Joe Hass
@hassgocubs.bsky.social
Interaction designer. Transit geek. Human rights fan. Easily amused. Misses NYC. Vodka tonic and Cubs lover (not literally). Warren 2020 Forever. He/Him.
Damn you, WLS!!! I block Lite FM all season and you have to betray me!
Whammed at 12:26 PM on 12/22.
Whammed at 12:26 PM on 12/22.
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Damn you, WLS!!! I block Lite FM all season and you have to betray me!
Whammed at 12:26 PM on 12/22.
Whammed at 12:26 PM on 12/22.
Accept no substitutes!
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Accept no substitutes!
In case you need any more proof that the use of AI is a piece of shit except to remind us what a piece of shit AI is, here you go.
If you're using AI *FOR ANYTHING* other than to prove its worthlessness, stop. You're making yourself look like a lazy slob and wasting valuable resources.
If you're using AI *FOR ANYTHING* other than to prove its worthlessness, stop. You're making yourself look like a lazy slob and wasting valuable resources.
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In case you need any more proof that the use of AI is a piece of shit except to remind us what a piece of shit AI is, here you go.
If you're using AI *FOR ANYTHING* other than to prove its worthlessness, stop. You're making yourself look like a lazy slob and wasting valuable resources.
If you're using AI *FOR ANYTHING* other than to prove its worthlessness, stop. You're making yourself look like a lazy slob and wasting valuable resources.
Ms Berry ain't wrong, kids, about *any* of this.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ms Berry ain't wrong, kids, about *any* of this.
Adjust your calculators appropriately.
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Adjust your calculators appropriately.
My brother-in-law's wife just published a journal for people who like nature. She's put her whole heart into it, and she's a wonderful person. Please take a look (yes, it's on Amazon; you get a special dispensation on this one) and consider purchasing one for yourself, a friend, or a loved one!
Amazon.com: Grounded for Life: A Nature Journal Rooted in Refelection and Renewal to Reduce Stress and Rewild the Senses: 9798999507808: Coombes MSW, Kristin: Books
Amazon.com: Grounded for Life: A Nature Journal Rooted in Refelection and Renewal to Reduce Stress and Rewild the Senses: 9798999507808: Coombes MSW, Kristin: Books
a.co
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My brother-in-law's wife just published a journal for people who like nature. She's put her whole heart into it, and she's a wonderful person. Please take a look (yes, it's on Amazon; you get a special dispensation on this one) and consider purchasing one for yourself, a friend, or a loved one!
Current conditions: snow dog.
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Current conditions: snow dog.
A friendly reminder: just because there's no picketers in front of your local Starbucks doesn't mean there's not a strike going on. Get your caffeine elsewhere, folks! sbworkersunited.org/our-strike/
Our Strike - Starbucks Workers United
We began taking action to push back on unresponsive management, unjust retaliation, and an unfair scheduling system. We saw that store by store, it was possible to win direct changes by taking a unifi...
sbworkersunited.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A friendly reminder: just because there's no picketers in front of your local Starbucks doesn't mean there's not a strike going on. Get your caffeine elsewhere, folks! sbworkersunited.org/our-strike/
Please get the bad man off my Lions game!
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Please get the bad man off my Lions game!
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November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Hook Dame Thompson's take into my veins!!!
If you have absolutely nothing good to say about A.I. come and sit by me.
www.thewrap.com/emma-thompso...
www.thewrap.com/emma-thompso...
Emma Thompson Explodes in Rage Over the 'Intense Irritation' of AI: 'Will You F--k Off?!' | Video
Emma Thompson made it clear she was not a fan of artificial intelligence during her latest appearance on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
www.thewrap.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hook Dame Thompson's take into my veins!!!
This is the city I live in, 40 miles from the Loop. So if you want to write off the fascist invaders as "just a city of Chicago problem", allow me to call bullshit on your illusion.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
October 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is the city I live in, 40 miles from the Loop. So if you want to write off the fascist invaders as "just a city of Chicago problem", allow me to call bullshit on your illusion.
Would anyone not my mom be appreciative of the fact that I'm up putzing to Barry Manilow hits from the 70s?
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Would anyone not my mom be appreciative of the fact that I'm up putzing to Barry Manilow hits from the 70s?
Welcome To My Hell, Part 7.
The Job Search Has Become a Humiliation Ritual
“It feels like I’m trying to make my robots talk to their robots.”
www.thecut.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Welcome To My Hell, Part 7.
If anyone would like to explain to me how a protester is "abusing their right to protest", I'd be a most attentive audience.
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.
"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.
"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If anyone would like to explain to me how a protester is "abusing their right to protest", I'd be a most attentive audience.
Are we absolutely sure this isn't a lost episode of Mash where Frank Burns has a fever dream that he becomes Secretary of War?
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are we absolutely sure this isn't a lost episode of Mash where Frank Burns has a fever dream that he becomes Secretary of War?
Welcome to my hell, Part 6.
‘I’ve Been Looking for a Job for 604 Days’
Long-term unemployment is rising. Here, what it’s like to be job-hunting in an increasingly bleak market.
www.thecut.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Welcome to my hell, Part 6.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
I'll say it again: why the hell isn't Petri a Pulitzer winner yet?
It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'll say it again: why the hell isn't Petri a Pulitzer winner yet?
Reposted by Joe Hass
What’s at stake here is free speech.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What’s at stake here is free speech.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.
We need to all stand up and speak out.
Reposted by Joe Hass
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
September 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
Reposted by Joe Hass
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
If you know any Trump supporters, tell them to scrub hard when they wash to get all that blood off their hands.
How are you supposed to get the COVID vaccine now? An explainer: defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of…
defector.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you know any Trump supporters, tell them to scrub hard when they wash to get all that blood off their hands.
This is my governor, and I stand with him.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
September 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is my governor, and I stand with him.