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@heratylaw.bsky.social
· Mar 18
…calmly looking on, he thought his own thoughts
- Moby Dick
- Moby Dick
this sounds like a threat
December 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
this sounds like a threat
i need this fix:
when i’m listening to something on an app (music, audiobook, etc) and an alarm or timer goes off, the audio app stops
it doesn’t pause, it stops like someone hit ’stop’ and exited the app
then i have to unlock my phone, navigate to the app, and restart what i was listening to
when i’m listening to something on an app (music, audiobook, etc) and an alarm or timer goes off, the audio app stops
it doesn’t pause, it stops like someone hit ’stop’ and exited the app
then i have to unlock my phone, navigate to the app, and restart what i was listening to
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
i need this fix:
when i’m listening to something on an app (music, audiobook, etc) and an alarm or timer goes off, the audio app stops
it doesn’t pause, it stops like someone hit ’stop’ and exited the app
then i have to unlock my phone, navigate to the app, and restart what i was listening to
when i’m listening to something on an app (music, audiobook, etc) and an alarm or timer goes off, the audio app stops
it doesn’t pause, it stops like someone hit ’stop’ and exited the app
then i have to unlock my phone, navigate to the app, and restart what i was listening to
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For those not be aware, the Chicago Committee on Immigrant & Refugee Rights has a form you can fill out to report potential violations of the Welcoming City Ordinance (i.e., assisiting federal agents w/ immigration enforcement) by CPD officers or other city employees:
bit.ly/reportimmviolationschi
bit.ly/reportimmviolationschi
This Facebook live from someone following agents from a safe distance then immediately cut off as a cop got out of his car and approached the driver.
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
For those not be aware, the Chicago Committee on Immigrant & Refugee Rights has a form you can fill out to report potential violations of the Welcoming City Ordinance (i.e., assisiting federal agents w/ immigration enforcement) by CPD officers or other city employees:
bit.ly/reportimmviolationschi
bit.ly/reportimmviolationschi
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In a way this is historical, you can get a feel for what it was like to be in court during the last years of a king slowly going mad from mercury poisoning or syphilis - I imagine those people frequently got invited to an airing of the grievances
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
In a way this is historical, you can get a feel for what it was like to be in court during the last years of a king slowly going mad from mercury poisoning or syphilis - I imagine those people frequently got invited to an airing of the grievances
when I use one of these apps (which is not often), the delivery person gets tipped cash in hand at my door 💵
I know this is small peanuts but I have to complain about this again. The way that DoorDash makes it hard to tip NYC delivery drivers is so disgusting to me. I wrote this last year and sort of forgot about it — until tonight, when I ran into the same issue.
www.theverge.com/2024/5/3/241...
www.theverge.com/2024/5/3/241...
DoorDash won’t let you tip NYC drivers without the app
On web, there’s no way to easily tip DoorDash drivers.
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
when I use one of these apps (which is not often), the delivery person gets tipped cash in hand at my door 💵
whoa: she “is the sister of Darnella Frazier, who as a teenager in 2020 recorded the bystander video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police.”
Federal public defender Jean Brandl represents Frazier, who’s Black, and said her client did not know the agents were law enforcement.
“She literally went to the police station because an unidentified white man was in her car and she didn’t know what he was doing there,” Brandl said.
“She literally went to the police station because an unidentified white man was in her car and she didn’t know what he was doing there,” Brandl said.
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
whoa: she “is the sister of Darnella Frazier, who as a teenager in 2020 recorded the bystander video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police.”
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Evanston mayor Daniel Biss:
“I went to talk to Bovino & he, in a very condescending way explained that he was keeping our city safe & I explained that he was making our city dangerous. He talked about violence & I explained that the violence was being caused by ICE & CBP”
“I went to talk to Bovino & he, in a very condescending way explained that he was keeping our city safe & I explained that he was making our city dangerous. He talked about violence & I explained that the violence was being caused by ICE & CBP”
Federal agents, including CBP Commander Bovino, back in Evanston Wednesday - Evanston RoundTable
U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal agents were in at least two places in Evanston on Wednesday morning and reportedly took several
evanstonroundtable.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Evanston mayor Daniel Biss:
“I went to talk to Bovino & he, in a very condescending way explained that he was keeping our city safe & I explained that he was making our city dangerous. He talked about violence & I explained that the violence was being caused by ICE & CBP”
“I went to talk to Bovino & he, in a very condescending way explained that he was keeping our city safe & I explained that he was making our city dangerous. He talked about violence & I explained that the violence was being caused by ICE & CBP”
i know that ads are algorithmic and they’re (usually?) based on browsing but you guys I’ve been getting the most unhinged right-wing ads on IG. this is one of the milder ones:
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
i know that ads are algorithmic and they’re (usually?) based on browsing but you guys I’ve been getting the most unhinged right-wing ads on IG. this is one of the milder ones:
me, reading biographies:
I am buoyed by breaths of once living things, exhaled as air, but water now.
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
me, reading biographies:
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Turn old artificial Christmas trees into underwater reefs.
US Patent 12495775, issued today
US Patent 12495775, issued today
December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Turn old artificial Christmas trees into underwater reefs.
US Patent 12495775, issued today
US Patent 12495775, issued today
“One day soon we will each be part of an ethically flawless crystalline architecture suspended in the loving embrace of the universe but until then we do our best and keep it moving.”
www.todayintabs.com/p/a-quick-on...
www.todayintabs.com/p/a-quick-on...
December 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“One day soon we will each be part of an ethically flawless crystalline architecture suspended in the loving embrace of the universe but until then we do our best and keep it moving.”
www.todayintabs.com/p/a-quick-on...
www.todayintabs.com/p/a-quick-on...
LLMs/chatbot are (only?) good at language-based things
for example, transcribing handwritten genealogy records in old German, or chatting in A2 french
unfortunately too many people treat them like search engines or answerboxes
I have found that the only answers they have are related to grammar
for example, transcribing handwritten genealogy records in old German, or chatting in A2 french
unfortunately too many people treat them like search engines or answerboxes
I have found that the only answers they have are related to grammar
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
LLMs/chatbot are (only?) good at language-based things
for example, transcribing handwritten genealogy records in old German, or chatting in A2 french
unfortunately too many people treat them like search engines or answerboxes
I have found that the only answers they have are related to grammar
for example, transcribing handwritten genealogy records in old German, or chatting in A2 french
unfortunately too many people treat them like search engines or answerboxes
I have found that the only answers they have are related to grammar
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Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
it’s that time of the year
you’ve got to ask yourself,
“Is this a December problem or a January problem”
you’ve got to ask yourself,
“Is this a December problem or a January problem”
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it’s that time of the year
you’ve got to ask yourself,
“Is this a December problem or a January problem”
you’ve got to ask yourself,
“Is this a December problem or a January problem”
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Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
I’ll read anything Tilar Mazzeo writes
The Sea Captain’s Wife, about Mary Ann Patten, makes my recent seafaring quartet (Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, The Wide Wide Sea, The Wager) a seafaring quintet
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
The Sea Captain’s Wife, about Mary Ann Patten, makes my recent seafaring quartet (Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, The Wide Wide Sea, The Wager) a seafaring quintet
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Triumph, Tragedy and a Heroine of the High Seas
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’ll read anything Tilar Mazzeo writes
The Sea Captain’s Wife, about Mary Ann Patten, makes my recent seafaring quartet (Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, The Wide Wide Sea, The Wager) a seafaring quintet
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
The Sea Captain’s Wife, about Mary Ann Patten, makes my recent seafaring quartet (Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, The Wide Wide Sea, The Wager) a seafaring quintet
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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post a photo of someone who has changed your life for the better
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
post a photo of someone who has changed your life for the better
“seven judges facing a backlog of roughly 120,000 cases in SF immigration courts”
missionlocal.org/2025/12/obri...
missionlocal.org/2025/12/obri...
S.F. immigration court is down from 21 judges to just seven
Multiple sources confirmed that two San Francisco immigration judges will retire by end of year. Only seven will be left.
missionlocal.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“seven judges facing a backlog of roughly 120,000 cases in SF immigration courts”
missionlocal.org/2025/12/obri...
missionlocal.org/2025/12/obri...
this is the kind of winter I grew up with
For those who love winter, Chicago’s snowfalls have been disappointing in recent years.
This one, however, is shaping up differently — and might remind some of the relentless 1978-79 season when almost 90 inches of snow fell.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/v...
This one, however, is shaping up differently — and might remind some of the relentless 1978-79 season when almost 90 inches of snow fell.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/11/v...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Do you remember when 90 inches of snow fell almost 50 years ago?
This season’s early snowfall shoveling might remind some of a relentless winter from almost 50 years ago when Chicago experienced its most snow ever: almost 90 inches of it.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
this is the kind of winter I grew up with
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Federal grand jury rejects another 'Midway Blitz' case, this time against Laugh Factory manager
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Federal grand jury rejects another 'Midway Blitz' case, this time against Laugh Factory manager
It’s considered extremely rare for federal prosecutors in Chicago to be turned down by a grand jury. A magistrate judge recently noted that, until the last few months, he’d only heard of it occurring ...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Federal grand jury rejects another 'Midway Blitz' case, this time against Laugh Factory manager
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Absolutely not. I have nothing but respect for my alien overlords who live under the sea 🐙
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Absolutely not. I have nothing but respect for my alien overlords who live under the sea 🐙