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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Streets of Woodfield lead to Chicago! Why can't they stop throwing money at a project nobody asked for and nobody wants? I assume cronyism or somesuch...

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thursday Awakening in Autumn. This morning in Chicago.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Peter Jackson LotR films made me dislike dwarves. His first Hobbit film turned me off of their world entirely.

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Woltergeist 2: The Other Side-Eye @wolter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would watch a Keeping Up Appearances styled sitcom set in the Shire that focused on Lobelia Sackville-Baggins getting into more and more schemes to take over Bag End in the years just after Bilbo returned from the Lonely Mountain richer and weirder than she could ever imagine.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Universally loved songs that are actually kind of annoying*: 'Steal My Sunshine' by Len *I loathe this song

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Completely agree. Absolutely blew my mind when I first heard it.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Sky's Gone Out = Underrated/Overlooked Great 9!

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#TicketStubTuesday revisits Metro for goth/doom/metal stalwarts, #TypeONegative. I have little to no recollection of this show but 'Bloody Kisses' and 'October Rust' are all-timer albums of mine, so it's not risky to say I enjoyed myself. A goth I knew reportedly slept w/Peter on this tour. 👀

A Ticketmaster ticket stub that reads "MGD MUSIC/REBEL RADIO, TYPE O NEGATIVE, ALL AGES, METRO, 3730 N. CLARK - CHICAGO, MON OCT 4 1999 7:00PM" Ticket price was $15.00 w/o convenience charge—purchased at the box office.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 06/10/2026

The big tech companies want you to believe that their default software offerings are the only option, but spoiler alert, there’s a wide array of fantastic software out there. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...

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How to Opt Out of Software Made by Big Tech

Big tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Battlestar Galactica reboot. For 2.5-3 seasons it was one of the best shows ever. And then...

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Battlestar Galactica: So Say We All

Alt: Battlestar Galactica: So Say We All

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Spinoza at a bad dinner party. @spinozazsagabor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New taxes are already prohibited without ballot measures in California. Props 41 - 44 are designed to negate the billionaire tax. That's all. Prop 45 removes environmental restrictions for data centers. We're so easily fooled, it's sad. YES on prop 40 (billionaire tax) NO on props 41-45.

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Heather @unxpctdisvry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I come here today literally begging community groups to go back to using Canva (or other) because your AI slop poster is TRASH. I'm sick of it. SICK SICK SICK OF IT. It's affordable - no! It's trash. Stop it! That's it. That's the post.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh yeah, there is distrust of everyone else for sure. Irresponsible dog owners are one of many on the list. Don't forget cars that find their way to the path, as well.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Owners of off-leash dogs... Yet another reason I don't want to bike the 606 or LFT. There's always a few out there.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 05/10/2026

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can only assume that this is it for Slegers. Damn shame. #AWFC #MCIARS

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's beyond annoying. I don't even respond, just block the number immediately.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anger is an energy and all that.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you don't already, follow Double Wonderful on IG. He prints these occasionally, among other custom things. I've got the shorts!

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This was tangentially a part of conversation in my circles a few years ago when musicians were selling the rights to their catalogs for hundreds of millions of dollars. People we're incredulous, and I would say, "are the kids clamoring for Cab Calloway these days?"

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026

Jesus Christ Cornell

What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 30/09/2026

still thinking about what a b*tch PCA was at that last checked swing call that didn't go his way, with his team down 8-0 in the 8th. a deeply unlikable dork.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yesterday in Chicago, Illinois, the sun set at 6:38pm. The sun met the horizon at 48°, close to straight down. There would have been a moment of impossible color, and then there wouldn't have been. Its gone now. sinceyouarrived.world/sky?city=Chi...

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Yesterday in Chicago, Illinois, the sky did something.

The sunset above Chicago, Illinois yesterday, in typeset prose, rendered from atmospheric data.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“There has to be some accountability for the university” Political leadership of Ithaca forces suspension of all Cornell Greek events:

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

there are no worthwhile qualities of fraternities, full stop. when they're not busy raping women and defending their rapist members they abuse and kill new members for fun. colleges have proven they cannot be made safe or reformed. the only reasonable policy at this point is banning all of them.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fuck the Ricketts family. Chicago trophies aren't worth it. #Cubs

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 28/09/2026

It's that day again. Use any and all resources available to help you through it. (And, as always, #FuckAI)

Reminder to treat your body like a data center:
1. Consume as much water and literature as possible
2. Upset the local city council with your existence

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.

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jad, unusually spooky 📸👻 @aerojad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📸 lake forever, this morning's sunrise for now #Chicago #photography

Golden hour this morning over Lake Michigan. Said golden sky gradually brightens as the sun approaches, differing greatly from the blue water in a light chop in the foreground. An absolutely bird-covered (zoom in) crib well offshore stands in silhouette with a little lit light atop the structure

The sun breaks over the horizon this morning in a nearly perfectly clear, golden sky, above a sandpaper-textured Lake Michigan

The sun fully rises above the horizon, turning the water beneath it from blue to gold, all in a light chop. The sky around the sun is clear and bright. I'm looking into the 600mm lens so you don't have to.

The Chicago skyline, still the best built by man, in the midst of its early morning shift in appearance from silhouetted in the predawn hours to one with more definition and windows and such, wrapped in just the lightest of hazes. In the foreground, portions of Montrose Point, concreach and bird sanctuary alike.

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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 28/09/2026

Did you know Cook County judges need at least 60% “Yes” votes to stay on the bench? Before you cast your votes, check out our profiles of the 61 county judges on your ballot. buff.ly/jpBxfAa

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Cook County November 2026 Judicial Election Guide

Injustice Watch's guide to the November 2026 Cook County judicial elections.

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Pumpkin Spice Scotté @smck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stop trying to be Europe! Glad the league is growing but, my word, please be original.

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Chicago White Sox @notwhitesox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"The Tamale Guy" delivered tonight's game ball in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Night!

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CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM @chirpradio.org · 24/09/2026

TOMORROW! Nick Hakim heads to Lincoln Hall in support of his latest album, "I Can See", on Friday, 9/25! Arima Ederra kicks off this 18+ show at 8pm. MORE INFO: lh-st.com/shows/09-25-... ENTER TO WIN TICKETS: forms.gle/HT92dZRXD6Bc...