The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

Give Them an Inch...

And they'll take away women's sports...

open.substack.com

Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

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3rd attempt—I was poking around the Library of Congress and found this map of the 1893 World’s Fair showing the location of all the Remington typewriters in use at the fair.

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I apparently have lost the ability to post images to BlueSky using the exact same methods and size I've always used. All I get is black squares. I just posted them the exact same way to Facebook with no problem. If anyone has an idea why photos are being black squares, HELP.

Not a word about verifying the gender of boys... this is little girl specific. Child sexual abuse on a state level 'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners www.rawstory.com/project-2025...

'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners

A Washington State ballot measure that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before taking part in sports provoked nationwide outrage.IL26-638 w...

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Just a reminder that the Jackson Park bird walks are in their 52nd year. Every Saturday at 8:00 am starting on the west side of the Columbian Basin (the lagoon just south of MSI where the cherry trees are). chicagobirdalliance.org/brief-histor...

Brief History of Wooded Island Bird Walks — Chicago Bird Alliance (formerly Chicago Audubon Society)

chicagobirdalliance.org

The Forest Service wants to move ahead with a plan for a radioactive rare earth mine fourteen miles from Devil’s Tower, with no environmental impact statement or public hearings. You should tell them how you feel about that:

BREAKING: USDA Pushes Forward on a Radioactive Open Pit Mine Miles From Devils Tower

The Forest Service won’t publish a draft study and won’t let anybody object. Michael Boren signs the decision himself. You have until August 28.

morethanjustparks.substack.com

So under this Supreme Court's treatment of U.S. law and presidential power, Joe Biden couldn't forgove my student loans, but perhaps Donald Trump can forgive his own tax debt. Wild.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

Interesting interview with Christopher Nolan done by doctoral student Zhong Shu. Lots of sites are freeloading off her good work. Here is a link to the original. youtu.be/wa4I8Ch2TRo?...

For several reasons I’m glad the Chicago Park District did not create a new dog park in Jackson Park after announcing the shutdown of Jackson Bark and now I have a new one.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d ago

A botched overhaul of a North Side dog park is leaving pups with bloody paws, pet owners say. blockclubchi.co/4fAG43P

Get the big money out of politics #CitizensUnited

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 2d ago

1/ Six rich Texans gave $100M to a group called Texans for Lawsuit Reform. That 💰 built a brand new court system where judges are not elected, they are appointed by governor, specifically so corporations never have to face a jury of regular Texans again. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Most people do not know the name of this bridge in the South Loop in Chicago. It's been around for 127 years and it was designated a Chicago landmark in 2007. It's called the St. Charles Air Line Bridge. Image at sunrise last Friday.

FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

From when the South Park Commission ran the boulevards. Carefully reset in new concrete #ManholeCoverMonday

Not a new video but definitely a feel-good one.. It features chocolate Labrador retriever 'Good Boy Ollie' and how his pet owner spent four days grinding at an English arcade to win >1,500 game tickets to trade for a plush seagull toy which he's been eyeing, whom they named 'Chippy' 💖🥰 #dog #awww

Japanese engineers have developed a new method to recover 90% of lithium from used electric vehicle batteries by swapping standard sodium hydroxide for recovered lithium hydroxide in the chemical refining process. In America, we are making it impossible to afford learning the skills to do this.

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.

Cincinnati has developed a Climate Migration Readiness Plan to absorb as many as 525,000 newcomers by 2050. It calls for building much denser housing, expanding public transit and decreasing the city’s reliance on fossil fuels.

A City With a Plan (Gift Article)

Cincinnati wants to take in people fleeing climate disasters. Plus, the latest on fires in Europe.

nytimes.com

I'm proud to announce that Separation of Church and Hate is a recipient of the 2026 American Book Award. Oh and they gave one to Colbert, too- abcnews.com/US/wireStory...

What having French players on your #WNBA roster looks like.

RB Reich says EXACTLY what America needs.

It's funny when Trump talks about communists. Putin was a communist for over half his life. Both of Trump's wives were born in the Soviet Union. Melania's parents were communists. I wouldn't be surprised if Ivana's parents were, also. So Trump is not afraid of communists. He loves them.

The battle against concrete at the Point continues. South Side parks need attention. www.fotp.org/events/park-...

Park Heroes / Park Roots Neighborhood Dialogue — Friends of the Parks

Chicago's parks belong to everyone, from the North Side to the South Side to the West Side, and we want to hear directly from you about what you want to see in them. This summer, Friends of the Parks...

fotp.org

Just this past week Iranian hackers have attacked municipal water infrastructure in seven different states and the media is only talking about Minnesota and briefly Wisconsin. Tehran-linked hackers were breaching online automated devices used to manage systems. This is the future

everyone in the trump admin knew the reflecting pool case would eventually be thrown out, the point was to make a dissenter of donald trump spend an ungodly amount of money on legal fees before that happened