Denali
@denali.bsky.social
Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Today was one of those days where I just got to see how many people in our community have a hand in making my kids into their someday selves and I'm really grateful for that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Today was one of those days where I just got to see how many people in our community have a hand in making my kids into their someday selves and I'm really grateful for that.
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of Truth upon them." - Ida B. Wells-Barnett
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of Truth upon them." - Ida B. Wells-Barnett
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
You can visit the Light of Truth Monument right here in Chicago.
I didn't sleep well last night so now I'm just yelling. Going to go answer emails or something before I go full Mr DeMartino on you...
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I didn't sleep well last night so now I'm just yelling. Going to go answer emails or something before I go full Mr DeMartino on you...
Every idea like this makes it harder for people who make and teach music to get by. If you made their lives better and easier, they would absolutely take it from there and then MORE MUSIC AND ARTS!
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
And that’s why it’s important we fund music and arts for every child right? Or is it the make rich guys richer thing again?
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Every idea like this makes it harder for people who make and teach music to get by. If you made their lives better and easier, they would absolutely take it from there and then MORE MUSIC AND ARTS!
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
Sincerely,
A parent whose kid is at vacation camp at our neighborhood storefront music school
Parks commish says "we want to ensure that we’re also reducing recidivism."
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
Superintendent Carlos Ramirez-Rosa joined “Chicago Tonight” to discuss the Chicago Park District budget proposal.
Chicago Park District Budget Proposal Aims to Tackle New Projects, Address Homeless Encampments
A long-awaited new fieldhouse, the transformation of a toxic waste site into a lakefront park and plans to address homelessness are all on the list of priorities for the Chicago Park District.
news.wttw.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Parks commish says "we want to ensure that we’re also reducing recidivism."
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
Recidivism is a LOADED word. It means to reoffend. Maybe in the most flattering light to relapse.
To use recidivism to talk about people... existing...and then moving elsewhere when they're displaced is unacceptable.
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In my Grifters and Ideologues theory, Hegseth is your classic grifter. Hegseth doesn't know his job well and doesn't care to know if well. He is obsessed with how people look, which reveals a profound lack of understanding of the military and an obsession with tv.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In my Grifters and Ideologues theory, Hegseth is your classic grifter. Hegseth doesn't know his job well and doesn't care to know if well. He is obsessed with how people look, which reveals a profound lack of understanding of the military and an obsession with tv.
When I was 21, I had to ask Alan Dershowitz some fact-checking questions related to an essay he wrote and he yelled at me.
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
When I was 21, I had to ask Alan Dershowitz some fact-checking questions related to an essay he wrote and he yelled at me.
Someday I hope I will be good enough at what I do that someone will ask me about my craft and I will get to say "my secret is to be up procrastinating before most people are awake" 😐
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Someday I hope I will be good enough at what I do that someone will ask me about my craft and I will get to say "my secret is to be up procrastinating before most people are awake" 😐
Re-upping for the PM crew!
Ben and I talk about how to "yes and..." a meme. I argue that we should be spending more time trying to help each other situate ourselves in the current moment. We talk Studs Terkel and how rich narrative can capture where we are now and what aspects of our lives are bigger than time and place.
Denali Dasgupta--The Group W Bench
The country that elected Trump also elected Obama—how is that possible? Ben riffs. Denali Dasgupta adds her thoughts to that conundrum. “We don’t live there anymore…
www.thebenjoravskyshow.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Re-upping for the PM crew!
Huh...well I guess some folks here know how this worked out for me and just know that if you ever need to talk I'm around.
if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Huh...well I guess some folks here know how this worked out for me and just know that if you ever need to talk I'm around.
Anyone have a favorite Chicago used appliance store?
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Anyone have a favorite Chicago used appliance store?
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Ben and I talk about how to "yes and..." a meme. I argue that we should be spending more time trying to help each other situate ourselves in the current moment. We talk Studs Terkel and how rich narrative can capture where we are now and what aspects of our lives are bigger than time and place.
Denali Dasgupta--The Group W Bench
The country that elected Trump also elected Obama—how is that possible? Ben riffs. Denali Dasgupta adds her thoughts to that conundrum. “We don’t live there anymore…
www.thebenjoravskyshow.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ben and I talk about how to "yes and..." a meme. I argue that we should be spending more time trying to help each other situate ourselves in the current moment. We talk Studs Terkel and how rich narrative can capture where we are now and what aspects of our lives are bigger than time and place.
Re-upping the theory here.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Re-upping the theory here.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
I'd have to think harder about movies but fun fact (!) the suburban parts of Mad Men are set a few miles from my childhood home.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'd have to think harder about movies but fun fact (!) the suburban parts of Mad Men are set a few miles from my childhood home.
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The countless hours I’ve spent at the piano the past 15 years have been rewarding in part because they’re a commitment to something I will never be that good at, but at which I -do- get better. There’s satisfaction in a commitment that’s an end in itself, not in service of an ultimate goal.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The countless hours I’ve spent at the piano the past 15 years have been rewarding in part because they’re a commitment to something I will never be that good at, but at which I -do- get better. There’s satisfaction in a commitment that’s an end in itself, not in service of an ultimate goal.
If you're dreading a holiday w/ family, why not play "The First Stop is Always Istanbul" a game where the goal is to drop as many Eric Adams quotes as you can in casusl conversation with your loved ones.
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you're dreading a holiday w/ family, why not play "The First Stop is Always Istanbul" a game where the goal is to drop as many Eric Adams quotes as you can in casusl conversation with your loved ones.
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
I love the Skokie Parks program guides because they are full of things that mean people think the government shouldn't do but actually everyone loves.
Winter guide just dropped
Winter guide just dropped
Winter Program Guide 2026 | Skokie Park District
www.skokieparks.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I love the Skokie Parks program guides because they are full of things that mean people think the government shouldn't do but actually everyone loves.
Winter guide just dropped
Winter guide just dropped
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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Now: the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and other immigrant rights groups are holding a presser re: the 7th Circuit appellate court's ruling yesterday, which stayed the release of potentially hundreds of immigration detainees eligible for release per a prior court settlement.
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Now: the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and other immigrant rights groups are holding a presser re: the 7th Circuit appellate court's ruling yesterday, which stayed the release of potentially hundreds of immigration detainees eligible for release per a prior court settlement.
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"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.