There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were: Black Baptist Churches A Mosque A small Appalachian church

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us! Register: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

There's Only One Bed at Christmas is a collection of three Christmas novellas! Until November 17, you can get 40% off at Kobo with promo code NOVEMBER40 (Canada, US, UK, Australia, New Zealand).

This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Little Sunfish

GUYS GUYS GUYS there are beautiful handmade hats and blankies but ALSO! @oliviawaite.com made a BEADED OCTOPUS? AND IT IS AMAZING?!?!?! www.32auctions.com/organization...

The recommendation categories are ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL.

if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.

10/10 take. No notes.

At the broadview ICE processing facility that is running an unlicensed detention center (as an in court this week) with the peaceful protesters in front of the illinois state police and local police.

Love seeing them open then close the doors & drive away when the whistles & shouting begin. Unfortunately, ICE / CBP abducted neighbors at two other locations in Evanston / Skokie where there weren’t as many active deterrents. Grateful for community defense, & also ICE out of our communities.

Listening to local public radio while working, and they are having a call-in show with the topic of how to talk with your kids about being tear-gassed by masked thugs. So that's a thing.

The horrors, they are many. And I am also going to take a little time to grind my teeth about the particular frustration of the high school application process in my otherwise beloved city - and the fact that I cannot access the goddamn website that is the magic portal to it all.🤬

What a queen

Tonight was the inaugural ride of our new home buyout program. We connect with vendors too scared to be out, and we purchase from them at home. Tonight we bought 250 tamales, divided into 3 teams to deliver all over the city to folks on the street, Love Fridges, and a youth shelter.

THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 10:30 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

This isn't going FULL pelican, but it is at least a half. maybe 3/7th? #birds

If you see any art in Chicago this fall, put the Elizabeth Catlett exhibition at the Art Institute at the top of your list. A moving and powerful exhibit that we really need right now.

Two thousand whistles packed up and heading out the door tomorrow. Thank you @moryan.bsky.social for hooking me up with the person who can use these in Chicago! 💕 (and thank you to discord for buying me enough filament to keep making them!)

ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”

me looking for snacks in the fridge: #birds

Recently started Adam Hochschild's "Bury the Chains: Prophets & Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves" as part of the #AbolitionStories series. I realized I really had very little knowledge of the English end of things. Also I've never been disappointed in his books. #ThursdayBookChat

Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

my favorite part is the freehand cut on the right edge of "The" not even a blade and straightedge, and CERTAINLY not a guillotine cutter I expect the same high-quality craftsmanship on the ballroom

The changing of the seasons is also a good time to change yourself. Pick up a new hobby. Grow antlers if it suits you. Break free of the chrysalis that is your human form and emerge as a swirling cloud of ravens, and disappear croaking into the darkness.

here’s a flyer

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

This person took this when they called the race

The real lesson is to put an actual hard number on income categories instead of shit like "the top 10%." People ALWAYS massively overestimate what percentile they're in, but a hard number for comparison lets them say oh yeah, fuck the rich, I ain't ever gonna see that number in my life.

THE PROPHESY HAS BEEN FULFILLED DAYENU

Illinois now is the time to try for a progressive tax again

shout out chicago.

Ignoring everything to lie on the couch and read (and cry at) the beautiful and funny "Rules for Ghosting" by Shelly Jay Shore. Family & friendship & romance & grief & wonderfully queer.

Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.

me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself me to me: wtf is wrong with you

A+

Protect RP, a rapid response immigrant support network started in 2017 by a group of Rogers Park neighbors, has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for families in the neighborhood impacted by ICE / CBP abductions and presence in Chicago:

I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote: "To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace." No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.

This thread is about Evanston, but this has also been going on without reprieve in Elgin, Aurora, and other Chicago suburbs—a metro area of nearly 10 million people.

> @knowyourmeme.com knowyourmeme.com/memes/distra...

goddamn, bird. 🪶

Illinois cops can’t use Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition company linked to the far-right. But ICE and Border Patrol can — even though a DHS policy regulating the tech was wiped from its website. An expert said, “This is what dystopian nightmares are made.” tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh

Join BRABC for prisoner letter writing tomorrow, Sunday Nov 2nd from 3-5pm at @firestorm.coop brabc.noblogs.org/prisoner-let...

Outside Chicago— State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear. A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection. Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.