Here’s a small ridiculous thing that made me smile this morning 3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/13/3-friends-visit-every-cta-l-stop-in-9-hours-in-effort-to-set-guinness-world-record/

“At the Bean, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!'”” https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/border-patrol-agents-pose-at-the-bean-for-apparent-photo-op/

Phoebe Judge goes on migrawatch ridealong with Protect Rogers Park (Chicago) https://overcast.fm/+AA2ilcGhSJM

happy to see this collection of service journalism articles from @thedailynu.bsky.social https://apps.dailynorthwestern.com/know-your-rights/

“at this point anyone uncritically reporting statistics or narratives proposed by DHS is not really in the journalism business, if the journalism business is anchored on discovering and disseminating facts. Simply saying “The DHS said” is not a reasonable qualifier unless the media has more detail to report.” https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threatening-who

"If you’re not choosing, someone else is. And that person is responding to incentives that might not align with your values or best interest." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/validation-ai-raffi-krikorian/684764/ (aside, Apple News share URLs should go to the original publisher and not Apple News 😡)

This New Yorker cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson neatly combines two of my idiosyncratic enthusiasms

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