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Your regular reminder that the first sentence of every Law of Warfare class from basic training on is that "I was just following orders" is not a defense.
That's probably smart of them, to wonder, and seek outside council about the legality of the war crimes they did when Pete Hegseth said to do war crimes
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug bo...
www.npr.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Your regular reminder that the first sentence of every Law of Warfare class from basic training on is that "I was just following orders" is not a defense.
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Columbo did this best by making it feel like every time you learn something about him, you're pretty sure he's lying
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Columbo did this best by making it feel like every time you learn something about him, you're pretty sure he's lying
Kinda wish I had gone way into debt in my 20s, since buying a building and a home's worth of appliances and clothing at age 23 is the only way I can think of to have nice things in my 40s and 50s.
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Kinda wish I had gone way into debt in my 20s, since buying a building and a home's worth of appliances and clothing at age 23 is the only way I can think of to have nice things in my 40s and 50s.
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We’re Hiring! Development & Fundraising Coordinator (Part-Time, Contract)
This remote role is ideal for someone who is passionate about community-centered fundraising, & supporting trans and gender-expansive youth across Illinois.
This remote role is ideal for someone who is passionate about community-centered fundraising, & supporting trans and gender-expansive youth across Illinois.
December 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We’re Hiring! Development & Fundraising Coordinator (Part-Time, Contract)
This remote role is ideal for someone who is passionate about community-centered fundraising, & supporting trans and gender-expansive youth across Illinois.
This remote role is ideal for someone who is passionate about community-centered fundraising, & supporting trans and gender-expansive youth across Illinois.
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Every frigid day like this, I think about this 2022 piece by @katieprout.bsky.social. No one should have to be outside today in Chicago, much less staying outside unsheltered overnight. That that might be preferable to the available shelter is incredibly damning.
chicagoreader.com/news/lukewar...
chicagoreader.com/news/lukewar...
Lukewarm welcome - Chicago Reader
The warming areas don’t just exist to warm you up—housed within DFSS community service centers, they’re also access points from which Chicagoans can be connected to other services that have the potent...
chicagoreader.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Every frigid day like this, I think about this 2022 piece by @katieprout.bsky.social. No one should have to be outside today in Chicago, much less staying outside unsheltered overnight. That that might be preferable to the available shelter is incredibly damning.
chicagoreader.com/news/lukewar...
chicagoreader.com/news/lukewar...
It's a gift link 🎁📰
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Dad (WWII vet, teacher) told me the day SCOTUS created Home Schooling, to remember the day because it was the day the USA died. I’d be able to trace all public ills back to that day when Americans stopped learning together.
Dad (WWII vet, teacher) told me the day SCOTUS created Home Schooling, to remember the day because it was the day the USA died. I’d be able to trace all public ills back to that day when Americans stopped learning together.
Opinion | Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's a gift link 🎁📰
I really miss the pre-social-media Flash Browser Games internet.
December 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really miss the pre-social-media Flash Browser Games internet.
Maybe you already know, but it was recent news to me:
Illinois residents can track their vaccinations online. Mine doesn't go back to childhood, obviously, but does go back as far as my tetanus booster in 2011.
dph.illinois.gov/vaxverify.html
Illinois residents can track their vaccinations online. Mine doesn't go back to childhood, obviously, but does go back as far as my tetanus booster in 2011.
dph.illinois.gov/vaxverify.html
December 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Maybe you already know, but it was recent news to me:
Illinois residents can track their vaccinations online. Mine doesn't go back to childhood, obviously, but does go back as far as my tetanus booster in 2011.
dph.illinois.gov/vaxverify.html
Illinois residents can track their vaccinations online. Mine doesn't go back to childhood, obviously, but does go back as far as my tetanus booster in 2011.
dph.illinois.gov/vaxverify.html
yes to this
I don't want to be surrounded by people who share my opinions. I want to be surrounded by people who share my values.
See, it's entirely possible to believe in something and fail to live up to it. And one thing I appreciate, both On Here and irl, is those people who will kindly and firmly check me.
See, it's entirely possible to believe in something and fail to live up to it. And one thing I appreciate, both On Here and irl, is those people who will kindly and firmly check me.
December 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
yes to this
The relationship between cities and cars needs dramatic rethinking.
Cars are not inevitable, nor are they essential to city life.
We shouldn't be mowed down in our neighborhoods.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/12/t...
Cars are not inevitable, nor are they essential to city life.
We shouldn't be mowed down in our neighborhoods.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/12/t...
December 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The relationship between cities and cars needs dramatic rethinking.
Cars are not inevitable, nor are they essential to city life.
We shouldn't be mowed down in our neighborhoods.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/12/t...
Cars are not inevitable, nor are they essential to city life.
We shouldn't be mowed down in our neighborhoods.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/12/t...
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An SUV driver was cited for failure to reduce speed after fatally striking a man, 34, near Pratt/Sheridan in Rogers Park. This tragedy is a reminder that Sheridan, a 4-lane, highway-like street, badly needs a "road diet."
@atalliance.bsky.social @chialderwoman.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
@atalliance.bsky.social @chialderwoman.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
The latest pedestrian death on Sheridan Road highlights the need for a "4 to 3 conversion" street redesign to improve safety - Streetsblog Chicago
An SUV driver fatally struck a man early this morning near Pratt Avenue and Sheridan Road in Rogers Park. This tragedy is a reminder that Sheridan, a four-lane, highway-like street where speeding is c...
chi.streetsblog.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
An SUV driver was cited for failure to reduce speed after fatally striking a man, 34, near Pratt/Sheridan in Rogers Park. This tragedy is a reminder that Sheridan, a 4-lane, highway-like street, badly needs a "road diet."
@atalliance.bsky.social @chialderwoman.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
@atalliance.bsky.social @chialderwoman.bsky.social @betterstreetschicago.org
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Delia Ramirez continues to be the best member of the IL congressional delegation by a country mile
Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown.
“A Force of Terror”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on ICE Abuses & Her Push to Impeach DHS Chief Kristi Noem
Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee he...
www.democracynow.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Delia Ramirez continues to be the best member of the IL congressional delegation by a country mile
What you're gonna want to do, see, is find a lady selling champurrado from a small cart --preferably out in front of a Catholic church, but any pedestrian-heavy area will do.
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What you're gonna want to do, see, is find a lady selling champurrado from a small cart --preferably out in front of a Catholic church, but any pedestrian-heavy area will do.
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... War on Education for longer than I've been alive
...have to master content before you can effectively teach it
...reading comprehension & writing skills
...garbage in garbage out
...have to master content before you can effectively teach it
...reading comprehension & writing skills
...garbage in garbage out
becoming a really good writer is an extensive and lengthy process that also requires reading very widely
the thing about inventing LLM tech that relies upon natural language to function is that it becomes even more important that the humans doing the prompting are good at using natural language
the thing about inventing LLM tech that relies upon natural language to function is that it becomes even more important that the humans doing the prompting are good at using natural language
December 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
... War on Education for longer than I've been alive
...have to master content before you can effectively teach it
...reading comprehension & writing skills
...garbage in garbage out
...have to master content before you can effectively teach it
...reading comprehension & writing skills
...garbage in garbage out
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there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
there’s a lot of irony around how writing a genuinely good prompt for LLMs requires the exact kind of clarity and precision in communication that is taught by good (human) writing instructors - who have now almost all been laid off by college admins
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Continuing to insist we must "earn a living" while simultaneously reducing our ability to earn anything at all is not a viable social contract and is how to get people to start building guillotines instead of resumes.
It's universal basic income and healthcare or things pop off.
It's universal basic income and healthcare or things pop off.
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Continuing to insist we must "earn a living" while simultaneously reducing our ability to earn anything at all is not a viable social contract and is how to get people to start building guillotines instead of resumes.
It's universal basic income and healthcare or things pop off.
It's universal basic income and healthcare or things pop off.
to the left to the left
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
to the left to the left
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![The crash
It is not fully clear, beyond a desire to get somewhere quickly, why Didy was driving on the sidewalk. The NYPD did not conduct a full probe by the Collision Investigation Squad, which is reserved solely for fatal crashes and several high-profile injury crashes per year. The NYPD did not officially respond to questions about the incident, but a department source told Streetsblog that Didy "lost control of his car" and "jumpled] the curb."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x6wu5joa7dwz7amxhmah5wvw/bafkreidmyadje2y6ol2v6bt6rglpugbm4zvai3rczuydlgysix3zkmvjjq@jpeg)
I'm very excited about the prospect of a fiber mill IN CHICAGO.
#yarn #wool #local #chicago #kickstarter 🧶
#yarn #wool #local #chicago #kickstarter 🧶
It’s day 30!
Every little bit counts in this all or nothing #kickstarter campaign and we couldn’t be more grateful to everyone going out on a limb with us here 💕
Every little bit counts in this all or nothing #kickstarter campaign and we couldn’t be more grateful to everyone going out on a limb with us here 💕
December 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm very excited about the prospect of a fiber mill IN CHICAGO.
#yarn #wool #local #chicago #kickstarter 🧶
#yarn #wool #local #chicago #kickstarter 🧶
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Water your tree.
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Water your tree.
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM