just saw a profile on hinge of a cop who said his most irrational fear is riding the cta. cannot make this up

just talking about fascism as my aesthetician blasts the hair off my ass

After an off-duty cop allegedly threatened one daughter with a knife and hit another, crashed his car and got into a drunken armed standoff with police he was greeted w/ a hug and was told he'd face no charges. This story is an absolutely essential read from the talented @gracehauck.bsky.social

sometimes I feel bad about my chess but then the world champion spends 3 min on a move just to hang his rook

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET

Okay, sorry for all the chess posting, but this game was awesome. (I'm playing with the Black pieces in this game.) I mouse-slipped on move four, infuriatingly ruining my opportunity to play the Bellon Gambit by playing b6 instead of b5. I was now down a pawn with no compensation.

you shouldn't start a chess game with h6. your opponent might just run you off the board. (the computer was actually really mad at me when i reviewed this game. I had like a dozen opportunities to checkmate, including a very pretty pawn mate if anyone wants a challenge.)

[email protected] is out with an excellent new report on Illinois' judicial FOIA exemption and all the information it keeps hidden from the public — plus, the proposed fixes that are currently pending in the state legislature. www.chicagoappleseed.org/2026/01/20/j...

some history around this: in the US, a lot of standards around double blind trials changed in the 1990's because of the advocacy of queer and trans AIDS activists who thought double blind trials for life saving medications were unethical. It's sad to see medicine reverting to harmful practices.

There’s been a huge push by law enforcement to limit access to body cam footage! And it’s awful that some of these videos have led to people being harassed, but the solution has nothing to do with limiting access to FOIA. Instead, I think we should ask whether armed police officers are needed here

This morning in Hyde Park www.instagram.com/p/DTfnuuzjZOP/

a very happy sports watching to all who celebrate

A great way to discourage comic creatives from introducing more trans characters is to flip out every time one is introduced because they don't meet your individual criteria for perfect representation! Stop doing that!

Omg rewatching Heated Rivalry and I’m thinking of detransitioning so that I can kiss men.

Do you think King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia ever said of Julius Caesar, “I saw, I conquered, I came?”

This is one of my earliest comic memories! I would have been 4 when this came out, so I may have seen a later rerelease? Either way, this cover is what comes to mind when I think of Spider-Man.

Lmao hbo keeps showing me sports related commercials as I watch Heated Rivalry? And, like, sweetie, that’s not why I’m here.

Four episodes deep into the gay hockey show and OMG it has WAY surpassed all expectations!! Also, happy to report, it has very little hockey, just lots of hot gay men being hot together.

Oh. Oh no.

I don’t know my upstairs neighbor, but one thing I gotta admire them for is their ingenuity. I mean, rearranging the furniture at 6 in the morning? Who thinks of that!

"Therapy teaches the worst person you know to put themselves first," the worst person you know says to themselves, continuing to avoid going to therapy.

Thinking about this graph rn ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...

So, Howard Brown has neglected to refill my HRT prescription—after weeks of asking!—for the second time in a row, but every single other doctor I’ve been to outside of HB has misgendered me at some point. Every. Single. One. Truly not sure what to do at this point.

Why snow today and no snow Christmas 😞

The Scotch was one of the first openings I ever learned. What’s fun about it in the early stages of playing chess is the game almost always goes: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nxd4? 5 Qxd4 Now White has their queen out, and, as long as they don’t blunder it (which happens), they’re looking good

“Previously I would blunder a pawn with 2 f4? exf4, but now I have grown up.” - GM Alexander Morozevich. I’m feeling very attacked right now lol

Just made it inside a cafe before the rain really set in. Luckily, I think this is the perfect setting to learn a new chess opening.

Ohmygod, Some Like It Hot starts with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre??? I thought I was in for a silly comedy?? It’s rated PG?? They just killed Toothpick Charlie!!!

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

Perfectly pleased with my results, any higher would be trying too hard ;p

Every year, one of my predictions for the new year is that Taylor Swift will come out as bi to avoid some backlash she’s facing. 2026 may finally be the year.

I cannot believe I’m nearly 30 years old and struggle this hard to find socks without holes in them for a date.

Me: *in a full face of makeup* ABC7 PA: Here’s the green room, and *gestures* you can do your makeup there.

We made a print zine! 📔 Donate $10 or more today and get a copy. buff.ly/tK5Ga4W

You’ve heard of the pink tax, but the REAL discrimination is happening against men, end the balls tax!

Apparently, Shakespeare wrote the part of Dogsberry in Much Ado specifically for William Kempe. What the fuck did Kempe do to Shakespeare?!?

Looking for a man like Benedick from Much Ado (willing to kill his best friend for me).

I want a man like Mr. Darcy (beguiled by, and actively fighting, his attraction for me).

Last article from me for the year, talking about the legislative endeavors to reduce public access to body cam footage. I do not think body cams are the police misconduct panacea they were touted as, but diminishing access would be catastrophic.

So, practicing at midnight is becoming a regular thing for them. That’s cool. Practice makes perfect. It’d be nice of them to learn a second chord, though….

It seems like way too many men make their dating app profiles in their car? Like, why is every photo you have just you in your car? Were you picking someone up and decided to download Hinge? Why 4 photos at the same angle making the same face? What are we doing here?!

Just found out my younger sibling doesn’t remember me reading to them as a child. I thought my rendition of Horton Hears a Who! was the stuff of legends, but oh well. Never mind. Definitely not crying myself to sleep tonight.

I’ve always been surprised that more of my friends AREN’T estranged from their parents, to be quite honest.

Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever Darling, just start the chase, I'll let you win

My Uber driver is playing K-Love radio.

How come I just learned TODAY that Shameless was originally a UK show? With James McAvoy!?

This is a Jane Austen Stan account, by the way. Furthermore, the only issue that will concern me through the weekend will be whether or not Mrs. Bennet can see her daughters married, thankyouverymuch.

“He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped he would never come there again.”

After several years of following FOIA legislation, a few questions got stuck in my head. Just how many bills end up touching on FOIA? Do they hurt or help public access? How many end up passing? Finally, I was able to answer them.

So the “prep time” on recipes is a lie, right? Just made some butternut squash soup with an alleged prep time of 15 minutes. It took me 45 minutes!!