GrrlGnag
@grrlgnag.bsky.social
Secular Progressive Homeschool Mom.
Sustainability. Community. Chicago.
Sustainability. Community. Chicago.
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Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …
terribleminds.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
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All the worst people in America are having a terrible time because of Bad Bunny’s Superbowl set, just like they had a terrible time last year because of Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl set and I am HERE FOR IT. May they sob into their beige food all day.
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
All the worst people in America are having a terrible time because of Bad Bunny’s Superbowl set, just like they had a terrible time last year because of Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl set and I am HERE FOR IT. May they sob into their beige food all day.
Kid Rock only has that one song and it came out when I was in high school and he can't even lip sync it correctly? Absolute loser shit.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Kid Rock only has that one song and it came out when I was in high school and he can't even lip sync it correctly? Absolute loser shit.
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You're laughing? The team that lends their plane for deportation flights and whose owner is best pals with Trump got utterly humiliated in front of a hundred million viewers, and you're laughing?
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
You're laughing? The team that lends their plane for deportation flights and whose owner is best pals with Trump got utterly humiliated in front of a hundred million viewers, and you're laughing?
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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Not to be out here defending the sanctity of toil like some kind of Protestant, but I believe the process of learning a new skill is genuinely good for you, and making something yourself is one of the most human things you can do
February 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Not to be out here defending the sanctity of toil like some kind of Protestant, but I believe the process of learning a new skill is genuinely good for you, and making something yourself is one of the most human things you can do
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Democracy Dies In Oligarchy
February 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Democracy Dies In Oligarchy
My book club spent the AM daydreaming up our fictional feminist John Wick-like assassination squad/future world order & celebrity allies (Rihanna! Tennant & Sheen!) and assignments to rid the world of all evil elites -- and LET ME TELL YOU the normie wine/LaCroix moms/aunties are raging out here.
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
My book club spent the AM daydreaming up our fictional feminist John Wick-like assassination squad/future world order & celebrity allies (Rihanna! Tennant & Sheen!) and assignments to rid the world of all evil elites -- and LET ME TELL YOU the normie wine/LaCroix moms/aunties are raging out here.
Everything is terrible but @midnightsociety.bsky.social exists and sometimes that's enough. I laughed way too loudly at this. <3
King: boy those Epstein emails
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Everything is terrible but @midnightsociety.bsky.social exists and sometimes that's enough. I laughed way too loudly at this. <3
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When you build an unprecedented amount of renewable energy but it gets used to meet new data centre demand instead of replacing fossil fuels
February 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When you build an unprecedented amount of renewable energy but it gets used to meet new data centre demand instead of replacing fossil fuels
Michael's is like just 60% landfillcore microtrend junk now. So many racks of leftover trendy Christmas decor 70% off that no one wants.
February 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Michael's is like just 60% landfillcore microtrend junk now. So many racks of leftover trendy Christmas decor 70% off that no one wants.
This week in our #homeschool - Algebra, Biology, Prehistory, & Creative Writing per usual. Teen will read WE LIGHT UP THE SKY by Lilliam Rivera. We'll listen to @ologies.bsky.social bc we're in the trenches of extracurriculars & will be in the car a LOT.
February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This week in our #homeschool - Algebra, Biology, Prehistory, & Creative Writing per usual. Teen will read WE LIGHT UP THE SKY by Lilliam Rivera. We'll listen to @ologies.bsky.social bc we're in the trenches of extracurriculars & will be in the car a LOT.
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It's really easy to get involved with Liberation Library if you're in Chicago. Sign up to help pack books on a Sunday. You will be glad you did. www.liberationlib.com
LIBERATION LIBRARY
a nonprofit organization that sends books to incarcerated youth in Illinois
www.liberationlib.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 AM
It's really easy to get involved with Liberation Library if you're in Chicago. Sign up to help pack books on a Sunday. You will be glad you did. www.liberationlib.com
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If there comes a day when police put their bodies between the feds with guns and their targets, I will praise the police for doing so. I don’t expect to see that day. It might even be a dangerous escalation. But until that day comes … I assume they are helping the feds.
January 31, 2026 at 11:41 PM
If there comes a day when police put their bodies between the feds with guns and their targets, I will praise the police for doing so. I don’t expect to see that day. It might even be a dangerous escalation. But until that day comes … I assume they are helping the feds.
Watching 12 hours of Lord of the Rings with the best gang of nerds in the world. <3
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Watching 12 hours of Lord of the Rings with the best gang of nerds in the world. <3
What I read in the absolute horrorshow that was January 2026. Obviously, genre was all over the place. (The Posession of Alba Diaz was my favorite.) #books
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM
What I read in the absolute horrorshow that was January 2026. Obviously, genre was all over the place. (The Posession of Alba Diaz was my favorite.) #books
Strong contender for funniest human ever. Absolute star. <3
O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement from her agency.
Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Home Alone' and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ fame, dies at 71
chicago.suntimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Strong contender for funniest human ever. Absolute star. <3
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"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show.
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Wednesdays are free for IL & Chicago residents at the Field Museum, so we went to see Sue & the crew bc we're doing Prehistory in #homeschool this year. (Also bc the Field is LOVELY.) <3
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Wednesdays are free for IL & Chicago residents at the Field Museum, so we went to see Sue & the crew bc we're doing Prehistory in #homeschool this year. (Also bc the Field is LOVELY.) <3
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So much love for @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
lithub.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
So much love for @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social
<3 More of this, please.
I Exposed, Infiltrated, and Shut Down a Racist Network Dressed as a Pink Power Ranger
YouTube video by Martha Root
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
<3 More of this, please.
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"Someone in Minnesota is driving. It is not Walz or Frey. It is not Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem or Donald Trump. It is the people themselves: the outraged, galvanized, multiethnic working class, who see the imperial boomerang spinning toward their heads," writes @attackerman.bsky.social
Your Leaders Were Lying. Now The People Are Driving
The depravity of ICE, the enthusiasm of Republicans and the cowardice of Democrats is breaking through hypernormalization
www.forever-wars.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"Someone in Minnesota is driving. It is not Walz or Frey. It is not Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem or Donald Trump. It is the people themselves: the outraged, galvanized, multiethnic working class, who see the imperial boomerang spinning toward their heads," writes @attackerman.bsky.social
Kudos to the hero on the ATV who plows the sidewalks around Montrose & Milwaukee. <3
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Kudos to the hero on the ATV who plows the sidewalks around Montrose & Milwaukee. <3
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When Chicago sees Rahm Emanuel on any platform
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
When Chicago sees Rahm Emanuel on any platform