Eric Dahl
@replytodahl.bsky.social
Maker. Foodie. Runner. Pop culture geek. Chicago sports fan. Lead Product Manager @ The Athletic. Former Senior Editor at PC World.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We adopted our first cat from Alameda Animal Shelter 13 years ago, and it’s a great place. This sweet kitty looks like she’s ready to give you as many quests as you want. Think of it: unlimited quests!
This queen is at the Alameda Animal Shelter. Ellie needs a soft spot to land.
www.alamedaanimalshelter.org/adopt/cats/a...
www.alamedaanimalshelter.org/adopt/cats/a...
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We adopted our first cat from Alameda Animal Shelter 13 years ago, and it’s a great place. This sweet kitty looks like she’s ready to give you as many quests as you want. Think of it: unlimited quests!
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We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
Experts warn this aggressive approach will likely fuel greater abuses of civil and human rights, heighten public anger and lead to more warrantless arrests, straying far from the previous stated focus on “the worst of the worst.” “Spectacle, not security.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/b...
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are seeing not just a merging of different parts of the armed forces; we are also seeing a deprofessionalization. Competent people are fired. Those willing to break the law are hired. Normal practices are abandoned as the new force becomes more responsive to the demand for quotas & brutalization.
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Introducing “The Athletic Show,” a new weekly 30-minute video series covering the hottest topics in sports.
The show will debut on Saturday, October 25th.
The show will debut on Saturday, October 25th.
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Introducing “The Athletic Show,” a new weekly 30-minute video series covering the hottest topics in sports.
The show will debut on Saturday, October 25th.
The show will debut on Saturday, October 25th.
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"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
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Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.
The Case for the Forever Shutdown
Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.
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"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice."
YES.
Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...
Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.
YES.
Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...
Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice."
YES.
Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...
Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.
YES.
Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...
Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.
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What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
![Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.
Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.
“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreib66z6racbfo5llgukbvmldxq44zaa7nqetkcs5cwxfez6xcec5oy@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Charles Tillman, everybody!
Former Bears CB Charles "Peanut" Tillman joined the FBI in 2018. He recently resigned.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Charles Tillman resigns from the FBI
The man known for the Peanut Punch has punched out for the last time at the FBI.
www.nbcsports.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Charles Tillman, everybody!
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lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
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Now this is a headline.
Front page lead in NYT.
And very strong, no-BS story by @julianbarnes.bsky.social Barnes and Catie Edmondson.
Respect, to all involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
Front page lead in NYT.
And very strong, no-BS story by @julianbarnes.bsky.social Barnes and Catie Edmondson.
Respect, to all involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Now this is a headline.
Front page lead in NYT.
And very strong, no-BS story by @julianbarnes.bsky.social Barnes and Catie Edmondson.
Respect, to all involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
Front page lead in NYT.
And very strong, no-BS story by @julianbarnes.bsky.social Barnes and Catie Edmondson.
Respect, to all involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
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We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
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Again, you show up here in your military uniform, and your service--the entirety of it--is tanrished and worthless, and you are dishonorable--expect to receive a commensurate welcome.
You always have an obligation to not do the wrong thing, no matter who orders you to do it.
You always have an obligation to not do the wrong thing, no matter who orders you to do it.
September 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Again, you show up here in your military uniform, and your service--the entirety of it--is tanrished and worthless, and you are dishonorable--expect to receive a commensurate welcome.
You always have an obligation to not do the wrong thing, no matter who orders you to do it.
You always have an obligation to not do the wrong thing, no matter who orders you to do it.
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/3 ….among the leadership, the elite. It requires someone to push back against populist scorn for civilization.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
/3 ….among the leadership, the elite. It requires someone to push back against populist scorn for civilization.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
When we lose the critical mass of leaders who support civilization, and when other leaders are too weak to fight, we get barbarism.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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New:
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New:
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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"Housing all of Chicago’s homeless people would cost about $383k/day, [@ips-dc.org's] https://bit.ly/4lYIx87 told The Intercept, noting that the sum equaled roughly 1/4 of the expense of a deployment of 3,000 Guard members"
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Housing all of Chicago’s homeless people would cost about $383k/day, [@ips-dc.org's] https://bit.ly/4lYIx87 told The Intercept, noting that the sum equaled roughly 1/4 of the expense of a deployment of 3,000 Guard members"
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/
theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/
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BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago.
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago.
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
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Final hours of Propublica’s spring member drive. Please support us if you can. ⏰ give.propublica.org/give/346521/...
March 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Final hours of Propublica’s spring member drive. Please support us if you can. ⏰ give.propublica.org/give/346521/...
Continuing the work of making thanksgiving duck a thing.
November 29, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Continuing the work of making thanksgiving duck a thing.