Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ford-ai-automation-human-workers-b3003787.html
#AI #Ford
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mastodon 4.7.3Seth Anderson, a Chicago based photo and politics enthusiast, secular humanist, liberal, yadda yadda
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Why are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers? | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/andrew-tristain-tate-democrats
#USPol #Dems
I hope I am as productive as Willie Nelson when I'm 93
Laos' famous beer brand Beerlao makes a splash in the Midwest - United States https://www.europesays.com/us/959691/
#beer
Was There Ever an Original Version of 'The Odyssey,' and Do We Need to Worry About What Homer Would Think?
#history
stepped outside for one second, it is bad out there guys. Like visiting a city dump where they still burn garbage – smells like plastic and smoldering diapers. A real potpourri of disgusting. Thanks to Mitch McConnell and his buddies at Exxon, elsewhere, this is going to be a new normal #AQI #Chicago #weather #climateChange #wildfire
The Short, Ridiculous Trial of a Protestor Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume https://theintercept.com/2026/04/22/renea-gamble-trial-penis-costume-no-kings-protest/
#NoKings
I read the news today, oh-boi…
Balloon Juice - Who's Be A Farmer, Given the Choice? https://balloon-juice.com/2026/05/04/whos-be-a-farmer-given-the-choice/
A city made of brick -Will Quam’s new book shows that the story of brick and the story of Chicago are forever intertwined.
Chicago Reader https://chicagoreader.com/books/book-review/fire-and-clay-will-quam/?mc_cid=41dc523f0d
#brick #Chicago #architecture #history
As a non-Christian, I also didn't visit a church today; however, I'm not the leader of a cult that proudly proclaims religion in the public square loudly and often
Charles Mingus: “Fables of Faubus” https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/charles-mingus-fables-of-faubus/
#jazz
Could United Center redevelopment effort help a church designed by the 'father of the skyscraper' rise again? - Chicago Sun-Times https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/05/03/united-center-redevelopment-greater-union-baptist-church-designed-father-skyscraper
#Chicago #WestLoop #architecture
No, Tribune Editorial Page Editor Chris Jones, I didn't call just "anyone" who opposes Complete Streets a member of the "right-leaning political class" - Streetsblog Chicago https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/05/01/no-tribune-editorial-page-editor-chris-jones-i-didnt-call-just-anyone-who-opposes-complete-streets-a-member-of-the-right-leaning-political-class
#Chicago #Tribune's "traditionally conservative editorial board is almost always… on the wrong side of the issue. "
Every issue, tbh, not just #bikes
Happy May Day to all who celebrate
The dumbest week in DOJ history https://www.publicnotice.co/p/blanche-comey-ballroom
Glad that someone pointed out that Comey only took a photo of the alleged seashell murder instructions, 8647, he didn't arrange them himself
#photography
Reason 1,000,000 (give or take) why elections matter
(gift link)
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedkiller Case…A victory for the manufacturer, Bayer, could end 1000s of lawsuits against the company claiming that the herbicide causes cancer
STEINBERG: Henry Ford, America's hateful square dance instructor https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/12/22/18340507/steinberg-henry-ford-america-s-hateful-square-dance-instructor
(2017, but still true)
#jazz #Ford #racism
Parking garage blues
#Chicago #Hipstamatic
Thousands in Texas protest against border wall through national park: ‘big love for Big Bend’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/05/texas-capitol-protest-big-bend-border-wall
#Texas
April 4: Inebriation Through Carburation Day | Modern Drunkard Magazine https://drunkard.com/todays-reason-to-drink-april-4/
"On this day in 1929, noted bon vivant Grant Mason taught a young Ernest Hemingway the art of “Carburetion"
#booze tricks to try
Anatomy of a correction: Kudos to Block Club Chicago for fixing today's Archer project article after feedback from officials, readers, and Streetsblog - Streetsblog Chicago https://chi.streetsblog.org/2026/04/30/anatomy-of-a-correction-kudos-to-block-club-chicago-for-fixing-todays-archer-project-article-after-feedback-from-officials-readers-and-streetsblog #Chicago #bike
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Language Log » Mandarin: English in sinographic clothing https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73223&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mandarin-english-in-sinographic-clothing
#language #Mandarin #Chinese
Digital Wayfinding Kiosks Could Bring Maps, Ads And Emergency Alerts To Fulton Market https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/05/digital-wayfinding-kiosks-could-bring-maps-ads-and-emergency-alerts-to-fulton-market/ meh
#Chicago #WestLoop
Trump’s Offshore-Drilling Dream Is a Recipe for Poisoning the Oceans https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/how-to-poison-an-ocean
Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/209830/trump-supreme-court-gerrymandering-voting-rights
#USPol #gerrymandering an abomination yet Dems cannot unilaterally surrender especially when Repugs are acting like thugs
Danny Thompson - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson
ABC Shows A Backbone In FCC Fight, Shows FCC Manufactured A Controversy Surrounding James Talarico https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/12/abc-shows-a-backbone-in-fcc-fight-shows-fcc-manufactured-a-controversy-surrounding-james-talarico/
Lincoln Yards was supposed to transform the North Side. What went wrong? Developer Sterling Bay is losing the Lincoln Park site to impatient lenders. Now, Chicago’s JDL Development is close to swooping in https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2025/06/27/lincoln-yards-sterling-bay-jdl-development-jim-letchinger-rahm-emanuel
#Chicago #architecture #corruption
How an Alleged Predator Remade the Southern Baptist Convention https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/quiet-collapse-southern-baptist-convention/
#Texas #religion #USPol
May Day Films to Inspire You With Solidarity https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/may-day-films-labor-movies-solidarity-class-struggle/tnamp/
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/policy/971097/us-charging-american-citizen-wiping-phone-duress-password
#privacy #constitutionalRights #USPol
Planning for Englewood Nature Trail picks up speed | Active Transportation Alliance https://activetrans.org/blog/planning-for-englewood-nature-trail-picks-up-speed/
#bike #Chicago #hellhole
Strategically critical Guam divided over growing US military presence - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/us-military-expansion-threat-or-saviour-in-guam/106516124
Texas Monthly Senior Editor Aaron Parsley Wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize https://www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/senior-editor-aaron-parsley-wins-2026-pulitzer-prize-for-feature-writing/
Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/2026/04/06/why-were-removing-our-programmatic-ads/
#surveillanceCapitalism #advertising
#Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ban-creeps-ai-pervert-glasses
Such an evil company
So now we have to worry about fucking nuclear war again? Fucking Rapture yearning MAGA cult assholes
#Iran
Dr Doom - 13th Floor Elevators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YCuYJFF7eo
#music #Austin #psychedelic
I don't want my birthday to be a date that lives in infamy as the day when a war-mad felon inexplicably in charge of the US nuclear arsenal launched nukes for no real reason. Or any day, of course.
Do you love this restaurant idea enough to invest? Gilda tests the waters in West Town https://www.wbez.org/food-drink/2026/04/30/gilda-west-town-chicago-independent-restaurant-opening-cost
#chicago #restaurant
Media Matters secures complete and total victory against the Federal Trade Commission | Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/angelo-carusone/media-matters-secures-complete-and-total-victory-against-federal-trade-commission
Supreme Court turns down COVID-19 vaccine case brought by John Stockton | SCOTUSblog https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/supreme-court-turns-down-covid-19-vaccine-case-brought-by-john-stockton/
#NBA #COVID #SCOTUS
Goose Island Traffic 'Like The Wild West,' With No Immediate Relief In Sight https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/05/goose-island-traffic-like-the-wild-west-with-no-immediate-relief-in-sight/
This City Mushroom Farm Grows Fungi For Chicago’s Top Chefs — And 'The Bear' https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/27/this-city-mushroom-farm-grows-fungi-for-chicagos-top-chefs-and-the-bear/
#Chicago #mushrooms
Steven Drozd Interview: Former Flaming Lips Member On Getting Fired, Wayne Coyne, New Solo Album https://stereogum.com/2497927/its-strange-to-be-talking-about-the-flaming-lips-in-the-past-tense-an-interview-with-steven-drozd/interviews/qa
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/how-paris-swapped-cars-for-bikes-and-remade-its-streets
#Bikes