Bears stadium would bring Hammond acts like Taylor Swift and Metallica, Hammond mayor says
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Bears stadium would bring Hammond acts like Taylor Swift and Metallica, Hammond mayor says
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WHAT DID THEY DO TO KEYNOTE
everything is broken but also i live in a world where i can see a television screen with words reading "bam adebayo scores 83 vs wizards"
This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.
Steve Scherer was a Reutersβ bureau chief in Canada. Then he got laid off, had to leave the country, and now drives for Uber in Virginia, in a country he doesnβt recognize anymore after working for 28 years abroad. [stevescherer.substack.com]
There are at least 60 Pizza Hut Classics (red roofs, checkered tablecloths, salad bar) in the USβ¦but the company does nothing to promote them. βThey are like wormholes in the chain restaurant galaxy, portals to the past found by serendipity.β [nytimes.com]
No word on where people will get their quiche now
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y'all should familiarize yourself with what the Average American is consuming entertainment-wise!
close up of lots of deep purple violet flowers
Violet appreciation post. π
Mayor Sutphin presents a proclamation to students and faculty at Virginia Tech's Black Cultural Center
Black History Month Proclamation
Women's History Month Proclamation
Last month, I issued a proclamation recognizing Black History Month, and this month I issued one recognizing Womenβs History Month. I think itβs important that we take time to acknowledge the people and stories that have helped shape our community and our country. #Blacksburg
A printable zine: 50 Ways To Meet Your Neighbor. β32. Picking up trash, generally, is a good way to meet neighbors. People notice. 33. Winter: Shovel someoneβs sidewalk. Itβs also great cardio.β [millionexperiments.com]
My morning jog I saw this bobcat walking across a bridge without a care in the world about me
The Library of Congress recently discovered a copy of a film made in ~1897 called Gugusse and the Automaton, which "had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century" and "was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot". [kottke.org]
No one covers the mattress store industry like I do.
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Delivered on Fri, Feb 14 *LOT OF 10* SEAGATE 37B 7.2K 3.5" SAS ST3000NMO023 CONSTELLATION ES.3 *512FORMAT. US $85.19 Sold by: synergyindustrial
a lot of eight of the same drives from the same seller are now $259.99
uhhh this hard drive shortage thing is going to be a Real Problem, these drives were made in 2012 and the cost has absolutely skyrocketed
Vince McMahon 5 panel meme: Virginia Tech Softball played Saturday Currently ranked #11 Record improved to 20-2 The best start to a season in program history After winning the Sharkey's Classic
Things are happening in Blacksburg
My latest column: French bulldogs and monocles in Paris's lesbian subculture. open.substack.com/pub/matthewf...
dunno when I'll have time to remember / whatever to talk about seeing the new Kill Bill compilation in 70mm so I'll just say it now to get it over with.
i don't think 70mm improves it other than that most theaters with a 70mm projector also have a very large screen & you DO want to see it on THAT
A photo of the sun setting over the Virginia Tech Drillfield. Text overlayed reads "Good news, Hokies. The sun is finally setting after 5 p.m. First 7 p.m. sunset: March 8. First 8 p.m. sunset: April 23"
Longer evenings are on the way, Hokies. βοΈ
Donβt forget to spring forward and set your clocks ahead one hour tonight. β°
Entertainment is winning. Postman was right.
anyway, it's absolutely stupid that Miami after completing an undefeated regular season has to play in a ridiculous conference tournament, even if it's conceivably a way to get two MAC schools into the NCAA Tournament
THE UMAMUSUME MOVIE IS ACTUALLY SHOWING IN THE BLACKSBURG THEATER LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO. It wasn't on the schedule when I was at work last time so this is a VERY late addition.
Wiping away tears, itβs peak.
A silly AI generated image of Nixon and Mao in a loving embrace, done in an anime dating sim style. It also has probably has dumped a gigatonne of CO2 into the atmosphere.
(please don't block me Sarah)
Today's #BookMail: Proofs of Ethel Mannin's An American Journey, with an introduction by @joannapocock.bsky.social. Coming in May in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press @bhousepress.bsky.social. A trip across America by bus in 1965, full of uncomfortable parallels with America in 2026
The Internet Archive has a ton of old HyperCard programs that you can run right in your browser, including Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies, the Whole Earth Catalog, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ebook, and The Manhole (Myst precursor). [kottke.org]
This week, I went through 35 years of paper files. Notes from every class I took in grad school. Notes from every class I taught in grad school and since. Transported from AL to MN to PA to NJ and back to PA and then to IN. Observations....
This is the most 2026 thing Iβve ever heard: Sigmund Freudβs great-granddaughter Bella Freud has a video podcast on YouTube where she interviews people (Cate Blanchette, Lorde, Graydon Carter) while they lie on a psychiatristβs couch. [youtube.com]
"Not asking you to click on any link, just subscribe to a real news organization with real journalists doing firsthand, fact-based reporting."
A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, urging people to support "original reporting" wherever they find it.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/new-...