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@monwan

Top political issues: Protecting 14th/19th Amendments, Ranked Choice Voting and privacy. Fan of Jane Austen, Henry Cavill, red pandas, otters, and the Oxford comma. (Chicago area) Reader, writer, editor of novels (JMW Editor - www.jmweditor.com)

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill Play Cool Killers in ‘In The Grey’ Trailer Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill play cool killers led by minder Eiza González in the official trailer for In The Grey, which dropped on Monday.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill play cool killers led by minder Eiza González in the official trailer for In The Grey, which dropped on Monday.

10.03.2026 07:00 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

I'm watching Fackham Hall.

I know it is going for slapstick, irreverent, Mel Brooks-style humor, but it is just consistently a half a beat off.

10.03.2026 02:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

roomba, replicator, and transport beam tech. anything in the dust bin gets beamed to the replicator’s matter store.
Carpet is noise abatement, so it does make sense in a densely populated, low cubic environment, and they’re not wet navy ships, so you’re not worried a hatch won’t get battened down.

10.03.2026 00:12 👍 32 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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I've got a book coming out 3/17: A performer on a beloved children's program gets roped into fake dating a bad boy former football star. Things get messy when she meets his older half-sister, a makeup artist from LA who's home in NY to wait by their father's death bed.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRWV1ZLC

10.03.2026 00:43 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

In the 80s, we lived in fear of World War III

Pop culture was steeped in Nuclear Annihilation: War Games, The Day After, Threads, even Nena's 99 Luftballons

It sucks to feel those feelings again. It sucks, sucks, sucks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiwg...

08.03.2026 16:37 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1

This quote has been with me every day since I first heard it and I love her so much for saying it.

09.03.2026 11:15 👍 883 🔁 234 💬 4 📌 0

🟦 Blue Line trains are standing in both directions due to police activity near near Damen/Milwaukee. Crews working to restore service.

09.03.2026 03:48 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Looking for LCPC/LPC/LCMHC professionals for a very short virtual interview!

09.03.2026 01:42 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of an X post by “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” claiming Costco is demanding that Trump reimburse them for tariffs so they can refund customers. Below are two images side by side: the Costco Wholesale logo and a photo of Donald Trump looking at a phone while reporters hold microphones near him.

Screenshot of an X post by “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” claiming Costco is demanding that Trump reimburse them for tariffs so they can refund customers. Below are two images side by side: the Costco Wholesale logo and a photo of Donald Trump looking at a phone while reporters hold microphones near him.

This is what all big companies should be doing.

09.03.2026 00:35 👍 5441 🔁 1000 💬 106 📌 33

'my little dog doesn't bite', 'my son's a good boy', this stew's fresh', 'I'll give you the money back the day after tomorrow at the latest', 'he was only getting something out of my eye', 'the good of the fatherland comes before everything', and 'just answer a few questions and you're free to go'.

08.03.2026 23:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"He'd happened to observe the effects of the safe functioning teleportals more than once and he'd also helped sorting the remains of people who'd used teleportations. Which was why he knew the declarations about their safety could be classified along with such statements as..."

#TheWitcher #booksky

08.03.2026 23:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

In the coming decade, there is going to be an increased interest in performing arts (live) as a counter to the increased use of AI and computers in film and tv and music.

There will be free (donation based) theater in the parks and expensive in-house tix to pay live performers.

08.03.2026 15:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I sent my mom a text an hour ago, and just a few minutes ago. She still hasn't responded yet -- which means she is either still sleeping or got a big jump on the day (saw my text and kept moving on other things).

I won't know until I get there if she even knows the time has changed.

08.03.2026 15:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This has always been a problem of elite radicalization.

08.03.2026 14:30 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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President Trump Job Approval | RealClearPolling President Trump Job Approval | RealClearPolling

Seeing the aggregated approval rates, then the individual breakdowns, I do wonder who the Trafalgar Group is. Why do they have such different numbers than everyone else?

www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approv...

08.03.2026 14:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I need to conduct a short interview with a licensed clinical mental health counselor regarding the nature of the profession. Any takers?

08.03.2026 14:15 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 2

** By "real", I mean that they aren't human.

07.03.2026 15:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As businesses adjust to using AI, they should remember that humans still need to be the subject matter experts -- this requires education, training, and experience.

In three years (I just made that up), businesses are going to start seeing that they were mistaken that AI will reduce the workforce.

07.03.2026 15:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Laws around chatbot companions are needed to make sure that humans remember that AI is not real.

Laws around human output review is needed -- and requires humans have expertise on the relevant subject matter -- to ensure accuracy and the the end result is ethical.

07.03.2026 15:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

My AI thought of the week is that it has its place, when used in a limited, human controlled way. Think about the Star Trek computer:

Each action it takes starts with a human saying, "Computer [gives instructions]", the computer acts as instructed, and the human evaluates and adjusts the results.

07.03.2026 15:53 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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a woman with curly hair is standing in front of a candle holder . Alt: Ehle and Firth as our dear couple making goo goo eyes at each other

ok fuck it, watching ‘95 Pride and Prejudice right now. tgif

06.03.2026 23:57 👍 60 🔁 3 💬 7 📌 3

two extras should be walking by every few minutes carrying a large pane of glass for no reason

06.03.2026 22:22 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

🟥 Red Line trains are running with delays at 95th signal problems.

06.03.2026 22:31 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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President Obama says Rev. Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns were a huge reason that "two decades later, a young Black senator from Chicago's South Side would even be taken seriously as a candidate for the presidential nomination."

Watch the memorial live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqxg...

06.03.2026 21:26 👍 655 🔁 149 💬 17 📌 10

Watermelon is a good fruit for smoothies. Lots of moisture and mild sweet flavor.

And I am not normally a fan of watermelon.

06.03.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Voted!

I love going to vote early. No line. I know the people who are running it know what they are doing since they've been doing it a few days.

06.03.2026 18:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think I just ate my last breaded chicken sandwich from a fast food place. The breading was too thick.

My taste buds and health goals are slowly aligning.

06.03.2026 18:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are clocks changing this weekend???

06.03.2026 15:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I opened up the sliding door to get a whiff of fresh air and.... it smells funny outside. #ForestPark #Chicago

Or is perimenopause impacting my sense of smell?

06.03.2026 15:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Los Angeles moves toward ranked choice voting - FairVote The Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission recommended that the city adopt ranked choice voting to elect its mayor and City Council.

fairvote.org/los-angeles-...

06.03.2026 13:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0