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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I’m glad to see Illinois join other states in passing right-to-die legislation. That said, it's cruel that these laws only consider terminal illness and ignore quality-of-life realities. Many people living with irreversible suffering are still left without meaningful autonomy.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

ICEholes are kidnapping kids & snatching parents around schools now. Lots of increased activity around Lane. If you live nearby & want to help cover short shifts, follow the info in this flier to sign up. Also reach out to schools near where you live to see if they might be doing something similar.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Hey Chicago, whata you say...don't forget to report ICE today (and tomorrow and wherever they invade our city). There's an app for that. www.iceblock.app

iceblock.app

ICEBlock - See Something, Tap Something

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I hope all C-Suite executives at HSA Bank get non-life-threatening but very uncomfortable food poisoning today.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

About a month ago while on a cruise I got caught in the middle of a police foot chase while turning right. Dude was laughing the whole time. Then today this video was posted on a chicago news / crime site and a friend sent it to me like "isn't that you bro?" I'm the dude in the 64 'bird.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Chicago fam...where on the North Side can a vegetarian take a non-vegetarian for a great Chi-style dog with good options for both?

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I forgot to take care of something I told my wife I would do. It’s Coldplay’s fault.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Nothin classier than telling the world you like working with a known child rapist.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I'm not sure where else to yell this, but HSA Bank suuuuucks. If your employer uses it for HSA and Flex Spending accounts, and you want to commiserate over whiskey, the first one is on me.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

It irks me when sites tell me to click "forgot password" to reset an expired password. i didn't forget, I handle my shit. This is on you man.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Are there really people out there that use Numbers instead of Sheets or Excel?

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The vendor / procurement system in Chicago Public Schools is a scam, no one seem to care, and we're all paying for it. Two examples from first-hand experience, exact same items: Cheapest possible office chair Vendor $360 Non-Vendor $120 Vertical file holder Vendor $470 Non-vendor $190

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

One of our students has been without a working phone since October, and unfortunately, her family is not in a position to replace it at this time. Last week she was followed & harassed on her way home and was unable to call for help. Anyone have an unlocked / T-Mobile-compatible phone to donate?

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Trump gets a $400M quid pro plane and I have to give back a $51 gift card as a Chicago Public School teacher. Cool. Cool.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

recent studies show a near 100% chance I’m eating tacos with Trader Joe’s habanero hot sauce right now

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

That time of the year when CPS prints thousands of color copies to remind us that they think we’re 7yo

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Sometimes I feel like Gemini is just a long running April fools joke from Google.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

FUCKING BANANAS! 3.05 single solve world record! XUANYI GENG IS 7 YEARS OLD!

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Took Sunshine and her friend on a nice long cruise yesterday. It was beautiful out.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

LET'S GET HER TO CHICAGO! Ms. Melissa Calhoun, I'm so sorry that your state gov't is terrible. @chipubschools.bsky.social adamantly supports the values you must feel alone in standing up for. As a fellow teacher and proud parent of a beautiful queer kid, thank you for your courage.

Melissa Calhoun, a Florida teacher, is fired for using her student's preferred name.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

it's kind of a dick move that we refer to dead people as late

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@caseynewton.bsky.social @kevinroose.com I should have tagged you in the original since you're the ones I think would appreciate this. For reference, I'm a comp sci educator. PS. I love the pod and listen every week 🙏

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I'm at whatever phase of vibe coding you're at when chatgpt continues to fail you so bad that you have it write a full specification document on what you want it to actually do and then feed that spec to claude to actually get it done.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Picked the T-Beard up from sleep away storage camp today. Let the season begin.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Hey Every Damn Company, for MFA, stop listing OTP options as "Google Authenticator." That's like saying that using Kleenex is the only way to blow your nose. 1Password and other apps have built in OTP generators and it's misleading to say it's Authenticator or nothing. Do better, asshats.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

One thing I’ve learned is if you have Freedom or Liberty in your foundation’s name, you’re coming for those things.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

"But so far CPS has only offered 10 minutes of additional planning time during the day." [for ES teachers] Nothing says "I don't understand how education works" like offering 10 min of extra planning time. In a job with meetings all day? Imagine the tiny impact of 10 min off one of em.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The Fox News of weather headlines. Literally.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

someone needs to make it illegal to make a website that can't parse phone number input dashes?! what is hell are those?! parenthesis?! fix it and enter again!

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Had your Tesla for a year or more? Try and sell it, I almost made the same mistake. Buying a Tesla now? Ohhh, got it. Yeah I’m judging.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Chicago Public Schools CEO clearly knows how to use ChatGPT. Yeah...embrace that innovation. Totally.

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abel @abelwithatable.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Apple and Google should make it so you can take pics and record video in landscape while holding the phone in portrait

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Elon has... X Space X Tesla? Clutch them pearls Car X

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

- What? - Now. - Now? What are you talking about now? - Now! - You're damn right, now! - Carl, now! - Geronimo! #ifyaknowyaknow

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

He's not "falsely claiming" He's "lying."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025

It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m fairly certain this article was written by AI. Or a 7th grader. Curious if anyone else gets AI vibes from it or if I’m losing it. www.xda-developers.com/zen-browser-...

xda-developers.com

Zen Browser is better than Brave, Arc, and Chrome, and I can't recommend anything else

If you're looking for a new browser, Zen Browser might be one of the best out there.

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Not a bad idea to freeze your credit unless you're actively seeking new credit. Here's share link to the freeze page for all three credit companies. You can unfreeze at any time. You'll want to do all three. arc.net/folder/FD782...

arc.net

Credit Freeze

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Every email I get from YouTubeTV is either Price is going up...sorry, our gold boat needs to be a platinum boat or We're in a slap fight with [some network] and everyone wants to be richer but we're big fucking arguing babies so we're taking it out on our customers and pulling some channels

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Jeff Solin ✶✶✶✶ @jeffsolin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

might have to open an account at the First Bank of Mattress

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