People want to walk and bike in the winter. It’s this sort of thing that makes it hard. Imagine trying to push a stroller or using a wheelchair. Yet the road was so clear I saw drivers speeding (feedback boards flashing). Priorities!

I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

LGBTQ+ leaders and longtime HIV/AIDS activists gathered at the AIDS Garden Chicago on World AIDS Day for a ceremony that blended remembrance with a call to action. My latest for @windycitytimes.com

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This is an incredible speech, full of hope, substance, fight, care for the vulnerable, and community.

9. Despite the pleas of centrist consultants urging Dems to abandon trans people, it was those who targeted them who saw electoral fortunes collapse. For the first time in years, trans Americans can breathe and see evidence that the wave of anti-trans panic aimed at them may finally be receding.

8. These were only some of the many results that clearly broke for Dems and in favor of trans rights on Tuesday. In Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court maintained its 5-2 majority, with the Philadelphia Gay News reporting each justice that was retained had a record of protecting LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians.

7. In the biggest news, New York City elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor—a rebuke to his opponents’ anti-trans rhetoric and a victory built on an unapologetically pro-trans platform. Just weeks ago, Mamdani released a two-minute pro-trans ad set to transgender artist SOPHIE’s “It’s OK to Cry."

6. Similar results followed in New Jersey, where Dem Mikie Sherrill won decisively. Her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, ran a platform centered around the forced outing of trans students and opposition to gender-affirming care. His campaign pushed ads accusing Sherrill of “pushing LGBTQ+ on children."

5. In Loudoun County—targeted by Trump with the revoking of federal funds after it defied his threats and upheld restroom access for trans students—voters rejected anti-trans candidate Muñoz Melendez. Instead, they elected April Moore Chandler and Ross C. Svenson, both supporters of trans rights.

4. The victories in Virginia extended far beyond the governor’s race. Up and down the ballot, Democrats scored sweeping wins. Attorney General candidate Jay Jones clinched his race, and by 11 p.m. Tuesday, Democrats were leading in 65 House of Delegates contests. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

3. The first major call of the night came in Virginia, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger quickly secured victory. By 11 p.m. Tuesday, she led Republican opponent Winsome Earle-Sears by 13 points, after Earle-Sears backers spent 57% of their ad money on anti-trans ads. bsky.app/profile/esqu...

2. After race after race was called, Dems won by wide margins in contests where anti-trans rhetoric dominated. For all the centrist consultants urging Democrats to “moderate” or sacrifice trans people, the results suggest the opposite: conviction, is what wins.

Read this whole thing.

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

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Some more shots from last week's Chicago Style! Thanks for floatin' with us, friends.

We did it! We put videogames on a river! Thank you SO much to everyone who came out to Chicago Style, our first annual fundraiser, together we earned $4000 for Bit Bash, the Lake Effect Fund, and Urban Rivers! Couldn't make it and still wanna fund Chicago artists? Donate at www.bitbashchicago.com.

Get on alert folks. We are getting pretty far down that “first they came for…” list. www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

The article frames Skrmetti as a poor strategic gamble by activists. In reality, Tennessee passed a categorical ban applicable solely to transgender adolescents which was framed in sex-based terms. The choices were (a) challenge it or (b) concede defeat in advance and abandon trans teens nationwide.

I have spent my life fighting for justice alongside brilliant lawyers, organizers, activists and artists. And I am not stopping now or ever.

this speaks a bit to my argument about leaving twitter. it's not about ideological purity, it is about the fact that it's been turned into a political weapon for people who wish to use it to harm others. it's not the marketplace of ideas - you do not have to participate in this project! very simple!

This is a really sweet video about how small of a gesture it takes to make a big difference on how seen and valued someone feels

Whatever's on the other end of this link could never compete with the listcicle in my mind

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight

My work trip flight just played am extended trailer for the 1995 film Clueless on everyone's seatback monitor, right after the safety briefing. 10/10

The fact that a Trump voter wants me to know that they did not vote for mass deportations is not interesting to me. What is interesting to me is what they plan to do about mass deportations, and I hope the answer isn't "I plan to ask you to assure me that I'm a good person."

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@joshtpm.bsky.social is right on as usual talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

I didn't expect the boycott to be this easy

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elon musk is “stepping away from politics” after he failed donald trumps test to buy him the wisconsin supreme court and now the job is to make sure no one forgets how evil elon musk is and how destructive he has been to the entire world

This is an excellent piece.

Might need to make this the new white (lol) noise I sleep to.

Sometimes being a revolutionary is the only rational response.

At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

Brilliant brilliant

Goodness

UPDATE: I just signed a discharge petition to force Republicans to bring this bill to the floor for a vote

What a gift to revisit this masterpiece.

It's the easiest call to action any of us face right now

One day history books will publish this photo as an example of the shameful depths this country was happy to sink to. * Our job is to hasten that day.

Love this town

infuriating that I must hand it to harvard

You will meet the love of your life in New City

RFK Jr's always going on about "healthy" and what he means is a mixture of nihilism and eugenics, that public health and medicine are pointless because "unhealthy" people are going to (and deserve to) die anyway. Never mind the kid's death was easily preventable. Call them "unhealthy" and move on.