Horrifying and unnerving. DHS sent an administrative subpoena to Google for this retiree's records and even sent armed agents out to his house for the "offense" of writing the following completely anodyne email to a federal prosecutor using an email address he found via Google.

Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

And a Merry Christmas to all....

"fucking vulgar" good shit 🖖

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That's So Us

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

I think about this post every single time I'm stuck at work when it's rainy or snowing.

jokes about the confederacy are always funny, but you gotta think about it in terms of "Supernatural lasted 5x longer than the Confederacy", which is absolutely hysterical

This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read

really need folks to understand how close CDC came to a mass casualty event. i saw all the news photos and was still shocked when i saw the dozens of bullet holes across the windows of HQ offices—including some of senior agency leadership. it is truly a miracle more people weren’t hurt

I have a free Sunday with no plans so usually I like to get a little ambitious with CTA coffee explorations, but I was too tired from This Week so I decided to try and find something near my neighborhood that I hadn't been to. Got a tasty sandwich and a respectable spot on a park bench. Not baddddd

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i am BEGGING you before you pop off about paywalls to go to your local library's website and scroll through their digital resources. mine gives me access to NYT, WSJ, WaPo and if its linked with PressReader or a similar app, all the news magazines, sports, fashion, hobby etc. FOR FREE.

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

And now for a random PSA that air purifiers are pretty awesome

Sunday’s Sunrise in Cleveland, Ohio

“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

Roamed Rogers Park today for many tasty eats and a beach walk and a stop at the witchcraft store for an independent bookstore day purchase (lacked the energy for the full crawl itself).

Kinda want to go to ROTS tonight but what if I get stuck with a loser non reactionary audience for what is really a very depressing movie! I want yelling and cheers, not throwing down 40 bucks for a Vader breathing popcorn bucket and sadness.

I wanted to mention this super interesting sounding panel on how writers create a religion - you can attend in person at the library tonight if you're in Chicago, or watch it live on YouTube. Description: chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6740f... www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdLR...

Cherry blossom season! Headed out to Jackson Park a couple days ago to make sure any storms wouldn't thwart me.

The best part of any X-Men film is always this scene Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles. Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.

Gorgeous day to sit outside eating a Cubano at the French Market and get your freaking delicious mocha over at the Opera House

Share the media. The news is compromised. We're starting to boil over.

Only the 23-year-olds and fools try to navigate the Red and Brown lines on St Patrick's in Chicago, so I decided to bus it, but those were also full. Then a lost Ukrainian woman wanted to get on the Red line and I was like I can't let you do this alone. At that point? I gave myself over to the day.

TV show proposal: Dexter, but instead of other killers he gets rid of people who are destroying our society and the planet.

Stray old DNC2024 sign in the wild. Like being punched in the face!!

Well rounded International Women's Day over here - went to a protest, had an extremely tasty latte and pistachio chocolate croissant, accidentally jumped the line for some chicken nuggs, got a shower curtain I've had my eye on for years for 50% off, and walked over 20,000 steps.

"I'll take a break from work and get some delicious milk tea with jasmine whipped cream and pecans from the new spot in Chinatown and get away from thinking about politics for a minute" But then your phone is like no, ALWAYS politics, and it's a banger so you roll with it.

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One of the best hand-drawn protest signs I've seen in a while.

ginny organized a whole coup for you and you don’t remember her name??

aaaand now it all makes sense

No clue why politicians aren't out there. This is a handwrapped gift for anyone with two brain cells talking to one another. Anyone up? @democrats.org

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

Begun the trade wars have

There is a nice thing in this world to report and it's that the Thai Coconut Pancakes are back at Trader Joe's and I bought four and I thought that might be excessive but I already ate two yesterday so it obviously wasn't

This was re-re-reskeeted onto my timeline without alt text, so I'm reskeeting the original image with it, because it was a ray of sunshine in these dark times. It's too long to transcribe in one skeet, so there will be two. #uspol

Chicago honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no way Elon is giving this kid back to his family, he’s a state witness.

This all continues to, you know, chafe at the logic centers of my brain so naturally I'm in a "maybe They got them all inside so they can arrest them for election fraud and lied about security/"weather" concerns so there wouldn't be an angry mob outside at the ready when the arrests happen" place.

This point can't be stressed enough. The ups and downs of California's annual rain/snow totals haven't changed much—but every drought is now higher-impact, as the ever-warmer atmosphere parches the landscape more. Moreover, SoCal's wet seasons are shortening and dry seasons are lengthening.

On the bus, watching a woman miss a VERY OBVIOUS Wordle for three rounds but at least she got it in the last one, perhaps because I was mentally willing the word at her increasingly frantically.

I don't think I've ever been more nervous about a new year in my life. At least Chicago is real pretty tonight. 🥂

PSA for everyone

I would give so much to see a newspaper right now from this time next year. I feel like I could brace for things in a constructive way, but it's just - there's entirely too many wretched storylines and so it's really fucking with my carefully cultivated equilibrium. Anyone else in that lane rn?