We need to demand more of our elected officials We don't have to settle for politicians who fund genocides & throw trans folks under the bus whenever it's convenient We don't need to bide our time and wait till things are "safe" - letting the Overton window slide further & further to the right

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I find the MAGA numbers somewhat relieving. Not even half of Trump’s voters seem to believe in replacement theory. That’s a lot lower than I imagined.

Love how regular folks in Chicago are organizing to keep their neighbors safe I drove Plume to the vet this morning & when I went through an industrial area, there were people stationed on corners watching with their whistles ready. And know-your-rights yard signs are all over the neighborhoods

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.

Me, watching all the wealthy & racist folks crash out over Mayor Mamdani's historic win

What a shellacking! Taxing the rich, rebuilding our tattered social safety net, prioritizing everyday people over elites - it's all terribly popular, and it wins elections If Dem leadership want to fix their popularity issue, they'll embrace Mamdani and his policies. Corporations can't vote

All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least

Now in Judge Gettleman's courtroom in Chicago, waiting for the morning hearing on this case - which alleges the Broadview, IL ICE facility is a "black hole" where detainees are deprived of legal counsel and subject to inhumane treatment - to begin.

Wild that it took so long for the media to finally cover this incident. There were rumors going around various social media platforms that this was "AI" because there was no media coverage Glad that her story is finally getting told - and that she's pursuing it in the courts

That feeling when you're having two different conversations: Me: 🔵 Jocelyn 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume Plume: 🟢 Hungry Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume 🔵 Friend Plume: 🟢 Salmon Me: 🔵 Love 🔵 Plume Plume: 🟢 Treat Me: Fine, you win

It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

This is why independent and nonprofit media is so important - we can't trust corporations to pursue anything other than their own interests This is a huge loss for us all - Teen Vogue has been an excellent source of hard hitting journalism

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

We don't have money for SNAP benefits, but we do have money to troll the dems I'd say it reads like a bunch of middle schoolers tried to make a burn page, but I think they'd actually do a better job www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”

Everybody's talking about Dem strategy, so here's something to add to the mix. I start with this premise: The best and most reliable indicator of whether someone will vote red or blue is the density of the place they live. More dense, more likely to be blue, & vice versa.

Happy Halloween! Plume's doggy daycare always dresses the pups up for the holidays and sends pictures - so cute 🎃👻🎃

"The AI Con reminds us that the fight over AI is not only about technology. It’s also about language, labor, and the stories we choose to tell about the future, which we can humanize rather than surrender to the myriad ways mass automation dehumanizes." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

“work-conditioned housing” 1. Abduct and expell the migrant workers and immigrants with low wage jobs 2. Cut SNAP benefits and force people to choose between housing and food 3. Abduct the growing homeless population and force them to do labor "Utah is a harbinger of the future"

Allegedly the male correspondant complained to Bari that he was sidelined from covering Gaza because of his support for Israel. So Bari fired the female correspondant who had been doing much of the network’s Gaza coverage instead.

“Did Jamaicans evacuate?” Evacuate to where? Into the ocean? This question reveals so much about privilege, geography, and the arrogance of assuming everyone has somewhere safe to run in a climate crisis. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Like supply chain issues that lasted long after the actual problem was over, or rising prices that far exceeded input cost increases from inflation - the c-suite are incentivised to use any plausible excuse as cover for their own poor decision making Research so far doesn't support "AI" taking jobs

Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”

The ceasefire is not increasingly fragile. It is non-existent, as Israel continues its genocidal campaign.

Bovino's departure from the courthouse in Chicago today after being told he has to come back and check in every day like a naughty schoolboy is wild: ✅️ Totally professional fistpump ✅️ Salute with *just enough* restraint to deny being a Nazi ✅️ Tear gas cannister threateningly set on dash

The shade 😎 From Wikipedia's post about Grokipedia: "Many articles are derived from Wikipedia articles, with some articles observed to be copied nearly verbatim"

Melissa basically isn't even a hurricane anymore; it's more like an island-sized tornado. That is a legitimately terrifying concept.

The real world is working extra hard to make @theonion.com obsolete

It didn't take long for "AI" videos to go from adorable scenes of unlikely animal pairings on trail cams, to potentially dangerous animal & people interactions, to straight up racism This is just the beginning - the manipulation opportunities are endless. People need to get "AI" video savvy, fast

It took 8 years, but I finally had my first Chicago coyote sighting Out walking my dog - both of us looked up at the same time and froze. A coyote was slinking down the street right in front of us, rabbit hanging from its mouth. It stopped and looked at us, equally as surprised 📷: different coyote

If you post a screenshot of a ChatGPT or Google AI claim to prove a point, you should automatically lose whatever argument you're having. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. It is meaningless.

We're watching resegregation happen in real time. This is modern post-reconstruction policy that will further entrench white supremacy.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Video from today's first gas attack. Saturday morning in Chicago.

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

This is Jim Crow shit.

ICE is all over the neighborhood where my dog's daycare is. I saw the owner and warned her - she said they don't have to worry Business owners need to be more informed, I'm actually shocked she didn't understand the risk: More than half her staff doesn't "look white" - legal status doesn't matter!

I didn't realize Border Patrol was running the helicopters so late at night, too Just walked my dog (Wicker Park, Chicago) and could hear them the whole time, but couldn't see them. Once I got home and above the tree line, I could see two choppers circling - Wicker Park, Bucktown, and further east

You can't escape the Border Patrol helicopters here in Chicago. Meeting a friend for coffee and at least 2 are flying over the West Loop & UIC campus. They just keep circling the same area for the 25 minutes I've been here - still going. Stay safe, friends

TIL that the EU uses Libya to kidnap migrants seeking asylum in Europe in international waters - which is illegal. And that those migrants are then thrown in brutal prisons where they are abused, & sometimes even killed. All so European countries don't have to reap the consequences of their actions

The Louvre thieves are bored millionaires who stole the jewels for the thrill. They'll lend the museum pieces from their own collection to fill the void. Meanwhile, their forger friend has disguised the real jewels into the fake pieces they lent, which will dissolve when the fire alarm is pulled

My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.

Giving the school bully your lunch money doesn't keep you safe - it makes you a known easy mark. And it makes your friends potential targets, too You're better off banding together with your friends to fight the bully

I was reading conservative discussion of the ballroom and folks just couldn't understand why people were upset - it's not taxpayer money, corporations are paying for it. And the companies get nothing out of it. It's a donation, so no conflict of interest This is why political education is important