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The AI slop summer book preview/supplement in the Chicago Sun-Times is about what's happened in media more than what's happening with AI. This Slate piece gets it and I have some thoughts from the perspective of someone who writes about books for a major Chicago newspaper. slate.com/technology/2...

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It's shiny objects week with Microsoft Build and Google I/O, and blah blah blah AI XR etc WHERE ARE THE FLYING TOASTERS?!

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You got storyline fever, storyline flu Apparently impairing your point of view

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Can we get some new main characters already? This decade please?

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BBS -> Usenet -> AOL chat rooms -> the WELL -> center stage -> ICQ -> AIM -> blogging, etc -> web2 socials

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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

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My favorite waking dreams by far are the ones that position me in the middle of some epic, historic concert that never happened. This morning was some fantastical UK spot and the Clash and most randomly placed dudes in the crowd with electrified dobro-type things.

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Digging this new Ezra Furman track. Crunchy VU-esque guitar open.spotify.com/track/6WZ2pP...

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It is/isn’t too late to start a podcast?

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In a baggie

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Suddenly 91 degrees in Chicago and surely the apocalypse is nigh

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Fog rolled in wild off the lake this afternoon. Usually see the skyline in the distance.

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Bacteria have the chance to do the funniest thing www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

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Taper story makes National news. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Perfect gatefold photo on The National’s “Rome” 2LP release. If you’ e ever seen ‘em live, you know the immaculate vibes at this exact point in the show.

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Props to whomever Goose fan shouted “Ride Like the Wind baby” after just 3 notes. 👏 Solid call on a FTP, bring that man a mezcal marg on me

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The biggest sign of how catastrophically the X brand has failed is that in Kanye West’s Heil Hitler song he still calls it Twitter

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People getting served up the sweet sweet goods in Cabo right now.

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Finally saw Tedeschi Trucks live last night. Best two drummer band out there — and it’s a full 12-piece! Catch ‘em on tour

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This was fun to listen to and brought me back to Chicago 2002 when I was too lazy to catch Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Empty Bottle in February, but did not miss them at Fireside Bowl later in the year. A loud, lasting memory. I think Wesley Willis randomly set up in between sets.

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Heading to Texas this evening. Austin, Texas. Don’t be afraid to feel freedom!

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So this is what it means to sign away your likeness for perpetuity?

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“Frankie & Johnny” stuck in my head for days. Waxing nostalgic about being part of this Big Bill Broonzy anthology release with Smithsonian Folkways. open.spotify.com/album/6Mw3W9...

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It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's how to appreciate teachers: pay them better.

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Honestly, “let’s reopen Alcatraz” is the kinda thing an AI says before being set back due to hallucinations. But with Trump it’s legit front page news?

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Great to see @mattbusch28.bsky.social at Garcia’s last night with @gratefulaimee.bsky.social and crew. Sam Grisman Project has upped the game 10x since last time I saw them, fully dialing in the early 90’s Garcia/Grisman sound and vibe. Catch ‘em this summer where you can!

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I’ve been to a fuckton of shows in my life and love calling back specific moments/feelings. A frequent remembrance is the first time I felt the crowd move as one. I was 16 and the shoulder to shoulder pit had me lifted off the ground. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. Cabaret Metro Chicago 1991 or ‘92.

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Pistons fans are 100% allowed to Seven Nation Army as much as they want because Detroit.

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Billy Cobham appreciation post. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

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Social media IS mental health (for better and worse)

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Name of the day popped up on LinkedIn: Oliver Garden

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Detroit basketball lives to see another day. Scorebug on the other hand lol

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100 days toward knocking us back 100 years.

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Keep getting “Idiots Rule” by Jane’s Addiction stuck in my head. 🤔 youtu.be/IDLNK1H6JMU?...

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It’s finally FINALLY spring

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Some hot takes on the new Goose album: California Magic is the lowkey hit at Bobby tempo with horns. Silver Rising sounds positively like a Peter Gabriel song. And the new tracks Dustin Hoffman and Iguana Song will rage in concert.

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Rick Mitarotonda says albums are extra credit for jam bands and that’s the correct take. I’m carrying that with me through my first listen of Goose’s Everything Must Go. Like, imagine the disappoint of hearing the Shakedown Street studio album in November 1978. It can’t all be like Phish’s Rift.

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I did not expect to love the album version of “Animal.” The song has grown on me over the years but throw in some horns and grunting and it’s a banger.

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