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Software Dev in EdTech; Father; Musician/Music lover; Bibliophile; Onomatopedian; SciFi and Humanity's Great Potential

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Graph showcasing the latest poll by Evanston Roundtable, with a photo of Kat covering her mouth so excited about what she sees. Copy reads: 

WE HAVE THE JUICE!

Daniel Biss: 24% (no change)
Kat Abughazaleh: 20% (+3 since last poll)
Laura Fine: 14% (-2 since last poll)
All others: 10% or less
Undecided: 17% (-5 since last poll) 

March 9-10, 2026 survey of 741 likely Democratic primary voters using text-to-web and IVR phone, commissioned by the Evanston RoundTable.

Graph showcasing the latest poll by Evanston Roundtable, with a photo of Kat covering her mouth so excited about what she sees. Copy reads: WE HAVE THE JUICE! Daniel Biss: 24% (no change) Kat Abughazaleh: 20% (+3 since last poll) Laura Fine: 14% (-2 since last poll) All others: 10% or less Undecided: 17% (-5 since last poll) March 9-10, 2026 survey of 741 likely Democratic primary voters using text-to-web and IVR phone, commissioned by the Evanston RoundTable.

This is a two way race.

11.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 5763 πŸ” 864 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 51

Maybe Trump is the exit dose this whole fucked-up system needed? It’s like chemotherapy β€” the poison ALMOST kills the system but out of that chaos comes the death of the cancer? If this tears apart MAGA *and* neoliberalism then go man go.

03.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 2362 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 26

I’ve been saying this so much of late. Empathy and imagination are joined when we are immersed, and allow us to be another age or color or gender; feel a different desire. Bad art makes it harder, but lack of imagination or empathy in a reader is worse.

03.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a hard reign’s gonna fall

21.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

a perversion is under way. grotesque series of lies by a traitor and convicted felon masquerading as πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ leader on live tv. add to that child-sex trafficking predator, rapist, murderer and that begins to describe the macabre twilight zone spectacle. #SOTU

25.02.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 12
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Fix Your Hearts or Die It's a invitation, not a threat. The path to liberation for lonely men is feminism.

"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminismβ€”because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."
www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hea...

23.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 1970 πŸ” 698 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 44

A real "Let them eat soy" moment

25.02.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s morbidly funny how ill equipped the democrats are to face this moment. Just a bunch of huge nerds offering to do the bully’s homework for him if he stops hitting them

25.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Brooklyn 8:37 PM

23.02.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 8848 πŸ” 915 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 91
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as β€˜violent perpetrators’

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.

LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ β€œhat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in β€œbad faith”

In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted

DOJ keeps lying and losing:

21.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 5889 πŸ” 2146 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 107
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I believe in giving credit where it’s due. Hang the entire Gorsuch concurrence in the Louvre.

Master class in telling your colleagues they’ve lost their fucking minds.

21.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 4444 πŸ” 1106 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 35

Agreed. But if we can forge a Faustian deal that is bigger than AI, corporate greed might swallow the poison pill.
"We let you do AI, but win or lose, these are the stakes. No one goes hungry. No one goes bankrupt for health care. Decarbonization now."
I'd take all the slop for that.

20.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or, screw it, AI for everything as long as the social safety net becomes solidly foundational. UBI, medical coverage for all, etc. The oligarchs want AI but the only way to pay for the benefits the lower & middle class need is by taxing the rich and huge corps. I’ll take slop if work is optional

20.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us The outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature.

"American prisons have never been much for the First Amendment, and now, the Trump administration is exporting prison-style censorship to the general population."

18.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8
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cropped : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Original 35 mm Slide cover art

Here is a larger scanned version for those interested in Neuromancer.

archive.org/details/crop...

16.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Humans ARE different -better and worse- from other life but usually only by degree. Where’s my Copernican revolution for de-centering humans so they’re just another animal. Gifted and flawed and unique, but just animals.

13.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly sick of science journalism implying human minds have talents no other species does. Ofc other animals have _some_ interiority and imagination.

Stop perpetuating the myth that humans have biological differences which support our β€œdominion” over the earth and animals.

13.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

11.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 5258 πŸ” 1077 πŸ’¬ 205 πŸ“Œ 500
One on left is a black dog and above it the words β€œReality”. Below it is β€œI chased a squirrel” 

One the right is a black dog and above it says β€œLinkedIn”. Below it says, 

Proud to announce that I effectively executed a rapid-response squirrel displacement strategy to mitigate potential yard intrusions.

Humbled by the unwavering support of my family and local stakeholders.

This experience reinforced the importance of vigilance, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Looking forward to scaling this impact in future engagements.

One on left is a black dog and above it the words β€œReality”. Below it is β€œI chased a squirrel” One the right is a black dog and above it says β€œLinkedIn”. Below it says, Proud to announce that I effectively executed a rapid-response squirrel displacement strategy to mitigate potential yard intrusions. Humbled by the unwavering support of my family and local stakeholders. This experience reinforced the importance of vigilance, ownership, and continuous improvement. Looking forward to scaling this impact in future engagements.

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11.02.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 4384 πŸ” 1171 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 98
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Everyone hates political junk mail, which is why we tried to make our mail unique…

By making it into a comic book!

If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:

09.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1858 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 42
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Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of #Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.

Case in point: the long-gone Garfield the cat β€œG-Mail,” a defunct web curiosity now surviving only on the #WaybackMachine. πŸ™€πŸ“¬

Read more πŸ‘‰ blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/d...

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social

07.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Ron Wyden has long form of doing what he can to flag when classified stuff is happening he doesn’t like but can’t talk about.

Releasing this letter feels like an *extremely* strong hint of…something.

04.02.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 541 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

It’s hard to focus on one thing to be appalled about, but these stories out of Minnesota are awful. (And, of course, on the other hand, very encouraging.) I cannot believe you can wrongly grab somebody, transport them, and then leave them where YOU took them.

02.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 1373 πŸ” 398 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 8

The Trump Kennedy Center lasted less than two months

02.02.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 6112 πŸ” 931 πŸ’¬ 348 πŸ“Œ 78

Learn to ode.

30.01.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

πŸ“·οΈ: Aaron Lavinsky

30.01.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 18078 πŸ” 5851 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 329
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Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino said he saw nothing racist in photo depicting him as a Confederate general

Records show Bovino was emailed the photo of slave-owning Gen. William Mahone in 2018, with the heading "Chief Bovino." He told the agent who sent it to delete the email but didn't report it to superiors. Then, he promoted the agent to a supervisory position in New Orleans.

30.01.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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29.01.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Tomorrow, the Democratic Party of Evanston members will vote to endorse candidates.

Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction.

So we’re doing it ourselves:

24.01.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 5551 πŸ” 1641 πŸ’¬ 165 πŸ“Œ 81