Roberts saying he didn't realize the platforming of Fuentes was a big deal because he "mainly watches sports" remains wild. I don't know if it's more insane that you could be the president of a major think tank and this is true OR you think it's a reasonable defense. www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

The Epstein Files, everybody!

The LAPD shot two people within 24hrs of each other. One was a person allegedly in a mental health crisis, the other had “what looked to be a gun” and it reads like he was shot in the car. The dept has shot 46 people this year.

"putting in the time and the work" sounds to me like the sort of thing a young person is expected to do as a consequence for behavior

A study just came out of Colorado looking at prison libraries' contributions to pro-social behavior / reentry success, and I am very much looking forward to diving into it this evening to see their findings! 📚📜 www.lrs.org/the-prism-pr...

This is insane. No one’s coming.

Illinois law expands mental health services at public colleges

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

Strong geomagnetic storm could make Northern Lights visible in Chicago area mid-week www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone who tries to minimise Palantir's role in public life gets branded as a conspiracy theorist at some point, but look! Yet again! It's all here! Very clearly! And still, govts will work hard to accommodate and legitimise Palantir

“Professionalism”...tends to exclude disabled people and...people who are not...upper income straight white dudes...Alice wrote about what society’s idea of a “professional” voice...sounds like, and how voices like hers,...affected by...disability, would not fit." www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

“Successfully”

‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Bye AHA. You’re toast. Irrelevant.

From Mayor Brandon Johnson’s social media.

I love this line

Nick has been on this story since Day One. Vital coverage from a phenomenal reporter @theintercept.com

“Almost every day, we would have multiple mass-casualty events with 20–60 wounded arriving. I would regularly remove pieces of shrapnel between an inch to half an inch long from patients’ bodies.” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa details how Israel’s decimation of Gaza has made it ‘impossible’ for hospitals.

"Professors interviewed by the Sun-Times disagreed that the university remains autonomous. They decried the agreement as a violation of academic freedom and free speech. ... 'I’m gobsmacked at the idea that anyone can say with a straight face that this isn’t an invasion into our academic freedom.'"

#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...

CEMBALEST: “.. alternative investment managers are swimming in the deep end of the pool: buyout and venture portfolios are full of unmonetized companies .. and private credit funds have loosened underwriting standards after a deluge of committed capital.”

Jesus fucking Christ

The sheer cruelty is breathtaking.

Skokie takes a stand.

"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read

NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history." BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2036...

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home. DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.

SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

Great interview. Last few months have seen the importance of journalism and journalists more than ever, especially ones rooted in community.

Even though some federal agents are leaving the city, arts and culture executives want to be sure of their rights and responsibilities when it comes to protecting staff and visitors.

web.archive.org/web/20241122... Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.

Palestinian authorities say shadowy companies and entities are working in line with Israel on human trafficking.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?

Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people): “i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”

Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal

At least 42 people are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya last week, the U.N.’s migration agency said on Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4pcN6hf

New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.

“A federal judge is planning to release on bond hundreds of people who have been detained by federal immigration agents in Chicago since June.” I also wonder how many were deported so quickly they never had a chance to fight it.

an actual not-made-up death panel, except there’s only one guy

"On June 9, 2023, an audience at Carnegie Hall witnessed an opera written by a person who had been convicted of murder, in collaboration with his fellow incarcerated artists. Over two years later, this fact is still striking to me." Read this story in @inquest.bsky.social:

Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.

Please let everyone know that prices haven’t fallen they continue to rise by 3% just as they did in January 2025 Here are the cpi numbers 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0 Anyone who says prices are falling is a liar