Jesus, what a photo.

Cubs just needed me back at Wrigley. 8-0 in live Cubs games this season! Magic number is now Nico.

Rogers twins each giving up game-tying hits in relief, that can't happen too often.

Oh this is what people mean by "the Mets are Metsing"

As the brother of an autistic American, as a person who worked on US scientific integrity policy at the White House, and as human being, I'm boiling at the RFK idiocy. And though I have little to offer beyond surpassing rage and national shame, I did smile at this statement from NYU's Arthur Caplan:

I wonder how mad Jim Deshaies is that he wasted a cool nickname like The Night Agent on a fuckwit like Matt Shaw.

Love this photo. macaulaylibrary.org/asset/641825...

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

Dudes rock

So much gratitude to @fangraphs.com and @jayjaffe.bsky.social for actually acknowledging Kershaw's homophobia alongside his pitching greatness. All the hagiography from most of the baseball media has made me a little sick this week.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

Wife's LA robots review: Waymos are stressful and the delivery robots are cute.

Is the expert Tina Belcher?

The shift from protesting in downtown Chicago to taking their voice directly to the federal agents is something organizers had to do. “Some of the most impactful things that I’ve seen are rapid response teams going directly to the sites where ICE is showing up.” thetriibe.com/2025/09/what...

First game at Dodger Stadium! Park #22.

We are launching a new investigation today, which reveals new details about Trump's deportation program. Our first story is by @maanvisingh.bsky.social and @wcraft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I think that given recent news it’s important to emphasize that the Trump Administration has taken hundreds of FBI agents away from investigating child sexual abuse and kidnapping—things they are good at—to harass Spanish-speaking delivery drivers and roofers, things they are mediocre at

8 cops making over $100k each to arrest one man. But your food, water & air are killing you. Your daughter is carrying her rapist’s baby to term & will probably die when it becomes complicated & your veteran son in jail for being unhoused. But at least that Brown guy sitting on a bench is gone.🙄

JFC, sweetgreen, I'm just trying to get an overpriced salad. For me.

Remembering Some Glasses Guys

We don’t need podcasts. We need someone to chime in with a “haven’t you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door”

A pox on whoever decided the best way to package things was to stick a million clear plastic pieces through them.

Chicago forever

all I know is that if I killed 11 people and was working out the reason why it was totally legal to do so a day later, nobody would have any trouble calling that precisely what it was

Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀

Newsom has already sacrificed another group—it’s homeless people. But @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is right, there will be a third group, fourth, etc. If you’re not making decisions based on principles then lots of folks can be expendable.

anyway those who follow me know I do my fair share of criticism of the DC political-media industrial complex. It’s basically my beat at this point. But it is so important to me for you to know where it comes from—a place of love of and belief in the work, especially the work most people never see.

A lot of political influencers within the Atlantic/NYT orbit are very, very eager to sell us on the lie that we can get out of fascism by sacrificing trans people. They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy. They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.

Letting the country burn to check the papers of the firefighters saving lives and property.

This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.

Have had the same thought this week. It has happened here.

Kitchen table issue: why is there a military vehicle parked outside my kitchen window?

Like I'd much rather be humming "mentos fresh and full of life" than "the little pill with a big story to tell"

PCA reset benching when

General and current reminder: if you see unusual police or fed activity in the Chicago area, reach out via Signal at unraveled.66. Anonymity always protected

Washed away the Cubs blues by watching the Schaumburg Boomers win 17-5 over their division rival Grizzlies.

Matt Shaw running.

Yesterday someone asked my name and when I said "Bri like the cheese" he heard "Capri like the juice."

It's still fucking weird that drugs have jingles.

Was just discussing this. The Cubs' problem is too much thinking. They get so involved in prep and "game theory" they're not in the moment during the game. "We believe we are better than this if we just stick to the plan" well, the plan ain't working. Is that too much analytics or something else?

I'm sorry, but I need you to see this rock that looks like a sandwich that I just found on Instagram.

You don’t have a right to feel safe—you have a right to BE safe, which is not the same. Fascism is obsessed with perceived danger coming from every population of vulnerable and marginalized people and its only answer is to eradicate them. If you feel unsafe when you’re not, you should be asking why.

Twister is over, but the lightning show in Rogers Park continues

Stormy day here in Chicagoland, including hail this afternoon. Time to watch Twister.

Man these cubs are fucking garbage. What happened?

Ernie Clement is a made-up baseball player

The Uptown Theatre has sat vacant for 44 of its 100 years. Efforts to reopen it have come & gone. A new effort carries a $190 million price tag, w/funding yet to be secured. “Uptown is missing its crown jewel,” said owner. by Madison Savedra & Mack Liederman blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/14/w...