Cormorants forever problems for now

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Let’s get it!

People should take notice of what's happening in Rogers Park in Chicago right now. The right-wing media machine has zeroed in on the 40th Ward's Black queer alderman in the aftermath of a shooting, vilifying her description of the victim being in the "wrong place at the wrong time" as victim-blaming

Me: why am I getting headaches lately even though I don’t otherwise feel sick? March: oh hi, how would you like a pneumonia front to send the barometer on a roller coaster ride for the 4th time this month?

Outsmarting the ATS with a vampire HR screening with a vampire Unpaid panel presentation with a vampire "We went with an internal candidate" with a vampire

“This name derives from our city’s legacy of standing up for justice, dignity, and the rights of all people, no matter where they come from. I want to take this moment to reiterate that Chicago does not want ICE on our streets, in our airports, nor in our city.” @wttw.bsky.social

As tax season approaches, I’m again spreading the word that FreeTaxUSA is possibly an option for some folks here. I filed my federal & state (PA) taxes free with them this year and for the last several years. While it won’t be an option for everyone’s situation, it’s worth checking out! #taxes

Ah yes, a low-flying helicopter directly overhead is always a good sign

The gold bubble letters, the quotation marks, the fact that it’s obviously a decal on faux kitchen-counter “marble”—it’s so terrible and also making me absurdly delighted

To everyone who doesn't want to see the face of the US president, we have a labeler now! bsky.app/profile/face...

Margs forever problems for now

Please no one ever tell me if Chewy is problematic because I’m so happy with them. I’ve seldom ever had any issues, but when I have needed to contact them, I get connected with a human right away, who’s always super helpful and nice and fixes everything with discounts “for my troubles”

I'm at the energy crisis, I'm at the AI bubble, I'm at the combination energy crisis AI bubble

Do you think Scott Baio woke with a start this morning, somehow sensing he had moved up a spot on the (extremely) short list of MAGA celebrities?

I grew up with being a big no-no to take the lord's name in vain, and I think this qualifies way more than something like yelling "goddammit!" when you stub your toe

The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2022 for its coverage of Jan. 6. Their entry's capstone was a mammoth feature titled "The Attack," featuring reporting by 26 journalists. By my count, 8 of them are still at the paper. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Lotta color out there right now

My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there

Happy caturday from this streamlined gentleman

It’s 9:30 and the red line is already standing room only full of green-clad youngins on their way to the bars. May St Patrick protect you if you’re trying to navigate the city today

You've been sidelined in the sports chat You're being gaslit in the municipal utilities chat You're being drowned out in the lifeguard chat

Chicago wind gauge

We've seen another morning of increased ICE activity with DHS helicopter out and about in Chicagoland. Feds have taken people from Humboldt Park and Ravenswood. Vehicles also seen in Rogers Park. ICE watchers are asking north side neighbors to get outside and keep an eye on landscapers & laborers.

What’s your sign?

Current* conditions near Empire, MI:

Yay open door weather

First visit to Abt. I totally get why Chicagoans rave about this place. Despite it being packed, I only waited a few minutes for help; the associate-to-customer ratio was almost 1:1! Within 15 minutes I had my new dishwasher so I wandered around, admired their vast inventory, and got my free cookie

since women's day is an hour shorter this year, women will be taking that hour from another day at some point during the year. we don't tell you when, but it will happen

Today’s timeline cleanse is courtesy of this friendly neighborhood goat I met in Grenada a few weeks ago 🇬🇩

Claude is conscious the same way Auggie the parrot actually wants bacon pancakes

Always fun, while reading about his latest major offense, to be reminded about the smaller offenses, like just how tacky and fugly he's made the Oval Office

I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”

“In a pair of recent interviews with STAT, Plotkin expressed dismay at seeing the achievements of his career & his field slip away. He knows what lies ahead… “All I can say is that I’m beginning to regret having lived so long —because we’re going downhill,” Plotkin said” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

After 20 years in Chicago I finally made it to Starved Rock. A 65-degree day in February was too good to pass up

Happy 11th anniversary of the greatest day on the internet imo, when both llama drama and The Dress happened on the same day

This is so cute and funny! Not surprising that my hero Emma Thompson produced it.

Pratt pier bringing the drama

SCOOP: IL-9 congressional candidate and current state senator Mike Simmons had police called on him in Buena Park while canvassing for votes. No arrest was made. Here’s the video of the interaction @senmikesimmons.bsky.social recorded and shared with me.

Okay but if you don’t have to sit through a ticker scroll on the local news TV station at 6 am, patiently waiting for your school in alphabetical order, does it even count?

Epic has a new AI summary generating tool, and I noticed that it completely hallucinated a GI bleed for one of my patients last night.

This is 65 and sunny in Feb: Chicagoans barefoot in the sand, with the lake’s ice shelf behind them

As someone who's been begrudgingly "networking" in an attempt to find FT work for the past 2 years, this hits way too close to home

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Was starting to make a joke about how MST3K taught me that in times of hardship and deprivation no one can stop you from enjoying the homies' company and commenting on how stupid it all is, but that's actually just completely true

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