“Why are women less bullish overall on AI than men” is not actually that mysterious of a question

Because white people decided they would prefer a white man, a known sexual predator, a white man with 34 felony convictions over a former prosecutor, former DA, former CA AG, former US Senator and sitting US Vice President. Because *white people would rather eat shit than share ice cream.*

My parents divorce was 95% done for about a year but the remaining 5% involved custody and child support payments.

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

I needed to visit a silly place, so enjoyed the touring production of "Spamalot" with Broadway in Chicago. Here's my @chicagoreader.com review. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

If the press can memory-hole 1-million-plus deaths from Trump's botched COVID response, they can memory-hole this.

we now have a scientific name for maga

a thing no one talks about who hasn't read slaver and eugenics propaganda is how seeped those fuckers were in weird psychosexual shit

Then they're not "swing" voters, they're just Republicans

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Here's my autopsy report: A lot of Americans are frigging stupid, racist, misogynist, and selfish AF.

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Amy Herzog's adaptation of "An Enemy of the People" is a great choice for TimeLine Theatre to open their new home in Uptown. Here's my @chicagoreader.com review! chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

There are more tears and tributes about the Colbert show than the gutting of the VRA.

Hanna Kime is a rising Chicago playwright whose work I hadn't had the chance to see before. "The Targeted" at A Red Orchid Theatre is really good! Here's my @chicagoreader.com recommended review! chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Y’all are doing more crying and whining about The Colbert Show being cancelled than y’all are about Voting Rights being cancelled. We see you.

WE. FUCKING. WARNED. YOU. Assuming he wins the nomination, Platner's campaign had better hope the Collins campaign isn't able to track down the name of the soldier who was shot. If so, I guarantee that he & his family will be featured in $50 million of attack ads.

Ro KKKhanna did not say a word about SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act. But he's outraged nazi Thomas Massie lost and blames not trump who slammed Massie, not KY voters sick of his inefficacy, but "the Jews" cc @brat2381.bsky.social @candylovely.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social

If you're looking for a fun family outing, "The Hula Hoopin' Queen" at Young People's Theatre of Chicago might be just the show for you! Here's my @chicagoreader.com review! chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

They cherry pick which posts matter. The one where he blames women for being raped? Not that one. The one where he thinks a war hero should have been killed? Not that one. The ones where he uses slurs? Not those. Just the ones where he posts against Collins after having always voted for her.

Gee, who could have predicted this? 👇 🤔 😒

When people say: “Democrats abandoned the working class” they are saying several things but not what they intend. A 🧵 First, the message is “working class” == White. All the Black people I know work. All of them. So these terms are a big choice that conservatives AND leftists repeatedly make.

Tell me you know nothing about history without telling me you know nothing about history.

So just to recap, we now have Platner apologists going from "invoking-military-culture-to-defend-Nazi-tattoos" to "invoking-the-murder-of-superior-officers-by-soldiers-in-Vietnam-to-defend-Platner-saying-his-comrade-deserved-to-die." Are they seriously LISTENING to themselves?!

@chicagoreader.com contributor Dmitry Samarov HIGHLY RECOMMENDS "Le Bal" at Trap Door Theatre! chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

This is how you deal with trash

Imagine how much better your takes would be if you could only post after learning about the decades-long consensus in political science on the exact thing you're talking about.

new: last week, the cook county board signed off on sheriff tom dart's request to nearly double the size of his flock license plate reader network. it came despite revelations the agency worked with the controversial company for years without an agreement and as other cities are ditching the tech.

Lorraine Hansberry would be 96 today. Coincidentally, I just started reading Soyica Diggs Colbert's biography of Hansberry, "Radical Vision," yesterday. (Been on the shelf for a while.) yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Harsh but fair

@chicagoreader.com contributor Catey Sullivan recommends the revival of "Always . . . Patsy Cline" at @americanblues.bsky.social. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Trump USAID Cuts Killed One Million People 750,000 died in the first year. By 2030 defunding USAID will kill 9.4 Million people, and 2.5 Million Children under the age of 5. Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

A future leader of bison in Yellowstone National Park.

Update: Louisiana voters tonight have rejected all five constitutional amendments that were on the ballot today; they were there with the support of the GOP legislature and Gov. Landry.

Sure feeling like way too damn many “elite” journalists are trying to pitch that we’ll need to make white racists comfortable to win. I fucking reject the premise.

“The scoreboard” Yes, of course, scoreboard shows that places where people elect Dems—California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Colorado, etc— it’s just as bad on abortion, fighting racism, & LGBT rights as it is in Idaho & Texas & West Virginia! PS, I’m a serious person!

It continues to amaze me how much Discourse we've had over the years was completely and utterly useless wheel-spinning-in-mud. "why didn't Dems codify XYZ?" SCOTUS overturned tons of codified law/rules. "RAH RBG SHOULD'VE RETIRED" Would've still been a 5-4 conservative court.

The last time the US had demand for labor outstrip supply people complained that no one wanted to work or that food delivery cost too much.

Gender is innate and immutable but also so fragile that it can be destroyed by drinking out of a straw 🤔

It doesn't actually have all of those but it does have Uyghur camps which seems pretty shitty to me.

The Democrat is always preferable to the Republican, but the damage to democrats everywhere if the voters in Maine elect a fucking Nazi is incalculable. The moral high ground is permanently abandoned. And Platner will ABSOLUTELY turn, just as we warned you Fetterman would. You learn nothing.

Just got out of "Octet" at Raven Theatre. I know it's selling out, but there were some empty seats tonight. So if you can try for a waitlist, it is SO worth it!

Nobody "sent you to war," you lying, homicidal, war crime-glorifying monster. You joined the Marines AFTER the Iraq war had started, because, you said, you wanted to "have an adventure and kill some people." You called killing people a "hell of an excellent experience."

Hi. 😊 Black American here. Norway is an almost entirely white country. The United States is racist as fuck. That's why we don't have a social democracy or, like, healthcare. Follow for more glimpses into a racist society where white people* would rather die than see a Black person succeed.

Porter & Steyer continue lying abt Xavier Becerra: after the last person in the federal case pled guilty today and was unable to secure a cooperation agreement w/ Trump’s DOJ — the FBI recorded them conspiring. Williamson’s attorney confirmed that Becerra was a victim @josecanyousee.bsky.social

I’ve said it before, and I will continue to say it: Mifepristone is safe, effective, and access to it is a right. While the recent SCOTUS order is a victory, it’s temporary. And I will not stop fighting until access is fully restored.

Your reminder that the actual "rotating villains" are the left wing podcasters who tell you Dems haven't earned your vote while not telling you how much money they make from Republican tax policies or that they owe their entire newfound fame to Trump's chaos. They're not allies.

really gotta emphasize that these people hate america

That’s a stone-cold lie, Steyer. You are worse than Trump. Neither Becerra nor Newsom were implicated in any crime or indictment — Becerra was the victim of a crime. You just committed slander and libel.