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Yet more severe weather in Chicago. I get that it’s April and all, but the weekly high winds, hail, and torrential downpours are getting kind of old. And both dogs are terrified of the thunder.

From last night: Another look at Uptown's flying squirrels …

Even though she kind of wants to be invisible as of late, I just wanted to put out into the universe how proud I am of my daughter’s courage and strength in the face of bullies at her school, as well as the shit she sees on a national level. Trans women are at risk of harm every day. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Happy #TDOV

Yep this is the new normal weather in Chicago now. Weekly hail storms.

Let’s not forget Mustangs, Challengers, shitbox Infinitis, and Civics with awesome loud exhausts! All night long!

Hey, awesome! Bunch of dumb fucks at an infusion clinic at a cancer center. No doubt more than a few immunocompromised. People coughing like they have TB. Not covering their mouths. And if they are, they are touching the furniture, doors, etc. Fuck these people.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Fucking Rahm Emanuel.

There is a sentient burrito on my couch

State of US health care - cheaper just to die One good thing, if you can call it “good”, is that my hospital will let me pay this over time interest free. At least I don’t have to take out a loan or run up credit cards. I’d rather have the money

She should do her fucking job.

Two words: Act Blue. One donation to the Harris campaign, and since then I have gotten THOUSANDS of spam texts from both parties. A paid text filter has eliminated most, but I will not send a single dime through Act Blue ever again. I’ll scratch out a check, buy merch, or hand cash to locals.

In case you missed this yesterday: you need to admire Tim's mind blowing work.

Scenes from 7th grade.

This will be a movie by the fall of 2026

Wait until they pollute all the water with corrosion inhibitors and biocides so they can protect their heat transfer surfaces. Hey, it’s all worth it to make stupid memes and fake papers, lol 🙄

When you have drama and difficulty in every aspect of your life - personal, family, work, health, mental illness, etc., it’s simply marvelous to lay down and just have an ugly, massive cry. I feel like I have one coming on in a bit. And I don’t care how long it’ll take. My dog will be right there.

I got these stupid cars out of hibernation yesterday and EVERY SINGLE TIME I drive one, I get some Billy Bad Ass in a giant lifted truck, a Tesla, or today, some dipshit in a Kia SUV that wants to race me. I do enjoy doing a quick pull on them just for fun but I’m too old for that shit, lol

I just got a call from my oncologist. I am scheduled for surgery on the 14th, so I need to DC the chemo pills I’ve been on that have had brutal side effects. This is so I can heal after the procedure. I’m looking forward to less pain, mobility, and GI issues, and just generally feeling less shitty.

I have seen the flying squirrels of Uptown! Here's a 50% speed video of them in action tonight.

Afroman prevails over the asshole cops that decided to fuck with him. I hope that he sues the department and gets paid. But for real, imagine what happens every day to people without the (small) amount of fame and power that Afroman has. They get shot/killed/made to suffer financially or physically

If you're unfamiliar with the raid on Afroman's house and the ensuing defamation lawsuit against him for mercileleslly roasting the cops, here's the background. The raid: reason.com/2023/06/12/o... The lawsuit: reason.com/2023/10/18/d...

hahaha he absolutely steamrolls the lawyer's line of questioning. It's beautiful. God damn, put it to a Hans Zimmer score and a beat so I can run to it.

Wow, I had no idea about this whole Afroman deal. He's kicking some ass and I wish him the best.

INBOX: In a statement to @thedailynu.bsky.social, a Biss campaign spox acknowledged that then-prof Daniel Biss had an inappropriate (spox: "ill-advised") romantic relationship with then-undergrad Megan Wachspress. h/t my colleagues Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Jack Baker

And of course there are a bunch of assholes in her replys. Look, if someone is using their own real name in a public space to broadcast information like this, I tend to believe them instead of some anonymous rando debating “why now” and questioning whether this is true.

“I do not want to move right now”

This is a lovely series about dogs and humans finding each other at an adoption agency that matches them up based on needs and personalities. Just a really nice show that brings all the feels. Nice to have some positivity these days. www.hbomax.com/shows/dog-ho...

I’ve got the box set on Blu-ray, we have to watch this with my daughter, I think she’ll enjoy it. 🙂

TGIF. Here's a video of TORWAI, a couple guys from Thailand who play 2000s hard rock/metal/numetal/etc. while cooking. Here's their cover of System of a Down's "Chop Suey" youtu.be/Ru4aqzjvplw?...

We just had that hail storm a couple days ago and the scammers are already sending out information about how they can inspect your roof and gutters and get a “free roof and gutter replacement and upgrade”. Yeah, it’s free until your insurance rate gets jacked up. My parents fell for that nonsense.

100 percent. Cancer sucks, and a simple procedure like this may find it in time to treat, or remove pre-cancerous polyps. After having three done last year, I can say that the prep kinda sucks, but the Propofol they used to sedate me was lovely. Schedule first thing in the morning if you can.

This open hatred towards Jews and Muslims (or anyone else that is not a white straight cis "christian") is now spewed out by elected officials and not even questioned. Hate speech has become acceptable and leads people to commit senseless acts of violence like this. How many more people need to die?

This text just made my night. This man is 52 years old and decided to finally come out to his friends and family.

Let me sum this up for you. People are assholes.

Keep on letting me know about your transphobic and anti LGBTQIA values and I’ll never do business with you again. See: Target, Chick-Fil-A, Hobby Lobby, et al.

I am proud to say that this is the leader of our state.

Big hail storm. Thankfully it’s over for now. The hail got to ice cube sized before it stopped.

Jello and the Dead Kennedys were instrumental in shaping my ethics back in the day. Truly a remarkable human being. I wish him the best.

I love when Pluto TV plays the really old Price is Right episodes from 1973

On International Women’s Day it’s great to remember that Grunya Sukhareva identified Autism before Kenner (100 years ago), identified that Autism presented regardless of sex, and that it is a spectrum. Examples from Wikipedia:

I got up to take my meds, slipped back into bed, now trying not to disturb the dogs so I can get just a bit more sleep. We’ll see.

Cupich is a real one and is absolutely spitting fire here. this is a more courageous statement than 90% of what we’ve heard from Democrats

120 years ago it was the hatpin.

When your father was always right about most everything.

🤣🤣🤣

Wow, this guy is super tough, lol What a fucking douchebag fake internet tough guy vibe

Put me in fucking jail then. Thankfully I do not live or practice in Texas.

This reminds me of being in my early 20s, watching the whole “Desert Storm” deal start up on TV, terrified and confused as to what and why it was happening. This situation seems to be just a bunch of men throwing missiles at each other with innocent civilians losing their lives. And for what?