A reminder that you don’t have to do this. You don’t have to do things that you know are wrong.

“If you ask her, she gon say yeah.”

*saves to Google Maps*

Chilling. Maybe the best example yet of how smartphones are the primary weapon that global authoritarians are using to take over the world.

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

When you’re a member of the IBTC a mammogram requires levels of contortion only seen at the circus. But, we do what we must because skipping is not an option.

Please set yourself free from this mid ass coffee.

The world being on fire doesn’t make your struggles less acute or deserving of support and accommodation. It’s okay to ask for help even when others may need it more. No points for quiet stoicism in this life.

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

The linked story is from 2018 and it’s wild that this isn’t more widely known or been put into use in a way that lay people are aware of!

They *refuse* to leave us alone omgggg.

The Street Vendors Association of Chicago is raising emergency funds to support vendors who can't safely work right now. They have a significant goal of $300k for impacted workers + families. GFM is here: www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st... Instagram account: instagram.com/streetvendorsofchicago

The Illinois Department of Public Health issued an order allowing almost anyone in the state to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine. The state’s protocols are in sharp contrast to the federal guidance issued last week, which declined to recommend the vaccine. trib.al/tzt51qZ

Celebrating 50 years of the iconic "Bohemian Rhapsody" 🎂 Making the most-streamed song from the 20th century took ambition, hard work, and a dash of opera. Roger Taylor and Brian May sat down with Rolling Stone to reflect on Queen’s masterpiece: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this. I don’t view it as a Me problem.

I’m not hopeful that people will do anything actionable on a large scale until the harm is done on an even larger scale. All I can do is repeat the harmfulness of it and hope people consider that to be enough.

There’s a lot of information about the harms of generative AI. There is also a lot of propaganda that has made generative AI seem like a fix for people with little means. It’s not the first time one group of marginalized people are given tools to exploit another.

Bump...

Wrapping up a client’s 2024 bookkeeping so they can finally file their taxes and it reminded me just how much I love Xero over QuickBooks. The UI is so much cleaner. And the direct integration with Stripe makes my job easier.

Wishing everyone a great Fall.

My allergies are on one today 🤧

Happy Autumnal Equinox. Happy Chicagohenge. Today, we move into another season of the year.

DC/MURRLAND/NOVA...yeen got your tix, yet? www.dccomedyloft.com/events/113749

Let me be the one to say it plain and clear. America is not intelligent or self-sufficient enough as a nation to be isolationist. American exceptionalism is a dangerous delusion. Like an Icarus level delusion. And it's so deep too many folks don't realize the wings already burned & we're plummeting.

They sure that’s what they wanna do??

Do yourselves a favor and go enjoy some Saturday morning cartoons at your big ass age…be a kid again.

I know we all keep talkin about it since the tour is going on rn but I am genuinely FLABBERGASTED by how many of my mutuals love them some Chris brown. Like normally it’s the degenerates who keep supporting low lifes like him but it’s been like, upstanding women with sense and 401ks. The chokehold?

This this this this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WFP is it! Speaking of, I am currently working on a political campaign for Alana Belle, running for councilwoman of Ward 9 in Cleveland, OH - endorsed by the WFP! Can you all please RT and help me spread the word? CLEVELAND NEEDS ALANA BELLE!

“The BLS — charged with collecting critical data on employment, prices and more — did not explain the reasoning for the delay or when it might ultimately be released.”

Without Nile Rodgers, we wouldn't have the songs that have made up the soundtrack of our lives. Happy birthday to one of the greatest and most influential musicians of all time.

another way to say this: fascism isn't about rules people follow, it's about categories people are in if you're in the right category nothing you do is bad if you you're in the wrong category nothing you do is good it's not about what you do, it's about who you are

Everything this country does makes so much more sense when you stop pretending like it was built on anything other than racism. The racism isn’t the point! The cruelty is the point! Left, right, it do not matter, they’re all racists. That’s it that’s all lmao

And it was worth it because when i say the waves are SPINNING?!

The boy wore his durag all day in school in preparation of his haircut tonight. Picture day is tomorrow.

Love seeing the collaboration between @thetriibe.com, @chicagoreader.com, and @unraveledpress.com They are light in the current darkness. If you're in Chicagoland, follow and support all 3. They are our local news room and are providing important, honest reporting.

Hey yall, LinkedIn has auto-toggled the “Data for Generative AI Improvement” box in settings. Go check yalls accounts and toggle it OFF.

I wish I still had my original one.

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Diaper need is a problem so big and with so few solutions that I'm always interested when I I come across a new one. This particular one, Diaper Dollars, gives parents an e-card that deducts the price of diapers at checkout. Currently in Illinois and Ohio: 19thnews.org/2025/09/diap...

The sooner ppl get this, the better. There is no “gotcha” you can employ bc the whole point is a lack of moral or ethical continuity. The only thing that matters is what they say now, even if what they said (1) second before is the opposite.

I'm tired of being resilient I have a lot of resentment about it And it's not about other individuals. Individual people are not making my life hard. It's the systems. It's the weather I'm trying to weather.

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

“If I am able to grab my rifle sight unseen, I will have left no evidence” is giving Lin-Manuel Miranda

We’d be in a much stronger position right now if mainstream Democrats had taken a common sense stand for First Amendment principles instead of piling on undergraduate standing up for Palestine.

One of my favorite bits of trivia to pass along is that Q-Tip got inspired by this song to make "Award Tour." medium.com/micro-chop/j... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJPp...

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

@oksoboom.blacksky.app and it was delightful af 🩷

Just checked grades so far and the kiddo has 5 A’s and a B. 🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽 To say I’m proud is an understatement. He’s been handling the transition from homeschool so well. 🥹

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