Wonder what poll made raylo shit his pants so hard

here was one of the first personal essays I wrote, about being a youth group-y teenager who was scared he maybe heard the devil in subliminal messages in NIN's "Broken" (which features "Suck") web.archive.org/web/20200920...

RIP Dave Ball, author of the sleaziest synth sounds in pop history

I think Illinois has a pension shortfall we can plug with this 🤔 @govpritzker.illinois.gov

How do you water all those plants but not the books? 🤔

In an interview with The Associated Press, Adam Driver says he developed a Kylo Ren "Star Wars" movie that would have been directed by Steven Soderbergh.

It's really sad that entertainment overall has become a landlord economy. The people who own the platforms make the money. The people who provide the labor make crumbs in comparison.

YOU ARE ALL BALL x PITING FOR REAL😭😭

Can't believe I'm listening to the first new Martin Dupont album in 38 years!! 😭

when the crying of lot 49 ends with the words “the crying of lot 49”

"Even applying great deference to the administration's view of the facts, ... there is insufficient evidence that protest activity in Illinois has significantly impeded the ability of federal officers to execute federal immigration laws." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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I wouldn’t put it passed him - he’s always worked on multiple projects at once

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure. Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing. 3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes. You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

Chicago is home to the largest population of Native Americans in the Midwest and the second largest east of the Mississippi River — more than 30,000 people representing at least 100 tribes, according to the University of Illinois at Chicago.

When I was in 11th grade I took AP history with a man who looked like Santa but who quietly assigned us firsthand accounts of historical atrocities, ostensibly to teach us about primary sources. Anyway the worst thing I read by a long shot was an account of Columbus meeting the Taíno.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game // NES // Commodore 1702 via s-video

Yes, very credible that a video producer from WGN, a conservative station owned by Nexstar, obstructed a border patrol operation. 🙄

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

Starting House of Guinness. This better be trashy!

Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social

Had Omar sign a couple of copies last night at Literary Arts, of his phenomenal One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. A finalist for the National Book Award. I hope it wins.

it's Shadow Ticket pub day — up now on @literaryhub.bsky.social I wrote about Pynchon in the culture. thanks for check'n it out lithub.com/thomas-pynch... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

> ICE escalates > limit protests yes, this makes sense! i am normal and can be trusted to govern and have my constituents best interests in mind.

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Healthy, healthy stock bubble.

Dasha Ramirez and her family were kidnapped by ICE over the weekend. She's a classmate of my friends' son. They've started a GoFundMe for the family. Please consider supporting. Her dad was "mistakenly" sent to Texas despite a court order. NIJC was able to get him back for now gofund.me/2a825943b

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

The cubs must win to close the hell mouth opened by their 2016 victory

Burke also essentially threw out Foxx's Brady list, specifically the "do not call" and "disclosure" lists Foxx's office maintained. This is a recipe for wrongful convictions. Absolutely essential reporting from @danhinkel.bsky.social

Hey, we know this one.

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Shirley Manson and @garbage.com are the GOAT, what an absolutely incredible show at the Salt Shed tonight, full of fury, power, & queer joy! So proud I got to share this night with our beautiful polycule and friends! My loves @theironkurtain.bsky.social @adamcr.bsky.social @morganras.bsky.social

not me shedding a tear or two at the Garbage show

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

“One Battle After Another,” dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2025)

Working hard and hardly working

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A life example: last night at the Garbage concert a woman in her 60s struck up a conversation with me. She was saying that she always loved rock and her husband had been in to punk. She flew in from Halifax just for the concert. The next day she was flying to Newfoundland to hang out with 5 friends+

Good morning from Chicago City Hall, where the meeting of the City Council's Rules Committee, scheduled for 9:45 a.m., has yet to start. Nor has the City Council meeting set for 10 a.m. started. I invite you to follow along, assuming these meetings ever start. @wttw.bsky.social

Just booked my tickets!!!!

That’s wassup

Every PTA film is a big event for movie nerds. I haven't seen a movie in theaters since Sinners. Gonna change that next week.

Had a really weird experience tonight, that fully might have been odd coincidence, but you can’t tell these days. Went to the pharmacy this evening and saw a silver unmarked fed/police van in the lot behind a police van. ICE bells went off in my head. I texted @adamcr.bsky.social that…

Got to see Spoon for the first time in many years. Still as great as ever!

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.