Great opportunity for end of year giving, if you want to try to help Chicago after all that has happened here. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/o...

Getting closer!

Update: 30 miles outside Chicago, no lanes.

I-65 north is a solid sheet of ice.

My childhood in 14 seconds.

There is a certain coziness when you can see by the little icon at the top of the google doc that your friend or client -- probably somewhere in America wearing pajamas and eating a snack -- is also in the same document working on the same project at the same time.

This is AMAZING journalism. The New York Times went through Trump's court filings related to what is happening in Chicago. There are videos, testimonies, and photographs. You can see this for yourself.

On Facebook, 99% of posts I see are like "I saw this thing - what is it?" and it's a bug or an outdated kitchen utensil OR posts of someone using epoxy to create improbable floors that look like rivers OR it's people trying to determine if what they saw was a coyote.

The problem with being a GenX #Lakers fan: Ever since the Dončić trade, I find myself singing a song about child abuse every game. [My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes, I think you've seen me before.]

Remember the ICE agent who shot a lady in Chicago? Because she had rammed her vehicles into an ICE agent and boxed them in? “I fired 5 shots and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” he texted his pals. Turns out, that was all a lie. Charges dropped. Woman still shot.

There is now an organized, spiritual resistance to what's happening. (You don't have to be Catholic to join.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...

Bill Clinton consistently preyed upon people who were vulnerable, in one way or another

"One doesn’t have to imagine wild fantasies of a Trump third term to imagine systemic abuses of power to suppress or miscount dissenting votes — all to hand power to his chosen successor, who can then enter office free of any federal criminal cloud."

Today is the second anniversary of the day I got my cancer diagnosis! So glad to be here. #MementoMori

My first Chicago snowfall! (That’s not me coming down the hill!)

Train ride on a snowy day.

If the GOP is law and order (how they justify rounding up brown skinned people), why would they want these guys free after bribery, kickbacks, money-laundering, wire fraud, and using public funds? Maybe there's something else going on in the GOP? nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/07/t...

The fish rots from its head. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...

The boys reflect on General Logan’s statue on a beautiful autumn morning. #chicago 🍂🍁🌆

Y'ALL: The leading the Trump administration's immigration enforcement agent lied about protestors throwing rocks at him to justify tear gas. Haven't I been telling you guys that they are lying about what is happening in Chicago? This is the tip of the iceberg! abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=...

Interesting article about ghost writing in the Washington post today: s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

News you can use: studyfinds.org/dark-chocola...

This sunset tonight over Chicago was amazing! No filter

The 67 year old Chicago man suffered 6 broken ribs, which caused internal bleeding during the detainment. “I’ll moveG.get off of me,” as agents kneeled on his back while cuffing him. Onlookers screamed, “Get off of him,” and “You’re suffocating him!” www.themirror.com/news/us-news...

When you guys were little, did anyone have an imaginary/invisible friend, or is that weird? Mine was named Susan.

Very good piece. @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social's story about himself reminds me of an apocryphal tale I once heard about a math conference in Vegas. The attendees used up their free chips and then left, causing a huge loss. Other professions' conferences, however, reliably ruined some attendees.

'The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and - most important - it has proved to be bad for millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain. The sports gambling revolution needs more regulation. It may even need termination.'

“Words cast spells. You should know this as a writer. That’s why it’s called spelling.” -- from The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

'The new right groans under the weight of its nostalgia for a nation that did not exist. It pines for a story that vindicates its reactionary rage.' - David French

Did anyone else learn to read via ITA? This is what it looked like! In Kentucky, we learned these hieroglyphic looking things (and then had to unlearn in the next grade when we learned the real letters). I guess it worked for me!

Who else is fixing to re-watch Lupin today? www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

#NoKingsDay #Chicago

Wordle 1,582 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

North Face models look like they were told by the photographer, 'look like you do when your uncle says something offensive at Thanksgiving.'

Did everyone know that Gary Oldham, the star of Slow Horses, was once married to Uma Thurman?

My pumpkin looks like a librarian who’s judging you over your lack of familiarity with the Dewey decimal system.

Someone needs to do this, but also carry a copy of my book: tinyurl.com/2sa9v6uu

What a way for a little boy to start the day!

Are watching a revival? Or something more like a religious revolution? @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social asks. 'A revolution can make you feel alive with purpose, and when the revolution has religious elements, it can flood you with the burning conviction that you are doing God’s will.'

The way this pastor denied that he "flipped the bird" to ICE agents (and the CNN anchor's lack of response to his too-cute-by-half denial) is just priceless. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Digging a big hole in a sandbox is more exciting than you'd think.

Last night on the bus, @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social and I met a wonderful Swedish man who lost his arm, 4 fingers, and has 3rd-degree burns all over his body. He's in Chicago as he runs in the 6 largest marathons in the world. Donate to his journey below! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

700 Club readers fawned over a pastor (who abused a 12 year old girl) and then accused the child of seduction. I'll never get over stuff like this. (Here's a Daily Kos article on my social media posts about it.) www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...

"At least you know who your friends are. They’re the ones with matching scars." -- Taylor Swift

“I was a stranger, and you welcomed me” (Matt 25:35)

Pastor Robert Morris pleaded guilty to repeatedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. If you ever wonder why victims don't speak up sooner... or ever, check out these responses to the 700 Club announcing this news. See the original post here: tinyurl.com/4fhscebd