Josh Stock
@josh-stock.bsky.social
3rd Sunday of Advent:
Lord, we are filled with joy because of You. We sing praises to Your Name, O Most High! We rejoice because of You, and we want to say it again! Rejoice! We know You are near; Emmanuel is coming!
Lord, we are filled with joy because of You. We sing praises to Your Name, O Most High! We rejoice because of You, and we want to say it again! Rejoice! We know You are near; Emmanuel is coming!
December 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
3rd Sunday of Advent:
Lord, we are filled with joy because of You. We sing praises to Your Name, O Most High! We rejoice because of You, and we want to say it again! Rejoice! We know You are near; Emmanuel is coming!
Lord, we are filled with joy because of You. We sing praises to Your Name, O Most High! We rejoice because of You, and we want to say it again! Rejoice! We know You are near; Emmanuel is coming!
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C Clarke
“Any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature” - Virginia Postrel
I think there's a fantasy novel to be made in the space between these two statements.
“Any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature” - Virginia Postrel
I think there's a fantasy novel to be made in the space between these two statements.
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C Clarke
“Any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature” - Virginia Postrel
I think there's a fantasy novel to be made in the space between these two statements.
“Any sufficiently familiar technology is indistinguishable from nature” - Virginia Postrel
I think there's a fantasy novel to be made in the space between these two statements.
It's absolutely jarring to see Waymo driving down the street with zero humans in them.
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's absolutely jarring to see Waymo driving down the street with zero humans in them.
I have not vetted or researched this, but wow.
Flock, making money off surveillance, faking AI by using underpaid foreign labor.
As if we needed another reason to hate them.
Flock, making money off surveillance, faking AI by using underpaid foreign labor.
As if we needed another reason to hate them.
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
The powerful surveillance startup Flock was caught using workers in the Philippines to collate data on US residents.
futurism.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I have not vetted or researched this, but wow.
Flock, making money off surveillance, faking AI by using underpaid foreign labor.
As if we needed another reason to hate them.
Flock, making money off surveillance, faking AI by using underpaid foreign labor.
As if we needed another reason to hate them.
Chicago never ceases to entertain. And I'm here for it.
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Chicago never ceases to entertain. And I'm here for it.
God Almighty! Creator of all, we come to You with gratitude for the gift of Your Son.
Lord of lords! King of kings, We come to You with humbleness; We pray You make our hearts Your throne.
Jehovah Shalom! Prince of Peace, We come to You in full surrender.
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Lord of lords! King of kings, We come to You with humbleness; We pray You make our hearts Your throne.
Jehovah Shalom! Prince of Peace, We come to You in full surrender.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
God Almighty! Creator of all, we come to You with gratitude for the gift of Your Son.
Lord of lords! King of kings, We come to You with humbleness; We pray You make our hearts Your throne.
Jehovah Shalom! Prince of Peace, We come to You in full surrender.
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Lord of lords! King of kings, We come to You with humbleness; We pray You make our hearts Your throne.
Jehovah Shalom! Prince of Peace, We come to You in full surrender.
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Reminder to everyone that today is Annual Unsubscribe from Marketing List Day (aka "Cyber Monday").
Dont just delete those spammy "our best deal of the year!" emails today. Take the extra minute to Unsubscribe!
Dont just delete those spammy "our best deal of the year!" emails today. Take the extra minute to Unsubscribe!
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Reminder to everyone that today is Annual Unsubscribe from Marketing List Day (aka "Cyber Monday").
Dont just delete those spammy "our best deal of the year!" emails today. Take the extra minute to Unsubscribe!
Dont just delete those spammy "our best deal of the year!" emails today. Take the extra minute to Unsubscribe!
@profanity.accountant am I profane or crass?
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@profanity.accountant am I profane or crass?
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We did a thing. Well, close to 500 things to be exact.
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We did a thing. Well, close to 500 things to be exact.
Reposted by Josh Stock
Honestly got a little triggered reading this and I’m still thinking about it 2 hours later. What a good accounting of the chemical weapon aspect of what they did to our neighbors.
NEW — An investigation by a group of Chicago-area newsrooms and independent journalists found that federal agents used chemical weapons on protesters at least 49 times across 18 incidents across Chicago and the suburbs since October 1.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago • The TRiiBE
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
thetriibe.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Honestly got a little triggered reading this and I’m still thinking about it 2 hours later. What a good accounting of the chemical weapon aspect of what they did to our neighbors.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Anyone have a good contact for a local T-Shirt vendor who would sell a shirt and give proceeds/profits to a related charity?
I think I have a pretty clever idea for a shirt, and would like to get them printed and see people wear them in solidarity...but not trying to make a buck off it.
I think I have a pretty clever idea for a shirt, and would like to get them printed and see people wear them in solidarity...but not trying to make a buck off it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Anyone have a good contact for a local T-Shirt vendor who would sell a shirt and give proceeds/profits to a related charity?
I think I have a pretty clever idea for a shirt, and would like to get them printed and see people wear them in solidarity...but not trying to make a buck off it.
I think I have a pretty clever idea for a shirt, and would like to get them printed and see people wear them in solidarity...but not trying to make a buck off it.
Reposted by Josh Stock
I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
Reposted by Josh Stock
If you'd like to know what counts as a violation of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland (you can report alleged violations at tinyurl.com/chicagotro), the full written version of the order can be found here:
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you'd like to know what counts as a violation of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland (you can report alleged violations at tinyurl.com/chicagotro), the full written version of the order can be found here:
"Librarians are the opposite of AI Slop." Ald LaSpata on WBEZ
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Librarians are the opposite of AI Slop." Ald LaSpata on WBEZ
And the other subset of people who think it's just great that the violence of the state is pointed at folks just doing their lives, so long as they are on the 'other side'.
As both a legal reporter and a born Chicagoan, I cannot get over the juxtaposition of masked goons ripping apart my communities and those of my friends and family, and smartly dressed attorneys telling federal judges it is the government's right and duty to do so.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
And the other subset of people who think it's just great that the violence of the state is pointed at folks just doing their lives, so long as they are on the 'other side'.
You or someone you know in Chicago need a meal while SNAP is offline?
Check out these options: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...
Check out these options: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You or someone you know in Chicago need a meal while SNAP is offline?
Check out these options: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...
Check out these options: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...
When crowds show up (and block off the street) it makes it safe for taco vendors to work, and families to trick or treat in safety. Grateful to West Town neighbors for making this happen for my kids and so many others.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
When crowds show up (and block off the street) it makes it safe for taco vendors to work, and families to trick or treat in safety. Grateful to West Town neighbors for making this happen for my kids and so many others.
Reposted by Josh Stock
A lot of what's mentally stressful right now is just making sense of the dissonance in life and the huge range of crises (of varying speeds and sizes) that we encounter daily. It's so much work to identify, triage, and just move through your life.
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A lot of what's mentally stressful right now is just making sense of the dissonance in life and the huge range of crises (of varying speeds and sizes) that we encounter daily. It's so much work to identify, triage, and just move through your life.
It was always leading to this. Mobilization of the military against Americans.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It was always leading to this. Mobilization of the military against Americans.
Let's get these up everywhere we can!
So proud of my city. 👊❤️
(Albany Park is a diverse neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago.)
* Continuing to fight the "Chicago is a hellhole" narrative: I saw this because I biked a few miles to a lovely chocolate cafe on a gorgeous fall day where the leaves were starting to turn golden.
(Albany Park is a diverse neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago.)
* Continuing to fight the "Chicago is a hellhole" narrative: I saw this because I biked a few miles to a lovely chocolate cafe on a gorgeous fall day where the leaves were starting to turn golden.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Let's get these up everywhere we can!
Reposted by Josh Stock
This is happening in a couple of hours, head on over.
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is happening in a couple of hours, head on over.
Jeep Wagoneer with 5-6 ICE in Ukrainian Village/West Town. Last seen moving east Paulina and Superior around 9:23am. Abducted 1 person near Oakley & Erie.
Lincoln with multiple ICE spotted Wicker Park. Abducted 1 near 2100 Division. Last seen northbound on Damen near Milwaukee at 9:15
Lincoln with multiple ICE spotted Wicker Park. Abducted 1 near 2100 Division. Last seen northbound on Damen near Milwaukee at 9:15
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Jeep Wagoneer with 5-6 ICE in Ukrainian Village/West Town. Last seen moving east Paulina and Superior around 9:23am. Abducted 1 person near Oakley & Erie.
Lincoln with multiple ICE spotted Wicker Park. Abducted 1 near 2100 Division. Last seen northbound on Damen near Milwaukee at 9:15
Lincoln with multiple ICE spotted Wicker Park. Abducted 1 near 2100 Division. Last seen northbound on Damen near Milwaukee at 9:15