Perfect time to meet. Everyone's driving home from picking up their kids or waiting for the bus.

Hey, IPS watchers! 📢 The newly formed Indianapolis Public Education Corporation meets for the first time tomorrow. Here's a quick look at what you need to know, via our partners at @chalkbeat.org: mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

Happy Appomattox Day to all that celebrate

Is all this alpha male stuff really helping people, or is it a scam for suckers with too much money and not enough common sense? That's one for the philosophers.

Gorgeous photos in this beautiful story. @theavgjourn.bsky.social mirrorindy.org/easter-sunda...

This skeet transported me back in time, and I didn't want to come back.

This is for me.

A section of 29th Street and 30th Street will be converted into a two-way street as part of a city effort to make areas more pedestrian-friendly. Neighbors in the area have some concerns though. They worry about congestion and increased crashes: https://bit.ly/4bMuiAb

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

Not a priority for me or my family right now.

The Braun administration decided in February to scrap a 15-acre expansion to the White River State Park. One westside resident: “There were guarantees for Elanco, and there were promises for the community.” mirrorindy.org/white-river-...

Me too. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

UPDATE: States with the biggest rise in #gasprices compared to a week ago Indiana ⬆️47c/gal West Virginia ⬆️47c/gal Ohio ⬆️46c/gal Florida ⬆️44c/gal Louisiana ⬆️43c/gal Oklahoma ⬆️42c/gal Texas ⬆️41c/gal Maryland ⬆️41c/gal Georgia ⬆️41c/gal Minnesota ⬆️39c/gal

Bringing out the greatest hits for this new Middle East war.

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So damn stupid. apnews.com/article/mili...

My new Commentary on the disasterous decision to pull back from pollution controls that protect children from toxic mercury Also bad for climate, btw… www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims. By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

We don't have a good record on sunk cost fallacy wars.

IMPD's new chief and westside residents had a frank conversation about issues on their side of town. by @enriquesaenz.bsky.social Photos for @mirrorindy.org by Brett Phelps mirrorindy.org/haughville-n...

You're telling me that word association tools trained on internet comments don't know how to deescalate? www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Everyone's terrible viewing habits have led to this, the CNN Loud Guy.

In a strip mall on 38th Street, a seamstress finds her perfect fit (Also meet her cat, Golden!) mirrorindy.org/immigrant-wo...

Brawndo-ass answer.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

When you regulate carbon emissions, you are also regulating direct and indirect contamination that sickens and kills millions This Administration continues to go the wrong way for Americans, and the health of the planet apple.news/AK2Jk0UD1RBq...

How could this affect Indy? Check out this @mirrorindy.org story from August: mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

Still punk as F, I say to myself while listening to Black Flag in my sensible minivan.

City-county councilors could lose the ability to handpick projects that benefit their districts after a state lawmaker criticized the process. It comes after I reported last year that some councilors used taxpayer dollars to fix roads in front of their homes mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"

Respect to Rodney Smith and Presley Thomas from Terre Haute who were in Indy today for business and were really curious about Mirror Indy.

New fees surprised a family living on the west side. mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

Damn you, Punxsutawney Phil.

We made a one-stop shop for city transparency after the Hogsett administration failed to. While reporting, we noticed years worth of missing reports. Since we contacted the city, they've updated their website. Updates to ours coming shortly. mirrorindy.org/disclose-ind...

Y'all do realize ICE "backing down" means they're just gonna stick to terrorizin' minorities, right?

In 2015, Mayor Joe Hogsett said he’d increase competition for professional services contracts “wherever feasible.” Ten years later, his admin routinely awards them without bids. His allies benefit. mirrorindy.org/hogsett-alli...

Make your voice heard on data centers  mirrorindy.org/data-centers...

DEAD MAN'S WIRE is now in theaters. Take a tour of the real-life locations that were a part of the event that the film is based on. @enriquesaenz.bsky.social mirrorindy.org/tony-kiritsi...

Diners, drive-ins and other restaurants were popular spots for teens to hang out on the westside back in the day. From Park Eat to McClarney’s, relish in the memories of these iconic eateries: https://bit.ly/4ss7fCa

About 100 immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship showed up to a recent naturalization ceremony at Union Station expecting to leave with a Certificate of Naturalization. But 38 of them left empty-handed: https://bit.ly/4iS00ze

Here's an update on the proposed American Tower data center in Pike Township: Company officials won't be at the Pike Township Residents Association meeting tonight. Instead, they'll be there Jan. 14. The MDC Hearing Examiner hearing on the data center proposal happens the next day, Jan. 15.

It seems pretty easy to move things your way if you're rich.