There are people who belong in hell then there are people who casually seek hell, like Bari Weiss

Casserole should be stricken from the English language

Someone replied to me with an interesting graph, I didn’t read/save/reply in time, and they deleted it 😢 Maybe they were insecure, idk. Sad

Todd Blanche wants you to believe him over your own eyes.

😳 Isaiah Taylor of Valar Atomics—which somehow scored a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor by July 4—claimed that “a person cld hold the spent nuclear fuel from [Valar’s] reactor in their hand & get the same amount of radiation as one would expect from a hospital CT scan.” About that… 1/

Work in progress layout sketch of millenium park / buckingham fountain, chicago Tentative middle two pages of a chicago coloring book #art #digitalart #chicago #sketch

I've mentioned this before, but one thing I've been closely watching for is when crypto people begin to distance themselves from Trump. November 2024 vs. January 2026

Kinda fascinating going through who I follow on Instagram to find that most also haven’t posted in 2-5 years Kinda collaborates the “we all hate it here” social media vibe id been feeling back then

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I’ve seen some fun bot posts “theme” accounts I’d love to see any that repeatedly post political ads from the 1930’s-59’ Print or other wise. I think it’d be fascinating Prior as well, but maybe a pre Vietnam (more well published) + post Great Depression

Numpad warrior kitty cat Back from IN to Chi earlier than expected and I’m gonna enable him to math for being such a good commuter cat

Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar in 2019: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch.'" (Allegedly)

I wish I had the ability to stop certain ad sources on YouTube I don’t think that’s too much to ask, and I doubt many would object to the idea

A little video I made in Bakersfield while I was filming myself with one of these cameras:

It’s kind of remarkable how bad Amazon subtitles are

I can tell I’ve been on Bsky too long / late because the breaking US news posts slow to a trickle before things pick up again & I realize they’re disproportionately British posts

Questions remain Should a “kitty-nap” refer to: kidnapping a kitty, or a napping kitty, and what to say when the above overlaps

I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY

Indiana House-01, covering my hometown, has had a Democrat Rep since 1931 94 yrs It’s genuinely devastating to see it see gerrymandered to the point I’d have been in IN-02, & the democratic stronghold that helped propel Obama to win the state in 08’ may no longer have a voice

A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims. stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...

Maybe talking about the boat strikes in the context of the titanic would help it resonate with older voters

Pretty sure the countries / states lobbying to outlaw VPNs don’t understand the very practical security reasons why majority of users use them

I'm listening in on Judge McNally's hearing re: discovery shenanigans in Moreno v. Noem (Broadview ICE facility case). Follow along here!

The Gemini ai “just ask google” ad slogan is so fucking stupid 90% of users are gonna “google” something, it’s been a verb, and if I needed a chatbot to tell me to put glue on pizza to “make it stick” I’d be dead by now

Me: **screaming about Tether and its risks for seven years, relentlessly** *crickets* S&P: we think Tether is very risky Everyone: OMFG TETHER IS VERY RISKY????

beebs cute catting it up this morn

I feel like I talk about this too much, but also many of you probably are unaware: In 2018 I flew out to Hong Kong on my own dime to try and find Finex and Tether. Here’s a video of that journey. youtu.be/soNnMObpiYM

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So according to Bovino there have been no uses of force by Ice in Chicago because “the use of force was against me” absolves the precedent

Plaintiff attys now pushing for relief mandating better conditions in Broadview, per their proposed temporary restraining order filed last week.

"You have no rights in here." Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social

We’re talking VA election on the focus group pod. We’ve got split ticket voters (Spanberger/Miyares) and a grizzled veteran journalist who’s been covering VA politics for decades. My prediction: Spanberger by double digits. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

Character rodent I was doodling / made a model sheet of pretty recently

i like when the road becomes a train and also a ladder appears, and then the train is the platform, also when the guy just jumps in the air for some reason

I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime. While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...

And now a 5th person has died while running from ICE. abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs...

I know this has been pointed out and mentioning it isn't going to stop the abuses because "oh no, the hypocrisy!" but the military is banned from using tear gas in war, but cops can at home. And now a heavily armed paramilitary is regularly using it at home.

In other news, a Lincoln Park woman shouted “I’m going to be late to my Pilates class because of you!” at immigration agents today.

All the money big tech spends on shit, you’d think they’d finally invent a better lint roller by now 😣

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Comc I drew after watching too many marvel movies Thought it’d be better redrawn on paper but eh. Didn’t take the time

Old drawing of Kosciuszko park, chicago (Springfield / Pulaski & diversey)

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

President Donald Trump’s administration is buying more property in Chicago to carry out immigration enforcement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday.