Good things: Cross stitch, birthday cake, fire trucks, my fellow Library Publishing Coalition board members, the 2yo making the 6mo laugh.
What about Rob Jost? I think Rob could do it.
Liz@rationalfish.bsky.social · 4mo agoSomeone tell Cameron Ralston he’s gotta scream during See America Right.
NEW: After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution. SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botches the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
lawdork.com
If you're against the death penalty, sign this letter asap: Governor Lee, Reconsider Clemency for Christa Pike: actionnetwork.org/letters/gove...
Governor Lee, Reconsider Clemency for Christa Pike
Given the Christa Pike's stay of execution, now is the time to ask Governor Lee to reconsider clemency.
actionnetwork.org
Good things: This particular lavender latte, the morning glories and yellow flowers together in the alley, sibling pics from picture day, Anne Lamott, goats still got it.
Good things: Space Struck by Paige Lewis, the first pumpkin spice latte of the season, sweater weather, colorful shoes, the 2yo saying "mama you're beautiful!"
@themountaingoats.bsky.social I don't want to make this a formal request exactly but if you feel like playing The Pig Song at Reckless on Wednesday, I'm bringing the 2yo and she would LOVE it. (But only if you feel like it! She would love most things!)
I really underestimated how much time I would spend in awe of my children after becoming a parent.
The clearest sign that I should introduce the toddler to World/Inferno, today.
Franz Nicolay@franznicolay.bsky.social · last mo.20th anniversary 45-rpm double-LP of The World/Inferno Friendship Society's "Red-Eyed Soul"!! Some of the best music I've ever been involved with, for the first time on vinyl since the 2006 release, from @ejrc.bsky.social. Pre-order at Bandcamp: worldinferno.bandcamp.com/album/red-ey...
Good things: Telling the 2yo a story about when I was little and having her respond "again!" (eight times), open water swimming, frozen mango, the toothless grin of the 5mo, riding my bicycle.
Good things: BABY ROLLED OVER, chamomile chardonnay ice cream, practicing, logging off, Moo Baa La La La.
When you ask the 2yo ”do you want to be picked up or do you want me to carry you?” she has always said “carry you!” Until today, when she said ”carry me!” and it’s never coming back, is it.
2yo told me she was digging for something and I told her there's a song for that.
Good things: Kind neighbors with freezers, kind acquaintances with mini fridges, dried persimmons, Ethan, jumpsuits.
The AIC workers' union has a petition to sign in support of the custodians keeping their direct jobs here, they also have a Spanish version linked on their Instagram:
Sign a Petition: Give Art Institute of Chicago Custodians Their Jobs Back
*Last updated July 9, 2026 *Please sign this petition in support of custodial staff at the Art Institute of Chicago. The signature from the Spanish and English versions of this petition will be sent t...
docs.google.com
God this sucks. The Art Institute and its attached school (of which I am an alum) are always making unbearably terrible decisions
The Art Institute of Chicago to Cut Its Entire Custodial Staff
The museum's union called the plan to outsource in-house custodial work to a third-party vendor a "devastating and unconscionable injustice."
hyperallergic.com
The local gfm to help DACA recipients pay their fees. Our neighbors still need so much support. gofund.me/73c354e1a
Donate to Support DACA Dreamers After Metro Surge, organized by B M
Hello, my name is Bri and I am asking for support for the Dreamers affected by the Metro S… B M needs your support for Support DACA Dreamers After Metro Surge
gofund.me
Chabeli Carrazana@chabeli.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Related, does anyone in Chicago have a mini fridge they are not using for the next week that I could borrow?
Liz@rationalfish.bsky.social · 3mo agois it not enough to have a heat wave and smoke and the looming threat of parasites, must the refrigerator also break
is it not enough to have a heat wave and smoke and the looming threat of parasites, must the refrigerator also break
Good things: The baby smiling and wiggling oh my god, the 2yo running down the hallway and flinging herself at me when I got home, maple cream pie, cuddling my dog, sweetened condensed milk.
The Chicago Reader Union has been bargaining w/ Noisy Creek since February. In that time, management has consistently offered proposals that would cut longstanding benefits in exchange for meager pay raises. We need YOU to tell Noisy Creek we deserve better! 🧵 🔗: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
I cannot believe how many of my group chats are discussing Candlebox as I type this, but here we are.
Good things: Jerry's, two kinds of brownies, bubbles, the family stage, the 2yo's glee that she got to ride on A BUS.
BABY SLEPT THROUGH* THE NIGHT AGAIN!!!!!! *he woke up at 4:50am but that's a solid 7 hours!
Liz@rationalfish.bsky.social · 3mo agoBABY SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!!!!
Good things: Waving at other runners with strollers, toasted rice ice cream, food on sticks, Candlebox, editing.
It seems like it may be a slippery slope from "the baby will not sleep through the night so I can have a coffee" to "what about second coffee?"
Chicago History Museum is doing an ad hoc free admission day tomorrow for Chicago residents in order to give people an air conditioned place to be during the day, which is a lovely move. Do other local museums do the same during extreme temps? I hadn't heard of it before.
Just said, "Don't ask me about AI, I am busy" out loud to my email while in a coffee shop, like a completely sane person.