This is consistent with what I have heard from a number of sources who were present. It sure looks like the whole thing was a Federalist grift from day one — and the usual useful idiots ate it up.

NEW: Detective Bribes McGee bemoans that Internal Affairs doesn't understand how the drug crimes division operates and sees its corrupt detectives as "criminals." The cops at times simply have to "get their beaks wet," he said.

Rules. Without them, we live with the animals.

I can’t believe we’re still doing this. Knight Rider is actually the driver. The car is “Knight Rider’s Monster.”

Roses are red Justice rights wrongs

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Attention all men. Particularly white men. This should be your response. If it is not, take a deep look at why you insist on being part of the problem.

just a reminder to give your bodymind good things today. things that could include like fresh air hydration vitamin d proximity to growing things nutritious food stretches your pt exercises your meds your [meditation / breathing / prayer / creative ] practices other things your bodymind likes

new: an effort to phase out chicago's subminimum wage was a done deal—until, one day, it wasn't. @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social sifted through two city council votes, a mayoral veto, a seemingly failed end run to the state capitol, and a whole lotta back-and-forth to separate fact from fiction.

Talking this morning about what to have for dinner tonight - Spouse: "We have hot dogs ... hamburgers ..." Me: "SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS!" (People of a certain age who grew up around Chicago may understand the reference.)

Every member of the Trump family has gotten richer as a direct result of this admin's actions. And every one of them should be investigated and tried for the crimes that enriched them.

#DailySkeletor #affirmation

You go to college to learn and to discover how to learn

It's Your Daily Imani+!☀️ Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Imani, Sea Rocket, a banded female plover that arrived yesterday PM, and three additional plovers have been reported at Montrose today. 📸: Chicago Piping Plovers (Can you find the 4 plovers in this picture?, Montrose Protected Beach, May 5, 2026)

FYI: You can get the Shingrix vaccine series if you are under 50 and immunocompromised 😏 ... especially at CVS+ Walgreens. Do what you need to do to protect yourselves and talk to your doctors of course.

JOHN FOGERTY: I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain JAMES TAYLOR: okay, you’re not gonna fucking believe this

Fuck you, Dove Promises™️ wrapper

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i think about this a lot with "white guilt" stuff... i dont feel guilty that i'm white, i feel angry that i live in a society that has spiritually and psychologically diminished me by insisting on subjugating other people for my benefit

Every senate primary debate and related interview should lead with: how will you fix scotus, will you vote for statehood for DC, and will you let republicans stop you with the filibuster.

I think we should have a trans themed Met Gala type event where trans people get to walk a red carpet but instead of fancy stuff, we all wear cool thrifted or handmade/homemade things and the ticket money goes to organizations for Black and Indigenous trans people. I just think that would be cool.

Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.

Thirteen Justices for thirteen circuits, with an increase each time a circuit is added. No constitutional amendment needed. Long overdue. Increase the size of the federal judiciary, too. A country that supposedly prizes the rule of law can afford this.

Did he do the Wonka bit? youtu.be/CZeMZ3WPuLY?...

The Electric Lady

Sam Smith read the assignment

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

a bluesky gala where we all get to wear our favorite slankets & snuggies, spaghetti stains and all

I woke up ridiculously early this morning and decided to go out to @tapirvalley.bsky.social and it paid off! I found the baby #otters swimming with mom and dad in the creek. You can hear some squeaking frogs and Howler Monkeys, too. Northern Neotropical River Otter (Lontra annectens) #CostaRica

Tipper Gore thought she heard Satan speaking in Judas Priest records and it was an emergency, but the computer that has literally convinced teens to kill themselves and others? Put that in the schools, baby!

Forcing AI into elementary schools is a great way for us to make sure that today's kids are the first generation to be less suited for the future than their parents are.

I was forced to the back of the bus. This ain't theoretical for me. I lived this shit.

Antoine “Twan Twan” Humphries was a member of the Chicago footwork scene’s first generation of dancers. As part of an effort in Roseland to try to preserve that history, he decided to paint a mural honoring the culture.

Conference friends: My voice is very loud. Almost certainly louder than yours. I always use the microphone during a conference presentation so that everyone can clearly hear me. And you should too.

When I hear someone say "I don't need a microphone" I hear them centering themselves, mistaking their experience as universal. Meanwhile, I have full hearing and still can't hear people without mics in large spaces. Too much background noise, too much space.

To cast the Stormtrooper roles for Tatooine in "Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope", they mostly hired locals from the Tozeur region of Tunisia who met certain height & weight requirements. Filming took place in 1976, when big hair was in vogue. So, under the masks, this is what they looked like:

happy Great Lakes Awareness Day! please be aware that the Great Lakes are great. thank you.

A Short Poem for Star Wars Day Her name was Yoda, A showgirl she was.

Today is the anniversary of a great day in global history: the day Bluesky’s Sensual Alf meme began, a curse that still haunts the website. It’s my fault and I wrote about it here: little-flying-robots.ghost.io/how-i-accide...

This could be business casual if we even gave a shit

Check out the Garfield Park Conservatory’s renovated new Children’s Garden: blockclubchi.co/4t9LsOO

Slightly diminish a book: The Maltese Kestrel

🐭 A 3,500 year-old ring set with a mouse design amulet, Egypt. The mouse was rarely considered sacred in Egyptian art but both a deep play on words and a peculiar medical belief lie behind the ring.⁣ 🗃️ #arthistory #art #academia 🏺 #Egypt #archaeology #ancientbluesky

Mr Habronattus virgulatus, one of the prettiest little guys in the desert. Perfect little peek of orange face and stripy legs and head 🧡 #EmotionalSupportSpood

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

Post your warning sign

we’re in s political climate where blue state university presidents are pulling down pride flags and running into students with their cars, and then going to budget meetings like “I don‘t know why enrollments down?!“

Last evening @tmbg.bsky.social didn't play "Fingertips", but my brain dreamed during the night that the Johns sang the final section like that novelty Christmas song: 🎵 And I walk along darkened corridors Mommy and Daddy are mad And I walk along darkened corridors 'Cuz I ain't been nothing but bad

Every time I see the forced-birth advocacy billboard that says "Save the babies" I yell out "Trade them with your friends!" Anyone else do that?