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she/her. very bi very gay. Chicago I love you so much. Opinions are my own and not representative of my employer.
This sucks and also fuck you dollop
Streetsblog Chicago@chi.streetsblog.org · 3h agoArgh! Why do cool Chicago bike shops die while Hummer dealerships live? Green Machine is a longtime supporter of SBC, so please consider helping them clear out their inventory by picking up something for your ride. www.facebook.com/GreenMachine... @activetransportation.org @chicritmass.bsky.social
Oh HELL YEAH alderwoman get her!!!
Streetsblog Chicago@chi.streetsblog.org · 7h agoBreaking: Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th), who signed off on the Archer Avenue traffic safety initiative in Brighton Park, responds to mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza's comment on WBEZ that the project is a "debacle." chi.streetsblog.org/2026/08/05/w... @wbez.org @sashaannsimons.bsky.social
I hope this woman is surrounded by love and support right now. my god.
Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 4h agoChristine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...
Instead of taking on the power of policing directly we keep reaching for clever workarounds that are then used by the police to concentrate more power.
Gonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoSCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
When we talk about the importance of funding libraries and library workers - this is the result of being down just *six* people across the entire city of Chicago. Wherever you live, libraries have been running on shoestrings for years and years. Fighting for funding improves service you use!
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 11h agoThousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj
letting the police spend 200+ million on overtime = responsible fiscal stewardship hiring enough library workers and paying for overtime when need is apparent = reckless spending
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 11h agoThousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj
There's a difference between "impossible" and "underfunded" and there are many, many conversations that would get a lot more honest—and productive—if people stopped saying "impossible" when "underfunded" is the reality.
THE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS OURS ALL OF THEM
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
McKinney’s win is another victory for the progressive insurgency toppling incumbent Democratic lawmakers.
Donavan McKinney Defeats Shri Thanedar In Michigan Primary
McKinney’s win is another victory for the progressive insurgency toppling incumbent Democratic lawmakers.
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In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
Chicago Safe Streets PSA: There is a town hall meeting Aug 17th for Chicago Ave improvements at Ukrainian Cultural Center. The 36th Ward has requested this meeting prior to the project moving forward. If you live in the area & want safer streets please attend if able www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...
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on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...
I'm surprised I haven't seen more discourse about The Invite because I really really loved it. I loved everyone in it, I laughed a lot, and it felt surprisingly heart warming.
🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · yesterday🍷 Olivia Wilde’s sex comedy of manners THE INVITE features a fearless foursome whose one night together may very well change the trajectory of their whole lives. Post-screening talkback with @angelicabastien.bsky.social on 8/20! Tickets: facets.org/programs/the...
A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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bring back shame www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together?
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
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A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d agoEverywhere should be a hostile place for Republicans. They should not be able to find a friend anywhere. They should lose all their professional and familial relationships. They should be blocked from signing up to social media platforms, clubs, and yard sales. They should be ejected from fairs.
I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them
Jennifer Romig @jennifermromig.bsky.social · 4d agoNotetaking in meetings is tiny case in point - used to be some predictable social assumptions who would do it; now anyone can offer to do ”notetaking” by turning on the AI listener. Further interesting scenario is human recollection / notes (taken by habit by a person) conflict with AI summary
Okay, let's do it. Here's why we can(not) talk about Ariana Grande. gossip-reading-club.ghost.io/why-we-can-n...
Why We Can (Not) Talk About Ariana Grande
Okay, let's talk about it. Or not.
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BRB, commissioning a book of short essays from Xers and Millennials, with contributors picking one song each from this chart and waxing poetic about it
assbutt@nasboat.org · 2d agothe Billboard Modern Rock chart from 30 years ago today — August 3, 1996.
Sophie Cunningham said that she is going to protect women in sports by terrorizing her coworkers who are all women in sports.
this is actually the wife-beatingest reply possible. this is the platonic ideal of how a guy who beat his wife would respond to a question about beating his wife.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
