HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.” “That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause. thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Anyone else getting a lot of follows recently from accounts that look like they have AI user photos and are very obviously fake?

The Umamusume version of Lyn is in Fire Emblem Heroes now. (Obligatory screenshots of her ridiculous skill descriptions included.)

After President Trump suggested Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there is something genuinely wrong with this man."

Replicated the premise of this Verge piece and there is no AI result. The company that just paid Trump $24 million is now not surfacing search results that a Trump admin might view as negative. Businesses playing their part in how people receive information. www.theverge.com/news/789152/...

HAPPENING NOW | A large protest is underway in downtown Chicago, drawing hundreds of demonstrators in response to the recent presence of ICE and federal agents in the city and suburbs. FULL STORY: https://tinyurl.com/45ts9n6w 

Got *so excited* for a second because I got a PR email with "A Date with Death" in the headline and, due to sleepiness, I initially thought it meant a console port or new DLC for Two and a Half Studios' otome.

cis people, you have to show up. right now. we do not have the numbers, but you do. we are talking about suicide. that's what this headline is. taking away HRT will increase trans suicides. i and so many others are dead without it. don't let us die without trying to keep us alive. call, please.

vin scully: today's broadcast of Dodger Baseball is brought to you in part by uma muhsoomy, pretty derby. In fact today is three years to the day that Daiwa Scarlet--line drive to third,

I've been hit by tech layoffs, which means I'm open for full-time marketing work in social media, content, events, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I've transferred my 12+ years of marketing skills across anime, games, TV, comics, and tech.. and I'm funny 😋.. TY for any shares/leads ❤️

Your health care bill is about to explode. The notices will start arriving next month. A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000. Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarantee your costs go up. We need to fix this. Now.

OUR SECOND CAMPAIGN STREAM GOES LIVE IN 45 MINUTES!!!!! I'll be playing Hades II, answering your questions, and having even more fun than we did on Tuesday's stream. Join on YouTube or Twitch at 7 PM CT. See you there!

Love that we're 15 minutes into a Sony TGS 2025 State of Play and have yet to see one game made by a Japanese developer.

If someone likes Field of Dreams, Goodwill has a trophy for you.

I felt way less demoralized failing in Baby Steps than I did in games like Getting Over It. I also happened upon neat finds more of the times I did screw up, which eased some of the blows.

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

Every time I heard about this Dragon Song Tavern game, I was like, "This is just Little Dragons Cafe, right? WTH?" And now I got the PR for the 1.0 launch and like... this is Little Dragons Cafe and the dragon is now Toothless? store.steampowered.com/app/3148160/...

GFM update! Recovery has gone almost as perfectly as it could, but unfortunately, I had to re-open the fundraising because between a partial insurance denial and some frankly ridiculous hospital costs, I'm now looking at over $9000 #transsupport #supporttransmen #transhealthcare gofund.me/44e711c83

I like how “Soda Pop” and “Golden” are the KPop Demon Hunter songs most people who haven’t seen the movie yet know, as then they get to be surprised by the two actual best songs “Your Idol” and “What It Sounds Like.”

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

I don't want to scan a QR code to be taken to your menu. I want a physical item I can look at or hold.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

The Baja Blast gelato ended up being really bad and not really gelato, so I’m a little concerned about this.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

My characters took first, second, and third in the Gemini Cup in Umamusume!

While it isn’t one of the best Granny Weatherwax books, Maskerade is still fun and full of great asides.

The cheapest option is to give unhoused people homes. It always has been. Every single other option costs more money. Suffering is paid for & backed by those who own multiple homes. So imagine: A home for everyone Now imagine is that’s a non-radical statement; an agreed upon simple human right.

It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."

Great reminder today about why review embargoes are important! When a 50+ hour RPG was sent out to press 3 days ago at the earliest I simply don't think it's good for anyone if a review has already been written. Even if they've finished the game, doing so without sleep just isn't healthy.

These Kamen Purr Rider figures are too cute. Why do I never seem to see lil' sweeties like these in the Mitsuwa gashapon machines? us.gashapon.jp/item/detail....

Terry Savage regularly shows up on WGN morning news. In today's segment, she was like "tariffs aren't resulting in inflated prices for consumers yet." And I'm thinking, "Ma'am, there are countries who aren't sending mail to us and we're seeing ridiculous increases in prices and shipping rates."

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@amcosmos.bsky.social I *finally* picked up a blind box bjd this weekend, due to your influence! (I got lucky and got one of the two secret characters.)

I think Super Robot Wars Y might convince me to watch SSSS.Dynazenon.

I don't think I'll become one of those people with a massive plush pendant on their bag, but I did get a Skullpanda as a gift... then put one of my bracelets on its neck as a necklace and bought a cheap protective bag from Hello Tokyo.

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

Attn all ICE agents! Here’s an announcement from our front window: Chicago hates you, and you are not welcome here!

If you are in IL, Walgreens has updated COVID-19 boosters! You could be vaccinated in as little as 15 minutes. (I even walked away with no bill, as apparently BCBS covered it.)

I really wish I could go to Tokyo for TGS.

I am glad August is over, because oof that was a month. The universe decided to close things out by giving me an emergency filling replacement and a nasty cold.

There are still some hiccups as this rollout starts (we're aware that the review boxes aren't showing and are working on a fix), and we'd love feedback/bug reports in the comments about it!

After this long weekend, I wonder if streaming numbers for the movies Dave and Weekend at Bernie's went up.

Spent Labor Day laboring over an Idolmaster 30MS Kogane Tsukioka model kit. It was fun! But the skirt and fiddly torso parts were a challenge and I hate that it didn't come with a stand.

If you want to play a classic this holiday weekend, this would be a fun choice.

Stuff like this (and his support for LGBTQIA/women’s health/kids/etc) is why I would 100% support Pritzker for president.

HBomberGuy did not spend months on a four-hour video about plagiarism for you to learn nothing from it.

I get Team Cherry deciding on a "set" release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong, but also feel like it would have been kinder to all the other September indies to have just been a gamescom shadowdrop instead.

Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties

American Science and Surplus is closing down a lot of its branches. This is so sad. sciplus.com/important-in...

YES! I did good this Taurus Cup round!