John Scholvin
@scholvin.com
Renaissance nerd. Proud Chicagoan. I write words on https://scholvin.com. he/him.
Chinga la migra.
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Chinga la migra.
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You know we could just believe the women?
No no no we need files.
No no no we need files.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
You know we could just believe the women?
No no no we need files.
No no no we need files.
33 (!) years on, still a perfect song.
From the first shotgun rack of Johnny’s guitar before the chorus, to Thom belting “run,” and all points before, between, and after: perfection.
From the first shotgun rack of Johnny’s guitar before the chorus, to Thom belting “run,” and all points before, between, and after: perfection.
Radiohead - Creep
YouTube video by Radiohead
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
33 (!) years on, still a perfect song.
From the first shotgun rack of Johnny’s guitar before the chorus, to Thom belting “run,” and all points before, between, and after: perfection.
From the first shotgun rack of Johnny’s guitar before the chorus, to Thom belting “run,” and all points before, between, and after: perfection.
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The great thing about this is that you know there are 50 people around him trying various strategies they recall from parenting a toddler or training a puppy to get him to stop bringing up Epstein, and none of it is working. Right now they're baking him an Optimus Prime cake and hoping for the best.
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The great thing about this is that you know there are 50 people around him trying various strategies they recall from parenting a toddler or training a puppy to get him to stop bringing up Epstein, and none of it is working. Right now they're baking him an Optimus Prime cake and hoping for the best.
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"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
Tom Morello is not fucking around.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Tom Morello is not fucking around.
How about if they take the existing ACA, with last year's subsidy levels, and just officially name it Trumpcare? Or Republicare?
It's always been the "Obama" part that makes them unhinged. Just take that part away and let people go about as they did. Problem solved.
It's always been the "Obama" part that makes them unhinged. Just take that part away and let people go about as they did. Problem solved.
NEW: As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
There is no legislative product yet.
No consensus in the party about a plan.
But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
There is no legislative product yet.
No consensus in the party about a plan.
But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How about if they take the existing ACA, with last year's subsidy levels, and just officially name it Trumpcare? Or Republicare?
It's always been the "Obama" part that makes them unhinged. Just take that part away and let people go about as they did. Problem solved.
It's always been the "Obama" part that makes them unhinged. Just take that part away and let people go about as they did. Problem solved.
When dems start formally declaring for 28, I want to know who their Attorney General nominee will be, even before they talk about VP.
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When dems start formally declaring for 28, I want to know who their Attorney General nominee will be, even before they talk about VP.
It's why I think there will be no consequences for any of these miscreants. It's because there never are.
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's why I think there will be no consequences for any of these miscreants. It's because there never are.
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I feel like when I was a kid, the northern lights were a total impossibility at this latitude. Just never happened. Now, if we're lucky, we get a couple shows a year. Am I misremembering, or has something changed? Is the sun more active? Or is it just that we have phones that can see it now?
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I feel like when I was a kid, the northern lights were a total impossibility at this latitude. Just never happened. Now, if we're lucky, we get a couple shows a year. Am I misremembering, or has something changed? Is the sun more active? Or is it just that we have phones that can see it now?
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
The only northern lights I got here are from Elmwood Park’s street lamps
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The only northern lights I got here are from Elmwood Park’s street lamps
Forgot how awesome Michael Keaton was in Spiderman: Homecoming. He steals this movie outright.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Forgot how awesome Michael Keaton was in Spiderman: Homecoming. He steals this movie outright.
I understand the desire for a deus ex machina to sweep in and save us. I fell for it a couple times in the past, too. Mueller, the NY criminal convictions, SCOTUS keeping him off the ballot, etc.
Hopium, ultimately. All of it.
Hopium, ultimately. All of it.
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I understand the desire for a deus ex machina to sweep in and save us. I fell for it a couple times in the past, too. Mueller, the NY criminal convictions, SCOTUS keeping him off the ballot, etc.
Hopium, ultimately. All of it.
Hopium, ultimately. All of it.
Good for her, and for the people of her district.
p.s. literally nothing will change when the Epstein files are released
p.s. literally nothing will change when the Epstein files are released
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Good for her, and for the people of her district.
p.s. literally nothing will change when the Epstein files are released
p.s. literally nothing will change when the Epstein files are released
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Coming to you from the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Coming to you from the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago.
Every headline should include his age, especially if it’s a story about one of his unhinged rants.
Trump was up late Monday night trying to bully the Supreme Court into upholding his signature economic policy by warning of a national “drubbing” if it went against him.
Trump, 79, Panics About Losing His Supreme Court Fight in Late-Night Rant
The president apparently isn’t very confident about the case his solicitor general argued.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Every headline should include his age, especially if it’s a story about one of his unhinged rants.
A colleague referred to LLM's as "Large Lying Models" and my day is better already.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A colleague referred to LLM's as "Large Lying Models" and my day is better already.
At least the "blizzard" turned out to be a bust here. Maybe one inch? I'll take any victory I can get right now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
At least the "blizzard" turned out to be a bust here. Maybe one inch? I'll take any victory I can get right now.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
At least the thundersnow is moving in tonight, and the sun went down like five hours ago. DEFCON1 for my mental health.
Time to scroll subreddits of idiots blowing off their own balls with fireworks.
Time to scroll subreddits of idiots blowing off their own balls with fireworks.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
At least the thundersnow is moving in tonight, and the sun went down like five hours ago. DEFCON1 for my mental health.
Time to scroll subreddits of idiots blowing off their own balls with fireworks.
Time to scroll subreddits of idiots blowing off their own balls with fireworks.
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It’s really impressive to stand out as an enemy amid an occupation of our nation’s cities by armed federal forces.
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s really impressive to stand out as an enemy amid an occupation of our nation’s cities by armed federal forces.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
Maybe the silver lining here (I don't do optimism well, bear with me) is that this pathetic capitulation will hasten burning the existing party to the fucking ground.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Maybe the silver lining here (I don't do optimism well, bear with me) is that this pathetic capitulation will hasten burning the existing party to the fucking ground.