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· Dec 28
You see, Chicago is not overly blessed with places to empty a rock and roll tour bus' septic tank.
It does, however, have a surplus of bridges. And our man on the scene, Stefan Wohl, quickly spotted a solution.
The Kinzie Street Bridge.
It does, however, have a surplus of bridges. And our man on the scene, Stefan Wohl, quickly spotted a solution.
The Kinzie Street Bridge.
This great thread about the second worst inappropriate fluid discharge to occur at the Kinzie Street bridge in Chicago.
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
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It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
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Some friends sent me a video (don't know the original source) and it just felt like a Worms weapon
So I did what I had to do
So I did what I had to do
July 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Some friends sent me a video (don't know the original source) and it just felt like a Worms weapon
So I did what I had to do
So I did what I had to do
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[David Attenborough voice] When threatened the Nintendo Wii has a truly unique defense mechanism. It secretes a game card for an entirely different system in the hopes of confusing and distracting its assailant for long enough to make its escape.
I THINK I FIGURED OUT WHY THIS WON'T READ DISCS
May 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
[David Attenborough voice] When threatened the Nintendo Wii has a truly unique defense mechanism. It secretes a game card for an entirely different system in the hopes of confusing and distracting its assailant for long enough to make its escape.
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“he is one divine man who exists as three distinct persons”
the pope, explaining tamale guy
the pope, explaining tamale guy
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“he is one divine man who exists as three distinct persons”
the pope, explaining tamale guy
the pope, explaining tamale guy
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I read a brief account of this building some years ago and was gobsmacked that it was possible to make engineering mistakes like this as late as the 1970s. This is a great presentation of the incident — equal parts fascinating and horrifying.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56P...
The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan
YouTube video by Veritasium
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I read a brief account of this building some years ago and was gobsmacked that it was possible to make engineering mistakes like this as late as the 1970s. This is a great presentation of the incident — equal parts fascinating and horrifying.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56P...
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Thinking about him again.… [the Quiznos Coyote]
How was a wild coyote sat in the beverage cooler at a sub shop so incredibly photogenic?
How was a wild coyote sat in the beverage cooler at a sub shop so incredibly photogenic?
January 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Thinking about him again.… [the Quiznos Coyote]
How was a wild coyote sat in the beverage cooler at a sub shop so incredibly photogenic?
How was a wild coyote sat in the beverage cooler at a sub shop so incredibly photogenic?
Build more rackmount equipment with E-stop buttons you cowards!
January 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Build more rackmount equipment with E-stop buttons you cowards!
This great thread about the second worst inappropriate fluid discharge to occur at the Kinzie Street bridge in Chicago.
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
You see, Chicago is not overly blessed with places to empty a rock and roll tour bus' septic tank.
It does, however, have a surplus of bridges. And our man on the scene, Stefan Wohl, quickly spotted a solution.
The Kinzie Street Bridge.
It does, however, have a surplus of bridges. And our man on the scene, Stefan Wohl, quickly spotted a solution.
The Kinzie Street Bridge.
December 28, 2024 at 5:00 PM
This great thread about the second worst inappropriate fluid discharge to occur at the Kinzie Street bridge in Chicago.
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
The worst? That one occurred 12 years earlier but rather than a moment of bad judgement by one person this one needed almost a century of weird city history for it to happen. 1/🧵
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'People used to take their names from their jobs, like John Baker'
Ha, that's funny. Those historical dudes.
*phone rings*
Oh, it's Mark Electrician...
Ha, that's funny. Those historical dudes.
*phone rings*
Oh, it's Mark Electrician...
December 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
'People used to take their names from their jobs, like John Baker'
Ha, that's funny. Those historical dudes.
*phone rings*
Oh, it's Mark Electrician...
Ha, that's funny. Those historical dudes.
*phone rings*
Oh, it's Mark Electrician...
[Scene: interior, office conference room, Microsoft HQ in Redmond WA, the year is 1994, a slide revealing that "Windows 95" is the name chosen for their next OS is projected on a screen]
This is Chicago erasure and I will not stand for it.
December 2, 2024 at 7:01 AM
[Scene: interior, office conference room, Microsoft HQ in Redmond WA, the year is 1994, a slide revealing that "Windows 95" is the name chosen for their next OS is projected on a screen]
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Senior Engineer: It depends…
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Senior Engineer: It depends…
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Developer Advocate: Join me tomorrow for a livestream where I’ll show you how to use CupBuilder to fill it as much as you want!
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Developer Advocate: Join me tomorrow for a livestream where I’ll show you how to use CupBuilder to fill it as much as you want!
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
November 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Senior Engineer: It depends…
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Senior Engineer: It depends…
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Today is the 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the sportscast on the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the sportscast on the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Today is the 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the sportscast on the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the sportscast on the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Inspired by @funranium.bsky.social 's warning sign, I thought areas subjected to engineers deserved an appropriate hazard symbol to go with it.
November 10, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Inspired by @funranium.bsky.social 's warning sign, I thought areas subjected to engineers deserved an appropriate hazard symbol to go with it.
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If you're looking for something totally different to sink a bunch of time into, last month I found this rapper dude who hates musicals & had no idea what Hamilton was about but who is doing reaction videos to the entirety of Hamilton bit by bit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-k...
RAPPER'S FIRST TIME HAMILTON REACTION PART 1 (ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AARON BURR, SIR, MY SHOT)
YouTube video by Amari Leone
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2024 at 6:19 AM
If you're looking for something totally different to sink a bunch of time into, last month I found this rapper dude who hates musicals & had no idea what Hamilton was about but who is doing reaction videos to the entirety of Hamilton bit by bit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-k...
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THREAD:
A Terry Pratchett book signing was going pretty much as usual when a man in full wizard regalia asked, "You write about magic with such clarity and honesty, you really seem to have a deep personal understanding. I've always wondered, are you a practitioner yourself?"
A Terry Pratchett book signing was going pretty much as usual when a man in full wizard regalia asked, "You write about magic with such clarity and honesty, you really seem to have a deep personal understanding. I've always wondered, are you a practitioner yourself?"
July 7, 2023 at 12:12 AM
THREAD:
A Terry Pratchett book signing was going pretty much as usual when a man in full wizard regalia asked, "You write about magic with such clarity and honesty, you really seem to have a deep personal understanding. I've always wondered, are you a practitioner yourself?"
A Terry Pratchett book signing was going pretty much as usual when a man in full wizard regalia asked, "You write about magic with such clarity and honesty, you really seem to have a deep personal understanding. I've always wondered, are you a practitioner yourself?"
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November 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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I started warning y’all YEARS ago about how DANGEROUS this particular mediocre, unremarkable white tech dude was but “tech journalists” like Kara Swisher and friends sucked up all the oxygen by spreading the PR/marketing WITHOUT vetting what so many of us saw plainly
October 19, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I started warning y’all YEARS ago about how DANGEROUS this particular mediocre, unremarkable white tech dude was but “tech journalists” like Kara Swisher and friends sucked up all the oxygen by spreading the PR/marketing WITHOUT vetting what so many of us saw plainly
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I think everyone has read this at this point but I link it every time this subject comes up anyway because it was so helpful to me at a time when I really needed it
October 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I think everyone has read this at this point but I link it every time this subject comes up anyway because it was so helpful to me at a time when I really needed it
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Also, this always disarms me with a smile...
October 8, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Also, this always disarms me with a smile...
I love this Thai restaurant's subtle roasting of it's customers.
October 3, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I love this Thai restaurant's subtle roasting of it's customers.
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Google's AI is just respecting the forbidden knowledge that anything can become it's own warning light if subjected to sufficient amps.
October 2, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Google's AI is just respecting the forbidden knowledge that anything can become it's own warning light if subjected to sufficient amps.
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