Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Did I do it right?

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Gorgeous day to be around grounds. Marching band practicing, fraternity row pre-gaming, tennis courts packed. Everywhere I look students having fun. College! 🧡💙

HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

UPDATE: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said she will issue a sweeping injunction limiting the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area after she found a litany of violations were committed in recent weeks.

If you're not reading the New York Times you're missing out

The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.

This is not partisan. Pay the air traffic controllers. They are critical infrastructure and they are people who work incredibly stressful and challenging jobs. Respect the work and the people who do the work!

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

As air traffic controllers face a second missed paycheck next week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sounds the alarm that the system is nearing its breaking point.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Because of the beautiful foliage! And Hoos are first in the ACC! Is something else happening? 🗳️🗳️🗳️

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

TSA workers were told sick calls will bring “appropriate accountability measures to the fullest extent possible” after the shutdown ends—but airport screeners told Forbes such threats would likely backfire.

They were not The Shield

This is really bad

It is not women’s job to provide sex for men. If men would like to have sex with women, they should consider asking women what they are looking for in men and then reflect as to whether they are meeting those needs

An Air Canada flight right now

game 7 is the least important game of the world series because the season’s over at the end of the season either way. they only play it so that someone can feel like they won

Throwback Saturday night

“The Heritage Foundation is facing a staff rebellion over its president, Kevin Roberts, expressing support of Tucker Carlson following his softball interview with…Nick Fuentes.” 10/31/25 … 1/ newrepublic.com/post/202569/...

Symbolic action in form of New Orleans funeral on downtown mall

Anyone going to jazz parade today?

Happy Halloween!!

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. SNAP, which aids 42 million people, was set to run out of funds on Saturday without intervention.

The government cannot reopen until the house is in session

I will defeat that box

Me putting holds on library books: Ahahaha yes Me receiving all the holds at once: oh n o

Emily Valentine!

NEW YORK GOVERNOR HOCHUL DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY TO ISSUE $65 MILLION FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE AS FEDERAL FOOD AID SET TO LAPSE NOVEMBER 1

I don’t want to use robots, I don’t want to talk to robots, I don’t want to talk to your robots, I don’t want to read or watch things written by robots, I don’t want to be driven by a robot, I don’t want to give my order to a robot

When I was studying for the SATs my mom told me that Eeyore was lugubrious and I have never forgotten that word since

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

I did not enjoy this headline

BREAKING: The full bench of the 9th circuit has agreed to take up the Portland National Guard case and vacated the panel decision that had blessed Trump’s deployment.

These people out here acting like they’ve never read The Madonna of 115th Street (iykyk)

I feel seen

This must be what it’s like to meet Odin when you enter Valhalla. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

This might be a genuinely historic moment: the first time a Pope has been deliberately, non-maliciously and publicly trolled in a piece of ecumenism. It really embodies the shift towards a more informal, personal model of papal communication that began under Francis.

I met these creepy ghosts at Michael’s please enjoy

7 years ago, 11 people were murdered in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. We remember their lives, stand with the survivors, and continue to combat the hateful ideology of white nationalism.

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Had to delete my last post in case another person with 88k followers can’t understand a joke

Oh I forgot that Ted from Hey Dude had a narrative arc on the beach episodes of 90210 (am realizing this is the most 90s sentence ever)

Humans, you are more than economic labor

I have gone back to 90210 as background while I do embroidery so lmk if you want me to do some live sleeting