S/o to Terry at Gman Tavern, who, on hearing that my bike tires were a little low, jumped up and grabbed a pump from his car. People like him are why I love Chicago.

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stay tuned for more on this from mainstream reporting hopefully later today, but Bob's got the gist of it; last week, it appears that ICE began disappearing people from the Online Detainee Locator System the moment they get a final order of removal. Yes, this is as deeply screwed up as it sounds.

Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.

Liz + the Baguettes oh wait

Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 3w ago

Make a band edible: Orchestral Turnovers In The Dark

After the Pinter joke, I’m not surprised that someone on the Ted Lasso team knows commedia masks, but still. What a nice subtle detail.

So many small towns & cities have homeless camps most residents don’t know exist. Unless you’re involved via social services, nonprofit, maybe a church group, you may not not realize how many people are sleeping outdoors. Not in a big city; in yr pretty little town, yr tidy burb.

This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.

New for Notebook Thursday: Dolly www.lizandthebaguettes.com/bloguette/no...

Notebook Thursday: Dolly

I had a different post planned for today. The karaoke science project is embarking upon its Lyrics bracket, and I (predictably) have many thoughts. I also happened to submit the song that became the.....

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but the nice thing is that you don't have to be rich to do it like you can be the Dolly Parton of wherever you are just by supporting your local library or donating to nonprofits that serve trans kids or putting food in free fridges or wearing a mask when you fly

Gary, Indiana has been without power almost 2 weeks.

New for Notebook Thursday: Charlie wrote about his excellent new single, “When It Happens” www.lizandthebaguettes.com/bloguette/no...

Notebook Thursday: When It Happens

Guest contributor: Charlie Crane Charlie is, of course, the lead guitarist (and occasional drummer, vocalist, and book rearranger) for the Baguettes. His other credits include the Dyes, the...

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I am biased bc the chef is a friend, but listen: Chicagoans, get yourselves to Apothecary on Clark and try the chicken-fried oyster mushrooms.

men will literally amass millions in venture capital and destroy the habitable environment instead of going to therapy, etc

Reading Main Street (for whatever reason, I have never read much Sinclair Lewis) and was tooling along thinking it was just a tragicomedy of Midwestern manners, and then got to this banger of a speech. There are of course a few bits of dated language, but it’s as relevant now as it was 100 years ago

That means TODAY! Do it! It's not that hard and science will love you for it (and the love of science is a glorious thing).

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

You do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to em. Walk the path of the Hater and be free.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 3mo ago

Please consider not saying that some AI models or some statistical models are good, useful, beneficial, whatever else positive, in science if it's not your research area. It's ok not to know things. It's ok not to both side things. It's ok to ask colleagues who are experts.

why has google no respect for the patronage of the Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Songtradr has fired all the engineers at Bandcamp and while they say they are focusing resources on that beloved platform, we don’t know what is going to happen. I am worried. Now is the time to support member-owned cooperative music distribution platforms like @Subvert.fm

What could you create/make by next summer to lessen suffering in some part of your world? Let that question be your guide and hold yourself to making something of whatever size and impact by that time. Hold yourself to the commitment. No one else needs to know but you will.

Good lord, Google. Who wrote this nonsense? They pivot directly from boldface “inaccurate information” to “for informational purposes only.” 1. We do this one thing badly. 2. That thing is our only job.

I don’t care how noble the cause is, an AI flyer does not help it

Hey it’s Make a Terrible Comic day! Be nice to yourself or else #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026

Today’s weird and sad, and I guess it always will be now. Trying to honor Dad’s memory by: fixing something with Superglue making something that involves spatial reasoning and specialty tools reading hanging out with the cat exercising (this should be a run but it depends on the rain)

It’s important on Juneteenth to remain aware that we live in a country driven by various degrees of unjust human exploitation & our economy that we call American capitalism relies on legal loopholes that permit slavery & the threat of homelessness, which can be punished with enslavement, to function

Capital B@capitalb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A new Louisiana law could subject unhoused people to fines, jail time, or even unpaid labor if they are found sleeping outdoors. The National Homelessness Law Center says it is “one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country.” https://bit.ly/4ed9gNN

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Science Magazine@science.org · 4mo ago

The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s

Just a girl with her emotional support corn

We're asking local organizations, artists and performers to help us create more welcoming, inclusive, and safer spaces. Submit your proposal today! transitchicago.com/art/activations

Fun tip for catsitting: be sure you have the dates right, or else you may wind up wandering through your friend’s apartment while they’re still home and accidentally scaring the life out of them