I got a "what you've missed" email from Twitter today — for a spoof account I created, posted from four times, and forgot about for 10 years.
Andrew ✶ Huff
@me3dia.bsky.social
✶✶✶✶ That guy with the sideburns. Ex-journalist, now PR exec and nonprofit ED. Host of 20x2 Chicago @20x2chi@bsky.social http://me3dia.com Need a Chicago star? http://me3dia.com/star.html
Hey, this Sunday, be at GMan Tavern at 6:30 for 20x2 Chicago: Where Did You Come From? 20x2.org/chicago/
The Musical Instrument Museum is fully worth a visit if you're ever in Phoenix. Not least to visit this chungus.
Folk You!@folkyousongwriters.bsky.social · 2d ago
Anyone else seeing a wave of spam emails spoofing Google Voice voicemail notifications?
As mayoral candidates start lining up, I'd like to remind all of them that the only people who can vote for them are the ones who live within city limits. Don't pander to suburbanites who are afraid to go anywhere but the Loop, River North and Wrigley.
Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Truly an insane decision by Google. I'm struggling to think of a positive and non-deceptive use for this feature.
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
McDonald's Breakfast McBuffet (1992-circa 2002): Available at select locations, McDonald's offered a full breakfast buffet which featured scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, crispy home fries, hotcakes, muffins, and Danish, along with a small orange juice and/or coffee. But wait, there's more! A 🧵
Oh interesting: There's now a "looks like AI slop" reporting button on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
AI slop is a top priority for all of us. We really care about this. People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas and expertise. Here are a few more… | H...
AI slop is a top priority for all of us. We really care about this. People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas and expertise. Here are a few more chan...
linkedin.com
Apparently AI hallucinations are somewhat predictable, and hackers are taking advantage of that to slip malware into AI-generated code. www.securityweek.com/hallusquatti...
'HalluSquatting' Turns AI Hallucinations Into Botnet Delivery Mechanism
A new attack technique dubbed HalluSquatting turns AI assistants’ tendency to hallucinate into a scalable infection vector.
securityweek.com
Hey, you should come to our show next Tuesday, if you know what's good for ya! www.facebook.com/events/88207...
The anti-sunscreen movement is growing, thanks to MAHA and social media hucksters. www.menshealth.com/health/a7186...
Inside the Rise of the Anti-Sunscreen Movement
Sunscreen is in the middle of a PR crisis, with skeptics claiming it’s hazardous to your health. Experts dismiss the claims as misinformation, but has the damage already been done? MH investigates.
menshealth.com
Toothpaste locked up while $30+ bottles of supplements are not shows just how concerned with retail theft these companies are. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...
We used to be able to buy things in this country
Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy
dannykatch.substack.com
Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires readsludge.com/2026/07/25/c...
Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industr...
readsludge.com
I was fortunate enough to go to a private screening at the Lake Street Screening Room as part of @kylejohnston.bsky.social's bachelor party a decade ago. There was much reverence among our group for that space. Sad to see it go.
Scott Tobias@scotttobias.bsky.social · last wk.I've been a critic in Chicago for almost exactly 27 years, and the screening room at the top of 70 E. Lake St. has so many memories for me. Good piece from Richard Roeper, and I love that he talked to the projectionist, Steve Kraus. Great guy, great at his job: www.rogerebert.com/features/a-h...
Turn a movie cuddly. The Hamster That Rocks the Cradle
lanyardigan@lanyardigan.bsky.social · 2w agoMortal Wombat
Jeff Fest is now "Chicago Italian Beef Fest," featuring eight Italian beef vendors, only one of which is in Jefferson Park. One is from Oswego. blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/23/j...
Jeff Fest Is No More. It’s The Chicago Italian Beef Fest Now
After 25 years, Jefferson Park’s namesake festival has rebranded to focus on Italian beef sandwiches. The fest is July 31-Aug. 2.
blockclubchicago.org
The Irish don't have a name for the Smurfs because they know better than to invoke the names of the Fae.
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 2w agoWonderful #map shows the name for the #Smurfs across Europe. The map also wins my award for best legend of the year! Source: buff.ly/2DkpbGw
This is the second time Anthony Rizzo has been sitting in the bleachers and had a home run hit to him. Wild.
MLB@mlbbot.bsky.social · 3w agoMichael Busch hit a homer into the bleachers ... Anthony Rizzo got the ball!
Blue Team Con is one of my favorite cons, and I’m so excited to get to keynote this year! 💙
Blue Team Con@blueteamcon.com · 3w ago📣 We're excited to announce this year's Blue Team Con Keynote Speaker - Ian Coldwater! Learn more about Ian and their keynote address here: blueteamcon.com/2026-keynote...
