even in this batshit timeline this stands out as particularly unhinged and sick

"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."

thinking about a planner party: where we all get together and set up our 2026 planners together. is this a thing?

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

If you're buying gifts for spirited 12 year olds who have read most of the middle grade graphic novel canon, can I recommend my book The Legend of Auntie Po? It's multi-awarded, and well reviewed, but hasn't entirely found its commercial footing. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...

Taken together with the ongoing conversation about the budget it feels very bad that We have to repeatedly nicely and administratively ask the Chicago Police department to stop pointing guns at civilians while also taking so very much of our money.

“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"

What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.

They don't care if we live or die. Great Lakes Cheese Co.'s shredded cheese sold at major retailers, including Target, Walmart, and Aldi, has been recalled in 31 states and Puerto Rico. The cheese was recalled on Oct. 3 for containing metal fragments. On Dec. 2, the FDA updated the risk level. 🌱

Stop using Spotify oh my GOD

the privatization of our public services is a PROBLEM. When private contractors are doing public work, we lose transparncy and the capability to hold them accountable to us.

There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.

If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp

Budgets are a moral document, and right now the City of Chicago is showing it values surveillance over libraries.

Unsure of what organizations you should be donating to this #GivingTuesday? Wish there was a quiz that could help you parse your priorities? @denali.bsky.social and I are here to help! Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!

*not shopping at Target intensifies*

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

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!

Pam's work is always stunning. I have so much art by her, and I always want more. Get some Pam Art!

Giving Tuesday is tomorrow! Decision paralysis got you unsure of who you should be giving to? Let our quiz help you find the orgs that best match your values and giving style!

What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next… We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks

Had to leave Wisconsin at 7am, but thats nothing compared to driving through whatever this is now. we only saw 6.5 cars spun out, and all of that was south of Milwaukee. Stay safe out there.

Unsure of what organizations you should be donating to this #GivingTuesday? Wish there was a quiz that could help you parse your priorities? @denali.bsky.social and I are here to help! Inspired by the Cosmo Quizzes of yore, you can take this 6 question quiz and figure out your Giving Type!

Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine. Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.

Nobody is doing cringe problematic drama boys the way that @aidosaur.bsky.social and @ananthhirsh.bsky.social are. They've really pulled out all the stops this chapter, so please go read Barbarous so I have more people to cackle at this nonsense with

The snowy owls sitting on Montrose Pier this foggy morning. The Chicago Park District has closed the pier’s far end to keep people from getting too close.

we're going to win

~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication. In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting. No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:

We picked up the tree last night! Can't wait to have friends over to deck our halls with crafted nonsense.

The radio at the gym was hitting a Millenial Mood: 2PAC "California Lovin" followed by Brittany Spears "Sometimes" The women in the changing room with me all went thru the same three emotions when Brittany came on: Confusion - "is this..?" Amusement - "oh my god its" Nostalgia - "🎶Sometimes I run.."

a lot of interesting tidbits in this story about rep. lauren underwood’s visit to the broadview ice jail. as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

LAST CHANCE TO ORDER!

When we host our tree trimming, we always have mulled apple cider, with rum and whiskey on the side for folks to spike as they see fit. And that was when Matt and I both were drinkers.

Gladhanding fascists is a useful skill, I guess, but this is exactly why even people who believe in the current system shouldn't stan politicians. Their main skill is saying what their audience wants to hear and making them believe it. That includes their opponents, and it includes you.

prove everything you say (1/2)

BOOOOOOOOOO

MY BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY: Make a donation instead of buying me things! I don't need more things, but people deserve to be free!

If you want to avoid shopping episodes in your TTRPG, stop rewarding your players with coin. What else is a girl supposed to do with all of this loot? Its more interesting to find magic items, and its fun to make up magic items.

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a short-term administrative stay of the order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings that aimed to release as many as 615 people detained by ICE. That means their release is on hold. Oral arguments 12/2.

MY BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY: Make a donation instead of buying me things! I don't need more things, but people deserve to be free!

ye olde trans rights. now and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️✨ #TDOR #TransDayofRemembrance

Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a settlement with nine states for $7 million. The states sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms to drive up rents. Greystar and other landlords used RealPage software in this illegal scheme.

After a federal judge ruled that hundreds of people abducted by ICE in northern Illinois are eligible to be released on bond or Alternatives to Detention. We expect this number to keep growing. This bond is the only thing keeping these folks from freedom. DONATE NOW bit.ly/MidwayToFreedom

I hope to look this good at 74 (but I will not have had as many children)

BUY COOL ART FROM N! They're cool! They are also the master of bringing your shitpost to artistic life.

Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area. Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.

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I've donated to them in the past and will do so again later this week. They also have a $20,000 match on the table right now: www.mibfc.org

You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?

Every time you hate read an article you justify its writing. It really is that simple