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Howard Beale
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Mud farmer, anarcho-syndicated commune #7, winner of numerous participant awards
#BlackLivesMatter
#ReadingIsFundemental
#GoodTrouble
#GreaterFool
#OCSE member
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
it always surprises and makes me happy that this guy was a noted Oxford trained Chaucer scholar, with multiple publications and lectures on the Canterbury Tales under his belt.
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
her 15 minutes of fame are over and now she's praying for 15 minutes of anonymity
Sorry to be a broken record but it's nuts to me that the New York Times would write an entire article summarizing a court ruling and refuse to provide a link to said ruling. This is a disservice to readers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...

Here's the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Appeals Court Says Alina Habba Is Unlawful U.S. Attorney
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
you ever clean up the addresses for expenses and receipts for all current Chicago aldermen back to 1999?
done & done
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Today only: get $10 off tickets to "Come Back, Little Sheba" and "Always...Patsy Cline" with code word CYBER 💻

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December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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In Democratic-led Springfield, a willingness to build coalitions and reach across the political aisle are the marks of a productive lawmaker, a new report finds.
Nonpartisan think tank identifies Illinois' most effective state legislators
www.wbez.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
who remembers spirograph? I worked for an engineering firm that based its entire reasón de existancé on that .. with patterns and patents that went back to the 1910s.

if there's ever a nuclear war, we know that file clerks, buried deep within government facilities, will survive.
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The American Taliban - The Newsroom - HBO
YouTube video by High Desert Soul
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
too quick questions
have we designed what we want Russia to be post-Putin?
while you're thinking of that
have we designed what we want the United States to look like post-Trump?
I have yet to see a plan. as you know, if it's not in my hands I don't know where it's at

anyway, there's Pat & the boys
🎧 Pat Metheny Group - To the End of the World
YouTube video by Lenny Price Music
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the Carol of the bells
now a Christmas classic
Tubular Bells (Opening Theme / From "The Exorcist")
YouTube video by Mike Oldfield - Topic
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I still miss him. going into his store was like going on a great adventure, you never knew where you'd end up
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
and now for something, completely different
SNOWFALL - MANHATTAN TRANSFER
YouTube video by Randy H.
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it.
... Old Marley was as dead as a doornail
"Scrooge" - Act 1, Scene 2
YouTube video by Allison Szatkiewicz
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
daaaaaa bears
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
dark and prescient in these advent times
December to Remember Car Commercial - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#BlackFriday and a piña colada my friend
Stompin' on the avenue, my radio playin'
Transistor and a large sum of money to spend
Bad Sneakers
YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
thanks Rodney
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
such a lovely series. if you want to know, this is where you go
The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 with Paul Freedman - YouTube
Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation. Topics in...
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Representatives
they're mad when they're there they're mad when they're shot

and all they do is wring their hands
I am praying for the swift recovery of the two National Guardsmen who were shot yesterday at our nation’s capital. Our nation’s heart beats with these public servants and their families.
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Eugene Levy in national lampoon vacation: "if you hate it now, but wait till you drive it". that's kind of how I feel about our current situations (plural)
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
the ghost of Charles Tilly haunts us all
The president and his special envoy are primarily concerned with finding a way to make Putin happy by providing a sufficient reward for his brutal and sadistic war of aggression. We have become a country that sells out our friends and embraces the worst people on the planet.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
time to make dinner. and what better way to make dinner than listening to a little Lyle Mays (RIP 🥀) and Pat Metheny

here's Pat and the boys pointing the way
The Way Up: Opening & Part One
YouTube video by Pat Metheny - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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The shooting of National Guard members is a horrific act of violence. I’m praying for these servicemembers and their loved ones.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM