Long Live Chicago
@troppypop.bsky.social
Recovering girlboss. Podcasts about Cowboy Bebop and She-Ra. Cosplayer, poet, bassist. STFU about Chicago. 🩷💛💙(She/her)
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2026.
I want to be a voice actor in one (1) video game.
I want to officiate one (1) wedding.
These are my demands.
My reasoning: I am legitimately way more qualified than anyone who is currently in charge of pretty much anything, so you all should let me.
I want to be a voice actor in one (1) video game.
I want to officiate one (1) wedding.
These are my demands.
My reasoning: I am legitimately way more qualified than anyone who is currently in charge of pretty much anything, so you all should let me.
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I am tired of giving clear-headed, patient, empathetic responses for no reason. Why am I held to exemplary behavior in front every screaming coworker, manipulative family member, angry driver, rich person with power, when the social contract has been shattered for years?
AM I RIGHT, LADIES??
AM I RIGHT, LADIES??
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I am tired of giving clear-headed, patient, empathetic responses for no reason. Why am I held to exemplary behavior in front every screaming coworker, manipulative family member, angry driver, rich person with power, when the social contract has been shattered for years?
AM I RIGHT, LADIES??
AM I RIGHT, LADIES??
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nobody ever says "think of the children" and means "protect the ways they can discover the world outside of their abusive family"
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
nobody ever says "think of the children" and means "protect the ways they can discover the world outside of their abusive family"
I know time travel isn't real, because NOBODY would have let past me get rid of my Megan Draper from Mad Men wig knowing full well I'd be invited to a Sexy Sixties party in the future.
February 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I know time travel isn't real, because NOBODY would have let past me get rid of my Megan Draper from Mad Men wig knowing full well I'd be invited to a Sexy Sixties party in the future.
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Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
I really want to host a Dragon Con panel on this phenomenon, starting with Ms. Pac-Man, but I don't know what the hook would be. "Let's spend an hour looking at these cunty yassified designs" really isn't enough.
Unless...
Unless...
February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I really want to host a Dragon Con panel on this phenomenon, starting with Ms. Pac-Man, but I don't know what the hook would be. "Let's spend an hour looking at these cunty yassified designs" really isn't enough.
Unless...
Unless...
"I can be the person I needed when I was younger" is a noble motivator, indeed, and one I share.
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
"I can be the person I needed when I was younger" is a noble motivator, indeed, and one I share.
Two over a decade, yup! I went corpo after my divorce, but my spouse is still in nonprofits, and they culturally have not changed. I sincerely don't mean to squash your super good idea. It could very much succeed! I'd even want to contribute! But you will take psychic damage.
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Two over a decade, yup! I went corpo after my divorce, but my spouse is still in nonprofits, and they culturally have not changed. I sincerely don't mean to squash your super good idea. It could very much succeed! I'd even want to contribute! But you will take psychic damage.
Yes, the grand tradition of "put heels on Nintendo character to make wife." See also:
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Yes, the grand tradition of "put heels on Nintendo character to make wife." See also:
There's actually another angle, where some WOULD pay for it, brag that they did, make a huge show of it, then learn and apply nothing. Which might be worse, but at least you get money.
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
There's actually another angle, where some WOULD pay for it, brag that they did, make a huge show of it, then learn and apply nothing. Which might be worse, but at least you get money.
Something like this is so needed, and nonprofits will consistently swear to you they are unable to afford the help, despite losing far more in institutional knowledge and resources as they drive their best people away.
February 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Something like this is so needed, and nonprofits will consistently swear to you they are unable to afford the help, despite losing far more in institutional knowledge and resources as they drive their best people away.
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If you want to understand how our country went to hell look at Substack.
We’ve known for a long time that Substack is a platform run by Nazi sympathizers who knowingly profit from Nazi content.
Liberal politicos know this. And viable alternatives are available, but they all still choose Substack.
We’ve known for a long time that Substack is a platform run by Nazi sympathizers who knowingly profit from Nazi content.
Liberal politicos know this. And viable alternatives are available, but they all still choose Substack.
February 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If you want to understand how our country went to hell look at Substack.
We’ve known for a long time that Substack is a platform run by Nazi sympathizers who knowingly profit from Nazi content.
Liberal politicos know this. And viable alternatives are available, but they all still choose Substack.
We’ve known for a long time that Substack is a platform run by Nazi sympathizers who knowingly profit from Nazi content.
Liberal politicos know this. And viable alternatives are available, but they all still choose Substack.
Country so devoid of joy lately that Mamdani doing literally anything makes me cry at work. More normal dudes in politics please, ffs. Just get up there and be some guy.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Country so devoid of joy lately that Mamdani doing literally anything makes me cry at work. More normal dudes in politics please, ffs. Just get up there and be some guy.
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One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Jeff Bezos please get a life.
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Jeff Bezos please get a life.
Can fascism just collapse already? I want 1. Justice 2. The ability to post guilt-free about stuff like why on earth does Tony's Fresh Market have that many kinds of frozen pizza what is the deal god please
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Can fascism just collapse already? I want 1. Justice 2. The ability to post guilt-free about stuff like why on earth does Tony's Fresh Market have that many kinds of frozen pizza what is the deal god please
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
I know I'm just yelling into a void, and the hypocrisy is the point, but "We need the electoral college because people in rural areas deserve representation" cannot reasonably be a sentiment that exists at the same time as "Ban mail-in voting."
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I know I'm just yelling into a void, and the hypocrisy is the point, but "We need the electoral college because people in rural areas deserve representation" cannot reasonably be a sentiment that exists at the same time as "Ban mail-in voting."
I am so glad my spouse and I changed our last names to a new shared name.
That said, never do it for any reason. You will never find all of the places your name is wrong, not for years, and it will be an emergency every time.
That said, never do it for any reason. You will never find all of the places your name is wrong, not for years, and it will be an emergency every time.
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I am so glad my spouse and I changed our last names to a new shared name.
That said, never do it for any reason. You will never find all of the places your name is wrong, not for years, and it will be an emergency every time.
That said, never do it for any reason. You will never find all of the places your name is wrong, not for years, and it will be an emergency every time.
You are pushing people to leave the Democratic party in droves. This isn't what normal, average people want. Full-on abolition is a staggeringly popular idea, and it's horrific seeing you deny that.
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
You are pushing people to leave the Democratic party in droves. This isn't what normal, average people want. Full-on abolition is a staggeringly popular idea, and it's horrific seeing you deny that.
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Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
Hahaha awesome actually
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Hahaha awesome actually
It's so hard to work in normal corpo America. How can I explain to my coworkers that, YEARS ago, a podcaster's daughter wrote an Adventure Zone D&D one shot called Charlieverse, and now I have to stop myself from opening every meeting with, "Welcome, babies," forever?? @justinmcelroy.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
It's so hard to work in normal corpo America. How can I explain to my coworkers that, YEARS ago, a podcaster's daughter wrote an Adventure Zone D&D one shot called Charlieverse, and now I have to stop myself from opening every meeting with, "Welcome, babies," forever?? @justinmcelroy.bsky.social