Instead of a public retraction, the Wall Street Journal quietly adjusted its headline. Neither Emma Tucker, the editor-in-chief, nor the two reporters who wrote the original piece responded to my requests for comment. www.advocate.com/news/wall-st...

ICE just released their official statement. A man is dead. DHS claims an officer was seriously injured. Some details in their statement do not align with what we've learned here from eyewitnesses, who also provided photo and video evidence to us. We'll say more when possible.

Very nasty stuff.

“Violent crime rates in America’s big cities have been falling over the last two years, and at an even greater rate over the last six months. The decrease in violence in America is unprecedented.”

Looks like it's official that Trump's National Guard Deployment will be skipping Chicago, at least for now. That's definitely a relief, though I know the news almost certainly has communities all over Memphis on edge.

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms. ‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms. But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

good morning from outside the ice detention/processing facility in broadview, illinois. protesters are gathering here to oppose president trump’s mass-deportation blitz. about a dozen camouflaged ice agents, some with with less lethal weapons, one with a rifle, are standing in the street.

Happening now: it's a tense scene at the Broadview ICE processing facility outside Chicago this morning where a large protest is planned. ICE operations continue to ramp up across the city and burbs. Ten Chicago SRT agents out here with pepper ball dispensers, one long gun.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

OREM, Utah (AP) — Authorities are still searching for suspect in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, mayor says.

Crazy stuff.

Fyi one of the Kirk videos is incredibly graphic. If you're looking at media of the event (especially on Twitter) make sure your sensitivity settings are where you'd want them to be.

I don't know, but if I were the editors at Jezebel, I'd maybe take that article and its social media posts down, 'cause...yeah, might be a good idea right now

The Charlie Kirk shooting happened essentially as another school shooting happened a state away

Just going to leave this from @onthemedia.bsky.social here

Breaking News: Charlie Kirk, a right-wing influencer who is close to President Trump, was shot during a speech at a Utah college. Follow live updates here.

PSA: It’s always ok not to post the violent video, or take yourself off social media if violent videos are a trigger.

highly recommend doing this right now

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

Bookmarks are here, they’re private, and there’s a migration tool for the bookmark feed!

Far from being a hellhole, Chicago is tough and resilient. We are not helpless- especially with our long history of organizing- as I told journalist @maiamcdonald.me ld.me. Read her piece here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

shout out to @wbez.org and @chipmitchell1.bsky.social for the big analysis earlier this week showing the drops in violent crime -- I'm seeing that work cited in pieces like this in other outlets. having strong reporting on that that other outlets can cite helps get the context out more widely.

Thanks so much to everyone who reached out or gave suggestions for folks to talk to for this story! It really helped in this story coming together! Read it now on The Guardian to see how Chicagoans and local community orgs are preparing for the arrival of federal troops.

Love to see reporting on my more niche interests! The Hobonichis were so pricey this year, like almost double what I spent last year 😭😭

Whoa, I was not expecting the response to this post! Thanks so much to everyone who replied and/or messaged me looking to help with my story! I appreciate the interest and support!

Hello everyone! I am working on a story for The Guardian about how Chicagoans are preparing for the possible arrival of federal troops, following President Trump's statements on the matter. Right now, I'm looking for residents, community organizers, business owners, and other folks to talk to!

PSA!! I was just able to make an appointment for the COVID booster. If you're in Chicago, Walgreens has appointments already!

Everyone dunking on the terrible MS NOW name and logo is right, and it’s crazy to give up the MSNBC brand, but we should put the blame where it belongs: on NBCUniversal and Comcast

this summer has both disappeared and also lasted one hundred thousand years

My latest for @theguardian.com—a write-up on last weekend's @demsocialists.bsky.social Convention that examines how the organization is planning to keep the momentum of Zohran Mamdani's win going with other democratic socialists across the country—is up! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

An oldie but a goodie.

Hey, everyone! I'm covering the @demsocialists.bsky.social Convention this weekend in Chicago for @theguardian.com! If anyone is attending today or tomorrow and wants to talk to me about why, I'd love to connect with you! So please hit me up! My DMs are open!

I’ve seen several posts about Sesame Street and urbanism — esp its portrayal of density and diversity. There’s scholarship about this! ⬇️

That's how you can tell human authors from AI. AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off. Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

I don’t think we know enough just yet to understand how this will affect NPR and PBS but both received a very small percentage of their budgets from the CPB. This will however have an immediate effect on local public radio and TV affiliates, esp in rural & Indigenous areas More info here (gift 🔗)

Someone on here said that videogames offer a fantasy of predictable rewards for one's work, which in real life might not be rewarded at all. I think about it a lot!

It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.

Just learned about the Studio Ghibli DVD player

Absolutely disgusting. This doesn't protect student athletes in the slightest and is outrageously transphobic.

I'm a U.S. citizen by virtue of the 14th Amendment. Both of my parents were undocumented when I was born in Los Angeles. Birthright citizenship is necessary for so many reasons, but chief among those is that it serves as a hard limit on bigots who think Americans should only look one way.

There is so much fucked going on here & I find myself reaching to @smashfizzle.bsky.social constant reminder that children are humans which means children have human rights. Except that in the U.S.A., they literally do not. What parents *want* to instill overrides kids *right* to education.

Also do notice, these two Supreme Court decisions dropped the *same day*: - States can restrict online speech if it is "adult". - The mere depiction of homosexual existence can be objectionable adult content. A plus B equals C

Big. I think this has implications for the midterms and possibly the future of the Democrats. 19thnews.org/2025/06/zohr...

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

Me watching the NYC Mayoral Primary Election results

I mean, what can you even freaking say?

Apple bottom jeans,

Today is Juneteenth. Instead of erasing the history of this country, we choose to learn, share, and grow. Here's the history of Juneteenth, and why it matters today: