There’s a non-zero chance that within the next day or two SCOTUS officially weighs in on whether the suburbs are “Chicago”

Great thread

This photo of an ICE agent firing a pepper ball at a journalist clearly hiding behind a van should be everywhere

Politics?? In my punk music?? This person has a Naperville shirt on and forfeits all right to opinions forever.

The only problem with Tylenol as pain relief for pregnant people is that it's fucking useless and pregnant folks deserve better.

Broadview FD ain’t happy about this “The Broadview Fire Department said village officials were reaching out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security “to demand the fence be removed immediately” because it was installed without a permit in the roadway outside of the facility at 1930 Beach St.”

It's like those robot dogs. "Oh look at this cool technology!" No. The cops are going to use it on you.

The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.

The 9-year-old just lost her mind upon learning that Berlin was in Germany: "I thought it was somewhere in *South America!* Doesn't it sound like somewhere in South America??" Me, who took German in high school and went to Berlin at age 16: "well no, not really."

I've gone to work every single day for over six years knowing that people want to murder me for stepping in the building. Ezra Klein can cry me a river.

- the baby bearded dragon - the cats - reading books, particularly getting to pull books off my to-read shelves and rehome them on the regular bookshelves - the 9-year-old in all her glory

hadn’t seen the actual letter. this is a dream exhibit. a unicorn.

Merry (cancer cat) was lying in bed cuddling me. Pippin hopped on the bedside table. The cats had the sort of inexplicable cat squabble that involved almost biting each other but not quite. Merry moved to the bedside table. Pippin is now lying in bed cuddling me in the exact place Merry was.

I met a guy for a drink this week. He talked over me for 45 minutes, belittled my knowledge of things in which I'm a domain expert - then *yelled* at me and stormed out. I was legitimately afraid he'd be waiting outside when I left. I hesitated in the doorway and scanned the area before leaving.

alt: "Normally, when a civil rights leader dies, their supporters spend days reciting their greatest quotes and preachings. So, it's notable that the right has devoted the past two days trying to get Olive Garden waitresses fired for critical TikToks, while avoiding his body of work."

Reminder that you can discount virtually all legacy media outlets' coverage of "A.I.", due to the fact that they've all installed it in their newsrooms or even made outright content deals with OpenAI They cannot be honest about the technology because they are in bed with it and need it to succeed

I see this as just... basic psychology? If you want anyone to keep doing anything, you have to reward them when they do the thing.

I can’t believe I caught this 🦋 Just before noon, I figured I better check again… the hangar bay was opening! Little out of focus for a few seconds, but I got the focus back- apologies- I was so excited & shooting w/ the sun on my viewer.

The notion that some line previous uncrossed was crossed today is fiction. They shot Dr. Tiller in his church DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE because they disagreed with his politics. Don’t you dare let their revisionist history go unchecked.

Y'all I'm sorry but what does "crushing 3x18" mean?

This is why I have never understood the idea that Black people focus on slavery too much. Baby, it's the historical equivalent of last week. We're not even 200 years post slavery.

He’s not just coming for hormones that trans people depend on. He wants prescription drugs for mental health too.

I'm kinda resigned to the fact that most people don't really give a shit about how millions globally will die horrible deaths directly due to Musk and Trump's decision to gut USAID - I guess it's too abstract to comprehend, or something - but it is HAPPENING, and nobody is swooping in to stop it.

I can’t believe it’s even necessary to say that NO city in ANY country deserves or should be INVADED by its federal government. I thought we cared about people. Isn’t that the real point? Everyone needs liberation, most of all the people who don’t know.

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

I’m already seeing people who position themselves as progressive or liberal “joking” that Trump should occupy these cities instead. Y’all are so disappointing.

Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!

Just saw the driver of a west-bound bus honking at a north-bound bus at an intersection, so the people who needed to get off the former bus wouldn't miss the latter bus. Especially important on a Sunday when the busses run less frequently. Little acts of good in the world. (Chicago and California)

going to write a tense Cold War thriller where the world hangs is on the brink of nuclear Armageddon because at the key moment nobody in the government can remember if DEFCON 1 or 5 is the bad one

I say fuck it. Citizenship for all. You come to the US and want to stay? Bam, citizen. Customs in general has a purpose, but fuck border patrol, and fuck ICE.

I was told this is a hellhole, please advise

True everywhere except Chicago; we put our flags everywhere because it is a *joy to behold.* www.chicagomag.com/city-life/No...

I'm pleased to report that my child's public school does NOT perform the Pledge of Allegiance and there is also your answer to why Chicago is about to be invaded by federal troops.

This is not reporting. This is propaganda.

I did not realize NBC News is allowed to quip like this 😮

We tried so hard to explain that the anti-trans panic wasn't just going to hurt trans people. Whether through recklessness or intent it resulted in extremely weird, broad, harmful laws. I'm not mad, but I'm telling you, we really tried.

jim ballz said “bone petite”

We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology.

one of the nice things about bluesky is when you see Nate Silver trending you know it's because 5000 people are calling him a shitass

Google's search engine was the greatest information retrieval tool I'd ever experienced in my life. So many mysteries unraveled under the scrutiny of a few keystrokes. They lobotomized it *for this*.

This piece is very important on its own merits and resonates with some initiatives I’ve seen for other causes like sex worker rights, reproductive justice, & harm reduction. You can’t just show up and ignore stakeholders/communities that your idea is more solid than their experiential knowledge.

Do people who don't regularly receive mammograms know about the whole "no deodorant before your mammogram" thing? I worry so much about autopiloting in the morning I already hid it in my purse.

So far north! They're going to be hauling up to Lake Forest for parking? In "CPS is back in session" traffic?

WHAT

So the rule about Chicago is Chicagoans can talk all the shit about Chicago but if YOU talk shit about Chicago you will get fucked up

Jesus the FOP

VA is a disaster right now. I generally don't trust the private sector with my healthcare, yet had wrist surgery three weeks ago at Baylor Scott & White in Dallas because VA couldn't handle it. First time I've had a major procedure or serious condition treated outside the military or VA since 1996.

Being 43 means: "ugh ok I'll pause my audiobook about moss to go to this punk show." My friends went on at 10 so I took a nap before I left the house.

Bless Chicago in the summer, where you think you're walking to the park and instead you run into a street festival.

I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.