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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 24/09/2026Depressing and a little surprising ina county where there’s a whole tv channel that seems to be nothing but a guy making a spoon the old-fashioned way 121
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 24/09/2026That does sound special and memorable! Did you eat it raw or perhaps quickly sautéed? 010
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. 10381242826
ted whalen @introvert.net · 21/09/2026A variation of the “nobody should do anything because all actions make something worse” position 010
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 11/09/2026I'm hoping there's still a big Arisu singles match yet to drop 110
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 09/09/2026It seems fine to me but I haven’t tried anything fancy. Mostly I’ve had a Roku plugged into it (through a cheap splitter to get around HDCP) 000
ted whalen @introvert.net · 08/09/2026I bought a cheap “Guermok” 4K USB 3.0 thing off Amazon and it seems to work fine on my Mac 120
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 07/09/2026no, they said the scene with the twist was like halfway through the movie 120
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 · 05/09/2026For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. 010
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 · 04/09/2026I may be biased as a midwestern city dweller, but I feel like we gotta start treating depopulated and disaster-prone areas as (inverse?) frontiers 130
ted whalen @introvert.net · 04/09/2026without coal jobs, this place probably has no reason to exist. convert the whole thing into a national park and cut all 19,000 of the residents a check so they can move somewhere else 260
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 31/08/20263d spatial sound for “that noise? no… that one? is that noise coming from inside the car?” gameplay 010
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 · 29/08/2026hah, i assumed you were there too, but didn’t manage to spot you. great show, but i’m emotionally wiped out 020
ted whalen @introvert.net · 29/08/2026It’s like the most perfect, beautiful weather on a Friday night in Chicago and this poor guy is driving around red and mad at bicyclists. it makes me really sad for him. 030
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 28/08/2026the tragedy of the closing of the Berwyn Eagles Club has never felt so acute 131
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 · 28/08/2026I would guess that lowering the surface street speed limit in most cities doesn't significantly increase travel times for motorists - if you're just driving from stoplight to stoplight, your top speed probably doesn't make much difference 030
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
ted whalen @introvert.net · 27/08/2026another factor might be that our demographic replacement discourse here is mostly based on wealth, ethnicity and race. i’m not sure who here is even culturally equipped to notice that a larger percentage of the white people are non-midwestern 110
ted whalen @introvert.net · 27/08/2026the per-capita numbers might explain most of “why aren’t we _hearing_ about people moving to Chicago?” - the in-migration simply isn’t as noticeable here, or creating as much demographic change, so fewer people are remarking on it. 140
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 221011248
ted whalen @introvert.net · 24/08/2026nimbyism is only ever accidentally right: in those cases where the thing to be built shouldn't actually be built. the problem is the "...but does it have to be _here_?" nimbyism. 000
ted whalen @introvert.net · 22/08/2026this movie was so not for me (complimentary) that I was completely unable to evaluate whether it was good or bad 000
