say it with me “i don’t care if you don’t like me because i don’t know who you are”

No need to watch the Orange Felon

FUN FACT ABOUT ME: I’m a Francophile…but specifically, about 15 years ago, I took great interest in Louis XIV and went way further down the rabbit hole than anyone had any business being. Louis, for all his architectural and design brilliance, readied France for a revolution. Let’s take a walk…

[P] It's actually sorta sweet to see how nice the team is to this Make-A-Wish kid

For months now, religious leaders have been trying to provide pastoral care at the ICE facility in suburban Broadview, something they say they’d been granted access to do for years but in the months leading up to Operation Midway Blitz has been denied.

This is beautiful and something we should all consider participating in regardless of belief system.

Look at this muppet. “Mickey”, photo from my collection, no date.

Why you go to law school…..

I don't think there's any real legal incentive, but it'd be great if Prince Andrew decided to incriminate one of his co-conspirators now.

St Mary's Church, Lamberhurst - The Kingdom of Kent There has been a church on this site for a thousand years. The current building was built between 800 & 550 years ago The building is almost entirely surrounded by snowdrops at this time of year

Winter 1918 was a little different in Chicago

Graceland Cemetery coyotes

ATTENTION BLUESKY you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!

I recently got this set of four shots of an adorable tabby. None of them are in focus and honestly I don’t really care. ☺️ I started collecting cat photos primarily because of the love they represent, if they’re technically nice too that’s just a bonus. Ca. 1950s.

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and around the world! May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal ❤️

tonight

NOW: Demanding justice for all those shot and killed by federal agents over the last 2 months, protesters marched from Stewart Park to the memorial of Alex Pretti. Pretti was shot and killed by border patrol agents on January 24, 2026. Minneapolis February 16, 2026

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ

Alright we are on to the first hat! Now I see why everyone told me they love circulars so much. Will have to get a long pair to do magic loop for my next socks.

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Train a comin' #chicago

Restore Customs and the Secret Service to the Treasury. Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation. Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it. Restore all the small random agencies to Justice. Be done with it.

The most pointless thing about using AI in communication: You have a person at one end using AI to generate content from bullet-point promps and another at the other end getting AI to summarise the content into concise bullet points. AI is in the middle playing Chinese whispers.

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

Chicago bitches be like “beach dayyyyyyy”

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Rabbi Tzvia Jasper, at the Jews against ICE demo in DC today, via @joellenovey.bsky.social

CHICAGO: You can vote IN PERSON starting FEB 12 if you go to 137 S. State St OR 69 W. Washington St AND ballots have been sent by mail already’

Mejia combined campaigning with training, including town halls with sessions about anti-authoritarianism, civil disobedience, and ways to prepare for encounters with immigration agents, who are terrorizing New Jersey and every other state. buff.ly/4yH5Utf

Like the man* said: The revolution starts here Where you work and where you play Where you lay your money down What you do and what you say The revolution starts now *(wherein "the man" = Steve Earle)

Laura Fine, Melissa Bean, Melissa Conyears-Irvin, and Donna Miller are the AIPAC candidates in the four open Chicago congressional races

A coyote walks through the Streeterville neighborhood Monday evening in Chicago.

i don't really think there will be heroes here, but i also don't think people are going to let this go like the DOJ hopes

thomas massie with a pencil sharpener at terminal 3 (he's about to go on CNN to discuss what he saw today)

Please don't give your ID to Discord. Remember that this is not about protecting children. Don't let Discord gaslight you into thinking otherwise. I also suggest canceling your nitro subscription if you haven't. I'm not rebuying nitro until they reverse this.

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage. The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts. Follow along!

Just cancelled my nitro and included exactly why when they asked. Fuck this surveillance state nonsense.

Lansing, Michigan, is one of two cities where Malcolm X crosses MLK. (The other is Washington, D.C.) Malcolm spent his formative years in the area and still has family there.

the bushes were people 😂

I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state. Tell them it will find your dog.

English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"

Fuuuuuuck that Ring ad. "Search party can be used to find your dog!" Yeah being able to trigger an AI recognition search program using your neighbors doorbells seems totally normal and safe.

¡Es culpa tuya, conejito malo!

Love that we went from that to mike tyson going "man my fat sister died when she was 25 and we're all gross and fat and should hate ourselves" while violently eating an apple, sponsored by MAHA

Holy shit was that ricky martin?

I for one welcome our new Puerto Rican leadership.