He could be ransoming people or selling black market kidneys, for all we know. Or worse, he could work for the Trump administration.

I'd give anything for a good chupacabra sighting.

I'm demanding a thorough investigation into what happened to Frank Miranda, my constituent who was abducted by masked ICE agents without reason.

This behavior is unacceptable and un-American. It has no place in our state or our country.

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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can we make an exception for dolly parton? i'd absolutely pick up her shit.

Looks like somebody read a couple chapters in Management for Dummies. Hope she cracks open Journalism for Dummies soon.

I'm on a Substack live right now with @shoutyourabortion.bsky.social: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Airport servers: "Hey, they can always postpone their flight to keep waiting for these chicken wings."

True. "Closure" doesn't come close to capturing all that's needed. I feel the same way about "justice" for, say, family members of murdered people. The only real justice would be bringing the victim back to life. A perp in prison is a poor substitute for an alive and well loved one.

I've been writing about grammar and usage for decades, correcting misconceptions. There's so much misinformation about language. It causes so much confusion and anxiety. Ppl need to know the language is their friend and not a minefield. It's OK to dislike a usage, but ppl should know it's not wrong.

It exists.

If you love dictionaries, you'll love my chat this week with @stefanfatsis.bsky.social about his new book "Unabridged."

He spent years at Merriam-Webster learning how everything works, even writing definitions that made it into the dictionary (and some surprising ones that didn't). 1/2

Worcester

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Los Feliz

Clicking "like" on replies goes a long way to bridge the gap.

I only make typos to blend in with the regular mortals

"First they came for non-incels, and I said nothing because, well, look at me."

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Some kind of infection.

Do this! Bookshop.org is good stuff.

INBOX: The Chicago News Guild joined others in suing ICE for attacking journalists at the Broadview facility.

“Our members have a right, protected by the First Amendment, to do their jobs and report the news. They should not be targeted, injured or arrested for doing their jobs.”

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚