges of communicating uncertainty - and the lengths people will go to in an effort to avoid being pinned down…

kucharski.substack.com/p/possibly-a...
Possibly a serious possibility
How 'lurking weasel' phrases skewed Cold War intelligence
kucharski.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.

Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.

We cannot let this stand.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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“Health officials are warning that people who were at the following locations on the following dates may have been exposed:”
April 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Two Cook County residents have been diagnosed with measles, Chicago Department of Public Health officials announced Thursday.

to.wttw.com/3RLknBr
2 Measles Cases in Cook County Residents Confirmed, Health Officials Say
The cases are the first to be diagnosed in Cook County since March 8, 2024, when an outbreak of measles that began in a Pilsen shelter for migrants sickened 67 people.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Beautiful encouragement from Ryan Holiday.
Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship (Gift Article)
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Read this by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social now:

Trump’s tariff policy has nothing to do with trade
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April 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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As @maddow.msnbc.com is currently pointing out, in order to beat Trump, you have to fight. Firms that have fought have won.

Gift link.
Judge Blocks Trump From Retaliating Against Susman Godfrey Law Firm (Gift Article)
It’s the latest setback to the president’s efforts to wield government power to punish law firms. A federal judge called it “a shocking abuse of power.”
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM