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morentsy
@morentsy.bsky.social
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Cat person. Interests: being outside, music, art and design. Weather geek. Beer nerd. Computer guy. Anti-fascist. Supports democracy.

Chicago, Illinois.
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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scalzi.com
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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theguardian.com
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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anforsorrow.bsky.social
Fun fact: Orange carrots are relatively recent. In ancient Rome, they were usually white or purple; and in the Middle Ages, red and yellow carrots arrived in Spain through trade with Iran. It wasnt until the 16th century that Dutch farmers started cultivating an orange and sweeter hybrid version.
Old carrot variants (including white, yellow, red and purple) Carrot farming in the Tacuinum sanitatis.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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abstracttruth.bsky.social
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
screen grab from video of the incident. Dude dressed up like Max Headroom wearing sunglass is laughing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
morentsy.bsky.social
Help protect people in your community!
dansinker.com dan sinker @dansinker.com · 11d
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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robsalk.bsky.social
The structure of Federalism and separation of powers is brilliant and worth preserving, but unfortunately it requires a critical mass of serious, well informed citizens to maintain. No power structure ever devised can resist a stampede of idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
morentsy.bsky.social
Did you hug yourself with kind thoughts?
A depiction of a fox and a message of kindness.
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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bornmiserable.bsky.social
great. just what I need, my tax software telling me to kill myself
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16d
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.

TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
morentsy.bsky.social
RIP Rogue Ales.

I'll always remember drinking their beers and trying to brew clones at home. I will also remember the times spent at the Edgewater Lounge in Chicago drinking their "locker stock" beers.
beervana.bsky.social Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 16d
Now that Rogue has apparently shed its mortal coil, I have to do another brewery obit. (Ugh!) Given Rogue’s reputation today, one may imagine its legacy is merely surviving. In fact, it was a hugely influential brewer, and at one time its beers were considered groundbreaking.
Rogue Ales, 1988-2025 — Beervana
With the apparent permanent closure of Rogue Ales, it’s time to consider the legacy of this early craft brewery. It may surprise many drinkers who today think of Rogue as tame and boring to learn that...
www.beervanablog.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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ccinchicago.bsky.social
I have heard the whistles in Norwood Park. Cop and firefighter neighborhood, Chicago’s own Staten Island (minus vampires). Chicago forever.
dansinker.com dan sinker @dansinker.com · 20d
It’s being reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it’s also being reported that he’ll be back, in larger numbers. But Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we’ll be ready. dansinker.com/posts/202…
Everyone I know is exhausted from the last two months. Exhausted from rushing out on the ding of a Signal notification, exhausted from standing in front of schools keeping watch, exhausted from confronting heavily armed masked agents in tactical gear with nothing more than a whistle around your neck. Exhausted—so exhausted—from being witness to neighbors, friends, and family going missing. Over 3000 people, according to the goons' own count. One was too many. Everyone I know is exhausted. Everyone I know is ready to go another round.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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backwardsriver.bsky.social
My latest for the Reader, a story about how Chicagoans made it really, really rough on out-of-town goons who tried to abduct Black folks off their streets.
chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
Chicago has always defied kidnappings of our neighbors - Chicago Reader
Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of men, women, and children who had escaped slavery
chicagoreader.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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jelvisweinstein.bsky.social
"I can't afford a house" and "I only qualify for a 50-year mortgage" mean the same thing.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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misterjayem.bsky.social
Chicago,

The roads and sidewalks are slicker'n hell in some spots.

Penguin walking is back baby!!
HOW TO WALK ON ICE 👎1 Normally, when we walk, our legs' ability to support our weight is split mid-stride. 👎2 Walking this way on ice forces each leg to support the weight of the body at an angle that is not perpendicular to the surface of the ice, resulting in a nasty fall. 👍1 To walk on ice, keep your center of gravity over your front leg. 👍2 One animal that has figured this out is a penguin. Think of yourself as a penguin and you'll be all right.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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cmorency.bsky.social
Teddy is hanging out in Edgewater but is probably ready to go home!
lucaisharsh.bsky.social lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 23d
Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona

If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
A small, well-loved light brown Aurora brand teddy bear picked up from a snowy sidewalk
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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cmorency.bsky.social
Many Chicagoans could have written this. Thank you to the person who did.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 25d
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
morentsy.bsky.social
Here we go....
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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dumb-industries.com
DUMB TELEVISION 11/8 [TIMES ET]

*WE'VE GOT THE MEATS*
9:00pm - Movie Jo Night: Baffled!
10:37pm - The Mads: The Wizard of Mars
11:41pm - Movie Jo Night: Trapped
1:09am - The Mads: Battle of the Worlds
2:18am - Movie Jo Night: Bad Ronald
3:50am - The Mads: The Incredible Petrified World
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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jenreadsromance.bsky.social
this weather map is truly unhinged.
the key thing for me personally is that the predicted snowfall for chicago is between 1-15 inches. uh, thanks? super helpful.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
wow
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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harebrained.bsky.social
One of the 6 Broadview protesters that were indicted recently is my 45th Ward Dem Committeeman @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social . I've met him before- he's a good guy and someone who truly cares about the neighborhood and its residents. Donate to his legal defense fund and fuck ICE.
gofund.me/fe6e1a351
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
morentsy.bsky.social
The Halloween vibes continue....
Music posters and a steering wheel mounted on a wall and a projection of the word Boo!
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I will see you in Valhalla. 🫡
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM