While I think it is very nice some people are planning on passing out actual food to trick or treaters this Halloween to help food shortages in communities, but also WHAT THE FUCK, AMERICA, THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE A THING.

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/23/c... following that money.

Anyway, be safe out there tomorrow, friends.

The only thing holding me together these days are cute dog videos. (Or any cute animals really. Have you seen a baby opossum stretch their toe beans? Magical.)

One of two things must be true: either @govpritzker.illinois.gov is fine with his state police acting this way, or he has no ability to control them. I'm not sure which is worse.

[clears throat] @jbpritzker.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social

You all have no idea how much I am looking forward to Friday sitting on my couch with my heating pad on my shoulder to think about nothing.

People who married into a matching-Christmas-pajamas family, how’s that working out for you?

I don’t follow sports but I do know the Cubs are going to have to win the world series in order to reverse whatever the fuck happened in 2016.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/b... Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov you want to explain?

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/07/s... Chicago friends, be sure to call Friedman Real Estate and let them know their "Friedman Values" are bullshit. (312) 728-1700. Same for Home Depot and Walmart allowing ICE to gather on their properties to kidnap people. friedmanrealestate.com/who-we-are/

Texas is literally invading Illinois. Fucking ludicrous. Fuck every last motherfucker who did this.

Guys, if the EMTs come and I’m unconscious so they ask if I took anything, just go ahead and tell them heroine or something cooler than the actual “questionable tzatziki sauce.”

The same guy who told women to “tough it out” has been complaining about having to walk up a flight of stairs for the past 3 days.

Nothin’. He died when I was 3. (🎵Curb Your Enthusiasm Theme Song 🎵)

Just entered my "looking for recommendations for a good pill-splitter" era.

I’m pretty sure we could solve a lot of problems by making kids use dial up if they want to use social media. No one has the attention span to wait 5 minutes for a meme to load.

I’m pretty good at predicting when a jump scare is coming, but WEAPONS got me so bad the dogs came to check on me when I screamed.

A dog’s internal dinner clock is the most precise (and loud) time piece in the world.

Hello I made a thing that lets you draw other things. It is not pretty, but it works ok for now. I'm pretty happy about that. (this is specifically made to create seamless repeat patterns without having to create 1 tile in Procreate and keep testing it elsewhere to make sure it was matching up.)

"vibe coding" a new repeat pattern drawing app for his wife is exactly how my husband wanted to spend his holiday weekend. Testing is going GREAT, guys.

I know my husband doesn’t secretly try to check my phone behind my back because I would hear his head literally explode from the way my I have my apps “organized”* on my 44 home screens. *they’re not at all. Not even a little bit.

Sorry for all the ranty rants! But also just a reminder the Big Dumb Ass Bill gets rid of the tax deduction for office snacks in 2026 so the one reason you're probably OK with going back in office is probably going to suck a lot more or disappear all together. USA!

I was going to try to place a small order for some additional things from my supplier in Portugal before de minimis is completely nuked at the end of August. But then I remembered the whole operation takes the entire month of August off. So genuinely, happy for them, how great. But fuuuuuuuuuuuck.

I finally found a new textile supplier to replace my vendor in China after the new tariffs were announced. My new supplier is based in India. The place where new 25% tariffs were announced today to start tomorrow. No jokes here! Just super happy for this small business-friendly administration! USA!

Only 127 days left to complete your baby turkey onesie, crocheters!

Why is photoshop such a little bitch

I guess I have to like Coldplay now.

Go out? I’m sorry, I can’t. A new hyper fixation has kicked in and I’ve got to be on Wikipedia for the next 48 to 72 hours. Thanks anyway!

I just realized my older MAGA brother was born a couple of years before my mother became a US citizen. I cannot wait to send him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANCHOR BABY card this year.

You know what day it is - It's "throw whatever's left in the fridge" salad day! Check back in a few hours to see if those "best by" dates were solid or nah.

Perfection in the wild.

As I bit into my burrito that literally just came out of the air fryer, I was reminded of this masterpiece. thanks for the art, @seoulbrother.bsky.social vimeo.com/3889090?shar...

If you want a really good ugly cry to start off your Monday, I suggest you check today's Tiki update. oh, my heart.

NEVER again want to hear we're all doomed because "old people" don't know what AI is. RIGH NOW literally thousands of young people on TikTok are buying cheap TEMU, cow-shaped slippers from dozens of fake accounts using AI video of a crying old man trying to save his fake cow sanctuary. We're cooked.

So I’m guessing I’m not going to get the money back from the illegal tariffs my business was charged last month.

It’s our steel anniversary so naturally I got my husband Steel Magnolias special blu-ray edition cause he’s worth it.

Blue-canary-in-the-outletbythelightswitch

“I’m RIGHT HERE!” —my dogs every time I watch a Tiki update 10 times in a row.

We had tornado watches last night, now this tonight. Beyoncé picked a hell of a week to come to Chicago. I’d be so pissed if I had tickets.

Storm knocked the power out, and there’s not even any ice cream in the freezer to rescue from the heat before it melts.

You don’t need 30 planes you can have one plane and be happy.

Unshelling pistachios is my cardio.

Gotta dip your fingers in the holy au jus and bless yourself before you enter the church.

I won’t believe the new Pope is really from Chicago until I hear him pronounce “giardiniera”

Babe, wake up. New Pope dropped.