ArchPundit
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Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.
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"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
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Most importantly though, what you need to know is:
1) Between 1875 and 1975 the number of Great Lakes shipwrecks amounted to ONE SHIP PER WEEK FOR AN ENTIRE CENTURY.
2) There has not been a ship lost to the Great Lakes since November 10, 1975.
1) Between 1875 and 1975 the number of Great Lakes shipwrecks amounted to ONE SHIP PER WEEK FOR AN ENTIRE CENTURY.
2) There has not been a ship lost to the Great Lakes since November 10, 1975.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Most importantly though, what you need to know is:
1) Between 1875 and 1975 the number of Great Lakes shipwrecks amounted to ONE SHIP PER WEEK FOR AN ENTIRE CENTURY.
2) There has not been a ship lost to the Great Lakes since November 10, 1975.
1) Between 1875 and 1975 the number of Great Lakes shipwrecks amounted to ONE SHIP PER WEEK FOR AN ENTIRE CENTURY.
2) There has not been a ship lost to the Great Lakes since November 10, 1975.
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Someday not too far in the future we’re going to chip those letters off his building into the river and they will end up in a silt bed in the Mississippi River delta to rot ozymandiasly and this whole dumb fucking thing will be over.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Someday not too far in the future we’re going to chip those letters off his building into the river and they will end up in a silt bed in the Mississippi River delta to rot ozymandiasly and this whole dumb fucking thing will be over.
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Trump Tower has the *longest-running retail vacancy* in downtown Chicago. Since it opened in 2009! Tacky-ass slumlord.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Trump Tower has the *longest-running retail vacancy* in downtown Chicago. Since it opened in 2009! Tacky-ass slumlord.
Blinkist is just an updated Cliff Notes so he’s not beating the allegations
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Blinkist is just an updated Cliff Notes so he’s not beating the allegations
Even if this is true it’s a time for caution. DHS may well do some large splashy operation after some leave to demonstrate they aren’t giving up.
News: Feds are said to be on their way out of Chicago in the near future. Via @jmetr22b.bsky.social and me www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Even if this is true it’s a time for caution. DHS may well do some large splashy operation after some leave to demonstrate they aren’t giving up.
Every time Forester showed up in a forum most discussion would end because he would just filibuster until everyone disagreeing with him gave up. He was one of the early online gadflies but so obsessed he had a lot of real world impact
I choose to blame most of the deaths of people on bikes in North America on John Forester.
Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Every time Forester showed up in a forum most discussion would end because he would just filibuster until everyone disagreeing with him gave up. He was one of the early online gadflies but so obsessed he had a lot of real world impact
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As someone who came of age cycling in the '80's, lived through the USENET rec.bicycles.* era, met my wife at a Critical Mass ride in San Francisco, it was fascinating to watch this absolutely excoriating debunking of the all too prevalent vehicular-cycling "wisdom" from that era.
I choose to blame most of the deaths of people on bikes in North America on John Forester.
Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
Horrible legacy that we still cannot escape from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
As someone who came of age cycling in the '80's, lived through the USENET rec.bicycles.* era, met my wife at a Critical Mass ride in San Francisco, it was fascinating to watch this absolutely excoriating debunking of the all too prevalent vehicular-cycling "wisdom" from that era.
Durbin reasoning is likely that a vote brings attention to the issue even if it goes nowhere. It’s almost quaint and completely divorced from the way politics works with Trump.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Durbin reasoning is likely that a vote brings attention to the issue even if it goes nowhere. It’s almost quaint and completely divorced from the way politics works with Trump.
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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-...
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
A new city won’t have all of these court rulings limiting them to the point they obey anything.
///BREAKING/// Controversial Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a surge of agents appear to be leaving Chicago within days as "Operation Midway Blitz" winds down after two months, sources tell the Tribune.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A new city won’t have all of these court rulings limiting them to the point they obey anything.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Third (a) the secret police is loaded with a bunch of red state bubbas who can’t handle the cold.
a statue of a man covered in snow with the words i 'm so cold
ALT: a statue of a man covered in snow with the words i 'm so cold
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Third (a) the secret police is loaded with a bunch of red state bubbas who can’t handle the cold.
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The bean's sculptor, Anish Kapoor, once sued the NRA for using its image in a video dissing liberals and defending Trump.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The bean's sculptor, Anish Kapoor, once sued the NRA for using its image in a video dissing liberals and defending Trump.
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Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
First, don't count on this. Second, get ready other blue state cities.
Third, it's about winter and after 2 months they have gone through the easiest to grab folks. A lot of folks migrate or move to indoor jobs at this point making abducting people all the harder.
It also doesn't mean they won't
Third, it's about winter and after 2 months they have gone through the easiest to grab folks. A lot of folks migrate or move to indoor jobs at this point making abducting people all the harder.
It also doesn't mean they won't
Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
First, don't count on this. Second, get ready other blue state cities.
Third, it's about winter and after 2 months they have gone through the easiest to grab folks. A lot of folks migrate or move to indoor jobs at this point making abducting people all the harder.
It also doesn't mean they won't
Third, it's about winter and after 2 months they have gone through the easiest to grab folks. A lot of folks migrate or move to indoor jobs at this point making abducting people all the harder.
It also doesn't mean they won't
Like most of this administration, Bovino is just a troll.
Bovino just posted this on X
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Like most of this administration, Bovino is just a troll.
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Here's a gift link, because I am furious about this. Everyone needs to ask Josh Hawley about this provision AND call him out for lying when he claims his phone was "tapped." Call logs are not phone taps.
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Here's a gift link, because I am furious about this. Everyone needs to ask Josh Hawley about this provision AND call him out for lying when he claims his phone was "tapped." Call logs are not phone taps.
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Bad management at DOJ leading to staff exit & trouble hiring.
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bad management at DOJ leading to staff exit & trouble hiring.
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.
Reduced administration's capacity.
Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Shitting on the people who are overworked and in short supply. Genius!
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Shitting on the people who are overworked and in short supply. Genius!
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A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
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Hundreds honored the 29 men who perished aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in a ceremony along the North Shore marking the tragedy’s 50th anniversary.
The historic beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse, which the famous ship passed on its final trip, was lit for the occasion.
Photos by Alex Kormann
The historic beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse, which the famous ship passed on its final trip, was lit for the occasion.
Photos by Alex Kormann
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hundreds honored the 29 men who perished aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in a ceremony along the North Shore marking the tragedy’s 50th anniversary.
The historic beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse, which the famous ship passed on its final trip, was lit for the occasion.
Photos by Alex Kormann
The historic beacon at Split Rock Lighthouse, which the famous ship passed on its final trip, was lit for the occasion.
Photos by Alex Kormann
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Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs over 20 years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM