I have not vetted or researched this, but wow. Flock, making money off surveillance, faking AI by using underpaid foreign labor. As if we needed another reason to hate them.

Chicago never ceases to entertain. And I'm here for it.

God Almighty! Creator of all, we come to You with gratitude for the gift of Your Son. Lord of lords! King of kings, We come to You with humbleness; We pray You make our hearts Your throne. Jehovah Shalom! Prince of Peace, We come to You in full surrender. 1/2

Reminder to everyone that today is Annual Unsubscribe from Marketing List Day (aka "Cyber Monday"). Dont just delete those spammy "our best deal of the year!" emails today. Take the extra minute to Unsubscribe!

The #Bears are the #1 team in the NFC right now. What?!?!

@profanity.accountant am I profane or crass?

I can't believe the #Bears beat the Iggles, but I'm here for it. 9-3, and playoff-bound. Go Bears!

We did a thing. Well, close to 500 things to be exact.

Honestly got a little triggered reading this and I’m still thinking about it 2 hours later. What a good accounting of the chemical weapon aspect of what they did to our neighbors.

Anyone have a good contact for a local T-Shirt vendor who would sell a shirt and give proceeds/profits to a related charity? I think I have a pretty clever idea for a shirt, and would like to get them printed and see people wear them in solidarity...but not trying to make a buck off it.

I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...

If you'd like to know what counts as a violation of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland (you can report alleged violations at tinyurl.com/chicagotro), the full written version of the order can be found here:

"Librarians are the opposite of AI Slop." Ald LaSpata on WBEZ

And the other subset of people who think it's just great that the violence of the state is pointed at folks just doing their lives, so long as they are on the 'other side'.

You or someone you know in Chicago need a meal while SNAP is offline? Check out these options: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...

When crowds show up (and block off the street) it makes it safe for taco vendors to work, and families to trick or treat in safety. Grateful to West Town neighbors for making this happen for my kids and so many others.

A lot of what's mentally stressful right now is just making sense of the dissonance in life and the huge range of crises (of varying speeds and sizes) that we encounter daily. It's so much work to identify, triage, and just move through your life.

It was always leading to this. Mobilization of the military against Americans.

Let's get these up everywhere we can!

This is happening in a couple of hours, head on over.

Jeep Wagoneer with 5-6 ICE in Ukrainian Village/West Town. Last seen moving east Paulina and Superior around 9:23am. Abducted 1 person near Oakley & Erie. Lincoln with multiple ICE spotted Wicker Park. Abducted 1 near 2100 Division. Last seen northbound on Damen near Milwaukee at 9:15

Now I want some Pringles with lunch

ok

Graphics from one north side rapid response group; they’ve asked to share far & wide.

Plenty good and meaningful. Powerful. Now, what's next?

A look at part of the crowd of tens of thousands out this afternoon for the “No Kings” protest in downtown Chicago

My 10yo: "Why are the government people being stupid? I should be a government people. I would do a great job at that."

@unraveledpress.com I'm a 40s white guy who wants to help, but I've got a 9-5 job, 2 kids in school and activities, and don't know where to go/what to do to protect my neighbors* in the lack-of-minutes I can call 'free time.' How do I help?

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Love this track. The vibe cooks, as the kids say. Gives Nujabes with some tight lyrics. Hat Tip @hankgreen.bsky.social

The coffee I needed today.

Da Bears.

I miss going to Stanley's and getting a whole tray of strawberries for $2.

My therapist has taught me to ask "How would you know?" in some scenarios: I worry that they'll think less of me... "How would you know?" I think we're on good terms, but I'm not sure. "How would you know?" What are the signs or evidence you can point to, signifying an internal shift?

Prager U, TPUSA, and the Heritage Foundation among a group of private entities that the Dept of Ed is sending into schools to teach 'Civics and American Values.' Troubling, to say the least.

I think society needs a "Slow News" feed -- a news outlet that intentionally avoids breaking news, or anything that is still 'in development', and instead focuses on reporting the news that is...kinda done?

In my 2025 state license plate hunt, I've just found #49 of the US states... It was Hawai'i. The remaining states' plates to find? WY and ID. I really don't understand how I got AK, HI, RI, and ND before those... Weird.

This post (and an attached thread which I will link in the comments) have been sitting heavy with me for over a month. Increasingly, I don't see a way out of our political mire without dire consequences.

I tried watching the latest season of Black Mirror tonight. Made it halfway through the first episode, and when they got to "Riverminds+" I just about lost it. I don't need dystopian fiction to look so realistic, when dystopian reality is already <<waves hands at all this>>.

Anyone know how to build a guillotine? Asking for a friend...

I think about this poem all the time.

These are awesome.

There’s no wrong way to tell the current administration to STFU About Chicago. #chicago

No lie spotted. Good job @theonion.com, us Chicagoans know who we are.

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.