PLEASE y'all, file witness slips in opposition of this ILGA bill that would require OPERATING SYSTEM-LEVEL AGE VERIFICATION. This is a bad bill on privacy and a bad bill on rights and a technical nightmare with terrible implications. There is no implementation of this that would be good.

Here it is. The City of Chicago comes out against HB2454. Equivalent of giving the middle finger to any bicyclist who is hurt on roads that may look as if they meant for them (like having a Divvy station) but will find out after that fact they were not an "intended" use and the city is not liable.

Help push us over 2500 letters! Still time to write to your Senators (and get your friends to do so too). Casey Means is a charlatan with dangerous views on contraception, raw milk, vaccines and has a whole lot of conflict of interest-she's making money off it all. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

send this to ur valentine 💘

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

It's unsettling how traffic violence is reported in the US. If the driver was going this street's speed limit of 25mph, there's a 90% chance this woman would be alive. But that's unmentioned. The driver was "cooperative." There will be no follow up. There will be no convictions. A life is lost.

by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread #KirbyFraming

Details for the memorial ride for Alex Pretti in Chicago this weekend. - Meet at 1:15pm, Roll at 1:30pm - John Walsh Park (E end of The 606) - Route to come, we will roll @ party pace (casual, no drop) toward the VA on Damen where a memorial is set up for Alex. See you Saturday.

It feels extra cruel and intentional for CBP and Bovino to come back to Chicago, especially hard hit immigrant nhoods, one week before Christmas. These are strategies to abduct people but also about psychological terror meant to keep vulnerable community members afraid.

Retire now @durbin.senate.gov

I just want to ride my bike 🥲

This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

Even without the surveillance, a smart ring is a bad idea. I was interested in getting one for sleep tracking until I read about what happens if the battery expands. It gets tighter and tighter on your finger and you can’t cut the ring off because it will literally explode.

No one should have to face such threats. It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

If you live in Chicago, Illinois. All baskets include Turkeys. Please pass this info on if you know someone in need: Blue Cross give away: Saturday Nov 15th, noon - 2pm @ 756 E 111th Saturday Nov 22nd, 11am - 1:30pm @ 11840 S Marshfield Saturday Nov 15th 11am - 1:30pm @ 2551 W. Cermak Road.

From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

Chicagoans: contact your alderperson! Say no to library cuts!

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

On halloween there’s nothing spookier than a future without CDC

Anyway, get ready to make phone calls to your Illinois Reps, and Governor. I'm going to call on Thursday myself. bsky.app/profile/bett...

ICE was / is in my neighborhood today. I showed up to a local elementary school during pickup with lots of other concerned and caring neighbors. It felt good to do SOMETHING. I think I will continue doing that.

There's an impressive new museum in Chicago. The Marquette Building, already known for its stunning - and problematic - Tiffany mosaics, now is home to Nwi Yathmomen, a new exhibition documenting the native peoples of our region, especially the Potawatomi... www.macfound.org/press/perspe...

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

“The doctor overseeing Ofelia Torres’ care at Lurie Children’s Hospital wrote that her “ongoing complex medical care requires the support of both her parents during this very difficult time,” according to court documents.” Cruelty knows no bounds

“CDC experts actively responding to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 43 people were RIFed in the middle of their deployment.” rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

CTA is providing free rides for the No Kings Rally

Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.

Mood. I'm about to deck out my bici for my ride to the No Kings rally tomorrow✊🏼

This is a bullshit headline in the New York Times. There’s no “uprising” in Chicago. Rather, Chicagoans are peacefully defending themselves against ICE violence. Use of the term “uprising“ is just what the Trump regime wants to excuse a further fascist crackdown in Chicago.

Wow. NHANES js incredibly for population health surveillance, and is nationally representative as well. What a loss.

The East Side is a center of EJ leadership and resistance. It feels even heavier to see this community tear gassed as they continue to resist other environmental pollutants.

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.” Among those RIFd: —leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases; —leadership of global health center —leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

last night, someone on tiktok asked me how wearing a mask is antifascist, so i answered: unfortunately, even passive, austere eugenics works faster if YOU participate. so step up: stand out, mask up, and take care take care take care for yourself & others—before those who seek to harm stop you.

This is one of the photos circulating in some of the Pilsen and Little Village pages. An abandoned tamale cart near Chase on Damen in Pilsen. 💔

Just published in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social: a collective analysis of the power ecosystem that jeopardizes public health and produces inequity, titled “Why Building Power is Key to Protecting Academic Public Health and Advancing Health Equity”

Holly Rowe calling B’am A’ja’s “mentor” when they are working out together to help them each improve their games, & B’am himself has even said A’ja is better than him??? He’s her boyfriend & training partner, not her mentor??

Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"

well that's pathetic

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops"). Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

perfect. this is it. ai is a political project, arguing about its usefulness as an office tool misses the point

They're calling it the longest day in WNBA history

Can’t even laugh at this. The idea of these meatheads skulking around my beautiful, glittering jewel box of a city, looking to tackle every non-white person they see, makes me sick to my stomach. This is the real domestic terrorism.

YESSssssss just in time for the rest of WNBA playoffs

Hey folks! Michelle Garcia is local disability and immigration orranizer who I’ve had the pleasure of working together with on plow the sidewalks and defending paratransit. She’s facing some health challenges that are creating financial hardship and could use some help! ❤️