I live here on purpose.

“Between 2023, when Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling took office, and 2025, the number of times police officers used force against a member of the public increased approximately 35.8%, according to CPD data.”

Springtime in Chicago

Always repost Toshiro Mifune

reshare for alt text, republicans and rich people who want to privatize mail have been lying about the USPS and trying to push this narrative longer than I've been alive, and imposing massive financial burdens on it to make it "insolvent"

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.

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Pacific Rim 2

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

no new pictures. where your head at?

ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

the point is that together we can find a way. the point is that. together.

My phone has astigmatism, but enjoy Moonpie under the tree.

It's your birthday, Duane.

sir goony mini golf, flying saucer, chattanooga, tennessee, 1986

In the early 00's, Scarleteen was my resource for factual sex ed. I grew up in Georgia and the only sex ed we got in (public!) school was abstinence-only and full of misinformation. I can't even remember how I came across the site, but it was invaluable. Let's keep it going for the next generation!

If SNAP serves ~1 in 8 Every person in the US - each person in your household - must donate an entire day's worth of food per week to compensate. If you know 3 people who do not donate, you'd need to donate 12 meals/week Point: do everything you can; also PUSH bc there is only 1 realistic solution

I love my neighborhood 💜

Happy National Coming Out Day, folks.

Chat is it a good sign that it took national reporters an entire month to finally pay attention to the third largest metro in the country being invaded

I guess I shouldn't be *surprised* but it is making my head spin that the feds have shot two people, with live rounds, killing one of them, in Chicagoland in recent weeks, and in both cases they were very clearly found to be lying about what happened, and essentially nothing is happening about it.

here's my take: I think humans are really fucking good. inherently. I think we are amazingly kind and giving. and everything about the world we live in is an attempt to stop us from being that. I think our societies step in to stop us from being good. I think our culture punishes us. but we ARE good

You are all so important. Chicago is showing up in so many ways. Find your lane and invite people to join you. If your thing doesn't suit them, help them figure out what does. I love and believe in this city, and you should, too.

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color Every queer press org should be picking up this story

right now, we have no clue how many people ice has kidnapped in chicagoland under "operation midway blitz." masked feds are snatching people from their cars, from gas stations, from sidewalks. loved ones don't hear anything—sometimes for days. this is what it means to "disappear" people.

Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.

I don't know if it's my favorite but it's definitely up there.

Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago. Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].

As a resident of Chicago, I am BEGGING people to verify things before posting them. It's going to be particularly important in this moment ❤️

“I asked ChatGPT.” Well I went to the doctor. I went to the mountains. I looked to the children. I drank from the fountains.

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Why this matters: the biggest immediate threat to our communities right now remains the alphabet boys, who have *already* told us their plan to unleash Border Patrol. And while JB can conceivably put up a fight against the TX Guard coming, no local elected can stop the feds. Please understand this.

and a happy james dobson is dead day and congratulations to all who need it for outliving that fucker

Since I live in Chicago, my local station only lost a small portion of their budget and there are many donors who will make it up. However, my hometown station, the one I grew up on, has lost 32% of their budget. Rural areas need our help.

If you see this, post a pic from your device without context

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

I see the "can trans men be lesbians"/"trans men being lesbians is transmisogyny"/"trans men can be lesbians is TERF rhetoric" discourse is spinning up again, so-- with feeling:

hypernormalisation

I don’t have anything smart to say, any particular analysis. I’m just deeply sad for the innocent people who will die for no reason at all and for the state of our country.

If you're trans I love you, and if you're looking for any glimmer of a sign from the universe to stay with us let it be this