Women of BlueSky - I just got my annual mammogram. Have you scheduled yours this year? I thought about the women in my life who are survivors and they caught the #cancer early with annual screenings. Don’t delay! While you are at it…schedule a colonoscopy too. #breastcancer #healthcare

Just spoke to my friend in #Denmark and she told me how much gas has gone up lately and we lamented this administration’s bonkers grandstanding against Denmark related to #Greenland. So much unnecessary turmoil coming from my country. 😡

Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?

what is everyone's favorite local mural. I am also partial to these large birds at Greenleaf under the Red Line (the same set as Viktor's first pic) left is me and prior dog for scale. biiiiiiiiiiiiig fancy duck

For any Ted Lasso fans in the Chicago area, the guy who plays Coach Beard has a one-man show at Steppenwolf www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--eve...

If bluesky stopped existing tomorrow I don’t think I would go find an alternative. I might just be done

I think one of the things about bluesky is that for a lot of its users, it represents a kind of retirement from social media. Like I’m tired and I want to get out of the game

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Need a good laugh? Watch the #snl skit with #JackBlack called Husbands youtu.be/YOLHFqiEQmM?... #comedy

You talkin TV? #snl #work #JackBlack youtu.be/ZpcMXvUi4Zg?...

A different perspective. Always helpful.

Don’t give anyone the power to make you question who you are @poetrybyboots #poetry #Andersonville #Chicago

A+ headline.

An Easter miracle…I beat my husband in Splendor! I think the ears of the chocolate bunny helped. #boardgames

A single long fixed term for Supreme Court justices, mandatory retirement age (but not term limits) for Congress, term limits plus a mandatory retirement age (to complement the minimum age) for president. Plus a ban on insurrectionists in any of these offices.

So cozy right by the fire at The Hop Leaf in #Andersonville in #Chicago. Mussels are on the way! #food #beer

I learned a new word at The Green Mill in #Chicago MOLL: A girlfriend of a gunman or gangster. A woman prostitute. A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. #Uptown

everyone share your favorite Chicago flag pics in honor of the flag's birthday (anniversary of its official adoption)

I am in an argument in a writer’s group with someone who says that you don’t need someone trained in data science to analyze survey results, you can just put it in an LLM and have another LLM check it for errors. 😬

“And I like being here for people on the worst days of their lives.” - Whitaker to Ogilvie on #ThePitt Shout out to #ER #nurses #doctors, security guards, EMTs & everyone else on staff. You are this country’s safety net & it is soooo hard. And different policies could make it better. #healthcare

“And I like being here for people on the worst days of their lives.” - Whitaker to Ogilvie on #ThePitt Shout out to #ER #nurses #doctors, security guards, EMTs & everyone else on staff. You are this country’s safety net & it is soooo hard. And different policies could make it better. #healthcare

what next? what, are we gonna provide *roads* for the wealthy too? gonna have health inspectors keep contaminants out of their groceries? are we just gonna have gutters and sewer systems around rich people's homes?

When I am out and about in #Chicago now, people are talking about the impact of policy decisions on their lives. I am discussing the Straight of Hormuz and #healthcare cuts while waiting for buses with strangers. This is not the norm, but I’m meeting my neighbors and connecting more which is a +

I heard someone say that we should be registering voters at gas stations.

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What A Blast! 906pm on Thursday over Chicago. All that lightning in one moment...this is one image.

Marco Rubio declared that under the Constitution being born in the USA does not make you a citizen unless your parents are citizens. Marco Rubio's parents were Cuban immigrants who were NOT citizens at the time of his birth. Do you think Marco will now self-deport?

"in 80% of the cases when participants chose to consult ChatGPT, they went with wrong answers without stopping to scrutinize them"

I would love to walk into a school event and see all of the volunteers be men. The reverse is often true and women are tired. I enjoy supporting my kids’ school communities and believe it is important. But damn…the moms who also work for $ (at least most of us) are carrying the majority of the load.

Last night and this morning, Russia launched drone attacks on several regions of Ukraine, killing one and injuring five people.

I have spent pretty much the last 15 months doing our weekly grocery list by checking prices across publix, sam's, costco, and Aldi. If you aren't buying in bulk, and you're okay with the limited brand selection, you really can't beat Aldi for price.

"The Secretary of Defense is a disgraced major that was kicked out of the DC National Guard."

Tonight was a nationally-televised, Truth Social post with zero concepts of a plan. Trump can say we’re winning a war no one asked for—and that gas prices aren’t skyrocketing. But we all know the truth. The Senate must do our constitutional duty and rein this President in.

This was as purposeful and powerful as a rock concert gets in 2026. And arguably the most deeply impactful performance Springsteen has given in the Twin Cities since his 1975 debut, writes critic Jon Bream.

Read cursive? The Newberry Library in Chicago is looking for “living Rosetta stones” to decipher its handwritten collection. buff.ly/sBOHDKL

My father is a Vietnam veteran. My youngest just turned 18 and a selective service letter just arrived. This is hitting me hard today. I can’t imagine sending my boys to this current war that the US started illegally and without provocation. I’m holding #military families in my heart right now.

The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.

Think about this: A retired game show host may end the world as we know it. Only a master satirist could write this scenario, but Mark Twain is dead.

Bruce Springsteen is some good, strong, sorely needed, goddamn medicine for Minnesota. This is a concert that is, and my words won’t do it justice, amazing. Sharp, specific, resolute, angry, and inspired. Some rock shows are all about just having a good time. Something larger is in play here.

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Medical schools will no longer be required to teach about health inequities. The change comes as political pressure about diversity, equity and inclusion grows. Experts say removing DEI from the guidelines will affect patient care. www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Ida B Wells (1862-1931) is watching and she’s pissed. A friend who was at the #Chicago #NoKings protest on March 28 shared this sign with me. Wells-Barnett was a journalist, anti-lynching activist, women’s suffragist, and early civil rights movement leader. www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

#ThePitt is showing the impacts of policy decisions like cutting #Medicare #Medicaid and increasing #ICE detentions so well. Politics matter. We need to vote for people who create and vote for policies that improve people’s lives. How can we help ppl understand that their votes matter?

Dr. Langdon played by Patrick Ball nails it in #ThePitt in season 2 episodes 10 & 11. This is how health care professionals need to show up for people with disabilities. Spot on. 👏👏👏

Season 2 Ep 11 of #ThePitt hit me hard. I relate to Mel so much and have lived what happened between her and her sister Becca played by @thetalanderson.bsky.social. Kudos to the writers & actors who portrayed the complicated layers of sibling relationships when one has an intellectual #disability.

You are beautiful from a salon in the #SouthLoop neighborhood of #Chicago

I am not a zero inbox person, but am trying it out right now and it feels great to delete so much crap. Time for some spring cleaning. Maybe because so much else feels out of control, this is my coping mechanism today. 🧹🗑️

I just learned that a friend’s son in law who was 1.5 years into his science Ph.D. lost funding so his position has been eliminated. We are losing so many future and current scientists right now. Devastating. I am feeling weary today. There is so much unneeded strife and destruction. #science

This is why I like the BlueSky Following feed - chronological feed of only people I follow. It is old school. I got off FB, Instagram, Threads, X - the algorithm is insidious. And…owned by oligarchs. #socialmedia

Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥