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I don’t know how you even begin to measure the social and material harm represented and further entrenched by prediction markets. There is an incalculable cost to normalizing markets whose product is suffering itself.

If someone calls when I’m holding my phone i always react like it’s a stuffed fish that somehow suddenly came back to life

happy 10th birthday to this perfect post

as a journalist who has been writing about surveillance and alprs for years, i’m glad to see concerns about flock have finally broken into the mainstream. but i think many folks are missing the bigger picture: the ways various tech works together to surveil us. chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...

using chinese ai to invent cigarettes taht make u healthier and gayer

Huh, Okayyyy: "Chi-Town Patriots PAC" was just registered today with the Illinois State Board of Elections by Lawrence Stowe, who pled guilty in 2012 to selling fake cures to real neurological diseases Judge Miller emphasized that Stowe “…took advantage of people dying and offered them hope.”

Sidewalk delivery robots are another intrusion of a shiny technology in search of a problem that causes problems. If (not when) Chicago permits them beyond the pilot, we need a better deal & to address the priorities of folks with disabilities. Op-ed www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/o...

Derek's work is always great reading: “I know that if I and the rest of the Village board don’t act, home prices will continue to rise, new families will not be able to afford to move here... I have seen what that means for a community like ours, because I used to live in one.”

Time to hit the doors to collect signatures for Rossana Rodriguez for 33rd Ward Alder! Rossana has fought to: - Tax the rich - Fund CARE, not cops - Resist ICE - Defend Abortion and Trans rights - Fight for affordability Saturday, August 1, 11AM, 3248 W Montrose! RSVP: bit.ly/RossanaLaunch2026

matthew always brings the receipts

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If the wildfire smoke bothers you, commit to one serious climate action. Whether that's joining a local climate group, or making a plan to decarbonize your home, or switching to a more sustainable transportation system. And encourage others to do the same! We're not alone in our fear and anger 🧵

are you ever just sitting there for 15 minutes, staring into space or whatever, and you suddenly realize you've been holding tension in your shoulders neck and jaw since the quarantine

I agree that it’s both cute and slightly infuriating how many New Englanders don’t seem to grasp that rural New Hampshire is basically a liberal wonderland compared to Actual Rural Red States

I will be causing an International Incident™ if smoke from Canada causes harm to any of the Montrose Beach Piping Plovers

beautiful women named NotifyChicago are texting me that the air is poison 💕

Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group

Just going to put this out there: but @mayorofchicago.bsky.social told transit advocates yesterday they need to compromise. Today Chicago is covered in wildfire smoke, a direct result of climate change warming. Transportation is the single largest source of GHG emissions in Illinois. SMDH

if you have explosive diarrhea from the parasite, don't worry. our brave congresspeople are hard at work sending more money to israel

one of the biggest disappointments of brandon johnson’s tenure as mayor is his absolute lack of a backbone on major campaign promises. he’s now used/proposed using hundreds of millions in tif funds for billionaire-backed united center, the 78, and foundry park (fmrly lincoln yards) developments.

Seeing the smoke high in the atmosphere is one thing, but smelling it at the surface with leaves an indelible mark on you. It's incredibly dystopian to walk outside on a sunny* day and immedatley hit with the unmistakable smell of forests burning hundreds of miles from you.

we stopped tracking the PLAGUE?????

Thank god there are no gender studies classes anymore otherwise we might be able to figure out what's going on here.

A local journalist posted about local cases of the diarrhea thing. I realized…our public restroom shortage is about to be a crisis. People are not paid enough to maintain the few bathrooms that exist!! My god.

🚨 BURIED LEDE ALERT: The lifelike robot teacher being sold to a rural reservation-area school, will be built by a former Metaverse crypto company that now owns RealDoll™, but in a distinct subsidiary that they swear will have no overlap with the manufacturing of the sex dolls

woke: national hot dog day bespoke:

If you really want to put the screws to rural GOP strongholds you have got to target the American gentry - the farmer, the petty landlord, the car dealership owner, the small businessman, the franchisee, and so on. In short, all the small enterprise people everyone likes to suck off all the time

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

"terfism is fundamentally a pro-rape ideology" continues to be the most succinct and cutting analysis of that current

It’s important to celebrate the little wins on the way to safer streets for all.

ICE and CBP have lied about EVERY shooting they've perpetrated. 100% of them.

Local Cis Person Responds to Transphobia Allegations: "Nuh Uh"

correct you if you’re wrong?? bitch this is the internet i’ll correct you even if youre right

So proud of 33WF and our left-wing political ecosystem.

Number five is particularly funny because Chicago has also rejected asynch voting for that reason and as it turns out it doesn’t lead to smarter endorsements or a more active volunteer base

Hey, a good way to celebrate Lindsey Graham kicking the bucket is to contact your senators about KOSA and the KIDS Act. Graham was a big proponent of these kinds of laws, as well as of gutting section 230.

everyone is booing when gianni infantino shows up on screen. numerous in this england-heavy crowd yell “wanker”

This is my local Trader Joe's. Thrilled to hear shopping there supports union workers.

Here's a video of a cop cruising through the pedestrian path in highly crowded Oz Park on a beautiful summer afternoon.

I look forward to making Chicago DSA a serious political organization

We needed this rain because it scared most people away from the Argyle night market and I didn't have to wait in lines

I have a feeling that this post is going to be increasingly relevant as we move closer to Chicago municipal election season.

🥳 It’s official! West Suburban Illinois Democratic Socialists of America have hit over 700 members! ♥️ Thank you for being part of our movement to build a better Illinois! 🌹 Interested in joining? We invite you to join us today! 🔗 wsil.dsachapters.org