Just heard a radio DJ use the phrase “I’m just doing my job” while introing the new drake

wolf hall by hillary mantel, bring up the bodies by hillary mantel, the mirror & the light by hillary mantel

i like that the hallway outside my apartment has nightingale flooring to protect me from enemy ninjas in my sleep but it also lets the whole floor know when i’m being a whore & with approximately how many participants.

if House MD was being that rude to me i'd just die instead of giving him the opportunity to prove himself right

bagel place had Glee on the televisions & it’s kind of frightening how accurate of a societal prediction that show is. like everyone these days is either gay, illiterate, dead, or a pedophile.

ladies laddies & gentlethems please welcome to the stage Amed Sandwiches & Estimated Wait

this Elon Musk plot to steal your 401(k) money is really going underdiscussed

i bet local facebook groups/nextdoor posts for my new place are absolutely crazy i should investigate

The Ricketts bought up supportive housing, and they are demolishing it to build a few hundred parking spaces for Wrigley Field

coming to grips with the stone cold truth that a logan square 6.3 is at best a lakeview 2.7

sorry to keep harping this but seriously i did not expect this story to blow up the way it did. whenever you read or share one of my queer news stories it tells my editors that news about lgbt texans matters, so genuinely really thank you.

saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)

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is my jacket cute

Then I guess it's not a financially sustainable organization. They'll have to close some locations or shorten their hours. Alternatively, we could end the public navy and let private navies provide this service.

yayyy

Sunset, by Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881 c. 1850 More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/47714

taking it as a ‘welcome to the neighborhood’ sign that the nearest bar to my new apartment has a neon sign with their ‘J’ logo that looks like a very artsy 1950s new yorker illustration of a noose.

I didn't know River North was chill like that?

NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Holy shit this piece will melt some eyeballs. Writer argues Dems need to take drastic, even once-unimaginable tactics in response to Voting Rights Act being gutted. He writes: "Patience is the enemy now" and we have to stop asking people for it. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

easily the worst bald representation in city politics

flawless instincts to launch a scheme to enrich yourself by looting Chicago taxpayers a mere 286 days before you intend to ask voters to re-elect your bum ass

As I’ve been knocking doors across the 45th Ward, residents have noted that Gardiner has been even more “absent” than usual. Now we know why: he’s been focused on getting a payout on his way out the door. Follow our campaign for real representation, and find ways to help, at bit.ly/sgdnewsletter

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMZC... 'onika = traumprinz, burgers = ate' type of morning

seasoning my cast iron dildo

i am watching someone with the title of Chief Technical Officer in real time in a Slack DM convo reveal that he does not know what Parallels is or does, or that it requires a separate product key from Windows.

we’re being a fake country again just a bunch of normal people who are playthings for our out-of-control aristocracy

posting your own assassination coordinates is crazy work

i hope that by the end of these midterms the only people who respect media people of the wapo/nyt set are other media people of the wapo/nyt set

sundowning in broad daylight to confound my enemies & attain my goals

perioddddddddd

i have been trying to find this track for-fucking-ever. like almost 20 years ago off an old Anton Zap RTS FM set. i may actually just burst into tears right here right now at work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOlz...

save me purple taco truck… purple taco truck save me…

About time for another “are we the baddies” story with Palantir employees who pretend they didn’t always know the answer.

unlocked the rare ’this train is having an equipment problem. operator is off the train to address it.’ announcement on this red line 😍

chicago’s trees are all lush & green & it makes the simple act of walking around magical. if you thought my 312 boosterism was annoying i live in lakeview now you ain’t seen shit.

You literally cannot fathom how far behind most of the U.S. is going to be at the end of the decade.

dusting off a classic

Avondale: A Great Place To Quit Your Band, Start A Family, Get A Messy Divorce, And Make It Everyone Else’s Problem For Years

It fascinates me how some people on social media nowadays actively seem to be weirded out when you attempt to actively interact with them, or to reply to their posts - as if they assume it’s a broadcast-first medium.

rare to see someone proven right this quickly

Incredible scoop: "They said the wide-ranging inquiry is a top priority for Mr. Kennedy, who sees vaccines as a “potential culprit” in various neurological and autoimmune disorders, including asthma and allergies." -- www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h...

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

Generally if someone disappears from the ICE detainee locator system it is because they are in the process of being deported. And yes, they move people to other facilities right before their hearings on purpose. There are a dozen “shuffle” flights between detention centers every day.

quirky lady glasses are starting to be a tell tale sign

NEW: Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.