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Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

More details at 20x2.org/chicago/

January 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM

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20x2 Chicago

@20x2chi.bsky.social

Stay tuned...

January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM

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John Scalzi

@scalzi.com

There's no shame in it; "AI"-generated text is a moving target and it does improve over time. At the end of the day, there is no intentionality behind an LLM, just statistical pattern-matching, and that fact, and how it expresses itself, is going to be the giveaway, iteration after iteration.

Erica "digifox" Kovac @digifox.binaryden.net · 6d

I've had one or two things catch me off-guard lately, to my shame.

December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

I would have found it hard not to echo Gay Talese, too, given the opportunity.
variety.com/2025/film/fe...

George Clooney on Crying While Watching Himself in ‘Jay Kelly,’ Rebooting ‘Oceans’ and Why News Networks Should Tell Trump to ‘Go F— Yourself’

George Clooney graces the cover of Variety to discuss crying over 'Jay Kelly,' rebooting the 'Ocean's' franchise and why networks should slam Trump.

variety.com

December 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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Jeff Yang

@originalsp.in

Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...

December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin were both the sons of Italian parents. Back in that time, the racist Stephen Millers of the time didn't regard Italians as Anglo-Saxon enough to be welcome as immigrants to the United States.

December 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

I don't know if it's actually the case, but it feels like FB's algorithm is rewarding long-form posts again.

December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Make a Bond movie casual.

For General Consumption

Terry Midnight tried to tell you! @docmidnight.bsky.social · 10d

Make a Bond movie casual.

Leafraker

Josh Crews @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · 10d

Make a Bond movie casual

Diamonds Are For As Long As You're Into It

December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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Tuesday Funk

@tuesdayfunk.bsky.social

You know about this, right?
www.tuesdayfunk.org/tuesday-funk...

Tuesday Funk #166: January 6, 2026

Who cares if it's cold out, it's warm in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf! Shake off the chill and join us on Tuesday, Jan. 6 for Chicago's favorite eclectic reading series, featuring readings by Matt C...

www.tuesdayfunk.org

December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Post you from a different era

A young Andrew Huff (me) poses for a photo with Alton Brown at Sur La Table in Chicago, at a signing event for Brown's "I'm Just Here for the Food" in 2002.

December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Something about a golden calf...

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13d

They did what now? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/s...

December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM

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Em, midly

@lefttheprairie.bsky.social

Makes me proud every time!

Did you know we’re shipping whistles anywhere in the US? Email whistlerequests [at] proton [dot] me for your free 3D printed whistles. We’ve sent over 30,000 so far in December!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17d

ICE whistles work.

The horns and whistles work

What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.

www.motherjones.com

December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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National Rosacea Society

@rosaceaorg.bsky.social

This infographic on treatment options for #rosacea visible blood vessels (telangiectasia) is part of a series of guides to the recommended approaches for each sign and symptom, at every level of severity. See the full treatment algorithms on our website at www.rosacea.org/patients/tre... #dermsky

Visible Blood Vessels (Telangiectasia)
Telangiectasia are fine capillary blood vessels that may be red to purplish, appearing alone or in spidery clusters on the cheeks, nose, forehead or chin. Special equipment may be required to detect them in patients with darker skin.

Treatment Approach:
● Certain types of lasers, intense pulse light (IPL) treatment, or electrosurgery can remove the blood vessels and reduce associated redness.
● Topical retinoids may also eliminate telangiectasia.

December 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Easier for a cop to get fired for smoking pot than for shooting someone.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING: The officer is the 1st to be fired for failing a test for marijuana since Illinois legalized the drug — and the 1st to be fired by the Chicago Police Board in nearly a year and a half amid a protracted legal battle that has frozen the city’s police disciplinary system. @wttw.bsky.social

Chicago Police Board Votes to Fire Officer Who Tested Positive for Marijuana

Officer Elmer Carrillo Jr. is the first CPD officer to be terminated for failing a drug test since Illinois legalized the recreational use of marijuana, and is the first to be fired by the Police Boar...

news.wttw.com

December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Imagine spinning something as a "win" for a person (let alone a former president) who's been dead for 60 years.

December 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Shut the hell up, Paulie.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18d

Fun fact, speaking of how Vallas loves to talk:

Per Vallas' author page on the Chicago Tribune's website, he's written 23 opinion pieces for the Trib just since the start of this year, and 70 since he lost the mayoral election in April 2023.

Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 18d

Paul Vallas — the perennial candidate who normally loves to talk — has no comment on this one www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/j...

December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM

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National Rosacea Society

@rosaceaorg.bsky.social

This infographic on treatment options for #rosacea bumps and pimples (papules and pustules) is part of a series of guides to the recommended approaches for each sign and symptom, at every level of severity. See the full treatment algorithms on our website at www.rosacea.org/patients/tre...

Rosacea Treatment Algorithms from the National Rosacea Society

Bumps and Pimples (Papules and Pustules)
Dome-shaped red bumps (papules) with or without accompanying pimples (pustules). These may occur in groups and are usually most pronounced in the center of the face. Patients who also have acne may develop blackheads, but this is unrelated to rosacea. Sometimes bumps and pimples may join together to form larger raised areas of skin, known as plaques.

Mild (A few bumps and pimples, with mild redness)

Treatment Approach:
● Topical medication such as microencapsulated benzoyl peroxide, ivermectin, azelaic acid, minocycline or metronidazole.
● Oral antibiotics may be prescribed initially to control symptoms before or at the same time as a topical therapy. Alternatively, low-dose oral minocycline or doxycycline may be used long-term on its own.
● Topical sulfacetamide sodium/sulfa may also be effective.

Moderate (Several to many bumps and pimples without plaques, with
moderate redness)

Treatment Approach:
In addition to the approaches above:
● Low-dose minocycline or doxycycline to achieve remission, along with or followed by long-term topical or oral therapy.
● Topical oxymetazoline or brimonidine may be used to reduce redness around bumps and pimples

Severe (Numerous and/or extensive bumps and pimples with or without
plaques, accompanied by severe redness and potential burning
and stinging sensations)

Treatment Approach:
In addition to the approaches above:
● In cases that resist treatment, alternative therapies such as topical clindamycin or retinoids, or oral antibiotics, isotretinoin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole may be used.

December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Anyone need a #pokemongo friend code?
Mine’s 104168736771

December 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM

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Brie Callahan

@briecallahan.bsky.social

Taxpayers is who they're snatching.

Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 19d

Bovino: ‘We’re here for the taxpayer’

* Your tax dollars at work… U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino led a caravan of SUVs through Chicago and into the suburbs Wednesday morning, making at least one arrest after making a surprise return to the city a day earlier and targeting immigrant communities. A caravan of SUVs with out-of-state license plates were seen traveling near [...]

dlvr.it

December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

I don’t love that Word now asks me if I want to save changes on literally every file I open, whether I’ve made changes or not.

December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM

Andrew ✶ Huff

@me3dia.bsky.social

Discovered a new print-only quarterly publication this weekend, named “the pub.”, appropriately enough.
thepubchicago.com

issue three of the pub, a print-only publication in Chicago

Info for submissions to the pub. Deadline for the next issue is 1/20/26. Submission guidelines available at thepubchicago.com.

December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM

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Richy Craven

@richycraven.bsky.social

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.

Us: Across your entire career?

Reiner: In a 6 year period.

Us: That sounds-

Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.