tom burns
@tomburns.bsky.social
Chicago, puzzles, food, probably other things
@anildash.com fyi: salieri hears la rose is still good
August 29, 2026 at 1:34 AM
@anildash.com fyi: salieri hears la rose is still good
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"Beaver, transformed in two directions" by Leslie Mesei, 1967. From the book Computer Graphics, Computer Art
May 25, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"Beaver, transformed in two directions" by Leslie Mesei, 1967. From the book Computer Graphics, Computer Art
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heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit
May 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit
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I have been transfixed on this video of Siskel and Ebert all goddamn day
May 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I have been transfixed on this video of Siskel and Ebert all goddamn day
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April 29, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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this encompasses all of my gaming thoughts over the last week+
hearing the enthusiasm of the right sequence of sickos got me to try Marathon, or as I've been playing it, "Trembling Alone in a Corner with Pocketfuls of Biowaste Simulator." there are eight different computers telling me I can and should be murdered. having a great time
March 19, 2026 at 2:28 AM
this encompasses all of my gaming thoughts over the last week+
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folks, it’s big
moon alert Chicago
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
folks, it’s big
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Pretty disappointed by the extremely boring selection in the new Metra merch store. This random body pillow is funny, though.
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pretty disappointed by the extremely boring selection in the new Metra merch store. This random body pillow is funny, though.
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27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
August 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
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God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
![A flier taped to a streetlight pole that reads:
“I also have access to a printer,
And I say
Upzoning is cool and good and it is my friend
Let ‘em build some housing! What're you worried about, people with jobs and homes using the Red Line?
Atraid of density? then why did you move to the big city my good friend [emoji making a ‘this guy’s nuts!’ gesture]
‘But I wanna drive my car!’
The bus is better because you can read a book on the bus
Dear ‘Save Edgewater’: If I ever see you again claming that increasing supply increases prices I will spank your bottom and enroll you in an econ class at Loyola
Say YES to proposed Upzoning in Edgewater
Email: Leni@the48thward.org Call: (773) 784-5277](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7txt37jgs7stbnaqdfpfavf3/bafkreiezdkvktjscf3qg4q5dylaficp762suvldaswmtmrhlt2xy7catmu)
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
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it’s easy to just say “they’re conservatives” and be done with it, but my best read is that Sulzberger et al are in fact moderate Democrats who believe that the left is responsible for the rise of Trump, and they believe that beating the left back and defeating Trump are a singular project
July 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
it’s easy to just say “they’re conservatives” and be done with it, but my best read is that Sulzberger et al are in fact moderate Democrats who believe that the left is responsible for the rise of Trump, and they believe that beating the left back and defeating Trump are a singular project
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it’s worth making this more explicit:
The NYT is suggesting Zohran lied by checking off both “Asian” & “African”, because (in their view) someone of Indian descent born & raised in Africa isn’t “truly” African. Which was also how Idi Amin justified expelling Zohran’s father & thousands of others.
The NYT is suggesting Zohran lied by checking off both “Asian” & “African”, because (in their view) someone of Indian descent born & raised in Africa isn’t “truly” African. Which was also how Idi Amin justified expelling Zohran’s father & thousands of others.
Mahmood was in pan-African nationalist movements in the 70s until Idi Amin expelled Indo-Ugandans? Zohran’s dad gave him the middle name Kwame to honour the first President of Ghana? idk maybe three white American journalists aren’t the best ones to opine on whether or not he’s African.
July 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
it’s worth making this more explicit:
The NYT is suggesting Zohran lied by checking off both “Asian” & “African”, because (in their view) someone of Indian descent born & raised in Africa isn’t “truly” African. Which was also how Idi Amin justified expelling Zohran’s father & thousands of others.
The NYT is suggesting Zohran lied by checking off both “Asian” & “African”, because (in their view) someone of Indian descent born & raised in Africa isn’t “truly” African. Which was also how Idi Amin justified expelling Zohran’s father & thousands of others.
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"someday everyone will always have been against this." but consider this. maybe they won't. maybe this will be the fucking good old days. morning in america.
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"someday everyone will always have been against this." but consider this. maybe they won't. maybe this will be the fucking good old days. morning in america.
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and here's the real truth. biden/harris laid the seeds for this. how did Israel get this out of control, where did they get this impunity? where did they get the understanding that no matter what atrocities they commit, no matter the depths of their sociopathy, we would be there for them every step
June 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
and here's the real truth. biden/harris laid the seeds for this. how did Israel get this out of control, where did they get this impunity? where did they get the understanding that no matter what atrocities they commit, no matter the depths of their sociopathy, we would be there for them every step
thinking about Him today
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
thinking about Him today
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it’s always two dumb bitches telling each other exactlyyyy
June 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
it’s always two dumb bitches telling each other exactlyyyy
nobody does it like Nathan Fielder, my god
May 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
nobody does it like Nathan Fielder, my god
hammock deployed for the first time this year, dahlias waking up, we might actually make it
May 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
hammock deployed for the first time this year, dahlias waking up, we might actually make it
seems bad
This is from a few minutes ago, but now we can’t see the Willis Tower at all
May 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
seems bad