Time is running out to see THE ODYSSEY in 70mm at the Music Box! Last 70mm Screenings will be Tuesday August 11th. All screenings on sale now. Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Kim Z
@observacious.bsky.social
Writer, dabbler, daydreamer. Halloween queen. Chicago by way of a lot of places. She/her
“I’m so grateful that the moment in my life the internet has clung to for eternity happens to be with my one true love… phew. Be careful what you put out there.”
The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photos
Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told.
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This is amazing. This is the shirt Kevin Carroll wore to be on a Widow’s Bay panel at Comicon. Katie Dippold was there too (but not dressed as the Babadook).
Jesse is in Lawrenceville (near Pittsburgh) today from noon to ten selling her art. If you like what you see but aren’t close by, check out her website at www.jesseseybert.com for commissions!
🎺LAST DAY TO BUY 50/50 RAFFLE TIX! GET YOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT!🎺 Could you use an extra $3000 this summer? That's the MINIMUM you could take home if you win our 50/50 raffle! Tix: chirp5050.org OMG YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT!
I just watched Blue Heron, which is how I learned about this old Canadian house hippo PSA: youtu.be/cvPwJQXzHm0?...
The North American house hippo. A favourite Canadian commercial from 1999.
YouTube video by Life in Canada
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"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
theguardian.com
At some point Apple figured out the magic formula to making smart sff television and has just been lapping everybody else ever since
William Gibson@greatdismal.bsky.social · 2w ago
@tedleo.bsky.social is going to be playing in my neighborhood!!!! blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/08/e...
Edgewater Music Fest Returning With Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, NNAMDï And More
The second edition of the three-day street festival is happening Aug. 28-30, featuring more than 30 musical performances.
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I saw this ad that's supposed to be heartwarming for a service that helps people to share their memories, but the example question asking about the person's first car makes me wonder if the next question will be about their mother's maiden name.
“We can’t live a full dignified life — with the ability to question authority, have different relationships with people, test ideas [and] blow off steam — if we don’t have private communication.”
Signal's Meredith Whittaker: The Push for Online Safety Risks Mass Surveillance
The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are converging into a new architecture of surveillance.
bloomberg.com
I love the @rosemetalpress.bsky.social Field Guide writing series. I look forward to reading this new one!
Rose Metal Press@rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe RMP Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay, edited by @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social & @artichokeheart.bsky.social, is available for preordering! The book releases in October & is the 5th in our award-winning Field Guide series! Everything you've ever wanted to know about lyric essay! icont.ac/51iZr
Mid day gothic!
Music Box Theatre@musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 2mo agoFOND OF HIS MOTHER: QUEER-CODED HITCHCOCK continues with Hitch's only Best Picture-winner, the obsessive Gothic fable REBECCA starring Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine. Playing this Saturday at 11:30am & Monday at 4pm. Get Tickets Now: www.musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/rebecca-0
[The Most Interesting Man in the World voice] I don't always get on the Red Line at the Granville stop, but when I do the escalator is out of service.
The Most Interesting Man Points
Alt: A man with gray hair and a beard wearing a tuxedo with no tie and the top two buttons undone (The Most Interesting Man) points at the camera with a knowing look.
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This is a perfectly good idea, but a better idea might be to require a digital be be sent out as well - allowing my phone to say someone within x feet is recording, and alerting (for example) the bartender someone in the bar is recording.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo agoA Pennsylvania Rep “has introduced a bill that would require every pair of smart glasses ‘manufactured, sold, and used’ in the state to have a ‘visual indicator’ that tells others when they’re recording.”
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
It Came From Neverland appears in the Chicago Tribune’s — Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months ! It Came From Neverland is available this Tuesday, June 9th from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social 🖤💚🌟 Thank you!
@borrelli.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur annual summer book extravaganza - w/ @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social @kait.bsky.social @gemmacorrell.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @colsonwhitehead.com @esglaude.bsky.social And way more www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/s...
The unhinged ones are just there to lull you into thinking "What is your PIN?" is a good choice
Benjamin Tausig@burrata.bsky.social · 2mo agoWho wrote these security questions ...
NEW: A @wired.com analysis of Meta's app for its smart glasses found that the company has been adding code for face recognition since January, while saying that it is still "thinking through" whether to deploy it. @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-s...
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
wired.com
RIP, Joe Negri, the jazz guitarist who played Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. people.com/joe-negri-ja...
Join me June 2nd at the Chicago Writers Showcase with a wonderful lineup of amazing authors! 6:30pm at Haymarket House. Link below to register.
TIL: coming out in September en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgott...
Forgotten Island - Wikipedia
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Johanna T 👻 🧙@johannamation.bsky.social · 4mo agoPlease PLEASE let Dreamworks' FORGOTTEN ISLAND be a good film and make Pixar eat their words, also enough with the "boys can't enjoy girl movies" rhetoric The boys that "can't" enjoy girl movies were taught & socialized to think that girl-focused movies are inferior and/or unrelatable to them
