ted whalen

"The world is a den of thieves and night is falling. Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a mad dog. Therefore let us be happy while we are happy. Let us be kind, generous, affectionate and good. It is necessary and not at all shameful to take pleasure in the little world.”

it is happening again

It's 10 o'clock in the morning on October the 24th, if you want to know.

Re the last repost, one of the things that has stuck from my time in the behavioural science snake oil mines was an experiment where if people planned a week of movie viewing they would pick a mix of genres, some 'highbrow' etc but if they picked day to day it was all the same stuff

This opinion piece is SO good. Come for the takedown of business schools, stay for the extension of the argument to how the managerial mindset has corrupted the entire institution of higher education. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...

“Aggregate outcomes are not in general or even usually interpretable as an aggregation of individual preferences.” @interfluidity.com www.interfluidity.com/v2/6846.html

nah, anyone familiar with the symbology of the Chicago Flag knows that every way you fly it, it means that you're ten toes down and standing on business

If you try to fly a Chicago flag upside down to signal distress it just looks like a normal Chicago flag, which raises the possibility that every Chicago flag you've ever seen was flying upside down to signal distress

I’m stoked to see Circuit des Yeux and Alan Sparhawk perform a live score for the original Nosferatu

Wow, I wrote this one a long, long time ago – it's a rant about people going to see old movies so that they can watch them "ironically" and laugh

I finally got around to having a ramble about Wrestle Princess, so why not give it a read? ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/10/12/t...

At intermission, and I’m starting to think that Barry Lyndon (1975) might be a pretty great movie.

My review of Robert Tally's THE MISMEASURE OF ORCS is up at MYTHLORE: dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol...

We can definitely punish our way out of this. Stepped up penalties, increased enforcement, and strengthened prosecutorial powers will fix the current situation.

Pedantically speaking, I’m not convinced a 3d-printed figure made of polymer can properly be called a “statue”

I finally managed to get my thoughts together and have a ramble about Nonoka Seto. #ChocoPro ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/09/24/s...

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

I think a lot of things go wrong when we mistake programming metaphors for how the computer works. You might have object-oriented programming but it is only one computer; it's just a way of keeping track of how the program works. Similarly, we'd think about AI differently if rather than "agents"...

nah, I've read Funes the Memorious, I'm good

we are counting this Kansas football hype video about the heroism of anti-slavery violence as a Woke 2 indicator

I'm on board in principle, but before I commit, I'd like to know more of the details. Is AI going to do it slowly or painfully, or will it be more of an instantaneous thing?

this bit moved me so much that i had to take time to turn it into a video clip

I’m surprised there’s not more fuss about the room in the new Lucas Museum that displays the skulls of all the actors who have died since appearing in a Star War, with empty niches for those still alive. It’s really creepy.

We used to go nuts for glue, we would stick one piece of paper to another piece of paper. Ahhh man, that was the shit

I’ll say it again: Every time Illinois state representatives choose not to expand multifamily housing rights, they admit they’re okay with Texas snatching our electoral votes. Local housing micromanagement is ensuring Republican dominance for years to come. Time for the state to crack down.

are you depressed, or has it just been too long since you listened to the classic mixtape _We Got It For Cheap Vol. 3_?

I went to Zero Blast-N-Peen on Hooker Circle and everyone knew you

These are fabulous. clui.org/collections/...

Malört is a staple of our history and our heritage — a rite of passage if you want to prove you’re tough enough to be a Chicagoan. When I look back on my time as Governor, I will think of the taste of Malört and all of you who joined in the joy of it.

deepest condolences to all family, friends and musical co-conspirators of Half Japanese’s David Fair

when you love cities so much that you become a Southern Agrarian

Canada should take a page from Iran and close the St. Lawrence Seaway

Clowns are born the same way that they get out of cars and its horrific to watch

if i'm described as "deliberately incendiary but often funny" or "actually very nice if you got to know him" after my death, please consider my life a complete failure

hell is listening to other people talk about their personal productivity systems

Good morning!