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Soren Spicknall
@sorenspicknall.bsky.social
Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him "We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Going to a place that advertises itself as "the ultimate sandwich", and I'll be the judge of that
First piece of decor to greet me upon arrival to Wisconsin
Finally bought frames for a bunch of artwork that I've been meaning to add to my home office walls. The room is becoming properly maximalist now. Unfortunately this took up my whole evening and I can't do final tweaks or properly photograph the results because I'm due in Milwaukee tomorrow morning.
Paul Vallas would have gleefully bent the knee to Trump in early 2021, betrayed Chicagoans by welcoming ICE with open arms, then claimed that his tough-on-crime policies were responsible for the dramatic drop in crime we’ve seen the past couple of years.
Patrick Cosmos@veryimportant.lawyer · yesterdayI think Brandon Johnson has done a bad job and I reject the stabdard democrat framework where you run against a guy instead of having real ideas. And I’m still stoked every day that Paul Vallas lost
Sorry for carposting, but I did not expect to find $4 million sitting on the street this morning
Nice thing about my sister and her husband living a block away is that neither of us has to own a full set of tools, and we can use each other's projects and gadgets as an excuse to hang out
Somebody who cares about Census data and/or HUD data please go down this rabbit hole with me
Soren Spicknall@sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 3d agoTrying to figure out what exactly the "Housing Choice Voucher" figure represents in the new @housingstudies.bsky.social Mapping Displacement Pressure tool. Does anyone know likely numerators/denominators IHS may be using? For ex: in this homeowner-heavy census tract, the voucher % is super high.
My favorite house for sale in Chicago right now, even though it needs a lot of love. Quiet, mostly extant block in West Englewood. Tons of unpainted original woodwork still inside. Vintage Pittsburgh toilet setup in the basement. It deserves better than the basic flip it'll likely get.
1316 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60636 - 3 beds/2 baths
(MRED as Distributed by MLS Grid) For Sale: 3 beds, 2 baths ∙ 1108 sq. ft. ∙ 1316 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60636 ∙ $119,000 ∙ MLS# 12751998 ∙ Welcome Home to 1316 W. 72nd Street! This 1-story home offer...
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Season 3 Episode 14 - Frame 1668 out of 2694
You should care about being correct instead of just being mad in a direction. But you should also care about being *directionally* correct in the big picture instead of just detail-correct when you can tell someone they're wrong. Enlightened contrarianism feels good, but it doesn't accomplish much.
If you’re looking for kid stuff that will complement your home, may I recommend not having a kid. Otherwise buy the multicolored cars and tables, you monster, children should not be subjected to greige just because you’ve been brainwashed by Restoration Hardware.
Mollz (ballz)@dopestatistics.bsky.social · 3d agoNO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO
The West Loop seems like possibly the most miserable place in Chicago to live from a neighborhood organizing perspective. Every single community leader and social media gadly there seems to be utterly dysfunctional, and they have enough spare time and resources to fixate on each other constantly.
The “AI copies itself to another computer” meme and the “recursive self improvement” meme are both ideas originating in science fiction, but which sound technically plausible enough due to the way digital software and computer networks work that the non-experts building this stuff believe them
brasidas@brasidas.bsky.social · 3d agoAnthropic's models run on terabytes of VRAM. It's not going to "just copy itself to other computers."
Trying to figure out what exactly the "Housing Choice Voucher" figure represents in the new @housingstudies.bsky.social Mapping Displacement Pressure tool. Does anyone know likely numerators/denominators IHS may be using? For ex: in this homeowner-heavy census tract, the voucher % is super high.
I just remembered that I was walking along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade last week and there was a mom with two boys, about six and eight, looking at a plaque on the ground that's carved with an image of the skyline. One of the boys turned to her and asked "wait, why are there two Trade Centers?"
New Sylvan Esso album samples Sigur Rós on one track and includes contributions from Jenn Wasner, Glenn Kotche, and Matt Douglas, which is all like catnip to me
Concrete Glen, by Sylvan Esso
from the album Ow ∞
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The way the sheriffs are tantruming over being held to account by a judge, it's almost as if they've grown accustomed to a culture of near-total and unquestionable police impunity.
Cook County judge has sheriff’s deputies placed in custody for refusing to unshackle murder defendant
Judge John F. Lyke Jr. had ordered the deputies to remove the defendant's handcuffs so he could hug his family. The sheriff's office defended the deputies' actions, saying Lyke's "disrespectful and in...
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The house that the Fortune Fish & Gourmet fortune built is for sale, and it's kinda boring
4401 N Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 - 7 beds/6 baths
(Compass International Holdings) Coming Soon: 7 beds, 6 baths ∙ 12000 sq. ft. ∙ 4401 N Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 ∙ $8,500,000 ∙ Coming Soon: An architectural triumph in the heart of Chicago, th...
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Three by Norman M. Yeretsky, Streamline Moderne wizard of the Far North Side, starting w/ 2535 W. Glenlake (1937-38)
