Being allowed to turn through a red light is so uncivilized.

Still impressed this joke made it onto a network TV sitcom.

As medics, we regularly look out for what may “raise the temperature” in a protest. In addition to a broader array of weapons, they also had dozens more flex cuffs on belts than I’d previously seen. ISP came ready to escalate whether the crowd was going to or not, & started to do so before “curfew”.

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Some messages are printed on 18-by-24-inch yard signs or smaller placards; others are drawn ornately by hand on paper or written in chalk. The few who will talk about the signs they created say the urgency of the moment compelled them to act. (🎁link below) wapo.st/4nJqjZQ

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

Ways to show your support for the Broadway upzoning plan in case you can't get to a City Council meeting at 10am on Tuesday !!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Pritzker talked a big game about how Trump's Nazis would have to 'go through him' to terrorize his residents, and so far they're doing that quite easily. I didn't expect much other than rhetoric but if he's serious about being a Presidential contender, he's running out of time to impress us on this.

The United States federal government is waging war against the American people.

In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.

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every lightbulb at krause music is a working (!!!)

Prosecution of every ICE agent is the floor

HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway. thetriibe.com/2025/10/vide...

Well this is (not) reassuring: a TFR (temporary flight restriction) just went up over the city from now through October 12th for "Special Security Reasons." Not that this makes it any better, but this TFR is specifically for drones (UAS) provided you don't have prior approval or authorization.

ICE is here in Chicago, clearly going after the worst of the worse, or as they apparently call it, "Adorable families with small children attempting to enjoy an early fall day at a park." May shame follow those participating in this cruelty for the rest of their lives.

Lunch sketch.

"Chicago Fire Stadium At The 78 Clears City Council." ⚽️ blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/c... Current plan doesn't include previous W/B/T upgrade proposals, such at 15th St. Red Line stop. 👎 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/08/27/t...

My electric rates are up 15% because our large president shut the renewables off

And as a bonus, some undated images of the Johnstone family uploaded to FamilySearch seem to show them posing in front of the home's south porch, before parts of it were enclosed. There isn't enough of the house visible to say for sure, but what's there lines up.

We have the worst fucking senators

ICE shot and killed a man in the Chicago suburbs last week. In the days since, we've seen a laundry list of escalating violent behavior from the feds: reckless driving, destroyed property, dawn raids, intimidation and threats against reporters, witnesses assaulted and threatened with pepper spray.

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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Then be sure to send an email to leaders urging them to hit PAUSE on this project to ensure there's space for a community benefits agreement to be established for the Chinatown community AND a return of promised transit investments that were part of the 2019 TIF!

still there

Note that Congress is on the verge of killing DC's right-on-red ban, despite clear evidence that it works.

the illinois department of corrections is trying to use its emergency rulemaking power to ban almost all physical mail into state prisons. a hearing on the emergency proposal—which doesn't require public comment—is set for 9/16. (via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social) chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Oooh, I think I can pass as an student for this 😈

Is there a need for this much additional office space downtown, are the towers surrounding this full? There is so little greenspace in this area, can we at least convert the parking lot on the other side of 311 S Wacker to replace the plaza?

For the love of pete PLEASE OPPOSE YET ANOTHER CAR WASH being built. nadignewspapers.com/car-wash-pro...

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Yeah, I'm an angel 😈

Who knows Denver? An older couple (70s) that I know is likely moving to Denver. I'm urging them to live close to downtown and not move way out into the suburbs (Highland ranch sprawl is no bueno). Where are some good neighborhoods for older retired people who like to socialize, and is walkable?

Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀

ICE has asked a Chicago-area Navy base for assistance. "The request followed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem’s declaration that a “strike team” of immigration enforcement agents would arrive in Chicago soon." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Howard Street has so much potential

Wild Mile Creature Sightings: 1 Coyote, Racoon with 2 Kits

Chicago Fire wants to build a soccer stadium in The 78 development. But current plans don't achieve previous walk/bike/transit goals, such as a new Red Line stop. Advocates should play defense, or we'll have a Messi situation on our hands. ⚽ 🚆 chi.streetsblog.org/2025/08/27/t... @stevevance.net

Here’s a clean link: www.research.net/r/79M8VNJ

Here’s your citizen journalism on the Brown Line derailment at Kimball. One car is slightly off track pulling out of bay 2 of the station. The Emergency Rerail Truck is on it.

That's your preview of how shit will likely go down when the feds get called in, no matter what Pritzker and Johnson say or do. The average CPD officer will default to shielding federal agents who they see as cop-adjacent, who they feel more instinctive solidarity with than their fellow Chicagoans.