Trying out a unique cultural amenity while in Philly w/ @questionableway.bsky.social

CTA will run out of money if the state legislature doesn’t get its shit together in the next ~40 hours btw

Just going to put it out there that appointing a CTA President with no transit experience, after the public has lost confidence in both the leadership at CTA in the past and the current Mayor, may not be the best move.

they also have what is, dollar for dollar, one of the best wine scenes in the world. price per quality thru the roof

it is straight up Not There at all

anyone who thought they’d stop at non citizens is a mark

i think 1) this will not make us safer 2) does nothing to address the actual root cause of the problem (guns) 3) doesn’t even do anything to solve this issue. teens out at night is fine, it’s the large disruptive gatherings that are the problem. police those and drop the curfew

interesting difference between the apps is that twitter has way more concentrated outrage. it’s all kilmar abrego garcía all the time. even the republicans are talking about it. the rfk story, for ex, hasn’t made waves over there. here, the outrage is inchoate and in every direction abt every thing

how are things over here

still there

tacos :)

two biggest losers of the department of ed shutdown are learning disabled students and rural communities, both of which receive disproportionate amounts of their funding from the department. lots of special ed programs may be in danger of going dark here on out

some of my closest friends’ apt burnt down tuesday and they lost everything. their cats were almost suffocated by smoke & ran up nearly $1k in vet bills. they’ve already used their savings on that + relocation so i’m sharing their gofundme—any donation at all would mean a ton gofund.me/98da5303

what do we think folks?

these are unacceptable rush hour headways

nothing ever happens

rainy day in the loop (still there) ☔️

happy casimir pulaski day

introduce yourself using -one book -one film -one album -one show

introduce yourself using -one book -one film -one album -one show

yeah actually conways positioning in this poll shocks me. i really expected him higher—i’ve frankly kinda been assuming he’s the favorite. but i guess that only holds if the establishment pushes vallas out in his favor

kam buckner at 6% (barely behind brandon) is actually pretty good—i think if we can get him into double digits that’s proof of viability & would justify sinking a ton of resources into his campaign

one sign for me that dems were getting actually serious about fighting trumpism would be if they actually started to go after car dealerships

going to $2 drinks night at roscoe’s all by yourself, beautiful?

i haven’t been posting over here but look at this beautiful church!

well i’m banned from twitter now. looking for 2,900 of my closest friends over here

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

and yet you don’t hear nearly as much vitriol for legacy admissions as you do for affirmative action

Look I'm in the middle of relapsing and I just want to tell you guys who have legitimately left the other website that this is just not true. The big accounts over there are still getting 100k likes, there isn't really a dent in the way Twitter works. Sorry, but it's true

new OMB guidance contradicts last night’s—vital programs saved? but here’s the thing: all these programs ARE CURRENTLY shut down. we have two competing OMB memos, it’s unclear which is law or which will be enforced (if at all, given the legal challenge), and recipients are paralyzed by uncertainty

things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

i do believe that for many their personal loyalty to trump triumphs over their ideological commitments. that said, this isn’t ideological—this is a direct usurpation of THEIR OWN authority

the exact problem in the campaign is that dem messaging about trump’s policies would have been effective *had voters believed it was true* project 2025 polled at like 7%. just not enough ppl thought trump was attached to it. perhaps now that it’s happening live on tv this will change

imo trump has crossed the rubicon here with the OMB pause. either the courts slap this down in the strongest terms & he comes out having alienated even the friendliest parts of the judiciary, or they acquiesce and he’ll have effectively usurped congress’ power of the purse

not being evil about immigrants should be like a basic thing to clear for any dem, like we would not tolerate pro life dem senators, we should not be tolerating this

from a foreboding walk in the rain on 60th st

one of the best photos i have ever taken !!

feeling very much in a rut, re: restaurants and bars. the flip side of having found so many great places is that it feels like i just go to the same 40-50 places over and over and over again. let’s get a thread going of new recs—give me a rec and i’ll give you one

harold washington library state and van buren is next. doors open on the right at harold washington library state and van buren. transfer to red and blue line trains and harold washington library state and van buren

how many times a week can one eat tofu by itself as an entire meal? asking for a friend

it seems that blue cross blue shield was the victim of a smear campaign by the *other* great evil of american healthcare - the AMA

i watched anora again it was better the second time

since i have been on hold, a coup of the south korean gov was attempted, contested and defeated. i had a migraine, beat it and am now getting a new one. lawrence of arabia could've played 1.49 times! is this all there is?

i’m on hold

i’m still thinking abt anora

it’s 17 degrees :)

also, "fee transparency" is one of the ideas in my "housing abundance policy ideas matrix" that I think the State of Illinois should take on. Renters should be able to easily compare apartments based on fees as well as base rent (similar to how there's fee transparency when buying airfare)