It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

I love how "further research is needed" can mean anything from exciting new question to please don’t look too closely

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

How all these farmers losing their livelihood look right now.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the Loyola Chicago team chaplain who rose to fame during the Ramblers’ 2018 Final Four run, died Thursday. She was 106. http://dlvr.it/TNbPRc

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

A’ja Wilson has the most points in a single postseason in WNBA history 🔥

Michigan Avenue right now.

THAT'S OUR M'VP RIGHT THERE 🗣️

Phoenix 100% deserved to take that L. Poorly defended last play to allow A’Ja a shot from her fav spot on the floor. Unreal.

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW. While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

My review of Taylor’s new album is that when Beyoncé turned 35 she made LEMONADE.

​I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

This trio scored 70 of the Aces’ 91 total points in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. ◻️ Jackie Young: 32 PTS, 8 REB ◻️ A’ja Wilson: 28 PTS, 14 REB ◻️ Chelsea Gray: 10 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!! Just the one!!

The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.com

In my most recent article, I interviewed fifty parents of children with disabilities across fifteen states whose children were subjected to harmful restraint maneuvers by school staff, dragged into seclusion rooms, and locked inside. (1/4) #restraint #seclusion dsq-sds.org/article/id/6...

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

JUST IN: Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting officers to open fire, DHS said. via @wbez.org

A woman was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday on Chicago’s South Side, marking the second shooting since President Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month.

Why was Emmett Till killed? Because a white woman told a lie. Why was Black Wall Street burned down? Because a white woman told a lie. And why did Kyren Lacy take his own life? Because a white woman told a lie. Our society infantilizes white women, so much so that we forget they owned slaves too.

My favorite armchair comment is Americans don‘t understand authoritarianism, because so many of you don’t count Black people as Americans. Learn the history or shut up.

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

The Trump administration has asked 9 colleges to pledge support to Trump’s right-wing agenda to get priority access to federal funds. The schools are the Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, U Penn, USC, Texas, Vanderbilt, and UVA. Any school that agrees to this blackmail should be ashamed.

These posts from @andr3wsky.bsky.social on threads (I checked to see if he also posted here but he didn't) were actually hard to read, because Black folks have said this *so* often and been argued *down* about it, reading someone say it as a 💡 feels damn near insulting. But maybe ppl will listen

I had a lot of thoughts about Napheesa Collier reading WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert from Genesis to Revelations. This much is clear: Cathy Engelbert can’t continue as league commissioner www.youtube.com/live/WcbD9BV...

I’m almost halfway through mine and I know I’m not going to want to go back.

This is def less an issue with my grad students, albeit not nonexistent. This feels exactly right.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

I am ALWAYS surprised at the amount of fans Chris Brown has or the fact that he's still.. a thing

I think people should be alarmed now because waiting until they consolidate enough power to carry out the desires he’s voicing now is a bad idea.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Someone on that other app said that Phee activated three of the most "ravenous fanbases in the W" and nothing could be truer. Big time move!

Ohhhhh Phee let them know! This is leadership!

Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview. She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

Ahhh. Yes. Two n-words indeed.

RAMS Lab will be well-represented at NASP 2026 in Chicago. We had 7 proposals accepted!

I don’t understand why they would put her on LIVE.

Kathy is somewhere seething

Cheryl!!!!!!!!!!

Not a Lynx fan at all but let me tell you when it comes to leaders I want a Cheryl Reeve everytime. Leaders have to be willing to crash out and go to battle for their people.

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” ― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur died free

very happy to have participated in a new research program aimed at getting first year students involved in research at @illinoisstateu.bsky.social

🚨 NEW OPEN ACCESS PUB! spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This works feels so timely given the ridiculousness surrounding autism being spewed out of Washington. Bad policy/law impacts those holding intersecting minoritized identities like our sample most.