a reporter asked “is mutual aid a form of resistance?” and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond of course of course mutual aid is an expression of love love is an act of resistance

Frame, in violet

NEWS: In 2003, Antonio Porter was convicted of murder despite all witnesses testifying that he wasn’t the guy. After 23 years, he has been ordered freed pending a new trial. Here’s our story @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/a...

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.” Rachel, Alaska

General guide on how to help from outside Minnesota: naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h... Places to donate: www.standwithminnesota.com

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

Flying over and above Lake Michigan’s frozen, fractured, and steaming surface. #Chicago

Well I felt all that -27 degrees getting these images this morning. Stay warm Chicago!

oh great, my doctor prescribed me 2.71828 mg of e so now i gotta find a compounding pharmacy 🙄

Mousy

i'm raffling $500 worth of personal training services to help fund my top surgery. there's an option to buy tix on a trans person's behalf, and that's been a very popular choice if you are a trans person in chicago who wants **free personal training** dm me to get on my trans beneficiary list!!!

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

Daily bunny no.3202 is walking and talking

Mushroom friends to keep you company 🍄❤ [ #cuteart #illustration ]

As I like to say in winter, “When snow is on the ground, always carry carrots in your pocket.” Stories behind the #tinysnowman video at www.spudart.org/blog/tiny-sn...

For my non Chicagoans, this is what we’re all complaining about

Get in loser, we're going to put our bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, to make it stop

there's a BIRD in the PARK

[Official Art} A Rujinu moment painting I pitched a while ago for Kpop:Demon Hunters

[Official Art] Myeongdong street concept art for Saja Boys'd debute. Done for Kpop:Demon Hunters

Updated this to the latest ACS data, tried to be faithful to the original. Continued outward growth of the High Income areas, including a ring of Median income tracts around the edge.

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

oh my god have you guys heard of becorns? lil guys by artist david bird. i am in love. help.

Minneapolis.

1895-2026. Last day for the Loop L State-Lake station, to be demolished for a half-billion-dollar extravaganza that won't open until at least 2029. www.chicago-l.org/stations/sta...

A mallard walks across a stretch of ice in Montrose Harbor.

Not enough people have been posting ducks on ice. We can't fix all the problems in the world in 2026, but we can fix this. 🪶

Free workshops for chicago teens this month at different libraries! Extra dimensional embroidery. I made these little samples this weekend to help get their creative juices flowing and I am giddy. Still time to register. www.badasscrossstitch.com/calendarofev...

Open Veins of Latin America would be a terrific book to read with others if you have the bandwidth to organizing a book discussion.

2026 vibes 🩷🩵🤍🩵🩷

happy new year’s eve 💜🌸

girls, birds & pink flowers

me: "big crowds, loud sounds, and flashing lights are overstimulating" also me: "I might die if I dont go back to the basement club with flashy lights, music so loud I cant hear my own thoughts, and so many gay people I can barely move"

Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow chicagoshovels.org

Saw my first e-ink bus arrival time pilot at Grand & St. Clair! www.transitchicago.com/cta-announce...

Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm. While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago

A swear jar, but for saying “so it goes.”

Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death, and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.

Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.

Photo of a snowy owl without the benefit of a telephoto lens

fashion victim (2024)

Sledding amongst skyscrapers in #Chicago on an incredibly snowy Novemeber day

Snowy owl at undisclosed location

Same shot different day