Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Andrew Hertzberg
@andhertz.bsky.social
Chicago. Bikes. Books. Writes sometimes. Drums sometimes. www.andrewhertzberg.com
152 killed in Gaza in July, highest monthly death toll this year: Gaza’s Health Ministry
152 killed in Gaza in July, highest monthly death toll this year: Gaza’s Health Ministry
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that 152 people were killed in the enclave during July, marking the highest monthly death toll recorded since the beginning of this year, Anadolu reports. In a …
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"Her case echoes a similar one a week earlier in Buffalo, New York, where a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee with significant vision impairment and limited English was found dead after the US border patrol dropped him off alone at a closed Tim Hortons coffee shop."
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5d agoFamily to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This dude was my manager at a restaurant years ago - amazing interview - good luck Lenny!
Chicagoans Rally To Help Dislodge Boat Washed Up On North Avenue Beach, But It Remains Stuck
Lenny Klinger set out on Lake Michigan with friends and fireworks. What happened next has drawn the attention of thousands of Chicagoans — but the boat won't budge.
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‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’
Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...
Tonight will be my 10th time seeing my good friends in Plum. Reed’s, the Burlington, Empty Bottle many times, now opening for Jack White at the Salt Shed 🤯
Excited to try out this new Uyghur restaurant in the neighborhood:
Kashgar Uyghur Dining Offers A Taste Of Central Asian Home Cooking
Hand-pulled noodles, samsas and other Uyghur staples are on the menu at the new restaurant from husband-and-wife owners Waris Ablimit and Rahila Reshid.
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Beastie Boys are the American Clash. I will not elaborate
Dude what the fuck is this the best concert footage of all time
Beastie Boys - Glasgow 1999 (FULL)
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Huh. Wonder if this building used to have swastikas in the brickwork like I’ve seen elsewhere
More than 500 people have sent letters in support of @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social. Can we double that by the end of the weekend? It takes less than a minute to send a letter to management on our behalf.
Chicago Reader Union@chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Chicago Reader Union has been bargaining w/ Noisy Creek since February. In that time, management has consistently offered proposals that would cut longstanding benefits in exchange for meager pay raises. We need YOU to tell Noisy Creek we deserve better! 🧵 🔗: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Chicago Reader Union@chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Chicago Reader Union has been bargaining w/ Noisy Creek since February. In that time, management has consistently offered proposals that would cut longstanding benefits in exchange for meager pay raises. We need YOU to tell Noisy Creek we deserve better! 🧵 🔗: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
People on this boat…why?? Also lol at my reflection selfie
Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
