Is anybody regularly reading police blotter, attending every school board, town council meeting, developing sources with state agencies with local impact, regularly covering statehouse, for the newsletter? Because that’s what we lose when we lose local news .

TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence! Real conspiracies: To: conspirator From: famous person Attachment: evidence.png

Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release. DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:

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Here it is, my television guilty pleasure: WIPEOUT. There you have it. Your turn

SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”

Who needs a Bureau of Labor Statistics when you have.... DoorDash?

I find my current work project slightly soul-destroying: changing references in K-8 curriculum from Gulf of Mexico to…you know. 😑

Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

Still super stressed about this.

Wut?

Call them all or we lose healthcare #HatefulEight Catherine Cortez Masto Dick Durbin John Fetterman Maggie Hassan Tim Kaine Angus King (I) Jacky Rosen Jeanne Shaheen

Remind me again why a book about the historic politicization of the FAA is not going to be of interest to the American public. (If I end up having to self publish this thing, which I am working on now, I hope you will but it.)

Pressure him.

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...

THANK YOU

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours

NO FOOD FOR YOU

Sometimes on the internet you would see an astonishing video of a whale or a butterfly or a dog doing people things and it would make you smile. Thanks to AI slop, every one of those things is in doubt, a lie, or a scam. But at least what we gained from it is…nothing.

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

Whoa…thanks to a spam phone call I just discovered this town exists: #slowhorses

“On Monday, Pelosi described Trump to CNN as ‘just a vile creature,’ then added that he was ‘the worst thing on the face of the Earth.’” apple.news/ABdz6JpaMQSG...

Artist Helen Ahpornsiri creates intricate collage artworks created with real pressed flowers and leaves. #WomensArt #Autumn #Fall

😑😑😑 www.bbc.com/news/article...

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

some mighty wonderful poetry; tolu is an amazing writer, yall...

This is a new one…I just got a (probably) scam and/or AI pitch for marketing services for a book I did not write. About embroidery. ☠️

A violent response to an Oakland protest raises the same legal questions other states are grappling with as Trump’s immigration crackdown intensifies.

More info about Marta Leiva, the woman I witnessed being assaulted by plainclothed men in the SLC airport last week. She has a work permit legal through 2029, mom of 4 with sick kids: www.ksl.com/article/5139... You can donate to her gofundme for legal expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/apoya-madr...

Will clicking on this article put you on Trump's enemies list? It's impossible to know. The White House and Department of Justice won't say who is on the list or why they're on the list. Click the link at your own peril.

“To date, we have not received any official reason from the U.S. government about why Sami was detained, nor have any charges been made. Even the British government has informed me that they have not seen any evidence explaining why Sami is being detained.” apple.news/AAoxP0i0SSnq...

we put together a megathread of onion articles on one of americas favorite now dead war criminals, some real gems in here

*Whispers* Dick measuring contest

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

While we still can

Job alert: the University of Illinois Library is hiring a Humanities Librarian to serve as liaison to African-American Studies and English Literatures. I’m sure someone here would be a great fit for this job—& we’ve got a pretty phenomenal community here Please share!

Mamdani earned the plurality of Jewish votes in NYC. Trump says Jews in NYC who vote for Mamdani are "stupid." Guess who Cuomo, his billionaire donors, Corporate Dems, Corporate Media, ADL, & MAGAs claim is antisemitic?🤔 Reject their culture war—let's win the class war. Vote Zohran for NYC mayor.

this is a good idea and I will also read the Irish edition: Teen Brogue

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.” For these Americans, that wasn’t true.

“Common Cause does not oppose Prop 50. Their criteria focus on proportionality, public participation, racial equity, time limits, and support for federal and independent redistricting reforms, said Vicuña, “We determined that Prop 50 meets those standards.” indiacurrents.com/why-prop-50-...

The BBC has confirmed launch details for Doctor Who spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea - and released new images offering a first look at the epic drama filmed in Wales

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago: "He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

Yesterday I finally came up with a ridiculous costume idea that I can actually implement last-minute: SEXY CTHULHU So: I have a crocheted Cthulhu mask a friend sent me a few years ago. But I may need to go buy a sexier black dress because apparently any dresses I own are at best “business sexy”

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Just leaving this here… www.kcra.com/article/nort...

"We love our veterans." -Trump “Veterans benefits aren’t getting cut,” VA sec. Reality: The admin is making it far harder for male vets w/ a deadly disease --breast cancer--to get benefits and care. B/c...the fight against "Gender Ideology Extremism" www.propublica.org/article/vete...