THAT is what she said that got people so heated?

IT GOT BETTER 📍Central MN

del toro made him a rat-guy for me. HE DID THAT FOR ME!!!!!! #frankenstein

Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades? Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event

I’m putting him to the side for a few days while I work on some other things that need to be finished up, but I’ll get back to him soon. WIP. Detail. Prismacolor Verithin pencil. (Dark umber and dark brown) Over watercolor wash on Canson paper. #Frankenstein #Illustration #drawing

Check out my massive cat held by my small child. There's some perspective at play here because he's leaning toward the camera but still you can see he's HUGE. Giant fluff

i'm inured to a lot of terrible decoration, so the shitty little gold text didn't phase me. but when the camera pans to the GIGANTIC text at the TOP OF THE WALL i gasped aloud. please don't call this rococo, this style is technically called 1997 Newsletter Made With Microsoft Publisher

Grapefruit 😇 #art #oilpainting

everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:

Headed to the spot: Kp-index is 5.

Time of Aurora

So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora

Last light for Tuesday. Sunset in Chicago this evening at St Mary of the Angels church.

Just a reminder that my new book on Indian Parallel Cinema was published earlier this year. If anyone is interested in reviewing for any film publication outlets, etc. then please do get in touch; I can share/email a copy for review.

Your windshields should be absolutely covered in a sticky mess of bug splats/insect carcasses every time you drive across open country forcing you to stop periodically at gas stations to use their wet squeegees to try and clean up your view of the road at night

Less than three weeks after a helicopter crash claimed the lives of his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, Darren Bailey said late Monday that he will move forward with his campaign for governor. https://to.wttw.com/4oLRnrS

Little Village community organizer Chela Garcia starts the demo by calling out Chicago police for, she says, shielding federal agents as they attempted to detain a minor this weekend. "Every time police collaborate with ICE, they are not serving us. They are serving a racist agenda," she says.

Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents. One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.

“My dad has lived in Des Plaines, IL for over 30 years. He’s worked hard every single day to support our family and help others. We were just doing landscaping work in downtown Des Plaines when ICE came out of nowhere. They detained my dad and another worker I was held too but eventually let go”

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Many states have passed laws that will revoke the licenses of teachers that use "unapproved pedagogical techniques." That means teachers who try to use scientifically proven methods are basically blacklisted from teaching in public schools. In contast to how states cover up for abusive teachers.

It's also important to remember that most teachers do not last three years in the classroom. So the veteran teachers (5+ years) who also know how to effectively teach reading through phonics are RARE. It is important to pay attention to local public schools, even if you don't have a kid.

and, not to get too grand, but “crowd out instead of cut out” is just good life advice, far from the pantry. works for all kinds of changes we want to make.

"The camp consists of temporary tent structures meant to house up to 5,000 detainees and relieve overcrowding at other Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities."

Today's ICE flight from Gary landed in El Paso, Texas.

In Chicago, money to Greater Chicago Food Depository goes far. But donations based an asks of mutual aid in your neighborhood cover local needs more quickly.

yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing

TOLD YOU IT WAS VISIBLE bsky.app/profile/gari...

public transportation if I were the mayor of a major city

my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said

I'm desperate for experts again. For actual journalist and critics. Simply having a phone and access to social media doesn't make you knowledgable on certain topics.

A severe geomagnetic storm is heading toward Earth, with waves likely to hit late Tuesday into Wednesday. Depending on timing and other variables, Chicagoans could be treated to another spectacular display of the aurora borealis. https://to.wttw.com/47LdLMl

"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love" #frankestein 🍁

We had out-of-town friends spend the night this weekend and only after they left did I notice my children had left something in the guest room:

lol pope met with robert de niro

bobs

get in, no time to explain

This is the FIFTH ICE flight out of Chicago in less than week, per tracking by @jjindc.bsky.social.. (2 GlobalX, 3 Avelo) Never seen that many stops to one city in a week. My guess, they’ve extracted all the overcrowding-induced “voluntary” deports they’re gonna get, so now they’re moving out.

If you don’t know, immigration attorneys have been sounding alarms that ICE appears to be using frequent shuffles between detention centers to exhaust migrant detainees, separate them family and their attorneys, wear them down and get them to sign “voluntary” deport papers. It’s a torture tactic.

Well, there you go. Gotta clean up the torture facility before there’s a witness. It’s a shame the judge gave them a week to prepare. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This is what “WTAF” always stands for, I assume:

Cicero Independiente wrote about the October District 201 school board meeting in Cicero where students shared their frustration with the school district not doing enough to address the ongoing ICE raids. Some powerful student testimonies.

Love this quote. It is not hyperbole to speak on the terror communities like Cicero have experienced.

girl i'm bored let's bring back ben solo

The political forces that exploit lack of trust in institutions work to undermine institutions, further reducing trust in institutions, which they exploit for more power. Much of the public blames the institutions, the govt, the elites in general, not the underminers specifically. Tough problem.

satisfy the needs of every living creature:

Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...