# bloomington (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bloomington. Page: Feed: --- ## [Fryharderday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/21/fryharderday/) _2026-08-21 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ But I will run out of days Will I ever run out of names for days? Probably not. ## [Pryday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/20/pryday/) _2026-08-20 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Prophesy When MyTerms succeeds, CMP—Consent Management Platforms—will mean Contract Management Platforms. From the Annals of Enshittification Seth Godin on The Amazon Tax: "Amazon is stealing from the customers they said they were here to serve." ## [Webday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/19/webday/) _2026-08-19 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Worth reading A Reddit discussion among and about our local homeless. ## [Oozeday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/18/oozeday/) _2026-08-18 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ I was overheard to have said Exhumed this from a Facebook comment to repost here: About advertising, there have been two state changes in the business. One I unpacked eleven years ago, here: https://dsearls.medium.com/separating-advertisings-wheat… The most quoted line from that one is “Madison Avenue fell asleep, direct response marketing ate its brain, and it woke \[…\] ## [On What Still Hasn’t Happened](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/18/on-what-still-hasnt-happened/) _2026-08-18 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ I posted what follows more than twenty-six years ago on Searls.com, which now brings up a danger warning because it’s still http and not https. (Yes, I’ll fix it.) It makes interesting reading today for several reasons, one of which is that much of what it (and The Cluetrain Manifesto, which had just come out) \[…\] ## [You can hear the squeak of sphincters closing](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/17/you-can-hear-the-squeak-of-sphincters-closing/) _2026-08-17 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ How Claude marks AI-generated content is the most self-destructive utterance I’ve ever heard coming out of an AI company. Gary Isaac Wolfe (who contributes a comment below): “Anthropic watermark scheme appears as a comic policeman blowing his whistle while his pants fall down and Mark Pauline loads a cannon with rotting fish.” But maybe that’s \[…\] ## [Doneday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/17/doneday/) _2026-08-17 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ No, neither makes sense I had two posts titled Whensday. Now there is one. It is re-headlined Densday. And give gentle advice Trunkline, the least-written of the three WordPress blogs I run and write for, all with the kind assistance of the good folks at Pressable, has a new theme. The old one dated from \[…\] ## [RainyAgainDay](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/17/rainyagainday/) _2026-08-17 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ On my way back to Bloomington from Santa Barbara on Saturday, while I sat in the first row of an Embraer short-haul vectored to Indianapolis but delayed while awaiting its pilot and parked at the far end of the strangely long jetway at O’Hare’s Gate C6, everyone in the first few rows of the plane bonded \[…\] ## [Shots and Misses](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/16/shots-and-misses/) _2026-08-17 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ There is a meteor impact crater in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. It’s called Upheaval Dome, because that’s what geologists thought it was before it became clear that it wasn’t. When I visited the place with my teenage kids in the late ’80s, all the placards along the trail explained that the circular canyon was what \[…\] ## [Nashville Day Trip](https://anneliesetoumey.com/nashville-day-trip/) _2026-08-16 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ August 2025; Nashville, IN ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SrpaHfPw8uB9) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [Byeday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/14/byeday/) _2026-08-14 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Well, almost. Tomorrow I fly back to Indiana, where it has been stormy the whole time I've been gone, seems like. In a couple of months, I'll be scanning all the photos I have in dozens of three-ring albums, but keeping the photos themselves, which I want to organize chronologically behind tabbed dividers in boxes \[ \] ## [Burrsday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/13/burrsday/) _2026-08-13 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ A flipping iceberg. I subscribed to the Los Angeles Times early last year when I was writing about the challenges for journalism in covering the wildfires there. That was in my News Commons series, which I think has some brilliant and useful stuff. But it didn't go anywhere, so I wasn't sure about renewing. But \[ \] ## [Fendsday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/12/fendsday-2/) _2026-08-12 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Live and re-learn I ve been a citizen of California for 41 years, and I learned here long ago that the narrow staircase-like parallel terraces on many ranchland hillsides were caused by cattle grazing on horizontal paths, because ungulates aren t climbers. I have seen cattle on some of these, so the story made sense. But my \[ \] ## [Toosday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/11/toosday/) _2026-08-11 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Also, it s not podcasting if you can t skip ads Spotify is reportedly improving what we do anyway on podcast apps: hitting the 30-second skip-forward button when the host says we ll be back after a quick break. (On Pivot, I might hit the +:30 button six or seven times, because that first quick break is up \[ \] ## [Unotherday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/10/unotherday/) _2026-08-10 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Another Para Digm Spotted one of the above, flying up and down East Beach in Santa Barbara. If I were half my age, I d be up there too. Unhuman Matt Hinkle: The Week AI Agents Got Hands. It begins, The chat window era just ended. This week, AI agents got hands — Cloudflare shipped a \[ \] ## [Whetherday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/10/whetherday-3/) _2026-08-10 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Check them out Hackernoon today: Cyber Libertarians: Esther Dyson The Knowledge Age. Esther is an old friend and one of my favorite people. Front burner for her right now is .agent. Exit signals Last night we were suffering through one of the most annoying movies we've ever seen (Ladies First on Netflix, which, among other \[ \] ## [The Web and the New Reality](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/09/the-web-and-the-new-reality-2/) _2026-08-09 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Until Linux Journal hired me in 1996, no publication—tech or otherwise—would employ me. Not full-time, anyway. I was too obsessed with the Internet, the Web, and what I saw as the dawn of a new reality: a digital world we would co-occupy with the natural one. So I self-published on the Web, at Searls.com, where \[ \] ## [Whetherday](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/07/whetherday-2/) _2026-08-08 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ On big changes in nowheres becoming somewheres Audacy, by far the most stressed-out owner of too many radio stations, is killing off another big old signal: KXNT/840 in Las Vegas. I dug into that, and wrote about it on Trunkline, my neglected blog about infrastructure that will soon get a big facelift. C\*\*\*\*heck them out \[ \] ## [Fur eye day](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/07/fur-eye-day/) _2026-08-07 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ Why we need Searls Glasses (first described 16 years ago) Wetherspoons bans Meta Glasses in pubs amid privacy concerns Book now The next three IIWs: November 3 5, 2026 IIWXLIII #43 Fall 2026 April 27 29, 2027 IIWXLIV #44 Spring 2027 October 19 21, 2027 IIWXLV #45 Fall 2027 Early bird ends \[ \] ## [The Internet of Stuff](https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/06/the-internet-of-stuff/) _2026-08-07 · Doc Searls · Doc Searls Weblog_ We now have an internet of stuff, at the heart of which are the distribution and fulfillment centers that have been replacing farmland and former broadcast transmitter sites near highways and airports everywhere. (The one above straddles I-65 in Whitestown, Indiana, northwest of Indianapolis.) In The Rise of the Stupid Network, which he wrote in 1997, \[ \] ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/STSIfx6prCfR) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Judge denies Trump administration access to Illinois voter data](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/08/03/judge-denies-trump-administration-access-to-illinois-voter-data/) _2026-08-03 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary A federal judge in Springfield says the Illinois State Board o... ## [R3 program awards $250,000 to YWCA reentry services](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/08/03/r3-program-awards-250000-to-ywca-reentry-services/) _2026-08-03 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The YWCA announced it's receiving more than $250,000 in grant money to fund its long-time Re-Entry Services Prog... ## [Mark Adams to run for Bloomington City Council Ward 8](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/08/03/mark-adams-to-run-for-bloomington-city-council-ward-8/) _2026-08-03 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A new candidate is announcing his campaign for Bloomington City Council Ward 8. Mark Adams, an active member of ... ## [Bicyclist dies after being hit by utility vehicle in Bloomington](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/08/03/bicyclist-dies-after-being-hit-by-utility-vehicle-in-bloomington/) _2026-08-03 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - One man is dead after being hit by a utility vehicle while riding a bike on Sunday. Officers were called at 5:05... ## [Pritzker signs law regulating how social media platforms interact with children](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/07/31/pritzker-signs-law-regulating-how-social-media-platforms-interact-with-children/) _2026-07-31 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Children's Social Media Safety A... ## [ISU football back to work as fall camp opens](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/07/31/isu-football-back-to-work-as-fall-camp-opens/) _2026-07-31 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD TV NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) - The offseason was the shortest in Illinois State football history. But the players are glad it is over. About si... ## [Illinois state elections board tells DOJ it follows federal law on voting integrity](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/07/31/illinois-state-elections-board-tells-doj-it-follows-federal-law-on-voting-integrity/) _2026-07-31 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Illinois election officials said in a letter to the U.S. Depar... ## [UPDATE: Massey family reacts to Prisoner Review Board’s denial of Sean Grayson’s release from prison](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/07/31/53910/) _2026-07-31 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD & WCIA TV SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) - Sean Grayson's application for a medical release from prison was denied by the Illinois Prisoner Revi... ## [Fleas cause temporary closure at McLean County Arts Center](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/07/29/fleas-cause-temporary-closure-at-mclean-county-arts-center/) _2026-07-29 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - Some unexpected pests have temporarily closed the McLean County Arts Center. Fleas were found while staff was cl... ## [Ex-teacher Drew Miller seeks pretrial release while grooming charges are pending](https://www.wjbc.com/2026/07/29/ex-teacher-drew-miller-seeks-pretrial-release-while-grooming-charges-are-pending/) _2026-07-29 · WJBC Staff · WJBC-AM_ By WMBD TV BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - A former Chiddix Junior High teacher was back in court Wednesday and asked a judge to allow him to get out of ja... ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qbE72va9fSOq) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [July Skies](https://anneliesetoumey.com/july-skies/) _2026-07-27 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ July 2026, Bloomington ## [The Waiting is the Hardest Part](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-waiting-is-hardest-part.html) _2026-07-18 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ ICE/fascist thugs continue to terrorize immigrant communities, committing random acts of murder along the way. For many conservatives, the reply to such a killing is to shrug their shoulders and claim the brown person shouldn't have been in the country illegally, as if murder is an acceptable punishment for a misdemeanor offense. On Monday, ICE killed a young man in Maine ; they shot him numerous… ## [In Paris](https://anneliesetoumey.com/in-paris/) _2026-07-10 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ July 2025, Paris ## [Road Bike Action and More](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/07/road-bike-action-and-more.html) _2026-07-07 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ Ever since my osteoporosis diagnosis more than four years ago, I've been a reluctant rider on the roads out of fear that a crash on pavement will lead to broken bones. Gravel roads are somewhat more forgiving, at least that's what I tell myself. I've recently dusted off my road bike and have been enjoying riding it again . In addition to enjoying road riding again, I'm also excited to see the… ## [Orange Kitchen](https://anneliesetoumey.com/orange-kitchen/) _2026-06-28 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ June 2022, Indianapolis ## [Meet Jack, and Letting Go](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/06/meet-jack-and-letting-go.html) _2026-06-10 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ Meet Jack! Rachel sent me this photo of him to add to my blog. He's so sweet and precious. We took the 75-minute drive to visit Rachel and her family a week ago. Tammy was in her happy place as she held Jack and rocked him. I love that for her. Cliff was at daycare, so we missed seeing him, but we video chatted with him a couple of nights ago. Hearing him say "Hi Gampa" makes my entire body smile.… ## [Campo Viejo](https://anneliesetoumey.com/campo-viejo/) _2026-06-04 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ June 2024, Bloomington ## [Madison Public Library Due Date Card and Stamps](https://anneliesetoumey.com/madison-public-library-due-date-card-and-stamps/) _2026-06-04 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ The Elvis Reader ## [Blue Moon](https://anneliesetoumey.com/blue-moon/) _2026-05-15 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ April 2026, Bloomington ## [Welcome to the World, Jack!](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/05/welcome-to-world-jack.html) _2026-05-13 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ We received a text from Rachel yesterday morning saying, "Jack Martin was born on May 11 at 2:59 a.m., 6 lbs 13 oz. We are resting and doing great!" It was the text we were expecting, as she had begun experiencing contractions more than 24 hours earlier. We drove down to see them at the hospital in Rochester around noon. She and Drew were both tired, and it showed. It had been a long 36-hour… ## [Bring on Spring!](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/04/bring-on-spring.html) _2026-04-20 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ I've been in a funk. While I'm managing to get to the gym most mornings for about an hour, walk Oscar and Rudy 20+ miles (32 km) per week, and get in a few rides (mostly on my indoor trainer this time of year), I'm struggling with motivation. I can admit to my fair share of doomscrolling. I think back to when I was employed and living a more structured life where every hour of my day was spoken… ## [In the Kitchen](https://anneliesetoumey.com/in-the-kitchen/) _2026-04-18 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ April 2024, Bloomington ## [Rubin and Annie](https://anneliesetoumey.com/rubin-and-annie/) _2026-04-04 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ March 2026, Nashville ## [Toronto Work Trip](https://anneliesetoumey.com/toronto/) _2026-03-29 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ March 2025, Toronto ## [Seeking Power](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/03/seeking-power.html) _2026-03-27 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ In my last blog post, I talked about aging in relation to my physical performance on the bike and during my walks. Perhaps it's the Virgo in me—the meticulously organized side that tracks meaningless stuff, such as performance—but the numbers don't lie. The stats tell me I've been slowing down for many years, but a big part of my drop-off was due to my arthritic right knee. Now that I have my knee… ## [James Webb telescope is changing our understanding of the beginning of time](https://detoffol.com/2026/james-webb-big-bang/) _2026-03-23 · Scott DeToffol · Scott's Blog_ The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found numerous early galaxies and black holes that are too big and complex for their age. Cosmologists are rethinking many long standing models of the early universe. JWST is proving to be a monumental success and a testament to public funding for science and exploration. ## ["Hi Gampa"](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/03/hi-gampa.html) _2026-03-20 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ I jynxed us in my last blog post when I spoke about our mild winter. A strong depression came through Saturday night and into Sunday morning, bringing with it about 15" (38 cm) of snow, single-digit temps, and winds gusting in excess of 40 mph (65 kph). It's pretty out there, I'll say that! But a warmup is on the way! My WeatherBug app is forecasting 68°F (20 °C) for Saturday, just two days from… ## [Merry Christmas, Carl, 1947](https://anneliesetoumey.com/merry-christmas-carl-1947/) _2026-03-11 · anneliesetoumey · Anneliese Toumey_ Home Country ## [It's a Post Fest Introduction!!](https://illinoisfiberfestival.substack.com/p/its-a-post-fest-introduction) _2026-03-09 · Anne & Cyndy · Anne’s Substack_ The 2027 Illinois Fiber Festival will be held on March 6, 2027. Same place, same time!! ## ["Exciting Times!"](https://onekgguy.blogspot.com/2026/03/exciting-times.html) _2026-03-08 · Kevin Gilmore · Say What?_ Tammy had surgery on her foot last week to remove bone spurs and bone chips. Her doctor said it was a much-needed surgery for her. Over the past two years, especially, she hasn't been able to work out or walk very far the way she used to (because of pain), so we're hopeful this will give her that ability again. She was supposed to have the surgery last fall, but had to put it off for six months…