to be trans in 2026 is to be subject to ever increasing violent and dehumanizing news bits about your community while everyone else around you is excited about the knicks or whatever

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you've seen live Bishop Briggs K Flay Flogging Molly Motley Crue Sondre Lerche Jens Lenkman Alkaline Trio Yellowcard Sick Puppies Yoko Kanno

Raising a puppy *is* very similar to raising a baby, actually.

Enjoy a moment of peace by way of my running coach, this Chicago deer.

The fact that it's ONLY legal restrictions standing between other humans and verifiably harmful, unsustainable practices is the biggest hope-suck.

FULL STORY: The Chicago City Council voted 28-21 Wednesday to approve a measure designed to rid the Chicago Police Department of officers with ties to hate groups and far-right extremist organizations. @wttw.bsky.social

Blood+ (2005)

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Ugly crying at Liz and the Bluebird at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social with my wife and a room full of sapphic filmlovers was the perfect way to celebrate IDAHOBIT. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️ 🐦

Holy. SHIT.

People trapped within capitalism do this because discomfort and boredom can lead to self-reflection and that's a condition that will bring up feelings and realizations they are wildly unsupported and unprepared for. This is the core problem we're facing. I actually made a video about it recently

And I worship at that altar 🙏

Oh come the fuck on man how come every morning it’s more Airbud shit to wake up to, except the dog can only play basketball if it’s racist or whatever

Even if these things are done "for your benefit" or "your team," there has to be a tipping point when even the simplest mind stops and considers just how desperately far these people need to go to prop up the lie that their ideas are good and normal and everyone likes them.

My generation is being predictably insufferable about this. But my 10-year-old nephew is going to play a game that I loved deeply when I was his age, and in a way that'll be as visually and narratively impressive to him as it was to me back then. We'll probably play it together. And that kicks ass.

This Robot Chicken sketch captures the essence of Ted Turner more than anything else they could possibly think to publish today:

You think you're done with a vocal stim but the vocal stim decides it isn't done with you and you're walking around work trying hard not to repeatedly go "What's that? It's the Unknown!"

I'm not American but idk, it sure seems like that highest court of yours is dysfunctional enough to merit working tirelessly towards making it not exist anymore at all

Hey Chicago! Want to do something quick and easy that will make an impact for your neighborhood and the environment? Get these stupid "SAVE mailers" off our streets! You don't have to specify apt number, so I just removed three of these each week from the landfill. Unsubscribe link: bit.ly/4w5KS7u

For the price of a knockoff polyester pair of jorts each month (and lbh you have enough jorts), you can empower brilliant anthropologist Dr. Hilary Agro to keep spreading fact-based, nuanced, compassionate hot takes about the state of things and accessible strategies to make them better.

QTP with FOUR video game characters that are extremely important to you🎮:

There Will Be Blood and Grogu

Beautiful, emotional Bishop Briggs and K Flay collab dropped:

When I get my hair cut I show a picture of a musical artist I like, who is a style icon of mine overall, so OF COURSE I can't go to one of their concerts, right? Does this make sense to anyone else or am I crazy?

"The police are outmatched, Robin. Come. We must beat these gooners ourselves, before their next gooning."

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif

Obviously, I don’t want anyone to die or get hurt–stupid that we even have to say that–but a large part of political media‘s shock at the reactions to last night continue to stem from their insane belief they deserve some sort of reverence from the public for reasons only they see amongst themselves

🚨Anti trans activists have launched a campaign urging PAS to keep their anti trans panel this weekend! (See images) We need as many people as possible to send a letter via this link encouraging them to cancel it: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

The guy in the big car swerving, speeding, and cutting people off used to be a rarity. Now I see it every day, sometimes multiple times in the same trip. I see it as a reflection of our abandonment of sustainable behavior. "Look what you can get away with when enough other people follow the rules."

Illinois is proud to launch our first-in-the-nation incentive to promote environmental sustainability in the film and television industry. Productions recognized as certified green will be eligible for an additional tax credit.

It's EARTH DAY! I for one love it here, and I'll do whatever I can to keep her nice. A few ways we can do that: - Toss native wildflower seeds anywhere there's soil and sun - Research where your food comes from and pivot accordingly - Turn off AI features anywhere you can and don't use ChatGPT

Yes. YES. YES!!

I don't understand why Handmade Puppet Dreams and the Green Feather Foundation aren't on bsky, but the 48-Hour Puppet Film Project begins anew tomorrow. I am excited. My family's teeny film kicked off last year's festival, we are ready to make good art: www.handmadepuppetdreams.com/48hrpuppetfi...

People who suddenly feel like their transphobic “jokes” and “fairness in sports” takes are a bad look while the government forcibly detransitions people don’t get to say “oh that’s not what I meant!” You did mean it! People told you what it meant and you did it anyways!

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

Nearly HALF of the AI data centers planned for 2026 have been delayed or blocked, according to Bloomberg reports. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Sobbing to my wife this morning about sobbing in bed last night about a shuttle crew that had me sobbing about renewed hope, whimsy and wonder. A normal one. 😭😭😭

I love the repeated use of the word "jubilant" or "jubilation" to describe the absolute party we can hear in the background at Mission Control during these live interviews.

The rescue crew has arrived at Artemis II

Maybe we don't want to have babies because you're eager to fuck them pregnant before their braces are off!! Fucking disgusting groomer pedophile shit, eat a barrel.

A ton of desserts are marketed as breakfast food and you've all fallen for it.

Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things; everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay...

Also colleges restructured the way they function in response to the last waves of protests. My niece’s college did all they could to ensure no large groups could gather on campus for any purpose. Meetings / gatherings for organizing shut down. Kids punished academically.

Living with an abusive narcissist means taking every threat seriously. Getting mocked for "overeacting over nothing" when there's no follow through is part of it, and the sign of a good day.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Living with an abusive narcissist means taking every threat seriously. Getting mocked for "overeacting over nothing" when there's no follow through is part of it, and the sign of a good day.

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

They aren't stupid. They don't believe this is sustainable, in the long term. They just need it (and this is a very loaded "it") to last long enough to be ingrained in a generation of young people's developing brains. Unlearning propaganda in adulthood is a byproduct of the system continuing as is.

If you have a free night on April 17, consider joining us at Lincoln Hall for Mortified Chicago's first-ever fundraiser: Minnesota Nice, benefitting the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. You will laugh and cry and raise money for a cause, which I consider a very efficient evening!