Good thing Congress isn't alive to see all this.

I wanna hear everyone's recs for good books about housing affordability? I like seeing the research, I case studies, I like planners, I like people who give a fuck about equity and getting people housed and not assigning blame on individuals. Show me the systems that are to blame!

Be sure to pay attention to the alders who voted no on banning Chicago police officers from actively participating in extremist and anti-government groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. I'm disappointed as always to see my alderman, Scott Waguespack, among them.

49-1 to tells service workers making less than the minimum wage: "Times are hard, don't be greedy. No raises for 2 years & beg for tips until 2030!" 50-0 to tell billionaire sports team owners and developers with a project to become even richer: "Here's a tax break, baby. You gotta get that bag."

NEW: In the morning, lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment to a $580 billion transportation bill that would make federal highway funds contingent on states and cities killing off their automated license plate reader programs, i.e., Flock, in most cases.

I refuse this kind of nihilism.

More on ICE agents detaining a person in North Chicago this morning, leaving a child behind in a car:

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

DEVELOPING: ‘Broadview 6’ judge orders feds to closed-door hearing over grand jury transcripts just days before trial From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Hey, if my guys wanna be in a hate group, they should be able to. They work so hard!

“The restoration of "the natural order" – in which the dominance of white people in America is preserved and protected – requires ruining the economy.” 1000x’s this.

hard to exaggerate how heroic these men were. they likely saved dozens of children's lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I wanna hear everyone's recs for good books about housing affordability? I like seeing the research, I case studies, I like planners, I like people who give a fuck about equity and getting people housed and not assigning blame on individuals. Show me the systems that are to blame!

This app is broken about 56% of the time

When someone offers you a seat on the submersible, you don't ask which seat. You just get on.

Let me add since we are STILL IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC that wearing masks not only protects you from a wide variety of airborne pathogens but *also* disrupts facial recognition software it is, individually and collectively, for health and security, a good habit

you are not going to give a post-grad course on chromosomes or whatever, you absolutely should not try, and it doesn't matter. insist to them that our idle curiosity is not a factor in the lives of the people whose rights and dignity we should defend

Hey Boston area friends! My occupational therapist and I are custom building a mobility device for me. We've prototyped a part. We now need it fabricated. Could be fabricated out of lightweight metal or on a 3D printer (plastic). Are you able to make it? Do you know someone? Reply!

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

I send this tomorrow 🚨 Ahmed is an expert in treating children’s trauma in Gaza. In exile & facing continued racist barriers, he has NO support for living costs in Europe. We still owe support. 119/387 by Thursday will cover his next month. tinyurl.com/HelpAhmedF Hudhud we saw together last year:

"This court has no jurisdiction over Northern Texas" bitch why does Northern Texas have jurisdiction over Rhode Island?

I once read all of animorphs on this

I'm so glad Hailey's mom is better and that Hailey is making art again. She's done so much for the trans community in Brazil and elsewhere. But it sucks to be in a place where the smallest disaster can throw you back into dire straits. I am really hoping Hailey gets on a more secure footing soon.

Accidental pocket photos, while biking. #chicago #photography

All these Trump endorsed folks still winning. White folks ain’t had enough yet.

Do you know I actually think that these people are so inoculated from any public sentiment that they are legitimately shook by a handful of boos at commencements this week?

AI is the lynchpin of the whole political project. It’s the container for the parallel governance they have promised each other. I truly think that they are surprised that people don’t like it…and that they can’t yet wholesale punish everyone for not liking them.

Hello Chicagoans. I will be speaking at Pilsen Community Books on Saturday May 30, at 6pm, along with the great @gabrielwinant.bsky.social. Hope to see some of you there.

DuckDuckGo allows you to fully disable AI features and hide AI-generated search results.

Bitcoin + AI will drive data centre growth in the US such that in every scenario in this study, power prices and total emissions increase substantially (even when you resurrect Biden-era clean tech policies or assume expensive gas) news.ncsu.edu/2026/05/data... iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Two different people have died while jailed at Rikers Island in the last two days. A spokesperson for @mayor.nyc.gov confirmed these posts are about different deaths:

half of all tech news lately is some variation of "the computer company has discontinued their well known product, the computer"

The Trump $1.776 billion slush fund is not mere corruption. Trump is giving his brownshirts money for recruiting, logistics, AR-15's and tactical gear. Nobody in the national media seems to be talking about this, or about how the Paycheck Protection Program played a central role in funding Jan 6

Lake forever, problems for now

when you utter “cereal” in a hard-surfaced room

The projected valuation of THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR, GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT, THAT OUR fund will cover claimants' claims.

A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.

No splash whatsoeverrrr 🤏🤏

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

up and at them

a hot new bombshell enters the villa

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

best buy? the hdmi cable store?

hey everyone, we are at $124 out of $400 can you help? hamoud has been in and out of the hospital because he now requires regular cortisone shots. we’re just trying to make the $400 so he and maha can stay housed. anything helps!

People have already memory-holed how critical #TeslaTakeDown was. It was the earliest decentralized set of protests in the second term as early as Feb 2025 at a time when most people were shell-shocked and Dem leadership was cowering and capitulating. And it pushed Elon out of the WH.

You won’t have to perform in the relationships meant for you. You can exhale, and exist without the sparkle and pretense. You can be ordinary — unremarkable even — and still be seen and loved for who you are. Now, that’s safety.

Serious, consistent attention for Palestinian life. Not discourse. Just a five you click "weekly" on sustains six families & a camp of 15 more with food, medicine, disability & baby needs, shelter. Pretty amazing. But then take action for their lives. Enough talk on this app. Something real.

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.

I am once again begging CDOT for posted bike detours when Clark is closed in Andersonville for street festivals