While it’s pretty embarrassing that the Special Pathogen center is Corewell in #GrandRapids and not #UMich, we literally have an Ebola special pathogens center in the state. There are many flights between Detroit and GR We are perfectly capable of managing this, they are just racist and xenophobic

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I just noticed that Toronto is in Escanaba

this isn’t a troll, they’ve got a good case for standing and might be able to take the whole thing down. We are entering heretofore unknown galaxies of Finding Out

Cannot express enough gratitude to @jonseidel.bsky.social for his tireless work and expertise in observing and documenting Chicago's federal courthouse, especially during the chaos of the last few months

The Feds just lost big in Chicago, following its other unprecedented string of court losses, so much so that they are begging the judge not to sanction them, which the judge appears to hint will come.

LMAO eat shit DOJ

A new report from researchers at Chicago Appleseed says Eileen O'Neill Burke has reversed years of progress as top prosecutor with policies that have led to harsher charges, more pre-trial detention, and less accountability for cops. Legal reform advocates also give her a failing grade on ICE:

WE BETTER GET A WALTER CUP PARADE

I’m concerned Amtrak doesn’t know where Kansas City is.

This is a review essay featuring three books on trans-inclusion in sport: @katiebarnes.bsky.social's Fair Play, Harrison Browne and @rachelbrowne.ca's Let Us Play, and Ellie Roscher and Anna Baethe's Fair Game. I recommend them all! I recommend reading them all together.

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It's fun to see stuff online about ADHD and be like "wow this is so relatable and it's great to feel like there's a reason for things I struggle with" but also I'm like "wow, I'm REALLY fucking annoying."

Vladimir Kanevsky (Ukrainian-American) Porcelain, terracotta, copper, painting

Amy Spalding is an auto-rec from me. Great writing and in my limited interactions, an awesome human as well. Insta-rec when folks as for sapphic romance.

Asbestos! OMG!

Obsessed with the bisexual Valvoline at 45th and Ashland

It will take decades to recover from Democrats staying silent and letting this movement take root throughout the Biden Presidency, if we ever do. Kids are sicker, less educated, and more likely to be abused as a result.

Prong 3 all day every day

Nooooo Toronto come back

I am old enough to remember when media at women's hockey championships were specifically instructed to not take any pictures or make reference to the fact that women drink beer

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When assembling your dog, please make sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

Ore Dock cam!

London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir

The 8 Democrats who voted for the "Don't Say Trans" / Forced Outing of Trans Kids Bill.

hard to exaggerate how heroic these men were. they likely saved dozens of children's lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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chicago: turning their problems into st. louis’s problems since january 2, 1900

Amen

Over at my in laws and my father in law with the thickest Chicago accent you'll ever hear was like "dese Cubs, unbelievable. Buncha stiffs." 😭

Fresh new American dystopia headline just dropped www.thegamer.com/grammacracke...

you know how badly you have to fuck up to throw a WORLD CUP and have nobody come?

More folks getting monthly subscriptions would help us so much right now!

I just called O'Hare "Chicago's placenta" and now my family is mad at me again. 😞 But TELL ME I'M WRONG HERE

Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

this was HR 2616 which also bans books by or about trans and nonbinary people from schools START CALLING YOUR SENATORS NOW CIS FRIENDS TRANS KIDS NEED YOU

this is what happens when you don’t have a functioning government. real failed society shit

The Dems are like "pwease give us donations pwetty pwease"

Another day of scattered ICE sightings in Chicagoland as feds continue surveilling neighborhoods + courthouses. The day started with an early morning detention in Carol Stream. This afternoon, video from Waukegan of agents surrounding a lone child in a car is circulating (guardian presumed taken).

Remember when O'Shea stood next to me during a wgn interview and said there aren't racists in the 19th ward and I was like "looks like there are, buddy"

there should be a viable path to a stable career in hospitality! for a city that supposedly highly values its food scene, there are too many people willing to throw the workers who make the machine run into the meat grinder.

Who’s got the pics of the Rockies pitcher and 1B umpire holding each other juuuuust a little too long after that collision at 1B?

Look at that water color

I'm sure a completely reasonable explanation for these firings will come to white--I mean, light. A completely reasonable explanation will come to light.

My 19yo just sent me this and was like "look it's you" in case you're wondering if I'm Like This IRL as well

This hat just existing just sent me into a full flight or flight response. Mostly fight.

it's actually true that you cannot fund good government entirely by taxing the rich, which is why slopulist proposals to gut the tax base are a bad idea but taxing the rich at punitive levels is a goal in and of itself, billionaires are simply too dangerous to public policy to exist