After watching a doc on Eleanor of Aquataine, I thought it would be great to watch THE LION IN WINTER, which I haven't seen in decades. Couldn't believe how cheesy the James Goldman script was, turning a tale of power politics into an extreme soap opera of pouty people looking for love. 🎥 #filmsky

This is the paper of record???? What a bunch of dumb asses!

This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

Here's a letter I wrote to Sen. Bill Cassidy, who condemned the ACIP recommendation about Hep B vaccinations the other day. He does not deserve our respect until he acts to remove RFK Jr. from HHS. #VaccinationWorks #DumpRFKJr #ACIP #SenCassidy www.cassidy.senate.gov/contact/get-...

I made a red lentil & kale soup/stew yesterday from a recipe in the Chicago Sun-Times. It was absolutely delicious! I'm adding more kale because it got kind of lost & I omitted the cilantro because my guy doesn't like it. Otherwise, the perfect recipe. chicago.suntimes.com/recipes/2025... #cooking

How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: ‘They’re Lying Constantly’ blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/04/h...

Scammers are trying to extort Chicago restaurants with a "bomb" of fake negative reviews. blockclubchi.co/4pvp5lZ

Movies have been on the ropes for decades. They're still here. They will endure.

@24fpsuk.bsky.social Since I know you're an Elle Fanning guy, I just want you to know that she is marvelous in SENTIMENTAL VALUES, a truly dreadful movie. Watch at your own risk.

"I found that I needed to turn to the great South American writers in that moment,” Aucoin said. “They’re much wiser and more experienced than we are when it comes to making fearless but also inventive and life-affirming art under creeping authoritarian regimes.” www.wbez.org/culture-the-...

It's a cold one today. I'm glad I got all my grocery shopping for the week done yesterday and even did a little birding. I wouldn't want to be out there today. #Chicagoweather

While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line! Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders. Listen to what they had to say.

I just watched and totally loved THE LIFE OF CHUCK. A great holiday film if you don't mind the kind of darkness that IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE has. 🎥 #filmsky

What do you bet the money in those accounts find their way into a certain insatiably greedy family's account? apnews.com/article/mich...

Hey folks, I'm awful at this. I have had a go fund me active for months. I got the move part done. Yay! I direly need the car part done. I have to be able to drive to my VA, Onco, Surgeon, see kids. If you could at least re-share and tell folks, that's all I ask. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Great news for film lovers in Chicago. 🎥

Watched the 1st season of MATERNAL (2023), a fine UK series about 3 NHS doctors. Underlying is the trauma hospital staff suffered during COVID. UK & China have created TV & films exploring this time, but where are the US COVID stories? Our greatest weakness as a society is our tendency to denial.

Child abuse.

DHS spent millions filming themselves terrorizing Chicago and bragging about arresting 4,000 “worst of the worst criminals.” In reality, only around 120 had any criminal history at all. When you have to lie that hard, it’s because you know the truth won’t defend you.

Is there anything more annoyingly twee than The New Yorker's use of unnecessary diacritical marks? #Snobbery

🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄 Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞 ⬇️ 24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...

Good stuff. Join the backlash! #AbolishICE

I interviewed Aftyn Behn, who is running in a special election in TN7 — if you know anyone in the district, please remind them to vote for Aftyn. She has a real shot to flip the congressional seat. @aftynbehn.bsky.social jesspiper.substack.com/p/feed-kids-...

Russia’s Gen Z Uprising Might Accomplish What the West Can’t A new generation of dissident artists is inspiring a wave of solidarity against Putin’s war—recalling the Soviet people who ultimately defeated the Soviet Union. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...

@randomcha.bsky.social My T-day Native dinner was a great success! The South African red I had with it was PERFECT!

Listen up, Chicago.

Big flock of starlings perching on the tree outside my building and then swarming periodically. So amazing to see up so close! #birds #birding #Chicagobirding

Proud of my community and the new members of the Board of Trustees who are actually doing something for ALL Skokie residents.

Giving thanks this T-day with an all-Native menu: biboon/winter manoomin salad, baked sweet potato w/maple syrup, roasted duck w/summer berry sauce, and fry bread. #RememberIndigenousPeople

Trying to sign into my social security account. Gave up. The hoops I have to jump through, including facial recognition, just isn't worth it. #Surveillance

Some of what the @forbes.bsky.social account is interesting, but I really don't need or want to know who's winning the richest person on the planet sweepstakes.

Just tried to watch WENT UP THE HILL, because I really like Vicky Krieps and felt I should give the film a chance. I found I didn't give a rat's ass about these people and their problems. I also thought thought relentlessly gray chic of the whole thing was dreary, not evocative. 🎥 #filmsky

Now our drugs must multitask, too?

Real power is being able to cut them off from their revenue stream. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Chicagoans have been going gaga over a pair of snowy owls that have settled in at Montrose Beach. Maybe a little too gaga. https://to.wttw.com/4pt3oTd

It appears that the regime's shock and awe campaign has morphed into shlock and awww.

First time in 12,000 years.

Calling, #PamBondi. Are you investigating these #bombthreats? newrepublic.com/post/203557/...

The Stalinization of the United States.

#FirstBirdOfTheDay Sitting on an electrical pole that is currently a roosting spot for starlings was a sharp-shinned hawk! First one I've seen in this sparsely planted suburban neighborhood I call home. (pic from Audubon site)

Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced. Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.

My wallet stays shut during the blackout. I humbly ask that you honor this boycott as well.

I had measles as a child, before there was a vaccine. It was HORRIBLE! Someone I know went deaf from a bout of the disease. Any parent who would knowingly put their children through it (e.g., measles parties, nonvaccination) should be charged with child abuse. #VaccinationWorks

"Finding Joy," an Irish comedy on Acorn TV, is the best thing I've watched in years. Belly laughs and revealing human emotion. Do yourself a favor and watch it. #FindingJoy

Pushing back yields results. Do it early and often! #Resist

I just watched THERE’S STILL TOMORROW (C'è ancora domani), the feature film debut of Italian director Paola Cortellesi. I really enjoyed it & thought its sly feminist theme was better handled than any film I've seen in recent years. It surprised me & made me think. Highly recommended. 🎥 #filmsky

🎼 It's the most wonderful time of the year. 🎶 My box of screeners from NEON just arrived! 🎥 #filmsky

Chicago organizers get another win. thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...

NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man. We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record: