Dusty Burwell
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Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
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“the president got mad at a television commercial so now your maple syrup is more expensive” is no way to run a country
October 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“the president got mad at a television commercial so now your maple syrup is more expensive” is no way to run a country
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We now have people using LLMs to gussy up their resumes. And then employers using LLMs to strip mine resumes for the interesting parts.
I’m sure this is one of many examples that follow this pattern.
Is there another tech with this pattern of “doing the same thing but less efficiently?”
I’m sure this is one of many examples that follow this pattern.
Is there another tech with this pattern of “doing the same thing but less efficiently?”
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We now have people using LLMs to gussy up their resumes. And then employers using LLMs to strip mine resumes for the interesting parts.
I’m sure this is one of many examples that follow this pattern.
Is there another tech with this pattern of “doing the same thing but less efficiently?”
I’m sure this is one of many examples that follow this pattern.
Is there another tech with this pattern of “doing the same thing but less efficiently?”
Hate in your heart is damaging to your health and physical fitness. Exhibit A: Harrison Butker
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hate in your heart is damaging to your health and physical fitness. Exhibit A: Harrison Butker
If this is war, then isn’t this chemical weapon a war crime per the Geneva convention?
Locals, CPD, press, a few protestors and legal observers remain on scene but the feds are gone. Air is still foul from all the chemicals. One protestor found one of the gas cannisters feds were deploying into the crowd
October 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If this is war, then isn’t this chemical weapon a war crime per the Geneva convention?
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Locals, CPD, press, a few protestors and legal observers remain on scene but the feds are gone. Air is still foul from all the chemicals. One protestor found one of the gas cannisters feds were deploying into the crowd
October 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Locals, CPD, press, a few protestors and legal observers remain on scene but the feds are gone. Air is still foul from all the chemicals. One protestor found one of the gas cannisters feds were deploying into the crowd
You know that thing where when you have a thing or have a relationship with someone and there are good qualities and bad qualities but you get stuck focusing on the bad and don’t appreciate the good until you don’t have it anymore and it’s too late.
That’s the feeling. But it’s about a country.
That’s the feeling. But it’s about a country.
September 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
You know that thing where when you have a thing or have a relationship with someone and there are good qualities and bad qualities but you get stuck focusing on the bad and don’t appreciate the good until you don’t have it anymore and it’s too late.
That’s the feeling. But it’s about a country.
That’s the feeling. But it’s about a country.
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NEWS: Trump seems to be implying he is going to sue ABC for bringing back Jimmy Kimmel. This is why you never bend the knee to a bully.
September 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
NEWS: Trump seems to be implying he is going to sue ABC for bringing back Jimmy Kimmel. This is why you never bend the knee to a bully.
I’d stop watching ABC, except that shit hasn’t been relevant to me for a decade. Time to pull the Hulu/disney+ sub, though?
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’d stop watching ABC, except that shit hasn’t been relevant to me for a decade. Time to pull the Hulu/disney+ sub, though?
What in the world are you thinking, auto complete?
September 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What in the world are you thinking, auto complete?
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people have been prosecuted for coercing someone into suicide. creating a machine to do that at scale doesn’t reduce the culpability
August 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
people have been prosecuted for coercing someone into suicide. creating a machine to do that at scale doesn’t reduce the culpability
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Good morning from Chicago!
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Good morning from Chicago!
Well, if nothing else, generative AI is going to be at the forefront of a new era of wild surrealist injury law ads.
youtu.be/jTCEZpU6xcs?...
youtu.be/jTCEZpU6xcs?...
TRISTEN THE LAWMAN - Jungle Law in the Concrete Jungle
YouTube video by Jungle Law
youtu.be
August 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Well, if nothing else, generative AI is going to be at the forefront of a new era of wild surrealist injury law ads.
youtu.be/jTCEZpU6xcs?...
youtu.be/jTCEZpU6xcs?...
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How are we not already calling him Scam Altman
August 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How are we not already calling him Scam Altman
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Sam Altman: I see humans achieving omnipotence using dark matter by… 2030 maybe? That’s if OpenAI is given a quadrillion dollars
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Sam Altman: I see humans achieving omnipotence using dark matter by… 2030 maybe? That’s if OpenAI is given a quadrillion dollars
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
@swiftonsecurity.com noooo! I refreshed and the image is gone.
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
@swiftonsecurity.com noooo! I refreshed and the image is gone.
Woah…
August 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Woah…
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
Not gonna lie, this one had me in the first half.
But if you're hot I think ditching the sweatshirt will help more than the glasses. I don't understand how the glasses help with the temperature at all.
July 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Not gonna lie, this one had me in the first half.
It’s been surprising to me how far Colbert has been allowed to go in his monologues up to this point. So now not at all surprising to see CBS torch Late Night.
It’s weird, but this feels massive. If the comedians start to fall, then the serious critics have no chance.
It’s weird, but this feels massive. If the comedians start to fall, then the serious critics have no chance.
July 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It’s been surprising to me how far Colbert has been allowed to go in his monologues up to this point. So now not at all surprising to see CBS torch Late Night.
It’s weird, but this feels massive. If the comedians start to fall, then the serious critics have no chance.
It’s weird, but this feels massive. If the comedians start to fall, then the serious critics have no chance.
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Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
I’ve gone this long without trying out Divvy, but my bike was stolen in Monday so…
It was fantastic. Got one of the ebikes and, woo, that was a speedy ride. Much faster than I can pedal my single speed for sure. :) easy to join, easy to pay. Annual membership may just be worth it for me.
It was fantastic. Got one of the ebikes and, woo, that was a speedy ride. Much faster than I can pedal my single speed for sure. :) easy to join, easy to pay. Annual membership may just be worth it for me.
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ve gone this long without trying out Divvy, but my bike was stolen in Monday so…
It was fantastic. Got one of the ebikes and, woo, that was a speedy ride. Much faster than I can pedal my single speed for sure. :) easy to join, easy to pay. Annual membership may just be worth it for me.
It was fantastic. Got one of the ebikes and, woo, that was a speedy ride. Much faster than I can pedal my single speed for sure. :) easy to join, easy to pay. Annual membership may just be worth it for me.
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.