Carmin
@carmintheb.bsky.social
Chicagoan. Public Transit & Public Schools Forever. Bonus breast cancer content recently. Opinions personal, not my employers nor my family’s or friends.
Women’s handball seems to involve retired softball players and amazing personalities. Pretty much the same.
Remind me when we get closer to the Summer Olympics to tell you all about my plan to make the United States a dominant force in handball. It involves retired pitchers and a lot of drugs.
February 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Women’s handball seems to involve retired softball players and amazing personalities. Pretty much the same.
So there is someone in Chicago on the luge national team. She learned she was good at it in like junior high from traveling tryouts in Wisconsin. They wander the country looking for people!
The thing about the skeleton and the luge is that you have to learn whether you would be good at the skeleton or the luge, and I don't know how we don't hear about more people dying from finding out if they were good at the skeleton or the luge.
February 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
So there is someone in Chicago on the luge national team. She learned she was good at it in like junior high from traveling tryouts in Wisconsin. They wander the country looking for people!
This is how we killed 6-7.
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
This is how we killed 6-7.
CPS apparently hired the same server team as University of Illinois.
February 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
CPS apparently hired the same server team as University of Illinois.
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IL US Senate voters:
A gentle reminder re words:
Raja: “abolish trump’s ICE!”
Stratton: “abolish ICE!”
A gentle reminder re words:
Raja: “abolish trump’s ICE!”
Stratton: “abolish ICE!”
February 13, 2026 at 12:27 AM
IL US Senate voters:
A gentle reminder re words:
Raja: “abolish trump’s ICE!”
Stratton: “abolish ICE!”
A gentle reminder re words:
Raja: “abolish trump’s ICE!”
Stratton: “abolish ICE!”
I kind of feel like Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl was an exclamation point to his album and the whole “Not Like Us” stage, but Bad Bunny’s was a colon: introducing a group of people to a whole list of songs that they are newly experiencing.
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I kind of feel like Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl was an exclamation point to his album and the whole “Not Like Us” stage, but Bad Bunny’s was a colon: introducing a group of people to a whole list of songs that they are newly experiencing.
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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Jesus Christ, the Benito Bowl actually pulled MORE viewers than the Super Bowl.
NEWS: The actual numbers from the Super Bowl are now in, per Nielsen.
•Seahawks-Patriots averaged 124.9 million viewers, second-most watched SB in U.S. history behind last year.
•The halftime show averaged 128.2 million viewers in the U.S. Full global viewership will be available early next week.
•Seahawks-Patriots averaged 124.9 million viewers, second-most watched SB in U.S. history behind last year.
•The halftime show averaged 128.2 million viewers in the U.S. Full global viewership will be available early next week.
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Jesus Christ, the Benito Bowl actually pulled MORE viewers than the Super Bowl.
Since when are shirtless dudes streakers? We really have become a nation of prudes, haven’t we?
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Since when are shirtless dudes streakers? We really have become a nation of prudes, haven’t we?
I caught an now-unseeded Apple subscription before it renewed! Please clap.
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I caught an now-unseeded Apple subscription before it renewed! Please clap.
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I'm happy for everyone who loves the Seahawks and for the larger group of people who hate the Patriots.
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I'm happy for everyone who loves the Seahawks and for the larger group of people who hate the Patriots.
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"prohibition in the united states" has this time lapse map that switches from folksy banjo music to ominous industrial sci-fi for the 15 seconds when alcohol was illegal nationwide
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"prohibition in the united states" has this time lapse map that switches from folksy banjo music to ominous industrial sci-fi for the 15 seconds when alcohol was illegal nationwide
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A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
1 down; 1 to go.
I went to a lot of work to track down this old tweet from @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social.
May this be the year that both the Patriots and the patriarchy lose.
May this be the year that both the Patriots and the patriarchy lose.
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 AM
1 down; 1 to go.
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Those games with 5 minutes to go and a comeback win all had Caleb Williams in them.
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Those games with 5 minutes to go and a comeback win all had Caleb Williams in them.
What the hell?
IL High Speed Rail Commission will finalize its final report to the legislature by July without the input from Chicago. The city is not officially involved in the commission because the appointed seat for the city on the board is vacant and can only be appointed by the Mayor's Office.
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
What the hell?
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It was worth the Patriots making the super bowl for this.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
It was worth the Patriots making the super bowl for this.
Why do we criticize women’s uptalk, but not the men’s monotonal yelling voice? (ala Mr Beast).
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Why do we criticize women’s uptalk, but not the men’s monotonal yelling voice? (ala Mr Beast).
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Puerto Rico x Bad Bunny: Beats & History | Events | Chicago Public Library share.google/RQJ6gfbeoDda...
Puerto Rico x Bad Bunny: Beats & History
Learn about Puerto Rican history through the music of Bad Bunny! The superstar singer worked collaboratively with Professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, author of Puerto Rico: A National History to releas...
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February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Puerto Rico x Bad Bunny: Beats & History | Events | Chicago Public Library share.google/RQJ6gfbeoDda...
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Chicago Public Library has the Prof coming because we had a program centered all around it! My branch got to host it too. Super cool experience.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Chicago Public Library has the Prof coming because we had a program centered all around it! My branch got to host it too. Super cool experience.
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What can you do with a history degree?
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What can you do with a history degree?
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So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
Two Mister Rogers songs?
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Two Mister Rogers songs?
At ORD: we landed at the beginning of the 2nd quarter, we will arrive at the gate at the end of it.
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
At ORD: we landed at the beginning of the 2nd quarter, we will arrive at the gate at the end of it.