ted whalen @introvert.net · 29/09/2026Pedantically speaking, I’m not convinced a 3d-printed figure made of polymer can properly be called a “statue” 030
Reposted by ted whalenStuart @iversen83.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I finally managed to get my thoughts together and have a ramble about Nonoka Seto. #ChocoPro ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/09/24/s...ramblingsaboutwrestling.comNonoka SetoTitles won in janken still count. Credit: Screenshot Nonoka Seto had 83 wrestling matches. Between her first match and her last, there was just under two years, and it was spent entirely in the wor… 063
Reposted by ted whalenBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381202824
ted whalen @introvert.net · 21/09/2026On this trip to Japan, I got jostled by my first earthquake and now I’m getting moistened by my first typhoon 180
Reposted by ted whalenDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I think a lot of things go wrong when we mistake programming metaphors for how the computer works. You might have object-oriented programming but it is only one computer; it's just a way of keeping track of how the program works. Similarly, we'd think about AI differently if rather than "agents"... 816538
Reposted by ted whalenRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026we are counting this Kansas football hype video about the heroism of anti-slavery violence as a Woke 2 indicator 834946
ted whalen @introvert.net · 10/09/2026I'm on board in principle, but before I commit, I'd like to know more of the details. Is AI going to do it slowly or painfully, or will it be more of an instantaneous thing? 030
Reposted by ted whalenPatron Saints Podcast @patronsaintspod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026this bit moved me so much that i had to take time to turn it into a video clip 17633
Reposted by ted whalenLevi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m surprised there’s not more fuss about the room in the new Lucas Museum that displays the skulls of all the actors who have died since appearing in a Star War, with empty niches for those still alive. It’s really creepy. 510614
Reposted by ted whalen🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We used to go nuts for glue, we would stick one piece of paper to another piece of paper. Ahhh man, that was the shit 41517
ted whalen @introvert.net · 07/09/2026saw some short form video (i know, i know) of an annoying gen x person reacting (i know) to a differently annoying person from a younger cohort blaming gen x for "the world they left" us and the gen x guy was denying that they were ever in charge 131
Reposted by ted whalenJoseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸 @jmisci.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I’ll say it again: Every time Illinois state representatives choose not to expand multifamily housing rights, they admit they’re okay with Texas snatching our electoral votes. Local housing micromanagement is ensuring Republican dominance for years to come. Time for the state to crack down. 2419
ted whalen @introvert.net · 04/09/2026are you depressed, or has it just been too long since you listened to the classic mixtape _We Got It For Cheap Vol. 3_? 000
ted whalen @introvert.net · 02/09/2026I went to Zero Blast-N-Peen on Hooker Circle and everyone knew you 05913
Reposted by ted whalenKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 02/09/2026These are fabulous. clui.org/collections/... 36511
Reposted by ted whalenGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 31/08/2026Malört is a staple of our history and our heritage — a rite of passage if you want to prove you’re tough enough to be a Chicagoan. When I look back on my time as Governor, I will think of the taste of Malört and all of you who joined in the joy of it. 1449584
Reposted by ted whalenGerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026deepest condolences to all family, friends and musical co-conspirators of Half Japanese’s David Fair 433690
ted whalen @introvert.net · 29/08/2026Are motorists OK? One of them threw a water bottle at me while I was parking my Divvy. Didn’t get a chance to talk with him about whatever was going on with him emotionally, but it must’ve been serious. 150
Reposted by ted whalenCholula @cholulaconamor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Svengoolie Pro Wrestling (SPW), fun for bats and ghouls of all ages 2141
ted whalen @introvert.net · 27/08/2026when you love cities so much that you become a Southern Agrarian 020
ted whalen @introvert.net · 27/08/2026Canada should take a page from Iran and close the St. Lawrence Seaway 032
Reposted by ted whalen🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Clowns are born the same way that they get out of cars and its horrific to watch 221012249
ted whalen @introvert.net · 21/08/2026if i'm described as "deliberately incendiary but often funny" or "actually very nice if you got to know him" after my death, please consider my life a complete failure 010
Reposted by ted whalenForest Gregg @bunkum.us · 20/08/2026hell is listening to other people talk about their personal productivity systems 1101
ted whalen @introvert.net · 18/08/2026analysis of 5 years of data from my “smart scale” that supposedly uses bio-electrical impedance revealed that the scale only uses it to determine that you’re standing on it in bare feet. it doesn’t use it to estimate body fat at all, it just uses a formula based on your weight, age, height, and sex. 120
Reposted by ted whalenA.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It Takes A Nation of Millions To Form A Subcommittee To Look Into The Possibility Of Determining The Feasibility Of Holding Us Back 492318416
Reposted by ted whalendave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160223697
Reposted by ted whalenderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.comordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 753421910
Reposted by ted whalenleaux @evangaylion.bsky.social · 13/08/2026dumb bitch app on my phone to do what exactly. “There was a shot and you didn’t get shot.” Cool 4162
Reposted by ted whalenKitsune Women's Wrestling @pwkitsune.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We are very honored that Yuki Kamifuku had chosen us to be one of her stops on her retirement tour. Please join us on August 30th at Kamiyu Goes Hollywood. I would really like to send her off in style! Get tickets: kamiyu.eventbrite.com 0107
Reposted by ted whalenJude Kilgour @judekilgour.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Sareee v. Mio Momono Korakuen Hall 8.8.26 📸: pepetnk #マーベラスプロレス 0185
Reposted by ted whalenChicago Joshi Night @chicagojoshinight.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Come watch wrestling with us on Sunday the 23rd! It’s free! eventbrite.com/e/chicago-joshi-night-august-26-tickets-1990435676690 075
ted whalen @introvert.net · 04/08/2026most of the hardest young rappers in the city are now dropping songs about why girls are nothing but trouble and how their parents buy them embarrassing back-to-school clothes 0103
ted whalen @introvert.net · 02/08/2026working on my list of all pro-wrestling related bars and restaurants in japan - currently sitting at 67 known locations... side quest is developing some code that will plot them on regional maps 171
ted whalen @introvert.net · 01/08/2026when you're being mean to me online, this is where you're posting from 081
ted whalen @introvert.net · 29/07/2026This is another issue on which I've 100% flipped in my lifetime. The First Amendment as broadly interpreted in the US has been a huge mistake, and it does more harm than good 120
Reposted by ted whalenBen Lamb @bennyfactor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." 041
Reposted by ted whalenkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My favorite version of the Odyssey 1418522
Reposted by ted whalenmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026cops hate automated enforcement *because* its fair. They conceptualize their role not as punishing rulebreakers but punishing "bad people" (poors and minorities). They dislike red light/speed cameras because they wind up punishing "good people" for doing something they see as essentially harmless 291396261
Reposted by ted whalenMr. Takes Off Shirt To Poop @hokutonokenburns.bsky.social · 11/07/2026 my best friend is one of those people who explore rural Japan looking for abandoned properties and he recently found these signs out in the country 241082329
Reposted by ted whalenPaul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Masochist Sowing: "Ha ha ha! YES!" Masochist Reaping: "Ha ha ha! YES!" 0202
ted whalen @introvert.net · 09/07/2026There should not be any six-story warehouse buildings on or near Wacker drive (directly across from the Sears freaking tower!) no matter how pretty the decorations on the facade were. 220
Reposted by ted whalenDaniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The thing is, Chicago also downzoned in the 60s-early 2000s--in fact, a huge chunk of Humboldt Park was downzoned. You will be shocked to hear that this has not prevented gentrification, and that in fact downzoned areas are associated with disproportionate growth of white residents. 416631
