Tim Yocum

TIL it takes at most 5 years to properly indoctrinate a new Chicagoan. I bet it was done in two, though.

Given the marathon, the DHS Blackhawk probably isn’t looking for “undesirables” as they do a 12th low & slow pass, but do we really need to traumatize the city like this?

Find a partner that cuts you off at the first "just" and suggests you step up and fucking parent your child.

Chicago voters! There are some judges that shouldn't be retained. Know your bench, vote like you mean it. 2026retention.injusticewatch.org

I watched Dennis Rodman's Chicago Bulls era. I believe it entirely.

Nothing tops off a crummy day better than blowing out a condensate line clog, turning the blower on before sealing the gap, and standing over the pipe. I smell delightful now.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@paninid/117346226558370906 I sometimes wonder how different life would be. Not necessarily better, just…different.

Sure didn't have 'get mom a draftkings account so she can keep getting insulin' on the bingo card

bsky.app/profile/peop... as i was saying

Rare good news post

A dear friend gave me a full case of hot mustard sauce for my birthday many years ago. It lasted for months. I both regret and appreciate the experience.

AI doomer posts are not all wrong, but they're missing the point. AI won't create Skynet. AI will empower otherwise average-to-low skilled people, often white men, to take undue risk and do dumb shit that *will* hurt people.

TIL I am a doorknob traditionalist, it is my new identity.

I enjoy watching the cool new gadgetry Apple is releasing, but I would still just like AirPods that don't fall out. I don't think my ears are THAT weird.

Oof. #DigitalOcean joins #1Password to fund DHH’s #Omarchy . So much more deserving software out there to fund without the reputational stain. What a shame. https://omarchy.org/news/2026/09/digitalocean-joins-as-founding-corporate-patron/

As seen at MSI's Steelmaking exhibit, and as relevant to contemporary computer operation as it was in 1960s steelworking.

Brands make these moves and double down when they feel invincible. They are not. Apple Passwords. Bitwarden. Vaultwarden. KeePass. And so many others.

another trillion in capital and the wheels might even turn in the right direction

Post your getaway vehicle

There should be an adult mode for discord. When companies start using it for community building I just shake my head in GenX and move on.

It has been `0` days since someone has dumped Claude output into an issue and yeeted it toward me for action. (If I wanted to talk to machines I'd go yell at my microwave. I'd rather a rudely written human issue than this shit.)

Ah yes, I see the 'ban cars' folk are out in force shaming parents driving their kids to school on their first day back. I love my cycling brethren, but this is not the way to get people on your side.

Art indeed

I’m always excited by “bug fixes and performance improvements” but this week my (horrible) thermostat promises to deliver an updated “consent experience”(!!)

Enjoying the Chicago storm discourse here. Lots of basement/hallway/shelter seekers and such. Growing up in the 80s, a tornado watch or warning was my Dad's cue to open the garage door and set up a lawn chair to watch the storm and wave to neighbors doing same.

No better way to encourage volunteerism than the prospect of one day getting a memorial trash can and plaque

I reported a Chicago cop recklessly driving his cruiser. With multi-angle time stamped video. Clearly visible plate, locations, the works. Years later, the case was closed: they “lacked info on who was driving” Same excuse when an off duty flashed his gun bc he was mad at me. Cops are great.

Based on my personal experience it’s quite telling when your opponent’s instigator “leaves” post-discovery and pre-settlement. Optimistic for those unjustly fired. Good on them.

Alongside the "Don't show me politics" button LinkedIn has had for awhile, "Looks like Slop" will also function like the close door button in an elevator.

"Hey, I'm using www.granola.ai to transcribe and take notes." Every time I see this, I judge. Harshly.

Did a bit of a double-take while perusing kid books today

Sometimes you get the benefits package without being an employee!

Taylor Farms announces their ambitious foray into the competitive parsley and cilantro market.

If you’re enjoying my expense report receipts podcast smash that like button and don’t forget to subscribe

either standard Chicago style or mashed potatoes and fried onions

That feeling when you know you’re typing back and forth with someone copy-pasting Claude output…is sadness, mostly. Nobody talks like this! I want your authentic self, errors and shorthand and regional slang and all! Stop it! (“Load bearing” mercifully not used, but might as well have been)

Do you know anyone at spinwheel.ai? They’re being used by loan scammers to steal identities. I’m having trouble getting anyone there to care. Would love to be connected to a human there.

Losing power for 14ish hours sucks on the fridge-clearing side, but having a clear dark sky to wonder at and no cell/internet to distract made up for it. I've never seen the sky like that before. True awe.

@sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social I do t know you and have never interacted with you and am absolutely not anti indigenous or any of the other things you keep harassing me with by adding me to lists. What’s the deal? Why are you judging me? It’s sad just how incredibly wrong you are about who I am.

Everything Trump Touches Dies: FIFA Edition

I love it when deleted Reddit comments of mine randomly come back, proving the already obvious: deleting just hides them.

Skyrizi theme - chopped and screwed.flac

Really feeling it for the neighborhood soccer bar that opened a couple of weeks ago. It was never a good biker bar, and now there’s families in matching colors streaming in and out instead of health code violations and angry drunk drivers.

I have questions but mostly I hope they arrived at their destination safely.

This country will never have good infrastructure so long as it takes 8 workers nearly 17 hours to take a handful of letters off a building that three dudes and a cherry picker put up between lunch and dinner. Christ, we’re so cooked.

Four pool deck chairs just came crashing down on the alley below. Chicagoans, stay inside. That could’ve killed someone. These winds are no joke. Yikes!