How about 1,000 librarians?

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6h ago

Thousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj

When you sweat, where does the water come from? Do we dehydrate from the outside in (fluid is pulled from tissues closest to skin)?

Zayre

This is Hog@thisishog.bsky.social · 24h ago

What is the earliest memory you have of a big company ceasing to be a part of your immediate world. Mine is Montgomery Ward. I vaguely recall their catalogs. The local store held on longer than I realized, but it had faded from my general awareness years earlier. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Hi my name is Anthony. I make shirts for Chicagoans who are over 40 years old.

The willful stupidity and lust for violence shown by police is shocking but not surprising. This is a pointless and wasteful prosecution. PS Never voting for any candidate who wants more police is the ~~bare minimum~~

Jim Daley@jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · yesterday

Cook County SA Eileen O'Neill Burke's office is moving forward with prosecuting a violence-prevention volunteer who was arrested by CPD after he tried to turn in a gun at a police station. The man spent 7 months in Cook County Jail for his effort; trial begins next week.

Cook County SA Eileen O'Neill Burke's office is moving forward with prosecuting a violence-prevention volunteer who was arrested by CPD after he tried to turn in a gun at a police station. The man spent 7 months in Cook County Jail for his effort; trial begins next week.

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls gun case against Chicago anti-violence volunteer a 'travesty'

Duncan runs Chicago CRED, which works to prevent shootings. He says volunteer Nakia Smith, arrested in a Far South Side police station in 2023, has been "fighting for the good." Smith, a convicted fel...

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the ICE agents are Disney Adults bc of course the ICE agents are Disney Adults

talia jane@taliajane.bsky.social · yesterday

Another person conducting ICE abductions in New Jersey has been identified: Mike Smith of Warrington, PA, described by Jersey Counterinfo as “41 years, is married, is a homeowner, has two children, and is a Disney Adult.” He evidently is a U.S. Marshal: jerseycounterinfo.noblogs.org/nj-ice-agent...

I have the hiccups but I cannot find the skeet about how to use evolutionary biology / frog lungs to stop them, please help

It's deeply offensive that any municipality offering trash pickup (landfill) is not also offering compostables pickup. We could be making dirt, and we're not. Anyone on a high horse about urban agriculture who's not also talking about compost is sketchy to me.

Instead of being mad at bicyclists on sidewalks, be mad at our leaders who have decided that everyone not in a car should be left to fight over scraps of space not given to drivers

There's an argument to be made for banning drivers from making left turns altogether at most intersections.

When we socialize common goods, we’re ensuring common access, even if we’re not using that common good today. It’s better to socialize the common goods and enjoy the private benefits of access than to socialize the harms and let corps reap the private profits (like the GOP wants).

I believe that most cities are not providing as much service as they could so they need more revenue and that most cities are spending too much on spending too little. I also think this line of reasoning might sound good but it's fairly easy to debunk.

This Killing Eve rewatch is very overdue

Restoried @ Kedzie Brown (it's a couple blocks away, but, like, that counts, right?)

Laurie! Live!@laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 3d ago

does anyone want to make a map showing the nearest bookstore to each L stop

Those silicone ziptop bags are such a game changer. Taking portions of cooked rice from the freezer directly to the microwave is my favorite Quick Dinner cheat code at the moment.

I don't want to jail people but I would like every bicycle helmet sold in Illinois to come with three (3) set of caltrops to be deployed at cyclist's convenience

Michael McLean@michaelmclean.me · 3d ago

First idea for our Secretary of State: Hold drivers accountable. We simply don’t do that at all in this city. Put more of them in jail.

could shit have been better so we can learn from it the next time? probably. but did we do all the shit we learned from the spanish flu to prevent mass death? no we did not. so shut the fuck up. idiots worrying about everyone not passing the class with an A+ when they won’t even let anyone get a B

His message is more cops and more ShotSpotter, his message couldn't be more toppable and also where's his mohawk

John@localcelebrity.bsky.social · 3d ago

Playing up his Greek immigrant background, his Obama connection, exuding effusive pride in our city, calling for: Universal Pre-K, higher wages, affordable housing, and ‘a fairer tax system’ with a vague swipe at billionaires. No one is going to top this charisma and message. Sorry.

It was cute when he played ball with Dilla, but Giannoulias is out of his fucking mind if he thinks more cop is a good idea

Mike Fragassi@refrag.bsky.social · 3d ago

Alexi Giannoulias says: one thousand more Chicago cops, and bring back ShotSpotter www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

Trib Ed board deciding how to react to young people downtown

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4d ago

From the Editorial Board: Sparkly, semiattired Lolla kids are this weekend swarming around such oft-deserted environs as Van Buren Street, Jackson Boulevard and State Street. Welcome. Your presence and youthful energy could not be more timely.

I love watching GRWM videos for the sole purpose of trying to figure out what weather they're in... The answer is almost always "car / ac" and never "a long walk to a transit stop" or "bike ride to the event" and that's why style advice on the internet is worse than useless

As an aside: I would like a movie about Cap Streeter! Tone (absurdist) would be very important tho. (Timeline Theater staged a musical about him years ago and it was a hoot)

twitter is your bank. yahoo is your doctor. delta airlines is your divorce lawyer. your child goes to daycare at northrop grumman

Just read FABULOUS BODIES and hoo boy, it's a really good book, really well written and I enjoyed it, also I'm gonna be nauseated for quite some time Thank you @chucktingle.bsky.social

You know what I haven't seen yet this summer? A dog with a mouthful of rattling cicada

What's the polite way to say "please stop sending me videos about your neurotype and then arguing with me about them"?