✴️Carl✴️Cosmos✴️
@cillic.bsky.social
Humanities for Hackers
Antiracist antifascist patriarchy-smashing hedonistic cis-queerish nightmare from the void.
Hot Mess.
He/they
Somewhere on the periphery of the Trans + Queer Shitpost
Antiracist antifascist patriarchy-smashing hedonistic cis-queerish nightmare from the void.
Hot Mess.
He/they
Somewhere on the periphery of the Trans + Queer Shitpost
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✴️Carl✴️Cosmos✴️
@cillic.bsky.social
· Sep 29
Hey @dadbaud.cocktailcon.org. i think Dann and I grew up to be our DND characters from 30 years ago...
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
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illinois!durbin is 202-224-2152; "experiencing high call volumes" but keep trying and in the meantime send an email pronto
www.durbin.senate.gov
www.durbin.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
illinois!durbin is 202-224-2152; "experiencing high call volumes" but keep trying and in the meantime send an email pronto
www.durbin.senate.gov
www.durbin.senate.gov
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❄️ Winter weather has arrived! Salt enhances safety & helps with icy conditions, but excessive salt use can also harm our local water environment, fish, wildlife, insects, bodies of water, soil, & the paws of our four-legged friends. 🐕 🐈 🐢🐟 🦅🦝🐾
Learn to #SaltSmart this winter! mwrd.org/salt
Learn to #SaltSmart this winter! mwrd.org/salt
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
❄️ Winter weather has arrived! Salt enhances safety & helps with icy conditions, but excessive salt use can also harm our local water environment, fish, wildlife, insects, bodies of water, soil, & the paws of our four-legged friends. 🐕 🐈 🐢🐟 🦅🦝🐾
Learn to #SaltSmart this winter! mwrd.org/salt
Learn to #SaltSmart this winter! mwrd.org/salt
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When you want to turn on a tv series in Australia you have to wait and be told to go apply waiting security updates to your devices. 💯💯🙌🏻
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
When you want to turn on a tv series in Australia you have to wait and be told to go apply waiting security updates to your devices. 💯💯🙌🏻
Be a good neighbor and shovel, but be careful shoveling this morning, Chicago. Wet, heavy snow mixed with slush and autumn leaves still falling means a serious risk for injury. #HeartAttackSnow
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Be a good neighbor and shovel, but be careful shoveling this morning, Chicago. Wet, heavy snow mixed with slush and autumn leaves still falling means a serious risk for injury. #HeartAttackSnow
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#OnThisDay Nov 10, 2025 just past midnight: About 20 miles south of Isle Royale, Edmund Fitzgerald and Arthur M. Anderson begin to encounter the storm. By 1:00 am waves are 10ft high and winds howl between 50-60mph.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
#OnThisDay Nov 10, 2025 just past midnight: About 20 miles south of Isle Royale, Edmund Fitzgerald and Arthur M. Anderson begin to encounter the storm. By 1:00 am waves are 10ft high and winds howl between 50-60mph.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
I never thought I would ever say anything like to ya buddy, but @durbin.senate.gov you can fuck right off you sellout. I am FURIOUS with you. How DARE you pretend to even think they will "hold up their end of the bargain."
I hope you sleep well knowing you capitulated to fascists.
I hope you sleep well knowing you capitulated to fascists.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I never thought I would ever say anything like to ya buddy, but @durbin.senate.gov you can fuck right off you sellout. I am FURIOUS with you. How DARE you pretend to even think they will "hold up their end of the bargain."
I hope you sleep well knowing you capitulated to fascists.
I hope you sleep well knowing you capitulated to fascists.
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That lamp looks PISSED.
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
That lamp looks PISSED.
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Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Club 950 reunion at Late Bar tonight if you are so inclined...
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Club 950 reunion at Late Bar tonight if you are so inclined...
This hit me in the feels really hard.
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This hit me in the feels really hard.
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Chicago FREE In-Store performance Sunday November 9 at Reckless Records Wicker Park with @chirpradio.org at 4pm. We’ll be there with our new album Animal Hospital. 🐇🏥
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Chicago FREE In-Store performance Sunday November 9 at Reckless Records Wicker Park with @chirpradio.org at 4pm. We’ll be there with our new album Animal Hospital. 🐇🏥
That's a wrap on family game day! 5 hours may have been a bit ambitious, but we had so much fun.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
That's a wrap on family game day! 5 hours may have been a bit ambitious, but we had so much fun.
Extended family back in from the porch
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Extended family back in from the porch
You're welcome
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
You're welcome
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Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
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Europe needs to break free of American cybersecurity, The horrifying truth of those employment text scams, How Treasury's Cfius really doesn't protect national security, How hackers made Microsoft's K...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers 1/3
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Our Japanese lilac tree wishes you a lovely autumnal weekend
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Our Japanese lilac tree wishes you a lovely autumnal weekend
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A weekend read — Chicago is home to some of the world’s largest and richest corporations.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the grassroots coalition of organizers who elected him say it’s time for the wealthy to pay their fair share.
Enter the corporate head tax.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the grassroots coalition of organizers who elected him say it’s time for the wealthy to pay their fair share.
Enter the corporate head tax.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money • The TRiiBE
Proponents say former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s removal of the corporate head tax left a hole in the city's budget that was never replaced; they want the rich to pay their fair share.
thetriibe.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A weekend read — Chicago is home to some of the world’s largest and richest corporations.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the grassroots coalition of organizers who elected him say it’s time for the wealthy to pay their fair share.
Enter the corporate head tax.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the grassroots coalition of organizers who elected him say it’s time for the wealthy to pay their fair share.
Enter the corporate head tax.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Yep, it checks out
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yep, it checks out
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes