Mike Bennett
@mrhonorama.bsky.social
Lawyer (State Appellate Defender), CHIRP Radio DJ (Sat. 9AM-Noon CDT at https://chirpradio.org), music & sports geek, politically aware, aging jock.
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Mike Bennett
@mrhonorama.bsky.social
· Dec 22
My top albums of 2025
In a year like this, with so much turmoil coming from the current presidential administration, and so much other stuff going on in my life, ...
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Here's my list of my favorite albums of 2025. What are yours?
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Listening to an old American Top 40, and got this sequence:
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way of the World
Barry Manilow - Could This Be The Magic 1/2
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way of the World
Barry Manilow - Could This Be The Magic 1/2
February 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Listening to an old American Top 40, and got this sequence:
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way of the World
Barry Manilow - Could This Be The Magic 1/2
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
Earth, Wind & Fire - That’s The Way of the World
Barry Manilow - Could This Be The Magic 1/2
The interesting thing to me is that while the tip went up another $1000 this time, the service this year was excellent, but the last time it was exceptional.
It’s become something of a Valentine’s Day tradition: A couple celebrating their anniversary at Bucktown’s Club Lucky leaves a massive tip as a thank you to the restaurant’s staff.
This year, the couple left a $4,000 tip on a $140.41 dinner check. blockclubchi.co/4kyZmr1
This year, the couple left a $4,000 tip on a $140.41 dinner check. blockclubchi.co/4kyZmr1
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The interesting thing to me is that while the tip went up another $1000 this time, the service this year was excellent, but the last time it was exceptional.
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It's crazy how Gary Numan was born 13 days before Gary Oldman
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
It's crazy how Gary Numan was born 13 days before Gary Oldman
Bill Veeck.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Bill Veeck.
A Christmas Story (1983)
Repo Man (1984)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
Repo Man (1984)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
A Christmas Story (1983)
Repo Man (1984)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
Repo Man (1984)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
"Some people go kung fu fighting/some people go bitcoin mining" - Slovenian industrial pranksters Laibach release the a preview of their first album in 14 years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5...
Laibach - Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala) [Official Video]
YouTube video by Laibach
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February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"Some people go kung fu fighting/some people go bitcoin mining" - Slovenian industrial pranksters Laibach release the a preview of their first album in 14 years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=erR5...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Kyle Bravo. #NewYorkerCartoons
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Kyle Bravo. #NewYorkerCartoons
A great encapsulation of AI, methinks.
It does some stuff well but needs constant supervision, and when it messes up, people often don’t know why or how. This makes it both worse and dangerous. I would not structure my economy out of this just as I wouldn’t allow an anonymous man to build my house with materials I’ve never heard of.
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A great encapsulation of AI, methinks.
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Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
![The autistic community is a large, growing, and heterogeneous population, and there is a need for improved methods to describe their diverse needs. Measures of adaptive functioning collected through public health surveillance may provide valuable information on functioning and support needs at a population level. We aimed to use adaptive behavior and cognitive scores abstracted from health and educational records to describe trends over time in the population prevalence of autism by adaptive level and co-occurrence of intellectual disability (ID). Using data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, years 2000 to 2016, we estimated the prevalence of autism per 1000 8-year-old children by four levels of adaptive challenges (moderate to profound, mild, borderline, or none) and by co-occurrence of ID. The prevalence of autism with mild, borderline, or no significant adaptive challenges increased between 2000 and 2016, from 5.1 per 1000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.6–5.5) to 17.6 (95% CI: 17.1–18.1) while the prevalence of autism with moderate to profound challenges decreased slightly, from 1.5 (95% CI: 1.2–1.7) to 1.2 (95% CI: 1.1–1.4). The prevalence increase was greater for autism without co-occurring ID than for autism with co-occurring ID. The increase in autism prevalence between 2000 and 2016 was confined to autism with milder phenotypes. This trend could indicate improved identification of milder forms of autism over time. It is possible that increased access to therapies that improve intellectual and adaptive functioning of children diagnosed with autism also contributed to the trends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreibeoudvh2b4ifuiqq7pmnzwg6y6n3caschubukvo6kzqcfn2kdf5i@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In the first 4:34 of the Spurs-Lakers game, with most of the best known Lakers out, Wemby has already scored 17 points.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
In the first 4:34 of the Spurs-Lakers game, with most of the best known Lakers out, Wemby has already scored 17 points.
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new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Very excited about the new supergroup, Wiggle Leg.
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Very excited about the new supergroup, Wiggle Leg.
This thread is a full breakdown of the meaning behind Bad Bunny's performance last night.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This thread is a full breakdown of the meaning behind Bad Bunny's performance last night.
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People cheer while watching Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl 60 at a Benito bowl watch party at La Bruquena in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday evening in Chicago.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
People cheer while watching Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl 60 at a Benito bowl watch party at La Bruquena in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday evening in Chicago.
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Rough couple Super Bowls for guys named Drake.
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Rough couple Super Bowls for guys named Drake.
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"God Bless América!" followed by listing its many nations!!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
"God Bless América!" followed by listing its many nations!!!
Bad Bunny is following Kendrick Lamar's powerful statement last year with another one at the Super Bowl halftime.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Bad Bunny is following Kendrick Lamar's powerful statement last year with another one at the Super Bowl halftime.
I think Lady Gaga is now the only person to have sung with Tony Bennett and Bad Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I think Lady Gaga is now the only person to have sung with Tony Bennett and Bad Bunny.
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This Superbowl feels like both teams know the winner gets invited to the White House.
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
This Superbowl feels like both teams know the winner gets invited to the White House.
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Okay new rule - for every year you get de-aged in a commercial, in real life, you get one year older
February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Okay new rule - for every year you get de-aged in a commercial, in real life, you get one year older