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I spent part of my day reading a proposed regulation by DHS today because I'm going to have to explain it to my boss tomorrow, so yes, I have been thinking a lot about how unrelentingly stupid everything is all the time

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 2h

Walked by the Quinceañera dress shop on my way home from the train tonight and they are prepared for Halloween.

Windows of a Quinceañera dress shop with mannequins wearing very frilly dresses and skull masks

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 6h

This is really disappointing because he was my preferred candidate for the position.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 8h

Guys—is it normal for DHS to cite their own YouTube videos as evidence for government rulemaking?

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 9h

I didn't realize Lurie Garden had been closed, so no clue.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 10h

Had to take advantage and go for a walk during lunch.

View from Millennium Park with Laurie Garden in the front and part of Chicago skyline in the rear

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 11h

The weather has been immaculate this week.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 12h

Reading this, it is clear that they don't even know what the eligibility criteria are to apply for OPT 🤦🏻‍♀️

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 13h

Completely unserious stuff here.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 15h

Another day and another attempt by the US government to dismantle international education in the US by proposing a $70,000 fee for international students to apply for Optional Practical Training

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If she’s anything like me, she’ll get inspired to do so after 10:30pm

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Chicago can really send you in wildly different directions in life.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kia Soul: Lime green cars are really easy to find in the parking lot.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is how I ended up with a Kia Soul as well.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I must not be online enough to understand this. Who thinks Helen Keller is fake?

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looks like there is another lawsuit against the government I'm going to have to keep up with as part of my job.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I would love for someone to explain what brain defect I have which led me to fold and put away all my laundry at 10:30pm after ignoring it for two weeks.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Folks, this is literally a picture of the books on the liner notes of Evil Empire. I don't know how much more clear they could make themselves.

Picture of books in liner notes of RATM album, which includes the following books A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Capital, Volume I by Karl Marx
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Full List - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Empire_(album)

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i can’t believe my favorite band the Communists with their platinum record We Are A Bunch Of Communists are a bunch of communists

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Been saying this for years.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What a bummer, but I am team dramatically flop around.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Excellent news, glad you and your wallet have been reunited!

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I mean, that is how I've been voting for years. Get my ballot in the mail, and bring it to a city drop box so I know it is where it needs to be.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fingers crossed for this to be true.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Imagine an entire government apparatus trying to discredit and threaten mail-in ballots resulting in more mail-in ballots. I would expect just the opposite, an increase of voting on-site.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm going to start talking about my cat that way. "So my son crawled into my sister's house from the street, and her sons started abusing him, so she gave him to me."

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I went either last year or the year before for the first time and was a bit perplexed myself. I like apples and drinking in the streets, but not that much.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well damn, it looks like Brazil saw what we did to ourselves in 2024 and thought to themselves, "That looks grand, let's try that too," for some goddamn reason.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Someone at the ceramics studio I practice out of made a slab built tampon holder for the bathroom

Slab built and glazed clay box reading “Tampax Free” in blue and yellow

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I honestly would love this. I hate it when there is a show I really want to see, but the main act won't take the stage until around 11:30 pm, on a Tuesday.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

While NYC is the pinnacle of late-night activities, there are plenty of places in Chicago (and I imagine Los Angeles and other cities) that don't really get going until around that time. In my 20s I used to frequent them, now I'm tired.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The "law and order" candidate is defacing public property with her name. Just a completely unserious person.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I threw a miniature vase today when I was at the studio.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What a weird little freak, driving to Apple Fest of all places, being in the bike lane and getting so salty that it was noticed, saying her little POS car is worth more than that biker's entire family, and finally, recording a rant in her car. Just hitting all the boxes there.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rahm Emanuel blathering on again about those centrist votes he continues to salivate over.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Been doing this for years and it’s how I’ve discovered some great music, but yeah sometimes I do just want to sit around and listen to Bauhaus.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

She’s adorable, really.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the ultimate of horticultural Hail Marys, my pepper plant just started blooming today, October 3rd.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Xi’an Cuisine. Small byob place that has hand-pulled noodles that are very good.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

According to social media, LD Pho in Albany Park is back open with a new name (PL Pho).

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I really need to eat dinner in Chinatown more often.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Glad she’s doing well

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excuse me, Model Actriz recorded a song with Miley Cyrus?!

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You could have always called the police like this accountant.

Accountant calls police after being asked to attend meeting

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh yeah, I like that stuff too.

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jes @jwolfe73.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't know how he thought it was going to go when he asked the pope if he could be acknowledged as a god capable of imbuing life and creating souls.

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