L.C. Bobalova
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If Donald Trump wants to run a country, he should think about running the United States of America.
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If Donald Trump wants to run a country, he should think about running the United States of America.
“I read the news today oh boy” so tonight at dance class I did 10 somersaults and jitterbugged—am feeling much better thank you.
January 6, 2026 at 4:07 AM
“I read the news today oh boy” so tonight at dance class I did 10 somersaults and jitterbugged—am feeling much better thank you.
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David Bowie, “Station to Station” (1976)
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
David Bowie, “Station to Station” (1976)
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The perfect way to switch off from work: the secret to a daily de-stress routine
The perfect way to switch off from work: the secret to a daily de-stress routine
The boundaries between work and leisure are being blurred, but it’s vital for your health to learn how to turn off. Whether you do your job from home or not, here’s how to reset and reclaim your private time
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The perfect way to switch off from work: the secret to a daily de-stress routine
Thanks but no thanks
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Thanks but no thanks
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A favorite #birddivination for your Sunday. Find it as a solo print and as part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A favorite #birddivination for your Sunday. Find it as a solo print and as part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofbirds.org
Just sayin’…
Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela?
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Just sayin’…
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Chicago recorded the fewest murders in 60 years in 2025, bucking Trump’s "murder capital" insult.
Here's why the mayor, top cop and experts say violent crime is down: blockclubchi.co/4jqAtgP
Here's why the mayor, top cop and experts say violent crime is down: blockclubchi.co/4jqAtgP
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chicago recorded the fewest murders in 60 years in 2025, bucking Trump’s "murder capital" insult.
Here's why the mayor, top cop and experts say violent crime is down: blockclubchi.co/4jqAtgP
Here's why the mayor, top cop and experts say violent crime is down: blockclubchi.co/4jqAtgP
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Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
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🚨 Judge blocks HHS from giving ICE the personal info of 79M Medicaid enrollees.
The plan, rolled out without public notice, included addresses and Social Security numbers, prompting lawsuits from 20 states.
Every small hurdle helps protect privacy and access to care for the most vulnerable.
The plan, rolled out without public notice, included addresses and Social Security numbers, prompting lawsuits from 20 states.
Every small hurdle helps protect privacy and access to care for the most vulnerable.
Judge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop sharing personal data of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials.
apnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🚨 Judge blocks HHS from giving ICE the personal info of 79M Medicaid enrollees.
The plan, rolled out without public notice, included addresses and Social Security numbers, prompting lawsuits from 20 states.
Every small hurdle helps protect privacy and access to care for the most vulnerable.
The plan, rolled out without public notice, included addresses and Social Security numbers, prompting lawsuits from 20 states.
Every small hurdle helps protect privacy and access to care for the most vulnerable.
FYI Chicago friends! Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Chicago act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...
Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Chicago
RSVP today to say you'll join Bernie in Chicago on Sunday, August 24! Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Chicago With Special Guests Delia Ramirez and Robert Peters Sunda...
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August 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
FYI Chicago friends! Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Chicago act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...
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You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
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Out today, An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days almanacofbirds.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Out today, An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days almanacofbirds.org
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One of these blows hot air, the other is a windmill
July 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
One of these blows hot air, the other is a windmill
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New on the blog: The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath
To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers.
fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/t...
(Buckle up, it’s a long one.)
To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers.
fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/t...
(Buckle up, it’s a long one.)
July 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
New on the blog: The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath
To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers.
fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/t...
(Buckle up, it’s a long one.)
To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers.
fontsinuse.com/uses/35835/t...
(Buckle up, it’s a long one.)
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National fury. Keep fighting NOW, and set your sights on Nov 4, 2026:
There will be infuriating stories about Trump and Republicans’ “triumph.” But together, we can write tomorrow’s headlines: National fury. The coming political payback. And we can lay the groundwork for the headline on the AM of November 4, 2026: Republicans wiped out in historic electoral tsunami.
July 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
National fury. Keep fighting NOW, and set your sights on Nov 4, 2026:
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The time to protect civil rights in the digital age is now.
We’re hosting the ACLU’s first-ever AI summit on Thursday 7/10 at 10:15 a.m. EDT – 3 p.m. ET to discuss this rapidly evolving technology's impact on our civil rights and liberties. RSVP today.
We’re hosting the ACLU’s first-ever AI summit on Thursday 7/10 at 10:15 a.m. EDT – 3 p.m. ET to discuss this rapidly evolving technology's impact on our civil rights and liberties. RSVP today.
AI SUMMIT: CIVIL RIGHTS IN A DIGITAL AGE
aclu.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The time to protect civil rights in the digital age is now.
We’re hosting the ACLU’s first-ever AI summit on Thursday 7/10 at 10:15 a.m. EDT – 3 p.m. ET to discuss this rapidly evolving technology's impact on our civil rights and liberties. RSVP today.
We’re hosting the ACLU’s first-ever AI summit on Thursday 7/10 at 10:15 a.m. EDT – 3 p.m. ET to discuss this rapidly evolving technology's impact on our civil rights and liberties. RSVP today.
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Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
Environmental groups sue to block migrant detention center rising in Florida Everglades
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit to block a migrant detention center being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
bit.ly
June 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
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Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.
June 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.
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Put this on a billboard.
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Put this on a billboard.
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Federal workers forced out of their jobs by Trump and Musk spoke out today on a live town hall — “100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers.” See workers from CDC, NPS, VA, Commerce, and Ed talk about their experiences and what these actions mean for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
'It makes me feel angry': Workers forced out by Trump and Musk speak at MSNBC town hall
Federal workers who were forced out of their jobs by President Trump and Elon Musk speak out in a live MSNBC town hall — “100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers.” See the workers talk with Step...
www.msnbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Federal workers forced out of their jobs by Trump and Musk spoke out today on a live town hall — “100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers.” See workers from CDC, NPS, VA, Commerce, and Ed talk about their experiences and what these actions mean for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...
Check out this lovely work from my friend/fellow nature lover…🤘🏾
new post up, wherein I devlop film in a pond.
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #35mm #SmallFormat #Caffenol
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #35mm #SmallFormat #Caffenol
Concerning Saying Goodbye, p. 01 - p v / KZOOFILMPHOTO
When I left my previous job at Pretty Lake, I made a mini zine titled concerning saying goodbye as a parting gift to my coworkers. The zine consisted of photos that I made during my time there, and I ...
diabeticguy.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Check out this lovely work from my friend/fellow nature lover…🤘🏾
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"The world asks of us
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it."
Jane Hirshfield's stunning ode to resilience www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/23/t...
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it."
Jane Hirshfield's stunning ode to resilience www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/23/t...
The Weighing: Jane Hirshfield’s Stunning Ode to Resilience
A well to the groundwater of our strength.
www.themarginalian.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"The world asks of us
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it."
Jane Hirshfield's stunning ode to resilience www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/23/t...
only the strength we have and we give it.
Then it asks more, and we give it."
Jane Hirshfield's stunning ode to resilience www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/23/t...
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Friday, April 18 - Protect Our Care IL Phonebank / Oppose HHS Cuts / Civil Servants Speak Out
Friday, April 18 - Protect Our Care IL Phonebank / Oppose HHS Cuts / Civil Servants Speak Out — Indivisible Chicago Alliance
indivisiblechicago.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Friday, April 18 - Protect Our Care IL Phonebank / Oppose HHS Cuts / Civil Servants Speak Out