@dmercer00.bsky.social
Supporter of mostly underachieving teams.
Margo Price
Elvis Costello
Jeff Tweedy (solo)
The Avett Brothers
Jason Isbell
Elvis Costello
Jeff Tweedy (solo)
The Avett Brothers
Jason Isbell
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
Chicago Farmer
Kelsey Waldon
Charlie Parr
Lucinda Williams
Dom Flemons
Chicago Farmer
Kelsey Waldon
Charlie Parr
Lucinda Williams
Dom Flemons
Nine Inch Nails
The Avett Brothers
Langhorne Slim
Watchhouse
The Heavy Heavy
The Avett Brothers
Langhorne Slim
Watchhouse
The Heavy Heavy
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Margo Price
Elvis Costello
Jeff Tweedy (solo)
The Avett Brothers
Jason Isbell
Elvis Costello
Jeff Tweedy (solo)
The Avett Brothers
Jason Isbell
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North Texas is ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 1959, snapping the longest active streak between poll appearances among FBS teams.
That now falls to New Mexico State, last ranked in 1960. Then Rice, last in 1961.
That now falls to New Mexico State, last ranked in 1960. Then Rice, last in 1961.
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
North Texas is ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 1959, snapping the longest active streak between poll appearances among FBS teams.
That now falls to New Mexico State, last ranked in 1960. Then Rice, last in 1961.
That now falls to New Mexico State, last ranked in 1960. Then Rice, last in 1961.
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
Updates like this much appreciated. Anyone with anecdotes/info re TSA waits in Indy and Philadelphia would also be greatly appreciated.
Flight restrictions, day one, road report.
—Notices like one at left all over O'Hare, for flights headed to major hubs. (Several flights to small cities just took off w/o delay.)
—Updates like one at right in United app.
I actually appreciate the frankness. Also, good to see how they list DCA.
—Notices like one at left all over O'Hare, for flights headed to major hubs. (Several flights to small cities just took off w/o delay.)
—Updates like one at right in United app.
I actually appreciate the frankness. Also, good to see how they list DCA.
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Updates like this much appreciated. Anyone with anecdotes/info re TSA waits in Indy and Philadelphia would also be greatly appreciated.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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This is the work of Elon Musk and his DOGE kids most of all
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is the work of Elon Musk and his DOGE kids most of all
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okay the kids are off to school so
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
Who is selling the most booze at football games this year? We FOIA'd to find out.
SURPRISE! Wisconsin football fans enjoy adult beverages, film at 11.
www.extrapointsmb.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
okay the kids are off to school so
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
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Who can tell anymore if they’re moving furniture or robbing the place. 🤷🏻♂️
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Who can tell anymore if they’re moving furniture or robbing the place. 🤷🏻♂️
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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
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In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls and arrested U.S. citizens.
In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.
They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.
And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.
“Feels like state-sponsored terror."
In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.
They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.
And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.
“Feels like state-sponsored terror."
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls and arrested U.S. citizens.
In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.
They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.
And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.
“Feels like state-sponsored terror."
In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters.
They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers.
And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles.
“Feels like state-sponsored terror."
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Is there any good thing that AI supposedly makes better cause all that’s ever been reported about it is how actually makes bad things worse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
A.I. Is Making Death Threats Way More Realistic
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Is there any good thing that AI supposedly makes better cause all that’s ever been reported about it is how actually makes bad things worse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
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So wait, Trump “cut a deal” with China to: buy the soybeans they were already buying before the trade war, but now China gets advanced AI chips too?? Where is the win??
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So wait, Trump “cut a deal” with China to: buy the soybeans they were already buying before the trade war, but now China gets advanced AI chips too?? Where is the win??
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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My brother wisely asks:
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My brother wisely asks:
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Gov. Pritzker asks Noem to pause ICE enforcement for Halloween: 'Please let children be children'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Gov. Pritzker asks Noem to pause ICE enforcement for Halloween: 'Please let children be children'
The request, obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, comes four days after ICE agents fired tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood as families and children walked to a Halloween parade.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Gov. Pritzker asks Noem to pause ICE enforcement for Halloween: 'Please let children be children'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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listening and learning. thank you gongle
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
listening and learning. thank you gongle
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Q: What was the key on defense?
Vassell: Wemby 🤠👽
Vassell: Wemby 🤠👽
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Q: What was the key on defense?
Vassell: Wemby 🤠👽
Vassell: Wemby 🤠👽
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China has very detailed maps of our homes.
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
futurism.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
China has very detailed maps of our homes.
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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something really interesting happens when you use AI for news (it sucks)
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
What happens when you trust AI for news
AI chatbots are surging in popularity.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
something really interesting happens when you use AI for news (it sucks)
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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"The American media is not made for this moment," HuffPost senior White House correspondent @svdate.bsky.social
tells CJR. "And we, unfortunately, collectively have not figured out a way to convey the seriousness of it to our audience." With
Ivan L Nagy.
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
tells CJR. "And we, unfortunately, collectively have not figured out a way to convey the seriousness of it to our audience." With
Ivan L Nagy.
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
S.V. Dáte thinks the White House press corps should hand in their badges, too.
The White House press secretary told him “your mom” chose Budapest as the site for a meeting with Vladimir Putin. HuffPost’s senior White House correspondent says it’s all part of America’s slide towa...
www.cjr.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The American media is not made for this moment," HuffPost senior White House correspondent @svdate.bsky.social
tells CJR. "And we, unfortunately, collectively have not figured out a way to convey the seriousness of it to our audience." With
Ivan L Nagy.
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
tells CJR. "And we, unfortunately, collectively have not figured out a way to convey the seriousness of it to our audience." With
Ivan L Nagy.
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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Wonder if this is what it was like when Hitler had Albert Speer design and build a NewReich Chancellery b/c the old one was no longer deemed suitable…?
Trump waves around renderings of his new ballroom, which appears to be entirely gold
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Wonder if this is what it was like when Hitler had Albert Speer design and build a NewReich Chancellery b/c the old one was no longer deemed suitable…?
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In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.
nyti.ms
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.