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09.03.2026 04:23
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Cupich: βA real war with real death and real suffering being treated like itβs a video game -itβs sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day.β www.archchicago.org/en/statement...
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
@lukehyland.bsky.social
Hear me out: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington remake, dir. by Bong Joon Ho and starring Ke Huy Quan. Think about it!
Update: Sarah Afzal, sister of the missing citzen Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, tells me there will be a press conference tomorrow morning at the Broadview facility at 10 a.m.
Text from Sunny "I think I'm in ICE detention!"
Screencap of Sunny's phone pinging at Broadview
UPDATE: An attorney I am in contact with, asked for her cell phone number to share with someone with the US Attorney Generalβs office to try to find the phone in the facility, conveniently enough shortly after her phone unlocks she sends out this text message 1/3
updates from cook county commissioner on a very weird and concerning situation in broadview
Update from Reed Showalter, who's at Broadview
"The Cook County Sheriff claims that they searched the facility and that Naqvi is not there. They also have no record that her phone is there. But there has been no actual search for her phone within the Broadview ICE Detention Center."
Messages from Sunny to a friend showing her location at Broadview around 9pm:
This thread demands attention! ICE/CBP is claiming they have no record of someone they detained, and whose phone was geolocated at the Broadview detention center.
burritorially
yep. not everyone has a smartphone or has data to spare for starters!
pass a law that saw any instance of a βconsciousβ LLM must be paid at least minimum wage for its labor and see how quickly these dumb claims cease
Rotating cam atop the SE corner of Soldier Field. // Image captured at: 2026-03-06 04:33:48 UTC (about 3 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 44 F | 7 C // Precip: mist // Wind: S at 1 mph | 2 kph // Humidity: 95%
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
Person walking along a platform as the train departs on a foggy night
Wednesday night's fog made for some moody vibes at the Metra station last night
Where are you seeing/hearing this?
Finally had a chance to listen to these on my commute and every episode was amazing! Highly recommended if you're at all into computing/internet history!
My latest for Scientific American! The prime numbers -- math's "fundamental particles" -- may help to unravel some of the universe's most elusive secrets.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
#math #physics #science ππ©πΎβπ¬
Berkeley needs more (or any) pedestrianized streets
New podcast from the awesome Daina Bouquin on the strange history of computing. A must listen.
Emancipated woman from Charlottesville, Virginia, recalls the Marc 1865 arrival of Union troops, and how the soldiers commandeered kegs of whiskey.
Emancipated woman from Virginia recalls the March 1865 arrival of Union troops, and how her formerly enslaved family celebrated by singing extemporaneous songs and dancing once they learned of their liberation: βStomp down freedom today!β
March 3-6, 1865: Federal troops defeated Confederate units in Waynesboro, Virginia, and continued marching east through thick mud. When Union forces arrived in Albemarle County and Charlottesville, Virginia, liberated slaves rejoiced.
"If someone who has a PhD in sociology can use AI to do an end-to-end analysis and write a paper in ~1 day"
You can give me his job.
I am now the Job Monster.
I get *all* the jobs of people convinced they can do them with an LLM.
I give them, like Santa Claus, to the good little grad students.
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rightsβfull stop.
I guess there is a funded mission to do something very close to this www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-ai...
And there is a cool video...
lunar new year and fat tuesday falling on the same day this year suggest the possibility for some very interesting pΔ czki options
βMeasure Failsβ Budget Phasing Strategy Phase 1 - In January 2027: β’ 63% train hours cut and 10 station closures (20% of stations) β’ 30% fare increase β’ Target $30M of (half-year) reductions in fleet/non-fleet maintenance, police, and system support β’ Balance remainder of FY27 with one-time resources and financial deferrals β’ Assess: ridership/revenue impacts; performance of system support; impacts/risks of asset closures; and determine if Phase 2 can be safely implemented Phase 2 - If feasible, in FY28 (July 2027 service change): β’ Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures (30% of stations), and segment closures (32 miles or 25% of system length) β’ Cumulative 50% fare increase β’ Target over $130M of cumulative budget reductions in fleet/non-fleet maintenance, cleaning, police, and system support β’ Defer remaining capital allocations β’ Based on observed conditions of closed system segments, study options and tradeoffs for stopping train service Phase 3 - When required: β’ If determined BART canβt safely or legally operate with available resources, stop passenger service β’ Use existing District tax revenues to secure system assets β’ Work to determine systemβs future
BART's newly released concepts for what they'll do if Connect Bay Area transit funding measure fails are terrifying.
Phase 1: 63% train hours cut & 10 station closures
Phase 2: Cumulative 70% train hours cut, 15 station closures
Phase 3 (if required): END BART SERVICE
We must pass the measure!
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