Josette Torres, MFA

Bears stadium would bring Hammond acts like Taylor Swift and Metallica, Hammond mayor says If Hammond lands the Chicago Bears stadium, it will bring a whole different stratosphere of musical acts to the city, Mayor Thomas McDermott said.

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.
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I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

My journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it

Steve Scherer was a Reuters’ 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 doesn’t recognize anymore after working for 28 years abroad. [stevescherer.substack.com]

That Red Roof! Those Tiffany Lamps! It’s a Pizza Hut From the Past. With heaps of nostalgia but little promotion by their parent chain, Pizza Hut Classics take their fervent fans on a time trip back to a simpler, warmer era.

There are at least 60 Pizza Hut Classics (red roofs, checkered tablecloths, salad bar) in the US…but the company does nothing to promote them. “They are like wormholes in the chain restaurant galaxy, portals to the past found by serendipity.” [nytimes.com]

Butterfingers closing Munster location after 33 years One of the Region's most beloved dessert shops, bakeries and delis is closing its flagship Munster location after 33 years.

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. 💜

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 Women’s History Month. I think it’s important that we take time to acknowledge the people and stories that have helped shape our community and our country. #Blacksburg

50 Ways To Meet Your Neighbor To jump-start neighborly relations, try one of our (mostly untried) ways to meet your neighbors. As Paul Simon sang, “The answer is easy if you take it logically. I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free. There must be fifty ways to…” meet your neighbor. (For a print version, visit bit.ly/pr

A printable zine: 50 Ways To Meet Your Neighbor. “32. Picking up trash, generally, is a good way to meet neighbors. People notice. 33. Winter: Shovel someone’s sidewalk. It’s also great cardio.” [millionexperiments.com]

My morning jog I saw this bobcat walking across a bridge without a care in the world about me

Gugusse and the Automaton The Library of Congress recently discovered a copy of a “long-lost” film made in ~1897 by George Méliès called Gugusse and the Automaton (Gugusse et l’Automate), which “had not been seen by anyone

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]

Once-ubiquitous mattress stores no longer blanketing Region landscape American Mattress recently shuttered four Region locations after the mattress store mania that once resulted in five Mattress Firms blanketing less than a mile in Schererville went into slumber.

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. ☀️

Don’t forget to spring forward and set your clocks ahead one hour tonight. ⏰

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, it’s 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....

Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners

The kids today are fascinated by the iPod.

Fashion Neurosis Each week join the renowned fashion designer Bella Freud as she invites a special guest to ‘lie on the couch’ and explore the connection between fashion and identity. Bella’s conversations begin with questions about style and what we reveal through the clothes we wear. Bella also shares her own anec

This is the most 2026 thing I’ve ever heard: Sigmund Freud’s great-granddaughter Bella Freud has a video podcast on YouTube where she interviews people (Cate Blanchette, Lorde, Graydon Carter) while they lie on a psychiatrist’s couch. [youtube.com]

New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting” The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it's not the Times. It's Sulzberger's...

"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.

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