Remember that utter mess last year with a proposed Popeyes in Evanston that was fought by a woo-woo wellness center next door (whose owner wanted to become landlord of the building instead), briefly turned into a congressional campaign flashpoint, and was eventually denied a permit? It got worse.

Louisiana showed up. All 5 amendments failed. That's 2 years in a row Louisiana voters showed up to shut down the racist Governor's proposal.

Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Cris Derksen, internationally renown Indigenous musician and composer, in a tragic vehicle accident in northern Alberta, returning from her father's funeral. A beautiful soul and musician. Such a loss.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's that rarest of works, a necklace and earrings sold as a set, all of them manifest as dancers of light: wingssilverwork.com/the-season-t....

Thank you for giving the plovers their space at this critical time and following the guidance of Your Chicago Piping Plover Monitors. 🧡 A successful nest will help boost the endangered population of Great Lakes Piping Plovers. 🤍

Oops...We did it again! On behalf of Sea Rocket and Imani, we are excited to announce the first egg of an expected four-egg clutch was laid on the Montrose Protected Beach the morning of Saturday, May 16, 2026. 📸: Phil Stosberg (Sea Rocket, Montrose Beach, Chicago, May 5, 2026)

btw I've been nominated for two eisners since I posted this. FOLLOW YOUR HEART ❤️‍🔥🫡

A snowy egret is in Lincoln Park’s North Pond. First time I’ve ever seen this species. It’s currently standing in the water near some black-crowned night herons.

I am INCREDIBLY excited for this book!

The people who say, “Food is expensive, just garden” have perhaps not been to a garden store.

DICK TRACY'S CRIMESTOPPERS HALL OF FAME GOES WOKE UPDATE: the crimestoppers hall of fame is NOT happy about the gutting of the VRA

THE TREES NEED TO PUT SOME PANTS ON

i don't think he should kill all those people. i don't care if he has a license, it's wrong

A few ancient horses inspired by the Pech Merle cave paintings! These three will be available Friday, May 22nd at 8pm Eastern time.

Chicago map lovers (you know who you are and there are too many of you to tag), look what's just been released! node.uchicago.edu/collection/m...

please share even if you can't donate, max wouldn't have posted this at all if we hadn't pressured her into it and i promise this is genuinely an Escape from an extremely fucked up, very prolonged situation

As a queer who grew up in the 90s, when it was completely normal to call everything you didn't like "gay," I'm begging y'all to push back on the use of homosexuality as an insult, even when it's leveled at people you hate. No, it's not more fitting because they're homophobic bigots. It's never cute.

I’m reading Christopher Buehlman’s medieval horror novel “Between Two Fires” and it’s so good I don’t want it to end

Always yell about the books you love You never know when you'll be someone's Bigolas Dickolas

I cannot stress enough how much anyone who complains about the government spending money to give new parents free diapers should never know one single moment of peace

Ada Palmer's Inventing the Renaissance is surprisingly wide-ranging, even knowing that is an overview. I was initially hesitant, but it was an informative and highly inventive book. @adapalmer.bsky.social #booksky Review: www.rindis.com/blog/9169

I'll be at MCAF in Montreal this weekend! www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/

FIVE! HOURS! REMAIN! Get a copy of the Runaway to the Stars graphic novel! Get the fountain pen and Character AMA zines! Get 'em all! TIME IS RUNNING OUT! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

SONIA'S OUT OF FOOD & HAS NO WAY TO GET TO WORK TOMORROW. Black DV survivor. Blessings on everyone who helped get her rent & storage covered. Now just another ~$200 for groceries & transportation to work. 20 ppl $10 each does it. Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2026

the eisners absolutely need to have an no AI policy in place in case this happens again (and should have already, and I will be submitting that feedback) but also I refuse to let that one asshole's single page of slop ruin this cool thing for me 🥲

OK, this is a complete crock of shit...and it's EQUAL OPPORTUNITY bullshit, since it's a bullshit attack piece on Democrats who I support *and* who I oppose. Let's take a look, shall we? 1/ www.newsweek.com/list-of-demo...

And why no data center permit should be granted in the west for at least a year, and any already granted need to be revoked, Concrete takes 125-150 gallons of water per cubic yard (more in drier climates, because you have to keep it cool and drying uniformly) so a 100K sq foot data center?

Are you in the general Norwood Park (Illinois) area and did you lose a sugar glider? A friend of a friend found one. Apparently they cannot be chipped.

Let me pour one out for Google Play Music and Google Reader. Google you were a national treasure in your pre-evil days.

Every time I open Bluesky,

I'm listening to an audiobook. There is a magic sabertoothed warrior cat named Fatalis. The narrator has a bit of an accent and I keep hearing "Fat Alice" instead of "Fatalis." Which, if I ever get a cat, will be that cat's name.

deer and fox

It's been a while since they've gotten donations. These two women are friends-of-a-friend. I don't know them directly but someone I know, love, and trust, vouches for them. They're very dear to this person which means they're dear to me, too. They are trying to stay housed and safe. Can you help?

www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis... Mundane slice of life comic strips are important historic documents!

In the 1980s, in the area where I lived, Aldi was very much The Poor People Store. All the cans were dented and the milk tasted like linoleum. I have an abiding love of Jiffy baking mixes because they were a splurge for us. Seriously, the food was not high quality stuff; certainly not imported.

They are SO CLOSE to meeting half of their goal. Can we help get them there? I know some of my beloved friends have managed to donate and that's so beautiful. If you haven't, can you give them a little something to keep them housed and fed and safe? To help them not just survive but thrive?

Went from being like “this is stupid” to “as always, Karl Urban makes a good point”

I spent quite a lot of time over a decade ago trying to get on SNAP. We very much qualified for it. We never got it. I wound up just... skipping meals. Among other things, an employee filled out paperwork with incorrect information, in front of us, airily saying it was alright and that's just how

They are so close to being halfway funded, which is to say so close to being secure & safe. Can we kick off this Monday by getting them half way? $233 is all they need to get halfway to goal. If 24 people give $10 each they'll pass that. Can you be one of those 24? Can you help? Can you share?

www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis... Arlo claims, here, that computers are "a passing fad." Later on he develops a deep interest in computers and tech. That eventually fades, though, and he barely uses computers/tech at all now while Janis is a smart phone/app/social media expert.

Hot summers kill people. Especially elderly and disabled people. Please spread this information. www.ny.gov/services/app...

$420 received. Last day to raise the remainder. Please #HelpSky #UrgentNeed

Just hearing that Koji Suzuki died on the 8th and I’m bummed out. It’s always sad when the world loses such a distinctive literary voice.

Page 40 is up for #tyreecomic over on patreon & kofi! Lettering by @rayday.bsky.social ! Thanks for your continued patience this month! My health sadly has drastically worsened, but that's why buffers exist. But hey 40 pages! Isn't that cool? www.patreon.com/posts/156797... ko-fi.com/portaltohade...

I've noticed a significant change in how many sex scenes are written last 10-15 years: a lot more pressing and rubbing and licking; lot less feeling and character work. I do think there's a large fanfic influence here (which is fine!) but it's a very specific type of sex writing folks are learning

Happy Mother's Day And reminder that any account of history that ignores or eliminates the contributions of women in general and mothers in particular is a false account

@haymarketbooks.org sent us books to distribute to Black Zine Fair attendees for free. There wasn't a single book left.

As Alex points out further down thread: my fellow webcomic creators, please apply to vote in the Eisners!! You're a part of the comics industry, too. Yes, you, my publishing friend!! Without you, the Eisner awards will never reflect the full breadth and diversity of comics.

These 2 women are friends-of-a-friend who need help staying housed and fed. Like a lot of people living in precarity one relatively small thing is enough to kick off a cascade of failure. Can you help them ride this out in safety? Small donations really add up, and help save lives.