Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Happy Half-Century Birthday (one day late) to one of my all-time favorite albums.

Yo soy un hombre sincero…

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

Clouds cleared. Had a great view from the deck of the lakehouse. #upperpeninsula #906life

A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.

Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.

The thing about my Daily Beast tenure I'm proudest of? How we stayed on the Epstein story for years, when all of the uptown elites were rolling their eyes and telling us to go away.

Happy 80th to Neil Young. Listened to this today, 2014’s “A letter home” album. Completely recorded in an antique voice-o-graph direct to vinyl recording at jack White’s studio. Sounds like it came straight from the Alan Lomax field recordings of the 40s. #canadianmusic #neilyoung

It's like Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre have come back from the dead to totally unwind US politics. 🤔

Maybe the clouds are breaking here, sun came out literally in the last minute as it was setting. Caught the tree tops across the bay. Appears however the second wave CME has passed us by, so a repeat of the northern lights for us clouded in last night not so promising. #upperpeninsula #906life

Periodic reminder: Ukraine has the gayest, transest, most women in combat army in Europe. Russia doesn't have women in combat. 🇺🇦👩🏼👩🏻 "Yes we're women. Yes we brush our hair, wear makeup, and have clean hands. But why do you care? We're here in combat on the front lines in Pokrovsk. Where are you?"

This dude showed up minutes after I swapped out the trail cam batteries and walked away. #upperpeninsula #trailcam #906life

Sometimes being in the UP just doesn't work out like you think it will. #906life

First Chicago snowstorm of the season

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

No paywall wapo.st/4oTia5k

How long do they get to do the same bullshit over and over again and call it success?

Tonight’s entertainment … life during wartime

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

Madison St. Bridge. En route to the Lyric.

Washington Post vs Democracy Docket. The news you pay for is the news you value. Become a Democracy Docket premium subscriber. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

Last nights rain and wind will have knocked these leaves down. It’ll be looking like a proper November woods along the North Branch of the Chicago River. #forest #fallcolor #Chicago

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.

"It is difficult to conceive how an injunction requiring the government to comply with the Constitution could possibly be harmful," --- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis Judge grants preliminary injunction against Bovino, federal agents over use of force www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

No paywall… wapo.st/4nL899o

Robert Held Witnesses Chilling Testimony in Chicago Lawsuit Against ICE ICE is terrorizing and traumatizing Chicago

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

Crucial hearing over feds' use of force could reveal 'incredible' Bovino testimony Wednesday From @chicago.suntimes.com w/ Kade Heather: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Color is peaking here on the banks of the North Branch of the Chicago River. This old white oak is in a semi continuous stretch of forest inside the city limits. 15ft 3inches in circumference at chest height. Makes it about 295 years old. It’s seen some changes. #oldtrees #forest #thicktrunk

I saw a bluish white fireball last night that was moving from south to north and looked like it slammed into earth north of Escanaba. It was moving really fast so no picture opportunities. But the Southern Taurid meteor shower is active and will peak tonight. www.space.com/stargazing/m... #906Life

Darth Sidious has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo

Just what he needed

Why, the country would much more adequately reflect the views of its citizens & democracy would be more fair & representative! I'm not being cute: that would literally be a death sentence for the current conservative movement, which thrives *entirely* due to unjust artifacts in our process.

Sharing again! I’m delighted CHILDREN OF CHICAGO is Chicago Public Library’s November 2025 Book of the Month! Thank you so very much to Chicago Public Library. Thank you librarians, and thank you #Chicago! Also, here’s the latest cover in the world! 🏙️

Flower of the Day - #SundaySunflower #BloomScrolling

@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️ HOLY HELL; 🔥 JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump: “Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.” 1-2

Forest Preserve District buck ready for the rut on our morning dog walk along the Chicago River watershed, inside the city limits.

If David Byrne thinks so …

This is our new kitten Jasper. We grew him in the back yard. Really. We take care of the community cats that live in our alley and thought they were all spayed and chipped. One, apparently, was not. 10 weeks and on the way to being a socialized indoor cat. #caturday

Small Chicagoland towns and villages like Skokie are doing their best to meet the moment. tinyurl.com/4j3f2eff

Cracking one of my #homebrew #ferments before the trick n’ treaters arrive.

For #FoodOnFriday Cassoulet made last night for tonight’s Shabbat dinner. It’s good to let it sit overnight before reheating for tonight. Cannelloni beans, beef short ribs and Duck… no pork so not southern French authentic. #Chicago #Photography #CameraEatsFirst