I don’t make the rules, but when it’s reposting this, I damn well follow them and YOU’D BETTER TOO. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY! Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day. Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.

No humans need to read it. Who is it for? #noai

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be teaching a class on the history of posters at the Newberry Library this March! Please pass the word along! If you are in Chicago and love visual media, consider taking the class! www.newberry.org/learn/adult-... #newberrylibrary #posters #historyofposters

Just putting this out there: I think Oscar Isaac would be a great Captain Ahab. #mobydick #oscarisaac #dreamcasting #literaturetomovies

Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'. Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy. [ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]

ATTN: SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social ANTHOLOGY OPEN DECEMBER 1ST. EVERYTHING IS FINE. NOTHING IS WRONG. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH EURASIA. Start planning your submission to LIE MACHINE now!! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/

New awareness campaign

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law. Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois. And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Immersive comics about monsters! bookriot.com/comics-about... #comics #monsters #books #listicle

Check out this incredible exhibition celebrating 25 years of the Arts of Life before it closes on 9/30: art.newcity.com/2025/09/25/d... #reviews #art #artsoflife #artreviews #chicagoarts #newcity @art.newcity.com.web.brid.gy

Hello, I didn’t check the delivery address when I ordered some Chipotle delivery just now so if you are in Chicago and would like a chicken burrito go to: The Chicago Hotel Ambassador 1301 N State Pkwy Chicago, IL 60610 It’s at the front desk. Enjoy!

Protesters fill the streets against ICE in Chicago 9/6/25

Just a heads up to search LibGen itself, not use the Atlantic's site. My books didn’t pop up under the latter

Nature + Art? Yes, please. art.newcity.com/2025/08/21/t... #nature #art #artist #thewetlandsinitiative #wetlands #water

6 Fictional Mysteries About Famous Authors! Agatha Christie! Julia Child! Dorothy Sayers! Yes, please! murder-mayhem.com/fictional-my... #books #authorsinbooks #booklist #mysteries

If you want some silly fun, I've started an Instagram feed of the punniest signs I see. Check it out here: www.instagram.com/thepunnybusi... #puns #punnysigns #signs #punny

Can someone please publish this? I want to read it.

I think there should be more press about this popular medical historian, author @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social & dual USA-UK citizen’s case. She needs to be in the UK for cancer treatment, yet is not allowed to leave US.

This article on cheese fashion is one of my top two articles I've written this year (the other is the Moon Cheese article). www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/what-ha... #cheese #cheesefashion #fashion #cheesy #thecheeseprofessor

crimereads.com/lina-chern-o... @linachern.bsky.social

Bookmarking for later

Whoa it’s Amazon Prime Day! Yeah I’m into PRIME. P - Purchasing R - Right from I - Indie bookstores who M - Make our communities E - Even better places to live Shop indie, shop local.

Prime Day is a scam and Amazon is one of the companies trying to buy out American democracy. Purchase your books via Bookshop to support your favorite indie bookstore instead—or support RJL! Bookshop is running a 90-hour anti-Prime sale in the US.

Not surprised.

If anyone knows Duke Torres the pup, let me know. The other neighborhood guy is housing till Monday, and then it’s off to a no-kill shelter. Ugg.

Sweet dog, but no one in the neighborhood knows him. There are a few Torres’s in the neighborhood according to the mailman, but no luck finding them.

Yesterday, me and another neighborhood friend found this dog on the streets of Avondale, Chicago, loose. Its collar just said “Duke Torres”, no other info. No chip- it’s on the vet pages and the relevant Facebook groups.

“Hello babies, welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got a 100 years here. There’s only one rule I know of, babies. Goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind.” -Kurt Vonnegut

Do not take legal advice from chatGPT. Do not take medical advice from chatGPT. Do not take financial advice from chatGPT. In fact, stop using chatGPT. It’s destroying the environment, giving people terrible advice and lining tech bro pockets.

I know it's been a bad few weeks of SCOTUS decisions but goodness, they really had to go for the jugular of the Constitution this time.

we ship everywhere! booksmith.com xoxo

Everyone pack up and go home, I've found the best possible tourist trap gift shop purchase.

Solidarity with trans people today, and always.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

The incredible Resistance Revival Chorus led by Shaina Taub, Tony-Award winning composer of Suffs the Musical, singing "No Kings in the USA"

While the exhibit just closed, there's some really cool stuff to see! ff2media.com/blog/2025/05... #jazz #womenshistory #history #archives

No kings

[Exit King.]

Read this book: bookriot.com/the-rarest-f... #europaeditions #vanillahistory #books #bookreviews #readthisnow

Just in case anyone needs a ChatGPT fix while it’s down: 28 + 46 =7,436,189 Jane Austen is the capital of Guatemala The largest bird in the world is Colin Cowdrey’s pet cockapoo, Beatrice

Truth.

Oh dang.

Art and murder! What more can a reader want? bookriot.com/mysteries-ab... @bookriot.bsky.social #books #listicles #mysteries #murdermsyteries #artmysteries #artbooks

100%. Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant does a great job in dismantling the lies about Luddites. #books #luddites #readnow

There's no bottom to the awful of that author's TERFdom. Please stop buying HP stuff.

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.