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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

///////////////////////__________________________ I lost my virgulity.

Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Since childhood, I suspect Rahm was convinced by himself and others that he's destined to lead. But he keeps forgetting the whole, "Be appealing to voters, and don't come across like a vicious weasel" thing.

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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ten years ago, during his debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump warned us all about "the Cyber."

Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm looking forward to my kids ruling the planet through their ability to differentiate their asses from their elbows.

Martin Concagh @mconcagh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The Platner re-litigation and the complete disinterest in Jackson really does give the game away that the appeal of Platner was that he was a total piece of shit

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[Ensuring my status as an respected quasi-pundit by making up strawmen and hypothetical scenarios where real people consistently say and do terrible things that support my crapsack view of the world and humanity.]

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In my semi-retired state, I'm going to be a crossing guard. An Andy Frain (old Chicagoans will know what I'm talking about), though, sadly, I won't get one of those spiffy uniforms from the good old days.

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Confession: Sometimes I feel bad because I'm not as smart as I'd like to be. I'm fairly intelligent, sure, and I try to stay informed, but I'm not a genius. Then I realize how many people are perfectly delighted to remain morlocks. That's the only time I think our species is due for extinction.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/09/2026

Ten years ago, I wrote this about candidate Trump. Me: He keeps lying. Supporter: I don't care. Me: Why? Supporter: Because he tells it like it is.

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’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d.

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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sometimes you give the people in charge the benefit of the doubt. You assume they're the folks who are trained to deal with this stuff, they went to the best schools, they understand the technical stuff and nuances of diplomacy and the economy and such like.

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Remember that Boy Scout who tried to build a nuclear reactor in his mother's house? Imagine him saying, "You have to let me build a nuclear reactor in my mother's house PROPERLY, or else we're all fucked," and rather than arresting him and taking away his nuke materials, he was allowed to continue.

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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Adlai Stevenson’s home in Mettawa, IL. His desk, study, address book doohickey, dining room, bathroom, and more. Not sure why a copy of God Emperor of Dune was on his shelf.

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Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In a letter to the editor in today's Sun-Times, the distinguished author and city historian Tim Samuelson said the MSI's "current proposals to significantly alter both the building’s north and south elevations display gross disrespect for a masterpiece."

chicago.suntimes.com

Griffin MSI's new design proposal is an affront to Chicago history

Plans to build an entry pavilion would disrespect this architectural masterpiece. Also, why restaurant careers should be more accessible and the paradox of AI in education.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Why don't the people I regularly belittle and hurt like me and my right-wing scribblings?"

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LOL, the gotcha part in the second paragraph is truly hilarious. Who will think of the straight white rightwing men in the literary world? WHO? WHO?

Last week, the longlists for the National Book Awards were announced. Among the 20 authors in the fiction and nonfiction categories, nearly all are straight white males. Most are also on the political right, some even on the far right. Remarkably, mainstream media outlets haven’t reported this, perhaps because they don’t think it’s noteworthy. It’s as if we were living in 1956 rather than 2026.

If you’re scratching your head at this “news,” well, it’s because I made it up. Or rather, I inverted the particulars about the authors’ identities and their political views to make a point: If today, as a reader, you recoil at the thought of a time in which minorities were systematically marginalized when it came to the literary world’s public honors (and so much else), shouldn’t you also recoil now that the tables have been almost completely turned? And if you object to the right’s efforts to politicize the arts, won’t you also object when the efforts come from the left?

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To induce cavities I use dental flaws.

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P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · 21/09/2026

Back in those days you could have your horse dipped in chocolate for a nickel, and have enough left to buy Woodrow Wilson a buggy whip.

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A bit after “The Hard Way” tomorrow morning, TCM is airing another Vincent Sherman-directed film starring Ida Lupino: the zany wartime farce, PILLOW TO POST (1945). Bonus appearing by Louis Armstrong and Dorothy Dandridge.

Poster for “Pillow to Post” (1945) starring Ida Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet and William Prince. With Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. Directed by Vincent Sherman.

Ida Lupino in a scene from “Pillow to Post” (1945). She is seated on a suitcase,another suitcase in her lap. She is holding a bare foot in her hands with corresponding shoe on the ground below it. She looks dejected. A crowd is visible behind her.

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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Everyone thinks I have imposter syndrome, but it’s just a facade.

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That sounds like a Cramps lyric.

Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Facebook and Instagram look strange.

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Twenty years ago in our old house's backyard.

Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Nancy Sheung, 1966.

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I would be shocked if Mitch McConnell didn't give specific instructions to prop up his corpse like this years ago. Some folks are pushing the idea that this is a case of elder abuse, versus an amoral politician's plan to hurt as many people as possible until his last breath rattles out of his body.

The local Facebook group consists of a handful of older residents noticing something has slightly changed downtown, then blaming a specific local politician for it.

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Weird dreams last night. A Tom Ripley character, all sinister smiles and oleaginous grace, tried to intimidate me. It would've been a short movie, however, since I told him to get lost, then kicked his ass to a crowd's applause.

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When you reread old entries and have to remember you were probably dealing with various issues through writing about the angrier, more miserable times.

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My worst habits: 1. Trying to do too much. 2. Finally getting around to doing a project, then feeling like that project is less important than the other projects I'm not doing. And if I was doing those OTHER projects, I'd feel the same way about them.

Comics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I think it was the "give me prime real estate rather than a space where the presence of a major institution might reinvigorate a neighborhood that's seen better days" attitudes that soured folks on two particular museums in Chicago.

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Today is the birthday of tv's bright knight, Adam West (Sept. 19, 1928-June 9, 2017.) #BatmanDay

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Mr. Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?" #talklikepontiuspilateday